English writer who wrote about the certainty of death and taxes before Benjamin Franklin Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DANIEL DEFOE English writer who wrote about the certainty of death and taxes before Benjamin Franklin (12) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 12, 2021
3% DEISM Philosophy followed by Benjamin Franklin (5) New York Times Aug 27, 2025
3% UNIVERSALBASICOUTCOME Death and taxes, per Benjamin Franklin? (21) LA Times Daily Jan 29, 2023
3% TAXES One of Benjamin Franklin's certainties (5) New York Times Dec 19, 2016
2% AUSTEN Jane who wrote Pride and Prejudice (6) Newsday Nov 24, 2025
2% INCOME ___ tax (6) USA Today Nov 12, 2025
2% BEECHAM Thomas -, English conductor who wrote 1943 autobiography A Mingled Chime (7) (7) Mirror Quiz Nov 12, 2025
2% INGE Playwright William who wrote "Picnic" (4)
2% MARY English writer/philosopher ___ Wollstonecraft (4) New York Times Nov 1, 2025
2% BUNYAN John who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" (6) New York Times Oct 28, 2025

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