Writer Gardner
The crossword clue "Writer Gardner" is answered by ERLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 40 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ERLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERLE answer page.
Used 40 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1950. 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
- 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
- First name in courtroom fiction - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
- 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
- Agatha contemporary - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Writer Wiesel - ELIE, used 231 times
- Writer Ferber - EDNA, used 117 times
- Writer Bombeck - ERMA, used 116 times
- Writer Rice - ANNE, used 100 times
- Writer Bagnold - ENID, used 88 times
- Writer Ephron - NORA, used 86 times
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