Curtain fabric.

The answer

LENO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LENO answer page.

Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2000; 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.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SCRIM (30 uses in xd)
• NINON (26 uses in xd)
• LACE (13 uses in xd)
• VOILE (12 uses in xd)
• MADRAS (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for LENO

Every other clue in this collection answered by LENO, most used first.

• Carson's successor - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Fallon's predecessor - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Letterman rival - used 43 times, most recently in 2022
• Late-night host - used 34 times, most recently in 2011
• Comic Jay - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Fallon predecessor - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Late-night TV host - used 24 times, most recently in 2011
• "Leading With My Chin" author - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Late-night Jay - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Late-night name - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Carson successor - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Comedian Jay - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• He follows the news - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
• Former late-night host Jay - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Jay seen at night - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
• Fabric. - used 14 times, most recently in 1974
• TV's Jay - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Former "Tonight Show" host - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Marquisette - used 13 times, most recently in 1993
• Cotton fabric - used 12 times, most recently in 1998
• Jay of late-night TV - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Jay once of "The Tonight Show" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "Tonight Show" host - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• TV host Jay - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Funny Jay - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Jay who hosted "The Tonight Show" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Joking Jay - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Lantern-jawed Jay - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Soft, light fabric. - used 9 times, most recently in 1984
• Jocular Jay - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Late-night star - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• O'Brien predecessor and successor - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Big name in talk shows - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Former "Tonight Show" host Jay - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Funnyman Jay - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Jay at night - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Letterman's competition - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Night star - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Jay of TV - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Jay with jokes - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Jokester Jay - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Late-night host Jay - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Leading With My Chin" autobiographer - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Longtime NBC host Jay - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• O'Brien's predecessor - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Curtain holders - RODS, used 54 times
• Netlike fabric - MESH, used 44 times
• Metallic fabric - LAME, used 40 times
• Delicate fabric - LACE, used 39 times
• Doily fabric - LACE, used 33 times
• Fabric worker - DYER, used 33 times

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