Brazilian soccer legend — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the July 17 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
PELE
4 letters
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July 17 2025
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Daily Themed Crossword July 17 2025
PELE
October 14 2024
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Daily Themed Crossword October 14 2024
PELE
September 13 2023
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Daily Themed Crossword September 13 2023
PELE
December 11 2022
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Daily Themed Crossword December 11 2022
PELE
October 16 2022
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Daily Themed Crossword October 16 2022
PELE
September 8 2022
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Daily Themed Crossword September 8 2022
PELE
April 16 2022
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Daily Themed Crossword April 16 2022
PELE
Soccer legend who led Brazil to a World Cup title in 1958 by scoring six tournament goals, while aged 17
PELE
4
Retired Brazilian soccer legend
PELE
4
Brazilian soccer legend nicknamed "The King"
PELE
4
Brazilian soccer legend of yesteryear
PELE
4
Brazilian former football legend who has scored 12 goals in FIFA world cup matches
PELE
4
Football prodigy from Brazil who won FIFA World Player of the Century along with Maradona
PELE
4
Rubber duck's spot
TUB
3
Torn ___ (athlete's knee injury): Abbr.
ACL
3
Arrow launcher
BOW
3
"The ___ that got away" (former romantic partner)
ONE
3
Male sibling, for short
BRO
3
Do a whoopsie
ERR
3
Castle defense (anagram of "atom")
MOAT
4
Boot fillers
FEET
4
"___ a Little Tenderness" (Otis Redding song)
TRY
3
Fighting the flu, say
ILL
3
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