"Common Sense" author
The crossword clue ""Common Sense" author" is answered by PAINE, a 5-letter entry. Used 62 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PAINE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAINE answer page.
Used 62 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 13 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.
- THOMASPAINE (3 uses in xd)
- TOMPAINE (1 uses in xd)
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.
- Author Jong - ERICA, used 196 times
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- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times
- Author Zola - EMILE, used 131 times
- "Steppenwolf" author - HESSE, used 95 times
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