Famous nom de plume.

The answer

ELIA

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1989; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 1 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.

• BELL (1 uses in xd)
• OHENRY (1 uses in xd)
• SAND (1 uses in xd)
• TWAIN (1 uses in xd)

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
• Charles Lamb's pen name - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Literary pseudonym - used 21 times, most recently in 2008
• Film director Kazan - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Hollywood's Kazan - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Kazan of Hollywood - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
• Essayist - used 19 times, most recently in 1998
• Lamb's "Essays of ___" - used 19 times, most recently in 2009
• Literary pen name - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• Mr. Kazan. - used 18 times, most recently in 2008
• Essay name - used 16 times, most recently in 1976
• Lamb by another name - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• "A Streetcar Named Desire" director Kazan - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Essayist's pen name - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Lamb's nom de plume - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Famous pen name. - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
• "A Chapter on Ears" essayist - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Lamb pen name - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Lamb pseudonym - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• English essayist - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Kazan of filmdom - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Oscar winner Kazan - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Pen name - used 11 times, most recently in 1976
• Charles Lamb pseudonym - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Charles Lamb's nom de plume - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Charles Lamb's pseudonym - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "Splendor in the Grass" director Kazan - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Kazan who directed "On the Waterfront" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Last Tycoon" director Kazan - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Essayist Lamb - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Filmmaker Kazan - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Kazan of film - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Marlon's "On the Waterfront" director - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Oscar-winning director Kazan - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "Dream Children" essayist - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• "Essays of ___" (Lamb work) - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Literary Lamb - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Man's name. - used 7 times, most recently in 1966
• Noted English letter writer - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• "Viva Zapata!" director Kazan - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Charles Lamb, pseudonymously - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Charles Lamb's alias - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Kazan who directed Brando - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Kazan with an honorary Oscar - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Lamb who wrote about a pig - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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