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Literary figure who rings a bell LA Times Crossword clue
Editorially reviewed August 22, 2026
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Name Victor Hugo's nine-letter Notre-Dame bell-ringer.
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The phrase “rings a bell” is both an idiom for seeming familiar and a literal job description. Victor Hugo's nine-letter bell-ringer is QUASIMODO.
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The familiar idiom becomes literal when applied to a character famous for working in a cathedral bell tower.
The answer in plain English
Quasimodo is the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Victor Hugo's novel “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.”
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