Tom Clancy hero
The crossword clue "Tom Clancy hero" is answered by RYAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RYAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RYAN answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 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.
- JACKRYAN (1 uses in xd)
- JRYAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RYAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RYAN, most used first.
- Pitcher Nolan - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Tatum's dad - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
- TV host Seacrest - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Actor O'Neal - used 25 times, most recently in 2009
- "Saving Private ___" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Actress Meg - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Clancy hero - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor Gosling - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Meg of "Sleepless in Seattle" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Seacrest of "American Idol" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Tatum's father - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
- Actor Robert - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
- Meg of "You've Got Mail" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Reynolds of "Deadpool" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "Deadpool" actor Reynolds - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Nolan or Meg - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Strikeout king Nolan - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- "American Idol" host Seacrest - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Baseball's strikeout king - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Jack of Tom Clancy novels - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Pat Nixon's maiden name - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Romney's 2012 running mate - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Tom Clancy hero Jack - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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