How many letters does the top answer for “author of poor things” have?

The most common answer is gray (4 letters).

Crossword clue: author of poor things

1 answer found in Letterora's clue database (Wikidata facts, Open Trivia DB, WordNet and Webster definitions — all licensed sources).

gray 4 letters wd-fact-v3

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

author of the thing 67% similar → carpenter

author of poor folk 50% similar → dostoyevsky

author of poor liza 50% similar → karamzin

author of the poor poet 50% similar → spitzweg

wrote poor things 50% similar → gray