| The ___ Prize for American Humor (annual award given to 16-Across yesterday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.) |
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| Humorist Josh Billings was a good friend of this writer (2 wds.) |
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| Author (4,5) |
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| Spot the pair of them with author |
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| Pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Author's record win at swimming |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 May 2023 |
| "The Innocents Abroad" author |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Dec 2021 |
| *Tom Sawyer's creator |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2021 |
| Author of the novel 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
21 Sep 2020 |
| Pen name of Samuel Clemens who is famous for his book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer": 2 wds. |
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| Author's character I want to be cast |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Author's holy book I want badly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jun 2018 |
| American author regarded as "the father of American literature," and is known for creating Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: 2 wds. |
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| Huck Finn's creator |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Huck Finn's creator |
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| Writer of Huckleberry Finn |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Author of novel 'Kim', at end of Afghan war |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Apr 2016 |
| Whom an American humor prize is named for |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2016 |
| Samuel Clemens |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jan 2016 |
| Humorist who wrote the off-color satire '1601' |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Author of the short story |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
18 Dec 2015 |
| Clemens alias |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Humorist who wrote the off-color satire "1601" |
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| Author of the short story |
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| "Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education" |
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| "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" author |
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| "Pudd'nhead Wilson" author |
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| "Pudd'nhead Wilson" author |
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| "Pudd'nhead Wilson" author |
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| Writer who inspired Faulkner |
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| Tom Sawyer's creator |
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| Injun Joe's creator |
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| "I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way" |
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| His pen name is a steamboat call |
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| Frank Delano Roosevelt's phrase "New Deal” came from a book by … |
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| He came and went with Halley's Comet |
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| Hannibal lecturer |
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| Tom Sawyer's creator |
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| Tom Sawyer's creator |
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| "It is easier to stay out than get out" |
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| "Pudd'nhead Wilson" author |
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| Becky Thatcher's creator |
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| Writer who inspired Faulkner |
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| Poser of the question |
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| Literary name meaning "two fathoms deep" |
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| "Reports of my death..." |
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| "The Innocents Abroad" author |
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| Pseudonym that means "two fathoms" |
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| Author who wore "a warm knit"? |
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| He wrote about a jumping frog |
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| Sam Clemens |
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| Associate of Bret Harte. |
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