Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue"

The answer

SHEL

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SHEL

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

• Author Silverstein - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet Silverstein - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Silverstein - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Cartoonist Silverstein - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Giving Tree" author Silverstein - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Illustrator Silverstein - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Writer/illustrator Silverstein - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "A Boy Named Sue" writer Silverstein - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Where the Sidewalk Ends" author Silverstein - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "A Light in the Attic" author Silverstein - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where the Sidewalk Ends" poet Silverstein - used 8 times, most recently in 2024

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