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noun • United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899) | ||||||||
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noun • a boy or man • a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | ||||||||
| 28% | 6 | Playwright and novelist whose summer spent on the Scottish isle of Eilean Shona inspired his make-believe world Neverland, inhabited by Lost Boys, mermaids, Peter Pan and a fairy he called Tinker Bell | ||||||
noun • Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937) | ||||||||
Writer Who Inspired Boys Crossword Clue
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ALGER which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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ALGER
Updated: October 10, 2023
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