Welles

The answer

ORSON

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

Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1947. 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

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• SUMNER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ORSON

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

• Director Welles - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Welles of "Citizen Kane" - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• "Citizen Kane" director Welles - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Welles. - used 19 times, most recently in 2009
• Bean or Welles - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
• Welles or Bean - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
• Bean - used 10 times, most recently in 1975
• Actor Bean - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Mork's boss - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Welles of "The Third Man" - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "Ender's Game" author ___ Scott Card - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Filmmaker Welles - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Touch of Evil" director Welles - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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• Beginning - ONSET, used 596 times
• Martini garnish - OLIVE, used 259 times
• Bay window - ORIEL, used 254 times
• Chicago airport - OHARE, used 254 times
• Frequently - OFTEN, used 239 times
• Nebraska city - OMAHA, used 236 times

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