PIPER

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PIPER is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for PIPER.

71 total results for PIPER( score: 50 )

19 results for PIPER from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 25, 2024	62A	One of 11 in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"	Damon Gulczynski	Fagliano
Sat Jun 22, 2024	55A	Proverbial payee (2)	Hoang-Kim Vu	Fagliano
Wed Jan 18, 2023	22D	Certain itinerant musician	Lindsay McBride	Shortz
Wed May 25, 2022	1D	Itinerant musician with a flute	Christopher Youngs	Shortz
Wed Feb 5, 2020	24A	One of the musicians on the 11th day of Christmas	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Sun Oct 27, 2019	114A	One of 11 in a Christmas carol	Michael Paleos	Shortz
Tue Apr 17, 2018	30A	Pan, in myth	Wren Schultz	Shortz
Sun Feb 20, 2011	50D	Parade tootler	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Mon Dec 22, 2008	13D	Peter the pepper picker	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Wed May 7, 2008	52D	Highland musician	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Wed Jan 23, 2008	32D	Tootler	Henry Hook	Shortz
Sun Jul 31, 2005	22D	Proverbial payee (2)	Mark Feldman	Shortz
Wed Oct 15, 2003	47D	March 17 marcher	John Greenman	Shortz
Sat Aug 23, 2003	46A	Popular airplane maker	Rich Norris	Shortz
Fri May 10, 2002	6D	Tom's father, in verse	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Sep 9, 2001	116A	Hamelin musician	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Mon Aug 25, 1997	46D	Flutist	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz
Mon Dec 16, 1996	62A	Flute player	S. Spadaccini	Shortz
Sun Feb 4, 1996	90A	Hamelin helper	D. J. Kahn	Shortz

2 results for PIPER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 25, 2018	Cryptic	24D	Musician starts to play in pubs, earning recognition (5)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
May 23, 2004	Panda	40A	One holding the bag	Mel Taub	Shortz

50 results for PIPER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 9, 1993	41A	He sometimes holds the bag	Roger H. Courtney	Taub
Wed Jan 20, 1993	1A	Hamelin's tempter	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Mon Jan 28, 1991	5D	Thieving Tom's father	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Thu Sep 22, 1988	36A	Plumber?	William Canine	Maleska
Sat Sep 20, 1986	26A	Pan was one	Hosler	Maleska
Sun Dec 8, 1985	70D	Dundee musician	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Thu Aug 9, 1984	27D	Hamelin's music man	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Sat Nov 12, 1983	12D	Hamelin musician	Virginia Hassinger	Maleska
Wed Jun 16, 1982	14A	Hamelin figure	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Sun Apr 5, 1981	62A	A famous picker	John McCarthy Samson	Maleska
Wed Sep 24, 1980	32A	Player of pibrochs	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Thu Feb 7, 1980	39D	Hamelin's hero	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Sun Oct 7, 1979	1A	Pepper picker	Reginald L. Johnson	Maleska
Sun Aug 26, 1979	96A	One to pay	David J. Pohl and John M. Samson	Maleska
Wed May 31, 1978	22A	Tune-caller's payee	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Aug 22, 1977	62A	Hamelin's hero	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Sat Oct 23, 1976	48D	Tom's father	Mike Leifer	Weng
Tue Oct 12, 1976	30D	Hamlin figure	Tap Osborn	Weng
Thu Jun 10, 1976	33A	Tom's father	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Mon Nov 19, 1973	28D	Pay the ___	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 31, 1973	50D	Someone to pay	Unknown	Weng
Mon Nov 20, 1972	25D	See 34 Across	Unknown	Weng
Tue Aug 18, 1970	40D	Man to be paid	Unknown	Weng
Wed Apr 30, 1969	22D	Collector for those who dance.	Unknown	Weng
Tue May 21, 1968	1A	Musician of sorts.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 29, 1967	16A	Young pigeon.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Mon Sep 11, 1967	5D	Musician.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Wed Jul 26, 1967	5D	Pibroch player.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Tue Jun 13, 1967	28D	Musician.	Betty Leary	Farrar
Wed Dec 18, 1963	27A	Musician.	Christine R. Valence	Farrar
Fri Dec 28, 1962	50D	Young pigeon.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Wed Oct 11, 1961	45D	Musician of a sort.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Sep 20, 1961	29D	Pibroch player.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 9, 1961	44A	Pibroch player.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 3, 1960	80A	Pickled-pepper picker.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jan 10, 1960	97A	Man with a pibroch.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Nov 18, 1959	29D	Pibroch player.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 4, 1958	21D	Musician of a sort.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 18, 1957	27A	Famous Peter.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Apr 15, 1956	73A	The dancer pays him.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Sep 18, 1955	77D	Pibroch player.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Sun Nov 14, 1954	90D	Pibroch player.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Mon Dec 28, 1953	58A	He has to be paid.	Marian Moeser	Farrar
Thu May 8, 1952	24D	Player of a pibroch.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 18, 1952	18A	A young pigeon.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 14, 1947	93D	Father of pig-stealer.	Louise Rabb	Farrar
Sun Mar 2, 1947	107A	Young pigeon.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Mar 17, 1946	103A	Young pigeon.	Lewis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun May 13, 1945	27D	Pibroch player.	L. K. Webster	Farrar
Sun May 28, 1944	19D	Musician.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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