The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCRIBE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Melville’s Bartleby, for one crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCRIBE | 100 % | 6 |
Why may SCRIBE be the right solution?
The answer to "Melville's Bartleby, for one" is "SCRIBE" because Bartleby is a character in Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" who works as a scribe or a copyist.
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Crossword Answer definitions
SCRIBE noun- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist.
- A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (in particular) A journalist.
- To write.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To record.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
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