"Common Sense" writer
The crossword clue ""Common Sense" writer" is answered by PAINE, a 5-letter entry. Used 37 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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 37 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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 (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAINE, most used first.
- "Common Sense" author - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times
- Writer Jong - ERICA, used 137 times
- Writer Calvino - ITALO, used 77 times
- Writer Zola - EMILE, used 74 times
- Fashion sense - STYLE, used 62 times
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