The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SAKI , but the solution may also be STENO which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in Wall Street Journal).
Short-story writer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAKI | 20 % | 4 |
| AUTH | 20 % | 4 |
| POE | 20 % | 3 |
| OHENRY | 20 % | 6 |
| STENO | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Short-story writer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- saki
- poe
- dunsany
- lardner
- harte
- runyon
- borges
- munro
- hawthorne
- melville
- porter
- conte
Crossword Answer definitions
SAKI noun- An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to wine.
- A class of Japanese rice wines made from polished rice and typically about 20% alcohol by volume.
- Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.
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 SAKI
- Munro's pseudonym
- Munro pseudonym
- aka H.H. Munro
- Munro's nom de plume
- Sushi bar order
- "The Toys of Peace" story writer
- Noted early 20th-century satirist
- Munro's pen name
- "Reginald" writer
- H. H. Munro's pen name
More clues leading to the result AUTH
- Anon., e.g.
- Political cartoonist Tony ____
- Contemporary of Herblock
- Genuine (abbr.)
- Real: abbr.
- Novelist or poet, e.g. (abbr.)
- Bibliography abbr.
- Writer, briefly
- Info on a book's spine (abbr.)
- T.S. Eliot, for one
More clues leading to the result POE
- "Ulalume" author
- "For Annie" penner
- "The Raven" penner
- Macabre writer
- Nineteenth century horror author
- Raven maven
- "The Raven" author
- "The Gold Bug" writer
- Author with a museum in Richmond, Virginia
- Author beloved by goths
More clues leading to the result OHENRY
- ake William Sydney Porter
- "Cabbages and Kings" author
- "The Gift of the Magi" author
- Famous twister?
- Twister?
- Pen name of William Sydney Porter
- Porter pseudonym
- William Sydney Porter
- Irony specialist
- Short-story author known for his twist endings