TAKEN

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

102 total results for TAKEN( score: 50 )

30 results for TAKEN from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 2, 2023	60A	No longer available, as a seat	Seth Bisen-Hersh	Shortz
Sun Dec 25, 2022	27D	Reserved, as seats	John Martz	Shortz
Sun Apr 4, 2021	9D	In use (2)	Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Sat Mar 6, 2021	53A	In a relationship	Sid Sivakumar	Shortz
Wed Jun 27, 2018	13D	Like a seat with a coat over it, maybe	Ned White	Shortz
Tue Apr 11, 2017	56A	2008 movie with the line "I will find you, and I will kill you"	Zachary Spitz and Diane Roseman	Shortz
Sat Nov 5, 2016	24D	Occupied (2)	David Phillips	Shortz
Sun Jul 24, 2016	62A	Occupied, as a seat	David Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Sep 1, 2015	12D	Spoken for (7)	Michael Torch	Shortz
Thu Jun 26, 2014	23A	2008 action thriller with Liam Neeson	Pawel Fludzinski	Shortz
Mon Apr 28, 2014	26D	No longer available	Jim Modney	Shortz
Wed Jul 31, 2013	21D	End of a seat seeker's query	H. David Goering	Shortz
Wed Jan 16, 2013	32A	Spoken for (7)	Michael David	Shortz
Tue Sep 4, 2012	10D	Already occupied, as a seat	Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan	Shortz
Sun Jun 26, 2011	63A	Claimed (2)	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Tue Jun 2, 2009	52D	Spoken for (7)	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Sat Apr 25, 2009	10D	Like some seats	Brad Wilber	Shortz
Sat Oct 27, 2007	41A	Claimed (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Dec 24, 2006	67A	In use (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Tue May 2, 2006	29A	Spoken for (7)	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Thu Aug 25, 2005	21D	Spoken for (7)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Oct 13, 2003	21D	Not available, as a seat	Eric Berlin	Shortz
Mon Oct 8, 2001	41A	Captured	Monica Krausse	Shortz
Thu May 10, 2001	48D	Occupied (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Wed Apr 25, 2001	31D	Bilked	Mel Taub and crossword class	Shortz
Sat Apr 1, 2000	3D	Conned (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Fri Mar 17, 2000	4D	Conned (2)	Glenton Petgrave	Shortz
Mon Apr 5, 1999	39D	Frost's "The Road Not ___"	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Mon Dec 28, 1998	48D	Spoken for (7)	Adam G. Perl	Shortz
Wed Jul 23, 1997	63A	Spoken for (7)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

72 results for TAKEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 6, 1993	57D	Removed	Charles M. Deber	Maleska
Tue Mar 16, 1993	65A	Occupied, as a seat	Stanley B. Whitten	Maleska
Mon Dec 7, 1992	51D	Captured	Jeff Herrington	Maleska
Fri Nov 27, 1992	42A	Accepted	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Thu May 14, 1992	18D	Occupied, as a seat	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Tue Dec 24, 1991	12D	Smitten	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Mon Dec 9, 1991	58A	Seized	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sun Aug 18, 1991	55D	Frost's "The Road Not ___"	Jeanne Wilson	Maleska
Sat May 25, 1991	65A	Spoken for	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Sat Nov 17, 1990	58A	Assumed	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Mon Jul 30, 1990	29D	Occupied, as a seat	Reginald L. Johnson	Maleska
Sun Jul 29, 1990	110A	Captured	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Thu Nov 16, 1989	42A	Captured	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Wed Feb 22, 1989	60A	Accepted	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Mon Nov 23, 1987	18A	Seized	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Mon Apr 28, 1986	69A	Occupied	James R. Burns	Maleska
Thu Apr 3, 1986	49D	Already occupied, as a seat	William Canine	Maleska
Thu Oct 31, 1985	61A	Caught	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Oct 20, 1985	60A	Duped	John M. Samson	Maleska
Wed Aug 7, 1985	67A	Frost's "The Road Not ___"	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Tue Oct 2, 1984	37D	Occupied, as a seat	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Thu Jun 2, 1983	13D	Possessed	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Mon Oct 13, 1980	42A	Captured	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sat Jun 28, 1980	40D	Occupied	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Tue Mar 25, 1980	32D	Swindled	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Sat Mar 15, 1980	23A	Captured	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Wed Nov 21, 1979	28D	Charmed	William Jarvis	Maleska
Sat Jul 14, 1979	13D	Appropriated	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Thu Sep 8, 1977	45D	Occupied, as a seat	Elaine D. Schorr	Maleska
Mon Apr 12, 1976	33D	___ in (cheated)	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Wed Jun 4, 1975	47D	Spoken for	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Sat Aug 11, 1973	44D	Word with over or under	Unknown	Weng
Mon Apr 9, 1973	33A	Captured	Unknown	Weng
Mon Dec 4, 1972	7D	Occupied	Unknown	Weng
Thu Nov 30, 1972	1A	"This seat is ___"	Unknown	Weng
Mon Oct 23, 1972	38A	In use	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 5, 1972	10D	Captured	Unknown	Weng
Wed Dec 22, 1971	58A	Occupied	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 11, 1971	56A	Captured	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 27, 1970	111A	Spoken for	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Tue Jun 2, 1970	3D	Occupied	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jan 21, 1970	25A	Captivated	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 17, 1970	33A	Seized	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 21, 1968	56A	Appropriated	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Mon Jul 1, 1968	42D	Occupied.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 5, 1967	19A	Captured.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Tue Dec 6, 1966	50D	Captured.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 29, 1966	41D	Occupied.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 7, 1966	13D	Occupied.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 2, 1964	46A	Adopted.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu May 28, 1964	22A	Accepted.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 23, 1964	52D	Abstracted.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 3, 1963	30A	Assumed.	Will Weng	Farrar
Sat Mar 2, 1963	23A	Accepted willingly.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Sat Jan 26, 1963	42A	Seized.	Jan and Mike Dubin	Farrar
Thu Jun 15, 1961	11D	Rented or leased.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 23, 1960	50D	Occupied.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1960	66D	Captured.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Jul 12, 1959	47A	Captured.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon May 25, 1959	30D	Charmed.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sun Jun 22, 1958	121A	Accepted.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat Jan 11, 1958	42A	Captured.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 17, 1957	16D	Caught.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Fri Apr 19, 1957	5D	Charmed.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Tue Feb 14, 1956	30D	Leased.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 9, 1954	28D	Captured.	Ellsworth Smith	Farrar
Fri Apr 16, 1954	9D	Captured.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 19, 1951	31D	Captured.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 14, 1951	17A	Seized.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 2, 1951	32A	Captured.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jan 29, 1950	114D	Appropriated.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Aug 17, 1947	91D	Usurped.	Waldo Ranson	Farrar

Anagrams:

AKTEN, KANTE

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