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93 total results for BOMB( score: 50 )
32 results for BOMB from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu May 18, 2023 | 1A | Total dud | Kiran Pandey | Shortz |
Mon Aug 15, 2022 | 6A | Fail badly at the box office | Simon Marotte | Shortz |
Tue Jul 13, 2021 | 20D | Go over terribly with an audience | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Fri Mar 19, 2021 | 1D | Fail spectacularly | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
Thu Mar 9, 2017 | 58D | Fail ignominiously | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Tue Mar 22, 2016 | 1A | Fail big-time | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Wed Jan 14, 2015 | 1A | Box-office dud | Caleb Emmons | Shortz |
Sun Dec 7, 2014 | 20D | Flame out | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun May 25, 2014 | 56A | Zero-star movie | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Wed May 30, 2012 | 20A | Flop | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Apr 15, 2012 | 94D | One with a terrible opening | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
Tue Nov 29, 2011 | 26D | Crash and burn | Aimee Lucido | Shortz |
Mon Jun 28, 2010 | 56D | Fail miserably (2) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Tue Mar 2, 2010 | 29A | *Dud | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat Jan 16, 2010 | 31A | Lay an egg (2) | Ned White | Shortz |
Wed Jun 18, 2008 | 1A | "Ishtar" or "Heaven's Gate," famously | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
Mon Apr 16, 2007 | 50A | Complete flop | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Mon Feb 12, 2007 | 47A | Total flop | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Wed Nov 29, 2006 | 49A | 0-star movie | Barbara Olson | Shortz |
Wed May 10, 2006 | 26A | Fail miserably (2) | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Wed Aug 24, 2005 | 10A | Less than a one-star movie | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Fri Aug 12, 2005 | 5D | Turkey | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun May 22, 2005 | 36D | Hit's opposite | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Wed Apr 6, 2005 | 28D | Screen flop | Michael Doran | Shortz |
Tue Jul 15, 2003 | 1D | Long, high pass | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Wed Jun 5, 2002 | 2D | Long pass (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Mar 21, 2001 | 33D | Long pass (2) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue Oct 10, 2000 | 1D | Big flop | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Thu May 13, 1999 | 32D | Fiasco | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Feb 17, 1999 | 58A | Clunker | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sat Apr 11, 1998 | 1D | Lay an egg (2) | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Mon Oct 24, 1994 | 9A | Drop explosives on | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
61 results for BOMB from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Mar 30, 1993 | 65A | Flop on Broadway | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Tue Jul 23, 1991 | 44A | Absolute failure | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sun Sep 10, 1989 | 94A | Fail on Broadway | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Fri May 19, 1989 | 14A | Broadway loser | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Fri Apr 1, 1988 | 8D | Elway feat | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Wed Sep 23, 1987 | 1D | Flop | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Thu Jul 30, 1987 | 1A | Long N.F.L. pass | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Wed Jan 14, 1987 | 1D | Broadway loser | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Fri Sep 5, 1986 | 44D | Lethal missile | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Sat Aug 16, 1986 | 38A | Long pass | Edward Bobb | Maleska |
Fri Jan 24, 1986 | 5A | Lay an egg | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Wed Jul 24, 1985 | 10A | Angel's bad news | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Wed Mar 20, 1985 | 10A | Complete failure | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Thu Mar 10, 1983 | 1A | Bradshaw-Stallworth coup | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Sun Mar 6, 1983 | 36D | Complete failure | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Sat Jan 15, 1983 | 10A | Flop | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Wed Sep 15, 1982 | 55D | Montana-to-Solomon pass | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Wed Jun 23, 1982 | 25D | Word with A or H | Ronald Rabinowitz | Maleska |
Tue Jun 15, 1982 | 9A | Flop on Broadway | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Fri Mar 26, 1982 | 1A | Rialto turkey | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Tue Mar 2, 1982 | 10A | Bradford-to-Swann pass | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Mon May 11, 1981 | 1A | Explosive device | Maloney | Maleska |
Thu Oct 16, 1980 | 42D | Bradshaw-to-Swann thriller | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Thu Nov 22, 1979 | 39A | Aerosol can | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Wed Feb 28, 1979 | 2D | H, A or cherry | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Sat Jan 29, 1977 | 12D | Kind of shell or scare | Betty Duffy | Weng |
Fri Nov 26, 1976 | 35D | Flop on Broadway | Stanley A. Kurzban | Weng |
Fri Dec 12, 1975 | 10A | A or H weapon | Dennis Listort | Weng |
Sun Sep 7, 1975 | 87D | Relative of a turkey | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Wed Jul 16, 1975 | 39A | A- or H- | Dennis Listort | Weng |
Thu Mar 6, 1975 | 40D | Explosive | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Sun Aug 11, 1974 | 1D | Rialto turkey | Stafford P. Osborn | Weng |
Sat Jul 6, 1974 | 1D | Flop on Broadway | Evelyn Benshoof | Weng |
Sat Feb 23, 1974 | 24A | Broadway flop | Ronald C. Hirschfeld | Weng |
Mon Feb 11, 1974 | 30D | Terrorist's weapon | Hallie & Gerald Parsons | Weng |
Tue Nov 13, 1973 | 1D | Cherry or stink | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 7, 1973 | 1A | Flop, on Broadway | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Mar 4, 1973 | 42A | B'way turkey | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Mon Oct 30, 1972 | 53D | Flop on Broadway | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Apr 24, 1972 | 10A | Military missile | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Nov 24, 1971 | 10A | Flop, as a play | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 19, 1971 | 1A | Fall flat, as a show | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Oct 29, 1970 | 5A | Broadway flop | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jan 19, 1970 | 58A | Flop on Broadway | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jun 8, 1967 | 25A | Projectile. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 5, 1965 | 6A | Ban the ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 6, 1962 | 9A | Plastic ___. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sun Jan 29, 1961 | 70D | Grenade. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Mon Nov 28, 1960 | 50D | Type of weapon. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 1, 1959 | 1D | Military projectile. | Robert Hegler | Farrar |
Mon Apr 7, 1958 | 40D | Blockbuster. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 8, 1958 | 1D | Explosive container. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jul 30, 1957 | 1D | "Clean" item. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Sep 24, 1956 | 1D | Relative of a shell. | Irving L. Rosenheim | Farrar |
Mon Aug 18, 1952 | 24D | Symbol of war. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 4, 1951 | 5A | Weapon named for its sound. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 13, 1951 | 70A | Revolutionary's stock in trade. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sat Dec 2, 1950 | 46A | Blockbuster. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Mon Nov 6, 1950 | 1D | Explosive subject. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 13, 1946 | 73A | Missile. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sun Aug 15, 1943 | 57A | Allied blockbuster. | C. W. Hudson | Farrar |