"The Glass Bead Game" author, 1943 Crossword Clue

• Author of "Steppenwolf"

  New York Times · Saturday, February 7, 2026 · 5 letters

• Literature Nobelist who wrote "Siddhartha"

  New York Times · Saturday, August 9, 2025 · 5 letters

• Hermann who wrote "Siddhartha"

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 5 letters

• Hermann who wrote philosophical fiction

  New York Times · Monday, January 22, 2024 · 5 letters

• "Siddhartha" author

  New York Times · Sunday, December 3, 2023 · 5 letters

• "The Glass Bead Game" author

  New York Times · Sunday, November 5, 2023 · 5 letters

• "Steppenwolf" author

  New York Times · Sunday, April 23, 2023 · 5 letters

• Locale of Wiesbaden, Germany

  New York Times · Thursday, January 27, 2022 · 5 letters

• German state that includes Frankfurt

  New York Times · Sunday, January 9, 2022 · 5 letters

• "Narcissus and Goldmund" novelist

  New York Times · Saturday, July 13, 2019 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 12-Down Boo-boo
• 13-Across Wishy-washy response
• 13-Down Texter's qualifier
• 14-Down One might be put through the wringer
• 15-Down Geek Squad members, e.g.
• 16-Down "I can thrill you more than any ___ could ever dare try" ("Thriller" lyric)
• 18-Down Pecan or peach
• 19-Across Had the opportunity to, casually
• 20-Across Entertainment with a private audience?
• 20-Down Sch. where a live bear used to take the field during football games
• 21-Across Malice, more formally
• 22-Across One wearing chapstick, perhaps