| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun Nov 3, 2024 | 43A | Terse confirmation | Sid Sivakumar | Fagliano |
| Sat Oct 19, 2024 | 21A | Beyoncé's 2009-10 ___ Tour | August Miller | Fagliano |
| Wed May 22, 2024 | 28A | Response to "Who's ready?" (2) | Martin Schneider | Fagliano |
| Mon Feb 5, 2024 | 39D | Sam-___ (Seuss character) (2) | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 25, 2024 | 13A | Response to "Who's ready?" (2) | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Sat Dec 30, 2023 | 58D | "Do you know who ___?" (2) | Simeon Seigel | Shortz |
| Fri Jul 7, 2023 | 28D | Terse admission (2) | Adrian Johnson | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 26, 2023 | 39A | "___ Not Your Negro" (2016 documentary using James Baldwin texts) | Taylor Johnson and Christina Iverson | Shortz |
| Sat Feb 11, 2023 | 22A | Nas's third studio album, after "Illmatic" and "It Was Written" | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 15, 2023 | 78D | "___ What ___" (song from "La Cage aux Folles") | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 27, 2022 | 50A | "Me!" | Adam Wagner | Shortz |
| Wed Nov 23, 2022 | 48D | Response to "Who's in?" | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 13, 2022 | 94A | Terse affirmation | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
| Sat Oct 22, 2022 | 40A | "___ … Sasha Fierce" (2008 #1 album) | Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 29, 2022 | 1A | Cartesian sum? | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 7, 2022 | 103A | "O, ___ fortune's fool!": Romeo (2) | Tina Labadie | Shortz |
| Sat May 28, 2022 | 25A | "___ America (And So Can You!)" (Stephen Colbert best seller) | Joseph Greenbaum | Shortz |
| Fri Jan 28, 2022 | 49A | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Jem Burch | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 18, 2022 | 6D | Billie Eilish's "Therefore ___" | Kate Schutzengel | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 30, 2021 | 23A | Words declared before and after "what" | John Ewbank | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 8, 2020 | 51A | First two words of "Green Eggs and Ham" | Evan Kalish and Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
| Mon Oct 19, 2020 | 44D | "Take me as ___" (3) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 12, 2020 | 59D | "Do you know who ___?" (2) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 8, 2020 | 80A | Descartes's conclusion (3) | Laura Taylor Kinnel | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 7, 2020 | 25A | Terse affirmative | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 8, 2019 | 70A | Follower of Sam or will. | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
| Tue Oct 8, 2019 | 32A | Translation of "je suis" or "yo soy" | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Mon Apr 8, 2019 | 66D | "___ the Walrus" (Beatles song) | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 17, 2019 | 63A | Cartesian conclusion (12) | David Kwong | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 24, 2018 | 57D | "Are you?" response | Michael Black | Shortz |
| Sat Jun 2, 2018 | 47A | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
| Tue May 29, 2018 | 48A | Answer to "Who is?" | John Lieb | Shortz |
| Mon Apr 2, 2018 | 55A | "... or so ___ told" | Jason Mueller | Shortz |
| Thu Feb 1, 2018 | 54D | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 24, 2017 | 71A | Descartes's conclusion (3) | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Wed Dec 6, 2017 | 35A | Michelle Pfeiffer film "___ Sam" | Clive Probert | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 16, 2017 | 10D | Answer to "Are you ...?" | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
| Wed Apr 12, 2017 | 49A | Existential statement | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
| Sat Sep 17, 2016 | 54A | Terse admission (2) | Andrew J. Ries | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 13, 2016 | 36D | Affirmative response | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
| Sun May 29, 2016 | 79A | Words before and after "what" (4) | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
| Thu May 19, 2016 | 58D | "___ Malala" (2013 best-selling autobiography) | Morton J. Mendelson | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 13, 2016 | 42A | Positive response | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 23, 2016 | 22D | Sam-___ (Seuss character) (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 3, 2015 | 65D | "___ shocked ... shocked!" (3) | Merl Reagle (1950-2015) | Shortz |
| Fri Aug 28, 2015 | 31D | Sum in English (2) | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 8, 2015 | 32D | Existential declaration (2) | Ryan Milligan | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 21, 2014 | 30A | Soy, north of Mexico | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 18, 2014 | 48A | "___ so-o-o-o sleepy!" | Ian and Katie Livengood | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 31, 2013 | 23A | Words on either side of "what" | H. David Goering | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 13, 2013 | 35A | Descartes's "sum," translated | Richard and Judith Martin | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 23, 2012 | 98A | Leonard Nimoy's "___ Not Spock" | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Mon Oct 29, 2012 | 66A | "Don't you know who ___?" | Gareth Bain | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 21, 2012 | 55A | "Luke, ___ your father" | Josh Knapp | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 22, 2012 | 91A | Words before and after "what" (4) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 13, 2011 | 18D | Words before and after "what" (4) | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 18, 2010 | 33A | Modern sum? | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 11, 2010 | 49A | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 23, 2010 | 35A | Self expression? (4) | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
| Tue Sep 8, 2009 | 30A | "___ a Rock" (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 10, 2009 | 57D | "___ the Walrus" | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 3, 2009 | 48A | "Take Me as ___" (3) | Katie Yeager | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 12, 2008 | 36A | "Impossible" response to the question "Are you sleeping?" | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 17, 2008 | 51A | English 8-Down | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
| Thu Jul 10, 2008 | 33A | "___ Love," 1975 Jackson 5 hit | Ari Halpern | Shortz |
| Fri Apr 18, 2008 | 44D | "___ Woman" (1972 #1 song) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Mon Mar 17, 2008 | 45A | "___ shocked ... SHOCKED!" (3) | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 28, 2007 | 30A | Sum in English (2) | Ben Tausig | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 24, 2007 | 10D | The Beatles' "___ the Walrus" (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Fri May 18, 2007 | 61D | Translated sum | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
| Thu Mar 1, 2007 | 66A | Words said before and after "what" | Steven E. Atwood | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 7, 2007 | 79A | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 2, 2007 | 33A | The Beatles' "___ the Walrus" (2) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Tue Mar 7, 2006 | 40D | Answer to "Are you or are you not?" | Richard Jacobs | Shortz |
| Tue Nov 29, 2005 | 59D | Descartes's "sum" | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 12, 2005 | 41D | "___ the Law" (Edward G. Robinson flick) | Joe Bower | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 28, 2004 | 7A | "How Dry ___" (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 8, 2004 | 45A | Dr. Seuss's Sam ___ (2) | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Sun May 2, 2004 | 117D | "How Dry ___" (5) | Derrick Niederman | Shortz |
| Sat Apr 17, 2004 | 23A | English sum? | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 23, 2003 | 28D | "___ Sam" (2001 Penn-Pfeiffer flick) | Leonard Williams | Shortz |
| Thu Oct 23, 2003 | 29D | Self expression? (4) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 28, 2003 | 24D | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 27, 2003 | 9D | Words before and after "what" (4) | Jon Delfin | Shortz |
| Sat Feb 22, 2003 | 9D | Existential declaration (2) | Dana Motley | Shortz |
| Wed Dec 11, 2002 | 21D | "___ a Rock" (1966 hit) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Fri Mar 29, 2002 | 25A | Thinking person's conclusion? | Kevin Hagen | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 17, 2002 | 77A | Cole Porter's "___ in Love" | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 4, 2002 | 53D | "___ shocked - SHOCKED!" (3) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 17, 2001 | 64D | "___ a Rock" (2) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu Apr 26, 2001 | 52A | Cole Porter's "___ Loved" (2) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 25, 2001 | 23A | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
| Fri Sep 8, 2000 | 57D | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 20, 2000 | 133A | Self expression? (4) | Trip Payne | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 11, 1999 | 35A | Dr. Seuss's Sam ___ (2) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Sun May 9, 1999 | 96A | Cole Porter's "___ Loved" (2) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 18, 1998 | 65A | Song words before "a rock" and "the walrus" | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 7, 1998 | 110D | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 5, 1998 | 58D | "___ shocked!" | Mark Moldowsky | Shortz |
| Wed Nov 12, 1997 | 29D | Beatles' "___ the Walrus" | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 31, 1997 | 8D | Words before and after "what" for Popeye | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 13, 1997 | 38A | Descartes conclusion (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Fri Apr 18, 1997 | 34D | Cartesian conclusion (12) | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
| Tue Apr 15, 1997 | 43A | "Take me as ___" (3) | Jonathan Schmalzbach | Shortz |
| Thu Mar 13, 1997 | 39A | "How dry ___" (5) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 9, 1997 | 66D | Cartesian conclusion (12) | June Boggs | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 1, 1996 | 103D | Cartesian words | D. J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Wed May 31, 1995 | 10A | "O, ___ fortune's fool!": Romeo (2) | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
| Mon Oct 17, 1994 | 32A | "How dry ___" (5) | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 12, 1994 | 43A | "How dry ___" (5) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 20, 1994 | 41D | Descartes conclusion (2) | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 10, 1994 | 90A | Self expression? (4) | Trip Payne | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 22, 1994 | 60D | Descartes's conclusion (3) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Wed Jan 26, 1994 | 59D | "___ Woman" ('72 hit) | Kenneth Haxton | Shortz |