Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity Crossword Clue

• Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction

  New York Times · Tuesday, May 12, 2026 · 5 letters

• "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk" is the last short story he wrote

  New York Times · Sunday, November 8, 2020 · 5 letters

• "A Hunger Artist" writer

  New York Times · Friday, August 14, 2020 · 5 letters

• He wrote "In the fight between you and the world, back the world"

  New York Times · Thursday, April 5, 2018 · 5 letters

• "The Trial" author

  New York Times · Wednesday, February 25, 2015 · 5 letters

• "Amerika" novelist

  New York Times · Wednesday, October 8, 2014 · 5 letters

• He wrote "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die"

  New York Times · Friday, October 5, 2007 · 5 letters

• "Amerika" author

  New York Times · Sunday, May 21, 2006 · 5 letters

• "The Castle" novelist

  New York Times · Friday, April 28, 2000 · 5 letters

• "The Metamorphosis" author

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 7, 1995 · 5 letters

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• 69-Down Lift ticket purchaser
• 70-Down Unspoken
• 71-Across Suitor of Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera"
• 72-Down Word after hidden or political
• 73-Across Kind of shell that's easily broken
• 73-Down Calorie-rich cake
• 74-Down Apt name for a veterinarian
• 75-Across ... "Rush Hour"?
• 75-Down Ankle bones
• 76-Down Sky shade
• 77-Down Claim on an egg carton
• 78-Down Woodworking tool