DELVE

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

57 total results for DELVE( score: 50 )

22 results for DELVE from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 1, 2023	29D	Go (into) (2)	Wyna Liu and Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Thu Feb 17, 2022	66A	Dig (into) (4)	Aaron M. Rosenberg	Shortz
Sat Sep 4, 2021	46D	Burrow (into)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Tue Jul 27, 2021	5D	Dig (into) (4)	Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson	Shortz
Thu Oct 1, 2020	16A	Go deep	Adam Fromm	Shortz
Mon May 18, 2020	59A	Go deeply (into)	Christina Iverson	Shortz
Sat Sep 28, 2019	42D	Look (into) (3)	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Wed Oct 25, 2017	11D	Dig deeply (2)	Jules P. Markey	Shortz
Mon Sep 20, 2010	23D	Look (into) (3)	Bernice Gordon	Shortz
Sun Jul 29, 2007	70D	Go (into) (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Thu Apr 13, 2006	68A	Dig (2)	Barry Silk	Shortz
Tue Oct 18, 2005	25D	Probe, with "into"	Jay Leatherman	Shortz
Fri Oct 8, 2004	33D	Dig (2)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Tue Apr 6, 2004	46D	Dig (into) (4)	Tony Orbach	Shortz
Thu Jan 17, 2002	5A	Look closely (2)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Wed Nov 28, 2001	34D	Dig deeply (2)	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Sat Nov 3, 2001	24A	Look closely (2)	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Wed Mar 14, 2001	68A	Dig (into) (4)	Greg Staples	Shortz
Thu Feb 11, 1999	51D	Search (into) (2)	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Thu Dec 3, 1998	7D	Probe (into)	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Mon Feb 16, 1998	7D	Search (into) (2)	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Fri Aug 16, 1996	46A	Look (into) (3)	M. Gaffney	Shortz

2 results for DELVE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 8, 2021	Cryptic	10D	Handel, Verdi accommodating research (5)	Stella Zawistowski	Shortz
Oct 13, 2002	Cryptic	11A	Investigate victory secured by strike-out (5)	Trip Payne	Shortz

33 results for DELVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 5, 1991	55D	Probe	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Wed Oct 9, 1991	44D	Do intensive research	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Mar 17, 1991	106A	Probe deeply	Charles E. Gersch	Maleska
Wed Dec 26, 1990	30D	Plunge into	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Tue Aug 15, 1989	28D	Search deeply	Harold B. Counts	Maleska
Mon May 22, 1989	25A	Dig (into)	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Thu Jul 30, 1987	36D	Ferret	Gayle Dean	Maleska
Tue May 5, 1987	32D	Search (into)	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Fri Mar 6, 1987	29D	Dig for data	Christopher Page	Maleska
Mon Nov 3, 1986	50A	Search for data	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Mon Apr 22, 1985	46D	Search carefully	H. Hastings Reddall	Maleska
Sat Jan 5, 1985	13D	Dig into files	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Wed Sep 26, 1984	65A	Dig	Colebury	Maleska
Fri Oct 14, 1983	41A	Investigate intensely	William E. Heinemann	Maleska
Sun Mar 23, 1980	60A	Dig for data	Hal R. Hollinger	Maleska
Tue Aug 21, 1979	49D	Look into deeply	N. M. Meyer	Maleska
Sun Apr 8, 1979	105D	Probe	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sun Nov 7, 1976	39D	Search into	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Tue Jul 27, 1976	62A	Research intensely	R. Kaplan	Weng
Tue Oct 1, 1974	32A	Do research work	Lois Hillis	Weng
Wed Jun 13, 1973	48D	Seek to learn	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 15, 1972	75D	Do research	David A. Murray	Weng
Mon Apr 3, 1972	4D	Do research work	Unknown	Weng
Fri Mar 24, 1972	23A	Seek laboriously	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 24, 1968	47D	Dig.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 17, 1964	3D	Dig.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Mar 27, 1963	41A	Search for facts.	Jan and Mike Dubin	Farrar
Sun Oct 28, 1962	68D	Dig.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sat Sep 24, 1960	50D	Dig deep.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 3, 1960	127A	Dig.	Tom Mixon	Farrar
Thu Apr 9, 1959	8D	Search for facts.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jun 27, 1948	51A	"Dig" (into books, etc.) for information.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Oct 4, 1942	91D	Fathom.	Sam Levine	Farrar

Anagrams:

LEVED, VELED, VELDE, DEVEL

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