Literary middle name
The crossword clue "Literary middle name" is answered by ALLAN, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALLAN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLAN answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 5 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.
- MAKEPEACE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALLAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLAN, most used first.
- Poe's middle name - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Edgar ___ Poe - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Detective Pinkerton - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Historian Nevins - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- ___-a-Dale - used 13 times, most recently in 1996
- Haggard hero Quatermain - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Poe's foster father. - used 9 times, most recently in 1975
- Comedian Sherman - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
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.
- First name in cosmetics - ESTEE, used 242 times
- Assumed name - ALIAS, used 202 times
- Code name - MORSE, used 89 times
- Fake name - ALIAS, used 65 times
- Video game name - ATARI, used 65 times
- Literary twist - IRONY, used 58 times
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