Writer Ayn

The answer

RAND

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

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RAND

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

• McNally's partner - used 39 times, most recently in 2020
• 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
• "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
• "Anthem" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• 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

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.

• Writer Wiesel - ELIE, used 231 times
• Writer Ferber - EDNA, used 117 times
• Writer Bombeck - ERMA, used 116 times
• Writer Rice - ANNE, used 100 times
• Writer Bagnold - ENID, used 88 times
• Writer Ephron - NORA, used 86 times

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