Smiley's creator
The crossword clue "Smiley's creator" is answered by LECARRE, a 7-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LECARRE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LECARRE answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LECARRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LECARRE, most used first.
- "Smiley's People" author - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- "A Perfect Spy" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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