King of comedy
The crossword clue "King of comedy" is answered by ALAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 68 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALAN answer page.
Used 68 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALAN, most used first.
- Astronaut Shepard - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
- Actor Alda - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Economist Greenspan - used 80 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor Rickman - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Mathematician Turing - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Alda of "M*A*S*H" - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Arkin of "Argo" - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Country singer Jackson - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Actor Arkin - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Shakespearean king - LEAR, used 216 times
- "The King ___" - ANDI, used 150 times
- "The Lion King" villain - SCAR, used 120 times
- "The King and I" setting - SIAM, used 83 times
- "The Lion King" lioness - NALA, used 76 times
- First king of Israel - SAUL, used 69 times
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