"The Red Badge of Courage" author

The answer

CRANE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRANE answer page.

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2001. 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.

• STEPHENCRANE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for CRANE

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

• Origami bird - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Wading bird - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• Construction site sight - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Whooping bird - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Origami creation - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Construction-site machine - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-legged bird - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Lifting device - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Lifting machine - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Stretch one's neck - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Whooping ___. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Ichabod of Sleepy Hollow - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Heavy lifter - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Hoisting machine - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Stretch - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Weight lifter - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Wrecking-ball swinger - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Derrick - used 7 times, most recently in 1988
• Construction site hoist - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• "Frasier" surname - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Frasier's last name - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• One doing heavy lifting - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Stretch out one's neck - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Whooping" marsh bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

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• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• Author Jong - ERICA, used 196 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times

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