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195 total results for RETRO( score: 50 )
103 results for RETRO from Modern Era puzzles:
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Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Sep 10, 2024 | 32D | Cool in a throwback sort of way | Daniel Bodily | Fagliano |
Mon Jan 1, 2024 | 48D | Old-school chic | Harry Zheng | Shortz |
Mon Dec 25, 2023 | 49D | In style once more | Amie Walker | Shortz |
Fri Nov 24, 2023 | 16A | Back in (11) | Rafael Musa | Shortz |
Sun Nov 5, 2023 | 87A | Coming 'round again | Rich Katz | Shortz |
Sat Nov 4, 2023 | 30D | Certain rocket engine (2) | David P. Williams | Shortz |
Fri Nov 3, 2023 | 56A | In after being out | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Sep 24, 2023 | 102D | Nostalgic style (2) | Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson | Shortz |
Thu Jul 6, 2023 | 49D | Like a Pac-Man T-shirt, say | Alison Perch | Shortz |
Thu Mar 2, 2023 | 58A | Back in style (4) | Malaika Handa | Shortz |
Thu Feb 23, 2023 | 67A | In again (4) | Joe Deeney | Shortz |
Sat Feb 4, 2023 | 25A | Kind of rocket | Kate Hawkins | Shortz |
Mon Oct 10, 2022 | 53D | Having a throwback style | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Jul 31, 2022 | 99D | Back in style (4) | Jesse Goldberg | Shortz |
Thu Mar 17, 2022 | 47A | Like men's double-breasted suits, e.g. | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Mon Feb 7, 2022 | 4D | Vintage-inspired | Rebecca Goldstein | Shortz |
Tue Nov 23, 2021 | 15A | Old but back in fashion | Eric Bornstein | Shortz |
Sun Jun 27, 2021 | 9D | Back in (11) | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs | Shortz |
Sun Nov 1, 2020 | 69D | In again (4) | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Sun Jul 5, 2020 | 113A | Lead-in to fit or active | Laura Taylor Kinnel | Shortz |
Sun Mar 1, 2020 | 45D | Happening again? | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
Thu Jan 2, 2020 | 52D | Once more in vogue | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Tue Jan 8, 2019 | 12D | Nostalgia-evoking, as fashion | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Sun Oct 21, 2018 | 25A | Coming back in | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Sun Aug 26, 2018 | 104A | Old-timey | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Mon Jan 22, 2018 | 25D | Back in style (4) | Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Sun Nov 19, 2017 | 101D | Back in (11) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun Nov 5, 2017 | 77D | Cool again | Natan Last | Shortz |
Sun Aug 14, 2016 | 47A | Like funk, now | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Sun May 15, 2016 | 7D | Evocative of yesteryear | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Mar 6, 2016 | 25D | Like comebacks? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Oct 1, 2015 | 54D | Hip again (2) | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Thu May 28, 2015 | 52A | Back in (11) | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sat Apr 4, 2015 | 48D | In again (4) | Ned White | Shortz |
Mon Dec 8, 2014 | 57D | Old-fashioned, yet hip | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Thu Sep 11, 2014 | 55D | Evoking the past | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Sat Sep 6, 2014 | 39A | Like throwbacks | James Mulhern | Shortz |
Tue Jan 21, 2014 | 66A | Nostalgic style (2) | Todd Gross | Shortz |
Wed Nov 27, 2013 | 52D | Like the Deco look, now | Jules P. Markey | Shortz |
Sun Oct 7, 2012 | 52D | Like wide belts, fashionwise | Zoe Wheeler | Shortz |
Tue Aug 14, 2012 | 9A | Hip again (2) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Wed May 9, 2012 | 42A | Like the décor in '50s-themed diners | Eshan Mitra | Shortz |
Sat Apr 28, 2012 | 27D | Like many things that come back | Gary J. Whitehead | Shortz |
Tue Apr 17, 2012 | 59A | Back in style (4) | Milo Beckman | Shortz |
Thu Feb 23, 2012 | 65A | Back in (11) | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Nov 6, 2011 | 127A | Like bell-bottoms or go-go pants | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Jun 6, 2011 | 12D | Fashionable again | Gary Whitehead | Shortz |
Tue May 31, 2011 | 68A | So old it's new again | Nina Rulon-Miller | Shortz |
Sat Nov 27, 2010 | 5D | Back in (11) | Xan Vongsathorn | Shortz |
Mon Nov 15, 2010 | 28A | Stylish again | Emily L. Lilly | Shortz |
Tue Oct 26, 2010 | 23A | Fashionably old | Chris Handman | Shortz |
Sun Aug 8, 2010 | 7A | Fashionably nostalgic (3) | Pam Klawitter | Shortz |
Mon Mar 15, 2010 | 64A | Harking back to an earlier style | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sat Jan 9, 2010 | 5D | In once more | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Sun Dec 20, 2009 | 93D | Back in (11) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat Dec 13, 2008 | 51D | Fashionably nostalgic (3) | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Mon Feb 4, 2008 | 15A | Dated yet trendy | Dave and Tracy Mackey | Shortz |
Tue Dec 4, 2007 | 59A | Fashionably old-fashioned (2) | Alison Donald | Shortz |
Thu Sep 6, 2007 | 62A | Hardly futuristic | Daniel C. Bryant | Shortz |
Sun Apr 1, 2007 | 57D | So out it's back in | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Sat Oct 28, 2006 | 50D | Like flip hairdos, say | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Fri Sep 8, 2006 | 16A | In again (4) | Lisa Bunker | Shortz |
Sun Aug 28, 2005 | 64A | Like Nehru jackets | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Sun Aug 14, 2005 | 103D | Hardly modern (2) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Jul 25, 2005 | 32A | Backward-looking (3) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Wed Jul 21, 2004 | 54D | Old, but new again | Eric and Janinne Berlin | Shortz |
Sun Jun 6, 2004 | 119A | In again, after being out | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Mar 22, 2004 | 8D | Fashionably outdated | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Sun Jan 25, 2004 | 41D | Back in (11) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue Jan 13, 2004 | 65A | Like bell-bottoms, nowadays | M. Francis Vuolo | Shortz |
Tue Mar 25, 2003 | 8D | So out, it's in (3) | John Greenman | Shortz |
Wed Feb 26, 2003 | 5D | Back in? (11) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Wed Jan 22, 2003 | 13A | So out it's in (3) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Wed Dec 11, 2002 | 11D | Like bell-bottoms | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon Oct 7, 2002 | 39D | Backward-looking (3) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Fri Aug 2, 2002 | 15A | ___-chic | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Jun 27, 2002 | 35A | Like some fashions | James R. Leeds | Shortz |
Mon Feb 25, 2002 | 34A | Rocket engine | Christina Houlihan | Shortz |
Tue Feb 5, 2002 | 46A | Hardly modern (2) | Alan J. Weiss | Shortz |
Sun Jan 27, 2002 | 78D | Unmodern | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Sep 9, 2001 | 64A | Back in? (11) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Fri Feb 11, 2000 | 31A | Back in (11) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Jan 27, 2000 | 46D | Fashionably old-fashioned (2) | David Ainslie Macleod | Shortz |
Wed Dec 29, 1999 | 14A | So out, it's in again | Robert O. Dillman | Shortz |
Fri Nov 5, 1999 | 54A | Backward-looking (3) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Thu Nov 4, 1999 | 12D | Hardly modernistic | Matthew Lees | Shortz |
Wed Aug 25, 1999 | 33D | Like some styles | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Sun Feb 28, 1999 | 70D | Like 70's fashion, now | Dave Tuller | Shortz |
Sun Sep 6, 1998 | 150A | Nostalgic, in a way | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Aug 9, 1998 | 104D | So out it's in (3) | Christopher Hurt | Shortz |
Wed Jun 10, 1998 | 42A | Nostalgic look | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Sun Apr 26, 1998 | 2D | From an earlier era | Fran and Lou Sabin | Shortz |
Tue Sep 30, 1997 | 62A | Old yet new again | Nancy Schuster | Shortz |
Tue Aug 12, 1997 | 71A | Old-fashioned | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Fri Jul 11, 1997 | 16A | Fashionably nostalgic (3) | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Tue Dec 3, 1996 | 70A | Certain rocket engine (2) | R. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Jul 14, 1996 | 74D | 1930's-ish, e.g. | J. Schmalzbach | Shortz |
Tue Jun 18, 1996 | 27D | Small rocket engine | E. C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat Feb 17, 1996 | 14A | NASA firing | Bob Sefick | Shortz |
Sun Dec 3, 1995 | 70D | Fashion type | Martin Schneider | Shortz |
Sun Sep 17, 1995 | 105A | Like some clothing styles | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun Jan 22, 1995 | 31A | Prefix with active or grade | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Tue Oct 4, 1994 | 23A | Evocative of an earlier time, as fashion | Stanley B. Whitten | Shortz |
7 results for RETRO from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Apr 5, 2020 | Panda | 25A | True stereo, when every second counts | Andy Kravis and Andrew J. Ries | Shortz |
Apr 22, 2018 | Panda | 43A | Torre back in front | Mel Taub | Shortz |
May 17, 2015 | Acrostic | N | Lead-in to rocket or virus | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Jan 18, 2015 | Diagramless | 51D | Back in style | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Oct 13, 2013 | Diagramless | 13A | Back in style | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Aug 6, 2000 | Panda | 25A | Torre, a k a the Rocket | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Oct 19, 1997 | Diagramless | 57D | Like repopularized fashions | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
85 results for RETRO from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Sep 12, 1993 | 70A | Active starter | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Taub |
Fri Jul 2, 1993 | 30D | Lead-in to active or grade | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Fri May 7, 1993 | 16A | Kind of rocket | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed May 5, 1993 | 29D | Active beginner | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Sat Apr 17, 1993 | 64A | Kind of rocket | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Wed Nov 18, 1992 | 53D | Type of rocket | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Fri Sep 18, 1992 | 18D | Kind of rocket | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sat Sep 5, 1992 | 68A | ___-rocket | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Thu Nov 28, 1991 | 3D | Kind of rocket | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sat Oct 12, 1991 | 65A | Kind of rocket | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Fri Mar 15, 1991 | 53D | Kind of rocket | Sam Bellotto, Jr. | Maleska |
Wed Sep 12, 1990 | 56D | Kind of rocket | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Sat Jul 28, 1990 | 26D | Kind of rocket | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Mon Feb 26, 1990 | 19A | Kind of rocket | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Dec 19, 1989 | 50D | Kind of rocket | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Oct 17, 1989 | 36D | Kind of rocket | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Sun Sep 25, 1988 | 36D | Kind of rocket | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Mon Jun 20, 1988 | 41A | Kind of rocket | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Jun 5, 1988 | 114D | Kind of rocket | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Wed May 4, 1988 | 22D | Type of rocket, for short | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Wed May 27, 1987 | 4D | Prefix for rocket | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
Wed Jan 14, 1987 | 42D | Spacecraft "brake" | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Sat Dec 6, 1986 | 23A | Active prefix | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Mon Jul 28, 1986 | 51D | Backward: Prefix | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Tue Feb 11, 1986 | 19D | Back: Comb. form | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sat Dec 28, 1985 | 17A | Spacecraft rocket, for short | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Aug 18, 1985 | 71D | Kind of rocket | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Sun Feb 10, 1985 | 37A | Kind of rocket | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Sun Dec 25, 1983 | 19D | Type of rocket | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Thu Jun 9, 1983 | 24D | Prefix for fire or rocket | Brown | Maleska |
Sat Aug 28, 1982 | 54A | Kind of rocket | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Oct 16, 1981 | 1D | Prefix with fire or choir | William Canine | Maleska |
Sun Oct 11, 1981 | 52A | Kind of rocket | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Tue Sep 15, 1981 | 32D | Prefix with grade or rocket | Hugh McElroy | Maleska |
Tue Mar 24, 1981 | 31D | Backward: Comb. form | Margetts | Maleska |
Sat Mar 7, 1981 | 52D | Small rocket, for short | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Fri Jun 20, 1980 | 30D | Prefix with rocket | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Jun 8, 1980 | 43D | Kind of rocket | Walter Webb | Maleska |
Fri May 30, 1980 | 46D | Kind of rocket | Benson | Maleska |
Sat May 24, 1980 | 56D | Backward: Prefix | David A. Scully | Maleska |
Wed Feb 27, 1980 | 66A | Prefix with rocket | Rae | Maleska |
Fri Sep 28, 1979 | 16A | Word with rocket or grade | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sat Jul 28, 1979 | 15A | "Vade ___ me, satana" | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Thu Jul 5, 1979 | 21D | Prefix with grade or cede | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Mon May 21, 1979 | 59A | Kind of rocket | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sat Feb 10, 1979 | 6D | Kind of rocket | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Tue Dec 5, 1978 | 51D | Kind of rocket | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sun Jul 2, 1978 | 76A | Prefix with active or grade | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Mon Mar 6, 1978 | 11D | Prefix with cede or flex | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Fri Jan 6, 1978 | 31A | Prefix with act or grade | Adelyn Lewis | Maleska |
Tue Nov 18, 1975 | 64A | Backward: Prefix | Evelyn Benshoof | Weng |
Sun Oct 5, 1975 | 125D | Kind of rocket | Richard Camp | Weng |
Sun Mar 9, 1975 | 73D | Rocket prefix | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Thu Jan 9, 1975 | 36A | Word with rocket or active | Louis C. Mandes, Jr. | Weng |
Fri Oct 4, 1974 | 28D | Prefix with act or grade | Marie West | Weng |
Mon Mar 18, 1974 | 17A | Prefix for grade or active | Samuel H. Barkan | Weng |
Fri Jan 18, 1974 | 6D | Prefix with grade and active | Thomas Sheehan | Weng |
Fri Jul 6, 1973 | 27D | Kind of rocket | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jun 23, 1973 | 46D | Rocket engine | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Mar 16, 1973 | 26D | Prefix for grade or active | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jul 29, 1972 | 34D | Kind of rocket | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Apr 17, 1972 | 55D | Kind of rocket | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jan 25, 1972 | 2D | Kind of rocket | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 27, 1970 | 61D | Kind of rocket | Keith Blake | Weng |
Wed Feb 11, 1970 | 7D | ___ rocket | Arthur Schulman | Weng |
Thu Oct 3, 1968 | 27D | Kind of rocket. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Sat Jul 6, 1968 | 40D | Type of rocket. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 27, 1968 | 52D | Kind of rocket. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 9, 1967 | 64A | Type of rocket. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Dec 18, 1966 | 94D | Term in rocketry. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Sat Dec 3, 1966 | 25D | Type of rocket. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 30, 1965 | 1D | Kind of rocket. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Dec 2, 1964 | 31D | Kind of rocket. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 14, 1964 | 16A | Kind of rocket. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 24, 1964 | 19A | Kind of rocket. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 8, 1963 | 16A | Back: Prefix | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sat Nov 26, 1960 | 39D | Backward: Comb. form. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 31, 1960 | 18A | "Vade ___ me, satana." | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Tue Dec 15, 1959 | 63A | Backward: Comb. form. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Nov 23, 1959 | 31D | Backward: Comb. form. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 15, 1959 | 48D | Backward: Prefix. | Jan Dubin | Farrar |
Sun Jan 25, 1959 | 10D | Back: Prefix. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Mon Oct 28, 1957 | 5A | Back: Prefix. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Oct 3, 1953 | 38A | Backward: Comb. form. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Wed Dec 10, 1952 | 27D | Backwards: Prefix. | Unknown | Farrar |