ADAPTS

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

67 total results for ADAPTS( score: 50 )

34 results for ADAPTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 31, 2024	13D	Gets used to new surroundings	Jackson Matz and Ben Matz	Fagliano
Tue Jun 11, 2024	53A	Changes with the times, say	Chloe Revery	Fagliano
Thu Oct 6, 2022	48D	Novelizes, e.g.	Simeon Seigel	Shortz
Thu May 12, 2022	16A	Changes to survive	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Mon May 6, 2019	43D	Makes a screenplay out of	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Mon Apr 9, 2018	27D	Turns from a book into a movie, say	Erik Agard	Shortz
Sun Jan 7, 2018	10D	Makes into a movie, say	David Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Oct 17, 2017	20D	Grows fur for the winter, say	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Sep 17, 2017	66D	Evolves	Mark MacLachlan	Shortz
Tue Jul 25, 2017	5A	Isn't rigid in one's ways	Alex Vratsanos	Shortz
Sun Jan 1, 2017	14A	Takes from page to screen, say	Matthew Sewell	Shortz
Fri Dec 2, 2016	2D	Rolls with the punches	Andrew Kingsley	Shortz
Tue Jun 21, 2016	49A	Reconfigures, as a book to a screenplay	Julie Bérubé	Shortz
Tue Jun 30, 2015	59A	Adjusts to one's environment	Susan Gelfand	Shortz
Fri Apr 25, 2014	45D	Changes for the big screen	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Thu Jan 26, 2012	5A	Changes, in a way	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Tue Dec 20, 2011	12D	Conforms as needed	Julian Lim	Shortz
Tue Sep 14, 2010	28A	Gets used (to) (2)	Eshan Mitra, Brown University '12	Shortz
Wed Jan 6, 2010	45A	Adjusts to one's situation	Julian Lim	Shortz
Wed Feb 25, 2009	29A	Makes evolutionary changes	Kelly Browder	Shortz
Sun Nov 9, 2008	8A	Gets with the times	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Wed Sep 7, 2005	1D	Doesn't stay the same	Andrea C. Michaels	Shortz
Sun Aug 29, 2004	1A	Gets used (to) (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Mar 16, 2004	45D	Changes to fit	Ron Sweet	Shortz
Fri Aug 9, 2002	12D	Tailors	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Thu Apr 11, 2002	5D	Fits in	Greg Staples	Shortz
Mon Feb 25, 2002	31D	Modifies	Christina Houlihan	Shortz
Sat Feb 10, 2001	25D	Converts	Rich Norris	Shortz
Tue Nov 23, 1999	44D	Changes with the times	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Tue May 4, 1999	40D	Conforms	Gayle Dean	Shortz
Tue Sep 22, 1998	42A	Shows flexibility, in a way	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sat Jul 11, 1998	14A	Shows flexibility (2)	Fran and Lou Sabin	Shortz
Mon Jan 27, 1997	29A	Adjusts to fit	F. Piscop	Shortz
Sun Jul 21, 1996	70A	Shows flexibility (2)	D. Niles	Shortz

33 results for ADAPTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 26, 1993	50D	Accommodates	James L. Beatty	Maleska
Thu May 21, 1992	47D	Grows used to	Alex K. Justin	Maleska
Mon May 4, 1992	46A	Conforms	Michael S. Maurer	Maleska
Thu Jul 5, 1990	41A	Makes suitable	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Sun Apr 3, 1988	96D	Accommodates	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Mon Aug 17, 1981	53A	Modifies	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Tue Jun 16, 1981	26A	Adjusts	Maloney	Maleska
Sat Nov 15, 1980	54A	Conforms	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Aug 24, 1980	92D	Modifies	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Thu May 29, 1980	62A	Suits to	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Thu Feb 10, 1977	40A	Makes suitable	Manny Miller	Weng
Tue Nov 18, 1975	25A	Modifies	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Sat Jul 6, 1974	26D	Conforms	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Mon Jul 24, 1972	57A	Makes suitable	Unknown	Weng
Sun Sep 19, 1971	25A	Fits	Diana Sessions	Weng
Sun Mar 22, 1970	40A	Adjusts to	Edward J. O'Brien	Weng
Mon Nov 3, 1969	36A	Modifies.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 1, 1968	99D	Fits (to)	W. A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Fri Mar 1, 1968	37D	Conforms (to).	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 4, 1967	23D	Suits to a situation.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Dec 29, 1963	14A	Conforms.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Thu Jan 4, 1962	7A	Conforms.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Wed Aug 2, 1961	4D	Makes suitable.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 2, 1959	34A	Fits to a new use.	Helen Gowin	Farrar
Sun Jun 15, 1958	41D	Fits.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Mon Nov 8, 1954	42D	Suits.	Edward Early	Farrar
Fri Oct 29, 1954	45D	Fits by alteration.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun May 30, 1954	125A	Alters to fit.	Marion Moeser	Farrar
Sun Dec 21, 1952	114A	Makes suitable.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Fri May 16, 1952	39A	Changes to suit.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Feb 9, 1951	47A	Converts a novel into a play.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Nov 12, 1944	87A	Makes suitable.	Clara Rushe	Farrar
Sun Mar 26, 1944	28A	Renders suitable.	Jonathan Cross	Farrar

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