King or Arkin

The answer

ALAN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALAN answer page.

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 4 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
• King of comedy - used 68 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
• Shepard in space - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Author Paton - used 34 times, most recently in 2014
• Chester ___ Arthur. - used 33 times, most recently in 2018
• Arkin or Alda - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• Greenspan of the Fed - used 29 times, most recently in 2005
• Alda or Arkin - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Rickman of "Die Hard" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Comic King - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
• Actor Bates - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
• Actor Cumming - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Playwright Ayckbourn - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
• Actor Ladd - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Astronaut Bean - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Comedian King - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• Novelist Paton - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
• Attorney Dershowitz - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• "Two and a Half Men" role - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Chester Arthur's middle name - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Codebreaker Turing - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Ladd of "Shane" - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Lawyer Dershowitz - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Hale of "Gilligan's Island" - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Mr. Greenspan - used 13 times, most recently in 2005
• Fed head Greenspan - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• King or Alda - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• Ladd or Alda - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Man's name. - used 12 times, most recently in 1969
• Oscar winner Arkin - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Presidential middle name - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Rickman of "Galaxy Quest" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Ladd - used 11 times, most recently in 1996
• Milne's first name - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bean in space - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Computer scientist Turing - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• President Arthur's middle name - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Rock 'n' roll pioneer Freed - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Actor Thicke - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Author Milne - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
• Code cracker Turing - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Computer science pioneer Turing - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Country star Jackson - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cry, the Beloved Country" novelist Paton - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Defender Dershowitz - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• The Fed's Greenspan - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• The ___ Parsons Project - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Thicke of "Growing Pains" - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Writer Paton - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Code-breaker Turing - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cryptanalyst Turing - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Paton. - used 8 times, most recently in 1971
• Rickman of Harry Potter movies - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Rickman of the Harry Potter films - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Rickman of the Potter films - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Thicke of TV - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Actor Bunce. - used 7 times, most recently in 1964
• Actor Cumming of "The Good Wife" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Adam Arkin's dad - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Alda or Ladd - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Bates or King - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Cumming of "The Good Wife" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Deejay Freed - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Funny King - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Jackson of country - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Jackson of country music - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Logician Turing - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Moonwalker Shepard - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Poet Seeger - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Sen. Bible. - used 7 times, most recently in 1959
• Singer Jackson - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Space pioneer Shepard - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Actor Arkin of "Argo" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Tudyk - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Alda or King - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Charlie's brother on "Two and a Half Men" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• First name at the Fed - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Ladd or Bates - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• "M*A*S*H" actor Alda - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pundit Colmes - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Shepard who walked on the moon - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Trammell of baseball - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

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• "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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