Literary name that's a letter short of its holder's occupation Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Literary name that's a letter short of its holder's occupation featured in New York Times puzzle on September 10, 2026. 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 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is POE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POE Literary name that's a letter short of its holder's occupation (3) New York Times Sep 10, 2026
7% STD "S" in GST, for short (3)
7% SYS "S" in GPS, for short (3)
7% SAT "S" in SNL, for short (3)
6% SIL The "S" in RSVP (3) Commuter Sep 10, 2026
6% ELIOT T S, initially? (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 10, 2026
6% SGT Cpl.'s boss (3) USA Today Sep 8, 2026
6% SEN Rep.'s colleague (3) LA Times Daily Sep 8, 2026
6% ARTIE Name that sounds like the neighbors of "S" (5) Universal Sep 3, 2026
6% SOC Org.'s kin (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 2, 2026

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