"Anthem" author

The answer

RAND

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAND answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 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.

• KEY (16 uses in xd)
• FRANCISSCOTTKEY (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for RAND

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

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• Author Ayn - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• McNally partner - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• "Atlas Shrugged" author - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• South African currency - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• South African money - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Cape Town currency - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Mapmaker ___ McNally - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Writer Ayn - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Fountainhead" author - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "Atlas Shrugged" author Ayn - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cape Town cash - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• South African coin - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• "The Fountainhead" novelist Ayn - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Big name in cartography - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Kentucky senator Paul - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• McNally's map partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• McNally's mapmaking partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Strip of shoe leather - used 8 times, most recently in 1986
• "The Fountainhead" author Ayn - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cape Town coin - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "We the Living" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• 100 cents, in Cape Town - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Fan dancer Sally - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Money in Johannesburg - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• South African monetary unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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