Mystery writer John Dickson ___

The answer

CARR

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

Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CARR

Every other clue in this collection answered by CARR, most used first.

• Singer Vikki - used 86 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Alienist" author Caleb - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Alienist" author - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist Caleb - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• "It Must Be Him" singer Vikki - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Vocalist Vikki - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "It Must Be Him" singer - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Raiders quarterback Derek - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "The Alienist" novelist Caleb - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Gideon Fell's creator - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Canadian painter Emily ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Songstress Vikki - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Author Caleb - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Author John Dickson ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Vikki who sang "It Must Be Him" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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