LES is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LES in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LES" answer was first appeared in "4 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Guitarist ___ Paul". It was authored by Betty Jorgensen. Recently, the "LES" answer has been used for "20 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Paul for whom a guitar is named". It was authored by Brad Wiegmann. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "“___ Miz” (16)", "“___ Misérables” (25)", "French article (17)", "Guitarist Paul (12)", "___ Ãtats-Unis (6)", "Bandleader Brown (6)". "LES" appeared 250 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LES" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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20 Dec 2023 | 34D | Paul for whom a guitar is named | Brad Wiegmann |
12 Nov 2023 | 25A | Tous ___ jours (French for “every day”) | Garrett Chalfin |
14 Sep 2023 | 27D | “Aux innocents ___ mains pleines” (“Fortune favors fools”) | Vasu Seralathan |
12 Aug 2023 | 39D | The French? | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
24 Jul 2023 | 21D | “___ Misérables” | John Ewbank |
30 May 2023 | 7D | Picasso’s “___ Demoiselles d’Avignon” | Kathryn Ladner |
29 May 2023 | 57D | “___ Misérables” | Katie Hale and Zachary David Levy |
12 Mar 2023 | 5D | Article in a French periodical | David Tuffs |
1 Mar 2023 | 52A | Guitarist Paul | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
31 Jan 2023 | 59D | Plural article in French | Erik Agard |
1 Dec 2022 | 13D | Article in Paris Match | Daniel Mauer |
26 Oct 2022 | 63D | “Au Revoir ___ Enfants” | Simeon Seigel |
1 Oct 2022 | 23A | Aix-___-Bains, France | Natan Last |
8 Sep 2022 | 54D | Paul of fame | Matthew Stock |
7 Sep 2022 | 60D | “___ Diaboliques,” 1955 Simone Signoret film | Ekua Ewool |
4 Sep 2022 | 26D | “___ Miz” | Tracy Gray |
15 Jul 2022 | 19D | “___ Amants” (Louis Malle film) | Matthew Stock and Nam Jin Yoon |
30 May 2022 | 44D | “___ Misérables” | Alexander Liebeskind |
27 May 2022 | 64D | Article in a French newspaper | David Distenfeld |
17 May 2022 | 64D | “___ Miz” | Richard D. Allen |
4 Apr 2022 | 13D | “___ Miz” | Derek J. Angell |
26 Dec 2021 | 70A | “___ Trois Petits Cochons” (French fable) | Christina Iverson |
17 Dec 2021 | 45A | C’est un article défini | Evans Clinchy |
29 Nov 2021 | 13D | Broadway’s “___ Misérables” | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
13 Oct 2021 | 26A | “___ Enfants Terribles” (Cocteau novel) | Brianne McManis |
28 Sep 2021 | 11A | B’way’s “___ Miz” | Meghan Morris |
29 Aug 2021 | 127A | ___ Bleus, nickname for France’s soccer team | Dory Mintz |
9 Aug 2021 | 40D | ___ Ãtats-Unis | Alex Eaton-Salners |
6 Jul 2021 | 54A | “___ Misérables” | Katie Hale |
18 Jun 2021 | 55D | French article | Daniel Larsen |
20 May 2021 | 63A | French article | Trenton Charlson |
28 Jan 2021 | 48A | ___ Halles (central food market in Paris, once) | Steve Mossberg |
12 Jan 2021 | 33D | “___ Miz” | Ross Trudeau |
28 Nov 2020 | 10D | “___ Enfants du Paradis” (classic W.W. II-era film) | Nam Jin Yoon |
29 Oct 2020 | 61D | Picasso’s “___ Demoiselles d’Avignon” | Kurt Weller |
7 Oct 2020 | 21D | French article | Ross Trudeau |
3 Jan 2020 | 41D | Beginning of many French stories | Will Treece |
23 Dec 2019 | 22D | Guitar pioneer ___ Paul | Timothy Polin |
22 Oct 2019 | 28D | ___ Baux-de-Provence (French commune) | Saul Pink |
20 Oct 2019 | 35A | Picasso’s “___ Demoiselles d’Avignon” | Natan Last |
10 Oct 2019 | 28A | Paul in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Tracy Gray |
22 Sep 2019 | 85A | Article in Paris Match | Tracy Gray |
1 Sep 2019 | 26D | Baudelaire’s “___ Fleurs du Mal” | Finn Vigeland |
20 Aug 2019 | 46A | “___ Misérables” | Evan Kalish |
28 Jun 2019 | 9D | French article | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
22 Apr 2019 | 9D | “___ Miz” | Bruce Haight |
7 Apr 2019 | 102A | “___ Trois Mousquetaires” | Peter A. Collins |
19 Mar 2019 | 5D | “___ Miz” | Daniel Larsen |
17 Mar 2019 | 1D | Picasso’s “___ Demoiselles d’Avignon” | Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen |
5 Dec 2018 | 43A | Guitarist Paul | Alan Arbesfeld |
1 Dec 2018 | 28A | “___ Sylphides” (ballet) | Ryan McCarty |
10 Oct 2018 | 65D | “___ Misérables” | Alex Eaton-Salners |
30 Sep 2018 | 28D | Jazz’s McCann | Natan Last |
21 Jul 2018 | 20A | Start of the name of many a French band | Jason Flinn |
25 Jan 2018 | 60A | ___ Ãchos (French daily) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
12 Nov 2017 | 10D | ___ Cayes (Haitian port) | Ed Sessa |
11 Oct 2017 | 64D | Guitarist Paul | David J. Kahn |
17 Jul 2017 | 22A | Broadway’s “___ Miz” | Tom McCoy |
7 Jun 2017 | 22A | “___ Misérables” | Timothy Polin |
2 Jun 2017 | 55D | Relative of “die” | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
7 Aug 2016 | 4D | ___ Moulins, Québec | Samuel A. Donaldson |
16 Jun 2016 | 43D | The French? | Timothy Polin |
29 Apr 2016 | 31A | Arles article | Andrew Kingsley |
25 Mar 2016 | 6D | ___ Echos (French daily) | Ian Livengood |
18 Feb 2016 | 4D | French article | Bruce Haight |
10 Jan 2016 | 120A | 89-Across, in France | Patrick Merrell |
7 Nov 2015 | 55D | Issy-___-Moulineaux, France | Barry C. Silk |
2 Nov 2015 | 40D | ___ Ãtats-Unis | Loren Muse Smith and Andrea Carla Michaels |
26 Sep 2015 | 19A | Die, across the Rhine | David Woolf |
18 Aug 2015 | 61D | French article | Bill Thompson |
26 Mar 2015 | 41A | “___ Justes” (Albert Camus play) | Byron Walden |
16 Mar 2015 | 68D | TV exec Moonves | Ian Livengood |
11 Mar 2015 | 22A | ___ Ãtats-Unis | David Steinberg |
16 Jan 2015 | 12A | Alsatian article | Michael Wiesenberg |
3 Jan 2015 | 34A | “___ Jeunes de Paris” (recurring “S.N.L.” sketch) | Sam Ezersky |
23 Nov 2014 | 117D | Media exec Moonves | Patrick Berry |
31 Oct 2014 | 46D | Tous ___ jours (daily: Fr.) | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
10 Sep 2014 | 62D | WKRP’s Nessman | Jim Peredo |
1 Sep 2014 | 64D | “___ Misérables” | Allan E. Parrish |
27 Aug 2014 | 46D | “___ Girls,” 1957 musical comedy | Gareth Bain and David Poole |
1 Jul 2014 | 35A | ___ Paul (classic guitar) | Gary Cee |
11 May 2014 | 87D | Former defense secretary Aspin | Peter A. Collins |
13 Mar 2014 | 18A | Louis Malle’s “___ Amants” | Alex Vratsanos |
12 Mar 2014 | 48A | “___ Misérables” | Jeff Chen |
12 Dec 2013 | 59D | Article in French papers | David Steinberg |
10 Nov 2013 | 111D | “___ Sylphides” (ballet) | Alan Olschwang |
21 Oct 2013 | 23A | “___ Misérables” | Gary Cee |
2 Sep 2013 | 23A | “___ Misérables” | Jim Peredo |
20 Jun 2013 | 27D | French article | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
20 May 2013 | 66A | Guitar innovator Paul | Tim Croce |
17 Feb 2013 | 42D | “___ Miz” | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
7 Jan 2013 | 6D | “Au Revoir ___ Enfants” | Jim Peredo |
24 Dec 2012 | 1D | “___ Misérables” | Michael Sharp |
29 Nov 2012 | 65A | Louis Malle’s “___ Amants” | Sharon Delorme |
1 Nov 2012 | 13D | “___ Miz” | George Barany and Victor Barocas |
24 Oct 2012 | 28D | Guitarist Paul | Ian Livengood |
13 Oct 2012 | 5D | The Parisian? | Barry C. Silk |
22 Jun 2012 | 61D | Article in L’Express | Josh Knapp |
20 Jun 2012 | 69A | ___ Paul guitars | Alan Arbesfeld |
18 May 2012 | 61A | Article in the Louvre? | Allan E. Parrish |
21 Apr 2012 | 7D | Brown with the Band of Renown | Barry C. Silk |
22 Feb 2012 | 65D | French article | Karen Young Bonin |
23 Jan 2012 | 39D | Article in Paris Match | Sarah Keller |
25 Dec 2011 | 38D | “___ Misérables” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
19 Dec 2011 | 13D | ___ Brown and His Band of Renown | Richard Chisholm |
20 Nov 2011 | 110D | CBS’s Moonves | Trip Payne |
13 Nov 2011 | 118A | Guitar great Paul | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
3 Oct 2011 | 58A | “___ Misérables” | Stanley Newman |
29 Aug 2011 | 63D | “___ Misérables” | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
1 Jul 2011 | 42A | French article | Chris A. McGlothlin |
19 May 2011 | 29D | Aix-___-Bains, France | Paula Gamache |
6 Mar 2011 | 128A | Longtime 25-Across president Moonves | David Levinson Wilk |
26 Jan 2011 | 35A | “Au Revoir, ___ Enfants” (1987 film) | David Murchie |
4 Jan 2011 | 8D | “___ Miz” | David Hanson |
4 Oct 2010 | 62A | Plural of “la” and “le” | Adam G. Perl |
4 Sep 2010 | 31A | Liszt’s “___ Préludes” | Mark Diehl |
4 Jul 2010 | 114D | Ãvian-___-Bains, France | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
27 May 2010 | 63A | Start of many French titles | Josh Knapp |
16 May 2010 | 32A | “___ Miz” | Matt Ginsberg |
14 Mar 2010 | 127A | Louvre article? | Caleb Madison |
27 Feb 2010 | 45A | College football coach Miles | Patrick John Duggan |
8 Dec 2009 | 1A | Guitarist Paul | Joe Krozel |
16 Nov 2009 | 64A | “___ Miz” | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
27 Sep 2009 | 76A | “WKRP in Cincinnati” role | Patrick Berry |
17 Aug 2009 | 63D | ___ Ãtats-Unis | Mike Buckley |
2 Jun 2009 | 62D | “___ Liaisons Dangereuses” | Patrick Blindauer |
19 May 2009 | 29A | Guitar pioneer Paul | Damon J. Gulczynski |
5 May 2009 | 58A | “Au Revoir, ___ Enfants” | Trip Payne |
29 Dec 2008 | 60A | ___ Ãtats-Unis | Kevin Donovan |
28 Nov 2008 | 12D | “___ Sylphides” (ballet) | Joe Krozel |
6 Oct 2008 | 5A | “___ Miz” | Patrick Blindauer |
13 Sep 2008 | 27A | ___ Arcs, French ski resort | Will Nediger |
18 May 2008 | 116D | French article | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
14 Mar 2008 | 19A | Un article défini | Kevin G. Der |
24 Feb 2008 | 85A | “___ Diaboliques” | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
15 Jan 2008 | 40A | Paris’s ___ Invalides | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
9 Oct 2007 | 43A | Meyerbeer’s “___ Huguenots” | Timothy Powell |
15 Jul 2007 | 72D | Aix-___-Bains | Patrick Berry |
24 Jun 2007 | 118A | The, abroad | Eric Berlin |
10 Jun 2007 | 60D | Good name for a minimalist? | Bob Klahn |
23 Feb 2007 | 10D | Article in a French magazine | Patrick Merrell |
17 Dec 2006 | 101D | Guitar great ___ Paul | Joe DiPietro |
13 Nov 2006 | 24A | “___ Misérables” | Peter A. Collins |
5 Nov 2006 | 138D | Former defense secretary Aspin | Derrick Niederman |
12 Oct 2006 | 41A | ___ Moulins, Québec | Dave Tuller |
2 Sep 2006 | 36A | Thonon-___-Bains, France | Mel Rosen |
31 May 2006 | 60D | French article | Trip Payne |
2 Apr 2006 | 93A | With 107-Down, Westerner with an oxymoronic-sounding name buried on Boot Hill | Bob Klahn |
22 Dec 2005 | 11A | “___ Adieux,” a Beethoven 51-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
1 Nov 2005 | 1D | French article | Sarah Keller |
30 Oct 2005 | 93A | ___ Halles, old Parisian market | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
8 Jun 2005 | 41A | Brown of renown | Richard Chisholm |
6 Jun 2005 | 60D | “___ Misérables” | Raymond Hamel |
30 Dec 2004 | 63D | Article that may go with berets | Kyle Mahowald |
30 Nov 2004 | 43A | Bandleader Brown | Joan Yanofsky |
28 Nov 2004 | 91A | Article in France-Soir | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
18 Apr 2004 | 119D | Guitarist Paul | Richard Chisholm |
28 Mar 2004 | 123A | “___ Girls” (Gene Kelly movie) | David J. Kahn |
22 Feb 2004 | 114A | Berlioz’s “___ Troyens” | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
28 Jan 2004 | 6D | Guitar great Paul | Jim Hyres |
2 Jan 2004 | 41D | Baudelaire’s “___ fleurs du mal” | Sherry O. Blackard |
7 Dec 2003 | 33A | Article at the Louvre | Sherry O. Blackard |
23 Nov 2003 | 129A | “___ Liaisons Dangereuses” | Leonard Williams |
26 Oct 2003 | 51D | “___ Girls” (1957 musical) | Patrick Merrell |
17 Oct 2003 | 55D | Mystery novelist Roberts | Bob Peoples |
3 Aug 2003 | 94D | ___ Cayes, Haiti | Jim Page |
13 Jul 2003 | 94A | Arles article | Randolph Ross |
1 Jul 2003 | 42A | ___ Paul guitars | Karen M. Tracey |
24 Mar 2003 | 13D | Parisian article | Alison D. Donald |
28 Dec 2002 | 58A | Poulenc ballet “___ Biches” | Rich Norris |
19 Dec 2002 | 66A | Brown with His Band of Renown | Patrick Berry |
18 Nov 2002 | 10D | Strasbourg article | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
28 Oct 2002 | 61D | “___ Misérables” | Randy Sowell |
4 Oct 2002 | 21A | Meyerbeer’s “___ Huguenots” | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
21 Jul 2002 | 42D | “___ Girls” | Trip Payne |
13 Jul 2002 | 20A | Article at the Louvre | Randolph Ross |
9 May 2002 | 63D | French article | Cathy Millhauser |
6 Feb 2002 | 4A | Paul or Brown | Joe DiPietro |
9 Dec 2001 | 17D | Berlioz’s “___ Nuits” | Cathy Millhauser |
1 Dec 2001 | 39D | “___ Girls” | Peter Gordon |
31 Jul 2001 | 13D | Brown of renown | Sarah Keller |
15 Jul 2001 | 110D | Guitar master Paul | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
17 Jun 2001 | 100D | With 79-Down, a B’way hit | David J. Kahn |
18 Apr 2001 | 16A | Guitar innovator Paul | A. J. Santora |
14 Jan 2001 | 31A | Ãvian-___-Bains, France | Nancy Salomon |
31 Dec 2000 | 54D | Guitar master Paul | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
19 Dec 2000 | 32D | “___ Misérables” | Fred Piscop |
8 Dec 2000 | 60D | “___ Enfants Terrible” | Bob Klahn |
26 Nov 2000 | 65A | Aix-___-Bains, France | Patrick Berry |
20 Nov 2000 | 43A | Guitarist Paul | Randall J. Hartman |
29 Aug 2000 | 23A | “___ Misérables” | Peter Gordon |
17 Aug 2000 | 38A | Guitarist Paul | Greg Staples |
7 Aug 2000 | 51A | Bandleader Brown | Nick Grivas |
16 Jul 2000 | 80A | French article | David J. Kahn |
3 Jul 2000 | 45A | “___ Misérables” | Marjorie Berg |
22 Mar 2000 | 23A | Guitarist Paul | Richard Silvestri |
7 Mar 2000 | 41A | Kelly’s “___ Girls” | John Greenman |
22 Feb 2000 | 64D | “___ Miz” | Dorothy E. Donaldson |
14 Jan 2000 | 11D | With 3-Down, destination of some French emigrants | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
25 Oct 1999 | 36A | “___ Misérables” | Philip Lew |
18 Oct 1999 | 25D | ___ Ãtats-Unis | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
15 Jun 1999 | 27D | “___ Miz” | Stephanie Spadaccini |
8 May 1999 | 44A | 1984 film “___ Compères” | Richard Hughes |
11 Apr 1999 | 6D | French article | Matt Gaffney |
1 Apr 1999 | 46D | Guitarist Paul | Kelly Clark |
15 Mar 1999 | 35A | Bandleader Brown | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
8 Feb 1999 | 65D | “___ Misérables” | Sidney L. Robbins (1909-97) |
31 Jan 1999 | 32A | Juan-___-Pins (Riviera resort) | Manny Nosowsky |
9 Jan 1999 | 32D | Baxter of the swing era | Harvey Estes |
9 Nov 1998 | 20A | French article | Peter Gordon |
4 Oct 1998 | 61D | Start of many French titles | Frank Longo |
23 Jul 1998 | 39A | ___ Cayes, Haiti | Randall J. Hartman |
3 Mar 1998 | 46A | “___ Compères” (1984 film) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
24 Feb 1998 | 13D | “___ Miz” | Bill Ballard |
18 Jan 1998 | 61A | Brown of renown | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
14 Dec 1997 | 112D | “___ Girls” (Kelly musical) | Nancy Salomon |
30 Apr 1997 | 61A | Article in France Soir | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
19 Mar 1997 | 62A | “___ Miserables” | Trip Payne |
10 Feb 1997 | 21D | “___ Miserables” | S. Burns |
8 Dec 1996 | 53A | Arles article | A. J. Santora |
17 Nov 1996 | 44D | Bandleader Baxter | N. N. Joline |
2 Nov 1996 | 22A | “WKRP” character | J. DiPietro |
20 Aug 1996 | 34A | Late Cabinet Secretary Aspin | S. Spadaccini |
15 Aug 1996 | 1D | Article in France-Soir | S. B. Whitten |
1 Jun 1996 | 29A | “___Girls” | B. Klahn |
26 May 1996 | 104D | Former Sec. Aspin | R. Ross |
10 May 1996 | 55D | Late Secretary Aspin | M. Gaffney |
25 Apr 1996 | 55D | French article | W. Canine |
8 Apr 1996 | 54D | “___Miserables” | S. B. Whitten |
4 Feb 1996 | 116D | Nice article | D. J. Kahn |
6 Dec 1995 | 31D | Orchestra leader Baxter | Chet Currier |
19 Nov 1995 | 39D | Article on Mont Blanc | Cathy Millhauser |
15 Nov 1995 | 6D | Late Defense Sec. Aspin | Matt Gaffney |
15 Aug 1995 | 38A | “___ Misérables” | Randall J. Hartman |
26 Jul 1995 | 32A | Guitarist Paul | Christopher Hurt |
4 Jul 1995 | 45A | Figaro article | Fran & Lou Sabin |
23 Mar 1995 | 56D | Guitarist Paul | Wayne Robert Williams |
5 Mar 1995 | 98A | ___ Lilas (Paris suburb) | A.J. Santora |
30 Jan 1995 | 14D | “___ Misérables” | Ernie Furtado |
11 Jan 1995 | 62D | Kelly’s “___ Girls” | Stanley B. Whitten |
10 Jan 1995 | 69A | “___ Miz” | Christopher Page |
10 Dec 1994 | 23A | Cocteau’s “___ enfants terribles” | Bryant White |
20 Sep 1994 | 41D | Bandleader Brown | Christopher Page |
4 Aug 1994 | 71A | Bandleader Brown | Jim Page |
12 Jul 1994 | 31D | “___ Miserables” | Charles Arnold |
13 Jun 1994 | 38A | Bandman Brown | John Greenman |
19 Apr 1994 | 24A | Gene Kelly’s “___ Girls” | Bob Sefick |
11 Apr 1994 | 1D | Broadway’s “___ Miz” | Martin Schneider |
27 Mar 1994 | 99D | Bandleader Brown | Jeanette K. Brill |
4 Mar 1994 | 5D | Guitarist ___ Paul | Betty Jorgensen |
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