RATHER

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

58 total results for RATHER( score: 50 )

12 results for RATHER from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 25, 2024	15A	Fairly	Alex Murphy	Fagliano
Wed Aug 5, 2015	44D	To some extent	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Tue Oct 20, 2009	46D	Newsman Dan	Gary Cee	Shortz
Sun Mar 1, 2009	98A	Preferably (2)	Robert W. Harris	Shortz
Mon Apr 3, 2006	46D	Cronkite successor	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Sat Feb 11, 2006	39A	Preferably (2)	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Tue Dec 6, 2005	47D	Kind of	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Fri Feb 6, 2004	17A	Sort of	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Mon Jul 19, 1999	56A	Somewhat	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Sun Mar 22, 1998	58D	Brit's accented reply	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sun Jan 7, 1996	61A	To some degree	Eric Albert	Shortz
Wed Feb 9, 1994	6D	Chung's partner	Randolph Ross	Shortz

1 result for RATHER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 8, 2015	Acrostic	D	Just as soon; instead	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

45 results for RATHER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 15, 1993	42A	Chung's co-anchor	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Mon Jul 12, 1993	49D	Newsman Dan	James L. Beatty	Maleska
Sun Apr 26, 1992	69D	TV newsman	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Sun Mar 8, 1992	54A	Newsman Dan	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Mon Dec 30, 1991	33A	TV anchorman	Fred Toole	Maleska
Tue Apr 9, 1991	45D	TV newsman	William Baxley	Maleska
Mon Oct 8, 1990	36A	TV newsman	Fred Toole	Maleska
Sat Aug 4, 1990	13D	Rival of Brokaw	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Thu Jul 12, 1990	50A	Sooner	William E. Heinemann	Maleska
Sat May 13, 1989	41A	A rival of Jennings	Roger H. Courtney	Maleska
Fri Feb 12, 1988	2D	Instead	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Sun Oct 18, 1987	86D	Cronkite successor	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Wed Mar 25, 1987	41A	A Brokaw rival	Johnson	Maleska
Wed Dec 10, 1986	9D	Preferably	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Tue Sep 23, 1986	26A	Newsman Dan	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Thu Jul 10, 1986	5D	Cronkite's successor	Barbara J. Weakley	Maleska
Tue Jun 26, 1984	31A	Anchorman Dan	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Jan 1, 1984	78D	Cronkite's successor	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sat Mar 5, 1983	43D	Cronkite's successor	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Wed Oct 6, 1982	26A	TV anchorman	Samuel K. Fliegner	Maleska
Mon Feb 22, 1982	6D	Cronkite's successor	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Tue Jul 24, 1979	58A	Newscaster Dan	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Sun Feb 26, 1978	60A	TV newsman	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Wed Feb 22, 1978	43D	Newsman Dan	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Sep 12, 1976	120A	Dan ___ likes TV news	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Sun Jul 11, 1976	5D	Somewhat, Dan	Barbara Gillis	Weng
Sun Oct 27, 1974	89D	TV news name	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Sun May 5, 1974	101D	Newscaster Dan	Louis C. Mandes Jr.	Weng
Fri Feb 23, 1973	1D	Preferably	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 23, 1972	55D	Yes, indeed	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Fri Mar 10, 1972	44D	"I'd ___ be right ... "	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 27, 1972	130A	Somewhat	Ward W. Smith	Weng
Wed Jul 15, 1970	25A	Instead	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 11, 1969	46D	Indeed.	Unknown	Weng
Wed May 21, 1969	41D	Conversely.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Sep 24, 1967	62A	Preferably.	Jean Reed	Farrar
Sun Feb 20, 1966	98D	Instead.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Thu Dec 16, 1965	37A	On the other hand.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 30, 1965	21D	British colloquial affirmative.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 31, 1965	80A	Word of preference.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Apr 27, 1961	48A	Somewhat.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 27, 1959	1D	Somewhat.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Sat Jun 14, 1958	49D	To the contrary.	Herman Keld	Farrar
Sun Dec 8, 1957	105A	Somewhat.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Wed Jan 30, 1957	55A	On the contrary.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar

Anagrams:

RETRAH, THARRE

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