Nicolas-Jacques -, inventor of the modern pencil and a hard type of crayon Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CONTE Nicolas-Jacques -, inventor of the modern pencil and a hard type of crayon (5) (5) Mirror Quiz Oct 28, 2025
4% FRERE Jacques of song (5) Universal Jul 26, 2026
4% COLOR Draw with crayons (5) Newsday Jul 21, 2026
4% NOBEL Dynamite inventor (5) Wall Street Journal Jul 16, 2026
4% CASE It might follow cold, hard or pencil (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 15, 2026
4% ERASER Pencil part (6) LA Times Daily Jul 14, 2026
4% PEPIN Master chef Jacques (5) Eugene Sheffer Jul 13, 2026
4% TIME "Pencils down!" (4) Newsday Jul 12, 2026
4% SAX Instrument inventor (3) Newsday Jul 10, 2026
4% NEON Very vivid, as crayons (4) Newsday Jul 9, 2026

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