BALSA

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BALSA is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for BALSA.

161 total results for BALSA( score: 50 )

62 results for BALSA from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 21, 2024	109A	Model material (8)	John Ewbank	Fagliano
Thu Jul 4, 2024	7D	Wood used in some surfboards	Adam Vincent	Fagliano
Thu Jun 13, 2024	51D	Light craft material	Kevin Curry	Fagliano
Sun Mar 31, 2024	18A	Light wood (6)	Spencer Leach	Fagliano
Tue May 30, 2023	46D	Model airplane material	Kathryn Ladner	Shortz
Sun Jul 10, 2022	108D	Model material (8)	Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan	Shortz
Fri May 28, 2021	8D	Model's makeup, often (2)	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Tue Nov 17, 2020	49D	Light wood (6)	Kyle Dolan	Shortz
Fri Feb 7, 2020	47D	Lightweight wood	Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard	Shortz
Sun Sep 22, 2019	8A	Wood for crafts and rafts	Tracy Gray	Shortz
Tue Feb 26, 2019	69A	Raft-making wood	Alex Vratsanos	Shortz
Sun Dec 23, 2018	33D	Wood for a raft	David Alfred Bywaters	Shortz
Wed Oct 31, 2018	23D	Material for Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Thu Jan 11, 2018	2D	Makings of a model?	Sam Trabucco	Shortz
Sun May 7, 2017	37D	Light wood (6)	Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class	Shortz
Sat Oct 22, 2016	40A	Model material (8)	James Mulhern	Shortz
Sun Jun 26, 2016	24D	Raft material (7)	Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun May 8, 2016	107D	Model wood (5)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Fri Oct 30, 2015	43D	Wood used to make surfboards	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Mon Jul 27, 2015	42A	Wood for model airplanes	D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Nov 8, 2014	10A	Material for a float	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sun Feb 24, 2013	59D	Model material, often	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sat Feb 4, 2012	46D	Makings of a model, maybe	Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison	Shortz
Mon Feb 28, 2011	42A	Buoyant wood sometimes used in rafts	Mike Buckley	Shortz
Wed Jul 28, 2010	15A	Model glider material	Howard Baker	Shortz
Tue Feb 10, 2009	36A	Light wood (6)	John Underwood	Shortz
Sun Sep 21, 2008	76A	Kon-Tiki material	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Aug 29, 2008	29A	Light construction material	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Mon Jun 16, 2008	5A	Wood for a model plane	Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron	Shortz
Sun Dec 31, 2006	19D	Rafter's wood	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Thu Jul 13, 2006	23D	Model material (8)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Jan 10, 2006	5A	Raft wood (2)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Thu Oct 20, 2005	9D	Raft material (7)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Aug 9, 2005	40A	Model wood (5)	Victor Fleming	Shortz
Mon Apr 11, 2005	33D	Model builder's wood	Norma Steinberg	Shortz
Wed Dec 15, 2004	8A	Raft wood (2)	Zach Jesse	Shortz
Sun Aug 8, 2004	34D	Model material (8)	Bill Zais	Shortz
Thu Apr 22, 2004	37A	Raft material (7)	Daniel C. Bryant	Shortz
Wed Dec 17, 2003	36A	Craft wood	Leonard Williams	Shortz
Sun Sep 21, 2003	57A	Model material (8)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Wed May 8, 2002	52D	Corkwood (2)	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Thu Mar 21, 2002	24A	Raft material (7)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Feb 2, 2002	41A	Tree similar to a cottonwood	A. J. Santora	Shortz
Sun Nov 4, 2001	70D	Raft material (7)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Oct 7, 2001	95D	Model's makeup, maybe	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Tue Aug 28, 2001	35A	Modeling wood	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Wed Sep 20, 2000	1A	Raft material (7)	Edgar R. Fontaine	Shortz
Sun Aug 6, 2000	78D	Light wood (6)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Jun 21, 1999	41A	Corkwood (2)	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Mon Aug 31, 1998	33A	Model airplane wood (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Tue Mar 24, 1998	51D	Glider wood	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Tue May 13, 1997	5A	Kon-Tiki wood (2)	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Mon Dec 16, 1996	6D	Light wood (6)	S. Spadaccini	Shortz
Tue Oct 15, 1996	1D	Model airplane wood (2)	G. E. Paul	Shortz
Wed Jul 10, 1996	43D	Raft material (7)	Diane C. Baldwin	Shortz
Sun Apr 7, 1996	101D	Model wood (5)	C. Millhauser	Shortz
Tue Dec 5, 1995	9A	Model wood (5)	Robert Katz	Shortz
Wed Sep 13, 1995	42A	Model wood (5)	Eileen Lexau	Shortz
Sun May 7, 1995	92A	Model's makeup, often (2)	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Sun Aug 28, 1994	103A	Model material (8)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Apr 17, 1994	97A	Model material (8)	R. M. Hopkins	Shortz
Mon Feb 21, 1994	32A	Kon-Tiki wood (2)	Harvey Estes	Shortz

99 results for BALSA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 6, 1993	39A	Light wood	Robert Herrig	Maleska
Mon Mar 9, 1992	53D	Raft material	Melvin Kenworthy	Maleska
Thu Dec 5, 1991	9A	Bombacaceous tree	James L. Beatty	Maleska
Sun Sep 1, 1991	71A	Model-airplane wood	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Thu Jul 4, 1991	1A	Raft material	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Sep 30, 1990	3D	Model-airplane material	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Maleska
Fri Aug 24, 1990	11D	Life raft	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Wed Aug 22, 1990	25D	Modeler's wood	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Tue Oct 17, 1989	26D	Light wood	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Thu Jun 30, 1988	11D	Corkwood	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Wed Jun 8, 1988	18A	Very buoyant wood	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sun Dec 20, 1987	22A	Corkwood	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Oct 25, 1987	37D	Model wood	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Mon Aug 24, 1987	27D	Extremely light wood	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Fri Jan 30, 1987	5A	Strong, light wood	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Tue Nov 25, 1986	1A	Kind of life raft	Jeanne Wilson	Maleska
Thu Jan 16, 1986	1A	Basal anagram	Jeffrey A. Mercer	Maleska
Tue Dec 24, 1985	49D	Float	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Thu Jul 4, 1985	37A	Light raft	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat May 11, 1985	1A	Model-airplane wood	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Dec 23, 1984	14D	Corkwood	John M. Samson	Maleska
Fri Nov 2, 1984	53D	Light wood	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sun Jun 17, 1984	30A	Raft wood	Charles M. Deber	Maleska
Wed Aug 31, 1983	33D	Wood for airplane models	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Mon Aug 8, 1983	40D	Light wood	Daniels	Maleska
Sun Oct 24, 1982	57D	Raft wood	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Sun Sep 12, 1982	6A	Life raft	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska
Fri Jan 8, 1982	33A	Corkwood	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Tue Jan 5, 1982	48A	Modelmaker's wood	Elio Desiderio	Maleska
Wed Apr 8, 1981	68A	Light raft	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Sep 28, 1980	50D	Raft material	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Wed Jan 23, 1980	24A	Raft wood	Charles Engler	Maleska
Tue Dec 18, 1979	9A	Bombacaceous tree	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Wed Apr 25, 1979	23D	Life raft	Raymond F. Eisner	Maleska
Thu Jul 7, 1977	12D	Kon-Tiki material	Allan Blackman	Maleska
Tue May 31, 1977	22D	Raft wood	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Thu May 5, 1977	50D	Raft	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sun Apr 10, 1977	115D	Life raft	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Fri Nov 19, 1976	9A	Corkwood	Manny Miller	Weng
Mon Aug 9, 1976	45A	Light wood	D. Davis	Weng
Wed Jul 7, 1976	52D	Raft wood	Sidney Nelson	Weng
Wed Apr 28, 1976	24D	Light wood	Reginald L. Johnson	Weng
Sat Jun 7, 1975	9A	Wood for rafts	Manny Miller	Weng
Mon Aug 21, 1972	17A	Corklike wood	Unknown	Weng
Tue Apr 6, 1971	33A	Light wood	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 29, 1970	94D	Life raft	Gladys V. Miller	Weng
Mon Jun 15, 1970	52D	Type of raft	Unknown	Weng
Tue Apr 7, 1970	6D	Light wood	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 9, 1969	1D	Corkwood.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Apr 30, 1969	1A	Good wood for rafts.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Dec 19, 1968	5D	Wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 14, 1968	23A	Tropical tree	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jun 9, 1968	40A	Wood.	S. Lambert	Farrar
Thu Jan 11, 1968	30A	Light watercraft.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Dec 18, 1967	29A	Wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 21, 1967	28D	Kind of wood.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Sat Sep 16, 1967	6D	Corkwood.	Manny Miller	Farrar
Fri Jun 9, 1967	2D	Corkwood.	Arthur S. Heiser	Farrar
Mon Feb 6, 1967	42D	Kind of wood.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Wed Oct 26, 1966	27D	Tropical American tree.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 10, 1965	36A	Wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 5, 1965	38D	Light wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 5, 1965	6D	Light wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 24, 1964	40D	Raft wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1964	28A	Life raft.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Wed Oct 14, 1964	49D	Kind of wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 9, 1964	11D	Wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 1, 1963	29D	Wood.	George Laczko	Farrar
Sat Jul 20, 1963	55A	Wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1963	45A	Kind of wood.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Sat Mar 10, 1962	51D	Wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Dec 22, 1961	26D	Wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 14, 1961	50D	Corkwood.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Fri Aug 4, 1961	43D	Light wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 15, 1960	1A	Corkwood.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Aug 27, 1960	52A	Light wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 3, 1960	29D	Light wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Sep 9, 1959	29D	Wood lighter than cork.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 7, 1957	11A	Model plane wood.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Jan 23, 1957	16D	Corkwood.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Fri Nov 30, 1956	25D	Raft material.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Wed Oct 17, 1956	50A	Very light wood.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Wed Jan 4, 1956	7A	Lightweight wood.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Fri May 13, 1955	39A	Tropical American tree.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Mon Mar 28, 1955	41D	Tropical tree.	Ruth H. Oliver	Farrar
Wed Mar 9, 1955	25D	Light wood.	William S. Woods	Farrar
Tue Dec 7, 1954	39A	Tropical wood.	Mary M. Clark	Farrar
Sun Oct 17, 1954	43D	Wood.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Nov 25, 1953	49A	Corkwood.	Willard Jordan	Farrar
Tue Sep 22, 1953	5A	Wood for toy planes.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Tue May 5, 1953	27D	Wood for toy airplanes.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Feb 15, 1953	80A	Tropical tree.	Sergei Tilart	Farrar
Sat Feb 14, 1953	35D	Wood for rafts.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 28, 1952	18D	Wood for toy airplanes.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 5, 1951	27A	What the Kon-Tiki raft was made of.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 4, 1951	16D	Kon-Tiki raft.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Oct 30, 1949	88A	Tree yielding light strong wood.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Sun Aug 14, 1949	55D	Light raft of South America.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Aug 15, 1948	24A	Very light wood.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

Anagrams:

ALBAS, BASAL, SABAL, LABAS, BALAS, ALSAB, BLAAS, BAALS

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