Carson's successor
The crossword clue "Carson's successor" is answered by LENO, a 4-letter entry. Used 81 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LENO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LENO answer page.
Used 81 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 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.
- 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
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.
- Carson's predecessor - PAAR, used 82 times
- Successor - HEIR, used 40 times
- Churchill's successor - EDEN, used 29 times
- Mark's successor - EURO, used 26 times
- VCR successor - TIVO, used 24 times
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