Answer to "Irish playwright" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BEHAN , but the solution may also be OCASEY which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Newsday).

Irish playwright crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
BEHAN	42 %	5
SYNGE	21 %	5
OCASEY	13 %	6
SHAW	8 %	4
YEATS	8 %	5
GBSHAW	4 %	6
SEANOCASEY	4 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Irish playwright

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• yeats
• synge
• shaw
• sheridan
• sean
• robinson
• wilde
• esme stuart lennox robinson
• lennox robinson
• william butler yeats
• aron
• edmund john millington synge

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 BEHAN

• "The Hostage" playwright
• Playwright Brendan
• "Borstal Boy" author
• "Borstal Boy" playwright Brendan
• Dublin-born dramatist
• Irish dramatist Brendan
• "Richard's Cork Leg" playwright Brendan
• "Borstal Boy" author Brendan
• Irish playwright Brendan
• "Borstal Boy" playwright

More clues leading to the result SYNGE

• Irish playwright
• "Riders to the Sea" author
• "The Playboy of the Western World" author
• Irish poet and dramatist
• "The Playboy of the Western World" playwright
• "...Playboy...Western World" dramatist
• "The Playboy of the Western World" dramatist
• Irish dramatist
• Distinguished Irish dramatist.
• Dramatist who helped found the Abbey Theatre.

More clues leading to the result OCASEY

• "The Shadow of a Gunman" playwright Sean
• Irish dramatist
• Irish dramatist Sean
• _Purple Dust_ playwright
• Irish playwright Sean
• "Purple Dust" playwright Sean
• "The Plough and the Stars" playwright Sean
• "The Plough and the Stars" playwright
• "Juno and the Paycock" playwright
• Dublin-born dramatist

More clues leading to the result SHAW

• "Man and Superman" author
• Robert of "Jaws"
• "Arms and the Man" playwright
• "Heartbreak House" writer
• George Bernard or Artie
• "Pygmalion" playwright
• British author
• Artie of jazz
• "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" speaker
• "Caesar and Cleopatra" playwright

More clues leading to the result YEATS

• Abbey Theatre cofounder
• "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" writer
• "The Winding Stair" poet
• "The Hour Glass" poet
• "Sailing to Byzantium" poet
• Dramatist who co-founded the Abbey Theatre
• Irish literary leader
• Irish poet W.B.
• Irish Nobelist of 1923
• Irish man of letters

More clues leading to the result GBSHAW

• Playwright who co-founded the London School of Economics, briefly
• Irish wit.
• Signature of a playwright
• Irish playwright
• "Pygmalion" playwright, for short

More clues leading to the result SEANOCASEY

• Irish playwright who wrote "The Shadow of a Gunman"
• He wrote "Juno and the Paycock."
• Author of "Red Roses For Me.”
• Contemporary dramatist.
• Irish playwright.
• Noted playwright of Abbey Theatre.
• Abbey Theatre playwright.
• Abbey Theatre name.
• See 1 Across.
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