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

85 total results for SAMS( score: 50 )

35 results for SAMS from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 1, 2022	27D	Costco rival, familiarly	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Sun Feb 2, 2020	92A	Costco competitor, informally (2)	Brian Herrick and Christopher Adams	Shortz
Sun May 19, 2019	75A	___ Club (9)	Natan Last	Shortz
Sat Mar 2, 2019	33D	Costco competitor, informally (2)	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Tue Jul 25, 2017	1D	___ Club (9)	Alex Vratsanos	Shortz
Fri Sep 30, 2016	32D	BJ's competitor, informally	James Mulhern	Shortz
Fri Oct 17, 2014	29D	___ Club (9)	Michael Ashley	Shortz
Fri Apr 4, 2014	1D	Some defensive weapons, in brief	Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel	Shortz
Sun Jul 21, 2013	120A	___ Club (9)	Tracy Bennett	Shortz
Wed Oct 3, 2012	50D	___ Club (9)	Gary Cee	Shortz
Tue Apr 3, 2012	32D	___ Club (Costco competitor)	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Sat May 21, 2011	48D	Costco competitor, casually	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Mon Dec 7, 2009	1A	___ Club (discount chain)	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Sat Aug 8, 2009	6A	Club for bulking up?	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz
Sun Jun 28, 2009	70A	___ Club (9)	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Mon Dec 1, 2008	31D	___ Club (discount store)	Eric J. Platt	Shortz
Wed Jan 16, 2008	35A	___ Club (retail chain) (2)	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Thu May 31, 2007	63A	Some mil. defenses	William F. Stephens	Shortz
Fri Apr 27, 2007	53D	___ Club (9)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Fri Oct 24, 2003	25A	___ Club (9)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sat Jul 5, 2003	9D	___ Club (9)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sun Oct 6, 2002	103A	Part of a military defense, for short	Myles Callum	Shortz
Mon Jan 14, 2002	38A	Weapons in shootdowns, for short	Michael Shteyman	Shortz
Sat Jun 5, 1999	56D	Dangers to military planes	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Jan 3, 1999	114A	Parts of a military defense	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Tue Nov 3, 1998	39D	Menaces for warplanes	Ed Early	Shortz
Fri Oct 30, 1998	20A	Hawk and Patriot, for short	Jim Page	Shortz
Tue Jul 21, 1998	48A	Donaldson and others	Hugh Davis	Shortz
Wed Mar 5, 1997	34A	___ Club (retail chain) (2)	Michael S. Maurer	Shortz
Sat Jan 25, 1997	23A	Actor Neill et al.	R. Norris	Shortz
Sun Sep 22, 1996	62A	Levene and Levenson	C. Millhauser	Shortz
Sat Jan 6, 1996	32A	Defensive weapons, for short	A.J. Santora	Shortz
Sun Nov 12, 1995	62A	Nuclear force elements	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Mon Dec 19, 1994	49A	Texas pioneer Houston et al.	Sidney L. Robbins	Shortz
Tue Jun 28, 1994	57A	Snead and Spade	Jonathan Schmatzbach	Shortz

2 results for SAMS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 18, 2024	Panda	30A	"Club" with mass appeal	Sam Ezersky	Shortz
Apr 10, 2016	Panda	5D	Club selling mass quantities	Mark Diehl	Shortz

48 results for SAMS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 16, 1993	35A	Goldwyn and Rayburn	Melvin Kenworthy	Maleska
Tue Jul 20, 1993	64A	Houston and Browne	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Sun Apr 11, 1993	81D	Bass and Spade	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Maleska
Tue Nov 19, 1991	1D	Huff and Snead	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Mon Dec 10, 1990	60D	Snead and Spade	Peter Swift	Maleska
Thu Sep 13, 1990	8D	Certain missiles	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Sun Dec 27, 1987	78D	Ervin and Nunn	Victoria Black and Alex F. Black	Maleska
Tue Jun 16, 1987	51D	Spade and Hill	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Sat Mar 21, 1987	40A	Certain missiles, for short	Elio Desiderio	Maleska
Wed Oct 22, 1986	56D	Rayburn and Spade	Emory H. Cain	Maleska
Wed Mar 5, 1986	34A	U.S. missiles	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Sep 29, 1985	151A	Waterston and Donaldson	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Mon Jan 28, 1985	45D	Certain U.S. weapons	Dale O. Burgener	Maleska
Sun Nov 25, 1984	120D	Waterston and Donaldson	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Fri Jun 17, 1983	20D	Snead and Houston	Brown	Maleska
Sun Mar 13, 1983	1A	Surface-to-air missiles	Edward Marchese	Maleska
Sat Mar 5, 1983	45A	Certain missiles	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Thu Jan 14, 1982	1D	U.S. missiles	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Wed Oct 14, 1981	39A	Antiaircraft missiles	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Sun Aug 23, 1981	121D	Yorty and Spade	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Sun May 31, 1981	99A	Houston and Browne	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Wed Jan 7, 1981	31D	Browne and Houston	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sun Oct 9, 1977	62A	Levene and Levenson	Elaine D. Schorr	Maleska
Fri Jun 4, 1976	24D	U.S. missiles	Stanley A. Kurzban	Weng
Tue Apr 20, 1976	5A	Houston and Adams	Jim Page	Weng
Thu Aug 28, 1975	18A	Spade et al.	Edrico Stern	Weng
Thu May 1, 1975	32A	Rayburn et al.	William D. Wilson	Weng
Sun Oct 20, 1974	87D	Ervin and Snead	Bert Rosenfield	Weng
Sat Aug 24, 1974	10A	Senator Ervin et al.	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Tue May 2, 1972	60D	Defense missiles	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 5, 1971	64A	Missiles	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 9, 1970	10D	Uncle and Spade	Philip K.-Youritzin	Weng
Sat Dec 21, 1968	6A	Spade, and others.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Nov 11, 1966	5D	Namesakes of a certain uncle.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Dec 30, 1964	1A	Certain missiles.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 16, 1963	27D	Snead and others.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Feb 20, 1958	1A	Browne and Hill.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat Apr 14, 1956	50D	Levene and Jaffe.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 30, 1954	61A	Mr. Rayburn and others.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 5, 1954	58D	Reps. Rayburn and Coon.	Isaac Kert	Farrar
Mon Nov 9, 1953	23A	Spewack and Snead.	Dorothy E. Smith	Farrar
Wed Oct 28, 1953	30D	Browne and Hill.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat Jun 6, 1953	1D	Reps. Coon and Friedel.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue May 12, 1953	1D	Mr. Browne and Mr. Hill.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 13, 1952	1D	Goldwyn, Rayburn, Snead.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 12, 1951	27D	Mr. Speaker and Uncle.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 1, 1951	38D	Rayburn, McConnell, Yorty, etc.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 29, 1951	31A	Actors Jaffe and Levine.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar

Anagrams:

MASS, MSAS, ASMS

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