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39 total results for CYNIC( score: 50 )
22 results for CYNIC from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue May 23, 2023 | 30D | Jaded person | Lee Taylor | Shortz |
Sun Feb 26, 2023 | 114A | One who questions people's motives | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Mon Jan 9, 2023 | 9D | Jaded doubter | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian | Shortz |
Sun Mar 28, 2021 | 98A | Jaded sort (2) | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Sat Jun 23, 2018 | 25D | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be," per Ambrose Bierce | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Tue Mar 28, 2017 | 68A | "A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin," per H. L. Mencken | Ryan Milligan | Shortz |
Tue Oct 6, 2015 | 20D | "Yeah, right" speaker | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Tue Nov 1, 2011 | 22D | Critic of the selfless | Kristian House | Shortz |
Mon Jun 20, 2011 | 38A | One with a negative outlook on life | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun Nov 28, 2010 | 105D | Sarcastic sort | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Sun Mar 7, 2010 | 106A | Jaded sort (2) | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Wed Jun 25, 2008 | 10D | Ambrose Bierce, notably (2) | Rob Cook | Shortz |
Sun Apr 20, 2008 | 130D | Jaded figure | John Farmer | Shortz |
Sun Jan 28, 2007 | 62D | Diogenes, for one | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke | Shortz |
Mon Mar 27, 2006 | 21D | Sour sort (2) | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
Mon Apr 11, 2005 | 50D | Sour sort (2) | Norma Steinberg | Shortz |
Tue Sep 7, 2004 | 51A | Doubting Thomas | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sat Sep 28, 2002 | 40D | Diogenes, notably | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Tue Oct 5, 1999 | 19A | Negative sort of person | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Mon Dec 1, 1997 | 40A | Motive questioner | Mark Danna | Shortz |
Thu Mar 21, 1996 | 26A | Ambrose Bierce, notably (2) | H. Estes | Shortz |
Wed Apr 26, 1995 | 31A | Hard one to convince | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
17 results for CYNIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Feb 14, 1978 | 5D | Misanthrope | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sat Aug 27, 1977 | 28A | Prophet of doom | Ann Jenkins | Maleska |
Mon Sep 4, 1972 | 55A | Disbeliever | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Oct 30, 1969 | 29D | Scoffer. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Dec 12, 1967 | 30A | Pessimist. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Sep 14, 1967 | 18A | Defeatist's cousin. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Mon Apr 3, 1967 | 40D | Misanthrope. | Christine R. Valence | Farrar |
Tue Mar 1, 1966 | 18D | Scoffer. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 9, 1965 | 29A | One who expects the worst. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 31, 1965 | 57A | Disbeliever. | Barbara L. Golub | Farrar |
Mon May 27, 1963 | 29D | Scoffer. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 22, 1963 | 2D | Believer in the worst. | Charles E. Gersch | Farrar |
Thu Sep 4, 1958 | 43A | Pessimist's pal. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Wed Jul 16, 1958 | 34D | Cousin of a misanthrope. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Fri Jun 29, 1956 | 33A | Misanthrope. | Anthony Morse | Farrar |
Thu Oct 28, 1954 | 41A | Misanthropic person. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Sun Mar 19, 1950 | 99D | Word for Diogenes. | Elizabeth Jackson | Farrar |