Charles Lamb's pen name

The answer

ELIA

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

Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELIA

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

• Director Kazan - used 552 times, most recently in 2026
• "On the Waterfront" director Kazan - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Lamb - used 93 times, most recently in 2006
• Lamb's pen name - used 84 times, most recently in 2016
• Kazan - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• "East of Eden" director Kazan - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Lamb alias - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Essayist's alias - used 35 times, most recently in 2016
• "Essays of ___" - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
• Lamb's pseudonym - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Lamb's alias - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• London Magazine essayist - used 28 times, most recently in 2019
• Charles Lamb - used 27 times, most recently in 2008

Related clues

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• Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times
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• First name in mysteries - ERLE, used 94 times
• First name in jazz - ELLA, used 79 times

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