| -- noire (bane) |
Premier Sunday |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Curse when e-number found in French drink (4,5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 Oct 2025 |
| ___ noire |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2025 |
| -- noire |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Aug 2025 |
| ___ noire |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2025 |
| __ noire |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Pet hate or archenemy, ... noir |
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| ____ noire, pet hate |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 May 2025 |
| A detested person |
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| ___ noire (pet peeve) |
Universal |
13 Jul 2024 |
| _ noir (Fr) (4) |
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| __ noire |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2024 |
| __ noire (nemesis) |
Commuter |
26 Apr 2024 |
| ___ noir (bugaboo) |
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| __ noir (bugaboo) |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2024 |
| __ 'à laine' (French sheep) |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Belle's counterpart |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2023 |
| ___ noire (bane) |
New York Times |
29 May 2023 |
| ___ noire |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2022 |
| __ noire |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2022 |
| __ noire |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Animal non humain |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2022 |
| — noire |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Dec 2021 |
| ___ noire, French phrase adopted into English to mean "something that one dislikes" |
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| — noire |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Phi __ (honor-society member) |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2021 |
| ___ noire |
Universal |
30 May 2021 |
| ___ noire (dreaded thing) |
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| __ noire |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2021 |
| __ noire |
The Washington Post |
28 Mar 2021 |
| 'La Belle et la ___' (French fairy tale) |
New York Times |
16 May 2020 |
| ___ noire (fearsome thing) |
Jonesin |
06 Aug 2019 |
| ___ noire |
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| __ noire |
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| Belle's compagnon |
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| __ noire |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2018 |
| __ noire (bane) |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2018 |
| ___ noire (nemesis) |
Universal |
17 Jul 2018 |
| -- noire |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| ___ noire (nemesis) |
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| ___ noire (pet peeve) |
Universal |
01 Jan 2018 |
| ___ noire (pet peeve) |
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| 'La ___ Humaine' (Zola novel) |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
24 Nov 2017 |
| ____ noir |
Canadiana |
25 Sep 2017 |
| ___ noire (fear causer) |
Universal |
16 Sep 2017 |
| ___ noire (pet peeve) |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2017 |
| -- noire |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Cocteau's 'La Belle et la ___' |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2017 |
| ___ noire (pet peeve) |
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| "La ___ Humaine" (Zola novel) |
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| ___ noire (fear causer) |
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| ___ noire |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2016 |
| ___ noire (detested person) |
Universal |
11 Nov 2016 |
| ___ noire |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Oct 2016 |
| ___ noire |
The Washington Post |
15 Sep 2016 |
| ___ noire (bugaboo) |
USA Today |
16 Jun 2016 |
| ___ noire (bugbear) |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2016 |
| __ de somme: beast of burden |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2016 |
| ___ noire |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2016 |
| __ de somme: beast of burden |
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| __ noire (bugaboo) |
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| ___ noire |
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| ___ noire |
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| __ noir |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2015 |
| ___ noire (bane) |
Jonesin |
24 Nov 2015 |
| ___ noire (fearsome thing) |
Universal |
10 Jul 2015 |
| __ noire: dreaded thing |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2015 |
| Émile Zola's 'La ___ humaine' |
New York Times |
15 May 2015 |
| noire |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2015 |
| With 31-Across, anathema |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2015 |
| French brute breathed oddly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Émile Zola's "La ___ humaine" |
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| __ noire: dreaded thing |
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| With 31-Across, anathema |
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| __ noir |
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| ___ noire (fearsome thing) |
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| Brest beast |
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| ___ noire (bugbear) |
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| ___ noire (fearsome entity) |
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| -- noire |
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| With 62-Across, dreaded one |
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| ___ noire |
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| ___ noire |
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| ___ noire (bane) |
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| __ noire |
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| __ noire (bane) |
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| ___ noire |
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| __ de somme: beast of burden |
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| __ noire (bugaboo) |
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| Phi __ (honor-society member) |
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| Brest beast |
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| __ noire: literally, "black beast" |
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| ___ noire (scourge) |
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| __ noire: literally, "black beast" |
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| Nice beast |
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| Nice beast |
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| "La Belle et la ___" (French fairy tale) |
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| ___ noire (bane) |
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| ___ noire (bugbear) |
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| __ noire |
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| ___ noir |
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| Beast, in Bordeaux |
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| Beast, in Bordeaux |
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| __ noire: bane |
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| Belle's amour |
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| __ noire: bane |
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| -- noire (bane) |
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| "La Belle et la ___" |
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| "La Belle et la ___" (Cocteau film) |
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| "La Belle et la __": 1946 film |
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| "La Belle et la __": 1946 film |
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| ___ noire |
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| ___ noir |
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| Phi __ (honor society member) |
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| See 37-Across |
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| __ noire |
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| ___ noire (frightful thing) |
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| __ noire |
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| Beast, to Bardot |
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| ___ noire (fearsome entity) |
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| Jean Renoir's "La ___ Humaine" |
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| Animal, in Arles |
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| ___ noire (villainous one) |
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| ___ noire |
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| Jean Renoir film "La ___ Humaine" |
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| Cocteau's "La Belle et la ___" |
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| ___ noire |
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| Phi ___ (honor society member) |
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| ____ noire |
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| ___ noire |
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| Belle's counterpart |
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| __ noire (bugbear) |
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| ___ noire (pet peeve) |
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| ___ noire |
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| ___noir |
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| ___-noire (bugbear) |
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| Beast of Biarritz |
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| ___ noire: nemesis |
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| Bugbear: ___ noire |
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| ___ noire: frightful thing |
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| Belle's companion |
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| ____ noire |
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| Belle's partner in film |
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| ____ noire |
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| Tigre e.g. |
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| _____ noire |
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| "La Belle et la _____" (Cocteau film) |
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| Crecy critter |
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| Beast, in Brest |
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| Jacques's beast |
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| ___ noire (bugbear) |
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| Brest beast |
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| Beast, in Tours |
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| French animal |
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| French beast |
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| Cheval or tigre |
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| Animal, in France |
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| Animal: Fr. |
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| Beast: Fr. |
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| ___ noire (pet aversion). |
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| Animal: French. |
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| ___ noire. |
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| Silly: Fr. |
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| ___ noire (aversion or bugbear). |
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| ___ noire, or bugbear. |
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| Stupide! |
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| ___ noire (aversion): Fr. |
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| ___ noire (bugbear). |
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| Stupid: Fr. |
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