NOIR is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for NOIR in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "NOIR" answer was first appeared in "26 May 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Jet, at Orly?". It was authored by Cathy Millhauser. Recently, the "NOIR" answer has been used for "19 Jul 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Gritty film". It was authored by Billy Bratton. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Pinot ___ (6)". "NOIR" appeared 96 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "NOIR" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 2023 | 31A | Gritty film | Billy Bratton |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 36A | Blanc’s opposite | Michael Schlossberg |
| 25 Apr 2023 | 21A | Crime genre | Grant Boroughs |
| 12 Apr 2023 | 53A | Pinot ___ | Olivia Mitra Framke and Brooke Husic |
| 7 Mar 2023 | 19D | Dark film genre | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| 17 Feb 2023 | 52A | “The Third Man,” for one | Jem Burch |
| 22 Dec 2022 | 61A | Hard-boiled film genre | David Steinberg |
| 12 Jul 2022 | 31D | Counterpart of rouge, in roulette | Karen Steinberg |
| 8 Nov 2021 | 33D | Dark film genre | Carl Larson |
| 12 Jul 2021 | 53D | Black: Fr. | Kevin Christian |
| 8 Aug 2020 | 15D | Film ___ | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| 23 Apr 2020 | 25D | Hardly a rosy picture | Yacob Yonas and Erik Agard |
| 24 Feb 2020 | 27D | Black: Fr. | Jacob Stulberg |
| 5 Dec 2019 | 60D | Like some detective fiction | Neville Fogarty |
| 11 Sep 2019 | 48D | Neo-___ (film genre) | Ned White |
| 26 Aug 2019 | 44D | Pinot ___ | Erik Agard |
| 27 Jun 2019 | 70A | Some detective fiction, informally | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| 28 Mar 2019 | 60A | Crime film genre | Damon Gulczynski |
| 20 Feb 2019 | 8A | Modifier for “film” or “pinot” | Byron Walden |
| 11 Jan 2019 | 38D | Film ___ | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| 12 Dec 2018 | 57D | “Strangers on a Train” film genre | David J. Kahn |
| 29 Aug 2018 | 2D | 1950’s “The Asphalt Jungle,” for one | Alex Bajcz |
| 26 Jul 2018 | 3D | Gritty genre | Nate Cardin |
| 1 Mar 2018 | 66A | Gritty genre | Timothy Polin |
| 12 Feb 2018 | 53D | Pinot ___ | Michael Black |
| 21 Jan 2018 | 72D | Couleur du café | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| 19 Jan 2018 | 19A | Neo-___ | David J. Kahn |
| 17 Jan 2018 | 64D | Genre for “Chinatown” or “The Big Sleep” | Jules Markey |
| 22 Nov 2017 | 55D | Pinot ___ | Timothy Polin |
| 19 Nov 2017 | 36A | Opposite of blanc | Tom McCoy |
| 2 Nov 2017 | 56D | Café ___ | Peter Sagal and Mike Selinker |
| 22 Feb 2017 | 3D | Genre for the novelist Patricia Highsmith | Kyle Dolan |
| 2 Feb 2017 | 59A | Crime film genre | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 25 Jan 2017 | 44A | Dark film genre, informally | Tracy Gray |
| 23 Sep 2016 | 22D | Genre that “The Long Goodbye” is based on | Andrew Zhou |
| 19 Sep 2016 | 2D | Detective fiction genre | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 6 May 2016 | 52D | Rouge alternative | Julian Lim |
| 8 Feb 2016 | 42D | Dark film genre | Paolo Pasco |
| 2 Jan 2015 | 21A | Rouge counterpart | David Steinberg |
| 3 Feb 2014 | 64A | Black: Fr. | Sean Dobbin |
| 30 Jan 2014 | 67A | Dark genre | Dan Schoenholz |
| 11 Nov 2013 | 36D | Alternative to rouge in roulette | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 14 Oct 2013 | 47D | Roulette bet that’s not rouge | Zhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols |
| 22 Jan 2013 | 70A | Film ___ | Jay Kaskel |
| 18 Oct 2012 | 39D | Film genre | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 29 Jun 2012 | 32A | Genre spoofed by “The Cheap Detective” | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Mar 2012 | 52A | Film genre | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Oct 2011 | 38D | Mitchum’s genre | Kevin G. Der |
| 17 Aug 2011 | 27D | Film ___ | Michael Black |
| 1 Aug 2011 | 11D | Dark film genre | Joel Fagliano |
| 16 May 2011 | 27D | Pinot ___ (wine) | Ian Livengood |
| 15 Dec 2010 | 17A | Hard-boiled crime genre | John Lampkin |
| 11 Nov 2010 | 36D | “The Big Sleep” film genre | Andrew Zhou |
| 27 Oct 2010 | 15A | Film style | Jay Kaskel |
| 9 Jul 2010 | 26A | Genre of “The Set-Up,” 1949 | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Oct 2009 | 39D | Pinot ___ | Sharon Delorme |
| 15 Jul 2009 | 55D | Hard-boiled, in a way | Joon Pahk |
| 23 Feb 2009 | 21A | Genre for “The Maltese Falcon” | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 2 Aug 2008 | 5D | Dark picture | Karen M. Tracey |
| 18 Apr 2008 | 53A | Café ___ | Joe DiPietro |
| 8 May 2007 | 61D | Bet that’s not rouge | Sarah Keller |
| 3 Jan 2007 | 36A | Dark genre | Kim Seidl |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 34D | Film style | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Nov 2006 | 25D | Film category | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 20 Jun 2006 | 37D | Pinot ___ | Steve Salmon |
| 19 Dec 2005 | 29D | Film ___ | Richard Hughes |
| 3 Oct 2005 | 14A | Film ___ (movie genre) | Roy Leban |
| 20 Jun 2005 | 53A | Dark film genre, for short | Alison Donald |
| 4 Apr 2005 | 33D | Pinot ___ (wine) | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 8 Oct 2004 | 28D | Film ___ | Joe DiPietro |
| 30 Aug 2004 | 30D | Dark film genre, informally | Jeffrey Harris |
| 4 Jan 2004 | 78D | Film ___ | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Sep 2003 | 67A | Black, as roulette numbers | Leslie H. Nicoll |
| 17 Jul 2003 | 6D | Film genre | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 26 Apr 2003 | 52A | Some fiction, informally | Patrick Merrell |
| 5 Mar 2003 | 57D | Black, as la nuit | Tyler Hinman |
| 8 Oct 2001 | 12D | Film ___ | Monica Krausse |
| 6 Jul 2001 | 48A | Guy ___ (Garrison Keillor character) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 27 Feb 2001 | 18D | Roulette color | M. Preston Sherwood |
| 14 Dec 2000 | 15A | Color of some wine grapes | Peter Gordon |
| 10 Nov 2000 | 47A | Charles de Gaulle’s jet | Bob Klahn |
| 20 Oct 2000 | 22A | Not rouge | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 2 Oct 2000 | 4D | Film ___ | Sarah Keller |
| 1 Jul 2000 | 39D | Film follower | Rich Norris |
| 9 Jun 2000 | 57D | Like some roulette numbers | Joe DiPietro |
| 16 Mar 2000 | 48D | Roulette bet | Peter Gordon |
| 4 Dec 1999 | 27A | Casino call | Rich Norris |
| 30 Jun 1998 | 51D | Film ___ | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 9 Jun 1998 | 12D | Roulette bet | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 28 May 1998 | 47D | Film genre | Patrick Jordan |
| 1 Apr 1998 | 38D | Film genre | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 27 Mar 1998 | 26D | Café ___ | Alan Jay Weiss |
| 6 Oct 1997 | 26A | Film ___ | Barbara Campitelli |
| 17 Jun 1997 | 57A | Film ___ | Robert Zimmerman |
| 23 May 1997 | 62A | Roulette bet | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 26 May 1994 | 32D | Jet, at Orly? | Cathy Millhauser |
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