Fleming who created James Bond

The answer

IAN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IAN answer page.

Used 19 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 10 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 collection answered by IAN, most used first.

• Author Fleming - used 275 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor McKellen - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Fleming - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• 007 creator Fleming - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• "At Seventeen" singer Janis - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
• Golfer Woosnam - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• Singer Janis - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
• Fleming - used 45 times, most recently in 1999
• McKellen of "X-Men" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Holm - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Bond creator Fleming - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish John - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• James Bond creator Fleming - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor McShane - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist Fleming - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Swimmer Thorpe - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• James' creator - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• "Atonement" author McEwan - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• McKellen who played Gandalf - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "Society's Child" singer Janis - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist McEwan - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Olympic swimmer Thorpe - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Vampire Diaries" actor Somerhalder - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleming who created 007 - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Holm of "The Hobbit" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• McKellen of "The Hobbit" - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Actor Ziering of the "Sharknado" films - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Author McEwan - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Gandalf portrayer McKellen - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• James's creator - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
• John, in Scotland - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Publisher Ballantine - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Scottish name. - used 13 times, most recently in 1971
• Fleming of fiction - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleming or Hunter - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Gaelic name. - used 12 times, most recently in 1969
• Man's name. - used 12 times, most recently in 1967
• Scotsman's name. - used 12 times, most recently in 1962
• Somerhalder of "The Vampire Diaries" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• McKellen of "Gods and Monsters" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish form of John - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Ziering of "Sharknado" - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Actor Hunter. - used 9 times, most recently in 2001
• Actor McKellen who plays Magneto in the "X-Men" films - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Ziering - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "American Gods" actor McShane - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Anderson of Jethro Tull - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Bond's Fleming - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Deadwood" actor McShane - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Jethro Tull's Anderson - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• McKellen of "The Lord of the Rings" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• McShane of "Deadwood" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "At Seventeen" singer - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• McKellen of movies - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Spy novelist Fleming - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Swimmer Thorpe with five Olympic gold medals - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "X-Men" actor McKellen - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Actor Somerhalder - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Atonement" novelist McEwan - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Auric's creator - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Bond novelist Fleming - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleming who created Bond - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Gaelic John - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Holm of "Chariots of Fire" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• McEwan or McKellen - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• McShane of "American Gods" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Sir McKellen - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Somerhalder of "The Vampire Diaries" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Golfer Baker-Finch - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Knighted actor McKellen - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• McKellen or McShane - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Mr. Fleming - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Suffix with "Christ" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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