Louvre Pyramid architect

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Architect I. M. Pei and the Louvre Pyramid, his glass-and-metal entrance structure in Paris.

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I. M. Pei was a Chinese American architect whose work includes the Louvre Pyramid in Paris. Its glass-and-metal structure, completed in 1989, serves as a striking entrance to the museum’s underground lobby, bringing light into the space below. Pei also designed major cultural buildings in the United States, including the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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  10. 25Infamous Russian mystic
  11. 27Glow up?
  12. 28One might be liquid or frozen
  13. 29Street that might run all the way through town
  14. 31Like most autographs
  15. 32French filmmaker Jacques
  16. 34Secrets known only to E.N.T.s?
  17. 38Depression formed by a volcano's collapse
  18. 41Did a taxing job?
  19. 42C.I.A. forerunner
  20. 43Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times?
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  24. 50Berkeley university, familiarly
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  27. 58Not gross
  28. 59Wild hogs
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  31. 64"A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.?
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The answer to “Louvre Pyramid architect” in the New York Times crossword is PEI — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 11, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 65-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.

“Louvre Pyramid architect” answer

PEI (3 letters)

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What is the answer to “Louvre Pyramid architect”?

The answer is PEI, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 11, 2026.

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3 letters: PEI.

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Most recently in the New York Times crossword on October 11, 2026 (a Sunday puzzle), at 65-Down.

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