"Les Misérables" setting

The answer to “"Les Misérables" setting” in the New York Times crossword is PARIS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 1, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 51-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“"Les Misérables" setting” answer

PARIS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is PARIS

PARIS is the 5-letter solution that fits ""Les Misérables" setting" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 1, 2025 (51-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does PARIS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of PARIS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “"Les Misérables" setting” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

December 1, 2025 (most recent) → PARIS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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