Writer's ___
The crossword clue "Writer's ___" is answered by CRAMP, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. 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
CRAMP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRAMP answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CRAMP
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRAMP, most used first.
- Swimmer's woe - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Muscle woe - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Charley horse, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle malady - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Muscle spasm - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Restrict - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Swimmer's bane - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Writer's problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Charley horse - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Hamper - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Marathoner's woe - used 6 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.
- Mystery writer's award - EDGAR, used 70 times
- Mystery writer's prize - EDGAR, used 9 times
- Writer's work - NOVEL, used 9 times
- Writer's cramp, e.g. - SPASM, used 7 times
- Writer's rep - AGENT, used 7 times
- Whodunit writer's award - EDGAR, used 6 times
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