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99 total results for AGONY( score: 50 )
40 results for AGONY from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Oct 13, 2024 | 52D | Serious suffering | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson | Fagliano |
Wed Sep 4, 2024 | 38A | Pain | Kareem Ayas | Fagliano |
Tue Feb 27, 2024 | 52D | Ecstasy's opposite (3) | Nate Cardin | Shortz |
Sun Aug 27, 2023 | 84D | "The thrill of victory … and the ___ of defeat" ("Wide World of Sports" catchphrase) | Rich Katz | Shortz |
Tue May 30, 2023 | 13D | "The ___ and the Ecstasy" (biographical novel about Michelangelo) | Kathryn Ladner | Shortz |
Tue Mar 14, 2023 | 19A | Intense suffering (2) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon Feb 22, 2021 | 16A | Extreme pain | Barbara Lin | Shortz |
Fri Jun 12, 2020 | 59A | Sitting next to a constantly crying baby on a cross-country flight, maybe | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Nov 25, 2018 | 47A | Torment (3) | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Tue Mar 27, 2018 | 31D | What waiting for overdue results can be | Peter Koetters | Shortz |
Wed May 24, 2017 | 51D | Having one's wisdom teeth pulled, e.g. | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Sat May 6, 2017 | 53A | Torment (3) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Wed Mar 1, 2017 | 33D | Ecstasy's opposite (3) | David Phillips | Shortz |
Mon Feb 20, 2017 | 2D | Excruciating pain (2) | Ed Stein and Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Wed Dec 21, 2016 | 32A | State nobody wants to live in | Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman | Shortz |
Sat Nov 28, 2015 | 9D | Hell (2) | Ned White | Shortz |
Thu Aug 13, 2015 | 13D | Hell (2) | Jim Hilger | Shortz |
Thu May 22, 2014 | 57A | Waiting, for the impatient, say | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
Mon Oct 28, 2013 | 22A | Hellish suffering | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sun Sep 15, 2013 | 64A | You suffer when you're in it | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Apr 21, 2013 | 67A | Torture | Jonah Kagan | Shortz |
Thu Apr 7, 2011 | 41A | Anguish | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Fri Mar 26, 2010 | 40A | Song from Sondheim's "Into the Woods" | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Sun Feb 21, 2010 | 24D | "There is no greater ___ than bearing an untold story inside you": Maya Angelou | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
Tue Nov 10, 2009 | 16A | Excruciating pain (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Fri Oct 9, 2009 | 34A | Awful struggle | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Wed Jan 2, 2008 | 17A | Unending pain | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue Nov 27, 2007 | 52D | Intense pain | Julie Ann Bowling | Shortz |
Fri Aug 18, 2006 | 28A | Torment (3) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Dec 28, 2004 | 25D | A long, amateurish piano recital, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Oct 27, 2004 | 6D | Suffering (2) | Nathaniel Weiss | Shortz |
Tue Aug 19, 2003 | 55D | Intense suffering (2) | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
Thu Aug 30, 2001 | 33A | Violent struggle | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Dec 3, 2000 | 83D | Sitting through a bad piano recital, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Sep 23, 1998 | 19D | Prolonged pain | Michael S. Maurer | Shortz |
Tue May 5, 1998 | 2D | It hurts | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Fri Nov 1, 1996 | 28A | Kind of column | M. Rosen | Shortz |
Mon Jun 17, 1996 | 10D | Ecstasy's opposite (3) | S. L. Robbins | Shortz |
Wed Apr 12, 1995 | 26D | Suffering (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Dec 7, 1994 | 15A | Throes and woes | Chet Currier | Shortz |
2 results for AGONY from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Aug 2, 2015 | Panda | 42A | No gay anguish | Mel Taub | Shortz |
May 11, 2003 | Panda | 41A | Go into any distress | Mel Taub | Shortz |
57 results for AGONY from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Jul 12, 1993 | 30A | "The ___ and the Ecstasy": I. Stone | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Wed Apr 22, 1992 | 38A | "The ___ and the Ecstasy": Stone | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sun Apr 29, 1990 | 57D | Ecstasy's partner | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Thu Jul 20, 1989 | 3D | Defeated one's feeling? | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Fri Apr 8, 1988 | 37A | Suffering | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Sun Jan 18, 1987 | 101D | Ecstasy's antithesis | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Thu Sep 11, 1986 | 46D | Extreme misery | Charlotte Shore | Maleska |
Tue May 6, 1986 | 52D | Ecstasy's antithesis | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Tue Jun 25, 1985 | 42D | Great distress | Mark Diehl | Maleska |
Sun Jun 9, 1985 | 56A | Travail | Sally Coyle | Maleska |
Wed Sep 19, 1984 | 3D | Convulsive struggle | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Tue Dec 7, 1982 | 28A | Antithesis of ecstasy | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Thu Oct 4, 1979 | 67A | Opposite of ecstasy | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Apr 15, 1979 | 128A | Ecstasy's partner | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Fri Mar 30, 1979 | 40A | Travail | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Mon Oct 10, 1977 | 1D | Ecstasy's literary partner | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Tue Jun 1, 1976 | 47D | Ecstasy's companion | Hammond | Weng |
Mon Oct 21, 1974 | 15A | Torment | George Madrid | Weng |
Sun Mar 10, 1974 | 23A | Suffering | A. J. Santora | Weng |
Fri Dec 7, 1973 | 31D | Torture | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 28, 1973 | 34D | Distress | Diana Sessions | Weng |
Mon Aug 20, 1973 | 46D | ___ column | Unknown | Weng |
Tue May 9, 1972 | 6D | Kind of newspaper column | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jan 18, 1971 | 18D | Anguish | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 14, 1970 | 11D | Suffering | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Mon Apr 20, 1970 | 6D | Kind of newspaper column | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Oct 8, 1969 | 45D | Kind of newspaper column. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Apr 10, 1969 | 27D | Torment. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Apr 6, 1969 | 7D | Pain | Nancy Schuster | Weng |
Sat Mar 22, 1969 | 23A | Pain. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jan 27, 1967 | 6D | "The ___ and the Ecstacy." | Rachel F. Baker | Farrar |
Mon Jun 6, 1966 | 56A | "The ___ and the Ecstasy." | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 20, 1965 | 11D | Pain. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Wed Sep 2, 1964 | 31A | ___ column. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Aug 20, 1964 | 34D | "The ___ and the Ecstasy." | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 14, 1964 | 5D | ___ column. | Lois Hillis | Farrar |
Wed Aug 14, 1963 | 33D | Great distress. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 23, 1963 | 2D | Anguish. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Fri Aug 10, 1962 | 50D | Distress. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 16, 1961 | 37A | "The ___ and the Ecstasy." | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Mon Jul 18, 1960 | 11D | Torment. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 4, 1958 | 16A | Anguish. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Wed Feb 27, 1957 | 34A | ___ column. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Wed Nov 23, 1955 | 7D | Sudden strong emotion. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 10, 1955 | 40A | Acute distress. | Elsie Bishop | Farrar |
Wed Apr 13, 1955 | 27D | Anguish. | Mary D. Warnock | Farrar |
Sun Oct 17, 1954 | 24A | Sheer discomfort. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Jul 11, 1954 | 79A | Pang. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Thu Jun 3, 1954 | 20A | Sudden strong emotion. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Wed Jan 27, 1954 | 6D | ___ column for personals. | Marian Moeser | Farrar |
Mon Oct 19, 1953 | 27D | ___ column, in British papers. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Wed May 27, 1953 | 29D | Distress simulated by wrestlers. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Thu May 8, 1952 | 26D | ___ column, for personals in British newspapers. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 19, 1951 | 64A | ___ column, in British papers. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri Oct 27, 1950 | 3D | "___" column in British papers. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 30, 1948 | 8D | Famous column in London's "Thunderer." | Henry A. Wolfe | Farrar |
Sun Apr 4, 1948 | 30A | ___ column. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |