| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun Oct 19, 2025 | 55D | Sea, to Seurat | Daniel Grinberg | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 31, 2025 | 119A | Adriatique, e.g. (2) | Danny J. Rooney | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 10, 2025 | 73D | What abuts une côte | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 27, 2025 | 64D | ___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps) | John Kugelman | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 15, 2025 | 39A | Eau zone? | Adam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein | Shortz |
| Sat May 25, 2024 | 9D | ___ de Glace, largest glacier in the French Alps | David P. Williams | Fagliano |
| Thu Apr 4, 2024 | 57D | Mission involving Spirit and Opportunity, in brief | Kevin Curry | Fagliano |
| Sun Feb 11, 2024 | 39A | Place for poissons | Peter Koetters | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 6, 2024 | 6D | Lead-in to maid or man | Victor Barocas | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 22, 2024 | 38A | Sea: Fr. (2) | Jake Halperin | Shortz |
| Sun May 21, 2023 | 26A | Eau so big? | Robert Ryan | Shortz |
| Mon Mar 7, 2022 | 1A | Sea: Fr. (2) | Sam Acker | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 11, 2021 | 27D | Île be there? | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 6, 2021 | 15D | Adriatique, e.g. (2) | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 21, 2021 | 94D | Big bleu expanse | Matthew Stock | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 16, 2021 | 17A | Lead-in to some water-dwelling "folk" | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 5, 2020 | 38A | Locale where the French may take des vacances | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 19, 2020 | 87D | Locale for un capitaine | Victor Barocas | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 15, 2019 | 98D | The big eau | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 14, 2019 | 12D | La Baltique, e.g. | Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 17, 2019 | 64D | Locale for Jacques Cousteau | David Kwong | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 30, 2018 | 47D | View from la plage | Luke Vaughn | Shortz |
| Thu Apr 26, 2018 | 20D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
| Thu Feb 15, 2018 | 25A | ___ du Nord (what separates Angleterre from Danemark) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 30, 2018 | 14A | Large body of eau | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 18, 2018 | 5D | La Méditerranée, e.g. (3) | Ryan McCarty and Alan Southworth | Shortz |
| Mon Nov 6, 2017 | 14A | Sea, to Debussy (2) | Max Lauring and Benjamin Lauring | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 27, 2017 | 39D | La Baltique, par exemple | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
| Sat Sep 16, 2017 | 41A | Sea as in Cannes? | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | Shortz |
| Tue May 30, 2017 | 64D | Debussy's sea | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
| Thu Oct 27, 2016 | 60A | Bleu expanse | Milo Beckman | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 7, 2016 | 10D | Boulogne-sur-___ (city on the English Channel) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 8, 2015 | 81D | "La ___" (Debussy opus) | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 10, 2015 | 22A | Saintes-Maries-de-la-___, French resort on the Mediterranean | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 9, 2015 | 5D | Place for an île | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 15, 2015 | 22A | Place for une île (2) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 8, 2015 | 17D | Eau holder | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 9, 2015 | 42A | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 7, 2014 | 5D | French sea (9) | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Mon Dec 1, 2014 | 58A | French sea (9) | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
| Thu Jul 31, 2014 | 69A | ___ Noire (Russie borderer) | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sat May 31, 2014 | 49D | Bleu body | John Lampkin | Shortz |
| Thu Apr 17, 2014 | 60A | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 16, 2013 | 70A | Mal de ___ (14) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 30, 2013 | 3D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Wed Nov 21, 2012 | 46D | Outlet for une rivière | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Tue Nov 6, 2012 | 50A | It's seen off la côte de la France | Erik Agard | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 17, 2012 | 22D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
| Sat Nov 19, 2011 | 35D | Ionienne, e.g. | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Wed Oct 12, 2011 | 63D | La Méditerranée, e.g. (3) | Gary Cee | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 14, 2011 | 34D | Mal de ___ (14) | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted | Shortz |
| Mon May 30, 2011 | 56A | Mal de ___ (14) | Michael Barnhart | Shortz |
| Thu May 26, 2011 | 46A | Nice view (3) | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Mon May 2, 2011 | 38D | Sea, to Cousteau (2) | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 2, 2011 | 4D | Cousteau's milieu | David Poole | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 6, 2011 | 13D | 113-Across, in France | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 8, 2011 | 35A | Golfe setting | Will Nediger | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 7, 2010 | 62A | Debussy subject (6) | Will Nediger | Shortz |
| Tue Sep 21, 2010 | 33D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
| Wed May 5, 2010 | 41A | Place for une île (2) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Tue Mar 30, 2010 | 5D | Sea, to Cousteau (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 21, 2010 | 59D | On a map it may be colored bleu | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 6, 2009 | 102D | France's Belle-Île-en-___ | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 30, 2009 | 35A | Subject of a Debussy piece | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 21, 2009 | 33D | Mal de ___ (14) | Mark Feldman | Shortz |
| Sun May 31, 2009 | 115D | French 42-Across | Kelsey Blakley | Shortz |
| Wed Apr 8, 2009 | 62D | La Méditerranée, e.g. (3) | Joey Weissbrot | Shortz |
| Sat Mar 28, 2009 | 28A | La ___ Caspienne | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 25, 2009 | 4D | Fruits de ___ (menu heading) (2) | Kelly Browder | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 18, 2009 | 24A | Debussy subject (6) | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 11, 2008 | 24A | View from Marseille (2) | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
| Wed Aug 20, 2008 | 62A | Water around Polynésie | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 18, 2008 | 40A | Sea, to Debussy (2) | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 13, 2008 | 62D | Deep bleu sea | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
| Fri Feb 22, 2008 | 45A | Boulogne-sur-___, France | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot | Shortz |
| Wed Dec 12, 2007 | 34A | Fruits de ___ (seafood) | Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
| Wed Oct 24, 2007 | 64D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 21, 2007 | 44A | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Tom Heilman | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 24, 2007 | 38A | Terre's counterpart (2) | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
| Sat Jun 2, 2007 | 53D | With 28-Across, ___ Caraïbes (Guadeloupe setting) | Byron Walden | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 21, 2007 | 50A | Water on la Côte d'Azur | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Mon Dec 11, 2006 | 32A | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Tue Oct 31, 2006 | 7D | French sea (9) | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
| Fri Oct 13, 2006 | 10D | ___ de Glace, glacier on the north slope of Mont Blanc | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 21, 2006 | 64D | Mal de ___ (14) | Elayne Cantor | Shortz |
| Tue Mar 21, 2006 | 40D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Levi Denham | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 1, 2005 | 57A | L'Adriatique, par exemple | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Wed May 18, 2005 | 56A | Debussy subject (6) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Wed Apr 13, 2005 | 8D | Mal de ___ (14) | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Mon Apr 19, 2004 | 40A | French sea (9) | Michael Doran | Shortz |
| Sat Feb 21, 2004 | 20A | French resort Villefranche-sur-___ | Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 15, 2004 | 45A | Fruits de ___ | Derrick Niederman | Shortz |
| Fri Jan 16, 2004 | 19A | It's seen offshore in France | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Wed May 7, 2003 | 38D | Mal de ___ (14) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 6, 2003 | 4D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 11, 2002 | 13D | Riviera waters | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
| Fri Aug 16, 2002 | 25A | Riviera view | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Wed May 29, 2002 | 28D | Mal de ___ (14) | Alan Olschwang | Shortz |
| Mon Apr 29, 2002 | 30A | Mal de ___ (14) | Holden Baker | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 28, 2002 | 9D | Basse ___(low tide): Fr. | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 22, 2002 | 23A | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 20, 2001 | 41A | View from Marseille (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 16, 2001 | 86A | Place for bateaux | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Tue Nov 27, 2001 | 33A | Mal de ___ (14) | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Thu Oct 18, 2001 | 24D | Riviera vista | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sat Aug 4, 2001 | 18A | Boulogne-sur-___ | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Fri Jun 29, 2001 | 11D | Étoile de ___ (starfish, to Cousteau) | Holden Baker | Shortz |
| Tue May 29, 2001 | 46A | It's off la côte de France | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
| Thu May 24, 2001 | 22A | Méditerranée, par exemple | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
| Fri Apr 6, 2001 | 37D | Ile locale | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Fri Oct 13, 2000 | 4D | La Seyne-sur-___ | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Mon Oct 9, 2000 | 19A | French sea (9) | Teresa M. Hackett | Shortz |
| Sat Oct 7, 2000 | 43A | Fruits de ___ (menu heading) (2) | Chuck Menning | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 15, 2000 | 23A | French sea (9) | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 2, 2000 | 59D | Maid's introduction? | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 4, 2000 | 33A | ___ Méditerranée | Martin Schneider | Shortz |
| Mon May 29, 2000 | 54D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 2, 2000 | 23A | View from the Riviera | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 16, 2000 | 35A | Mal de ___ (14) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Fri Dec 24, 1999 | 64D | Debussy subject (6) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Mon Nov 29, 1999 | 11D | French sea (9) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Mon Nov 8, 1999 | 7D | Mal de ___ (14) | Kent Lorentzen | Shortz |
| Fri Oct 29, 1999 | 56A | Eau naturelle? | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 28, 1999 | 61A | Mal de ___ (14) | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 6, 1999 | 143A | Debussy subject (6) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu Apr 8, 1999 | 45D | Terre's opposite | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 24, 1998 | 48A | It adjoins une côte | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Fri Dec 18, 1998 | 49D | Place for an ile | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 24, 1998 | 4D | Mal de ___ (14) | Alan Jay Weiss | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 25, 1998 | 45D | Terre's counterpart (2) | Stanley B. Whitten | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 19, 1998 | 13D | Nice view (3) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Fri Feb 27, 1998 | 59D | It's around Martinique | Kevin McCann | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 22, 1998 | 33A | It's bleu on maps (2) | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
| Fri Dec 26, 1997 | 21A | Nice attraction | Bob Sefick | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 1, 1997 | 18D | Debussy's "La ___" (15) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 26, 1997 | 29D | Debussy subject (6) | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 9, 1997 | 37D | La Mediterranee, e.g. | June Boggs | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 2, 1997 | 76A | Nice view (3) | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Thu May 16, 1996 | 62A | Debussy's "La___" (15) | F. Longo | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 18, 1996 | 119A | Ile surrounder | Norma Steinberg | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 29, 1995 | 61D | ___ Mediterranée | John R. Conrad | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 17, 1995 | 59A | View from the French Riviera | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
| Sun May 28, 1995 | 108D | ____ des Caraibes (Martinique locale) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
| Fri May 19, 1995 | 37D | Debussy's "La ____" (3) | Michael S. Maurer | Shortz |
| Fri Mar 3, 1995 | 10D | It surrounds St.-Pierre | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
| Thu Feb 9, 1995 | 7D | Debussy's "La ____" (3) | Richard Thomas | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 29, 1994 | 23D | French sea (9) | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Thu Oct 27, 1994 | 41D | Debussy's "La ____" (3) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 23, 1994 | 66A | Méditerranée, e.g. | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 26, 1994 | 54A | Blue expanse in France | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Fri Feb 25, 1994 | 41A | It's bleu on maps (2) | Bob Lubbers | Shortz |
| Fri Feb 4, 1994 | 40A | French sea (9) | Joe Clonick | Shortz |