Man's name.

The answer

ALAN

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

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1969; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• IRA (54 uses in xd)
• EMIL (40 uses in xd)
• ERLE (22 uses in xd)
• ENOS (18 uses in xd)
• EVAN (17 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• King or Arkin - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• 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.

• Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
• Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times
• Elevator name - OTIS, used 135 times
• First name in mysteries - ERLE, used 94 times
• Lamb's pen name - ELIA, used 84 times

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