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248 total results for LEAST( score: 50 )
71 results for LEAST from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Nov 20, 2024 | 69A | "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10 | Robert S. Gard | Fagliano |
Fri May 3, 2024 | 41D | Bare minimum (6) | Eli Cotham | Fagliano |
Wed Apr 24, 2024 | 39A | Word often confused with "fewest" | Jeffrey Martinovic | Fagliano |
Sun Jan 14, 2024 | 72D | Tiniest bit (2) | John Kugelman | Shortz |
Wed Dec 20, 2023 | 40D | "He is richest who is content with the ___": Socrates | Brad Wiegmann | Shortz |
Sat Aug 12, 2023 | 45D | Minimal (7) | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson | Shortz |
Sun Jun 13, 2021 | 53D | Part of L.C.D. | Stephen McCarthy | Shortz |
Sun Aug 25, 2019 | 121A | ___ of all (2) | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Mon Jul 1, 2019 | 15A | Absolute minimum (2) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Mon Aug 27, 2018 | 13D | Bare minimum (6) | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
Sun Aug 26, 2018 | 49D | The "L" of L.C.D. (2) | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Tue May 15, 2018 | 61A | Smallest (5) | Garry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Wed Jan 10, 2018 | 31D | ___ of one's worries | Sen. Joe Donnelly and Michael S. Maurer | Shortz |
Tue Dec 5, 2017 | 36A | Bare minimum (6) | Harry Smith and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Mon Nov 14, 2016 | 39A | Most's opposite | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Tue Mar 22, 2016 | 60A | Tiniest bit (2) | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Sun Jun 28, 2015 | 125A | Tiniest thing | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Mon Jun 15, 2015 | 29A | Minimum amount | Mike Buckley | Shortz |
Mon Sep 29, 2014 | 43A | Not in the ___ (3) | Eric Sydney Phillips | Shortz |
Fri May 10, 2013 | 23A | Closest to zero | Derek Bowman | Shortz |
Tue Feb 12, 2013 | 30D | Absolute minimum (2) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Sun Jun 3, 2012 | 62D | Smallest (5) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Fri Feb 10, 2012 | 43A | Most negligible | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Mon Sep 19, 2011 | 23A | "It's the ___ I can do" | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Mon Apr 18, 2011 | 53A | Minimum (8) | James Tuttle | Shortz |
Wed Nov 10, 2010 | 5A | Bare minimum (6) | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
Tue Mar 2, 2010 | 37A | Minimal amount | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Nov 26, 2009 | 64A | Bare minimum (6) | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Fri Nov 20, 2009 | 52D | Minimal (7) | Alan Olschwang | Shortz |
Fri Jul 31, 2009 | 12D | ___ of all (2) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Fri May 15, 2009 | 48D | Minimal (7) | Xan Vongsathorn | Shortz |
Tue May 12, 2009 | 67A | Smallest possible | Wayne and P. K. King | Shortz |
Wed Apr 1, 2009 | 52A | Smallest (5) | Ed Stein and Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Fri Feb 13, 2009 | 19A | Closest to nil | Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Mon Dec 1, 2008 | 14A | Minimum (8) | Eric J. Platt | Shortz |
Tue Nov 27, 2007 | 41D | Most trivial | Julie Ann Bowling | Shortz |
Sun Apr 15, 2007 | 104D | Nadir amount | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed Mar 8, 2006 | 68A | Bare minimum (6) | Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
Mon Jul 11, 2005 | 2D | "That's the ___ I can do" | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
Sat Jun 26, 2004 | 20A | Mathematical extreme | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Tue Apr 6, 2004 | 41A | Smallest (5) | Tony Orbach | Shortz |
Sun Nov 2, 2003 | 113A | Minimal (7) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Fri Oct 31, 2003 | 13D | Not in the ___ (3) | Earl L. Martin III | Shortz |
Sun Feb 9, 2003 | 1A | Rock-bottom | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jan 20, 2003 | 23A | The "L" of L.C.D. (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon Aug 19, 2002 | 6D | Minimum (8) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Mon Jun 3, 2002 | 31D | Opposite of most | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Mon Apr 15, 2002 | 68A | Minimal (7) | James P. Sharp | Shortz |
Tue Jun 5, 2001 | 37A | Lowest in importance | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Thu May 3, 2001 | 22A | Slightest (3) | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Mon Apr 23, 2001 | 66A | Fewest | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Fri Feb 23, 2001 | 14D | Kind of resistance? | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Jan 23, 2001 | 21A | What the booby prize winner scored | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue May 16, 2000 | 29A | Smallest (5) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Feb 8, 2000 | 66A | Most trifling | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Jan 2, 2000 | 124A | Minimum (8) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon Nov 8, 1999 | 10D | Minimum (8) | Kent Lorentzen | Shortz |
Sun Jun 21, 1998 | 83D | Minimal (7) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun May 10, 1998 | 43A | Minimum (8) | Rich Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Apr 29, 1998 | 34D | Minimal (7) | Gayle Dean | Shortz |
Mon Jan 12, 1998 | 59A | "It was the ___ I could do" | John Greenman | Shortz |
Sun Jul 13, 1997 | 58D | ___ squares (statistical method) (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Dec 8, 1996 | 81A | Extreme amount | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun Jul 7, 1996 | 55A | Littlest | R. H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Fri Apr 26, 1996 | 19A | ___squares (statistical method) (2) | W. Johnson | Shortz |
Mon Nov 6, 1995 | 63A | Minimum (8) | Roger H. Courtney | Shortz |
Wed May 10, 1995 | 7A | Minimum (8) | Jeremy Thomas Paine | Shortz |
Sun Mar 26, 1995 | 93A | Slightest (3) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Tue Feb 28, 1995 | 54D | Slightest (3) | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Sun Oct 23, 1994 | 108D | Part of L.C.M. | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Jan 26, 1994 | 66A | Not in the ___ (3) | Kenneth Haxton | Shortz |
2 results for LEAST from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Nov 14, 2021 | Other | 42A | Thieve | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Feb 10, 2019 | Cryptic | 11A | Minimal tips from lawyer even after successful trial (5) | John Forbes | Shortz |
175 results for LEAST from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Sep 9, 1993 | 30D | Part of L.C.D. | Roger H. Courtney | Taub |
Tue Sep 7, 1993 | 42A | Smallest amount | Morton B. Braun | Taub |
Sun Jun 13, 1993 | 24D | Minimal | Frances K. Schnitzer | Maleska |
Mon Apr 12, 1993 | 34D | The smallest part | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Sun Jan 31, 1993 | 51D | Smallest | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
Tue Jan 12, 1993 | 9D | Slightest | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Mon Jan 11, 1993 | 40D | Smallest amount | Jim Page | Maleska |
Sun Dec 13, 1992 | 121D | Smallest amount | Michael Priestley | Maleska |
Mon Oct 26, 1992 | 14D | Part of l.c.d. | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Mar 21, 1992 | 45D | Minimum | Timothy S. Lewis | Maleska |
Wed Jan 22, 1992 | 50D | Minimum | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Mon Jan 13, 1992 | 20D | Smallest | Ruth Minary | Maleska |
Thu Dec 19, 1991 | 43A | Bare minimum | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Sun Dec 15, 1991 | 49D | Smallest amount | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Sun Jul 21, 1991 | 55D | Slightest | Virginia Yates | Maleska |
Fri Jun 28, 1991 | 1A | Not in the ___ | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
Mon Jun 3, 1991 | 6D | Minimum | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed Apr 10, 1991 | 12D | ___ squares (a statistical method) | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Thu Nov 29, 1990 | 42A | Minimum | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Fri Aug 31, 1990 | 6D | Minimum | Gloria Evans | Maleska |
Thu Apr 5, 1990 | 35A | Smallest | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Wed Oct 4, 1989 | 35A | Part of L.C.D. | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sat May 27, 1989 | 12D | Rock-bottom | Stanley Newman | Maleska |
Sun May 14, 1989 | 61D | Slightest | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Thu Dec 1, 1988 | 54D | Describing some bitterns and flycatchers | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Sun Oct 30, 1988 | 75A | Slightest | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Thu Sep 1, 1988 | 50D | Part of L.C.D. | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Sat Aug 27, 1988 | 33A | Smallest amount | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Fri Feb 12, 1988 | 6D | Slightest | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sun Apr 5, 1987 | 93D | Kind of flycatcher | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
Tue Jan 27, 1987 | 69A | Minimum | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Dec 2, 1986 | 63A | Slightest | John Greenman | Maleska |
Wed Nov 5, 1986 | 37D | Minimum | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
Mon Sep 1, 1986 | 12D | Minimum | Jones | Maleska |
Fri Apr 11, 1986 | 15A | Minimum | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Mon Sep 16, 1985 | 22D | Bare minimum | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Sun May 19, 1985 | 57D | Minimum | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Tue Sep 4, 1984 | 44A | Minimally | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Aug 29, 1984 | 45A | Kin of fewest | John H. Hales | Maleska |
Thu Sep 15, 1983 | 63A | Minutest | Grace Fabbroni | Maleska |
Sat Aug 20, 1983 | 31D | Smallest | Hickmott | Maleska |
Mon Mar 7, 1983 | 36A | Smallest | Whitten | Maleska |
Sat Jan 29, 1983 | 25A | Smallest amount | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
Thu Oct 28, 1982 | 8D | Most insignificant | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Tue Sep 7, 1982 | 28D | Minimum | Marie West | Maleska |
Fri Jul 2, 1982 | 49D | Minimal | Louise Earnest | Maleska |
Fri May 14, 1982 | 40D | Smallest | Joan Whitman | Maleska |
Thu Feb 4, 1982 | 50A | Part of L.C.D. | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Tue Dec 29, 1981 | 44D | Smallest amount | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
Mon Dec 7, 1981 | 6D | Minimum | Gerald Brooks | Maleska |
Tue Jun 16, 1981 | 35A | Smallest | Maloney | Maleska |
Mon Mar 23, 1981 | 47A | At ___ (in any case) | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Mon Mar 2, 1981 | 59A | Minimum | Edward Marchese | Maleska |
Mon Nov 17, 1980 | 15A | "___ said is soonest mended" | Elio Desiderio | Maleska |
Wed Sep 3, 1980 | 61A | Next to nothing | Plesinger | Maleska |
Sun Sep 30, 1979 | 96D | Minimum | Timothy S. Lewis | Maleska |
Mon Sep 10, 1979 | 31D | Opposite of the lion's share | Samuel K. Fliegner | Maleska |
Sun Sep 9, 1979 | 14A | Minimum | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Fri Jun 29, 1979 | 45D | Part of L.C.M. | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Sun May 20, 1979 | 36A | Part of L.C.D. | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Mon Apr 9, 1979 | 22D | Minimal | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Fri Mar 30, 1979 | 21A | Minimal | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Tue Mar 27, 1979 | 62A | Smallest amount | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Wed Jan 31, 1979 | 43D | Minimum | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Thu Sep 22, 1977 | 65A | Minimum | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Mon May 30, 1977 | 53D | Not in the ___ | Johnson | Maleska |
Sun May 15, 1977 | 10D | Part of L.C.D. | Maria G. Rice | Maleska |
Sat Nov 20, 1976 | 6D | "It's the ___ I can do" | Bert H. Kruse | Weng |
Sat Jul 17, 1976 | 49A | Kind of wise | Virginia Butler | Weng |
Wed May 26, 1976 | 51A | Fewest | Leonard Goldberg | Weng |
Thu Apr 22, 1976 | 32D | Minimal | Sidney Nelson | Weng |
Sun Apr 18, 1976 | 61A | Minimal | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Mon Mar 22, 1976 | 29D | Kind of wise | McAulay | Weng |
Fri Mar 5, 1976 | 71A | "___ said, soonest mended" | Sophie Fierman | Weng |
Sun Jul 6, 1975 | 46A | At ___ (anyway) | Diana Sessions | Weng |
Fri Jun 13, 1975 | 32D | "Not in the ___" | Lita M. Elvers | Weng |
Tue Mar 11, 1975 | 47D | At ___ (in any case) | Raymond F. Eisner | Weng |
Wed Jan 1, 1975 | 17A | "Not in the ___" | Diana Sessions | Weng |
Sun Apr 21, 1974 | 128D | Minimum | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Thu Apr 4, 1974 | 40A | At ___ (in any case) | William A. Chambrun | Weng |
Sun Dec 30, 1973 | 136A | "That's the ___ I can do" | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Sun Oct 7, 1973 | 82D | Minimum | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Tue Jun 12, 1973 | 22D | Smallest amount | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Mar 23, 1973 | 18A | At ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Mar 21, 1973 | 62A | Anagram of 5 Across | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Apr 2, 1972 | 8D | Fewest | Bert Kruse | Weng |
Tue Mar 7, 1972 | 51D | Smallest | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 25, 1972 | 30D | Slightest | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 22, 1972 | 52D | Slightest | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jan 27, 1972 | 61A | Slightest | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Oct 14, 1971 | 3D | Tiniest | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jul 13, 1971 | 32A | At ___ (in any case) | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 26, 1971 | 22D | Minimal | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jan 29, 1971 | 40A | Kind of common denominator | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Dec 20, 1970 | 98A | Minimum | Anne Fox | Weng |
Tue Dec 8, 1970 | 43D | Slightest | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Oct 20, 1970 | 43A | Tiniest | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 2, 1970 | 22D | Minimal | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Sep 21, 1970 | 72A | Minimal | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Aug 24, 1970 | 65A | Part of l.c.m. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 10, 1970 | 65A | Minimum | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jan 30, 1970 | 13A | Kind of common denominator | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Nov 3, 1969 | 25D | Minimum. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Sep 12, 1969 | 33D | Minimal. | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Aug 9, 1969 | 61A | Not the ___ bit. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Apr 23, 1969 | 29D | Minimum. | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Mar 3, 1969 | 18A | At ___. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 18, 1969 | 46D | Minimum. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Feb 2, 1969 | 40A | Minimum | Anthony Morse | Weng |
Thu Jan 23, 1969 | 48D | Minimal. | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Oct 26, 1968 | 44D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 4, 1968 | 38A | Most insignificant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 7, 1968 | 5A | Slightest. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Thu Jan 4, 1968 | 36A | Smallest degree. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Feb 8, 1967 | 63A | Slightest. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Fri Sep 16, 1966 | 44D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 12, 1966 | 2D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 21, 1966 | 29D | Smallest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Sep 13, 1965 | 65A | Last but not ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 17, 1965 | 52D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 8, 1965 | 127A | Smallest. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Fri Jul 9, 1965 | 66A | Most trivial. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 15, 1965 | 45A | Not in the ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 4, 1964 | 54D | Not in the ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 17, 1964 | 13D | Minimum. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 5, 1964 | 39A | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Feb 13, 1964 | 23D | Slightest. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Thu May 23, 1963 | 11D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 1, 1963 | 69A | Slightest. | Alda F. Zimpel | Farrar |
Sun May 13, 1962 | 135A | Smallest amount. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Sat Apr 28, 1962 | 41A | Slightest. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Wed Jan 31, 1962 | 62A | Minimum. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 5, 1961 | 100D | Smallest amount. | Christine Valence | Farrar |
Sun Dec 4, 1960 | 54D | Slightest. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Mon Jun 6, 1960 | 39A | In the lowest degree. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 3, 1960 | 6D | Most insignificant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 31, 1960 | 8D | Smallest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 19, 1960 | 47D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 6, 1959 | 127A | Most insignificant. | Anthony Morse | Farrar |
Tue Jun 16, 1959 | 1A | Minimum. | Hume R. Craft | Farrar |
Fri Jun 5, 1959 | 64A | Minimal. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Tue Jul 8, 1958 | 29D | Minimal. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sun Jun 15, 1958 | 28D | Slightest. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Thu Mar 6, 1958 | 41D | Littlest. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Thu Feb 13, 1958 | 23A | Minimum. | Anthony Morse | Farrar |
Mon Oct 28, 1957 | 60A | "___ said, soonest mended." | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 17, 1957 | 32D | Minimum. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jun 29, 1957 | 64A | Lowest number. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 24, 1957 | 90D | Minimum. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Dec 18, 1956 | 29D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 20, 1956 | 5D | Smallest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 23, 1956 | 68A | Minimum. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Sun Jan 15, 1956 | 110A | Smallest. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Thu Feb 17, 1955 | 47D | The smallest. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu Dec 30, 1954 | 21A | Smallest part. | M. S. Manning | Farrar |
Thu Dec 2, 1954 | 18D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Oct 22, 1953 | 61A | Most unimportant. | Joseph La Fauci | Farrar |
Thu Oct 15, 1953 | 64A | The minimum. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 7, 1953 | 30A | Slightest. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Apr 6, 1953 | 37D | Slightest. | Edward Buckler | Farrar |
Thu Mar 19, 1953 | 8D | Slightest. | Victor Goldfarb | Farrar |
Sat Feb 21, 1953 | 52D | Minimal. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Jan 5, 1953 | 23A | Slightest. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sat Nov 1, 1952 | 6D | Slightest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Aug 21, 1952 | 48D | Smallest amount. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 26, 1952 | 23A | Smallest amount. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Aug 30, 1951 | 17A | Smallest. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 1, 1950 | 103D | Minimum. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Dec 25, 1949 | 103D | Slightest. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Mar 28, 1948 | 100A | Most unimportant. | Hilda E. Allen | Farrar |
Sun Mar 16, 1947 | 43A | Shortest. | P. J. Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun Dec 23, 1945 | 5D | Smallest. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |
Sun Sep 24, 1944 | 106A | Minimal. | I. Kert | Farrar |
Sun Jul 26, 1942 | 11D | "In solitude where we are ___ alone."—Byron. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun May 24, 1942 | 81D | "___ said, soonest mended."—Dickens. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Anagrams: | ASLET, ESTAL, LASET, LATES, SATLE, TASEL, TASLE, LEATS, SALET, ALTES, TESLA, LAETS, LETAS, STAEL, TALES, STEAL, ATLES, ELAST, STALE, TEALS, ASTEL, SLATE, ETALS, TAELS, SLEAT, SETAL, STELA |