Author who said “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored” Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Author who said “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored” last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EVELYNWAUGH.

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Crossword Answer For Author who said “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored”:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EVELYNWAUGH Author who said “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored” (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 17, 2017
6% ONTIME Punctual (6) Thomas Joseph Sep 22, 2025
5% SAINT Person of exceptional virtue (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 10, 2025
5% DULL Boring (4) Universal Nov 5, 2025
5% TIREDOF Bored with (7) Universal Oct 25, 2025
5% PENDRAGON Ancient royal author to seem boring? (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 23, 2025
5% QUA By virtue of being queen, starts to use authority (3) The Times Cryptic Oct 21, 2025
5% CURLY Stooge who said "Soitenly!" (5) New York Times Oct 5, 2025
5% MERITS Intrinsic virtues (6) The Times Concise Sep 15, 2025
5% TEDIOUS Boring (7) The Telegraph Quick Sep 11, 2025

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