Author Rand
The crossword clue "Author Rand" is answered by AYN, a 3-letter entry. Used 136 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
AYN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AYN answer page.
Used 136 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AYN
Every other clue in this pilot answered by AYN, most used first.
- Writer Rand - used 182 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Author Fleming - IAN, used 275 times
- Author Deighton - LEN, used 201 times
- Author Umberto - ECO, used 184 times
- Author LeShan - EDA, used 163 times
- Author Levin - IRA, used 134 times
- "The Name of the Rose" author - ECO, used 77 times
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