Karamazov brother

The answer

IVAN

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

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 4 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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• DMITRI (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for IVAN

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• "Terrible" czar - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ the Terrible - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• "Terrible" tsar - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
• Nobelist Pavlov - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Infamous czar - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• "Terrible" ruler - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Director Reitman - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Terrible guy? - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• "Ghostbusters" director Reitman - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Turgenev - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Dr. Pavlov - used 25 times, most recently in 2017
• Notorious czar - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• He was terrible - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
• Infamous tsar - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Netman Lendl - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
• Physiologist Pavlov - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Turgenev - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis star Lendl - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Russian John - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Terrible one - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• A Karamazov. - used 13 times, most recently in 1994
• One of the Brothers Karamazov. - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Dixon - used 10 times, most recently in 1993
• Scientist Pavlov - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Stripes" director Reitman - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tolstoy hero - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
• Dmitri's brother. - used 9 times, most recently in 1963
• Pavlov - used 9 times, most recently in 1995
• Russian czar - used 9 times, most recently in 1984
• Russian name - used 9 times, most recently in 1975
• "Terrible" Russian - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Catcher Rodriguez - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• First czar - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• John, in Moscow - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• John, in Russia - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Muscovite - used 8 times, most recently in 1985
• Turgenev. - used 8 times, most recently in 1973
• Wall Street's Boesky - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• First czar of Russia - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Terrible" Russian leader - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Fathers and Sons" novelist Turgenev - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Film director Reitman - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Kindergarten Cop" director Reitman - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• One of the Karamazovs - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Psychologist Pavlov - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Writer Turgenev - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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