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122 total results for AXED( score: 50 )
76 results for AXED from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Oct 24, 2024 | 35D | Got rid of (5) | Ella Dershowitz | Fagliano |
Wed Sep 6, 2023 | 61A | Let go (7) | Blake Slonecker | Shortz |
Thu Jun 29, 2023 | 31D | "Free to pursue other opportunities," dysphemistically | Simeon Seigel | Shortz |
Thu Mar 16, 2023 | 14A | Pink-slipped (10) | Rebecca Goldstein | Shortz |
Fri Aug 12, 2022 | 18A | Cut off | Trent H. Evans | Shortz |
Sun Jan 23, 2022 | 100D | Got rid of (5) | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger | Shortz |
Sat Nov 13, 2021 | 58A | Got rid of (5) | Adam Aaronson | Shortz |
Fri May 14, 2021 | 7D | Cut (3) | Yacob Yonas | Shortz |
Thu Nov 26, 2020 | 38D | Eighty-sixed | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
Fri Nov 20, 2020 | 62A | Cut (3) | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
Sun Oct 11, 2020 | 112D | Got rid of (5) | Gary Larson | Shortz |
Mon Jun 22, 2020 | 2D | Removed from the schedule, as a TV show | Sid Sivakumar | Shortz |
Tue Jan 7, 2020 | 61A | Gave the heave-ho | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Tue Aug 6, 2019 | 70A | Fired (6) | Jon Olsen | Shortz |
Sun Jul 28, 2019 | 112A | Gave the pink slip | Christopher Adams | Shortz |
Sun Jun 2, 2019 | 25A | Fired (6) | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Thu Feb 7, 2019 | 46D | Fired (6) | Morton J. Mendelson | Shortz |
Thu Apr 12, 2018 | 60D | Canned (11) | Jules Markey | Shortz |
Thu Feb 22, 2018 | 63A | Pink-slipped (10) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Sun Jan 7, 2018 | 16D | Canceled (3) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Fri Dec 1, 2017 | 30A | 86'ed | Lily Silverstein | Shortz |
Sun Jun 5, 2016 | 103D | Let go (7) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Thu Oct 8, 2015 | 7D | Cut from the payroll | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Sun Apr 12, 2015 | 82A | Cut, in a way | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Mon Jan 26, 2015 | 36D | Pink-slipped (10) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Thu Sep 11, 2014 | 39D | Brought down, as a tree | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Sun Mar 30, 2014 | 51A | Dismissed (3) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun Jan 26, 2014 | 48A | Let go (7) | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Tue Nov 20, 2012 | 56D | Got rid of (5) | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Sat Nov 3, 2012 | 54D | Reduced drastically | Milo Beckman | Shortz |
Sun Nov 13, 2011 | 108D | Given the heave-ho (2) | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach | Shortz |
Mon Jun 13, 2011 | 59D | Chopped down | Alex Vratsanos | Shortz |
Wed Mar 2, 2011 | 36D | Fired (6) | David Poole | Shortz |
Mon Feb 7, 2011 | 50A | Pink-slipped (10) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Mon Oct 11, 2010 | 66A | Gave the boot (4) | Robert Fisher | Shortz |
Mon Jun 21, 2010 | 34D | Abruptly dismissed | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Thu Apr 1, 2010 | 18D | In a split way | Lee Glickstein | Shortz |
Sun Jun 14, 2009 | 76D | Canned (11) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Mar 17, 2009 | 67A | Canned (11) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Sun Mar 8, 2009 | 104A | Canned (11) | Zack Kushner | Shortz |
Mon Jan 26, 2009 | 56D | Pink-slipped (10) | Timothy Powell and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Jun 15, 2008 | 108A | Canned (11) | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Fri May 30, 2008 | 53D | Dumped | Natan Last | Shortz |
Mon Dec 10, 2007 | 68A | Laid off, as workers | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue Oct 16, 2007 | 15A | Gave the boot (4) | Michael Kaplan | Shortz |
Sun Sep 23, 2007 | 125A | Let go (7) | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
Tue Jun 26, 2007 | 49D | Pink-slipped (10) | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
Tue Feb 13, 2007 | 41D | Took a bough? | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Mon Oct 31, 2005 | 57A | Gave the boot (4) | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
Sat Aug 13, 2005 | 11D | Dismissed (3) | Bob Peoples | Shortz |
Sun Jun 5, 2005 | 26A | Given the heave-ho (2) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Thu May 12, 2005 | 14A | Canned (11) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun Sep 12, 2004 | 56D | Chopped | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Jun 9, 2004 | 53D | Sent packing | Seth A. Abel | Shortz |
Thu May 27, 2004 | 67A | Involuntarily out of a job | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Feb 11, 2004 | 46A | Canned (11) | Ethan Friedman | Shortz |
Sat Oct 26, 2002 | 30D | Cut (3) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Oct 2, 2002 | 50A | Canned (11) | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
Mon Aug 19, 2002 | 30D | Fired (6) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue Feb 6, 2001 | 61D | Canned (11) | Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
Wed Sep 20, 2000 | 15A | Canned (11) | Edgar R. Fontaine | Shortz |
Sun Apr 30, 2000 | 20A | Pink-slipped (10) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Feb 6, 2000 | 40D | Got rid of, in a way | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Wed Jan 5, 2000 | 16A | Pink-slipped (10) | D. J. DeChristopher | Shortz |
Fri Nov 12, 1999 | 54D | Let go (7) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Mar 28, 1999 | 70D | Canned (11) | Cathy Allis Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Jan 20, 1999 | 68A | Pink-slipped (10) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Nov 4, 1997 | 66A | Gave the boot (4) | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
Wed Jul 16, 1997 | 39D | Fired (6) | Jonathan Schmalzbach | Shortz |
Sun Jun 22, 1997 | 31D | Canceled (3) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Sep 1, 1996 | 29A | Let go (7) | D. J. Kahn | Shortz |
Tue Jul 16, 1996 | 61A | Terminated | R. Hamel | Shortz |
Sat Mar 2, 1996 | 37D | Dismissed (3) | N. Joline | Shortz |
Tue Jan 2, 1996 | 16A | Pink-slipped (10) | G. Paul | Shortz |
Thu Jul 6, 1995 | 52D | Let go (7) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Aug 21, 1994 | 44D | Canceled (3) | Ted Fulton | Shortz |
2 results for AXED from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Oct 13, 2013 | Diagramless | 31A | Sent packing | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Apr 15, 2012 | Diagramless | 54D | Given the boot | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
44 results for AXED from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Aug 11, 1992 | 4D | Chopped | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Wed Jul 29, 1992 | 13D | Cut down | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Mon Jun 8, 1992 | 61A | Given the gate | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Mar 25, 1992 | 60D | Hewed | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Wed Feb 19, 1992 | 13D | Gave the gate to | Thomas W. Schier | Maleska |
Thu May 2, 1991 | 64A | Emulated Lizzie Borden? | Jean M. Hunt | Maleska |
Tue Sep 5, 1989 | 14A | Fired | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
Wed May 10, 1989 | 66A | Canned | William Canine | Maleska |
Tue Dec 13, 1988 | 23A | Split a log | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sun Dec 11, 1988 | 70A | Cut out of the budget | Mel Taub | Maleska |
Tue May 10, 1988 | 30D | Cut | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Tue Feb 25, 1986 | 13D | Fired | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Mon Feb 17, 1986 | 57A | Fired | Whitten | Maleska |
Tue Aug 6, 1985 | 64A | Fired | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Thu Mar 7, 1985 | 60D | Fired | S. E. Wilkinson | Maleska |
Fri Sep 28, 1984 | 10D | Canned | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Fri Sep 14, 1984 | 48A | Fired | D. Jones | Maleska |
Thu Jul 14, 1983 | 6D | Fired | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Sun Apr 3, 1983 | 105D | Fired | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Sat May 29, 1982 | 61A | Fired | Joan Whitman | Maleska |
Thu Feb 18, 1982 | 11D | Smashed an ash | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Sun Jun 21, 1981 | 68A | Used a hatchet | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Mon Oct 15, 1979 | 16A | Given the gate | N. M. Meyer | Maleska |
Fri Feb 16, 1979 | 35D | Chopped down | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Feb 4, 1977 | 49D | Hewed | Stanley A. Kurzban | Weng |
Tue Jun 17, 1975 | 54A | Hewed | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Sun Jan 9, 1972 | 111A | Cut | Keith Blake | Weng |
Sun Dec 5, 1971 | 11D | Fired | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Sat May 17, 1969 | 33D | Dismissed: Slang. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 19, 1967 | 3D | Hewed. | Ronald C. Hirschfeld | Farrar |
Wed Sep 16, 1964 | 32D | Hewn. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 20, 1963 | 9D | Chopped. | Jay Sheldon | Farrar |
Mon Sep 25, 1961 | 27D | Chopped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 17, 1961 | 35A | Chopped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Apr 1, 1960 | 16A | Chopped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 12, 1959 | 56A | Felled, as a tree. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sat May 31, 1958 | 39A | Trimmed with a hatchet. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Jun 11, 1957 | 14A | Cut down. | Mel Taub | Farrar |
Sat Apr 27, 1957 | 35A | Chopped. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Sat Mar 3, 1956 | 2D | Chopped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 29, 1956 | 78D | Chopped down. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Dec 15, 1952 | 13D | Chopped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 26, 1952 | 67A | Cut down. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Oct 11, 1952 | 28D | Chopped down. | Unknown | Farrar |