Historical clue formulations

• Petite ___ (certain French partner) — 2026-05-23
• Female French friend — 2025-08-13
• Gal(lic) pal — 2025-07-05
• Girlfriend, in Grenoble — 2025-04-01
• Petite ___ — 2024-11-30
• Parisian pal — 2024-09-03
• Certain camarade — 2024-06-30
• French female friend — 2024-06-02
• Parisian pal — 2024-05-28
• Female French friend — 2024-02-25
• Female friend, in French — 2024-01-17
• Pen pal from Paris, perhaps — 2023-10-08
• French female friend — 2023-06-19
• French girlfriend — 2023-03-01
• Cosette, to Marius, in "Les Misérables" — 2022-10-30
• Opposite of une adversaire — 2022-08-28
• "Ma Belle ___" (1970 #5 hit) — 2022-07-29
• Catherine, e.g., in "Jules et Jim" — 2022-05-21
• Female French friend — 2021-12-20
• Female friend in France — 2021-12-14
• Companion in Brittany — 2021-08-08
• Many a demoiselle d'honneur — 2021-07-30
• Grenoble gal pal — 2021-05-12
• Friend in France — 2021-02-16
• German : Freundin :: French : ___ — 2021-01-02
• Haydée, to the Count of Monte Cristo, par exemple — 2020-08-29
• Female friend, in France — 2020-08-16
• Female friend from France — 2020-07-20
• Opposite of une adversaire — 2020-05-31
• Parisian pal — 2020-05-07
• One who might become a fiancée — 2020-04-15
• Friend for Françoise — 2020-03-25
• Friendly femme — 2019-09-15
• Guy's gal — 2019-07-20
• Brest friend — 2019-03-10
• French female friend — 2019-02-11
• Beau's girl — 2018-12-23
• French girlfriend — 2018-12-17
• Female friend in France — 2018-12-11
• Many a fête d'anniversaire attendee — 2018-12-02
• Friend to a Frenchman — 2018-08-08
• Catherine, to Jules et Jim — 2018-05-24
• Female friend of François — 2018-05-14
• Lady friend, in Lille — 2017-11-01
• Female friend for François — 2017-10-09
• French female friend — 2017-09-25
• Female pen pal, maybe — 2017-03-29
• Possible subject of a French scandal — 2017-03-26
• Gallic girlfriend — 2017-02-15
• French lady friend — 2016-05-16