Silas Marner, e.g.
The crossword clue "Silas Marner, e.g." is answered by MISER, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MISER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MISER answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- WEAVER (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for MISER
Every other clue in this collection answered by MISER, most used first.
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- Tightwad - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Cheapskate - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Scrooge - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Money hoarder - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Scrooge, for one - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Stingy one - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Cheeseparer - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Scrooge, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pinchpenny - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Pocket protector? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Stingy person - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stingy sort - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Frugal fellow - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Tight-fisted type - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Hoarder - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- No philanthropist - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Unlikely donor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection 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.
- "___ Marner" - SILAS, used 69 times
- "Silas Marner" author - ELIOT, used 56 times
- Eliot's Marner - SILAS, used 35 times
- Diplomat Silas - DEANE, used 27 times
- Marner of fiction - SILAS, used 25 times
- Miserly Marner - SILAS, used 25 times
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