"Les Miserables" author

The answer

HUGO

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

Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• VICTORHUGO (1 uses in xd)
• VICTORMARIEHUGO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HUGO

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

• Quasimodo's creator - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Sci-fi award - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Boss of fashion - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Novelist Victor - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Science fiction award - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Author Victor - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Justice Black. - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Author of "Les Miserables" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Hunchback creator Victor - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• "Les Miserables" writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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