Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Wed Nov 13, 2024 | 51A | RATING: ★★★★★★★★ Fresh salmon and spectacular scenery. Go north, young man! | Todd Gross | Fagliano |
Wed Apr 17, 2024 | 34A | Prospector's locale of the late 1800s | Joseph Gangi | Fagliano |
Fri Mar 1, 2024 | 54A | One side of the Bering Sea | Julian Xiao | Shortz |
Mon Oct 23, 2023 | 22A | Where Fairbanks is | Stella Zawistowski | Shortz |
Tue Mar 21, 2023 | 47D | U.S. state with nearly 34,000 miles of shoreline | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Wed Oct 27, 2021 | 29A | Baked ___ | Johanna Fenimore | Shortz |
Mon Sep 13, 2021 | 33A | State whose flag, with eight gold stars in the shape of the Big Dipper, was designed by a 13-year-old | A. Tariq | Shortz |
Mon Jul 26, 2021 | 6D | Home of 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the U.S. | Tommy Pauly | Shortz |
Mon Aug 24, 2020 | 59A | Juneau's home (2) | David Alfred Bywaters | Shortz |
Mon Jul 27, 2020 | 4D | Juneau is its capital | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Thu Jan 2, 2020 | 50D | #49 | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Fri Sep 28, 2018 | 12D | Setting for the 1996 best seller "Into the Wild" | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
Mon Sep 17, 2018 | 26D | Anchorage's home | Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
Sun Oct 8, 2017 | 90D | "What did Delaware?" "I don't know, but ___" (classic joke) | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas | Shortz |
Mon Feb 13, 2017 | 43D | State that the Arctic Circle passes through | Brent Sverdloff and Michael Blake | Shortz |
Tue May 31, 2016 | 45D | U.S. state closest to the International Date Line | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sun Dec 20, 2015 | 45D | Admission of 1959 | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
Tue Nov 17, 2015 | 8D | State whose flag has eight gold stars | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Sat Nov 7, 2015 | 30A | "Ice Road Truckers" locale | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Tue Sep 29, 2015 | 10D | Denali's home | Kurt Krauss | Shortz |
Mon Sep 15, 2014 | 13A | Juneau's home (2) | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Mon Feb 10, 2014 | 58A | The Last Frontier state | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Sun Mar 4, 2012 | 11D | Skagway locale | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Oct 3, 2011 | 46D | Fairbanks's home | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Mon Jun 27, 2011 | 46D | "Sarah Palin's ___" of 2010-11 TV | Joseph Samulak | Shortz |
Thu Jun 2, 2011 | 45D | See 26-/28-Down | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Sep 19, 2010 | 5D | Purchase of 1867 (2) | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
Tue Apr 20, 2010 | 1A | "What did Delaware?" "I don't know, but ___" (old joke) | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Tue Nov 24, 2009 | 27A | Where the North Slope slopes | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry | Shortz |
Fri Nov 7, 2008 | 28D | Its motto is "North to the future" | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
Sat Sep 10, 2005 | 29A | Old riddle: "What did Delaware?" Answer: "I don't know, but ___" | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sat Mar 12, 2005 | 47D | Its flag shows the Big Dipper and the North Star | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Jan 30, 2005 | 1A | Panhandle site (2) | Derrick Niederman | Shortz |
Sun Sep 26, 2004 | 13A | Focus of Seward's Folly | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu Aug 21, 2003 | 4A | Geographical name that means roughly "great land" | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Aug 9, 2003 | 45D | Gold rush locale | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
Thu Oct 24, 2002 | 4D | Eskimo's home | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat May 25, 2002 | 21A | Purchase of 1867 (2) | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Fri Feb 1, 2002 | 59A | Snowy race setting | Pat M. Hugel | Shortz |
Wed Oct 17, 2001 | 46A | Copper River's locale | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Sun Aug 27, 2000 | 1A | Michener best seller | Dana Motley | Shortz |
Mon Feb 23, 1998 | 4A | Where Nome is | Mark Danna | Shortz |
Thu Feb 12, 1998 | 45D | 7.2 million-dollar bargain | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Nov 9, 1997 | 91D | Panhandle site (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Dec 22, 1996 | 37D | Subject of an 1867 sale | F. Hansen | Shortz |
Mon Nov 11, 1996 | 45D | Where Nome is home | S. Spadaccini | Shortz |
Sun Jun 30, 1996 | 66A | Mt. Blackburn locale | R. Norris | Shortz |
Wed May 29, 1996 | 48A | Popular cruise destination | R. Norris | Shortz |
Sun Mar 10, 1996 | 13A | "Northern Exposure" setting | F. & L. Sabin | Shortz |
Thu Jun 29, 1995 | 42A | 1988 Michener epic | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Wed Mar 1, 1995 | 25A | The Last Frontier | Lois Sidway | Shortz |
Fri Nov 4, 1994 | 23D | Yukon neighbor | Matt Jones | Shortz |
Mon Dec 6, 1993 | 46A | Home to Denali National Park | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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May 15, 2011 | Cryptic | 5A | State unfortunately having a king overthrown (6) | Don Manley | Shortz |
Oct 12, 2003 | Diagramless | 35D | Valdez's state | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Mon Nov 8, 1993 | 37A | One end of the Alcan Highway | Dorothea E. Shipp | Taub |
Wed May 19, 1993 | 21D | Sitka site | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Wed Nov 18, 1992 | 9D | "Seward's Folly" | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Sat Aug 15, 1992 | 24A | A cold place, but often baked | Ronald C. Hirschfeld | Maleska |
Sat Oct 19, 1991 | 46D | "America's Icebox" | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Sat Aug 24, 1991 | 12D | Sourdough's habitat | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Sat Aug 10, 1991 | 1D | The Last Frontier | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Tue Apr 23, 1991 | 44D | Location of Naknek Lake | Calista Luminati | Maleska |
Sun Mar 17, 1991 | 105D | Where to find McCarthy, McKinley and McGrath | Charles E. Gersch | Maleska |
Sun Mar 3, 1991 | 16D | Home of many Tlingits | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Tue Jul 24, 1990 | 31A | A neighbor of Siberia | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Fri Aug 4, 1989 | 18D | Site of a 1989 oil spill | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Sun Sep 25, 1988 | 75D | "Seward's Folly" | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Sun Aug 14, 1988 | 41D | Neighbor of Siberia | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sat Nov 7, 1987 | 29A | The Last Frontier | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Tue Aug 11, 1987 | 50D | "Seward's Folly" | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Wed Apr 1, 1987 | 30A | "Where did Idaho?" "Wait, ___!" | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Sat Dec 21, 1985 | 4D | State sometimes baked? | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Wed Oct 30, 1985 | 25D | Neighbor of Siberia | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Sun Jan 20, 1985 | 97D | Where the Tanana flows | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Jul 22, 1984 | 2D | "The Last Frontier" | Mildred Church | Maleska |
Tue May 1, 1984 | 30A | State near Russia | Helena Farmer | Maleska |
Tue Jan 10, 1984 | 19D | Neighbor of Siberia | Elaine George | Maleska |
Wed Apr 7, 1982 | 5D | "The Last Frontier" | Gerald Brooks | Maleska |
Sat Jan 9, 1982 | 51A | Juneau is its capital | Darrell J. Carter | Maleska |
Tue Sep 29, 1981 | 5D | Largest of 50 | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Wed Aug 20, 1980 | 33A | Seward's coup | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sun Jul 13, 1980 | 19A | Neighbor of Siberia | William J. Yskamp | Maleska |
Thu Dec 22, 1977 | 42D | Where the Tanana flows | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Apr 9, 1975 | 56A | King crab's home | Samuel K. Fliegner | Weng |
Thu Oct 3, 1974 | 54A | Neighbor of Yukon | Floy Stryker | Weng |
Tue Jun 4, 1974 | 46A | Seward's buy | Mike Moore | Weng |
Fri Jan 4, 1974 | 35D | No. 49 of 50 | Jordan S. Lasher | Weng |
Sun Dec 2, 1973 | 34D | Seward's purchase | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Thu Sep 6, 1973 | 43A | Baked ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 9, 1973 | 8D | Baked ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Oct 31, 1972 | 17A | Gold-rush locale | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jul 28, 1972 | 65A | Baked ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 8, 1971 | 36D | Baked dessert | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Mar 21, 1971 | 47A | No. 49 | Jay Spry | Weng |
Sat Sep 12, 1970 | 55A | "Seward's Folly" | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jul 9, 1970 | 31A | Baked ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jul 5, 1969 | 10D | The 49th. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Dec 21, 1967 | 48A | One of the fifty. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 29, 1967 | 10A | Where the Tanana flows. | Hume Craft | Farrar |
Thu Oct 26, 1967 | 19A | State. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sat Apr 29, 1967 | 42D | State. | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Tue May 31, 1966 | 10D | State. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 22, 1965 | 62A | Baked ___. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun May 2, 1965 | 8A | State. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Thu Feb 11, 1965 | 28A | Yukon's neighbor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 1, 1964 | 141A | Baked ___. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Sun Oct 6, 1963 | 31A | State. | Brice Metcalfe | Farrar |
Thu Sep 12, 1963 | 45D | One-time Russian territory. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 20, 1962 | 51D | Largest state. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jun 29, 1962 | 26A | Northern state. | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Sun Nov 19, 1961 | 16D | Baked ___. | Mary Grow | Farrar |
Tue Sep 5, 1961 | 44A | State of the Union. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Nov 7, 1960 | 57A | Mt. McKinley's range. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 17, 1960 | 17A | The 49th. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Sun Aug 23, 1959 | 21A | Baked ___. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Fri Mar 20, 1959 | 37D | Largest state. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 28, 1959 | 2D | Where Anchorage is. | Helen Smathers | Farrar |
Sat Jul 19, 1958 | 22A | Gov. Stepovich's home. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 29, 1957 | 2D | Where Mount McKinley is. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Wed Aug 21, 1957 | 49D | "Seward's Folly." | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Tue Mar 19, 1957 | 46A | Where Juneau is. | Helen Smathers | Farrar |
Fri Jun 29, 1956 | 49D | Where Fairbanks is. | Anthony Morse | Farrar |
Sat May 19, 1956 | 2D | Domain of the sourdough. | J. F. Kelly | Farrar |
Sun Oct 30, 1955 | 18D | Where Anchorage is. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Mon Oct 10, 1955 | 22A | American outpost. | M. S. Manning | Farrar |
Sun Sep 11, 1955 | 53A | Purchase of 1867. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Fri Mar 11, 1955 | 32A | Where Juneau is. | Charles E. Gersch | Farrar |
Tue Mar 8, 1955 | 14A | Where the Valley of 10,000 Smokes is. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Thu Dec 23, 1954 | 10D | Where Mt. McKinley is. | Anthony Morse | Farrar |
Tue Oct 26, 1954 | 48D | Where Point Barrow is. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Thu May 20, 1954 | 10D | Where Anchorage is. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 10, 1954 | 5D | Where Mt. McKinley is. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 19, 1953 | 1A | State-to-be? | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Wed Apr 15, 1953 | 10D | An Organized Territory since 1912. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Nov 29, 1952 | 18D | Its population is 128,643. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 20, 1952 | 51A | Gov. Gruening's land. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 8, 1952 | 22A | It missed statehood by one vote. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 7, 1952 | 31D | Where Juneau is. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 10, 1952 | 41A | Bargain from Russia, 1867. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 23, 1951 | 125D | Where Sitka is. | Willard Jordan | Farrar |
Thu Oct 4, 1951 | 29A | Where Ernest Gruening is governor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Feb 7, 1951 | 34A | Logical contender as 49th state. | Isaac Kert | Farrar |
Sun Feb 4, 1951 | 112A | Scene of Arctic. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jan 21, 1951 | 40D | Sighted by Vitus Bering, 1741. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Thu Dec 7, 1950 | 29D | Juneau is its capital. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 13, 1950 | 65A | Aspirant to statehood. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Sep 30, 1950 | 1A | 1867 purchase from Russia, price $7,200,000. | Ralph Anderson | Farrar |
Sun Jun 4, 1950 | 118D | Forty-ninth state? | Edward Buckler | Farrar |
Sun May 30, 1948 | 47D | Seward's Folly. | Henry A. Wolfe | Farrar |
Sun Feb 2, 1947 | 119D | Where Gruening is Governor. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Feb 24, 1946 | 32A | U. S. territory. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Dec 10, 1944 | 75A | Once Russian part of U. S. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |
Sun Oct 22, 1944 | 8D | Where Anchorage is. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Aug 13, 1944 | 135D | Bought in 1867. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Dec 12, 1943 | 11D | Where Ernest H. Gruening is Governor. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Sep 12, 1943 | 149A | Purchased by U. S. in 1867. | Alexis P. Boodberg | Farrar |
Sun Sep 5, 1943 | 7D | Where Fairbanks is. | J. C. Doesburg | Farrar |
Sun Aug 8, 1943 | 43D | Where Maj. Gen. Buckner commands. | P. Joseph Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun Feb 7, 1943 | 24A | Our strategic northern outpost. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Jan 24, 1943 | 83D | Jap foothold in North America. | J. C. Doesburg | Farrar |
Sun Jul 12, 1942 | 1D | Strategic U. S. territory. | Alvin Ashby | Farrar |
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