Surname of the author of <i>Persuasion</i> (1817) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Surname of the author of <i>Persuasion</i> (1817) 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is AUSTEN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AUSTEN Surname of the author of <i>Persuasion</i> (1817) (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 23, 2025
9% ELLIOT Family name in <i>Persuasion</i> (6) (6) The Sun Mini Dec 11, 2025
8% THOMASPAINE Thetford-born author of <i>Common Sense</i> and <i>The American Crisis</i> (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 1, 2026
8% HGWELLS Author of <i>The Time Machine</i> (1,1,5) (7) The Sun Mini Feb 18, 2026
8% GRACE Surname of Simon, Jared and Mallory in <i>The Spiderwick Chronicles</i> (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Feb 15, 2026
8% JANE Persuasion author Austen (4) The Atlantic Jan 18, 2026
7% SUSANNAHCONSTANTINE Co-author, with Trinny Woodall, of <i>What Not to Wear</i> (19) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 1, 2026
7% UNDERARHYMINGPLANET "I was not born ____" (<i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>) (19) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 1, 2026
7% BEG "I ___ to differ" (3)
7% ORELSEWHAT "And if I don't?" (10) Universal Mar 1, 2026

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