CHAIR

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

66 total results for CHAIR( score: 50 )

21 results for CHAIR from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 1, 2024	42A	Leader of a meeting … or that leader's seat	Harry Zheng	Shortz
Wed Feb 7, 2018	61A	Board runner	Stu Ockman	Shortz
Thu May 11, 2017	53A	Meeting bigwig	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Thu Aug 20, 2015	8D	Easy ___	Jules P. Markey	Shortz
Wed Aug 19, 2015	2D	Direct, as a meeting	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Thu Aug 6, 2015	4A	It has legs and feet and sometimes arms, but no hands	Gary Cee	Shortz
Tue Dec 16, 2014	48D	Committee head (2)	Joel D. Lafargue	Shortz
Mon Dec 9, 2013	64A	Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across	Nina Rulon-Miller	Shortz
Tue Dec 11, 2012	27A	Professorship	Gene Newman	Shortz
Tue Nov 29, 2011	4D	Leader of a meeting	Aimee Lucido	Shortz
Mon Dec 21, 2009	23D	Committee leader	Sarah Keller	Shortz
Tue Apr 17, 2007	54A	Drastic sentence, with "the"	Jennifer Nutt	Shortz
Sun May 1, 2005	2D	A sitter employs one	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Mon Oct 4, 2004	34D	Committee head (2)	Seth A. Abel	Shortz
Wed Oct 30, 2002	40A	Professorship, e.g.	Kumar Balani	Shortz
Mon Jun 17, 2002	6D	Head of a meeting	Janice M. Putney	Shortz
Wed Aug 22, 2001	41D	Position of authority	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon May 8, 2000	31D	Preside over	Ed Early	Shortz
Sun May 7, 2000	39A	Council honcho	Patrick D. Berry	Shortz
Sun Jun 28, 1998	1A	Conduct, in a way	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Mon Jul 8, 1996	31A	Run, as a meeting	Sidney L. Robbins	Shortz

2 results for CHAIR from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 30, 2022	Cryptic	27A	Department head beginning to compose rock musical (5)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
May 25, 2014	Cryptic	10A	Preside over church broadcast (5)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

43 results for CHAIR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 26, 1993	43A	Saarinen's tulip, e.g.	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Mon Jan 11, 1993	50D	Rocking ___	Jim Page	Maleska
Sat Sep 5, 1992	10D	Bergère, e.g.	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Mon Aug 26, 1991	5D	Bergère	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Sun Apr 21, 1991	54D	Bergère, e.g.	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Fri Feb 22, 1991	55A	Run a meeting	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Wed Nov 28, 1990	10D	Preside over a meeting	William E. Heinemann	Maleska
Sun Nov 4, 1990	33D	Going-to-Jerusalem prop	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue Jun 2, 1987	27D	Professorship	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Mon Aug 25, 1986	25D	Take the gavel	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Tue Jun 30, 1981	7D	Preside over a meeting	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Thu May 21, 1981	37D	Follower of easy or high	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Thu Feb 12, 1981	5A	Item in a West Potomac Park memorial	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Thu Nov 13, 1980	27D	Professorship	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Wed Jul 16, 1980	46D	Professorship	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Thu Feb 16, 1978	46A	Take the ___ (preside)	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Jan 23, 1978	59A	Preside over a meeting	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Fri Jan 21, 1977	63A	Morris or electric	F. Coates	Weng
Sun Oct 10, 1976	52D	Preside over	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Mon Oct 6, 1975	50D	Preside at a meeting	Manny Miller	Weng
Sun Jul 27, 1975	20A	Morris or high	Fletcher Ingalls	Weng
Wed Apr 2, 1975	34A	Presiding officer	James A. Brussel	Weng
Tue Jul 30, 1974	41D	Install in office	George Laczko	Weng
Wed Sep 5, 1973	24D	Sedan or morris	Unknown	Weng
Thu Apr 12, 1973	45D	"The ___ recognizes ... "	Unknown	Weng
Tue Sep 12, 1972	62A	Preside at a meeting	Unknown	Weng
Mon Aug 28, 1967	31A	Presiding officer.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 12, 1964	52D	Kind of man, with gravel.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 16, 1964	20A	Office.	George Laczko	Farrar
Wed Aug 15, 1962	68A	Rocker.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jun 21, 1962	48D	Professorship.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 11, 1960	50D	Professorship.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 1, 1959	32A	Authoritative position.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 2, 1958	26A	Sedan.	Jan and Mike Dubin	Farrar
Wed Jun 11, 1958	46D	Presiding officer.	Jan and Mike Dubin	Farrar
Fri Mar 14, 1958	41A	Presiding officer.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 26, 1957	39D	Presiding officer's post.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 30, 1957	22D	Professorship.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Dec 16, 1956	1D	Professorship.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Wed Oct 24, 1956	36A	Gavel-wielder.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Sun Feb 26, 1956	1A	Gavel wielder.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Wed May 7, 1952	48D	Morris or Windsor.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Feb 1, 1952	47D	Presiding officer of a meeting.	Unknown	Farrar

Anagrams:

CHARI, CHRIA, RAICH, ARICH, ARCHI

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