Mystery-writing award
The crossword clue "Mystery-writing award" is answered by EDGAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 23 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EDGAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGAR answer page.
Used 23 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for EDGAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDGAR, most used first.
- Mystery writer's award - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Painter Degas - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
- __ Allan Poe - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Mystery award - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Ventriloquist Bergen - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
- Mystery writers' award - used 23 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.
- Academy Award - OSCAR, used 52 times
- Hollywood award - OSCAR, used 46 times
- Writing assignment - ESSAY, used 42 times
- French film award - CESAR, used 40 times
- Mystery writer Marsh - NGAIO, used 38 times
- Plain writing - PROSE, used 28 times
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