GROAN

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

58 total results for GROAN( score: 50 )

27 results for GROAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 9, 2021	55D	[What a joke!]	Alexander Liebeskind	Shortz
Sun Apr 4, 2021	85D	Pained sound	Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Sun Aug 23, 2020	93D	[Not again!]	Barbara Lin	Shortz
Wed Feb 19, 2020	43A	Response to a computer crash	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Sun Jan 27, 2019	102D	Preceder of "Do I have to?"	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Mon Sep 3, 2018	29D	A pun can induce one	Trent H. Evans	Shortz
Tue Jul 3, 2018	37A	[Ugh, not this again!]	Christopher Adams	Shortz
Fri Mar 9, 2018	52A	Express stress, in a way	Neville Fogarty and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Thu Apr 14, 2016	32A	Sound from a haunted house	Jason Flinn	Shortz
Mon Jul 11, 2011	51A	Response to a bad pun (2)	Ellen Leuschner	Shortz
Tue Feb 9, 2010	29D	What a lame joke might elicit	Robert Cirillo	Shortz
Tue Jul 3, 2007	29D	Wordless "Ouch!"	Norma Johnson	Shortz
Fri Sep 29, 2006	38D	[Not more homework!]	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Mon Feb 23, 2004	6D	Bad pun response	Anne Garellick	Shortz
Mon Sep 29, 2003	62A	It often follows a pun	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Mon Oct 22, 2001	58A	[Man, this is heavy!]	Denise Neuendorf	Shortz
Tue Mar 13, 2001	38A	Response to a bad pun (2)	Michael S. Maurer	Shortz
Tue Oct 17, 2000	34A	[Oh, that's awful!]	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Fri May 19, 2000	49D	Reaction to bad news	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Sun Feb 13, 2000	52A	Slave's response (2)	Bill Zais	Shortz
Fri Sep 4, 1998	49A	Slave's response (2)	Hugh Davis	Shortz
Thu Oct 16, 1997	36A	[Oh no!]	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Jul 25, 1997	45A	Complain	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Sun Nov 3, 1996	28A	[Not that one again!]	M. Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon May 8, 1995	52D	Response to a pun	Deborah Trombley	Shortz
Sun Feb 19, 1995	54D	Grumble	Alfio Micci	Shortz
Fri Dec 23, 1994	45D	More than a murmur	Frank A. Longo	Shortz

1 result for GROAN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jul 1, 2007	Panda	19A	It might follow a pun on "organ"	Mel Taub	Shortz

30 results for GROAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 4, 1990	26D	Response to a bad pun	Fred Toole	Maleska
Thu Feb 22, 1990	9D	Frequent reaction to a pun	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Thu May 4, 1989	31A	Frequent reaction to a pun	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Fri Nov 13, 1987	55A	What full tables do	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sun Dec 15, 1985	48D	Punster's evocation	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Tue Nov 26, 1985	64A	Pro-wrestling sound	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Tue Dec 11, 1984	33A	Respond to a corny joke	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Mon Aug 29, 1983	58A	Sound of grief	Young	Maleska
Tue Dec 14, 1982	33A	Sound of distress	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Fri Nov 19, 1982	49D	Painful sound	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun May 15, 1977	102A	Reaction to a bad pun	Maria G. Rice	Maleska
Mon Nov 15, 1976	6D	Painful sound	Margaret Leggett	Weng
Sun Jul 6, 1975	74A	Painful sound	Diana Sessions	Weng
Thu Jun 5, 1975	38A	Sound of dismay	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Sun May 11, 1975	49A	Sound of despair	Tap Osborn	Weng
Fri Aug 11, 1972	23D	Sound of anguish	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 25, 1971	57A	Sound of despair	Mary Ann Code	Weng
Sun Mar 28, 1971	68D	Despairing sound	H. Hastings Reddall	Weng
Thu Jun 11, 1970	63A	Sound of disappointment	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 2, 1969	61D	Deep sound	William A. Lewis Jr.	Weng
Mon Aug 12, 1968	28D	Moan.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 23, 1966	76A	Plaintive sound.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Wed May 10, 1961	27A	Be loaded down.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 7, 1958	37A	Sad sound.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Fri Aug 29, 1958	35A	Sound of distress.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Mar 31, 1957	44D	Agonized sound.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Mon May 14, 1956	32D	Emulate Bing Crosby.	Victor Goldfarb	Farrar
Wed Feb 7, 1951	29D	The language of the "rasslers."	Isaac Kert	Farrar
Sun Jan 30, 1949	73A	Painful cry.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 17, 1942	39A	Mournful sound.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

Anagrams:

ANGOR, ARGON, ORGAN, ROGAN, AGRON, NAGOR, RAGON, GORAN, GRANO, ORANG, RANGO

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