"Matilda" author Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “"Matilda" author” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of August 24, 2025? It has 4 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2025
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DAHL is the answer to “"Matilda" author”. It means a dish of lentils and spices in India.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A dish of lentils and spices in India.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ADLH.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Actress Arlene”.
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- 7. Box for money, often4 letters, starts with SSAFE
- 11. When something happens4 letters, starts with DDATE
- 15. Apt to crumble5 letters, starts with FFRAIL
- 20. Keynote speaker, e.g.6 letters, starts with OORATOR
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- 25. Screech to a halt9 letters, starts with SSTOPSHORT
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- 28. Bride's affirmative3 letters, starts with IIDO
- 29. The animal Black Phillip in "The Witch," e.g.4 letters, starts with GGOAT
- 31. Really pedantic, say4 letters, starts with AANAL
- 32. "Cool!"4 letters, starts with NNEAT
- 34. Lithium-___ battery3 letters, starts with IION
- 35. Linguistically brief5 letters, starts with TTERSE
- 37. Like the final batter in a batting order6 letters, starts with LLASTUP
- 39. Beginning of a football series9 letters, starts with FFIRSTDOWN
- 41. English translation of "N'est-ce pas?"6 letters, starts with IISNTIT
- 43. Small version of a belt?3 letters, starts with SSIP
- 44. New driver, often4 letters, starts with TTEEN
- 45. City on the Peloponnese6 letters, starts with SSPARTA
- 48. Result of drowsiness3 letters, starts with NNAP
- 50. Current rage3 letters, starts with FFAD
- 51. Floral source of vanilla6 letters, starts with OORCHID
- 54. Assumes, as responsibilities7 letters, starts with TTAKESON
- 56. Radiates8 letters, starts with GGIVESOFF
- 60. Seven, in Seville5 letters, starts with SSIETE
- 61. King Kong et al.4 letters, starts with AAPES
- 62. ___ and cheese3 letters, starts with MMAC
- 64. Things connected by some puzzle solvers4 letters, starts with DDOTS
- 65. Payment pledge3 letters, starts with IIOU
- 67. Like some early ed.4 letters, starts with PPREK
- 68. Paving gunk3 letters, starts with TTAR
- 69. Stat9 letters, starts with RRIGHTAWAY
- 71. Struck out on one's own8 letters, starts with LLEFTHOME
- 73. Magazine piece5 letters, starts with EESSAY
- 75. Narrow beams of light4 letters, starts with RRAYS
- 76. "Dang, all that cardio and lifting has me aching all over!"6 letters, starts with IIMSORE
- 77. Moves on foot hurriedly6 letters, starts with LLEGSIT
- 80. Patola ___ (garment worn in Gujarat)4 letters, starts with SSARI
- 82. Like many singers of "Molly Malone"5 letters, starts with IIRISH
- 86. "Absofrigginlutely!"8 letters, starts with HHELLSYES
- 89. "Oh my gosh, absolutely not!"9 letters, starts with HHEAVENSNO
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- 94. Cakesters brand4 letters, starts with OOREO
- 95. TV star whose initial stands for Tureaud3 letters, starts with MMRT
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- 98. "Dear me!"4 letters, starts with AALAS
- 99. Fashion photographer Herb5 letters, starts with RRITTS
- 101. Supported the idea8 letters, starts with BBOUGHTIN
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- 112. Play-tested version4 letters, starts with BBETA
- 113. Up in the ___ (undecided)3 letters, starts with AAIR
- 114. Dangerous cloud6 letters, starts with MMIASMA
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- 122. Walk onstage5 letters, starts with EENTER
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- 128. Hole for a sweat bead4 letters, starts with PPORE
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- 142. Provide tips to6 letters, starts with AADVISE
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Down
- 1. Loaf in one's duty5 letters, starts with DDOGIT
- 2. Diminish, geologically5 letters, starts with EERODE
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- 12. "It was a while ___"3 letters, starts with AAGO
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- 16. Lobster eggs3 letters, starts with RROE
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Questions
What is the answer to “"Matilda" author”?
DAHL, 4 letters: a dish of lentils and spices in India.
When was “"Matilda" author” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of August 24, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with D.