This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Find clues for any answer, or answers that match a pattern
Search options:
101 total results for ELFIN( score: 50 )
38 results for ELFIN from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Jan 23, 2024 | 51D | Small and pixieish | Patrick Maher | Shortz |
Mon Jan 16, 2023 | 39A | Like Santa's little helpers | Michael Paleos | Shortz |
Sun Sep 25, 2022 | 58A | Like Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" | Meghan Morris | Shortz |
Thu Dec 2, 2021 | 15A | Puckish (5) | Rebecca Goldstein | Shortz |
Mon Nov 29, 2021 | 37D | Spritelike (4) | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano | Shortz |
Thu Dec 17, 2020 | 66A | Small and pointy-eared, perhaps | Kathryn Ladner | Shortz |
Sun Sep 27, 2020 | 13D | Puckish (5) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Mon Jan 13, 2020 | 57A | Small, like Santa's helpers | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sun Sep 29, 2019 | 14D | Diminutive | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Wed Oct 31, 2018 | 32D | Pixielike (3) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Jun 24, 2018 | 49D | Pixielike (3) | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Sun Jun 25, 2017 | 3D | Puckish (5) | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Wed Oct 21, 2015 | 57D | Like a pixie | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Jul 19, 2015 | 102D | Like some characters in "The Hobbit" | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Tue Dec 23, 2014 | 25A | Like Santa's helpers (2) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Mon Jul 14, 2014 | 41D | Fairylike (2) | MaryEllen Uthlaut | Shortz |
Tue Jul 9, 2013 | 54D | Like a leprechaun | Kurt Krauss | Shortz |
Wed Mar 6, 2013 | 32D | Like Keebler workers | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Mon Jan 28, 2013 | 51D | Leprechaunlike | Jaime Hutchison and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Sun Dec 30, 2012 | 24A | Wee | Steve Savoy | Shortz |
Mon Sep 3, 2012 | 49D | Pixielike (3) | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Wed Sep 14, 2011 | 44D | Pixieish | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu Jul 24, 2008 | 21A | Pixie-esque | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Mon Nov 12, 2007 | 51D | Spritelike (4) | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sat Oct 27, 2007 | 10A | Like some seasonal helpers | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Oct 26, 2004 | 43D | Like Santa's helpers (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon Dec 29, 2003 | 31D | Spritelike (4) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue Dec 16, 2003 | 28D | Pixie-sized | M. Francis Vuolo | Shortz |
Mon Aug 18, 2003 | 20A | Mischievous (2) | Ed Early | Shortz |
Tue Dec 31, 2002 | 50D | Spritelike (4) | Gene Newman | Shortz |
Fri Aug 11, 2000 | 10D | Short and sweet? | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Fri Mar 24, 2000 | 35D | Fey | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat Aug 22, 1998 | 20A | Tiny | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Apr 3, 1997 | 5A | Mischievous (2) | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Wed Mar 26, 1997 | 53D | Puckish (5) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Tue Aug 27, 1996 | 26A | Fairylike (2) | D. E. Donaldson | Shortz |
Sat Jul 20, 1996 | 33A | Puckish (5) | R. Norris | Shortz |
Sat Oct 8, 1994 | 35A | Pixyish | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
3 results for ELFIN from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mar 31, 2019 | Acrostic | P | Pixielike; petite and puckish | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Dec 24, 2017 | Acrostic | K | Suggestive of brownies | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
May 15, 2005 | Acrostic | F | How people with Williams Syndrome are often described | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
60 results for ELFIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Mar 10, 1992 | 55D | Spritelike | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Mon Dec 9, 1991 | 33D | Fairylike | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Feb 17, 1991 | 16D | Sprite-ly | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
Fri Dec 14, 1990 | 49D | Tiny | Eileen Lexau | Maleska |
Tue May 29, 1990 | 44A | Puckish | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Wed Mar 14, 1990 | 49D | Like Santa's helpers | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sun Jan 14, 1990 | 40D | Puckish | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
Tue Sep 12, 1989 | 35D | Pixieish | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Sun Sep 3, 1989 | 70A | Pixyish | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sun Sep 11, 1988 | 12D | Spritelike | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
Mon Nov 30, 1987 | 30D | Fey | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Sep 9, 1987 | 60A | Fey | William Canine | Maleska |
Mon Jul 27, 1987 | 64A | Fairylike; delicate | Rita Yelle | Maleska |
Wed May 14, 1986 | 64A | Tiny | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Tue Jul 30, 1985 | 5D | Impish | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Fri May 10, 1985 | 5D | Mischievous | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Wed Apr 17, 1985 | 41A | Impish | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Sun Aug 28, 1983 | 1D | Fey | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Thu Mar 3, 1983 | 30D | Mischievous | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sun Aug 23, 1981 | 73D | Puckish | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Thu Aug 20, 1981 | 25D | Puckish | Arthur M. Whelan | Maleska |
Sun Oct 26, 1980 | 67A | Fey | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Sun Sep 21, 1980 | 65D | Pixie | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Tue Jan 1, 1980 | 57A | Puckish | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Thu Aug 2, 1979 | 9D | Like a pixie | Johnson | Maleska |
Fri Jul 20, 1979 | 8A | Mischievous | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Thu Apr 5, 1979 | 5A | Sylphish or puckish | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Thu Jan 18, 1979 | 28A | Pixyish | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Nov 6, 1977 | 108D | Mischievous | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Mon Aug 1, 1977 | 3D | Puckish or dwarfish | Teresa Healy | Maleska |
Sun May 22, 1977 | 143D | Impish | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Tue Nov 9, 1976 | 27D | Mischievous | Fincus | Weng |
Fri Aug 6, 1976 | 56D | Fey | Higgins | Weng |
Mon Jun 28, 1976 | 29D | Puckish | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Mon Jul 21, 1975 | 26D | Mischievous | Deborah York | Weng |
Tue Nov 26, 1974 | 59A | Puckish | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Fri Aug 3, 1973 | 3D | Mischievous | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jul 31, 1972 | 68A | Fey | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 2, 1972 | 94D | Puckish | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Sun Dec 6, 1970 | 25D | Impish | Christine Valence | Weng |
Mon Mar 9, 1970 | 16A | Mischievous | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 31, 1969 | 66A | Strangely charming. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Nov 29, 1968 | 51D | Puckish. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 30, 1968 | 23A | Like a sprite. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 17, 1967 | 9D | Puckish. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Tue Oct 24, 1967 | 21A | Puckish. | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Sat Oct 14, 1967 | 45D | Like 42 Across. | Bert Beaman | Farrar |
Sun Mar 19, 1967 | 78D | Puckish. | Frances Hansen | Farrar |
Thu Mar 16, 1967 | 5D | Spritelike. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Thu Dec 8, 1966 | 44D | Puckish. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 11, 1962 | 120D | Like a pixie. | Will C. Weng | Farrar |
Wed Mar 14, 1962 | 29D | Impish. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Tue Aug 8, 1961 | 45A | Having fairy charm. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 18, 1961 | 44D | Sprightly. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 7, 1958 | 102D | Pixyish. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Thu Dec 26, 1957 | 15A | Mischievous. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 27, 1957 | 62A | Pixyish. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 8, 1957 | 101A | Like Queen Mab. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Mar 14, 1954 | 66A | Spritelike. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Thu Aug 27, 1953 | 21D | Tricksy. | Unknown | Farrar |