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235 total results for MEAN( score: 50 )
83 results for MEAN from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Jul 3, 2024 | 64A | Word after golden or before Girls | Juliana Tringali Golden | Fagliano |
Fri May 3, 2024 | 1A | Average (5) | Eli Cotham | Fagliano |
Mon Jan 23, 2023 | 17A | 5, for the set [2, 4, 6, 8] | Adrian Johnson | Shortz |
Mon Sep 19, 2022 | 23A | Signify (7) | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun Jun 12, 2022 | 113D | Far from friendly | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Wed Dec 1, 2021 | 62A | Something to regress to | Christopher Youngs | Shortz |
Tue Jul 6, 2021 | 38D | Signify (7) | Katie Hale | Shortz |
Fri Jul 2, 2021 | 20A | Average (5) | Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle | Shortz |
Thu Feb 4, 2021 | 5A | Average (5) | Derek Allen | Shortz |
Thu Dec 3, 2020 | 17A | Word before "Streets" and "Girls" in film titles | Jake Halperin | Shortz |
Sun Nov 1, 2020 | 86A | Statistician's calculation | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Sun Dec 29, 2019 | 119A | Word before streak or business | Andrew Chaikin | Shortz |
Mon Oct 14, 2019 | 19A | "See what I ___?" | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Wed Mar 6, 2019 | 72A | Not nice (2) | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard | Shortz |
Wed Jul 4, 2018 | 68A | Dirty, as tricks | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Sun Dec 3, 2017 | 109A | 2.5, for the set {1, 2, 3, 4} | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Oct 16, 2017 | 21A | Unkind (2) | Jennifer Nutt | Shortz |
Mon Aug 21, 2017 | 21A | Signify (7) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Tue May 30, 2017 | 44A | Intend (4) | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
Thu Nov 3, 2016 | 51D | Signify (7) | Mel Rosen | Shortz |
Mon Jun 27, 2016 | 57D | Not nice (2) | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Sun Apr 17, 2016 | 86D | Average (5) | Howard Barkin | Shortz |
Mon Dec 14, 2015 | 54D | Vicious | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Mon Sep 28, 2015 | 15A | Downright nasty | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Fri May 8, 2015 | 32D | Statistics class figure | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Tue Mar 3, 2015 | 29D | Signify (7) | Kristian House | Shortz |
Mon Mar 2, 2015 | 26D | Nasty (5) | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun Aug 24, 2014 | 71D | Have in mind | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Feb 18, 2014 | 73A | *Standard deviation deviates from it | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Dec 2, 2013 | 44D | Be defined as | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
Fri Oct 18, 2013 | 15A | Represent | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sat Aug 17, 2013 | 16A | Skillful, slangily | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sun Jul 7, 2013 | 94D | Cussed | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Mon Apr 15, 2013 | 48A | Nasty (5) | Gayle Dean | Shortz |
Wed Sep 19, 2012 | 37D | Stand for (5) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Fri Apr 13, 2012 | 5D | With 35-Down, have no malice | Tim Croce | Shortz |
Mon Jul 18, 2011 | 58D | Like a bully | Kevin Donovan | Shortz |
Tue May 10, 2011 | 23A | Stand for (5) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon Mar 28, 2011 | 68A | Black-hearted | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Jan 9, 2011 | 28A | Uncharitable | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Jan 20, 2010 | 1A | Stingy | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Mon Dec 14, 2009 | 2D | Like taking candy from a baby? | Tim Darling | Shortz |
Tue May 26, 2009 | 12D | Intend (4) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Mon Aug 25, 2008 | 13A | Have as a definition | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | Shortz |
Wed Oct 3, 2007 | 53A | Signify (7) | Robert Dillman | Shortz |
Mon Feb 19, 2007 | 8D | Nasty (5) | Andrea C. Michaels | Shortz |
Mon Dec 4, 2006 | 35D | Average (5) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Mon Jun 26, 2006 | 45A | Cruel | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2006 | 12D | Willfully tightening the screws, say | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 29D | Nasty (5) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sat Jan 8, 2005 | 4D | Suggest | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
Wed Dec 8, 2004 | 57A | Bell curve figure (2) | Norm Guggenbiller | Shortz |
Mon Jun 7, 2004 | 18A | Signify (7) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun Jun 6, 2004 | 31D | Hard-hearted | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Thu Feb 12, 2004 | 3D | Lowdown | Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Wed Jul 9, 2003 | 27A | Playing dirty tricks | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Wed Jul 2, 2003 | 37D | Bad-tempered | Barbara Olson | Shortz |
Sat Apr 12, 2003 | 6A | Bell curve figure (2) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Sat May 4, 2002 | 40A | Imply | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Fri Apr 26, 2002 | 46A | Stand for (5) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Apr 24, 2002 | 43A | Penny-pinching (5) | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
Thu Feb 21, 2002 | 57A | Statistics calculation | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun Nov 4, 2001 | 17D | Stand for (5) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Aug 1, 2001 | 64A | Penny-pinching (5) | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
Mon Jun 11, 2001 | 19A | Unkind (2) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Jun 10, 2001 | 43D | Aim | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Mar 14, 2001 | 12D | Penny-pinching (5) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Wed Sep 20, 2000 | 23A | Villainous | Edgar R. Fontaine | Shortz |
Thu Aug 31, 2000 | 64A | Part of G.M.T. (2) | Gene Newman | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2000 | 81D | Penny-pinching (5) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Apr 9, 2000 | 42D | Ignoble | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Nov 23, 1999 | 23D | Nasty (5) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Sep 12, 1999 | 73A | Stand for (5) | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Shortz |
Thu Jul 22, 1999 | 18A | Middle figure | M. Preston Sherwood | Shortz |
Wed Apr 28, 1999 | 30A | Penny-pinching (5) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Apr 23, 1998 | 1D | Part of G.M.T. (2) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Fri Jun 6, 1997 | 42D | Ill-tempered | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Thu Sep 26, 1996 | 26D | Important statistic | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Mar 17, 1996 | 43D | Base | Peter O'Gordon | McShortz |
Mon Jul 17, 1995 | 61A | Intend (4) | Kenneth Witte | Shortz |
Thu Oct 20, 1994 | 4D | Intend (4) | Bryant White | Shortz |
Fri Aug 5, 1994 | 26A | Say truly | Daniel R. Stark | Shortz |
Sun Nov 28, 1993 | 39D | Like Dickens's Murdstone | Joanne W. Edwards | Shortz |
3 results for MEAN from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Oct 20, 2019 | Panda | 4D | Like guys without a heart | Mel Taub | Shortz |
May 27, 2001 | Cryptic | 15A | Low average (4) | David Stickley | Shortz |
Dec 14, 1997 | Cryptic | 1D | Guys sitting around a medium (4) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
149 results for MEAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Aug 11, 1992 | 19A | Ornery | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Mon Jul 27, 1992 | 68A | Shabby | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sun Jul 26, 1992 | 74A | Ignoble | Nancy W. Atkinson | Maleska |
Wed Jun 10, 1992 | 40A | Sordid | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Mon Mar 2, 1992 | 30A | Intend | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Wed Jan 22, 1992 | 38D | Ignoble | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Mon Feb 4, 1991 | 3D | Intend | Fred Toole | Maleska |
Tue Jan 8, 1991 | 68A | Petty or shabby | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sun Dec 30, 1990 | 58A | Shabby | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Sun Oct 7, 1990 | 103D | Ill-tempered | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Wed Jul 11, 1990 | 5A | Penurious | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Tue Mar 20, 1990 | 69A | Intend | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sat Apr 8, 1989 | 17A | Statistician's concern | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Thu Feb 9, 1989 | 65A | Ill-tempered | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Wed Sep 28, 1988 | 36D | Penurious | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Thu Sep 1, 1988 | 24D | Signify | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Fri Mar 18, 1988 | 24D | This may be golden | R. S. Jones | Maleska |
Sun Dec 20, 1987 | 10A | Like Joe Greene | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Thu Aug 27, 1987 | 1D | Denote | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Wed Aug 19, 1987 | 23A | Time or while preceder | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
Tue Aug 11, 1987 | 40D | Connote | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sun Aug 2, 1987 | 17D | Ignoble | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sat Jul 4, 1987 | 60D | Spiteful | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Fri May 23, 1986 | 61A | Near | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
Wed May 21, 1986 | 54D | Nasty | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Thu May 15, 1986 | 1A | Paltry | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sun Apr 20, 1986 | 21A | Penurious | John Dreyer | Maleska |
Mon Jan 28, 1985 | 58D | Shabby | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Sun Nov 18, 1984 | 109D | Average | George P. Sphicas | Maleska |
Wed Oct 17, 1984 | 36A | Average | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Mon Apr 23, 1984 | 42D | Intend | Murphy | Maleska |
Sun Feb 12, 1984 | 46A | Shabby | Derrick C. Niederman | Maleska |
Sun Jan 8, 1984 | 65A | Ornery | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Tue Nov 22, 1983 | 49D | Intend | Frank Geary | Maleska |
Mon Oct 31, 1983 | 45D | Intend | Jones | Maleska |
Fri Sep 23, 1983 | 17A | Average | Maver | Maleska |
Sun Apr 17, 1983 | 76D | Base; average | Mel Rosen | Maleska |
Sat Mar 12, 1983 | 22D | Middle point | Stout | Maleska |
Sun Feb 20, 1983 | 20D | Picayunish | Maurice J. Teitelbaum | Maleska |
Wed Jan 26, 1983 | 35D | Intend | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sun Dec 19, 1982 | 4D | Intend | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Thu Nov 25, 1982 | 12D | Average | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Thu Sep 16, 1982 | 32D | Average | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Tue Jul 27, 1982 | 12D | Average | Audrey Koch | Maleska |
Fri Apr 9, 1982 | 65A | Average | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Mon Jan 11, 1982 | 63A | Stingy | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Wed Oct 28, 1981 | 53D | Intend | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Tue Aug 11, 1981 | 50A | Shabby | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Tue Aug 4, 1981 | 7D | Average | Sawikin | Maleska |
Thu Dec 4, 1980 | 8D | Type of disposition | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Thu Nov 6, 1980 | 64A | Like Joe Greene | Victor Goldfarb | Maleska |
Mon Apr 28, 1980 | 3D | Selfish | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Wed Apr 9, 1980 | 15A | Average | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Tue Mar 11, 1980 | 40A | Statistician's middle | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Fri Jun 15, 1979 | 38D | Nasty | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Sat Dec 23, 1978 | 18A | Paltry | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Thu Nov 9, 1978 | 61A | Average | Grace Fabbroni | Maleska |
Sat Jul 29, 1978 | 16A | Vindictive | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Thu Jun 15, 1978 | 51D | Spiteful | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon May 1, 1978 | 10D | Picayunish or villainous | Raymond F. Eisner | Maleska |
Thu May 5, 1977 | 54A | Average | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Wed Apr 13, 1977 | 44A | Ornery | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Tue May 11, 1976 | 12D | Spiteful | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Sat Feb 21, 1976 | 50D | Average | Hallie & Gerald Parsons | Weng |
Sat Feb 7, 1976 | 61A | Ornery | Marjorie Pedersen | Weng |
Tue Sep 16, 1975 | 50D | Golden ___ (happy medium) | Allan Blackman | Weng |
Wed Sep 3, 1975 | 43D | Ignoble | Sara V. Tuckerman | Weng |
Fri Aug 8, 1975 | 66A | Kind of streak or time | Sophie Fierman | Weng |
Sat Feb 8, 1975 | 6D | Golden ___ | Herb L. Risteen | Weng |
Wed Apr 24, 1974 | 17A | Spiteful | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Fri Nov 16, 1973 | 60A | Average | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 15, 1973 | 17A | Stingy | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Apr 19, 1973 | 41D | Vexatious | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Sep 8, 1972 | 28D | Stand for | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Aug 22, 1972 | 25D | Base | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Apr 10, 1972 | 3D | Average | Louise Earnest | Weng |
Fri Feb 18, 1972 | 6A | Ignoble | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Feb 6, 1972 | 25A | Paltry | Jack Luzzatto | Weng |
Sun Sep 26, 1971 | 18D | Ignoble | Virginia W. Schneider | Weng |
Sun Nov 29, 1970 | 39A | Miserly | Gladys V. Miller | Weng |
Tue Mar 17, 1970 | 52D | "___ to Me" | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Feb 25, 1970 | 35D | Average | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Dec 7, 1969 | 80D | Miserly | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Tue Jul 1, 1969 | 37D | Inferior. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 4, 1969 | 21A | Offensive | Roberta Morse | Weng |
Sun Mar 2, 1969 | 129A | Signify | Betty Leary | Weng |
Sun Jan 5, 1969 | 87A | Average | Frances Hansen | Farrar |
Sat Dec 14, 1968 | 51D | Golden ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 27, 1968 | 86A | Signify | Frances Hansen | Farrar |
Thu Feb 29, 1968 | 49D | Intend. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 17, 1968 | 21A | Signify. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 28, 1967 | 31A | Average. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Tue Jan 10, 1967 | 31A | Signify. | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Mon Dec 26, 1966 | 69A | Average. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 31, 1966 | 61A | Intend. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Sep 3, 1966 | 43A | Signify. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 8, 1966 | 67A | Average. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 2, 1966 | 54D | Signify. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 10, 1966 | 74D | Average. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Tue Feb 8, 1966 | 19A | Adjective for Scrooge. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jan 27, 1966 | 13D | Statistician's concern. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Sep 3, 1965 | 21A | Vexatious. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Feb 17, 1965 | 24D | Signify. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 18, 1964 | 33D | Average. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 9, 1964 | 21A | Convey. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Sep 28, 1964 | 24A | Middle point. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Sep 9, 1964 | 61D | Golden ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 7, 1964 | 15D | Purpose. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 2, 1964 | 99D | Golden ___. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Aug 25, 1963 | 90A | Have in mind. | Stephanie Caruana | Farrar |
Tue Aug 6, 1963 | 53D | Golden ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jan 10, 1963 | 30D | Have in mind | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Mon Oct 15, 1962 | 13D | Average. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 31, 1961 | 36D | Cantankerous. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 11, 1960 | 34A | Intermediate. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sun Jul 24, 1960 | 112A | Golden ___. | James Byrne | Farrar |
Tue Apr 26, 1960 | 28D | Signify. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 12, 1960 | 3D | Average. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 17, 1959 | 3D | Average. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 17, 1959 | 26D | Signify. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 3, 1959 | 52D | Intermediate figure. | Charles Allen | Farrar |
Sun Dec 15, 1957 | 42A | Unimposing. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Fri Aug 30, 1957 | 29D | Purpose. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Jun 4, 1957 | 54A | Inferior. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 29, 1956 | 31D | Halfway between extremes. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Thu May 3, 1956 | 25A | Intend. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 4, 1956 | 48D | Poltroonish. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Fri Jan 20, 1956 | 17A | Small. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Wed Dec 28, 1955 | 7D | Unimposing. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 4, 1955 | 38A | Ornery. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Tue Jul 5, 1955 | 63A | Average. | Philip G. Rosemond | Farrar |
Tue Feb 8, 1955 | 65A | Of little value or account. | Paula Bauersmith | Farrar |
Fri Sep 24, 1954 | 65A | Lacking dignity of mind. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Fri Sep 10, 1954 | 44D | Have in mind. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Fri Jul 30, 1954 | 30D | Average. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Mon May 17, 1954 | 69A | Have in mind. | William S. Woods | Farrar |
Sat May 15, 1954 | 62A | Have in mind. | Isaac Kert | Farrar |
Fri Mar 26, 1954 | 13D | Curmudgeonish. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Tue Mar 17, 1953 | 5D | Paltry. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Mar 4, 1953 | 13D | Unimposing. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Dec 16, 1952 | 30D | Signify. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 13, 1951 | 53A | The middle point. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 4, 1951 | 79D | Small-minded. | Evelyn Smith | Farrar |
Tue Oct 30, 1951 | 17A | Midway between extremities. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jun 19, 1951 | 48A | Small-minded. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 6, 1951 | 108D | Beggarly. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Feb 22, 1948 | 8D | Shabby. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun May 11, 1947 | 35A | Shabby. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Feb 15, 1942 | 143A | Moderation. | Charles Erlenkotter | Farrar |