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64 total results for FLOSS( score: 50 )
22 results for FLOSS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon May 13, 2024 | 41A | Dentist's string | Jeremy Newton | Fagliano |
Sun Nov 25, 2018 | 45A | Line through one's teeth? | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Mon Mar 27, 2017 | 34D | Often-unheeded advice from dentists | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Mon Aug 18, 2014 | 11D | Dental string | Ian and Katie Livengood | Shortz |
Fri Dec 6, 2013 | 36A | Untwisted silk fibers | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Aug 12, 2013 | 13D | Dental thread | Daniel Raymon | Shortz |
Sun Jun 12, 2011 | 102D | Dentist's advice (2) | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Thu Dec 17, 2009 | 43A | It may get food away from a canine | Francis Heaney and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Wed May 6, 2009 | 12D | Dental hygienist's advice | Michael Callaway Barnhart | Shortz |
Sun May 27, 2007 | 93D | Line at the dentist's office? | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Nov 23, 2006 | 38A | Dentist's advice ... or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down | Ari Halpern | Shortz |
Sun Dec 26, 2004 | 62A | Toiletry item | Hal Turner | Shortz |
Thu Mar 11, 2004 | 55A | Dentist's advice (2) | Jeremy Thomas Paine | Shortz |
Sat Oct 19, 2002 | 24D | Dislodge some particles | Donald E. West | Shortz |
Thu Dec 14, 2000 | 69A | Dental stuff | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun Nov 26, 2000 | 116A | Clean the hard-to-get-at areas, say | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Aug 10, 2000 | 43A | It may be waxed | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Sun Jun 13, 1999 | 104D | Dentist's suggestion | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sat Jun 27, 1998 | 32D | See 22-Across | Alan Jay Weiss | Shortz |
Sat Nov 9, 1996 | 30A | It's often waxed | F. Longo | Shortz |
Mon Jan 8, 1996 | 1D | Dental care item | N. Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun Aug 13, 1995 | 52A | Medicine cabinet item | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
2 results for FLOSS from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mar 13, 2022 | Acrostic | S | With "the," arm-swinging dance employing an invisible thread | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Feb 22, 2004 | Acrostic | R | Fictional river providing power for the Dorlcote Mill | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
40 results for FLOSS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Dec 2, 1992 | 45D | Dentist's advice | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
Fri Mar 27, 1992 | 1A | Dental ___ | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Mon Jan 6, 1992 | 41A | Do a dental job | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Jun 10, 1991 | 18D | Waste fibers of silk | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Aug 26, 1990 | 9A | End of a G. Eliot title | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Mon May 7, 1990 | 14D | Dental cord | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Mon Nov 13, 1989 | 60A | Dental thread | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Jul 17, 1989 | 35A | Dental hygienist's thread | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Mon Nov 16, 1987 | 46A | Dental ___ | Fred Toole | Maleska |
Sat Aug 7, 1982 | 5A | Vegetable silk | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Dec 10, 1980 | 31D | Dental ___ | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Sun Apr 22, 1979 | 133A | Dental ___ | Nancy W. Atkinson | Maleska |
Wed Aug 7, 1974 | 7D | Site of George Eliot's mill | Elizabeth A. Yaro | Weng |
Wed Jun 26, 1974 | 13D | Dental ___ | Tap Osborn | Weng |
Wed Jun 19, 1974 | 39A | Showy thing | Harriet Gilson Rosenberg | Weng |
Mon May 14, 1973 | 37A | Locale of a mill | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 18, 1968 | 67A | Kind of thread. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jul 15, 1968 | 66A | Sewing silk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 15, 1967 | 66A | Silk thread. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Tue Jan 3, 1967 | 25D | Silky stuff. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Mon Aug 23, 1965 | 42D | River in George Eliot novel. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 12, 1965 | 65A | Silk of maize. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 19, 1963 | 3D | Soft silken plant fibers. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Wed Apr 11, 1962 | 6A | Silk of maize. | Kathryn Righter | Farrar |
Wed Jan 17, 1962 | 20D | Silk thread. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 1, 1961 | 34A | Embroidery silk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Sep 14, 1960 | 34D | Soft embroidery silk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Sep 8, 1960 | 64A | Silk of Indian corn. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 23, 1960 | 42D | Embroidery silk. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 12, 1960 | 28D | Silky substance, as in corn tassels. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 29, 1959 | 31A | Silk thread. | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Sat Aug 2, 1958 | 45A | Embroidery silk. | Jan and Mike Dubin | Farrar |
Sun Mar 25, 1956 | 67A | Silk fibers. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Feb 13, 1955 | 92A | Silk fibers. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Thu May 27, 1954 | 26D | Fibers of silk. | Harold Rein | Farrar |
Sun Apr 4, 1954 | 118A | "The Mill on the ___." | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sun Feb 7, 1954 | 52A | Tom Tulliver's river. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Tue Jul 21, 1953 | 40A | Covering of a silkworm's cocoon. | Victor Goldfarb | Farrar |
Sun Apr 20, 1952 | 40A | Maggie Tulliver's river. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Sun Sep 3, 1950 | 55D | Where Tom and Maggie Tulliver drown. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |