Wall Street Journal Crossword

July, 2025

Jonathan Raksin  

 

The following authors have something in common that is hinted at by the last clue.

 

1. D.H. Lawrence

2. Dante Aligheri 

3. Boris Pasternak 

4. Ernest Hemingway

5. Literary alias

 

Answer to Clue 5:

Nom de Plume

 

What Clues 1-4 have in common:

 

Each author's name contains the name of a bird:

 

1. d.h. laWRENce

2. danTE ALigheri

3. boris paTERNak

4. ERNEst hemingway - - - Nom de plume means "pen name" - a literary alias. But "plume" comes from the French "feather". Early pens (quills) were made from feathers.