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

125 total results for YEW( score: 50 )

54 results for YEW from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 14, 2024	29D	Tree mentioned in the witches' brew rhyme in "Macbeth"	Matthew Faiella	Fagliano
Thu Jul 25, 2024	45D	Fine-grained wood (6)	Damon Gulczynski	Fagliano
Sat Oct 7, 2023	54D	Material for Voldemort's wand and Robin Hood's bow	Alex Vratsanos	Shortz
Wed Nov 23, 2022	43A	Evergreen tree with poisonous seeds	Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock	Shortz
Tue Sep 27, 2022	13D	Bow-making wood	Peter Koetters	Shortz
Wed Jul 6, 2022	26D	Certain evergreen	Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Tue Apr 16, 2019	61D	Plant in an English hedge (2)	Gary Cee	Shortz
Thu Mar 14, 2019	41A	Shade provider in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"	Nancy Stark and Will Nediger	Shortz
Fri Sep 15, 2017	64A	Fine-grained wood (6)	Damon Gulczynski	Shortz
Mon Aug 21, 2017	41A	Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet (3)	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Sun Apr 23, 2017	29A	Longbow wood	Olivia Mitra Framke	Shortz
Sun Mar 5, 2017	64A	Berried conifer	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Tue Feb 14, 2017	33D	Wood for archery bows	Daniel Larsen	Shortz
Tue Oct 25, 2016	5D	Tree with medicinal uses	John E. Bennett	Shortz
Mon Oct 3, 2016	22D	Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet (3)	Jacob Stulberg	Shortz
Tue Aug 30, 2016	63D	Tree used in bow-making	Roland Huget	Shortz
Thu Jun 23, 2016	30D	Plant in an English hedge (2)	Megan Amram and David Kwong	Shortz
Fri Jan 1, 2016	16A	It sounds like you	David Steinberg	Shortz
Fri Oct 23, 2015	51D	Material for Voldemort's wand	Evan Birnholz	Shortz
Fri Dec 19, 2014	58D	Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet (3)	Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Tue Nov 25, 2014	69A	Conifer with toxic seeds	Jeffrey Wechsler	Shortz
Mon Mar 17, 2014	59D	Archery wood (2)	John Lieb	Shortz
Thu May 9, 2013	62D	Poison source in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye"	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Fri Dec 7, 2012	11D	Tree that symbolizes immortality	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Sun Dec 2, 2012	54A	Red-berried tree	Steven E. Atwood	Shortz
Sun Jul 1, 2012	75A	Wordsworth's "solitary Tree"	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Tue Nov 29, 2011	49A	Wood in archery bows (2)	Aimee Lucido	Shortz
Thu Nov 3, 2011	26D	Wood used in Voldemort's wand	Parker Lewis	Shortz
Wed Sep 28, 2011	13D	Bow wood (4)	Steve Salitan	Shortz
Wed Aug 17, 2011	62D	Tree with cones	Michael Black	Shortz
Wed Jan 6, 2010	16A	Evergreen tree	Julian Lim	Shortz
Sat Aug 1, 2009	31A	Fine-grained wood (6)	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Sun Sep 7, 2008	98A	Wood for bows	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Thu Apr 17, 2008	42D	Material for Voldemort's wand, in Harry Potter books	Byron Walden	Shortz
Thu Jan 3, 2008	20A	Tree sacred to Druids	Henry Hook	Shortz
Mon Dec 10, 2007	69A	Wood in archery bows (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Mon Jun 25, 2007	47A	Hedge plant	Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette	Shortz
Sun Aug 13, 2006	31D	Tree that's a symbol of sorrow	Derrick Niederman	Shortz
Wed Mar 22, 2006	48A	Bow maker's material	Jim Hyres	Shortz
Tue Nov 30, 2004	59D	Bow wood (4)	Joan Yanofsky	Shortz
Sat Nov 27, 2004	55D	Churchyard tree in "Romeo and Juliet" (2)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Fri Nov 26, 2004	65D	Needle-leafed tree	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Sep 15, 2002	105A	Archery bow wood	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Fri Jan 4, 2002	27A	Churchyard tree in "Romeo and Juliet" (2)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Aug 18, 2001	14D	Fine-grained wood (6)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Tue Jul 17, 2001	61D	Fine-grained wood (6)	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Tue Feb 15, 2000	50D	Archery wood (2)	Frances Hansen	Shortz
Fri Mar 26, 1999	44A	Bow wood (4)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Mar 13, 1998	10A	Bow wood (4)	Shannon Burns	Shortz
Sun Nov 10, 1996	77A	Fine-grained wood (6)	R. Hamel	Shortz
Thu Apr 18, 1996	48A	Evergreen	A. J. Santora	Shortz
Sun Aug 14, 1994	105D	Ground hemlock	Deborah Kathryn Trombley	Shortz
Fri Apr 22, 1994	28D	Hedge shrub	A.J. Santora	Shortz
Fri Dec 10, 1993	9D	Material for archers' bows	Alex K. Justin	Shortz

3 results for YEW from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 18, 2024	Diagramless	29A	Wood for archery bows	Alex Eaton-Salners	Fagliano
Mar 17, 2013	Diagramless	39D	Bowyer's wood	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Dec 16, 2007	Cryptic	11A	"Popular evergreen," you declared (3)	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon	Shortz

68 results for YEW from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 14, 1993	34A	Bow wood	Dorothy Elliott	Taub
Mon Aug 30, 1993	64D	Coniferous tree	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Mon Sep 3, 1990	35D	Evergreen	Peter Swift	Maleska
Wed Sep 13, 1989	45A	Evergreen tree	Peter Swift	Maleska
Wed Jul 5, 1989	40A	Popular shrub	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Mon May 8, 1989	59D	Wood for bows	Don Groat	Maleska
Sun May 1, 1988	50A	Archer's bow	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Fri Nov 13, 1987	35A	Bow wood	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat Nov 8, 1986	57D	Archer's favorite tree	Frederick Duda	Maleska
Sat Sep 7, 1985	41D	Wood used for archers' bows	James Barrick	Maleska
Sat Apr 13, 1985	46A	An evergreen	Robert Katz	Maleska
Tue Dec 4, 1984	20A	Evergreen tree	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Mon Aug 27, 1984	26D	Wood for an archer's bow	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Wed Aug 1, 1984	4D	Source of archery bows	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Fri Oct 7, 1983	57D	Evergreen	W. W. Hayward	Maleska
Fri Aug 26, 1983	6A	Kind of tree	I. Judah Koolyk	Maleska
Fri Oct 22, 1982	62A	Tree used for bows	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Wed Apr 8, 1981	49A	Evergreen	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Mar 22, 1981	68A	Evergreen	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Sat Jan 10, 1981	68A	Source of an archer's bow	Henry Hook	Maleska
Sun Nov 30, 1980	130D	Evergreen	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Mar 5, 1978	51A	Evergreen	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Mon Oct 10, 1977	63D	Evergreen	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Fri Sep 10, 1976	58D	Evergreen	Evelyn B. Rosenthal	Weng
Mon Mar 29, 1976	8D	Evergreen	Jack Wherry	Weng
Tue May 6, 1975	57A	Evergreen	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Apr 6, 1975	93D	Evergreen	Anne Fox	Weng
Sun Feb 2, 1975	16D	Archer's wood	Raymond F. Eisner	Weng
Tue May 28, 1974	60D	Evergreen	Raymond F. Eisner	Weng
Thu May 23, 1974	56D	Evergreen	Jack L. Steinhardt	Weng
Sun Dec 23, 1973	89A	Tree	Anne Fox	Weng
Mon Oct 1, 1973	37D	Tree	Unknown	Weng
Tue Mar 7, 1972	5D	Evergreen	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 11, 1971	12D	Evergreen	Edward J. O'Brien	Weng
Thu Jul 1, 1971	59D	English archer's tree	Unknown	Weng
Sun May 3, 1970	57A	Evergreen	Barbara H. Lewis	Weng
Sun Nov 23, 1969	49D	Evergreen	W. W.	Weng
Sun Apr 13, 1969	116A	Evergreen	Peter E. Price	Weng
Tue May 14, 1968	16D	Evergreen.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 28, 1968	15D	Shrub.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Mon Feb 12, 1968	60D	Conifer.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 26, 1967	33D	Evergreen.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Thu Feb 24, 1966	58D	Wood for archers' bows.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 14, 1965	1D	Mourning tree.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 15, 1965	43A	Evergreen.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 1, 1964	10D	Tree.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 15, 1964	60D	Evergreen.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Feb 21, 1964	28D	Tree.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Wed Feb 5, 1964	55D	Evergreen tree.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Wed Jan 1, 1964	26D	Conifer.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1963	4D	Tree.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Thu Feb 7, 1963	22A	Elegiac tree.	John Byrne	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1962	79D	Evergreen.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Mon May 21, 1962	4D	Evergreen.	James E. Hinish, Jr.	Farrar
Thu Apr 5, 1962	36D	Tree.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Mar 18, 1962	93D	Evergreen tree.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Thu Jan 18, 1962	47D	Tree.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jan 4, 1962	20A	Evergreen.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Sun Oct 15, 1961	29A	Tree.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Thu May 18, 1961	60D	Evergreen.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Nov 27, 1959	63D	Tree.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 14, 1959	79D	Evergreen.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Wed Feb 5, 1958	57D	Cone-bearing tree.	Walt Clark	Farrar
Fri Jan 10, 1958	57A	English conifer.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Fri Aug 9, 1957	19A	Tree.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Tue May 18, 1954	45A	Evergreen tree.	Thomas Varner	Farrar
Sun Apr 11, 1954	115D	Tree with red berries.	Bernice B. Amron	Farrar
Sat May 17, 1952	59D	Wood for Robin Hood's bow.	Unknown	Farrar

Anagrams:

WEY, WYE

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