U.S. writer

The answer

POE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POE answer page.

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1973; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 1 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.

• AGEE (8 uses in xd)
• CAPOTE (2 uses in xd)
• ADE (1 uses in xd)
• BENET (1 uses in xd)
• GREY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for POE

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

• "The Raven" writer - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Raven" poet - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Gold Bug" author - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• "Annabel Lee" poet - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Bells" writer - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ulalume" writer - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Bells" author - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Tell-Tale Heart" author - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Edgar Allan ___ - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Raven" author - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Bells" poet - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Gold Bug" writer - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Cask of Amontillado" author - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ulalume" poet - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Purloined Letter" author - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Black Cat" author - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Purloined Letter" writer - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Raven" poet Edgar Allan ___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Annabel Lee" writer - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "Lenore" poet - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Tell-Tale Heart" writer - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ulalume" author - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
• "Lenore" writer - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Pit and the Pendulum" author - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Usher's creator - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Detective story pioneer - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Master of the macabre - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• "Once upon a midnight dreary" poet - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "Tamerlane" poet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Baltimore Ravens mascot - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Dupin's creator - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• "Israfel" poet - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Cask of Amontillado" writer - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Fall of the House of Usher" writer - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Annabel Lee" author - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Mystery story pioneer - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Raven maven? - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Baltimore Ravens mascot named for an author - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Once upon a midnight dreary" writer - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Author Edgar Allan __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Author of "The Gold Bug" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Author of "The Raven" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Creator of the Ushers - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• "The Black Cat" writer - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Conqueror Worm" poet - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" writer - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "A Descent Into the Maelstrom" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Macabre master - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• "The Masque of the Red Death" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Raven" penner - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• American poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Macabre author - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "The Fall of the House of Usher" author - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Pit and the Pendulum" writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Premature Burial" author - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "The Premature Burial" writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Writer Edgar Allan __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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