Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% KAFKA Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity (5) New York Times Oct 20, 2024
3% ELM "Nightmarish" street (3)
3% FARCICAL Absurd (8) Eugene Sheffer Sep 24, 2025
3% CRABAPPLE *Fruit whose name is also a synonym for a grouch (9) New York Times Jul 1, 2025
2% HESSE "Siddhartha" novelist (5) LA Times Daily Oct 16, 2025
2% TONI Novelist Morrison (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
2% ELLEN Novelist Raskin (5) LA Times Daily Oct 4, 2025
2% BABKA Cake whose name translates to "grandmother" (5) USA Today Oct 2, 2025
2% UGLI Fruit whose name sounds repulsive (4) Universal Oct 2, 2025
2% YEA "Aye" anagram and synonym (3)

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