Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Wed Dec 11, 2024 | 43A | October Revolution leader (2) | Kathy Bloomer and Jeff Chen | Fagliano |
Fri Jul 5, 2024 | 10A | Inspiration for Old Major in Orwell's "Animal Farm" | Trent H. Evans | Fagliano |
Tue Mar 14, 2023 | 62A | Leader in a 1917 revolution | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed Apr 6, 2022 | 18A | World leader born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Sun Feb 27, 2022 | 97D | World leader who appeared on a Time magazine cover 40 years after his death | Sheldon Polonsky | Shortz |
Sun Oct 17, 2021 | 61A | "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" author | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Aug 29, 2021 | 36A | His tomb is in Red Square (2) | Dory Mintz | Shortz |
Thu May 14, 2020 | 11D | 2017 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror" | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
Thu Jan 30, 2020 | 6D | St. Petersburg was once named after him | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Tue Dec 3, 2019 | 26D | Leader on view in Red Square | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sun Sep 15, 2019 | 50A | Acclaimed 2017 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror" | Andrew Kingsley | Shortz |
Wed Sep 4, 2019 | 5D | Leader born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Thu Jan 17, 2019 | 41A | One interred in Red Square | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun Oct 12, 2014 | 7D | ___ Peace Prize (award discontinued in 1990) | Pawel Fludzinski | Shortz |
Tue Jan 21, 2014 | 45A | Inspiration for Old Major of "Animal Farm" | Todd Gross | Shortz |
Sun Jan 19, 2014 | 37D | Name that starts a well-known "ism" | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Sun Aug 4, 2013 | 71D | Biography subtitled "A Revolutionary Life" | Steven Ginzburg | Shortz |
Fri Jun 14, 2013 | 17D | Survivor of two 1918 assassination attempts | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Apr 18, 2013 | 39D | "April Theses" writer | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Sun Jan 27, 2013 | 118A | He wrote "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Fri Mar 16, 2012 | 22A | "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" writer | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Tue Jun 28, 2011 | 58A | October Revolution leader (2) | Tom Baring | Shortz |
Sat Oct 30, 2010 | 50D | Comintern creator | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Thu Jun 3, 2010 | 40A | Red head? (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Oct 11, 2009 | 74D | Big Red | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon Jun 15, 2009 | 42A | Russian revolutionary with a goatee | John Dunn | Shortz |
Thu Feb 12, 2009 | 20A | Bygone leader with a goatee | Gary & Stephen Kennedy | Shortz |
Sat Aug 30, 2008 | 32D | "What Is to Be Done?" writer (2) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Sun Apr 6, 2008 | 14D | Leader with a goatee | Daniel C. Bryant | Shortz |
Mon Feb 18, 2008 | 31D | His tomb is in Red Square (2) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Thu Dec 6, 2007 | 25D | "What Is to Be Done?" pamphleteer, 1901 | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Fri May 11, 2007 | 2D | His statue (minus its head) can be found in Arlington's Freedom Park | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Aug 22, 2006 | 15A | He's entombed in Red Square | Michael J. Doran | Shortz |
Sat Feb 4, 2006 | 47D | "The State and Revolution" writer | Philip C. Ordway | Shortz |
Tue Jan 31, 2006 | 69A | Red Square notable | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Thu Jan 12, 2006 | 66A | "What Is to Be Done?" writer (2) | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Thu Sep 1, 2005 | 64A | Writer of the "April Theses" | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Wed Aug 3, 2005 | 16A | Onetime Red head | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell | Shortz |
Thu Mar 3, 2005 | 23A | Revolutionary leader | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Feb 13, 2005 | 124A | He said "A lie told often enough becomes truth" | Daniel C. Bryant | Shortz |
Mon Apr 14, 2003 | 54D | Stalin's predecessor | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Sun Mar 9, 2003 | 44D | Overthrower of Kerensky | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Feb 13, 2003 | 58A | Early 20th-century leader | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sat Oct 19, 2002 | 41A | "The State and Revolution" author | Donald E. West | Shortz |
Fri Oct 4, 2002 | 48D | Moscow's ___ Museum | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Sun Sep 15, 2002 | 108D | The Soviets' Order of ___ | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Jul 22, 2002 | 64A | Russian Revolution leader | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Wed Feb 14, 2001 | 10D | Red Square figure (4) | Robert Dillman | Shortz |
Fri Dec 24, 1999 | 51A | 1917 newsmaker | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jun 27, 1999 | 18D | Kerensky's successor | Robert Malinow | Shortz |
Wed Apr 28, 1999 | 53D | Red leader | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Dec 24, 1998 | 16A | Remains in Red Square? | Jim Page | Shortz |
Wed Mar 25, 1998 | 6D | Red Square figure (4) | Gene Newman | Shortz |
Sun Mar 15, 1998 | 127A | Bolshevism founder | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Mon Dec 15, 1997 | 51A | Founder of the Soviet Union | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Thu Nov 20, 1997 | 55D | Order of ___ (bygone award) | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Sat Dec 21, 1996 | 46D | Comintern's founder | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Wed Nov 27, 1996 | 51A | Chief Bolshevik | R. Hughes | Shortz |
Fri May 10, 1996 | 40A | Well-preserved leader | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Apr 21, 1996 | 26A | Lloyd George contemporary (2) | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Jan 21, 1996 | 70A | Lloyd George contemporary (2) | R. Wolfe | Shortz |
Sat Jan 6, 1996 | 41A | ___Prospekt (old thoroughfare) | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun Feb 26, 1995 | 53A | Redhead? (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Dec 12, 1994 | 48D | Red Square figure (4) | Joy L. Wouk | Shortz |
Mon Jun 27, 1994 | 21A | Red Square figure (4) | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
Fri Feb 11, 1994 | 18A | Defunct award | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Mon Jan 17, 1994 | 33A | Tomb tenant | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sat Dec 18, 1993 | 41D | Prominent Red Square name | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Mar 2, 2014 | Cryptic | 12A | Famous Red Square retrospective after end of festival (5) | Fraser Simpson | Shortz |
Nov 3, 2002 | Acrostic | I | He said "When there is freedom, there will be no state" | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Tue Jul 27, 1993 | 12D | Former Russian hero | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Mon Dec 21, 1992 | 26A | Red head: 1917-24 | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
Sat Aug 15, 1992 | 25D | Founder of Bolshevism | Ronald C. Hirschfeld | Maleska |
Sun May 3, 1992 | 127A | Ulyanov | Rosalind Pavane | Maleska |
Mon Sep 23, 1991 | 50D | Russian leader in 1917 | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sun Oct 7, 1990 | 114A | Pravda founder | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sun Sep 2, 1990 | 32A | Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Fri Dec 15, 1989 | 4D | Pravda founder | Jim Page | Maleska |
Thu Aug 24, 1989 | 19A | Red head, once | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Thu Jul 6, 1989 | 45A | Bolshevik boss | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Thu Apr 20, 1989 | 9D | Ulyanov | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Tue Feb 28, 1989 | 35A | U.S.S.R. head: 1917-24 | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
Fri Jan 13, 1989 | 32D | V. I. Ulyanov | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Sun Nov 13, 1988 | 45D | Ulyanov | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Sat Nov 12, 1988 | 15D | Vladimir llych | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Tue Sep 20, 1988 | 68A | Pravda founder | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Thu Jul 7, 1988 | 15A | Early Soviet leader | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
Fri Jan 15, 1988 | 49D | Red head: 1918-24 | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Oct 6, 1987 | 31D | Russian revolutionary | Fred Toole | Maleska |
Mon Aug 10, 1987 | 63A | Russian rebel in 1917 | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Sun Aug 9, 1987 | 62D | Ulyanov | T. W. Underhill | Maleska |
Sun Feb 22, 1987 | 31D | Pravda founder | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sat Apr 26, 1986 | 15A | Max Eastman's "Since ___ Died" | Jim Page | Maleska |
Thu Mar 6, 1986 | 54D | Ulyanov | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Tue Oct 15, 1985 | 53D | Ulyanov | Stanley B. Whitten | Maleska |
Sun Jul 7, 1985 | 77D | He replaced Kerensky | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Sat Jun 15, 1985 | 30D | Former Red head | Alan Arbesfeld | Maleska |
Sun May 26, 1985 | 7D | "Since ___ Died": Max Eastman | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Sun Nov 4, 1984 | 113A | Vladimir Ulyanov | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Wed Oct 17, 1984 | 35A | Ulyanov | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Tue Oct 2, 1984 | 41A | Russian hero | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Sun Jun 24, 1984 | 91D | Figure in "Reds" | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Thu Nov 4, 1982 | 1A | Russian revolutionist | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Sat Oct 9, 1982 | 7D | V. I. Ulyanov | William Canine | Maleska |
Sun Oct 3, 1982 | 19A | U.S.S.R. hero | Charles Baron | Maleska |
Sun Aug 22, 1982 | 115A | Krupskaya's spouse | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Thu Jun 24, 1982 | 31D | V. I. Ulyanov | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Sun May 2, 1982 | 17D | Pravda founder | William H. Ford | Maleska |
Thu Feb 11, 1982 | 49D | Red head, once | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sun Nov 23, 1980 | 94A | First prime minister of the U.S.S.R. | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Tue Jul 8, 1980 | 33D | Soviet leader: 1917-24 | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Thu Jan 17, 1980 | 41A | Founder of Pravda | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Dec 28, 1979 | 11D | Vladimir Ulyanov | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Fri Jun 1, 1979 | 50D | The Bolsheviks adored him | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Thu Mar 22, 1979 | 47A | Revolutionary leader | Dana Gross | Maleska |
Wed Feb 7, 1979 | 12D | Pravda founder: 1912 | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sat Jul 29, 1978 | 27D | Famed Bolshevik | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Jun 30, 1978 | 47D | Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Sun Jun 4, 1978 | 82D | Red head: 1918-24 | Chet Currier | Maleska |
Tue Dec 27, 1977 | 41A | He replaced Kerensky | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Aug 19, 1977 | 22A | Red head: 1918-24 | Virginia Butler | Maleska |
Wed Jun 22, 1977 | 37D | "Pravda" founder: 1912 | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Oct 10, 1976 | 67A | Ulyanov | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Thu Jun 24, 1976 | 11D | Russian leader | R. Kaplan | Weng |
Mon Sep 15, 1975 | 13A | Famous tomb occupant | Dennis Listort | Weng |
Sat Sep 13, 1975 | 44D | Moscow idol | Gertrude Gordon | Weng |
Fri Mar 28, 1975 | 19A | Russian hero | Jean Reed | Weng |
Wed Jan 8, 1975 | 43A | Well-known tomb occupant | Samuel K. Fliegner | Weng |
Sun Dec 22, 1974 | 72D | Soviet premier | Anne Fox | Weng |
Wed Oct 16, 1974 | 11D | Red Square name | Tap Osborn | Weng |
Tue Aug 7, 1973 | 26D | Red Square figure | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jun 9, 1973 | 28D | Red Square name | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Mar 26, 1971 | 40A | Vladimir Ulyanov | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Mar 5, 1971 | 49D | Famous Russian | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jul 25, 1969 | 2D | Noted Russian. | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jun 21, 1969 | 42A | Red Square name. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Mar 9, 1969 | 19A | Nikolai | A. J. Santora | Weng |
Sun Feb 2, 1969 | 30A | Red Square name | Anthony Morse | Weng |
Tue Dec 3, 1968 | 25D | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 25, 1968 | 8D | Peak in the Pamirs | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
Tue Jun 18, 1968 | 24D | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Dec 19, 1966 | 41A | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 6, 1966 | 38D | Personage of 28 Across. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 16, 1965 | 17A | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 2, 1965 | 42A | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Nov 12, 1964 | 6D | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 7, 1964 | 69A | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 26, 1963 | 38A | Nikolai of Red Square. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Wed Sep 4, 1963 | 48D | Soviet hero. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 21, 1963 | 16A | Former muscovite. | Jan and Mike Dubin | Farrar |
Wed Jan 23, 1963 | 18A | Vladimir Ulianov. | Charles Gersch | Farrar |
Sun Mar 25, 1962 | 20D | Red Square name. | Mary Grow | Farrar |
Sun Mar 11, 1962 | 75D | Moscow name. | Harry Gluck | Farrar |
Tue Sep 26, 1961 | 38D | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Sep 2, 1961 | 14A | Red Square name. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 10, 1961 | 4D | Occupant of Red Square mausoleum. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 27, 1960 | 39A | Ulyanov. | Mary D. Weisser | Farrar |
Tue Jan 26, 1960 | 30D | Bolshevik leader. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Mar 27, 1959 | 53D | V. I. Ulyanov. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Mar 2, 1959 | 30D | Russian revolutionist. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Tue Jul 8, 1958 | 44A | Nikolai of 1917. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sat Jul 5, 1958 | 27D | V. I. Ulyanov. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Fri Sep 13, 1957 | 10D | Red Revolutionist. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Tue Aug 13, 1957 | 47A | Red leader, 1917-24. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Fri Jul 12, 1957 | 41A | Vladimir Ilich Ulianov. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Jun 6, 1957 | 33A | Vladimir of Red Square. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Mar 21, 1956 | 14A | One-time Russian policy formulator. | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Mon Sep 19, 1955 | 55D | Bolshevist leader. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Aug 15, 1954 | 92D | Bolshevik head. | Harold D. Cannon | Farrar |
Fri May 14, 1954 | 41A | Trotsky's associate. | Edward Early | Farrar |
Fri Apr 2, 1954 | 9D | Founder of the Comintern. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sat Feb 13, 1954 | 49A | Figure in Red Square. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 11, 1953 | 25A | Relic of Red Square. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Fri Jan 2, 1953 | 18A | Relic in Red Square. | Charles E. Gersch | Farrar |
Tue Oct 7, 1952 | 20D | Red Square relic. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jun 24, 1952 | 9D | Onetime Bolshevik. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 23, 1951 | 6D | His tomb is in Red Square. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 11, 1951 | 28A | The Great Red Father. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 12, 1951 | 70D | He founded "Pravda," 1912. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Wed Aug 8, 1951 | 19A | Russian hero. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jul 16, 1951 | 27D | Bolshevik hero. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 10, 1951 | 117A | Russian idol. | W. W. Webster | Farrar |
Mon Jun 4, 1951 | 21D | His tomb is at the Kremlin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 27, 1951 | 10D | Red hero. | Louise Rabb | Farrar |
Sat May 5, 1951 | 46D | Vladimir Ilich Ulianov. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 15, 1951 | 97D | He replaced Kerensky. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Feb 18, 1951 | 119D | Former Bolshevik leader. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sat Jan 13, 1951 | 57A | Hero of U. S. S. R. | Robert Hegler | Farrar |
Tue Oct 10, 1950 | 64A | Soviet head, 1917-24. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 3, 1950 | 15D | Soviet head, 1917-24. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun Oct 1, 1950 | 105A | Founder of Communist International, Switzerland, 1915. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jul 16, 1950 | 44D | Subject of debate between Stalin and Tito. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sun Feb 26, 1950 | 76A | Stalin's predecessor. | S. K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sun Feb 6, 1949 | 115A | He is entombed in Red Square. | G. A. K. Sutton | Farrar |
Sun Jun 6, 1948 | 106D | He said, "All phrases about equal rights are nonsense." | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Aug 17, 1947 | 44D | Ulianov. | Waldo Ranson | Farrar |
Sun Jul 13, 1947 | 101A | Ulianov (1870–1924). | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Feb 11, 1945 | 136A | Vladimir Ilich Ulianov. | Waldo Ranson | Farrar |
Sun Nov 26, 1944 | 9D | Father of U.S.S.R. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Oct 1, 1944 | 45A | Founder of "Comintern." | Agnes Cook | Farrar |
Sun Jan 9, 1944 | 64A | His tomb is in Red Square. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Jul 4, 1943 | 90A | A Russian city was named after him. | J. C. Doesburg | Farrar |
Sun Apr 18, 1943 | 41A | Vladimir Ilich Ulianov. | J. C. Doesburg | Farrar |
Sun Jan 17, 1943 | 44D | Vladimir Ilich Ulianov. | Amy L. Glazier | Farrar |
Sun Oct 11, 1942 | 57D | Russian leader. | Alvin Ashby | Farrar |
Sun Jul 26, 1942 | 15D | First Premier of Soviet Russia. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |