How many letters does the top answer for “wrote the devil” have?

The most common answer is tolstoy (7 letters).

Crossword clue: wrote the devil

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

tolstoy 7 letters wd-fact-v3

Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910)

wrote beauty and the devil 67% similar → clair

wrote the number devil 67% similar → enzensberger

wrote 1q84 50% similar → murakami

wrote 2666 50% similar → bolano

wrote 4 3 2 1 50% similar → auster

wrote q11368 50% similar → kernighan, ritchie

wrote q13415681 50% similar → hamill

wrote q134773 50% similar → zemeckis