Unknown author, for short
The crossword clue "Unknown author, for short" is answered by ANON, a 4-letter entry. Used 46 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ANON
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANON answer page.
Used 46 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ANON
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANON, most used first.
- Presently - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
- Auth. unknown - used 102 times, most recently in 2025
- By and by - used 87 times, most recently in 2021
- Erelong - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Ever and ___ - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
- Soon, poetically - used 59 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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Author Ferber - EDNA, used 229 times
- Author Wiesel - ELIE, used 213 times
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