Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Nov 15, 2024 | 25D | Gospel singer Franklin (2) | Alina Abidi | Fagliano |
Sun Aug 25, 2024 | 40D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | John Kugelman | Fagliano |
Sun Jul 7, 2024 | 88A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | David Karp | Fagliano |
Wed Dec 6, 2023 | 14A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Wed Aug 23, 2023 | 55D | Bombeck who said "Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time" | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Mon Jul 17, 2023 | 3D | ___ Franklin (gospel-singing sister of Aretha) | Alexander Liebeskind | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2023 | 73D | Grammy-nominated sister of Aretha | Robert Ryan | Shortz |
Wed Nov 2, 2022 | 61D | Bombeck who wrote "Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession" | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers | Shortz |
Sun Sep 11, 2022 | 29A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Derrick Niederman | Shortz |
Wed Aug 17, 2022 | 28D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Michael Paleos | Shortz |
Thu Jan 27, 2022 | 60A | "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) (5) | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed Jan 5, 2022 | 2D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Wed Jul 14, 2021 | 49A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Thu Apr 15, 2021 | 14D | Aretha's sister who sang "Piece of My Heart" | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer | Shortz |
Wed Feb 17, 2021 | 14D | Columnist Bombeck (15) | David Harris and Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Sun Jan 10, 2021 | 3D | Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End" | Alex Bajcz | Shortz |
Wed Sep 16, 2020 | 44D | Singer Franklin, Aretha's older sister | Paul Coulter | Shortz |
Sun Jul 26, 2020 | 39D | Aretha Franklin's Grammy-nominated sister (2) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Mon May 11, 2020 | 60D | Funny Bombeck (7) | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Thu Apr 30, 2020 | 19A | Bombeck who wrote "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression" | Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
Mon Mar 2, 2020 | 35A | "At Wit's End" humorist Bombeck | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Thu Feb 13, 2020 | 53D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni | Shortz |
Mon Jan 20, 2020 | 21D | Humorous Bombeck (3) | Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Sun Jun 9, 2019 | 25A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Seth A. Abel | Shortz |
Sun Feb 17, 2019 | 78D | Wry Bombeck (2) | David Kwong | Shortz |
Thu Dec 27, 2018 | 29A | "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) (5) | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue Dec 25, 2018 | 43A | Funny Bombeck (7) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Mon Jun 11, 2018 | 57D | Bombeck who wrote "Housework, if you do it right, will kill you" | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Fri Apr 27, 2018 | 44A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Tue Apr 24, 2018 | 18D | Humor columnist Bombeck (2) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sat Mar 10, 2018 | 37A | "Aunt" of a 1979 best seller | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Wed Jan 31, 2018 | 54D | Singer Franklin who was Aretha's elder sister | Josh Radnor and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Fri May 12, 2017 | 11D | Funny Bombeck (7) | Bill Clinton and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Mon Feb 27, 2017 | 61D | Humorous Bombeck (3) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Tue Nov 8, 2016 | 18D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Michael J. Doran | Shortz |
Mon Oct 31, 2016 | 37D | Funny Bombeck (7) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun Jul 10, 2016 | 117A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Feb 11, 2016 | 1D | First name in home humor (2) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Sat Dec 12, 2015 | 38A | Franklin who sang "Piece of My Heart" (3) | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Wed Nov 4, 2015 | 11D | Singing sister of Aretha Franklin | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
Wed Apr 1, 2015 | 37D | Funny Bombeck (7) | Sharon Delorme | Shortz |
Thu Mar 5, 2015 | 59D | Funny Bombeck (7) | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
Tue Sep 3, 2013 | 49D | Funny Bombeck (7) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Sun Jun 30, 2013 | 10A | ___ Franklin, Grammy-nominated gospel/R&B singer | Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu May 23, 2013 | 54D | Columnist Bombeck (15) | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
Sun Mar 10, 2013 | 14A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Fri Aug 24, 2012 | 44D | "Aunt" with a 1979 best seller (4) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Thu May 3, 2012 | 44A | "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) (5) | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
Sat Jan 28, 2012 | 54D | Aretha's Grammy-nominated sister | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Tue Feb 1, 2011 | 15A | Witty Bombeck (10) | Ron and Nancy Byron | Shortz |
Sun Jun 6, 2010 | 82D | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Sun Mar 7, 2010 | 57D | Franklin who sang "Piece of My Heart" (3) | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue Dec 8, 2009 | 35A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Sun Oct 18, 2009 | 19D | Gospel singer Franklin (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Aug 24, 2009 | 37D | Bombeck who wrote "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank" | Anthony J. Salvia | Shortz |
Sun Jun 28, 2009 | 41D | Witty Bombeck (10) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Thu May 7, 2009 | 4D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat Feb 28, 2009 | 61A | Title aunt in a 1979 best seller (2) | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Mon Dec 22, 2008 | 66A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sat Jul 5, 2008 | 53D | First name in humor (10) | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
Tue Nov 13, 2007 | 16A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Nov 5, 2007 | 33D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Jeremy Horwitz | Shortz |
Sat Sep 29, 2007 | 34D | "Piece of My Heart" singer Franklin | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Fri Aug 17, 2007 | 9D | Title aunt in a 1979 best seller (2) | Roger Barkan | Shortz |
Tue Aug 14, 2007 | 63A | Wry Bombeck (2) | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Sun Feb 25, 2007 | 56A | First name in humor (10) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jan 8, 2007 | 11D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Harriet Clifton | Shortz |
Sat Aug 12, 2006 | 4A | "Aunt" with a 1979 best seller (4) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Jul 26, 2006 | 56A | Witty Bombeck (10) | Dave Mackey | Shortz |
Tue Jun 27, 2006 | 6D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
Sat Apr 1, 2006 | 57D | First name in humor (10) | Kevan Choset and David Kwong | Shortz |
Mon Feb 13, 2006 | 56A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Tue Jan 24, 2006 | 61D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | David Sullivan | Shortz |
Sun Jan 8, 2006 | 118D | First name in newspaper humor | Michael Ashley | Shortz |
Fri Oct 28, 2005 | 47A | Grammy-nominated Franklin | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Aug 28, 2005 | 65D | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Sun Jun 5, 2005 | 100A | Writer Bombeck (5) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Mar 5, 2005 | 56D | First name in humor (10) | Bob Peoples | Shortz |
Thu Feb 24, 2005 | 53D | Aretha Franklin's Grammy-nominated sister (2) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Dec 18, 2004 | 36D | "Aunt" with a 1979 best seller (4) | Dana Motley | Shortz |
Mon Nov 29, 2004 | 18A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Sep 9, 2004 | 35D | First name in humor (10) | Peter Abide | Shortz |
Sun Jul 25, 2004 | 24D | "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) (5) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jun 27, 2004 | 63A | Witty Bombeck (10) | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Mar 14, 2004 | 23D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Thu Dec 25, 2003 | 60A | "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) (5) | John Underwood | Shortz |
Sat Sep 27, 2003 | 47A | Franklin who sang "Piece of My Heart" (3) | Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Thu Mar 20, 2003 | 38D | Aunt with a "Cope Book" (4) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat Dec 21, 2002 | 62A | "Aunt" with a "Cope Book" (4) | James E. Buell | Shortz |
Thu Sep 26, 2002 | 53A | First name in home humor (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Aug 22, 2002 | 40D | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue Jun 18, 2002 | 19A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Eugene W. Sard | Shortz |
Mon Mar 25, 2002 | 16A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Tue Dec 25, 2001 | 56D | Witty Bombeck (10) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Thu Dec 13, 2001 | 21A | Aunt with a "Cope Book" (4) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun Dec 9, 2001 | 76A | Wit Bombeck (2) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Thu Aug 23, 2001 | 60D | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed May 16, 2001 | 50D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Mar 11, 2001 | 55D | "Aunt" with a "Cope Book" (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Aug 20, 2000 | 38D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Wed Mar 22, 2000 | 57D | Witty Bombeck (10) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sat Mar 18, 2000 | 25D | First name in humor (10) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Thu Mar 2, 2000 | 67A | Clever Bombeck | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Tue Nov 30, 1999 | 16A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Oct 11, 1999 | 51D | Witty Bombeck (10) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue Mar 16, 1999 | 16A | Witty Bombeck (10) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Mar 8, 1999 | 30D | Humorous Bombeck (3) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue Jan 5, 1999 | 56A | Witty Bombeck (10) | Lyell Rodieck | Shortz |
Wed Oct 7, 1998 | 57D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Mon Aug 24, 1998 | 46D | Writer Bombeck (5) | Alan Jay Weiss | Shortz |
Tue Aug 4, 1998 | 69A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Thu Jul 16, 1998 | 24D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Kelly Clark | Shortz |
Sun Jun 14, 1998 | 2D | Author Bombeck (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun May 24, 1998 | 79D | Bombeck of "At Wit's End" | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Wed Feb 11, 1998 | 57D | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Thu Dec 11, 1997 | 16A | "Aunt" with a 1979 best seller (4) | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Sat Nov 1, 1997 | 11D | First name in humor (10) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon Oct 20, 1997 | 43A | Humor columnist Bombeck (2) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Fri Sep 12, 1997 | 26A | First name in humor (10) | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Thu Sep 4, 1997 | 66A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Mon Jun 30, 1997 | 59A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sat May 10, 1997 | 44A | Wit Bombeck (2) | Isabel Walcott | Shortz |
Wed Feb 12, 1997 | 60A | Writer Bombeck (5) | M. E. Skolsky | Shortz |
Wed May 8, 1996 | 34D | Writer Bombeck (5) | R. Norris | Shortz |
Tue Apr 16, 1996 | 32D | First name in humor (10) | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Mon Apr 15, 1996 | 58D | Witty Bombeck (10) | S. L. Robbins | Shortz |
Wed Dec 27, 1995 | 16A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Aug 7, 1995 | 36A | Bombeck who's "at wit's end" | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Mon Jul 10, 1995 | 45A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Fri Oct 21, 1994 | 63A | Humorist Bombeck (33) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Tue Oct 11, 1994 | 16A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Bernice Gordon | Shortz |
Thu Sep 22, 1994 | 16A | First name in humor (10) | George Quincy | Shortz |
Sun Sep 4, 1994 | 118A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
Thu Sep 1, 1994 | 48D | Author Bombeck (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Mon Jun 27, 1994 | 28D | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
Mon May 30, 1994 | 23A | Writer Bombeck (5) | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Mon Apr 4, 1994 | 61A | Bombeck, the columnist | Betty Jorgensen | Shortz |
Mon Jan 17, 1994 | 10A | Columnist Bombeck (15) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Thu Dec 30, 1993 | 35D | Anecdotal Bombeck | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Fri Dec 24, 1993 | 53D | "Cope Book" Aunt | Merl H. Reagle | Shortz |