The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEMO which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Captain of fiction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEMO | 53 % | 4 |
| AHAB | 40 % | 4 |
| HOOK | 7 % | 4 |
Why may NEMO be the right solution?
The word "Nemo" is Latin for "nobody" or "no one". In Jules Verne's novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", the captain of the Nautilus is named Captain Nemo, which is a pseudonym he uses to hide his true identity and past. Therefore, "Captain of fiction" refers to this character.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Captain of fiction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ahab
- hook
- net
- amos
- jim
- peter
- verne
- rhett
- centurion
- easy
- marvel
- pegleg
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NEMO
- "Nautilus" captain
- Nautilus master
- Sci-fi sub captain
- Verne captain
- Verne character
- Storied captain
- Captain of the Nautilus
- Clownfish
- Jules Verne captain
- Jules Verne's captain
More clues leading to the result AHAB
- "Pequod" skipper
- Fictional whaler
- Great white hunter
- Jezebel's husband
- Melville whaler
- Starbuck's captain
- Great white hunter of fiction
- Literary whaler
- Obsessed whaler
- Moby's menacer