Author Fleming
The crossword clue "Author Fleming" is answered by IAN, a 3-letter entry. Used 275 times across 50 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
IAN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IAN answer page.
Used 275 times across 50 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IAN
Every other clue in this pilot answered by IAN, most used first.
- Actor McKellen - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
- Writer Fleming - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Author Deighton - LEN, used 201 times
- Author Umberto - ECO, used 184 times
- Author LeShan - EDA, used 163 times
- Author Rand - AYN, used 136 times
- Author Levin - IRA, used 134 times
- "The Name of the Rose" author - ECO, used 77 times
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