PELE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for PELE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "PELE" answer was first appeared in "29 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Soccer legend (4)". It was authored by Sidney L. Robbins. Recently, the "PELE" answer has been used for "3 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Who said “Football is not about one or two or three star players”". It was authored by Tracy Bennett. "PELE" appeared 96 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "PELE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2023 | 31D | Who said “Football is not about one or two or three star players” | Tracy Bennett |
| 27 Nov 2023 | 59D | One-named Brazilian soccer icon | Ricky J. Sirois |
| 5 Sep 2023 | 48A | Brazilian named “Athlete of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee | Alan Siegel |
| 16 Mar 2023 | 69A | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 24 May 2022 | 5D | Mononymous “King of Football” | Ella Dershowitz |
| 31 Mar 2022 | 52A | Youngest player to score in the FIFA World Cup (age 17) | Oliver Roeder |
| 12 Dec 2021 | 42A | New York Cosmos star of the ’70s | Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson |
| 5 Oct 2021 | 45A | Only player on more than two winning World Cup teams | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| 3 Oct 2020 | 43A | Athlete who once served as his country’s Extraordinary Minister for Sport | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| 18 Aug 2020 | 25D | Brazilian soccer great | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 25 Jul 2020 | 51D | Three-time World Cup champion | Royce Ferguson |
| 3 Apr 2020 | 40A | Guinness record-holder for the most career goals in football | Joe Deeney |
| 22 Dec 2019 | 44D | Joint winner of FIFA’s Player of the Century award in 2000 | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 17 Feb 2019 | 9D | Scorer of 12 World Cup goals | David Kwong |
| 12 Nov 2018 | 28A | One-named soccer great | Kathy Bloomer |
| 1 Sep 2018 | 39A | Athlete known as “The Black Pearl” | Randolph Ross |
| 1 Aug 2018 | 12D | One-named soccer star | Sande Milton and Jeff Chen |
| 31 Aug 2017 | 59D | “The King of Football” | Zachary Spitz |
| 26 Jan 2017 | 23D | Sports star with a signed jersey in the Vatican | Hal Moore |
| 16 Oct 2016 | 32D | Athlete on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century | Tom McCoy |
| 22 May 2016 | 41A | ___ Day (November 19, in Brazil) | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| 4 May 2016 | 38A | One-named athlete whose real first name is Edson | Jacob Stulberg |
| 23 Dec 2015 | 52A | National hero of Brazil | Jim Peredo |
| 5 Nov 2015 | 60D | Scorer of 1,281 goals in 1,363 games | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 9 Feb 2015 | 45D | Retired Brazilian soccer sensation | Lynn Lempel |
| 18 Dec 2014 | 3D | The King of Football | Timothy Polin |
| 30 Jun 2014 | 26D | Brazilian soccer legend | Ed Sessa |
| 17 Feb 2014 | 4D | One-named soccer star | David Gray |
| 28 Nov 2013 | 60D | One-named sports star who was once the highest-paid athlete in the world | Loren Muse Smith and Jeff Chen |
| 9 Mar 2013 | 22A | 1956 Santos rookie | David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk |
| 12 Nov 2012 | 1A | One-named soccer legend | Randall J. Hartman |
| 12 Sep 2012 | 36A | Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to fans | Robert W. Harris |
| 6 Apr 2012 | 56D | Forward who wore #10 | Mike Nothnagel |
| 18 Jun 2011 | 4D | Athlete nicknamed “O Rei” | Joon Pahk |
| 31 May 2011 | 26D | Brazilian soccer hero | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| 15 Jan 2011 | 6D | Santos rookie of 1956 | Barry C. Silk |
| 18 Apr 2010 | 109D | Soccer immortal | Randolph Ross |
| 2 Dec 2009 | 46A | FIFA Player of the Century | Jack McInturff |
| 9 Aug 2009 | 28A | Star of football, to most of the world | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 22 May 2009 | 24A | Goal-oriented superstar? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Mar 2009 | 90A | Athlete who won the 1978 International Peace Award | Zack Kushner |
| 24 Jan 2009 | 24D | Sports star with an accent in his name | Mark Diehl |
| 17 Jan 2009 | 51A | Legendary athlete on the 6/23/75 cover of Sports Illustrated | Brad Wilber |
| 28 Aug 2008 | 41A | Only player to be part of three World Cup-winning teams | Sheldon Benardo |
| 3 Jul 2008 | 17A | 1958 World Cup hero | Keith Talon |
| 10 Jun 2008 | 12D | Old Cosmos great | Barry C. Silk |
| 12 Mar 2008 | 19A | Cosmos legend | Larry Shearer |
| 8 Dec 2007 | 60A | Achiever of many goals | Barry C. Silk |
| 3 Nov 2007 | 46D | Legendary kicker | Brad Wilber |
| 31 Oct 2007 | 13D | New York Cosmos star | Ken Stern |
| 22 Nov 2005 | 44A | Brazilian soccer great | Nancy Salomon |
| 8 Nov 2005 | 57A | Brazilian soccer legend | Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Sep 2005 | 44D | Sports hero who wore #10 | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Jun 2005 | 17A | Latino sports legend | Patrick Merrell |
| 9 Dec 2004 | 24A | Soccer great | Paula Gamache |
| 26 May 2004 | 15A | Former World Cup star | David J. Kahn |
| 18 Apr 2004 | 111D | Famous kicker | Richard Chisholm |
| 22 Jan 2004 | 47A | Memorable kicker | Roy Leban |
| 5 Jun 2003 | 29A | He averaged almost a goal a game | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Sep 2002 | 10D | Edson Arantes do Nascimento, familiarly | Kevin Hagen |
| 4 May 2002 | 52D | Cosmos star | Rich Norris |
| 10 Apr 2002 | 53D | Former Cosmos star | Gregory Casagrande |
| 24 Jul 2001 | 53D | Soccer icon | Gayle Dean |
| 1 Jul 2001 | 21A | Three-time World Cup star | Manny Nosowsky |
| 22 Jun 2001 | 56D | One-named sports star | William I. Johnston |
| 24 Sep 2000 | 73A | Ex-Cosmos great | Randolph Ross |
| 17 Sep 2000 | 42D | Star player for the Cosmos | Nelson Hardy |
| 14 Jul 2000 | 20A | New York Cosmos star | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 29 Dec 1999 | 53D | One-named sports legend | Robert O. Dillman |
| 26 Dec 1999 | 104A | Onetime World Cup star | Greg Staples |
| 5 Aug 1999 | 22A | 17-year-old sensation at the 1958 World Cup | A. J. Santora |
| 5 Apr 1999 | 67A | Brazilian booter | Gregory E. Paul |
| 12 Oct 1998 | 24A | Soccer great born Edson Arantes | Richard Chisholm |
| 16 Jun 1998 | 54D | Soccer superstar | Bill Ballard |
| 21 Aug 1997 | 12D | Cosmos star | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 8 Aug 1997 | 58D | 1958 World Cup sensation | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn |
| 15 Jun 1997 | 20A | Noted Sao Paulo-born athlete | Karen Hodge |
| 27 Apr 1997 | 102D | Brazilian national hero | Matt Gaffney |
| 25 Sep 1996 | 53D | Brazilian soccer star | R. Norris |
| 10 Jun 1996 | 42A | One-named soccer star | S. Spadaccini |
| 2 Apr 1996 | 15A | Soccer legend | G. E. Paul |
| 11 Dec 1995 | 51D | Soccer legend | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Dec 1995 | 46A | Soccer immortal | Rich Norris |
| 21 Nov 1995 | 41A | Brazilian booter | Thomas W. Schier |
| 22 Sep 1995 | 10D | Star booter | Jim Page |
| 23 Aug 1995 | 3D | One-name sports star | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 1 Jun 1995 | 12D | Soccer great | Rich Norris |
| 9 Feb 1995 | 38A | Brazilian booter | Richard Thomas |
| 1 Nov 1994 | 40A | Soccer legend | Christopher Page |
| 4 Oct 1994 | 54D | Soccer great | Stanley B. Whitten |
| 11 May 1994 | 23A | Three-time World Cup medalist | Harvey Estes |
| 13 Feb 1994 | 61D | That Cosmos guy | Cathy Millhauser |
| 27 Dec 1993 | 14A | New York Cosmos star | Joel Davajan |
| 24 Dec 1993 | 11D | A k a Edson Arantes do Nascimento | Merl H. Reagle |
| 8 Dec 1993 | 32D | Athlete from Tres Coracoes, Brazil | Norma Steinberg |
| 29 Nov 1993 | 9A | Soccer legend | Sidney L. Robbins |
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