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152 total results for SERIF( score: 50 )
54 results for SERIF from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sat Oct 5, 2024 | 18A | Feature of Garamond or Perpetua | Natan Last | Fagliano |
Thu Sep 5, 2024 | 62A | What Comic Sans is "sans" | Joe Deeney | Fagliano |
Tue Dec 19, 2023 | 11D | Typographical embellishment | Seth Weitberg | Shortz |
Fri Oct 14, 2022 | 61A | Line on a letter | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Mar 14, 2022 | 51D | Typographical flourish (3) | Stephen Hiltner | Shortz |
Tue Oct 12, 2021 | 1D | Font flourish (4) | Conor Sefkow | Shortz |
Mon Aug 23, 2021 | 23A | Typographical flourish (3) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun May 23, 2021 | 103D | Font flourish (4) | Jennifer Nebergall | Shortz |
Thu Dec 24, 2020 | 38D | Font flourish (4) | Billy Ouska | Shortz |
Mon Dec 14, 2020 | 61A | See 64-Across | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Wed Nov 4, 2020 | 38D | Roman font feature | Jack Murtagh | Shortz |
Wed Sep 2, 2020 | 6D | Font flourish (4) | Margaret Seikel | Shortz |
Mon Mar 30, 2020 | 65A | Typographic flourish | Lee Taylor | Shortz |
Wed Jan 29, 2020 | 6D | Stroke on a letter | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Tue Apr 9, 2019 | 25A | Cans / Letter flourish | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sun Mar 17, 2019 | 47A | What the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans | Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sat Dec 22, 2018 | 7D | Small flourish | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Wed Nov 21, 2018 | 46D | Sans-___ | Brandon Koppy | Shortz |
Mon Sep 24, 2018 | 21D | Sans ___ (font type) | Michael Black | Shortz |
Wed Oct 25, 2017 | 14D | Feature of a letter in the Times Roman typeface | Jules P. Markey | Shortz |
Mon May 22, 2017 | 60D | Feature lacked by Helvetica type | Gary Kennedy | Shortz |
Fri Mar 10, 2017 | 28A | End of a letter | Pawel Fludzinski | Shortz |
Sun Feb 26, 2017 | 43D | Letter feature (2) | Josh Knapp | Shortz |
Sun Jan 29, 2017 | 76A | See 125-Across | Jim Hyres and David Steinberg | Shortz |
Thu Oct 6, 2016 | 33D | Letter embellishment | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Mon Jul 11, 2016 | 7D | Feature of a font | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Sun Sep 13, 2015 | 18D | Something an "o" lacks | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Jan 19, 2014 | 64D | Line in writing | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Tue Jul 31, 2012 | 49A | Sans-___ (kind of typeface) | Michael Sharp | Shortz |
Thu Jun 14, 2012 | 40A | Calligraphy detail | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Mon Sep 12, 2011 | 43D | Letter flourish | Keith Talon | Shortz |
Sun Feb 27, 2011 | 7D | Letter's end? | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Mon Oct 19, 2009 | 58A | Tiny flourish on a letter | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Wed Sep 9, 2009 | 2D | Times Roman typeface feature | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Sat Jan 19, 2008 | 35D | Letter finisher | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Jul 29, 2007 | 88D | Line of text? | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Apr 13, 2007 | 45A | The letter O doesn't have one | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Mar 14, 2007 | 54D | Letter feature (2) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun Feb 18, 2007 | 71D | Font feature | David Kwong and Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Sat Jan 22, 2005 | 27D | See 52-Down | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun May 30, 2004 | 84A | Stroke in calligraphy | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed Nov 20, 2002 | 52A | Stroke of the pen? | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Jul 9, 2002 | 23A | Letter adornment | Robert Malinow | Shortz |
Wed Apr 12, 2000 | 34A | Sans-___ type | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun Dec 26, 1999 | 106D | Typographical flourish (3) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Fri Oct 15, 1999 | 51D | Line of type (3) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Sun Nov 29, 1998 | 11D | Part of a letter | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Thu Oct 22, 1998 | 48A | Printing flourish (3) | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Wed Jul 15, 1998 | 60A | Feature of many letters | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Wed Jun 25, 1997 | 68A | Line of type (3) | Elizabeth Gorski | Shortz |
Mon May 5, 1997 | 42D | Printing flourish (3) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Mon Feb 24, 1997 | 11D | Printing flourish (3) | Derek Allen | Shortz |
Sun Oct 29, 1995 | 46D | Line of type (3) | Maura B. Jacobson | Shortz |
Sun Jun 19, 1994 | 9D | Typeface line | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Shortz |
4 results for SERIF from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mar 19, 2023 | Panda | 30D | Curly fries | Christina Iverson | Shortz |
Sep 14, 2003 | Panda | 6D | Fires up | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Feb 3, 2002 | Cryptic | 10D | Line cans up (5) | Fraser Simpson | Shortz |
Jan 7, 2001 | Diagramless | 6D | Type flourish | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
94 results for SERIF from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Dec 6, 1992 | 32D | Letter embellishment | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Wed Oct 14, 1992 | 38D | Letter embellishment | Don Groat | Maleska |
Wed May 20, 1992 | 42D | I part, at times | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Thu May 7, 1992 | 21D | Embellishing letter stroke | Dorothy Elliott | Maleska |
Sat Nov 30, 1991 | 39D | Sans ___ (type style) | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Sat Jan 19, 1991 | 1A | Scribe's stroke | C. McInerney | Maleska |
Tue Nov 20, 1990 | 25A | Letter stroke | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Fri May 11, 1990 | 46D | Cross stroke on a letter | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Sun May 6, 1990 | 17D | Sans ___ (type style) | Jacques Liwer | Maleska |
Thu Sep 28, 1989 | 45D | Letter embellishment | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Tue Aug 1, 1989 | 40D | Letter stroke | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
Fri May 19, 1989 | 36A | Typographic stroke | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Sun Feb 26, 1989 | 62A | Line on a letter | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
Wed Feb 24, 1988 | 48A | Letter projection | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Wed Nov 4, 1987 | 24A | Letter embellishment | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Sun Mar 29, 1987 | 41A | Line on a letter | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
Sun Feb 22, 1987 | 34A | Calligraphy line | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Wed Mar 5, 1986 | 39D | Stroke on a letter | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Thu Oct 31, 1985 | 26A | Font feature | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Oct 23, 1985 | 38A | Mark of a scribe | McKeon | Maleska |
Mon Jul 29, 1985 | 68A | Stroke, in printing | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun May 5, 1985 | 79D | Printing stroke | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sun Jan 20, 1985 | 38D | Type feature | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon Jul 9, 1984 | 26D | Finishing stroke in lettering | John H. Hales | Maleska |
Tue May 29, 1984 | 43A | Typographer's fine line | Tangredi | Maleska |
Sun Feb 26, 1984 | 111D | Letter stroke | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Oct 14, 1983 | 21A | Printer's line on a letter | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Tue Oct 4, 1983 | 23D | Fine crossline on a letter | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Sat Aug 13, 1983 | 45A | Font feature | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Nov 20, 1982 | 35D | Letter stroke | Emory H. Cain | Maleska |
Sun Oct 10, 1982 | 51A | Letter stroke | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Wed Oct 29, 1980 | 45A | Stroke on a letter | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Fri Sep 5, 1980 | 44A | Decorative stroke on a letter | Goldmann | Maleska |
Tue Jul 29, 1980 | 25D | Sans-___, printing type | Madura | Maleska |
Sun Dec 23, 1979 | 81A | Letter stroke | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Mon Jul 2, 1979 | 29A | Stroke on a letter | Strassheim | Maleska |
Sun May 13, 1979 | 64D | Stroke on a letter | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Aug 6, 1978 | 83D | Calligraphy line | Joseph La Fauci | Maleska |
Thu Jun 29, 1978 | 44A | Line embellishing a capital letter | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Jan 27, 1978 | 38A | Decorative cross-stroke on a letter | Clinch | Maleska |
Fri Nov 18, 1977 | 16D | Letter stroke | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Apr 4, 1976 | 138A | Letter stroke | J. A. Felker | Weng |
Fri Oct 3, 1975 | 65A | Letter marking | Norton Rhoades | Weng |
Sat Sep 6, 1975 | 34A | Sans ___ (printing style) | Samalin | Weng |
Wed Aug 21, 1974 | 10D | Letter stroke | Bill Scollon | Weng |
Sun Apr 21, 1974 | 51D | Letter line | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Sun Apr 15, 1973 | 26A | Letter line | Herb Risteen | Weng |
Sat Jan 1, 1972 | 3D | Printing stroke | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jun 26, 1971 | 5A | Printer's stroke | Mel Taub | Weng |
Sun Jun 6, 1971 | 41D | Letter stroke | Fay L. Gieschi | Weng |
Fri Dec 5, 1969 | 39A | Typographical stroke. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 22, 1969 | 87A | Stroke on a letter | Eileen Bush | Weng |
Sun Jul 28, 1968 | 67A | Printing term | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Mar 22, 1968 | 20A | Fine line on a type face. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 6, 1968 | 46A | Typographical embellishment. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 26, 1967 | 31A | Feature of a type face. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Mon Sep 5, 1966 | 42D | Part of a type face. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 15, 1966 | 28D | Fine line of a letter. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 27, 1966 | 75D | Letter cross stroke. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Wed Dec 29, 1965 | 24A | Cross stroke on a type face. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 15, 1965 | 13D | Fine line on a type face. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 9, 1962 | 7D | Finishing mark on type. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Apr 2, 1961 | 65A | Typographic line. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Oct 30, 1960 | 88D | Fine line on type face. | Roberta H. Morse | Farrar |
Sun Nov 8, 1959 | 40A | Term in printing. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sat Aug 15, 1959 | 26D | Fine line of a letter, in printing. | John F. Byrne | Farrar |
Mon Feb 17, 1958 | 38D | Fine cross stroke on type. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Thu Jan 30, 1958 | 43A | Part of a type face. | Albert Blum | Farrar |
Wed May 22, 1957 | 27D | Fine cross stroke on a type face. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Sun May 5, 1957 | 103A | Feature of a type face. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Thu May 2, 1957 | 36D | Line ornamenting type. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Nov 4, 1956 | 26D | Stroke found on type. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Wed Oct 10, 1956 | 31D | Type stroke. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jul 15, 1956 | 55D | Type stroke. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Feb 26, 1956 | 89D | Cross stroke on type. | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Jul 24, 1955 | 39A | Cross stroke on type. | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Aug 12, 1954 | 20A | Ornamental stroke on type. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun May 2, 1954 | 59D | Part of a type face. | Claire Hunter | Farrar |
Sun Dec 13, 1953 | 85D | Part of a type face. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Thu Sep 10, 1953 | 46A | Fine cross stroke of a type face. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 24, 1953 | 30D | Fine line of a letter. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Mon Jul 21, 1952 | 46A | Stroke finishing a letter, in typography. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 10, 1952 | 31D | Finishing stroke on type. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 18, 1952 | 23A | Cross stroke of a letter. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 31, 1951 | 35D | Finishing line in type face. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Oct 18, 1951 | 3D | Fine cross-stroke at top or bottom of a letter. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 5, 1951 | 91D | Finishing line in type faces. | Samuel K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sat May 5, 1951 | 34A | Fine line of type. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 8, 1951 | 51D | Cross stroke in type. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Wed Jan 17, 1951 | 24A | Finishing line used by designers of type. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Mon Jan 1, 1951 | 25A | Finishing stroke on printers' type. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jul 24, 1949 | 37D | Small line used to finish off a stroke of a letter. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Sun May 11, 1947 | 88D | Part of a type face. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Mar 30, 1947 | 27A | Hair-line. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |