Of the: French.
The crossword clue "Of the: French." is answered by DES, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DES
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DES answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DES
Every other clue in this collection answered by DES, most used first.
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- ___ Moines, Iowa - used 256 times, most recently in 2026
- __ Moines, IA - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines, Illinois - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- __ Plaines, IL - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Plaines, Ill. - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Paris's Pont ___ Arts - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- From, in France - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Moines River - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Start of a U.S. capital - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Moines lead-in - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Plaines leader? - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Some French? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ Plaines River - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- __ Arc, Arkansas - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- The ___ Moines Register - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Jardin ___ Plantes. - used 7 times, most recently in 1980
- ___ Moines Register - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- French article - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- __ Plaines: Chicago suburb - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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