British novelist
The crossword clue "British novelist" is answered by READE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
READE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the READE answer page.
Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for READE
Every other clue in this collection answered by READE, most used first.
- "The Cloister and the Hearth" author - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- English novelist. - used 24 times, most recently in 2006
- Aptly named author - used 20 times, most recently in 2012
- Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" - used 19 times, most recently in 2005
- Aptly named novelist - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- "Peg Woffington" author - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Duane ___ (pharmacy chain) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- English novelist: 1814–84 - used 12 times, most recently in 1992
- Duane ___ (drugstore chain) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Aptly named novelist Charles - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Aptly named author Charles - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Novelist Charles - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Cloister and the Hearth" author Charles - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Author of "Hard Cash." - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- English author. - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
- Peg Woffington's creator - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- "The Cloister and the Hearth" novelist Charles - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Aptly named English novelist - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- English novelist Charles - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Novelist Jong - ERICA, used 90 times
- Novelist Zola - EMILE, used 88 times
- British ___ - ISLES, used 61 times
- Novelist Calvino - ITALO, used 60 times
- British guns - STENS, used 50 times
- British nobles - EARLS, used 49 times
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