First name in courtroom fiction
The crossword clue "First name in courtroom fiction" is answered by ERLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 35 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ERLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERLE answer page.
Used 35 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERLE, most used first.
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- Author __ Stanley Gardner - used 84 times, most recently in 2025
- Writer ___ Stanley Gardner - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
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- Writer Gardner - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
- Creator of Perry and Della - used 33 times, most recently in 2021
- Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Gardner of mystery - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
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