Start of an Illinois city Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Start of an Illinois city . 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 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DES.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DES Start of an Illinois city (3)
4% ALTON Illinois city (5) Newsday Feb 22, 2026
4% PEORIA City on the Illinois River (6) Universal Dec 23, 2025
3% LED Started (3) Eugene Sheffer Mar 6, 2026
3% UPPSALA Swedish city unfortunately starts to prevent protest, upsetting revolutionary (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 23, 2026
3% DUBAI Starts to dig up bones across inner city (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Feb 21, 2026
3% BEGIN Start (5) Universal Feb 17, 2026
3% ASOF Starting (4) Eugene Sheffer Feb 16, 2026
3% CAIRO City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region (5) New York Times Jan 17, 2026
3% COLORADOSPRINGS US race trouble starts suddenly in city there? (15) The Times Cryptic Jan 8, 2026
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