Host before Carson
The crossword clue "Host before Carson" is answered by PAAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAAR answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PAAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAAR, most used first.
- Carson's predecessor - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Carson predecessor - used 57 times, most recently in 2022
- Early late-night host - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Jack of TV - used 13 times, most recently in 1976
- "I Kid You Not" author - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Jack of early talk TV - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- TV's Jack - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
- Former "Tonight Show" host Jack - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Jack of talk shows - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
- Before long - SOON, used 120 times
- Nights before - EVES, used 119 times
- "___ the night before ..." - TWAS, used 100 times
- Nights before holidays - EVES, used 81 times
- Book before Nehemiah - EZRA, used 69 times
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