McKellen who played Gandalf
The crossword clue "McKellen who played Gandalf" is answered by IAN, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IAN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IAN answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 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
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