The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WAIFS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2005.
Typical Horatio Alger heroes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| WAIFS | 100 % | 5 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Typical Horatio Alger heroes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lad
 - optic
 - tattered
 - boy
 - hero
 - gates
 - hiss
 - ambition
 - pluck
 - rollo
 - algerian
 - casbah
 
Crossword Answer definitions
WAIFS noun- A castaway; a homeless child.
 - (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized.
 - Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
 - Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
 
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