"Matilda" author

The answer

DAHL

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DAHL

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

• Wonka's creator - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Arlene - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Willy Wonka's creator - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Roald - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• "James and the Giant Peach" author - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Roald - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
• Willy Wonka creator - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" author - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "Fantastic Mr. Fox" author - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Wonka creator - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fantastic Mr. Fox" author Roald - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Roald who created Willy Wonka - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "James and the Giant Peach" author Roald - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Arlene or Roald - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Willy Wonka creator Roald - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "The BFG" author - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Willie Wonka's creator - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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