Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed May 29, 2024 | 32A | Onetime host with the segment "Jaywalking" | Jeanne Breen and Jeff Chen | Fagliano |
Sun May 26, 2024 | 58A | Mocking Jay | John Kugelman | Fagliano |
Mon May 8, 2023 | 64A | Comedian Jay | Catherine Cetta | Shortz |
Tue Feb 28, 2023 | 2D | Fallon's predecessor on "The Tonight Show" | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Sun Dec 4, 2022 | 7D | Former "Tonight Show" host | Gustie Owens | Shortz |
Thu Jun 30, 2022 | 60A | Host that preceded and succeeded O'Brien | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Sun May 1, 2022 | 109D | Jay with jokes (2) | Brandon Koppy | Shortz |
Tue Apr 5, 2022 | 63A | Jay with a "Garage" | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Fri Feb 18, 2022 | 49D | One side of a classic late- night feud | Aimee Lucido | Shortz |
Wed Jan 26, 2022 | 43D | Fallon's late-night predecessor | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
Fri Jun 25, 2021 | 24A | 2014 Television Hall of Fame inductee | Scott Earl | Shortz |
Thu Jun 17, 2021 | 18A | TV host with a "Garage" | Blake Slonecker | Shortz |
Fri Jun 4, 2021 | 3D | Jay between Johnny and Jimmy | Nam Jin Yoon | Shortz |
Tue May 11, 2021 | 29D | "The Tonight Show" host before and after O'Brien | Kevin Patterson | Shortz |
Mon Apr 13, 2020 | 16A | Jay formerly of late-night (2) | Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Mon Dec 30, 2019 | 41D | Jay formerly of late-night TV | Gary Larson | Shortz |
Mon Mar 11, 2019 | 59D | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon (3) | Trent Evans | Shortz |
Thu Sep 13, 2018 | 52A | Successor of Carson | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sat Aug 18, 2018 | 60A | TV host who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Fri Mar 16, 2018 | 13A | Successor to Paar's successor | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Mon Jan 15, 2018 | 16A | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon (3) | Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Fri Oct 27, 2017 | 34A | Billy Crystal was his first guest | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun Oct 8, 2017 | 45D | Jay with jokes (2) | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas | Shortz |
Mon Jun 26, 2017 | 42A | Jay once seen nightly | Brian Greer | Shortz |
Sun Jun 11, 2017 | 103D | Jay who preceded Jimmy | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Wed Feb 8, 2017 | 20D | Longtime host who wrote "Leading With My Chin" | Ned White | Shortz |
Fri Sep 9, 2016 | 55A | Longtime TV figure known for his garage | Kristian House | Shortz |
Mon Apr 11, 2016 | 63A | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon (3) | Ron Toth and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Thu Mar 31, 2016 | 16A | Fallon predecessor | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Mon Feb 15, 2016 | 62A | Former late-night host Jay | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Jan 7, 2016 | 57D | Longtime leader in late-night | Andrew J. Ries | Shortz |
Mon Sep 21, 2015 | 60D | Jay formerly of late-night (2) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Thu Apr 23, 2015 | 62A | Former late-night luminary | David Steinberg and Bruce Leban | Shortz |
Tue Feb 3, 2015 | 2D | Jay formerly of "The Tonight Show" | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Sat Dec 13, 2014 | 24A | Deliverer of thousands of monologues | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson | Shortz |
Sun Jul 6, 2014 | 57A | James Douglas Muir ___ (TV host's birth name) | Daniel C. Bryant | Shortz |
Tue Apr 29, 2014 | 24A | 2014 TV retiree (2) | Jules P. Markey | Shortz |
Mon Apr 14, 2014 | 51D | Recently retired Jay | Gareth Bain | Shortz |
Thu Feb 20, 2014 | 14A | Subject of the 1994 best seller "The Late Shift" | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo | Shortz |
Tue Feb 18, 2014 | 69A | *2014 TV retiree (2) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Fri Jan 31, 2014 | 53D | "Leading With My Chin" memoirist | Chris A. McGlothlin | Shortz |
Sat Jun 29, 2013 | 32D | One side of a famous NBC feud | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Fri Nov 30, 2012 | 41A | Longtime "Headlines" reader | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Wed Apr 11, 2012 | 33D | TV host with a college degree in speech therapy | David Kwong | Shortz |
Wed May 25, 2011 | 26D | TV monologist | Jeff Dubner | Shortz |
Thu May 12, 2011 | 54A | Late-night wars participant | Patrick John Duggan | Shortz |
Mon May 9, 2011 | 55D | Funnyman Jay (2) | Nina Rulon-Miller | Shortz |
Sun Mar 27, 2011 | 113D | Jay who jests | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
Tue Nov 23, 2010 | 36A | O'Brien's late-night predecessor and successor | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Wed Oct 20, 2010 | 57A | Who once remarked "You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh" | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Fri Oct 15, 2010 | 57D | Noted reader of headlines | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
Tue Jun 15, 2010 | 20A | Host of a nightly TV show taped in Burbank | Jill Winslow | Shortz |
Mon Dec 28, 2009 | 6D | NBC host Jay | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Fri Nov 27, 2009 | 54D | A successor to 22-Across | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sun Jul 12, 2009 | 24D | O'Brien's predecessor | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon Jun 1, 2009 | 22A | See 19-Across | John Farmer | Shortz |
Mon Feb 16, 2009 | 63A | Funnyman Jay (2) | David Kwong | Shortz |
Fri Feb 6, 2009 | 24D | Star viewed at night | Frederick J. Healy | Shortz |
Sat Jan 10, 2009 | 22A | Dyslexic TV host with a college degree in speech therapy | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Tue Aug 12, 2008 | 7D | Last name in TV talk | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
Fri Aug 8, 2008 | 56D | "You're not famous until my mother has heard of you" quipper | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Thu May 8, 2008 | 16A | Longtime NBC host | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun Apr 13, 2008 | 108D | TV host known for his mandibular prognathism | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Feb 24, 2008 | 15D | Jay that chatters | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Fri Dec 7, 2007 | 47D | Celebrity who testified at the 2005 Michael Jackson trial | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Nov 27, 2007 | 19A | Late-night name (5) | Julie Ann Bowling | Shortz |
Wed Sep 12, 2007 | 19A | "Jaywalking" personality | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon May 28, 2007 | 49D | Jay who does "Jaywalking" | John Underwood | Shortz |
Sun Apr 1, 2007 | 119A | Longtime NBC star | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Thu Mar 22, 2007 | 2D | "Nightline" competitor, informally | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
Sat Feb 24, 2007 | 37A | Entertainer who owns Big Dog Productions | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Thu Feb 15, 2007 | 53D | Nightly TV presence beginning 5/25/92 | Elizabeth Rehfeld | Shortz |
Tue Aug 22, 2006 | 28A | Lantern-jawed Jay | Michael J. Doran | Shortz |
Sun Jul 23, 2006 | 64A | Monologist of note | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Jun 27, 2006 | 14A | Late-night TV "jaywalker" | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
Wed Mar 29, 2006 | 37D | "Jaywalking" guy | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) | Shortz |
Mon Jan 23, 2006 | 49D | Jay of late-night | Mark T. Milhet | Shortz |
Thu Dec 1, 2005 | 25D | Big name in late-night | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Tue Nov 1, 2005 | 1A | "Jaywalker" of late-night TV | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sun Sep 25, 2005 | 83D | TV comic who wrote "If Roast Beef Could Fly" | Matt Skoczen | Shortz |
Fri Jun 3, 2005 | 33D | Follower of the news (3) | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
Tue May 3, 2005 | 31A | Carson's successor (4) | Gary Steinmehl | Shortz |
Sun Jan 16, 2005 | 68D | Nightly monologue deliverer | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
Thu Oct 7, 2004 | 45D | Nightly TV star beginning 5/25/92 | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Tue Jun 1, 2004 | 44A | Lantern-jawed celeb (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Wed May 12, 2004 | 43D | Late-night funnyman | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Wed Mar 10, 2004 | 23A | Late-night host (5) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Tue Jan 6, 2004 | 48D | Late-night Jay | Kent Lorentzen | Shortz |
Wed Nov 19, 2003 | 19A | Carson's successor (4) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Oct 29, 2003 | 48D | He follows the news (3) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun Jul 20, 2003 | 31A | Jay watched by owls | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Tue Jun 3, 2003 | 2D | Late-night host (5) | Judy Cole | Shortz |
Sun Apr 20, 2003 | 34D | Member of a long-running TV duel | Bill Zais | Shortz |
Mon Feb 17, 2003 | 6D | Late-night name (5) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue Jan 21, 2003 | 73A | TV host who wrote "Leading With My Chin" | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Thu Jan 2, 2003 | 35D | NBC host (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Dec 18, 2002 | 25D | One who follows the news (2) | Merle Baker | Shortz |
Wed Dec 11, 2002 | 57D | He's seen late | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Fri Dec 6, 2002 | 28D | Successor to Allen | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Nov 5, 2002 | 65A | Lantern-jawed celeb (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Wed Sep 11, 2002 | 30A | Jay seen at night (2) | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Mon Sep 9, 2002 | 51D | Letterman rival (7) | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
Mon Feb 11, 2002 | 2D | Letterman rival (7) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed Jan 23, 2002 | 61D | Late-night name (5) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon Sep 10, 2001 | 8D | Jay of NBC | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert | Shortz |
Sun Aug 19, 2001 | 87D | Someone to see before retiring? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jul 16, 2001 | 16A | Carson's late-night successor | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun Jun 10, 2001 | 109D | Jay seen at night (2) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue Jun 5, 2001 | 20A | Noted monologuist | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue May 29, 2001 | 62A | Nightly comic | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Mon Apr 30, 2001 | 9D | TV host with bandleader Eubanks | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon Dec 18, 2000 | 71A | Jay of "The Tonight Show" | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Thu Nov 16, 2000 | 22A | Big-chinned chinner | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Thu Oct 19, 2000 | 2D | O'Brien's lead-in | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
Thu Aug 31, 2000 | 56D | Major NBC star | Gene Newman | Shortz |
Sat Apr 29, 2000 | 6D | One who follows the news (2) | Patrick D. Berry | Shortz |
Wed Mar 22, 2000 | 15A | NBC host (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Mon Feb 21, 2000 | 16A | Letterman rival (7) | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Wed Feb 9, 2000 | 60D | Late-night name (5) | Charles E. Gersch | Shortz |
Fri Oct 29, 1999 | 6D | Follower of the news (3) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Mon Aug 2, 1999 | 53A | Late-night host Jay | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed Jul 28, 1999 | 62D | Late-night name (5) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Jun 10, 1999 | 22A | NBC stalwart | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
Sun May 23, 1999 | 39D | Follower of the news? (3) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Mon Feb 1, 1999 | 15A | Jay who chins with guests | Dorothy Smitonick | Shortz |
Mon Nov 16, 1998 | 12D | Comic Jay | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank | Shortz |
Tue Oct 6, 1998 | 69A | Late-night regular | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Oct 5, 1998 | 33A | Carson's successor (4) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun Aug 23, 1998 | 65A | Jester Jay | Nelson Hardy | Shortz |
Mon Jul 20, 1998 | 9D | Carson's successor (4) | Mary E. Brindamour | Shortz |
Mon May 25, 1998 | 9D | Jay who has Monday night "Headlines" | William Canine | Shortz |
Thu Dec 18, 1997 | 5A | Big name in comedy | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue Jul 8, 1997 | 8D | Letterman rival (7) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed Jul 2, 1997 | 13A | TV host who does "Headlines" | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Wed Jun 18, 1997 | 31D | Carson successor | Stanley B. Whitten | Shortz |
Thu Mar 20, 1997 | 14A | He follows the news (3) | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Mon Feb 17, 1997 | 50D | Late-night host (5) | R. Hughes | Shortz |
Mon Dec 9, 1996 | 14A | Letterman rival (7) | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Oct 27, 1996 | 7D | Big star at night | N. N. Joline | Shortz |
Wed Sep 25, 1996 | 12D | Letterman rival (7) | R. Norris | Shortz |
Mon Jul 1, 1996 | 25A | Late-night schmoozer Jay | S. Spadaccini | Shortz |
Mon Jun 24, 1996 | 48A | Jay___ | M. Schneider | Shortz |
Tue Apr 30, 1996 | 53D | Late-night host (5) | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Mar 3, 1996 | 43A | He follows the news (3) | B. Klahn | Shortz |
Fri Feb 23, 1996 | 38D | NBC star | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Wed Jan 17, 1996 | 50D | Jay of note | L. Sidway | Shortz |
Mon Dec 25, 1995 | 44A | Emcee Jay | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Thu Oct 12, 1995 | 51D | Late-night host (5) | Christopher Hurt | Shortz |
Thu Oct 6, 1994 | 37A | Host Jay (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Thu Jun 30, 1994 | 36A | Open-weave fabric | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Tue May 24, 1994 | 23A | Late-night star (2) | Arthur S. Ash | Shortz |
Thu Mar 3, 1994 | 37D | Letterman rival (7) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Mon Jan 17, 1994 | 34D | Host Jay (2) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Thu Jan 6, 1994 | 64A | Late-night star (2) | Arthur W. Palmer | Shortz |