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noun • conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936) | ||||||||
| 39% | 9 | English poet and novelist who served as the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967 | ||||||
noun • English poet (1878-1967) | ||||||||
| 36% | 12 | Novelist whose pen name was a combination of her father's first name and her own | ||||||
noun • British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880) | ||||||||
Poet And Novelist Whose Father Was A Detective Crossword Clue
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CHESTERTON which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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CHESTERTON
Updated: October 14, 2023
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