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57 total results for KNOTS( score: 50 )
22 results for KNOTS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Feb 21, 2023 | 56D | Sailor's speed (2) | Daniel Raymon | Shortz |
Mon Feb 8, 2021 | 55D | They may be hard to untie | Portia Lundie | Shortz |
Fri Nov 20, 2020 | 46D | Gut feelings? | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
Mon Jun 12, 2017 | 67A | Units of nautical speed (2) | Dan Margolis | Shortz |
Tue Nov 11, 2014 | 5D | Units of nautical speed (2) | James Mulhern | Shortz |
Sun Sep 14, 2014 | 78D | Clove hitch and sheepshank | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue Nov 19, 2013 | 71A | Speed units for seafarers | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jul 29, 2013 | 70A | Shoelace problems | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Fri Jan 25, 2013 | 8D | Speed units | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Dec 14, 2008 | 150A | Nautical measure | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Wed Oct 1, 2008 | 26D | Sheepshanks, e.g. | Barry Boone | Shortz |
Tue Jun 12, 2007 | 36A | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across | Jonathan Gersch | Shortz |
Sat Nov 18, 2006 | 46D | Tough posers | Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Wed Jul 12, 2006 | 59A | Pretzels, basically | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Tue Jan 3, 2006 | 52D | Comb stoppers | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Fri Apr 15, 2005 | 22A | Sailor's speed (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Thu Mar 3, 2005 | 54A | Granny and Windsor | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Tue Apr 22, 2003 | 55D | Stomachs may be in them | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Mon Nov 26, 2001 | 46D | Ship speed units | Bette Sue Cohen | Shortz |
Wed Apr 19, 2000 | 62A | Sailor's expertise | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Fri Dec 24, 1999 | 14D | Difficult problems | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Oct 15, 1996 | 65A | Speed units at sea | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
3 results for KNOTS from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Dec 20, 2015 | Panda | 53D | Have-___ (people whose shoelaces are tangled) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Mar 13, 2005 | Cryptic | 7D | Fife player mentioned intractable puzzles (5) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Oct 3, 1999 | Diagramless | 1D | Shoelace problems | Frank Longo | Shortz |
32 results for KNOTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Mar 21, 1993 | 61D | A "Landing" on TV | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Mon Sep 21, 1992 | 62A | Nautical speeds | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Tue Oct 25, 1988 | 18A | Nautical measures | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
Mon Jul 18, 1988 | 54D | Speed measures asea | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Mon Sep 7, 1987 | 31D | Nautical miles, loosely | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sun Dec 7, 1986 | 107D | Hitches and slips | Charlotte Shore | Maleska |
Wed Jul 9, 1986 | 64A | Sheepshank and half hitch | Whitten | Maleska |
Thu Oct 18, 1984 | 22D | Matthew Walker, etc. | Anderson | Maleska |
Mon Apr 30, 1984 | 25D | Grannies, e.g. | Janis Heller | Maleska |
Sun Feb 19, 1984 | 65D | Grannies, e.g. | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Thu Jul 15, 1982 | 5D | Boy Scout's creations | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Sat May 30, 1981 | 39A | Grannies, e.g. | Dorothy Elliott | Maleska |
Sat Jul 23, 1977 | 46D | Air or sea speed | Jack Luzzatto | Maleska |
Tue Nov 9, 1976 | 39A | Slip and granny | Fincus | Weng |
Mon May 3, 1976 | 18D | Square, granny, etc. | Maurice J. Teitelbaum | Weng |
Thu Nov 13, 1975 | 51A | Granny and bow | Harriet Gilson Rosenberg | Weng |
Thu Sep 6, 1973 | 44D | Units of speed | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Aug 28, 1973 | 51D | Speed measures | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 8, 1970 | 18D | Nautical speed units | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 8, 1967 | 112A | Sheet bends. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sun Apr 23, 1967 | 40A | Units of speed. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Mon Jun 10, 1963 | 48A | Nautical term. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jul 11, 1961 | 14D | Clove hitch and loop. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 6, 1960 | 83A | Difficulties. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Fri Mar 21, 1958 | 53D | Ties. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sat Oct 26, 1957 | 13D | Clove hitches. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 18, 1957 | 70A | Hitches, in nautical usage. | Walt Clark | Farrar |
Thu Feb 23, 1956 | 49D | Nautical distances. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Jun 17, 1955 | 71A | Difficulties. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 12, 1955 | 13D | Hitches. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Thu Sep 16, 1954 | 54D | Clove hitches. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Tue Dec 11, 1951 | 49D | Half hitches. | Unknown | Farrar |