The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word UPDIKE , but the solution may also be URIS which is one of the most recent solution (1967 in New York Times).
Contemporary author crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| UPDIKE | 33 % | 6 | 
| YERBY | 33 % | 5 | 
| URIS | 33 % | 4 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contemporary author
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- updike
 - new
 - agee
 - albee
 - dali
 - erasmus
 - hesiod
 - inge
 - levi
 - mailer
 - moses
 - odets
 
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 UPDIKE
- The Centaur author
 - "Bech: A Book" author John
 - "Rabbit Redux" novelist
 - "Rabbit, Run" author
 - "Rabbit at Rest" author
 - "Rabbit Is Rich" Pulitzer winner
 - "Rabbit" series author
 - Two-time Pulitzer Prize for Fiction awardee
 - Angstrom creator
 - Creator of Rabbit and Bech
 
More clues leading to the result YERBY
- Judas, My Brother author
 - "Judas, My Brother" author
 - Author of "The Vixens."
 - He wrote "The Saracen Blade."
 - He wrote "The Saracen Blade.”
 - Author of "Benton's Row."
 - Contemporary author.
 - Popular novelist.
 - U. S. writer Frank