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231 total results for SWAT( score: 50 )
80 results for SWAT from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Jul 23, 2024 | 7D | Give a thwack | Sarah Sinclair and Amie Walker | Fagliano |
Sat Sep 23, 2023 | 50D | Beat the buzzer? | Robert Charlton | Shortz |
Tue Sep 19, 2023 | 45A | Whack, as a fly (2) | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Mon Mar 27, 2023 | 72A | Flatten, as a fly | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart | Shortz |
Sun Feb 19, 2023 | 80D | Whack (5) | Rebecca Goldstein | Shortz |
Thu Dec 2, 2021 | 1A | Thwack (3) | Rebecca Goldstein | Shortz |
Wed Dec 30, 2020 | 8D | Give a "Whap!" | Kate Hawkins | Shortz |
Sun Nov 22, 2020 | 96D | Big bat | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sun Nov 1, 2020 | 113D | De-bug? | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Sat Oct 5, 2019 | 1D | Clock (2) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Sun Sep 22, 2019 | 59D | Whack (5) | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Sun Aug 25, 2019 | 77D | Big smack | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sun Aug 18, 2019 | 118A | Hit hard (5) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Dec 10, 2018 | 33A | Pop a fly? | Alex Eylar | Shortz |
Tue Nov 27, 2018 | 45A | Pop flies? | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Thu Sep 27, 2018 | 56D | Thwack (3) | Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
Sat Feb 10, 2018 | 41A | Letters on some bulletproof vests | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Fri Apr 14, 2017 | 41A | Big hit (2) | Andrew Kingsley | Shortz |
Tue Oct 4, 2016 | 34A | ___ team (police unit) | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
Thu Jun 23, 2016 | 60A | Whack (5) | Megan Amram and David Kwong | Shortz |
Wed Dec 2, 2015 | 67A | Whack with a newspaper, perhaps | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sun Nov 22, 2015 | 33A | Attempt to debug? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Fri Jul 24, 2015 | 3D | Try to beat the buzzer? | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Mar 15, 2015 | 53A | Hit hard (5) | Dan Feyer | Shortz |
Wed Sep 24, 2014 | 33D | Whack (5) | Andy Kravis | Shortz |
Mon Jun 16, 2014 | 73A | Sultan of ___ (nickname for 15-Across) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Thu Feb 13, 2014 | 43A | Big hit (2) | Daniel Landman | Shortz |
Mon Jul 15, 2013 | 62A | Hit with a rolled-up newspaper, maybe | Jeff Chen and Angela Olson Halsted | Shortz |
Sat May 25, 2013 | 51D | Performer of high-risk operations | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Thu Dec 13, 2012 | 1D | Kind of team (5) | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Wed Oct 31, 2012 | 62D | Police jacket letters (2) | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Mon Jun 11, 2012 | 26D | Hit, as a fly (2) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | Shortz |
Mon Apr 16, 2012 | 55D | Whack, as a fly (2) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Fri Dec 31, 2010 | 24D | Sacrifice fly? | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Tue Apr 20, 2010 | 29A | Smack hard | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Fri Apr 9, 2010 | 11D | Clock (2) | Ned White | Shortz |
Tue Mar 30, 2010 | 1D | Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Mar 8, 2009 | 70D | Hit hard (5) | Zack Kushner | Shortz |
Thu Mar 20, 2008 | 41D | Team letters | Stephen Edward Anderson | Shortz |
Thu Sep 20, 2007 | 32D | End of a fly? ... or the start of one? | Alex Boisvert | Shortz |
Mon May 21, 2007 | 35D | Go for, as a fly | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Sun Feb 11, 2007 | 30A | Hit hard (5) | Mark Feldman | Shortz |
Mon Mar 20, 2006 | 10A | Go after, as flies | Earl W. Reed and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Fri Dec 16, 2005 | 51D | Hit hard (5) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Mon Nov 7, 2005 | 21A | Swing that rips the leather off the ball | Jay Livingston | Shortz |
Mon Jul 11, 2005 | 5D | Big baseball hit | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
Mon May 23, 2005 | 57D | ___ team (police group) | Robert Dillman | Shortz |
Mon May 9, 2005 | 34D | Try to hit, as a housefly | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
Wed Jan 26, 2005 | 37D | Big blow | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun Jan 2, 2005 | 103D | Belt | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun Dec 26, 2004 | 25A | Hostage crisis group | Hal Turner | Shortz |
Thu Sep 30, 2004 | 43D | ___ team | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Mon Aug 16, 2004 | 58D | Whack (5) | Joy C. Frank | Shortz |
Mon Feb 24, 2003 | 15A | Swing at a fly | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Thu Jan 30, 2003 | 26D | Acronym on a police jacket | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon Dec 30, 2002 | 1A | Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) (2) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Sep 8, 2002 | 75A | Hostage situation acronym | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Feb 17, 2002 | 16A | Shot block, in hoops-speak | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Dec 9, 2001 | 36D | Babe Ruth's "sultanate" | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Jun 3, 2001 | 38A | Kind of team (5) | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Wed Mar 28, 2001 | 63A | Police jacket letters (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat Sep 2, 2000 | 55D | Smack (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Jun 18, 2000 | 91D | Smack (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Apr 24, 2000 | 69A | Hit, as a homer | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Dec 21, 1999 | 39D | Kind of team (5) | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Thu Sep 30, 1999 | 9A | Cuff | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Aug 15, 1999 | 112D | Thwack (3) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sat Apr 11, 1998 | 50D | Acronym on some jackets | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Thu Sep 18, 1997 | 36D | Try for a fly | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue May 27, 1997 | 26D | Quite a hit | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Thu Mar 13, 1997 | 5A | Double or triple, possibly | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Wed Oct 9, 1996 | 49D | Hit a homer, e.g. | R. Hughes | Shortz |
Mon Feb 5, 1996 | 38D | Hit, as a fly (2) | Robert Katz | Shortz |
Sun Jan 7, 1996 | 122A | Major hit | Eric Albert | Shortz |
Sat Jul 15, 1995 | 22A | Mighty hit | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
Mon Apr 3, 1995 | 41D | Police ___ team | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Wed Mar 22, 1995 | 41A | Kind of team (5) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Tue Jan 10, 1995 | 56D | The Sultan of ___ | Christopher Page | Shortz |
Tue Sep 27, 1994 | 48D | Take a swipe at | Eileen Lexau | Shortz |
Sun Aug 21, 1994 | 99D | Kind of team (5) | Ted Fulton | Shortz |
2 results for SWAT from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Feb 6, 2022 | Diagramless | 61D | Baseball blast | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Dec 14, 1997 | Cryptic | 6A | Starts from scratch, without anticipating this blow (4) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
149 results for SWAT from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Nov 8, 1993 | 12D | Smack | Dorothea E. Shipp | Taub |
Tue Feb 23, 1993 | 1D | The Babe's sultanate | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Fri Feb 12, 1993 | 58D | Clout | Jim Page | Maleska |
Thu Jun 11, 1992 | 6D | Hit a fly | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Mon Dec 2, 1991 | 37D | Hit with a quick blow | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue Oct 22, 1991 | 65A | Clout | Elio Desiderio | Maleska |
Tue Oct 2, 1990 | 10A | Babe Ruth's sultanate | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sat Aug 18, 1990 | 54D | Smart blow | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Thu Jul 12, 1990 | 44D | Hit like Ruth | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Wed Jun 27, 1990 | 10A | Police team | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
Tue Jun 19, 1990 | 57D | Do in a fly | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Thu Jan 25, 1990 | 52D | Thwack | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Nov 29, 1989 | 32A | Ruth's sultanate | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Wed Sep 27, 1989 | 52D | Hit a fly | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
Thu Mar 9, 1989 | 1D | Hit a fly | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Tue Dec 20, 1988 | 52D | Sharp blow | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Thu Oct 27, 1988 | 35D | Hit a fly | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
Fri Sep 25, 1987 | 50D | Sultanate of sport | Tom W. Underhill | Maleska |
Tue Jul 28, 1987 | 10A | Bat a gnat | Elaine George | Maleska |
Sat Jun 27, 1987 | 57D | Part of Pakistan | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
Sat Jan 10, 1987 | 10A | District in Pakistan | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Mon Dec 22, 1986 | 38D | Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Mon May 26, 1986 | 43D | Sudden blow to a fly | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
Sun May 11, 1986 | 106D | Clout | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
Thu Apr 17, 1986 | 61D | Quick, sharp blow | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Thu Mar 13, 1986 | 14A | Sharp blow | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Wed Nov 13, 1985 | 19A | Clout | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Mon Sep 23, 1985 | 62D | Bat a gnat | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Mon Jul 1, 1985 | 10A | "Sultanate" of Babe Ruth | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Mon Jun 17, 1985 | 10A | Hit a fly | Jones | Maleska |
Tue Feb 12, 1985 | 32D | Hit a gnat | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Sun Oct 28, 1984 | 107D | Ruth's sultanate | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Tue Aug 14, 1984 | 57A | Get rid of flies | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
Wed Mar 14, 1984 | 39D | Quick, sharp blow | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Fri Jan 27, 1984 | 34D | Do in a fly | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Mon Nov 28, 1983 | 51D | Ruthian wallop | Johnson | Maleska |
Sun Oct 23, 1983 | 122A | Combat flies | Derrick C. Niederman | Maleska |
Sun Mar 20, 1983 | 1D | Catch a fly | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
Mon Aug 2, 1982 | 58D | Whack | Whitten | Maleska |
Tue Jun 8, 1982 | 1D | "Sultanate" of Babe Ruth | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Sun Apr 4, 1982 | 24D | Hit a fly | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Fri Jan 22, 1982 | 22A | Long hit | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Wed Dec 16, 1981 | 43A | Dispatch a fly | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Sun Jun 21, 1981 | 100D | Get a fly | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Thu Jun 18, 1981 | 10A | Ruth's sultanate | Mel Rosen | Maleska |
Sat Apr 11, 1981 | 16A | Police team | Jim Modney | Maleska |
Sun Mar 22, 1981 | 42A | Go after flies | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Wed Sep 17, 1980 | 12D | Whack | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Wed Nov 7, 1979 | 1D | "The Sultan of ___" | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Thu Aug 16, 1979 | 58A | Hit a dipteran | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Fri Jul 20, 1979 | 47D | Ruth's sultanate | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Sat Jun 30, 1979 | 36D | Smack | Jay Livingston | Maleska |
Mon Feb 19, 1979 | 1A | Special police dept. unit | Samuel K. Fliegner | Maleska |
Wed Dec 27, 1978 | 23A | Go after flies | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Fri Jun 23, 1978 | 45A | Long baseball hit | Hallie & Gerald Parsons | Maleska |
Wed May 10, 1978 | 22A | Ruth's sultanate | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Mon Feb 13, 1978 | 54D | Ruthian clout | Johnson | Maleska |
Sun Oct 30, 1977 | 56A | Police detail team | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Wed Oct 19, 1977 | 43A | Sultanate of Babe Ruth | Sara V. Tuckerman | Maleska |
Sun Oct 16, 1977 | 13A | Ruthian clout | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Mon Apr 25, 1977 | 45A | Bat a gnat | Samuel H. Barkan | Maleska |
Sun Mar 27, 1977 | 72D | Bat a gnat | Jay Spry | Maleska |
Thu May 29, 1975 | 9A | Clout | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Sat May 4, 1974 | 33D | Hit hard | Herb L. Risteen | Weng |
Wed May 1, 1974 | 55D | Hit hard | Hal R. Hollinger | Weng |
Sun Jan 27, 1974 | 51A | Sultan of ___ | Alexander Black | Weng |
Fri Nov 30, 1973 | 58D | Hit | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jul 13, 1973 | 49D | Hit hard | Ted Kern | Weng |
Sat Jul 7, 1973 | 56D | Clobber | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 22, 1973 | 63A | Ruth's sultanate | Unknown | Weng |
Thu May 24, 1973 | 49D | Sultan of ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Apr 22, 1973 | 156A | Sultan of ___ | Mel Rosen | Weng |
Wed Jan 24, 1973 | 3D | Clout | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jan 8, 1973 | 10A | Sultan of ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 2, 1972 | 73A | Pakistan river | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Nov 29, 1971 | 10A | Sultan of ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 31, 1971 | 111D | Do in a fly | Threba Johnson | Weng |
Thu Oct 1, 1970 | 6A | Sultan of ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Sep 17, 1970 | 32D | Bat | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 8, 1970 | 36D | Go after a fly | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Mar 6, 1970 | 59D | Clout | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jan 15, 1970 | 62A | Part of Pakistan | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Dec 24, 1969 | 1A | Sharp blow. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 20, 1969 | 47D | Bash. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jul 31, 1969 | 61D | Overcome a fly. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Feb 19, 1969 | 51D | Sultan of ___. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Feb 16, 1969 | 140D | Triple or homer | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Thu Jul 25, 1968 | 1A | Killebrew's forte. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 30, 1967 | 5A | Ruthian hit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 4, 1966 | 3D | W. Pakistan river. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Wed May 18, 1966 | 1D | Babe Ruth's kingdom. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 23, 1965 | 51A | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 22, 1965 | 114A | Home run: Slang. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Mar 7, 1965 | 95D | Pakistan province. | Roberta H. Morse | Farrar |
Thu Feb 11, 1965 | 25D | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 4, 1965 | 42A | Clobber. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Dec 5, 1964 | 50D | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 22, 1964 | 32D | Sultan of ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 24, 1964 | 72A | Batter's forte. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 1, 1964 | 10A | Hit hard. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 26, 1963 | 44D | Hit hard. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Sun Jun 2, 1963 | 133D | Hit. | Kim Richman | Farrar |
Tue Mar 19, 1963 | 57D | Batsman's forte. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Tue Mar 12, 1963 | 38D | The Babe's "kingdom." | Jan and Mike Dubin | Farrar |
Thu Sep 13, 1962 | 69A | Hit like Ruth. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 25, 1962 | 6A | Hit hard. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Dec 11, 1961 | 9A | Hit hard. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Oct 14, 1961 | 40D | King of ___. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Tue Sep 29, 1959 | 31D | Batsman's clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Sep 26, 1959 | 56A | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 31, 1959 | 10A | Strike: Slang. | Mel Taub | Farrar |
Tue Aug 25, 1959 | 29D | Quick, sharp blow: Colloq. | Jan Dubin | Farrar |
Sat May 30, 1959 | 25A | Babe Ruth, "Sultan of ___." | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Wed Nov 19, 1958 | 36D | Hit hard. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sat Aug 16, 1958 | 1A | Hit flies. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 6, 1958 | 123D | Clout. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Mon Apr 28, 1958 | 45A | Clout. | Sam Lake | Farrar |
Thu Jan 16, 1958 | 65A | Province of Pakistan. | Ruth L. Rutkay | Farrar |
Sat Sep 7, 1957 | 42A | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Sep 22, 1956 | 9A | Clout. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sat Aug 11, 1956 | 23D | Clout. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sat May 26, 1956 | 14D | Clout. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Fri Dec 16, 1955 | 63A | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 16, 1955 | 1A | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 9, 1955 | 43D | Four-bagger. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Thu Sep 29, 1955 | 4D | Clout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 7, 1954 | 64A | Sock. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Wed Feb 10, 1954 | 62D | Wallop. | Marian Moeser | Farrar |
Fri Jan 22, 1954 | 55A | Babe Ruth's forte. | Isaac Kert | Farrar |
Thu Dec 10, 1953 | 19A | Clout. | Willard Jordan | Farrar |
Thu Nov 26, 1953 | 48D | Heavy blow: Colloq. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Mon Jul 13, 1953 | 39D | Slug. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Tue May 19, 1953 | 61A | Mickey Mantle's mighty blow. | M. S. Manning | Farrar |
Fri Apr 3, 1953 | 37D | Hit a fly. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Mon Oct 27, 1952 | 1D | Hit a fly. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 10, 1952 | 45A | Hard hit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 17, 1952 | 25A | Hit a fly. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 2, 1952 | 59A | Strategic move against mosquitoes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 19, 1952 | 28A | Hit energetically: Colloq. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 15, 1952 | 50A | What Babe Ruth was Sultan of. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 13, 1952 | 98A | River in Pakistan. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Mon Dec 3, 1951 | 58A | Babe Ruth's sultanate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 23, 1951 | 39A | Resounding slap. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Tue Sep 4, 1951 | 10A | Sultanate challenged by Gil Hodges. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 18, 1951 | 13D | Ruth's Sultanate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 6, 1951 | 40A | Ruth's sultanate. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Sep 10, 1950 | 108D | Hit: Colloq. | D. G. Caywood | Farrar |
Sun Mar 25, 1945 | 106D | Hit hard. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Mar 7, 1943 | 100D | Moslem of Northwest frontier province, India. | P. Joseph Lamanna | Farrar |