The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ORPHAN which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Oliver Twist, for one crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| ORPHAN | 33 % | 6 | 
| GAMIN | 33 % | 5 | 
| WAIF | 20 % | 4 | 
| ADOPTEE | 7 % | 7 | 
| URCHIN | 7 % | 6 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Oliver Twist, for one
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- more
 - rose
 - fagin
 - gruel
 - dickens
 - adoptee
 - orphan
 - poorhouse
 - ragamuffin
 - runaway
 - sikes
 - thief
 
Crossword Answer definitions
ORPHAN noun- A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
 - A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
 - A young animal with no mother.
 - Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
 - A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
 - Any unreferenced object.
 
- To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
 - To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
 
- Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
 - (by extension) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
 
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 ORPHAN
- Deprived of parents
 - Harry Potter, e.g.
 - Annie, for one
 - Annie of the comics, e.g.
 - Annie of the comics, for one
 - Parentless child
 - Dogie, for one
 - "Little ___ Annie"
 - Foster child, maybe
 - "___ Black" (BBC America show featuring multiple clones)
 
More clues leading to the result GAMIN
- Street kid
 - Street urchin
 - Waif
 - Guttersnipe
 - Urchin
 - Street boy
 - Street arab.
 - Boy of the streets.
 - Child of the streets.
 - Street urchin.
 
More clues leading to the result WAIF
- Orphan
 - Stray animal
 - Stray calf
 - Gamin
 - Child in a Dickens novel, often
 - One without a home
 - Twiggy, for one
 - Dickensian child
 - Ragamuffin
 - Little nomad
 
More clues leading to the result ADOPTEE
- One taken in
 - Oliver Twist or Clark Kent, e.g.
 - Annie, for one
 - House pet, e.g.
 - Someone who's taken in
 - Swee'Pea, to Popeye
 - Rescued dog, e.g.
 - Anne of Green Gables, for one
 - Many a pet
 - Shelter denizen, potentially