Former "Tonight Show" host Jay

The answer

LENO

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Curtain fabric. - used 13 times, most recently in 2000
• 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
• 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

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