__ Plaines: Chicago suburb
The crossword clue "__ Plaines: Chicago suburb" is answered by DES, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
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Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DES
Every other clue in this collection answered by DES, most used first.
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- 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
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- ___ 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
- Of the: French. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- French article - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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