First name in strikeouts

The answer

NOLAN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOLAN answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NOLAN

Every other clue in this collection answered by NOLAN, most used first.

• Pitcher Ryan - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Lloyd - used 32 times, most recently in 2019
• The "Man Without a Country." - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
• Strikeout king Ryan - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dunkirk" director Christopher - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Fireballer Ryan - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Man without a country - used 13 times, most recently in 2005
• Pitching great Ryan - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Dark Knight" director Christopher - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Hall of Fame pitcher Ryan - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Hall of Famer Ryan - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Atari founder Bushnell - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• "Inception" director Christopher - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Baseball great Ryan - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Fastballer Ryan - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Ryan of baseball - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dunkirk" director - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• First name in fastballs - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Hurler Ryan - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• "Interstellar" director - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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