Num | Date | Author | Answer | Clue |
1. | Mon Jun 10, 2024 | Kareem Ayas | SET | Theater backdrop |
| SET | Put (down) |
| SET | Prepare, as the dinner table |
| SET | Written in stone |
| SET | Unit for a comedian or musician |
| SET | Like hard plaster |
| SET | Guinness world record holder for "English word with the most meanings" |
| SET | Part of a tennis match |
| SET | Sink, as the sun |
| SET | Mathematical grouping using curly brackets |
| SET | Having everything one needs |
| SET | Volleyball move before a spike |
| SET | Complete collection |
| SET | Adjust, as a watch |
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2. | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa | BALL | Event for Cinderella |
| BALL | Foot part |
| BALL | Great time |
| BALL | Wad (up) |
| BALL | Umpire's call |
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3. | Mon Jun 19, 2023 | David Liben-Nowell | SLICEOFBREAD | Sandwich top |
| SLICEOFBREAD | Sandwich bottom |
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4. | Sun May 7, 2023 | Will Nediger | SHIPOFTHESEUS | Thought experiment that asks whether an object remains the same object if its parts are replaced one by one |
| SHIPOFTHESEUS | Thought experiment that asks whether an object remains the same object if its parts are replaced one by one |
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5. | Thu Dec 22, 2022 | David Steinberg | CAR | First exit: Salad bar bowlful • Second exit: French watchmaker • Third exit: Thanksgiving role |
| CAR | First exit: Floor covers • Second exit: Addition signs? • Third exit: Checking the IDs of |
| RAC | First exit: Milk containers • Second exit: Rebounded, in billiards • Third exit: Wheeled (away) |
| RAC | First exit: Writer Lewis • Second exit: Santana of Santana • Third exit: Dead meat |
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6. | Mon Oct 24, 2022 | Joe Rodini | SANS | French for "without" |
| SANS | After 1-Across, what the first names at 20-, 36-, 43- and 57-Across all are? |
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7. | Sun Mar 13, 2022 | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale | SIDE | With 111-Down, in cooperation |
| SIDE | See 110-Down |
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8. | Thu Oct 22, 2020 | Sid Sivakumar | | What's theorized to have preceded the Big Bang |
| | What polar opposites have in common |
| | What's uttered by a mime |
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9. | Wed Aug 19, 2020 | Brandon Koppy | LIFE | With 5-Across, means of survival |
| LIFE | With 41-Across, generational sequence |
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10. | Sun Feb 16, 2020 | Sam Ezersky | SEIZE | With 60-Across, take control after a coup |
| SEIZE | SIXTEEN |
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11. | Sun Jun 23, 2019 | David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas | BANANA | Fruit that, surprisingly, is slightly radioactive |
| BANANA | Supporting role |
| BASE | Politician's core support |
| BASE | It's halfway around a diamond |
| CLASS | Impressive stylishness |
| CLASS | Not having full rights, as a citizen |
| HAND | Bridge component |
| HAND | Previously owned |
| NATURE | "All ___ is but art, unknown to thee": Alexander Pope |
| NATURE | Deeply ingrained habit |
| PERSON | Being |
| PERSON | What you will always be (but he or she isn't)? |
| PLACE | One of three properties in Monopoly |
| PLACE | Silver |
| RATE | Clip |
| RATE | Low-quality |
| STRING | E, B, G, D, A or E |
| STRING | B-team |
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12. | Tue Feb 19, 2019 | David Alfred Bywaters | TOBE | With 39- and 40-Across, classic Shakespearean question phonetically suggested by 17-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| TOBE | See 38-Across |
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13. | Thu Dec 20, 2018 | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | NO | With 38-Across, what a two-letter answer is in a crossword, usually ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across |
| NO | See 35-Across |
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14. | Wed Oct 17, 2018 | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach | PANCAKE | Kind of makeup |
| PANCAKE | Flatten |
| PANCAKE | Breakfast food item |
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15. | Thu Nov 16, 2017 | Alex Eylar | TAUTOLOGY | See 58-Across |
| TAUTOLOGY | See 17-Across |
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16. | Sun Jun 4, 2017 | Tom McCoy | AVOIDREDUNDANCY | Writing tip #6 |
| AVOIDREDUNDANCY | Writing tip #7 |
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17. | Tue Aug 9, 2016 | Andrea Carla Michaels | AUTHOR | With 26-Across, 1982 Al Pacino film |
| AUTHOR | With 24-Across, 1962 P. G. Wodehouse book |
| HEARYE | With 55-Across, town crier's cry |
| HEARYE | With 52-Across, Aaron Copland ballet |
| NEWYORK | With 42-Across, Frank Sinatra signature song |
| NEWYORK | With 40-Across, where Broadway is |
| SING | With 72-Across, noted maximum security prison |
| SING | With 71- and 72-Across, classic Louis Prima tune |
| ZOOM | With 9-Across, an auto ad slogan |
| ZOOM | With 5-Across, quickly |
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18. | Tue Jun 7, 2016 | Peter A. Collins | HOME | With 18- and 19-Across, classic song that starts "'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam" |
| HOME | See 17-Across |
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19. | Sat Oct 17, 2015 | Timothy Polin | BLANKS | Entry forms |
| BLANKS | You might draw them when answering questions |
| BLANKS | Billy of infomercials |
| BLANKS | Voids, with "out" |
| BLANKS | Valuable things to have in Scrabble |
| BLANKS | Doesn't remember, as something obvious, with "on" |
| BLANKS | What starter pistols shoot |
| BLANKS | Unstamped metal discs used for making coins |
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20. | Thu Apr 16, 2015 | Joe Krozel and Peter Collins | BACKWARD | How the Across answers appear in the bottom half of this puzzle |
| BACKWARD | How the Across answers appear in the top half of this puzzle vis-à-vis the bottom |
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21. | Wed Feb 19, 2014 | Michael Dewey | SIR | With 39-Across and 58-Down, response to a military command |
| SIR | See 11-Down |
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22. | Sun Dec 15, 2013 | Jeff Chen | CCCCC | Oceans |
| CCCCC | Espies |
| CCCCC | Grab |
| TTTTT | Razz |
| TTTTT | Aids for long drives |
| UUUUU | Profit from |
| UUUUU | Farm females |
| UUUUU | Trees with poisonous seeds |
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23. | Thu Aug 30, 2012 | Stu Ockman | OOOOOO | With 37-Across, dairy aisle purchase |
| OOOOOO | See 31-Across |
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24. | Wed Sep 14, 2011 | Jeff Chen | SPY | Foe of 71-Across in Mad magazine |
| SPY | Foe of 1-Across in Mad magazine |
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25. | Tue Aug 31, 2010 | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein | ADDRESS | Lincoln's famous one was just 272 words |
| ADDRESS | Prepare to drive, as a golf ball |
| CONSOLE | Home entertainment centerpiece |
| CONSOLE | Say "There, there" to, say |
| EXPLOIT | Bit of derring-do |
| EXPLOIT | Take advantage of |
| INCENSE | Aromatic sticks |
| INCENSE | Make boiling mad |
| PRESENT | Here and now |
| PRESENT | Show, in a show-and-tell |
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26. | Thu Jul 1, 2010 | Clive Probert | ONE | With 42-Across, bogey? |
| ONE | With 42-Across, birdie? |
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27. | Thu Dec 17, 2009 | Francis Heaney and Patrick Blindauer | CAT | Hipster |
| CAT | Tractor make, briefly |
| DOG | Frank |
| DOG | Follow relentlessly |
| HORSE | Basketball shooting game |
| HORSE | Gymnast's equipment |
| LION | Viking foe? |
| LION | Louis VIII nickname, with "the" |
| MOLE | Spicy sauce |
| MOLE | Marilyn's mark |
| SEAL | It makes an impression |
| SEAL | Navy commando |
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28. | Tue Nov 17, 2009 | John Farmer | BLING | With 10-Down, flashy jewelry |
| BLING | See 18-Across |
| DURAN | With 2-Down, group with the only James Bond theme to hit #1 |
| DURAN | See 16-Across |
| KNOCK | With 54-Down, intro to a joke |
| KNOCK | See 64-Across |
| SUGAR | With 50-Down, #1 hit of 1969 |
| SUGAR | See 61-Across |
| TWINKLE | With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme |
| TWINKLE | See 39-Across |
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29. | Fri Jul 4, 2008 | John Underwood | USA | Middle of a patriotic cheer |
| USA | Start of a patriotic cheer |
| USA | End of a patriotic cheer |
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30. | Tue Aug 22, 2006 | Michael J. Doran | EXAMINES | With 21-Down, questions in court |
| EXAMINES | See 40-Across |
| FIRES | With 50-Down, tough positions for soldiers |
| FIRES | See 59-Across |
| HAIRS | With 12-Down, rifle shooter's aid |
| HAIRS | See 22-Across |
| ROADS | With 47-Down, crucial decision point |
| ROADS | See 53-Across |
| SECTIONS | With 26-Down, some statistical samples |
| SECTIONS | See 32-Across |
| WORDS | With 3-Down, popular puzzles |
| WORDS | See 17-Across |
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31. | Thu Aug 11, 2005 | Michael Shteyman | OOO | New pedometer reading |
| OOO | Hugs, symbolically |
| OOO | Tic-tac-toe winner |
| OOO | Queenside castle, in chess notation |
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32. | Thu Jan 15, 2004 | Patrick Merrell | LORE | It's passed on |
| LORE | It's passed on |
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33. | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | OOO | Tic-tac-toe win |
| OOO | New pedometer reading |
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34. | Fri Jul 5, 2002 | Manny Nosowsky | PAR | By its location [see adjoining squares of answer], a birdie |
| PAR | By its location [see adjoining squares of answer], a bogey |
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35. | Mon Apr 1, 2002 | Roger Barkan | ACADIA | Maine's ___ National Park |
| ACADIA | "Evangeline" setting |
| ACTS | New Testament book |
| ACTS | Does stage work |
| AGGIE | Playing marble |
| AGGIE | Texas A&M player |
| ALIENS | 1986 sci-fi sequel |
| ALIENS | Ones with green cards |
| AURA | "___ Lee" (classic song) |
| AURA | Radiant glow |
| BALLPARK | Like some figures |
| BALLPARK | Shea, for one |
| BASIC | Fundamental |
| BASIC | Microsoft's first product |
| CARS | Train segments |
| CARS | "Shake It Up" band, with "the" |
| CHOP | When doubled, quickly |
| CHOP | Cut of lamb |
| CHUM | Buddy |
| CHUM | Fish scraps |
| ELKS | Antlered animals |
| ELKS | Fraternal members |
| ENTREE | Free access |
| ENTREE | Meat dish, often |
| ERA | Pitcher's stat |
| ERA | Paleozoic, for one |
| GRUBS | Scrounges (for) |
| GRUBS | Beetle larvae |
| ICE | Knock off, to a mobster |
| ICE | "Rocks" |
| IRON | Numbered club |
| IRON | Unwrinkle |
| KAT | Krazy ___ |
| KAT | Kit ___ bar |
| LAB | Certain retriever, briefly |
| LAB | Igor's place |
| LAWS | Statutes |
| LAWS | Samuel ___, inventor of the stock ticker |
| LEI | Luau memento |
| LEI | Hawaii's ___ Day |
| LOOKINTHEMIRROR | See eye-to-eye? |
| LOOKINTHEMIRROR | Examine oneself |
| NOAH | Wordwise Webster |
| NOAH | Man famous for doing a double take? |
| OCEANS | Seas |
| OCEANS | "___ Eleven" (Sinatra film) |
| OLDMAN | Dad, slangily |
| OLDMAN | Hemingway title character |
| REDLIGHT | Stop signal |
| REDLIGHT | Kind of district |
| RUNAT | Move rapidly toward |
| RUNAT | Charge |
| SERA | Medical liquids |
| SERA | "Will be," to Doris Day |
| SHOOT | Model's session |
| SHOOT | "Darn!" |
| SIE | "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" |
| SIE | You: Ger. |
| SMOKED | Like salmon, often |
| SMOKED | Had Marlboros, say |
| SPAN | Bridge |
| SPAN | Nine inches |
| STEEP | Prepare, as tea |
| STEEP | Very expensive |
| STEP | Part of a process |
| STEP | Footfall |
| TAI | Skater Babilonia |
| TAI | Mai ___ |
| TIS | Third word in "America" |
| TIS | Notes after las |
| TORA | ___ Bora (Afghan region) |
| TORA | When tripled, a W.W. II movie |
| TOTO | Dog in Oz |
| TOTO | In ___ (entirely) |
| UNCLE | ___ Sam |
| UNCLE | "I give!" |
| WHITE | Part of an egg |
| WHITE | Like a surrender flag |
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36. | Thu Feb 21, 2002 | Peter Gordon | BEWARYOF | Start of a quip by Alfred E. Neuman |
| BEWARYOF | End of the quip |
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37. | Sat Apr 1, 2000 | Manny Nosowsky | TTTT | Torment |
| TTTT | Some socials |
| TTTT | Rib |
| TTTT | Sri Lankan exports |
| TTTT | Informal tops |
| TTTT | Plumbing joints |
| TTTT | Angers, with "off" |
| TTTT | Timeout signs |
| TTTTT | Golfers' needs |
| TTTTT | Musical notes |
| TTTTT | Flirt |
| TTTTT | Certain crosses |
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38. | Thu May 20, 1999 | Zack Butler | IWILL | Quote, part 2 |
| IWILL | Quote, part 5 |
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39. | Sat May 8, 1993 | Tap Osborn | LIZZIEBORDEN | Defendant in an 1893 trial |
| LIZZIEBORDEN | Director of 18 Across |
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40. | Wed Sep 2, 1992 | Wayne Hall-Eastman | ADAM | Bede of fiction |
| ADAM | Original man |
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41. | Sun Jul 30, 1989 | Frances Hansen | WEREYOUTOCALLAVASEAVASE | More of verse |
| WEREYOUTOCALLAVASEAVASE | More of verse |
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42. | Sun May 14, 1989 | Charles M. Deber | STE | Person Cinderella said was cruel |
| STE | What the painters said they needed |
| STEP | What the passenger told the cabbie |
| STEP | See 115 Across |
| STEP | What Hesse called one of his novels |
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43. | Thu Apr 29, 1982 | Teresa Forestall | ANON | Later |
| ANON | Shortly |
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44. | Wed Dec 31, 1980 | Nancy McCarthy | LEES | Dregs |
| LEES | Prominent Virginia family |
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45. | Mon Sep 15, 1980 | Richard N. Platt, Jr. | RAT | Kind of race |
| RAT | "Dirty" one, in a Cagney line |
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46. | Mon Dec 23, 1974 | John Landenberger | IAM | Start of God's words to Moses |
| IAM | End of 1 Across |
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47. | Sun Jun 23, 1974 | Frances Hansen | TICK | First sound of work |
| TICK | Chide, with "off" |
| TICKTOCK | More sounds |
| TICKTOCK | One more time |
| TICKTOCK | Sounds of work |
| TICKTOCK | Play it again, Sam |
| TOCK | African hornbill |
| TOCK | Last sound of work |
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48. | Sun May 7, 1972 | Frances Hansen | HEART | Kind of burn |
| HEART | "Cross my ___" |
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49. | Wed Sep 15, 1971 | Unknown | AND | See 1 Across |
| AND | See 1 Across |
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50. | Sun May 30, 1971 | Keith Blake | MILESTOGOBEFOREISLEEP | Frost line |
| MILESTOGOBEFOREISLEEP | See 63 Across |
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51. | Thu Apr 1, 1971 | Unknown | FOOL | An old saw, with 31, 40, 46, 51, 57, 66 and 67 Across |
| FOOL | See 1 Across |
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52. | Thu Oct 15, 1970 | Unknown | REST | Repose |
| REST | Remainder |
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53. | Sun Jul 19, 1970 | Hume R. Craft | AMES | City near Des Moines |
| AMES | Singer Ed |
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54. | Fri Mar 20, 1970 | Unknown | YEN | Craving |
| YEN | Craving |
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55. | Wed Dec 24, 1969 | Unknown | INTO | Division word. |
| INTO | Inwardly. |
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56. | Wed Sep 10, 1969 | Unknown | ALI | Baba. |
| ALI | Eastern name. |
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57. | Sun Jul 20, 1969 | H. L. Risteen | IND | Neither Dem. nor Rep. |
| IND | State: Abbr. |
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58. | Tue Dec 31, 1968 | Unknown | WANE | Fade. |
| WANE | Decrease. |
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59. | Sun Dec 24, 1961 | Jules Arensberg | DDE | Dwight. |
| DDE | Presidential monogram. |
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60. | Sat May 25, 1957 | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | AGE | Jack Benny's is 39. |
| AGE | Epoch. |
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61. | Sun Feb 27, 1955 | William A. Lewis Jr. | AGE | 21 plus. |
| AGE | A dog's ___. |
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62. | Thu Jun 11, 1953 | George Henderson | ISSUE | A point of debate. |
| ISSUE | The "I" in G. I. |
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63. | Mon Feb 5, 1951 | Unknown | HEN | Clucker. |
| HEN | Biddy. |
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64. | Sun Sep 4, 1949 | William Spaar Jr. | STRADS | Violins. |
| STRADS | Fiddles. |