How many letters does the top answer for “wrote the man who was thursday” have?

The most common answer is chesterton (10 letters).

Crossword clue: wrote the man who was thursday

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chesterton 10 letters wd-fact-v3

conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote

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