Perry and Della's creator

The answer

ERLE

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

Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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.

• Perry's creator - used 332 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Stanley Gardner - used 189 times, most recently in 2026
• First name in mysteries - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
• Author __ Stanley Gardner - used 84 times, most recently in 2025
• Gardner - used 68 times, most recently in 1998
• Writer ___ Stanley Gardner - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Della's creator - used 49 times, most recently in 2015
• Author Gardner - used 48 times, most recently in 2014
• A Gardner - used 44 times, most recently in 2005
• Writer Gardner - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
• First name in courtroom fiction - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
• Perry's penner - used 34 times, most recently in 2009
• Creator of Perry and Della - used 33 times, most recently in 2021
• First name in whodunits - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Gardner of mystery - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Agatha contemporary - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• Agatha's contemporary - used 26 times, most recently in 2008
• Contemporary of Agatha - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
• First name in mystery - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
• Man's name. - used 22 times, most recently in 1968
• Dashiell contemporary - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• First name in detective fiction - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Mr. Gardner - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• Mystery writer Gardner - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• First name in mystery writing - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Colleague of Agatha - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Contemporary of Dashiell - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• A. A. Fair's real first name - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Gardner of mysteries - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• One of the Gardners. - used 10 times, most recently in 1969
• "Perry Mason" novelist ___ Stanley Gardner - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Agatha's colleague - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Director Kenton - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• First name in courtroom drama - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Novelist -- Stanley Gardner - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Peer of Dashiell - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Perry's progenitor - used 7 times, most recently in 2005

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