Black, in Brest
The crossword clue "Black, in Brest" is answered by NOIR, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOIR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOIR answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NOIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOIR, most used first.
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- Hard-boiled film genre - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
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- Cafe ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
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- "The Maltese Falcon" genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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- Hard-boiled genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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