Author whose first published novel was <i>The Wasp Factory</i> Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Author whose first published novel was <i>The Wasp Factory</i> 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IAINBANKS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IAINBANKS Author whose first published novel was <i>The Wasp Factory</i> (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 9, 2025
6% DESCENT Darwin's <i>The ____ of Man </i>was published in 1871 (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 8, 2026
6% NICKHORNBY Author of <i>Fever Pitch</i> and <i>High Fidelity</i> (10) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 8, 2026
6% THOMASPAINE Thetford-born author of <i>Common Sense</i> and <i>The American Crisis</i> (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 1, 2026
6% HGWELLS Author of <i>The Time Machine</i> (1,1,5) (7) The Sun Mini Feb 18, 2026
6% IBSEN Author of the play <i>Peer Gynt</i>, first performed in 1876 (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Feb 1, 2026
5% CAME "I ___, I saw, I conquered" (4)
5% MAXINEPEAKE Bolton-born actress in <i>Dinnerladies</i> and <i>Shameless</i> (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 8, 2026
5% SUSANNAHCONSTANTINE Co-author, with Trinny Woodall, of <i>What Not to Wear</i> (19) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 1, 2026
5% UNDERARHYMINGPLANET "I was not born ____" (<i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>) (19) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 1, 2026

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