Answer: PENNAME
PENNAME is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 40 times.
Referring Clues:
- Mark Twain, for one
 - Mark Twain, e.g.
 - Book cover?
 - Boz, for one
 - Ann Landers, e.g.
 - George Eliot, e.g.
 - Mark Twain, for Samuel Clemens
 - Saki, e.g.
 - Literary creation
 - Literary handle?
 - Dr. Seuss, for one
 - Mark Twain or Saki, e.g.
 - Writer's disguise
 - Author's alias
 - Sing Sing or Folsom?
 - George Orwell, e.g.
 - Pseudonym
 - O. Henry, for one
 - Mark Twain, famously
 - Mark Twain used one
 - Author alias
 - *Lewis Carroll, for one
 - George Eliot or George Sand, e.g.
 - Dr. Seuss, e.g.
 - Nom de plume (2 wds.)
 - George Eliot, George Sand, or George Orwell
 - Ayn Rand, e.g.
 - Author's pseudonym
 - Mark Twain or Dr. Seuss
 - Ann Landers, for one
 - Mark Twain or O. Henry
 - Writer's alias
 - Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is
 - Mark Twain, for example
 - Orwell or Twain
 - Dogood, for Franklin
 - Novel assumption, now and then
 - George Eliot, for Mary Ann Evans
 - George Eliot or Mark Twain
 - Lewis Carroll or George Orwell
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 30, 2025
 - LA Times - October 18, 2023
 - USA Today - March 31, 2023
 - New York Times - January 30, 2023
 - LA Times - September 27, 2022
 - USA Today - May 20, 2021
 - LA Times - October 02, 2020
 - Netword - February 08, 2020
 - Netword - December 26, 2019
 - Netword - November 09, 2019
 - Netword - July 25, 2019
 - Netword - May 20, 2018
 - LA Times - August 08, 2017
 - Netword - June 26, 2017
 - New York Times - July 02, 2016
 - Universal - June 01, 2016
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 19, 2016
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 20, 2016
 - LA Times - July 26, 2015
 - USA Today - June 17, 2014
 
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