Novelist Waugh

The answer

ALEC

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

Used 67 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• EVELYN (11 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALEC

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• Actor Guinness - used 222 times, most recently in 2026
• Sir Guinness - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
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• One of the Baldwins - used 63 times, most recently in 2021
• Pianist Templeton - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• One of the Waughs - used 51 times, most recently in 2022
• Guinness of "Star Wars" - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Waugh - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
• Guinness of film - used 49 times, most recently in 2026

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• Novelist Bagnold - ENID, used 54 times

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