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196 total results for SORE( score: 50 )
153 results for SORE from Modern Era puzzles:
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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Tue Oct 21, 2025 | 54A | Peeved (17) | Spencer Leach | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 28, 2025 | 61D | Ticked off (14) | Joel Woodford | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 1, 2025 | 32D | Ticked off (14) | Adam Aaronson and Michael Garbus | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 25, 2024 | 65A | Peeved (17) | Peter Gordon | Fagliano |
| Fri Sep 13, 2024 | 15A | Cross (6) | Boaz Moser | Fagliano |
| Sun Jun 30, 2024 | 122A | Miffed (8) | Ginny Too | Fagliano |
| Mon Jun 10, 2024 | 29A | Like feet after a race, perhaps | Kareem Ayas | Fagliano |
| Tue Mar 19, 2024 | 28A | Achy (17) | Lynn Lempel | Fagliano |
| Sat Mar 2, 2024 | 28D | Cross (6) | Natan Last | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 4, 2023 | 31A | Achy (17) | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 4, 2023 | 13D | Really feeling it, so to speak | Barbara Lin | Shortz |
| Thu Apr 27, 2023 | 2D | Tender (2) | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
| Fri Dec 9, 2022 | 57A | Ticked off (14) | Brooke Husic and Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 17, 2022 | 34A | Peeved (17) | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 4, 2022 | 20A | Vexed (2) | Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 2, 2022 | 6D | Miffed (8) | Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 15, 2021 | 40A | Achy (17) | Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Tue May 11, 2021 | 27A | Tender spot | Kevin Patterson | Shortz |
| Sun May 2, 2021 | 83D | Mad (at) (2) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 9, 2021 | 66A | Peeved (17) | Colin Ernst | Shortz |
| Wed Dec 30, 2020 | 34A | Ticked off (14) | Kate Hawkins | Shortz |
| Fri Oct 30, 2020 | 53D | Cross (6) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
| Wed Oct 28, 2020 | 69A | Ticked off (14) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Tue Oct 13, 2020 | 24A | Achy (17) | Amanda Rafkin | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 20, 2020 | 50A | Disgruntled (2) | Grant Thackray | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 8, 2020 | 41A | Aching (2) | Chase Dittrich | Shortz |
| Sun May 24, 2020 | 43D | Like a bad loser | Andrew Chaikin | Shortz |
| Mon Dec 2, 2019 | 63A | Painful to the touch | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
| Fri Sep 13, 2019 | 11D | Cross (6) | Anne and Daniel Larsen | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 24, 2019 | 31D | Achy (17) | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 31, 2018 | 26A | Achy (17) | David Woolf | Shortz |
| Mon Jul 30, 2018 | 70A | Peeved (17) | Gary Cee | Shortz |
| Thu May 17, 2018 | 35A | Word with spot or sport | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 22, 2018 | 53D | Put out (7) | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Wed Aug 30, 2017 | 56D | Teed off (8) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 24, 2017 | 56D | Needing Bengay, say | Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Fri Aug 18, 2017 | 1D | Miffed (8) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Tue Mar 14, 2017 | 15D | Peeved (17) | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 2, 2016 | 26A | In need of an ice bath, say | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 30, 2016 | 66A | Ticked (3) | Jonathan M. Kaye | Shortz |
| Sun May 8, 2016 | 90D | Ticked (3) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu Apr 7, 2016 | 1D | Peeved (17) | John Lieb | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 27, 2016 | 60D | Like some losers (4) | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 9, 2016 | 8D | Put out (7) | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
| Thu Oct 29, 2015 | 43A | Bothered | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 27, 2015 | 73D | Feeling the effects of a workout | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
| Fri Sep 4, 2015 | 20A | Nursing a grudge, say | David C. Duncan Dekker | Shortz |
| Fri Jul 10, 2015 | 8D | Put out (7) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Fri May 1, 2015 | 16D | Cross (6) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 18, 2015 | 31A | Miffed (8) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Sat Aug 23, 2014 | 66A | Caker, for example | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
| Wed May 14, 2014 | 60A | Like poor losers (2) | Victor Barocas | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 24, 2014 | 6D | Peeved (17) | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 29, 2013 | 86A | Like a Monday morning quarterback? | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 10, 2013 | 68A | Teed off (8) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Thu May 2, 2013 | 61A | Ticked off (14) | Josh Knapp | Shortz |
| Sat Feb 9, 2013 | 23A | Not taking a loss well, say | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 29, 2013 | 69A | Achy (17) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 17, 2012 | 42A | Teed off (8) | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
| Fri Sep 14, 2012 | 47D | Upset (3) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Thu May 17, 2012 | 2D | Not losing well | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 21, 2012 | 6D | Irked (3) | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 26, 2012 | 17D | See 9-Down | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 24, 2012 | 37D | Peeved (17) | Alex Boisvert | Shortz |
| Fri Dec 23, 2011 | 46D | Cross (6) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 24, 2011 | 15A | Feeling stood-up, say | Sharon Delorme | Shortz |
| Wed Jun 29, 2011 | 21A | Peeved (17) | Tony Orbach | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 15, 2011 | 66A | Peeved (17) | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Mon Dec 20, 2010 | 59A | Smarting | Donna Hoke | Shortz |
| Sat Nov 27, 2010 | 44A | Like some eyes | Xan Vongsathorn | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 14, 2010 | 58A | Ruing the workout, maybe | Michael Black | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 11, 2010 | 12D | Achy (17) | Ron and Nancy Byron | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 5, 2010 | 61A | In a snit | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
| Tue Dec 15, 2009 | 48A | Like bad losers | Steve Dobis | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 27, 2009 | 57D | Vexed (2) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Wed Apr 29, 2009 | 35A | *Teed off (8) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Sat Mar 14, 2009 | 33A | Put out (7) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Thu Mar 5, 2009 | 29A | Sensitive | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Wed Jan 14, 2009 | 53D | Peeved (17) | Oliver Hill | Shortz |
| Sat Oct 18, 2008 | 29D | Irritated | Brad Wilber | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 29, 2008 | 19D | Hurting (3) | Sharon Delorme | Shortz |
| Fri Aug 15, 2008 | 49A | Put out (7) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 26, 2008 | 57D | Teed off (8) | Michael Langwald | Shortz |
| Tue Nov 27, 2007 | 67A | Holding a grudge (2) | Julie Ann Bowling | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 19, 2007 | 37D | Peeved (17) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 26, 2007 | 65A | Ticked off (14) | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 30, 2006 | 120A | Put out (7) | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry | Shortz |
| Thu Mar 9, 2006 | 62A | Tender (2) | John Farmer | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 26, 2006 | 115A | Ticked (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 1, 2005 | 10D | Achy (17) | Kendall Twigg | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 32A | Ticked off (14) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 13, 2005 | 13A | Teed off (8) | Robert Zimmerman | Shortz |
| Mon Nov 8, 2004 | 53D | Achy (17) | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Wed Oct 6, 2004 | 13D | Like some losers (4) | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 25, 2004 | 110A | Burned up | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 13, 2004 | 42D | Annoyed (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
| Fri Dec 19, 2003 | 14A | Huffy | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Wed Nov 5, 2003 | 58D | Like some losers (4) | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 28, 2003 | 109D | Put out (7) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Tue Sep 16, 2003 | 54A | Needing some kneading? | Michael Doran | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 10, 2003 | 73D | Resentful (3) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 27, 2003 | 109D | Disgruntled (2) | Michael Grudzielanek | Shortz |
| Wed May 7, 2003 | 69A | Ticked off (14) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Thu Feb 27, 2003 | 1A | Miffed (8) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Tue Dec 24, 2002 | 66A | Like poor losers (2) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Sat Nov 23, 2002 | 55D | Stung | Dana Motley | Shortz |
| Thu Oct 24, 2002 | 60D | Your throat might be this from yelling | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 4, 2002 | 109D | Ticked off (14) | Robert Malinow | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 22, 2001 | 7D | Ticked off (14) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 21, 2001 | 73A | Teed off (8) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Fri Aug 3, 2001 | 30A | Word with bed or saddle | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Fri May 18, 2001 | 55D | Upset (3) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Sat Aug 26, 2000 | 48A | Kind of loser (3) | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
| Wed Aug 23, 2000 | 14A | Ticked off (14) | William A. Ballard | Shortz |
| Mon May 22, 2000 | 6D | Achy (17) | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand | Shortz |
| Sat Apr 15, 2000 | 22A | Welt | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
| Mon Jul 19, 1999 | 13D | Painful | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Wed Jun 23, 1999 | 35D | Ticked off (14) | Alan Olschwang | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 1, 1999 | 30D | None too happy | Myles Callum | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 16, 1999 | 46A | Achy (17) | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 18, 1998 | 114D | Upset (3) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 20, 1998 | 110D | Recovering from a charley horse | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 13, 1998 | 12A | Mad (at) (2) | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 10, 1998 | 4D | Achy (17) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 8, 1998 | 67A | Peeved (17) | Mark Danna | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 15, 1998 | 53D | Holding a grudge (2) | Frank Longo | Shortz |
| Tue Sep 2, 1997 | 15A | Peeved (17) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 24, 1997 | 51D | Achy (17) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
| Tue May 20, 1997 | 16A | Hurting (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sun May 4, 1997 | 48A | Mad as a hornet | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Thu Apr 17, 1997 | 50D | Hurting (3) | Susan Smith | Shortz |
| Wed Jan 15, 1997 | 50D | Resentful (3) | C. Currier | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 7, 1996 | 55D | Needing liniment | G. R. Ferguson | Shortz |
| Sun May 26, 1996 | 54D | Annoyed (2) | R. Ross | Shortz |
| Mon Apr 15, 1996 | 12D | Kind of loser (3) | S. L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Sat Apr 13, 1996 | 55A | Miffed (8) | G. R. Ferguson | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 20, 1996 | 53D | Resentful (3) | G. Newman | Shortz |
| Fri Mar 8, 1996 | 31D | Steamed | R. Ross | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 25, 1996 | 75A | Like some losers (4) | D. Niles | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 7, 1996 | 29D | Irked (3) | Frank A. Longo | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 16, 1995 | 15A | Aching (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Sat Jul 1, 1995 | 49D | Irked (3) | Eileen Lexau | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 25, 1995 | 30D | Teed off (8) | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 15, 1995 | 71A | Seeing red | Norma Steinberg | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 5, 1995 | 39A | Achy (17) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Fri Apr 7, 1995 | 56A | Miffed (8) | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 19, 1995 | 32A | Ticked off (14) | Bryant White | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 18, 1994 | 3D | Peeved (17) | Timothy S. Lewis | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 17, 1994 | 31D | Miffed (8) | R. M. Hopkins | Shortz |
| Mon Mar 7, 1994 | 47A | Achy (17) | Alex K. Justin | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 7, 1994 | 8D | Kind of loser (3) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Tue Dec 21, 1993 | 70A | Achy (17) | Janie Lyons | Shortz |
| Sat Dec 11, 1993 | 70A | Peeved (17) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
4 results for SORE from Variety puzzles:
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Oct 25, 2015 | Panda | 50A | Cut by a rose, say | Mel Taub | Shortz |
| Apr 12, 2015 | Panda | 24A | Result of being cut by a rose | Mel Taub | Shortz |
| Oct 2, 2011 | Cryptic | 9A | Angry fly is heard (4) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
| Feb 27, 2005 | Diagramless | 56D | Aggrieved | Byron Walden | Shortz |
39 results for SORE from pre-Shortz puzzles:
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Wed Dec 12, 1956 | 25A | "And they were ___ afraid." | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
| Wed Nov 14, 1956 | 2D | Distressed. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Oct 21, 1956 | 73A | Distressed. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
| Sun Oct 14, 1956 | 70D | Distressed. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
| Tue May 22, 1956 | 14D | Resentful: Colloq. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
| Wed May 16, 1956 | 59A | Offended: Colloq. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
| Sun Jan 8, 1956 | 44D | Feeling aggrieved: Colloq. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
| Sat Jan 7, 1956 | 14A | Aggrieved: Slang. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
| Mon Nov 15, 1954 | 43A | "And they were ___ afraid." | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
| Thu Jun 10, 1954 | 43A | Offended: Colloq. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
| Mon Apr 26, 1954 | 7D | Aching. | John de Cuevas | Farrar |
| Thu Jul 16, 1953 | 16A | Touchy. | Harriette Moskowitz | Farrar |
| Mon Apr 27, 1953 | 31D | "And they were ___ afraid." | Dorothy Smith | Farrar |
| Sat Mar 7, 1953 | 55D | "And they were ___ afraid." | Unknown | Farrar |
| Wed Feb 25, 1953 | 54A | Peevish. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sat Feb 14, 1953 | 52D | Offended: Colloq. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Wed Oct 1, 1952 | 35A | Vexed: Colloq. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sat Aug 16, 1952 | 13D | Sorrowful. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Jul 27, 1952 | 77D | Irritated. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
| Sat Jun 14, 1952 | 27D | Boiling mad: Colloq. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun May 25, 1952 | 99A | Bruised in spirit. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
| Fri Jan 25, 1952 | 41A | Distressed. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sat Jun 23, 1951 | 36A | Vexatious. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
| Wed Jun 20, 1951 | 63D | Distressing. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
| Tue Jan 2, 1951 | 66A | Tender. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
| Thu Oct 5, 1950 | 47D | Peeved. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
| Sun Jun 18, 1950 | 73D | Aching. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 3, 1949 | 35A | Sensitive. | D. G. Caywood | Farrar |
| Sun Sep 19, 1948 | 75A | Afflictive. | I. Kert | Farrar |
| Sun Jun 13, 1948 | 91A | Tender. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
| Sun Dec 28, 1947 | 46D | Aggrieved. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
| Sun Feb 9, 1947 | 110D | Afflictive. | Isaac Kert | Farrar |
| Sun Jul 22, 1945 | 58A | Extreme. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 29, 1945 | 123A | Aggrieved. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
| Sun Aug 20, 1944 | 129D | Peeved. | Dan Caywood | Farrar |
| Sun Aug 13, 1944 | 57D | Vexatious. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
| Sun Dec 6, 1942 | 39D | Grievous. | F. C. Jaschob | Farrar |
| Sun May 17, 1942 | 94A | Peeved. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
| Sun Feb 15, 1942 | 147A | Aggrieved. | Charles Erlenkotter | Farrar |