| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun Apr 14, 2024 | 83D | Langston Hughes poem about racial inequality | John Rippe and Jeff Chen | Fagliano |
| Sun Oct 15, 2023 | 120A | "Me as well!" (2) | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden | Shortz |
| Wed Apr 12, 2023 | 58D | "___, am America" (Langston Hughes line of poetry) | Olivia Mitra Framke and Brooke Husic | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 11, 2022 | 86A | Langston Hughes classic | Laura Taylor Kinnel | Shortz |
| Thu Jul 7, 2022 | 43A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Philip Wolfe | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 18, 2021 | 76D | Classic Langston Hughes poem (5) | Jesse Goldberg | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 15, 2020 | 3D | "Am ___ late?" (3) | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
| Wed Dec 26, 2018 | 44A | Opening of a classic Langston Hughes poem | Howard Barkin | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 16, 2018 | 52D | Classic Langston Hughes poem (5) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Sun May 6, 2018 | 74A | "Am ___ sensitive?" | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 18, 2018 | 35D | "___, sing America" (start of a Langston Hughes poem) | Daniel Raymon | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 20, 2018 | 14A | Classic Langston Hughes poem (5) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Mon Mar 20, 2017 | 63A | "Me as well" (2) | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 18, 2016 | 31A | Hughes poem that mentions "the darker brother" | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 5, 2016 | 24D | "Was ___ hard on them?" | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 7, 2015 | 25D | "Am ___ early?" | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Wed Jun 24, 2015 | 18D | Classic Langston Hughes poem (5) | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 15, 2015 | 111A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 10, 2015 | 55D | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen,' / Then" | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 28, 2014 | 40D | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes" | Todd Gross | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 18, 2012 | 44A | "Am ___ late?" (3) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Fri Feb 4, 2011 | 58A | Poem referencing "the darker brother" | Ashton Anderson | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 26, 2010 | 78D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Pamela Amick Klawitter | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 1, 2010 | 60D | "Am ___ fat?" | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sat Feb 13, 2010 | 6D | "Was ___ hard ...?" | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 17, 2009 | 37A | "___, sing America": Langston Hughes | Francis Heaney and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 25, 2009 | 41D | Poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen'" | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 23, 2009 | 19A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Phil Ruzbarsky | Shortz |
| Tue Mar 17, 2009 | 62A | "Am ___ late?" (3) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Tue Oct 7, 2008 | 68A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
| Wed Oct 1, 2008 | 17A | Hughes poem with the line "They send me to eat in the kitchen" | Barry Boone | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 14, 2008 | 63A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 23, 2008 | 2D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Henry Quillen | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 3, 2008 | 43D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Pete Muller | Shortz |
| Wed Dec 26, 2007 | 58A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 23, 2007 | 2D | "___, dislike it" (start of Marianne Moore's "Poetry") | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Tue Sep 4, 2007 | 69A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sun May 21, 2006 | 88A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 15, 2006 | 21A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Wed Nov 9, 2005 | 2D | Words of agreement (2) | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 1, 2005 | 39D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 23, 2005 | 82A | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Thu Oct 7, 2004 | 52D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 29, 2004 | 7D | Words of agreement (2) | Verna Suit | Shortz |
| Mon May 17, 2004 | 5D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Ethan Cooper | Shortz |
| Sun Feb 16, 2003 | 10D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 9, 2000 | 3D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 14, 1999 | 13D | Langston Hughes poem (19) | Lloyd E. Pollet | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 10, 1999 | 62D | Classic Langston Hughes poem (5) | Wesley R. Johnson | Shortz |