"Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric) featured in New York Times puzzle on June 12, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DESIRE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DESIRE "Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric) (6) New York Times Jun 12, 2026
59% ROUGED Colored red, as cheeks (6) Premier Sunday May 31, 2026
55% PALER Not as colorful (5) Newsday Jun 8, 2026
55% TANGERINETANGO Red-orange Pantone color (14) Premier Sunday Jun 7, 2026
55% HUE Color (3) Wall Street Journal Jun 2, 2026
55% JET Intense black color (3) Commuter Mar 26, 2026
53% HUGO Les Miserables author (4) Newsday Apr 15, 2026
53% HUES Colorations (4) Eugene Sheffer Apr 4, 2026
51% ANNEHATHAWAY Les Miserables Oscar actress (12) Newsday May 17, 2026
51% N Colored (1) USA Today Quick Mar 14, 2026

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