TINEAR

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45 total results for TINEAR( score: 60 )

24 results for TINEAR from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 9, 2023	8D	Bad listening ability	Simeon Seigel	Shortz
Wed Dec 14, 2022	45D	Lack of musical skill	Matthew Stock	Shortz
Sat Nov 2, 2019	15A	Weakness of note?	Paolo Pasco and Erik Agard	Shortz
Sun Jun 3, 2018	97A	Liability of note?	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Sep 9, 2017	20A	Difficulty picking up subtleties	John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins	Shortz
Tue Nov 1, 2016	40A	Tone deafness	Ruth Bloomfield Margolin	Shortz
Tue Nov 19, 2013	48A	Musical incompetence	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sun May 27, 2012	17D	What a poor listener may have	Byron Walden	Shortz
Thu Jan 26, 2012	9D	Musical liability (2)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sun May 1, 2011	68D	Noted weakness?	Xan Vongsathorn	Shortz
Sun Aug 22, 2010	120A	Inability to appreciate music	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Jul 10, 2010	50A	Inability to get A's or B's?	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Thu Feb 25, 2010	68A	It's not good for conducting	Holden Baker	Shortz
Sat Nov 21, 2009	30D	Karaoke problem	Gary J. Whitehead	Shortz
Wed Jun 10, 2009	2D	Musical liability (2)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Thu Mar 19, 2009	5D	Musician's weakness	Laura Sternberg	Shortz
Fri Aug 8, 2008	9D	Conductor's bane	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Wed Dec 12, 2007	47D	Musical inability	Daniel Kantor	Shortz
Sun Dec 3, 2006	86A	Bad musician's "body part"	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Sat Jan 21, 2006	2D	Music critic's bane	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon Jul 22, 2002	2D	Musical ineptitude	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Jul 14, 2002	84A	Inability to tell A from B, e.g.	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun May 26, 2002	27A	Musician's liability	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Mon Nov 26, 2001	23A	A nonmusician may have one	Bette Sue Cohen	Shortz

7 results for TINEAR from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 26, 2021	Panda	2D	Retain a musical liability	Michael Lieberman	Shortz
Dec 29, 2019	Diagramless	1A	Lack of musical ability	Peter Gordon	Shortz
May 11, 2014	Diagramless	37D	Musical ineptitude	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Aug 26, 2012	Acrostic	H	Trouble hitting pitches (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Feb 21, 2010	Cryptic	26A	Setback for a musician in entering "Rent" (3,3)	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Dec 16, 2007	Cryptic	16A	Problem for a musician in splitting rent (3,3)	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jun 17, 2007	Diagramless	1D	Bad trait for a music critic	Barry L. Cohen	Shortz

14 results for TINEAR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 1, 1993	36A	Musical liability	Rand H. Burns	Taub
Sat May 1, 1993	51A	Concert attendee's problem	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Sun Jan 31, 1993	80A	What Bernstein didn't have	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Sun Jan 20, 1991	9D	Aural insensitivity	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Thu Jun 4, 1987	21A	Feature for the Oz woodsman?	Mary S. Snyder	Maleska
Sat Mar 24, 1984	41D	Chorus rejectee's problem	Hosler	Maleska
Sat Dec 20, 1980	33D	Lack of discernment re music	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Mon Dec 13, 1976	15A	Musical debit	Ruth N. Schultz	Weng
Sat May 11, 1974	27D	Musical drawback	Floy Stryker	Weng
Sun May 11, 1969	21A	Hearing defect of sorts	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Sep 1, 1968	23A	Unmusical quality	Will Weng	Farrar
Wed Sep 1, 1965	40D	Tone-deaf one: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 13, 1965	14A	Insensitivity of a kind: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1962	103A	Slangy symbol of insensitivity.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

Anagrams:

ATRINE, EIRANT, RANITE, TANIER, NAITRE, NERITA, TIRANE, RATINE, RETINA, ARENTI, EARNIT, ETRAIN, RETAIN

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