Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Sun Oct 13, 2024 | 37D | Substitute for "E" on a license plate, maybe | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson | Fagliano |
Wed May 1, 2024 | 52D | Rule of ___ (comedic principle) | Juliana Tringali Golden | Fagliano |
Thu Mar 14, 2024 | 7D | First digit of this puzzle's subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid | Jeffrey Martinovic | Fagliano |
Sun Mar 3, 2024 | 109D | – | Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
Wed Jul 26, 2023 | 33D | "The ___-Body Problem" (Hugo Award-winning novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin) | Mary Crane | Shortz |
Sun Jan 8, 2023 | 51D | More than a couple | Wyna Liu | Shortz |
Sun Dec 4, 2022 | 83D | How March may be written | Gustie Owens | Shortz |
Sun Sep 11, 2022 | 33D | It shares space with # | Derrick Niederman | Shortz |
Sun Mar 27, 2022 | 79D | Number of 101-Acrosses in [see circled letters] | August Lee-Kovach | Shortz |
Wed Jan 19, 2022 | 15A | Number of Brontë sisters or Karamazov brothers | Ori Brian | Shortz |
Tue Oct 5, 2021 | 51D | Afternoon hour (3) | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman | Shortz |
Sun Aug 22, 2021 | 104D | A crowd, they say (2) | Stephen McCarthy | Shortz |
Fri Aug 20, 2021 | 16A | See 22-Across | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Tue Aug 10, 2021 | 44A | Afternoon hour (3) | Anne Grae Martin | Shortz |
Sun Jun 27, 2021 | 11D | A one and a two | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs | Shortz |
Tue Jun 9, 2020 | 51A | Superscript number for a cube | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Sun Dec 22, 2019 | 41D | "We ___ Kings" | Laura Taylor Kinnel | Shortz |
Mon Oct 7, 2019 | 9D | {See Notepad} | Keiran King | Shortz |
Fri Jun 21, 2019 | 6D | A crowd, so to speak | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Fri May 31, 2019 | 2D | + 1 | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Sat Nov 24, 2018 | 35A | Number below # | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Thu Sep 27, 2018 | 47A | Crowd, they say | Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2017 | 39D | A wee hour | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Tue Jun 7, 2016 | 47A | With 53- and 56-Across, certain abode | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Fri Apr 15, 2016 | 51D | Low par | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Wed Jan 27, 2016 | 63A | Number of strikes in a turkey | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
Mon Apr 13, 2015 | 41D | Number of little pigs (2) | Alex Silverman | Shortz |
Tue Apr 7, 2015 | 52D | A crowd, they say (2) | David J. Lieb | Shortz |
Mon Mar 17, 2014 | 10D | Number of Scrabble points for a B, C, M or P | John Lieb | Shortz |
Mon Apr 15, 2013 | 23D | What makes a crowd, in a saying | Gayle Dean | Shortz |
Mon Feb 4, 2013 | 32A | Number of Stooges | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Fri Nov 23, 2012 | 2D | Rule of ___ (comedy writer's maxim) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Jul 25, 2012 | 8A | With 68- or 69-Across, what 16-, 32-, 42- and 60-Across each consists of | Daniel Raymon | Shortz |
Tue May 29, 2012 | 11A | Price in cents of a 1958 Monroe stamp | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Sun Apr 29, 2012 | 26A | See 23-Across | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Sun Mar 25, 2012 | 101D | Outside shot? | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon Mar 19, 2012 | 50D | Number of little pigs or blind mice | Jeremy Horwitz | Shortz |
Fri Nov 4, 2011 | 28A | Metaphorical crowd | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Oct 7, 2010 | 7D | Number that looks like the letter yogh | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue Mar 23, 2010 | 20A | Afternoon hour (3) | Kurt Krauss | Shortz |
Fri Jan 8, 2010 | 21A | Weak heart, for example? | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Sep 2, 2008 | 12D | Midafternoon (4) | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Mon May 12, 2008 | 32A | Number of Little Pigs (2) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sat May 19, 2007 | 16A | See 15-Across | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Mon Apr 16, 2007 | 41A | Little Pigs' count | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sat Dec 23, 2006 | 47D | Lithium, on the periodic table | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Thu Oct 19, 2006 | 24D | Not many | Raymond C. Young | Shortz |
Fri Mar 24, 2006 | 15D | U.S. ___, known in New Hampshire as the Daniel Webster Highway | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Oct 25, 2005 | 53D | Birdie score, often | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette | Shortz |
Fri Jul 29, 2005 | 38A | Craps loser | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Thu Jul 21, 2005 | 10D | Crowd maker? | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue Feb 8, 2005 | 63A | With 68-Across, what Fred MacMurray had in a 1960's sitcom | Stephen Budiansky | Shortz |
Thu Jul 8, 2004 | 15A | Babe Ruth's was retired | Scot Ober | Shortz |
Mon May 31, 2004 | 50D | Number of points for a field goal | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Apr 4, 2004 | 98D | Florida ZIP code starter | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Dec 12, 2002 | 51D | Babe Ruth, for the Yankees | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Mon Dec 9, 2002 | 50D | Full complement of Stooges or Wise Men | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Fri Nov 8, 2002 | 44A | Start of all Florida ZIP codes | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Jun 27, 2000 | 51D | Wee hour | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue Jun 13, 2000 | 43A | Losing come-out roll in craps | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed Oct 27, 1999 | 22D | Word that precedes six other answers in this puzzle | Chris Sallade | Shortz |
Tue Oct 5, 1999 | 56D | DEF, on a phone | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed Sep 8, 1999 | 42A | Midafternoon (4) | Holden Baker | Shortz |
Mon Feb 1, 1999 | 34D | Perpetual time on the clock at Independence Hall | Dorothy Smitonick | Shortz |
Sun Oct 25, 1998 | 80D | King Cole's fiddlers, e.g. | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Sun Mar 22, 1998 | 72A | Babe Ruth, on the Yankees | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Tue Nov 4, 1997 | 57A | Midafternoon (4) | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
Fri Jul 25, 1997 | 39A | Lowest par | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Mon May 20, 1996 | 55D | Babe Ruth's number | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Sat Mar 23, 1996 | 34A | What Babe Ruth wore | R. Norris | Shortz |
Wed Mar 6, 1996 | 55D | Low dice roll | N. S. Ross | Shortz |
Tue Aug 29, 1995 | 28A | Midafternoon (4) | John R. Conrad | Shortz |
Sun Feb 13, 1994 | 74A | "...called for his fiddlers ___" | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Oct 12, 2008 | Acrostic | H | Crew complement for a randan | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Apr 30, 2006 | Acrostic | F | Figure worn by Babe Ruth | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Mar 28, 2004 | Diagramless | 66A | Number of teaspoons in a tablespoon | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Jun 15, 2003 | Acrostic | H | Figure on the back of Answer A | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Sun Oct 18, 1992 | 88D | Cube root of 27 | Grace M. Gordon | Maleska |
Thu Oct 15, 1992 | 62A | Prime number | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Sun Sep 6, 1992 | 100D | Hellman book: 1979 | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Jan 19, 1992 | 30A | A crowd? | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Sun Dec 22, 1991 | 111A | Preceder of 63 Across | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Wed Dec 18, 1991 | 37D | Crowd, at times | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Thu Sep 19, 1991 | 41D | Ruth's retired number | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Mar 5, 1991 | 11D | With 52 Down, circus cynosures | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
Fri Sep 14, 1990 | 51D | Number of King Cole's fiddlers | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
Tue Sep 11, 1990 | 46D | Trey | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sun Apr 15, 1990 | 47D | Kipling's "Soldiers ___" | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
Thu Jan 4, 1990 | 47D | Unlucky number on a match | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Sun Aug 6, 1989 | 32A | Kipling's "Soldiers ___" | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Sun Mar 26, 1989 | 16D | "A Letter to ___ Wives" | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Tue Nov 1, 1988 | 22A | "The ___ Musketeers" | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Mar 27, 1988 | 82A | Babe Ruth's retired number | Brett A. Blaylock | Maleska |
Sun May 10, 1987 | 130A | Kipling's "Soldiers ___" | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Sat Jan 18, 1986 | 21A | Dice throw below Little Joe | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Jun 23, 1985 | 10D | ___-card monte | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Wed Apr 3, 1985 | 4D | Proverbial crowd | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Mar 17, 1985 | 138A | End of limerick | John McCarthy Samson | Maleska |
Mon Dec 31, 1984 | 37A | ___ Mile Island | Merryl Maleska | Maleska |
Sat Aug 11, 1984 | 24A | Dicer's bad throw | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Thu Nov 3, 1983 | 29D | Number in a tub | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Nov 14, 1982 | 37A | Stein's "___ Lives" | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Fri Jul 2, 1982 | 54A | Rembrandt's "___ Trees" | Louise Earnest | Maleska |
Fri Jun 18, 1982 | 28A | Chekhov's "___ Sisters" | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sun Jun 13, 1982 | 65D | Trio | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Fri Nov 27, 1981 | 57A | Kentucky Derby horse's age | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
Thu Oct 15, 1981 | 14A | Number in a tub | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sat Sep 5, 1981 | 27A | Ten ___ (stop transmitting) | Hallie & Gerald Parsons | Maleska |
Fri Aug 28, 1981 | 6D | Rubens's "___ Graces" | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Thu Apr 30, 1981 | 52D | Square root of nine | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Tue Jun 10, 1980 | 32D | Picasso's "___ Musicians" | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Thu May 15, 1980 | 61A | ___ Mile Island, Pa. | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Tue Dec 25, 1979 | 27D | Magi number | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sun Apr 8, 1979 | 55D | What "baby makes" | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Mon Jan 1, 1979 | 38A | Magi number | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sat Feb 11, 1978 | 22D | Kipling's "Soldiers ___" | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Tue Feb 8, 1977 | 25A | Number | George Raventos | Weng |
Thu May 6, 1976 | 45A | Fountain-coin number | Tap Osborn | Weng |
Mon Jan 26, 1976 | 32D | ___ R's | Martha J. DeWitt | Weng |
Sun Nov 30, 1975 | 89D | Crowd number | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Wed Feb 26, 1975 | 27D | Crowd number | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Sun Oct 13, 1974 | 38A | Crowd | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Tue Sep 3, 1974 | 31D | "___ cheers!" | Jim Page | Weng |
Thu Mar 28, 1974 | 47A | "Strike ___!" | Reginald L. Johnson | Weng |
Sun Feb 10, 1974 | 61D | Quorum for a crowd | Jean J. Davison | Weng |
Thu Mar 29, 1973 | 29D | A crowd | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 13, 1973 | 46A | Numeral | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Apr 16, 1972 | 99D | Playing card | A. J. Santora | Weng |
Sun Sep 26, 1971 | 32D | Pigs or R's | Virginia W. Schneider | Weng |
Wed Jan 6, 1971 | 33A | "___ little maids from school" | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 19, 1970 | 23A | " ... and baby makes ___" | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jan 7, 1970 | 13D | Fairy-tale number. | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Feb 17, 1969 | 55A | Number. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Oct 24, 1968 | 28D | A crowd, 'tis said. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 17, 1968 | 50D | Midafternoon. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 13, 1967 | 33D | Spot card. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Mon Mar 27, 1967 | 45A | Crowd, in a saying. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Sun May 1, 1966 | 88A | A number. | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Jan 20, 1966 | 18A | Age of innocence. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 9, 1964 | 14D | Age of innocence. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 4, 1963 | 19A | Proverbially, a crowd. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Fri Dec 21, 1962 | 35D | Trinity. | William F. Bulow | Farrar |
Sat Sep 8, 1962 | 9D | "Soldiers ___." | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Sep 25, 1961 | 21D | "So give ___ cheers ... " | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 17, 1961 | 26D | The Fates. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Wed Jan 11, 1961 | 39A | One of the "wee small" hours. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 8, 1961 | 67A | See 59 Down. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Sun Nov 13, 1960 | 29A | Time of day. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Thu Sep 24, 1959 | 49D | "Soldiers ___." | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jun 26, 1959 | 28D | "Strike ___!" | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 5, 1959 | 110D | Nursery ursine number. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Tue Apr 1, 1958 | 38A | Canasta card. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Thu Oct 24, 1957 | 1A | Cube root of 27. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Oct 17, 1957 | 18A | The B's or the R's. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Sep 26, 1957 | 27A | Proverbially, a crowd. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Sun Feb 24, 1957 | 42A | ___ Rivers, Canadian city. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Mar 18, 1956 | 43A | The Fates. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Nov 13, 1955 | 152A | The blind mice. | Grace Hoster | Farrar |
Mon Nov 7, 1955 | 32A | When Davy killed the "bar." | Martha Brownlee | Farrar |
Thu Sep 1, 1955 | 5A | Sometimes a crowd. | Hamilton Bidwell | Farrar |
Sun May 8, 1955 | 33D | The Fates. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Wed Apr 13, 1955 | 39A | Sometimes a crowd. | Mary D. Warnock | Farrar |
Thu Mar 31, 1955 | 24D | Rule of ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 23, 1955 | 15D | "___ Little Fishes." | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Tue Apr 20, 1954 | 7D | A crowd. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jul 21, 1952 | 20A | "The Rule of ___ doth puzzle me." | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 31, 1952 | 50D | The Big ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 25, 1951 | 90D | "Soldiers ___." | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Mon Feb 26, 1951 | 19A | Sometimes a crowd. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu Dec 21, 1950 | 30D | "My ___ Years in Moscow," by Bedell Smith. | Leonard Goldberg | Farrar |
Sun Mar 9, 1947 | 41D | Pythagoras' perfect number. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Apr 22, 1945 | 123A | Debated number. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |