Author whose best-known character's first name was Nigel until her publisher decided to avoid confusion with another fictional schoolboy Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Author whose best-known character's first name was Nigel until her publisher decided to avoid confusion with another fictional schoolboy 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 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SUE TOWNSEND.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SUE TOWNSEND Author whose best-known character's first name was Nigel until her publisher decided to avoid confusion with another fictional schoolboy (12) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 30, 2023
6% OTTO "The Simpsons" character whose last name is Mann (4) Universal Jun 6, 2026
6% NOVELIST Fiction author (8) The Times Concise May 25, 2026
6% LIAR Fictional character? (4) Universal May 17, 2026
6% ROO Character whose name aptly rhymes with Pooh (3) The Atlantic May 9, 2026
6% FRED ___ Flintstone (fictional character) (4)
5% YODA "Star Wars" character whose species is never named (4) New York Times Jun 21, 2026
5% EDITOR Self-published fiction might lack one (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jun 19, 2026
5% TOREADORS Bullfighters, by another name (9) The New Yorker Mini Jun 18, 2026
5% BREATH Baby's ___, another name for gypsophila (6) Puzzler Backwords Jun 17, 2026

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