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100 total results for DABS( score: 50 )
38 results for DABS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Nov 29, 2022 | 54D | Small amounts (2) | David Rockow | Shortz |
Thu Oct 13, 2022 | 3D | Glue amounts, often | Lewis Rothlein | Shortz |
Sun Apr 24, 2022 | 11A | Ointment amounts | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Wed May 20, 2020 | 1D | Applies with a cotton ball | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | Shortz |
Fri Feb 14, 2020 | 27D | Uses a tissue, maybe | Daniel Larsen | Shortz |
Tue Jul 31, 2018 | 5D | Little amounts of cream | David Woolf | Shortz |
Tue Apr 24, 2018 | 1D | Brylcreem amounts | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon Mar 6, 2017 | 48D | Painters' touches | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
Sun Jul 10, 2016 | 41D | Delicately applies | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Feb 28, 2016 | 1D | Applies gingerly (2) | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Wed Mar 18, 2015 | 53D | Applies gingerly (2) | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Mon Feb 23, 2015 | 56D | Pats gently | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Sun Jun 23, 2013 | 88D | Small dollops | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Mar 13, 2013 | 26D | Light touches | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Aug 21, 2012 | 1D | Applies with a Q-Tip, say | Josh Knapp | Shortz |
Wed Jan 11, 2012 | 10A | Smidgens (4) | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Wed Apr 8, 2009 | 6A | Paints gently | Joey Weissbrot | Shortz |
Sun Oct 19, 2008 | 74A | Little bits | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Aug 26, 2008 | 1A | Smidgens (4) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Fri Dec 3, 2004 | 57D | Artistic touch-ups | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Mon Mar 8, 2004 | 57D | Applies lightly (2) | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Sun Feb 8, 2004 | 40D | Soft touches | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Tue Dec 3, 2002 | 59D | Touches | Tyler Hinman | Shortz |
Mon Nov 18, 2002 | 33D | Smidgens, as of cream | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski | Shortz |
Sun Oct 6, 2002 | 49A | Small amounts (2) | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Mon Dec 10, 2001 | 1D | Small amounts, as of cream (2) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Thu Jan 27, 2000 | 1A | Applies lightly (2) | David Ainslie Macleod | Shortz |
Tue Apr 20, 1999 | 26A | Small amounts, as of cream (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Jan 17, 1999 | 38D | Cotton ball applications | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue Dec 30, 1997 | 1A | Teeny amounts | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Tue Jul 1, 1997 | 64A | Touches lightly, as with a hanky | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Fri Mar 21, 1997 | 53D | Pats | Shannon Burns | Shortz |
Thu Jul 4, 1996 | 54D | Taps or pats | Joy L. Wouk | Shortz |
Mon Aug 21, 1995 | 53D | Uses a powder puff | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sun Jul 2, 1995 | 1D | Smidgens (4) | Alex K. Justin | Shortz |
Sun Jul 17, 1994 | 24D | Applies with cotton balls | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Jun 22, 1994 | 8D | Small flatfishes | Arthur S. Verdesca | Shortz |
Wed Nov 24, 1993 | 23A | Smidgens (4) | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
62 results for DABS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Jul 24, 1992 | 1A | Small flounders | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Thu Jun 11, 1992 | 1D | Flatfish | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sat Aug 24, 1991 | 49A | Small amounts | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Wed Jul 18, 1990 | 5A | Little bits | Betty Hinman | Maleska |
Sat Aug 19, 1989 | 32A | Smidgens | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Fri Mar 3, 1989 | 35D | Flounders | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Tue Mar 15, 1988 | 29D | Pecks at | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Aug 14, 1987 | 17A | Flounders | Jim Page | Maleska |
Fri Jun 19, 1987 | 24D | Small amounts | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Thu May 7, 1987 | 42D | Pats | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Sun Mar 1, 1987 | 59D | Small flounder | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
Sat Sep 13, 1986 | 1A | Light brushstrokes | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Mon Aug 26, 1985 | 27D | Pats; smidgens | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Sat Oct 20, 1984 | 52D | Flounders | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Wed Sep 28, 1983 | 31D | Pats gently | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Fri Jun 24, 1983 | 6A | Emulates Monet | Kevin Wray | Maleska |
Tue Dec 21, 1982 | 26D | Touches lightly | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sun Oct 11, 1981 | 1A | Small flounders | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Jul 26, 1981 | 1D | Paints quickly | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Mon Oct 6, 1980 | 65A | Taps gently | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Mon Oct 20, 1975 | 10A | Small bits | D. Jacobs | Weng |
Thu Oct 24, 1974 | 64A | Smidgens | Beverly J. Seward | Weng |
Thu Feb 14, 1974 | 46A | Small bits | Marie West | Weng |
Thu Oct 4, 1973 | 5A | Small portions | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 23, 1973 | 3D | Little bits | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Sat Jun 9, 1973 | 1A | Light strokes | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Aug 21, 1972 | 1D | Relatives of sole | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 22, 1972 | 32D | Small lumps | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 31, 1969 | 41D | Pats. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Feb 19, 1969 | 31D | Flatfish. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Sep 27, 1968 | 22A | Pats. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 6, 1968 | 52D | Flatfish. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 2, 1968 | 10A | Flatfish. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 28, 1966 | 52D | Experts: Brit. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Mar 24, 1966 | 25A | Pats. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 17, 1965 | 6A | Little pats. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 11, 1965 | 56D | Flounders. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 18, 1964 | 10D | Flounders. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 1, 1963 | 1D | Pecks. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 24, 1963 | 10A | Pecks. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Nov 1, 1962 | 63A | Touches. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 11, 1960 | 76A | Flatfish. | Tom Mixon | Farrar |
Sat Jun 4, 1960 | 25D | Light strokes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 17, 1960 | 50D | Flounders. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 22, 1960 | 39A | Small flounders. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 20, 1959 | 1A | Touches gently. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Sep 17, 1959 | 8D | Small flounders. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 11, 1958 | 90A | Small amounts. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sat Apr 14, 1956 | 5A | Flatfish. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Mar 23, 1956 | 1A | Flat fish. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Tue Sep 6, 1955 | 18D | Flatfish. | John M. Holmes, Jr. | Farrar |
Fri May 20, 1955 | 1D | Small flounders. | Victor Goldfarb | Farrar |
Fri Oct 8, 1954 | 46D | Strikes gently. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Wed Sep 8, 1954 | 1D | Small flatfish. | George Henderson | Farrar |
Tue Sep 22, 1953 | 53D | Small flounders. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Fri Jul 24, 1953 | 23D | Small flounders. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Apr 20, 1953 | 62A | Pats of butter. | Maxwell D. Gunther | Farrar |
Sat Feb 16, 1952 | 1D | Flatfish. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Sep 19, 1951 | 28A | Puts on, as rouge. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 31, 1949 | 57A | Fishes. | Max Geist | Farrar |
Sun Aug 6, 1944 | 95A | Flatfish. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Oct 11, 1942 | 130D | Flatfishes. | Alvin Ashby | Farrar |