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161 total results for LOESS( score: 50 )
40 results for LOESS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Jun 18, 2023 | 126A | Windblown soil (10) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Jun 4, 2023 | 8D | Silty soil | Rafael Musa | Shortz |
Sat Jul 31, 2021 | 56A | Porous soil | Brian Thomas and Brooke Husic | Shortz |
Tue May 26, 2020 | 67A | Fertile soil (4) | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
Fri Jul 5, 2019 | 56A | Good earth (6) | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Thu Mar 21, 2019 | 48A | Good earth (6) | Christopher Adams | Shortz |
Mon Nov 27, 2017 | 46A | Fertile soil (4) | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
Tue Oct 24, 2017 | 27D | Loamy soil (6) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Sat Apr 29, 2017 | 33D | Good earth (6) | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Wed Aug 20, 2014 | 53A | Windblown soil (10) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Tue Dec 11, 2012 | 41A | Loamy soil (6) | Gene Newman | Shortz |
Tue Nov 13, 2012 | 48D | Good earth (6) | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Sun May 8, 2011 | 68D | Windblown soil (10) | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Fri Mar 11, 2011 | 48D | Good earth (6) | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Tue Dec 21, 2010 | 25D | Windblown soil (10) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue Jul 20, 2010 | 56A | Rich soil deposit | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sun Aug 23, 2009 | 22A | Windblown soil (10) | Phil Ruzbarsky | Shortz |
Sun Sep 7, 2008 | 68D | Loamy soil (6) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Thu Dec 27, 2007 | 25D | Windblown deposit | Jim Leeds | Shortz |
Mon Feb 20, 2006 | 28D | Windblown soil (10) | Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Tue Aug 10, 2004 | 53D | Silt deposit | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Thu Feb 19, 2004 | 24A | Wind-borne deposits | Alfio Micci (1918-2004) | Shortz |
Tue Oct 15, 2002 | 51D | Windblown soil (10) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Jun 9, 2002 | 89A | Good earth (6) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Thu Dec 6, 2001 | 63A | Fertile soil (4) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Tue Nov 6, 2001 | 67A | Loamy deposit (3) | Denise Neuendorf | Shortz |
Tue Sep 4, 2001 | 71A | Loamy soil (6) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Tue Jul 10, 2001 | 63A | Windblown soil (10) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun Apr 29, 2001 | 7D | Gardener's soil | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Tue Mar 13, 2001 | 41A | Wind-borne soil | Michael S. Maurer | Shortz |
Fri Nov 24, 2000 | 25D | Loamy deposit (3) | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Tue Jul 11, 2000 | 47A | Windblown soil (10) | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Jun 22, 2000 | 32D | Windblown soil (10) | Robert B. Baker | Shortz |
Mon Feb 28, 2000 | 28D | Fertile soil (4) | Jerry E. Rosman | Shortz |
Mon Jun 7, 1999 | 25A | Windborne deposit | Robert O. Dillman | Shortz |
Thu Apr 8, 1999 | 1D | Loamy deposit (3) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sat Sep 5, 1998 | 6D | Mississippi Valley deposit | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
Wed Dec 24, 1997 | 41A | Loamy soil deposit | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Thu Sep 28, 1995 | 48A | Loamy soil (6) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Mon Nov 28, 1994 | 54D | Loamy soil (6) | Jonathan Schmalzbach | Shortz |
1 result for LOESS from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Dec 25, 2016 | Acrostic | D | Soil that makes the Yellow River yellow | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
120 results for LOESS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Aug 31, 1993 | 68A | Good earth | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Thu Feb 4, 1993 | 54D | Loamy deposit | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Sun Jan 24, 1993 | 88D | Loamy deposit | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sat Jan 2, 1993 | 37D | Fertile soil | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
Sun Dec 30, 1990 | 114A | Loamy deposit | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Sat Jul 28, 1990 | 38A | Loamy deposit | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Sun May 6, 1990 | 113A | Loamy deposit | Jacques Liwer | Maleska |
Tue Oct 10, 1989 | 22D | Friable soil deposit | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Mon May 1, 1989 | 68A | Soil deposit | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Fri Aug 19, 1988 | 26D | Fine-grained, fertile loam | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Mon Feb 22, 1988 | 34D | Soil deposit | Elissa Koolyk | Maleska |
Tue Jan 26, 1988 | 66A | Wind-blown soil | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Wed May 13, 1987 | 46D | Loamy deposit | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Wed Jun 11, 1986 | 50D | Wind-blown loam | Whitten | Maleska |
Wed May 14, 1986 | 9A | Soil deposit | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Tue May 13, 1986 | 66A | Loamy deposit | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Mon Mar 24, 1986 | 41A | Fertile soil | Whitten | Maleska |
Wed Jan 8, 1986 | 22A | Fine-grained loam | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Fri Nov 29, 1985 | 32A | Loamy deposit | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
Fri Oct 11, 1985 | 20A | Fertile soil | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
Wed Feb 13, 1985 | 67A | Good earth | William Jarvis | Maleska |
Sat Jan 19, 1985 | 39D | Wind-borne deposit | Brown | Maleska |
Thu Nov 22, 1984 | 13D | Type of soil | Troxell | Maleska |
Thu Jun 7, 1984 | 45D | Windblown loam | Edward Bobb | Maleska |
Fri Apr 20, 1984 | 39D | Wind-borne deposit | Brown | Maleska |
Sun Feb 19, 1984 | 78D | Fine soil | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Sun Aug 28, 1983 | 17D | Wind-borne soil | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Sun Jul 3, 1983 | 36A | Loam deposit | Jim Page | Maleska |
Tue Apr 19, 1983 | 64A | Windblown soil | Elio Desiderio | Maleska |
Sun Apr 17, 1983 | 113D | Fine-grained soil | Mel Rosen | Maleska |
Sun Feb 20, 1983 | 84D | Loamy deposit | Maurice J. Teitelbaum | Maleska |
Mon Jan 10, 1983 | 66A | Fertile soil | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Sat Dec 18, 1982 | 62A | Loamy deposit | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sat Oct 30, 1982 | 32D | Loamy deposit | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Mon Apr 5, 1982 | 13D | Loamy deposit | Charles Engler | Maleska |
Thu Apr 1, 1982 | 27D | Loam deposit | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Sun Aug 30, 1981 | 29D | Wind-borne deposit | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Tue May 12, 1981 | 62A | Calcareous deposit | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Sep 20, 1980 | 49D | Type of soil | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Fri Aug 22, 1980 | 30A | Loam ranging from clay to sand | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Mon Jul 28, 1980 | 44D | Loamy deposit formed by winds | Ed Stein | Maleska |
Fri Jul 18, 1980 | 50D | Wind-borne loam deposit | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Wed Jan 2, 1980 | 30D | Loam deposit | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Thu Nov 9, 1978 | 5A | Clayey deposit | Grace Fabbroni | Maleska |
Wed Jun 28, 1978 | 30D | Yellowish loam | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Thu Feb 9, 1978 | 40A | Clayey deposit formed by wind | Ann Jenkins | Maleska |
Sun Nov 13, 1977 | 45A | Loam deposit | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Mon Dec 27, 1976 | 43A | Loam | Martha J. DeWitt | Weng |
Mon Aug 9, 1976 | 27A | Earth deposit | D. Davis | Weng |
Tue Jul 13, 1976 | 11D | Loamy deposit | Manny Miller | Weng |
Thu Jun 24, 1976 | 62A | Loamy deposit | R. Kaplan | Weng |
Sat Dec 27, 1975 | 32D | Loam deposit | Anthony B. Canning | Weng |
Sun Nov 2, 1975 | 56A | Soil deposit | George Rose Smith | Weng |
Thu Sep 11, 1975 | 45D | Clay deposit | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Tue Sep 9, 1975 | 4D | Soil deposit | Margery Bernstein | Weng |
Sun Apr 6, 1975 | 50D | Earth deposit | Anne Fox | Weng |
Thu Apr 4, 1974 | 40D | Soil deposit | William A. Chambrun | Weng |
Sat Mar 23, 1974 | 42D | Loamy deposit | Sara V. Tuckerman | Weng |
Tue Nov 13, 1973 | 22A | Soil deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Sep 6, 1973 | 52D | Loam deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Aug 28, 1973 | 26D | Earth deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 28, 1973 | 5D | Loamy deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 13, 1973 | 78A | Loam deposit | Robert Roop | Weng |
Sun Apr 29, 1973 | 43D | Loamy deposit | Joseph LaFauci | Weng |
Fri Mar 2, 1973 | 50D | Loam | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 23, 1972 | 52D | Soil deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jan 4, 1972 | 34A | Soil deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Nov 28, 1971 | 78A | Good soil | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Sat Nov 6, 1971 | 57A | Wind deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 11, 1971 | 1A | Fertile loam | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Nov 26, 1970 | 53D | Soil deposit | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 23, 1969 | 45A | Soil deposit. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Nov 24, 1968 | 63A | Good planting soil | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sat Sep 28, 1968 | 51D | Wind-borne deposits of soil. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Feb 21, 1968 | 46D | Loamy deposit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 2, 1967 | 33D | Loamy deposit. | Samuel K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sun Dec 25, 1966 | 53A | Good earth. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Fri Aug 5, 1966 | 30A | Fine soil. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 26, 1966 | 1A | Yellowish loam. | Bert Beaman | Farrar |
Tue Jun 15, 1965 | 65A | Good earth. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 31, 1964 | 38D | Rich loam. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jan 2, 1964 | 13D | Yellowish-brown loam. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Wed Oct 16, 1963 | 64A | Fertile soil. | Michael Dubin | Farrar |
Wed Jul 31, 1963 | 41D | Loam deposit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Dec 18, 1962 | 49A | Deposit of loam. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Thu Sep 6, 1962 | 63A | Good earth. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 17, 1962 | 43A | Wind-deposited loam. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 12, 1962 | 93D | Loam. | Mary D. Weisser | Farrar |
Mon Jul 23, 1962 | 39A | Loamy deposit. | Alda Zimpel | Farrar |
Tue Jul 3, 1962 | 46A | Loamy deposit. | Manny Miller | Farrar |
Mon Dec 11, 1961 | 35A | Fertile soil. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 30, 1961 | 26A | Fertile earth. | Norma Schier | Farrar |
Mon Sep 19, 1960 | 51D | Fertile soil. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Sep 8, 1960 | 49D | Kind of clay. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 5, 1959 | 93A | Clayey deposit. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sat Nov 1, 1958 | 19A | Wind-deposited fertile loam. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Fri Jul 19, 1957 | 26A | Loam deposit. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Fri Sep 14, 1956 | 26D | Fertile soil. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Tue Jun 19, 1956 | 33A | Clayey loam. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sun Feb 5, 1956 | 52D | Rich loam. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Sun Apr 17, 1955 | 111D | Fertile soil. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun May 2, 1954 | 100A | Fertile soil. | Claire Hunter | Farrar |
Thu Dec 31, 1953 | 52D | Mississippi Valley deposit. | Helen Chapman | Farrar |
Sun Nov 22, 1953 | 54A | Good earth. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Wed Oct 7, 1953 | 32D | Fertile soil. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Sat Jan 24, 1953 | 25A | Loam deposit. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Fri Oct 3, 1952 | 24D | River deposit of clay. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 20, 1952 | 38D | Mississippi basin soil. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Sun Feb 11, 1951 | 43A | Deposit of loam. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Mon Jan 22, 1951 | 52D | Fertile soil. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 9, 1950 | 35D | Yellowish loam. | Alice H. Cook | Farrar |
Sun Nov 14, 1948 | 99A | Clayey soil in Mississippi basin. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Aug 1, 1948 | 38D | Loam deposit. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jul 11, 1948 | 45A | Loam deposit. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Nov 17, 1946 | 111A | Soil found in Mississippi basin. | W. J. London | Farrar |
Sun Apr 14, 1946 | 119A | Kind of soil. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Nov 19, 1944 | 39D | Loam deposit. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun May 30, 1943 | 119D | Pale calcareous clay. | William Schopp | Farrar |
Sun Oct 4, 1942 | 133A | Geologic clay. | Sam Levine | Farrar |
Sun Sep 6, 1942 | 122D | Loam deposit. | J. L. Wordsworth | Farrar |