John Irving hero

The answer

GARP

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

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• TSGARP (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for GARP

Every other clue in this collection answered by GARP, most used first.

• "The World According to ___" - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• John Irving protagonist - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• John Irving title character - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Irving hero - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Robin Williams role - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Irving protagonist - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Irving title character - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Irving character - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• John Irving character - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Robin Williams title role - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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• Hero - IDOL, used 54 times
• New Age musician John - TESH, used 46 times
• New Age pianist John - TESH, used 35 times

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