The term AYN is an acronym for Ayn Rand, a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, and playwright. The crossword solutions for the term AYN are RAND (4 letters), RANDS (5 letters), ANTHEM (6 letters), ATLAS (5 letters), GALT (4 letters), and EGO (3 letters). RAND is a shortened form of Ayn Rand's last name, RANDS is a plural form of the same, ANTHEM is the title of one of her most famous novels, ATLAS is the title of another of her most famous novels, GALT is the surname of the protagonist in ATLAS Shrugged, and EGO is a reference to her philosophy of Objectivism.