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105 total results for DONS( score: 50 )
48 results for DONS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Feb 16, 2024 | 54D | Slips into (2) | Colin Adams | Shortz |
Tue Dec 26, 2023 | 35D | Puts on (12) | Neil Shook | Shortz |
Fri Nov 17, 2023 | 19A | Underworld V.I.P.s (2) | Hemant Mehta | Shortz |
Tue Sep 5, 2023 | 23A | Figures advised by consiglieres | Alan Siegel | Shortz |
Tue May 31, 2022 | 34A | Puts on (12) | Sam Buchbinder and Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Tue Nov 30, 2021 | 68A | Mafia V.I.P.s | Billy Ouska | Shortz |
Sun Jul 11, 2021 | 43D | Opposite of "takes off" | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
Wed Apr 22, 2020 | 37A | Tattaglia and Barzini, in "The Godfather" | Jules Markey | Shortz |
Sun Feb 9, 2020 | 58D | Puts on (12) | Brian Kulman | Shortz |
Sun Feb 2, 2020 | 80D | Mob bosses | Brian Herrick and Christopher Adams | Shortz |
Fri Nov 15, 2019 | 25D | Family heads | Debbie Ellerin | Shortz |
Tue Mar 13, 2018 | 32A | Spanish gentlemen | Carl Worth | Shortz |
Thu Nov 10, 2016 | 55D | Barzini and others, in "The Godfather" | Jonathan M. Kaye and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed May 20, 2015 | 45D | Mob summit figures | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Sun Mar 8, 2015 | 33D | Puts on (12) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun Jun 8, 2014 | 69A | Oxford teachers | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Dec 6, 2012 | 31D | Gets into (5) | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu Nov 8, 2012 | 42A | "The Godfather" figures | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
Sun Jun 17, 2012 | 120A | Oxford profs | Kyle T. Dolan | Shortz |
Tue Aug 16, 2011 | 65A | Puts on (12) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Jan 24, 2011 | 29D | Mafia bigwigs | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Feb 16, 2010 | 67A | Underworld V.I.P.'s (2) | Paul Hunsberger | Shortz |
Mon Sep 14, 2009 | 37A | Puts on (12) | Bernice Gordon | Shortz |
Wed May 7, 2008 | 69A | Puts on (12) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Fri Nov 16, 2007 | 26D | Underbosses' bosses | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Mon Oct 8, 2007 | 6D | Puts on (12) | Steve Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Apr 22, 2007 | 151A | English university V.I.P.s | Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Fri Apr 20, 2007 | 33D | Gets into (5) | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Sun Apr 30, 2006 | 112D | Gets into (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Oct 16, 2005 | 102D | J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, at Oxford | Con Pederson | Shortz |
Mon Aug 15, 2005 | 7D | Mafia chiefs | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Wed Jun 30, 2004 | 63A | Puts on (12) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Jun 13, 2003 | 42A | Syndicate leaders | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Sun Sep 29, 2002 | 28A | Mario Puzo wrote about them | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Fri Jun 21, 2002 | 6D | Gets into (5) | Bob Peoples | Shortz |
Wed Jun 13, 2001 | 17A | Puts on (12) | Nick Grivas | Shortz |
Sun May 6, 2001 | 36A | Oxford figures | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat Jan 27, 2001 | 20D | Gets into (5) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Tue Jan 23, 2001 | 6A | Mafia bosses | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue Jun 27, 2000 | 4D | Slips into (2) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Sep 17, 1998 | 71A | Puts on (12) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Tue Jan 27, 1998 | 31D | Puts on (12) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Dec 10, 1997 | 56D | British school officials | Jonathan Schmalzbach | Shortz |
Thu Apr 24, 1997 | 6D | Family figures? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sat Feb 10, 1996 | 45A | Cambridge academics | John R. Conrad | Shortz |
Thu Aug 31, 1995 | 28A | Underworld figures | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Aug 7, 1994 | 18D | Capos | Dean Niles | Shortz |
Fri Jun 3, 1994 | 51D | Grandees | Norman S. Wizer | Shortz |
57 results for DONS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon May 10, 1993 | 47A | Puts on | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
Tue Feb 23, 1993 | 36A | Oxford dignitaries | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Wed Apr 4, 1990 | 30D | Ho and Johnson | Jean M. Hunt | Maleska |
Thu Jan 25, 1990 | 51D | Puts on | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Sep 2, 1988 | 18A | Balliol fellows | Gloria Evans | Maleska |
Sun Sep 21, 1986 | 18D | Juan and Quixote | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Tue Dec 31, 1985 | 22D | Oxford fellows | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Fri Sep 27, 1985 | 38D | Puts on | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Wed Sep 18, 1985 | 23A | Corleone and Carlo | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Fri Nov 23, 1984 | 66A | Ho and Juan | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
Thu Sep 13, 1984 | 62A | Cambridge group | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed Jan 5, 1983 | 35D | Opposite of doffs | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sun Oct 3, 1982 | 37A | Puts on apparel | Charles Baron | Maleska |
Tue Jun 15, 1982 | 70A | Meredith and Knotts | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Mon Feb 9, 1981 | 38A | Quixote, Juan and Carlos | Charles J. Matonti | Maleska |
Tue Jun 26, 1979 | 37A | Spanish notables | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sat Apr 28, 1979 | 11D | Oxford group | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon Mar 19, 1979 | 26D | Spanish notables | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Mon Dec 4, 1978 | 40D | Spanish lords | John R. Prosser | Maleska |
Wed Jul 5, 1978 | 47A | Spanish bigwigs | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Mon Jul 19, 1976 | 7D | English tutors | James A. Brussel | Weng |
Sun Feb 1, 1976 | 16D | Oxford tutors | John Vezendy | Weng |
Wed Dec 25, 1974 | 24D | Puts on | Marie West | Weng |
Mon Jun 3, 1974 | 23A | Puts on | G. Gordon Cook | Weng |
Wed Nov 21, 1973 | 20D | Puts on | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jan 15, 1972 | 59D | Puts on | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Dec 30, 1971 | 65A | Assumes | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Oct 26, 1971 | 44A | Oxford tutors | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jul 24, 1971 | 11A | Quixote et al. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 17, 1971 | 93D | Juan and Quixote | H. L. Risteen | Weng |
Tue Jun 16, 1970 | 32A | Oxford tutors | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 7, 1967 | 92A | Slips on. | Bert Beaman | Farrar |
Sat May 6, 1967 | 7D | Oxford fellows. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Fri Feb 4, 1966 | 67A | Puts on. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 4, 1965 | 71D | Jose et al. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Oct 15, 1963 | 54D | Dresses in. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Wed May 23, 1962 | 1A | Spanish nobles. | Lois Hillis | Farrar |
Sun Dec 3, 1961 | 81D | Spanish lords. | A. H. Drummond Jr. | Farrar |
Sat Nov 11, 1961 | 22D | Juan and Quixote. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 26, 1961 | 43D | Distinguished men. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Mar 20, 1959 | 25A | Spanish nobles. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 14, 1958 | 11D | Titled Iberians. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Mon Jun 30, 1958 | 30D | Grandees. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Aug 4, 1957 | 106A | Oxford fellows. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Apr 10, 1957 | 7D | Puts on. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Thu Feb 21, 1957 | 36A | Tutors at Oxford. | Helen Smathers | Farrar |
Sun Jun 24, 1956 | 105A | Varsity basketball champions, 1956. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Thu Nov 3, 1955 | 53A | Spanish nobles. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 25, 1955 | 67A | Tutors at Oxford or Cambridge. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Dec 22, 1954 | 64A | Spanish nobles. | Helen Smathers | Farrar |
Fri Dec 10, 1954 | 58A | Tutors at Oxford. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Mon Aug 10, 1953 | 61A | Fellows of Oxford and Cambridge. | Martha Brownlee | Farrar |
Mon Apr 28, 1952 | 34A | Spanish grandees. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 16, 1951 | 55D | Puts on. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jul 9, 1944 | 43D | Puts on. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |
Sun Aug 8, 1943 | 91D | Spanish gentlemen. | P. Joseph Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun May 16, 1943 | 103D | Puts on. | Charles Erlenkotter | Farrar |