The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DICKENS , but the solution may also be BRONTE which is one of the most recent solution (1962 in New York Times).
Noted novelist crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DICKENS | 33 % | 7 |
| FAULKNER | 33 % | 8 |
| BRONTE | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Noted novelist
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bronte
- dickens
- cooper
- austen
- conrad
- alcott
- buck
- defoe
- fielding
- lyly
- bennett
- butler
Crossword Answer definitions
DICKENS noun- The devil.
- In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).
- A disturbance or row.
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 DICKENS
- (see 27-Across)
- Creator of the fictional Pecksniffs and Peggottys
- "A Christmas Carol" author
- Scrooge creator
- "Martin Chuzzlewit" novelist
- Twist creator
- "Oliver Twist" author
- See 37 Across
- Creator of Silas Wegg.
- Author of "Master Humphrey's Clock."
More clues leading to the result FAULKNER
- 1949 Nobel laureate for Literature
- Only Mississippi-born Literature Nobelist
- American Nobel Prize winner.
- Author of "Requiem for a Nun."
- Noted novelist.
- Nobel author William
- Creator of the Snopes family
- 'As I Lay Dying' novelist
- “How often have I ___ beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home”