Sober novelist missing booze, ultimately Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Sober novelist missing booze, ultimately featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on February 3, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STERN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STERN Sober novelist missing booze, ultimately (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 3, 2026
5% STAID Sober (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 2, 2025
4% ALEC Novelist Waugh (4) Eugene Sheffer Feb 2, 2026
4% WRITER Columnist or novelist (6) Newsday Feb 1, 2026
4% ALISON Novelist Lurie (6) LA Times Daily Jan 29, 2026
4% ANN Novelist Patchett (3) Newsday Jan 29, 2026
4% ROBES Sort of sober garments (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 24, 2026
4% CALEB Novelist Carr (5) Newsday Jan 22, 2026
4% FINALS Ultimate tests (6) Newsday Jan 22, 2026
4% LEO Novelist Tolstoy (3) LA Times Daily Jan 21, 2026

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