Kazan who directed "On the Waterfront"

The answer

ELIA

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 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
• 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
• Famous nom de plume. - used 9 times, most recently in 1989
• "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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