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116 total results for SLAIN( score: 50 )
32 results for SLAIN from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Feb 22, 2024 | 35D | Cut down | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Mon Aug 21, 2023 | 37D | Done in, as a dragon | Jennifer Nutt | Shortz |
Tue Feb 28, 2023 | 68A | Like the dragon at the end of a hero's tale | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Fri Jul 22, 2022 | 34A | Like Goliath, in the Bible story | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sat Oct 30, 2021 | 28A | Defeated, in a way | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Thu May 2, 2019 | 8A | "Autumn frosts have ___ July": Lewis Carroll | Julie Bérubé | Shortz |
Mon Aug 29, 2016 | 5D | Killed (2) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Wed Mar 30, 2016 | 29A | Whacked, so to speak (2) | Andrew Reynolds | Shortz |
Tue Sep 30, 2014 | 56A | "O, I am ___!" (Polonius's last words) | Kyle T. Dolan | Shortz |
Mon Apr 8, 2013 | 20A | Assassinated (6) | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Sat Jun 25, 2011 | 28A | Like two Kennedy brothers | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Wed Apr 20, 2011 | 12D | Massacred (2) | Michael Farabaugh | Shortz |
Wed Jun 10, 2009 | 26A | Done in (7) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Mon Oct 13, 2008 | 3D | Assassinated (6) | Anthony J. Salvia | Shortz |
Sun Feb 18, 2007 | 66A | Done in (7) | David Kwong and Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Tue Dec 26, 2006 | 55A | Struck down | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Wed Aug 16, 2006 | 31D | Whacked, so to speak (2) | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Mon Jan 23, 2006 | 48A | Assassinated (6) | Mark T. Milhet | Shortz |
Sun Mar 13, 2005 | 93A | Done in (7) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun Aug 22, 2004 | 103D | Gotten rid of | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Mar 3, 2004 | 30D | Done in (7) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Fri Nov 15, 2002 | 49D | Like Grendel | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Aug 25, 2002 | 21A | Murdered | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun Oct 8, 2000 | 94D | Massacred (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Thu Aug 3, 2000 | 8D | Assassinated (6) | Bob Sefick | Shortz |
Sat Jul 31, 1999 | 53A | Like Lincoln | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Apr 27, 1999 | 32D | Assassinated (6) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Fri Oct 9, 1998 | 59A | Done in (7) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Mon Dec 15, 1997 | 46D | Killed (2) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Tue Nov 25, 1997 | 27D | Done in (7) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Thu May 1, 1997 | 25D | Assassinated (6) | Martin Schneider | Shortz |
Sun Feb 2, 1997 | 53D | Done in (7) | R. Silvestri | Shortz |
6 results for SLAIN from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Jan 27, 2019 | GoingTooFar | 50D | Assassinated | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Aug 23, 2009 | Diagramless | 55D | Done in | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Jan 13, 2008 | Diagramless | 11D | Like Julius Caesar on the Ides of March | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Feb 25, 2007 | Panda | 25D | Lani's dead | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Apr 23, 2006 | Diagramless | 20A | Done in | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Oct 12, 2003 | Diagramless | 48D | Like Medusa and Achilles, in myth | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
78 results for SLAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Apr 11, 1993 | 41D | "And has thou ___ the Jabberwock?" | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
Sun Feb 14, 1993 | 98D | An anagram for nails | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
Tue Mar 24, 1992 | 14A | An anagram for nails | Robert Zimmerman | Maleska |
Wed Sep 11, 1991 | 43A | An anagram for nails | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Sat Feb 16, 1991 | 41D | Done in | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Sep 21, 1990 | 32D | Like Goliath: 1 Sam. 17:50 | Jack Lechner | Maleska |
Fri Sep 7, 1990 | 14A | " ... with him is beauty ___": Shak. | Eileen Lexau | Maleska |
Tue Aug 7, 1990 | 56D | An anagram for nails | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Aug 5, 1989 | 27A | Fallen | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Fri Jul 21, 1989 | 54A | Done in | William Baxley | Maleska |
Sat May 13, 1989 | 44A | Done in | Roger H. Courtney | Maleska |
Tue Dec 6, 1988 | 24D | Done in | Don Groat | Maleska |
Sun Oct 23, 1988 | 22D | Felled, as a dragon | John Greenman | Maleska |
Sun Apr 3, 1988 | 44D | An anagram for nails | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Thu Oct 8, 1987 | 30D | Liquidated | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Fri Oct 2, 1987 | 38A | Done in | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Mon Aug 10, 1987 | 49D | Done in | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Sun Jul 6, 1986 | 97A | Done in | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Sun Apr 6, 1986 | 66D | Done in | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
Tue Mar 18, 1986 | 36A | Done in | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
Sun Feb 16, 1986 | 93D | An anagram for nails | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
Tue Jul 16, 1985 | 6D | Done in | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Fri Oct 19, 1984 | 19A | Done in | Charlotte Shore | Maleska |
Sun Nov 27, 1983 | 70A | Done in | Jack R. Harnes, M.D. | Maleska |
Mon Oct 10, 1983 | 52D | Done in | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Sun Feb 6, 1983 | 62D | Done in | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Fri Sep 3, 1982 | 1D | Done in | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Wed Nov 4, 1981 | 19A | Done in | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Fri Apr 3, 1981 | 13D | Done in | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Mon Sep 29, 1980 | 14A | Done away with | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sun Feb 24, 1980 | 81D | Done in | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Mon Dec 17, 1979 | 44A | Destroyed | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sun Nov 11, 1979 | 111A | Done in | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Tue Aug 21, 1979 | 18A | "Home they brought him ___ with spears": Tennyson | N. M. Meyer | Maleska |
Sun Apr 29, 1979 | 79D | Done in | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Mon Jul 24, 1978 | 27D | "I am ___ by a fair cruel maid": Shak. | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Mon Mar 27, 1978 | 37D | Liquidated | Grace Fabbroni | Maleska |
Sun Dec 11, 1977 | 67D | Done in | Olga Kowals | Maleska |
Wed Jun 15, 1977 | 30A | Made more than moribund | Beverly J. Seward | Maleska |
Fri May 13, 1977 | 27D | Done in | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Wed Jan 14, 1976 | 51A | Done in | Jordan S. Lasher | Weng |
Sun Jul 27, 1975 | 136A | Dispatched | Fletcher Ingalls | Weng |
Tue Jul 16, 1974 | 32A | Killed | Manny Miller | Weng |
Thu Jun 20, 1974 | 45D | Done in | Virginia Butler | Weng |
Sun Feb 17, 1974 | 40D | Done in | Elaine D. Schorr | Weng |
Sat Oct 20, 1973 | 27D | Assassinated | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Dec 9, 1972 | 20A | Done in | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Sep 9, 1972 | 46D | Annihilated | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Apr 26, 1972 | 37A | Like George's dragon | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Dec 7, 1971 | 33A | Destroyed | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Mar 14, 1971 | 56A | "All ___, all dead" | Arnold Moss | Weng |
Mon Jul 22, 1968 | 26D | Done in. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 16, 1964 | 23A | Destroyed. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Mon Oct 7, 1963 | 54D | Killed. | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Sun Sep 29, 1963 | 38D | Destroyed. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Jul 14, 1961 | 49D | Destroyed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 29, 1959 | 24D | Killed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 12, 1959 | 78D | Destroyed. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sat Apr 11, 1959 | 13D | Assassinated. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sun Mar 15, 1959 | 64D | Destroyed. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sat Aug 2, 1958 | 24A | Assassinated. | Jan and Mike Dubin | Farrar |
Fri Nov 9, 1956 | 25A | Destroyed. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Sep 2, 1956 | 49D | Assassinated. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sat Mar 24, 1956 | 12D | Done in. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Jan 16, 1955 | 13D | Done away with. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sun Jan 11, 1953 | 119A | Liquidated. | Albert Carroll | Farrar |
Wed Oct 1, 1952 | 30D | Assassinated. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jul 28, 1952 | 24D | Annihilated. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 6, 1952 | 127A | Out of this world. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu Dec 13, 1951 | 52A | Killed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 13, 1951 | 34A | Murdered. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Wed Jan 17, 1951 | 10D | Destroyed. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jan 15, 1950 | 113A | The fate of Abel. | Leonard Goldberg | Farrar |
Sun Apr 10, 1949 | 96A | Exterminated. | Archie S. Kreiling | Farrar |
Sun Dec 14, 1947 | 9D | Murdered. | Louise Rabb | Farrar |
Sun Jul 28, 1946 | 96A | Destroyed. | A. H. Cook | Farrar |
Sun Jun 25, 1944 | 93D | Killed. | Jonathan Cross | Farrar |
Sun Aug 9, 1942 | 83D | Killed. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |