The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BACON , but the solution may also be MARLOWE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Shakespeare contemporary crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BACON | 31 % | 5 |
| PEELE | 25 % | 5 |
| KYD | 25 % | 3 |
| MARLOWE | 13 % | 7 |
| NASHE | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shakespeare contemporary
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bacon
- donne
- kyd
- marlowe
- nashe
- anne
- lear
- history
- williams
- ern
- act
- actor
Crossword Answer definitions
BACON noun- Cured meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig.
- Thin slices of the above in long strips.
- The police or spies.
- Road rash.
- A saucisse.
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 BACON
- Francis or Kevin
- Strips for breakfast
- Strips in the supermarket
- Meat market slabs
- Last name of an actor -- or a food -- that Redditors are obsessed with
- Member of the club?
- Strips at the breakfast table
- Stuffing ingredient
- Shakespeare, to some
- Pancetta
More clues leading to the result PEELE
- "The Old Wives' Tale" playwright
- Key's partner on a Comedy Central show
- Key's partner in comedy
- Elizabethan dramatist
- Key's comedy partner
- English dramatist George
- 16th century British dramatist George
- "The Old Wives' Tale" dramatist
- Jordan of "MADtv"
- Shakespeare contemporary George
More clues leading to the result KYD
- "The Spanish Tragedy" playwright
- Shakespeare contemporary
- "The Spanish Tragedy" author
- English dramatist Thomas
- "The Spanish Tragedie" dramatist
- "The Spanish Tragedie" dramatist Thomas
- Elizabethan playwright of "The Spanish Tragedy"
- "The Spanish Tragedy" dramatist Thomas
- Elizabethan dramatist Thomas
- "The Spanish Tragedy" playwright Thomas
More clues leading to the result MARLOWE
- Playwright some theorize was actually Shakespeare
- *See 17 Across
- Chandler's private eye
- "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" poet
- "The Big Sleep" private eye
- Wisecracking sleuth Philip
- "Tamburlaine the Great" playwright
- Shakespeare contemporary
- English dramatist, author of "Dr. Faustus" (1564–1593).
- Playwright, died at 29.