Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Wed Jan 15, 2025 | 2D | Instrument depicted in Caravaggio's "The Musicians" | Parker Higgins | Shortz |
Fri Nov 15, 2024 | 50A | Sitar, technically | Alina Abidi | Fagliano |
Sat Aug 10, 2024 | 47D | Chordophone popular in medieval times | Spencer Leach | Fagliano |
Sun Apr 21, 2024 | 112D | Renaissance instrument (5) | Michael Schlossberg | Fagliano |
Sun Feb 11, 2024 | 106D | Bard's instrument | Peter Koetters | Shortz |
Tue Oct 24, 2023 | 12D | Ancient stringed instrument sometimes made from a turtle shell | Daniel Grinberg | Shortz |
Mon May 22, 2023 | 62A | Stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body | Đặng Quang Thắng | Shortz |
Tue Apr 18, 2023 | 65A | Renaissance instrument (5) | Kiran Pandey | Shortz |
Sat Feb 25, 2023 | 48D | Instrument originally played with a quill | Trent H. Evans | Shortz |
Sun Jul 31, 2022 | 48A | Pear-shaped instrument (4) | Jesse Goldberg | Shortz |
Sat Jun 26, 2021 | 45A | Serenade need, perhaps | John Lieb and Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Sat Mar 21, 2020 | 7D | Instrument with a bent neck (2) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Fri Nov 22, 2019 | 30D | Troubadour's accompaniment | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Sat Jun 22, 2019 | 52D | Caravaggio's "The ___ Player" | Joe Deeney | Shortz |
Sat May 11, 2019 | 60A | Instrument broken over Hortensio's head in "The Taming of the Shrew" | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Mon Mar 26, 2018 | 41D | Renaissance stringed instrument | Andy Kravis | Shortz |
Tue Jan 17, 2017 | 65A | Renaissance Faire instrument | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Fri Jan 13, 2017 | 14A | Instrument with a bent neck (2) | Andrew J. Ries | Shortz |
Tue Oct 25, 2016 | 23A | Elizabethan stringed instrument | John E. Bennett | Shortz |
Mon Oct 10, 2016 | 60D | Troubadour's stringed instrument | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Mar 28, 2016 | 14A | Pear-shaped stringed instrument | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Tue Nov 4, 2014 | 37D | Minstrel's instrument (3) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Mon Feb 18, 2013 | 18A | Stringed instrument for a madrigal | Jeffrey Harris | Shortz |
Tue Jul 26, 2011 | 68A | Troubadour's instrument | Michael Black | Shortz |
Thu Mar 24, 2011 | 16A | Subject of a lesson for Katharina in "The Taming of the Shrew" | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Sat Apr 3, 2010 | 28D | One with a long neck and a rounded body | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Tue Aug 18, 2009 | 58A | Vermeer's "Woman With a ___" (3) | Tony Orbach | Shortz |
Mon May 18, 2009 | 29D | Minstrel's instrument (3) | Billie Truitt | Shortz |
Fri Mar 13, 2009 | 55D | It's featured in two Vivaldi concertos | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Sun Dec 7, 2008 | 81A | Ancestor of a banjo | Jim Page | Shortz |
Wed Jul 2, 2008 | 28D | Renaissance instrument (5) | Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
Mon Jun 11, 2007 | 63D | Instrument that's plucked | Harriet Clifton | Shortz |
Tue May 8, 2007 | 70A | Relative of a mandolin (2) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Tue Dec 12, 2006 | 12D | Cousin of a mandolin (2) | Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Mon Jun 19, 2006 | 64A | Old balladeer's instrument | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Thu Mar 23, 2006 | 61A | It has a low bridge | Ethan Cooper | Shortz |
Mon Feb 13, 2006 | 55D | Old instrument that's strummed | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Tue Jan 24, 2006 | 13D | Accompaniment for a madrigal | David Sullivan | Shortz |
Thu Jan 5, 2006 | 7D | It has strings attached | Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Fri Feb 11, 2005 | 5D | Vermeer's "Woman With a ___" (3) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Nov 3, 2004 | 3D | Cousin of a mandolin (2) | Ed Early | Shortz |
Sun Oct 24, 2004 | 113A | Balladeer's aid | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Aug 24, 2003 | 80A | Guitar forerunner (2) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Jul 27, 2003 | 119A | Renaissance musicmaker | Michael Grudzielanek | Shortz |
Tue Apr 22, 2003 | 14A | Minstrel's instrument (3) | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Tue Aug 13, 2002 | 2D | Renaissance instrument (5) | Robert Malinow | Shortz |
Thu Aug 8, 2002 | 15A | Guitar forerunner (2) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Nov 12, 2001 | 70A | Pear-shaped instrument (4) | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
Sun Oct 28, 2001 | 104D | Vermeer's "Woman With a ___" (3) | Michael Ashley | Shortz |
Wed Sep 19, 2001 | 57D | String instrument | Steven Dorfman | Shortz |
Thu May 17, 2001 | 26A | Madrigal accompaniment | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Nov 7, 1999 | 37A | Relative of a mandolin (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Nov 20, 1998 | 2D | Cousin of the banjo | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Nov 11, 1998 | 51A | Long-necked instrument | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Oct 21, 1998 | 39D | Guitar relative (2) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Wed Mar 18, 1998 | 7D | Pear-shaped instrument (4) | Susan Smith | Shortz |
Wed Jan 14, 1998 | 18A | Instrument shaped like a 69-Across | William Bernhardt | Shortz |
Mon Jan 12, 1998 | 35A | Mandolin's ancestor | John Greenman | Shortz |
Fri Aug 1, 1997 | 11D | Fretted instrument | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Sun Jun 8, 1997 | 32A | Cousin of a bandore | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Thu Feb 13, 1997 | 8D | Pear-shaped instrument (4) | F. Longo | Shortz |
Sat Nov 30, 1996 | 10D | Guitar relative (2) | R. Norris | Shortz |
Mon May 6, 1996 | 37A | Minstrel's accompaniment | N. Steinberg | Shortz |
Fri Mar 22, 1996 | 34D | Renaissance instrument (5) | F. A. Longo | Shortz |
Tue Mar 21, 1995 | 68A | Guitar's ancestor (2) | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun Mar 27, 1994 | 7D | Accompaniment for a pavane | Jeanette K. Brill | Shortz |
Sat Mar 12, 1994 | 20A | Baroque instrument | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
Thu Jan 13, 1994 | 57D | Guitar's ancestor (2) | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Apr 28, 2013 | Diagramless | 73A | Bard's instrument | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mar 5, 2006 | Acrostic | M | Chordophone with a pear shape | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Jan 18, 2004 | Panda | 23A | Instrument of booty, so to speak | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Tue Jun 8, 1993 | 55D | Guitarlike instrument | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Mon Mar 15, 1993 | 22A | Mandolin's cousin | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Thu Dec 10, 1992 | 52A | Seal a pipe joint | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Thu Sep 10, 1992 | 21A | Guitar predecessor | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
Sat Mar 7, 1992 | 31D | Oud or theorbo | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sat Feb 22, 1992 | 59A | Theorbo | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Fri Jan 24, 1992 | 1D | Seal, as pipe joints | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
Mon Sep 23, 1991 | 58A | Stringed instrument | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Mon Jan 14, 1991 | 3D | Stringed instrument | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Thu Nov 29, 1990 | 11D | Minstrel's companion | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Mon Dec 19, 1988 | 29D | Stringed instrument | Jane S. Flowerree | Maleska |
Sat Sep 10, 1988 | 50D | Minstrel's instrument | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Thu Aug 18, 1988 | 62A | Guitar's cousin | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Thu Jul 7, 1988 | 57D | Stringed instrument | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
Mon Apr 11, 1988 | 61A | Mandolin's cousin | Elaine George | Maleska |
Thu Dec 10, 1987 | 51A | Guitar's kin | Charlotte Shore | Maleska |
Thu Oct 29, 1987 | 59D | Paving tool | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Sat Aug 1, 1987 | 65A | Theorbo | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Sun Jun 14, 1987 | 64D | Troubadour's tote | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Wed Apr 8, 1987 | 55D | Guitarlike instrument | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
Fri Oct 17, 1986 | 5A | Pear-shaped instrument | Sam Bellotto, Jr. | Maleska |
Tue Oct 7, 1986 | 52A | Mandolin's kin | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Fri Aug 1, 1986 | 48A | Mandolin's cousin | Jim Page | Maleska |
Mon May 12, 1986 | 1A | Pear-shaped instrument | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Apr 29, 1986 | 19A | Old stringed instrument | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Feb 23, 1986 | 78D | Pandurina or citole | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Tue Sep 24, 1985 | 20A | Guitar's cousin of yore | Stanley B. Whitten | Maleska |
Thu Sep 5, 1985 | 63A | Theorbo relative | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Wed Sep 4, 1985 | 23A | Minstrel's companion | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Aug 18, 1985 | 40D | What a theorbo was | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Sat May 25, 1985 | 45A | John Dowland's instrument | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Tue Mar 26, 1985 | 2D | Stringed instrument | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Wed Sep 5, 1984 | 60A | Pipe cement | William Canine | Maleska |
Mon Nov 28, 1983 | 63A | Mandolin's cousin | Johnson | Maleska |
Wed Apr 20, 1983 | 56A | Old stringed instrument | Anstey | Maleska |
Fri Apr 8, 1983 | 65A | Mandolin's ancestor | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sat Feb 5, 1983 | 55D | Old stringed instrument | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
Sun Jan 23, 1983 | 40A | Theorbo's kin | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Fri Oct 22, 1982 | 37A | Pandurina | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Oct 5, 1982 | 58A | Minstrel's companion | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
Tue Jun 1, 1982 | 23D | Stringed instrument | Frank Geary | Maleska |
Fri May 28, 1982 | 20A | Guitar's kin | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Thu Apr 15, 1982 | 34D | Plumber's sealing agent | Louise Earnest | Maleska |
Wed Dec 2, 1981 | 21D | Musical instrument | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Mon Nov 30, 1981 | 58A | Citole | Emory H. Cain | Maleska |
Sat Sep 19, 1981 | 53D | Theorbo's kin | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Jul 8, 1981 | 29A | Pear-shaped instrument | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Wed Mar 19, 1980 | 10D | Stringed instrument | Maurice J. Teitelbaum | Maleska |
Thu Jan 31, 1980 | 9A | Pandurina | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Mon Oct 1, 1979 | 53D | Pandurina, for one | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sun Sep 23, 1979 | 60A | Citole | George Rose Smith | Maleska |
Sun Jul 22, 1979 | 15D | Pandurina | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Sat May 26, 1979 | 42A | Stringed instrument | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Tue May 22, 1979 | 20A | Guitar, old style | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Thu Apr 26, 1979 | 52D | Stringed instrument | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Thu Dec 15, 1977 | 68A | Citole | Stephanie Spadaccini | Maleska |
Tue Nov 29, 1977 | 4D | Guitar's predecessor | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Fri Apr 29, 1977 | 31D | Balalaika's relative | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Mon Apr 25, 1977 | 53D | Minstrel's companion | Samuel H. Barkan | Maleska |
Fri Mar 25, 1977 | 58D | Theorbo | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sun Jan 16, 1977 | 27A | Pear-shaped instrument | Jordan S. Lasher | Weng |
Mon Jun 28, 1976 | 38D | Musical instrument | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Sun Sep 14, 1975 | 66A | Old instrument | Bert Kruse | Weng |
Thu Mar 20, 1975 | 8D | Pear-shaped instrument | Sidney Frank | Weng |
Sun Feb 2, 1975 | 32A | String instrument | Raymond F. Eisner | Weng |
Sun Nov 24, 1974 | 96D | Music maker | Herb Risteen | Weng |
Fri Aug 9, 1974 | 58A | Stringed instrument | James A. Brussel | Weng |
Fri Jun 7, 1974 | 7D | Instrument | Mike O'Neill | Weng |
Sun May 5, 1974 | 92A | Old instrument | Louis C. Mandes Jr. | Weng |
Wed Nov 28, 1973 | 52D | Musical instrument | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Apr 17, 1973 | 38D | Bard's instrument | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Apr 10, 1972 | 55D | Early instrument | Louise Earnest | Weng |
Mon Dec 20, 1971 | 64A | Musical instrument | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 24, 1971 | 24A | Old instrument | Joseph LaFauci | Weng |
Sun Oct 3, 1971 | 3D | Stringed instrument | Alfio Micci | Weng |
Fri Oct 1, 1971 | 18D | Stringed instrument | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Dec 29, 1969 | 34A | Guitar's grandsire. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Dec 17, 1969 | 58D | Musical instrument. | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jun 28, 1969 | 33A | Old instrument. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 4, 1969 | 16A | Old instrument. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jan 30, 1969 | 51D | Old instrument. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jan 28, 1969 | 3D | Guitar's ancestor. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Feb 1, 1968 | 57A | Stringed instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 9, 1967 | 28D | Sitar's cousin. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Thu Jul 6, 1967 | 23A | Guitar's relative. | Evelyn Benshoof | Farrar |
Tue Apr 18, 1967 | 27D | Old instrument. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Thu Mar 2, 1967 | 52D | Guitar's ancestor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 5, 1966 | 110D | Packing ring. | Hume R. Craft | Farrar |
Mon May 23, 1966 | 64A | Old stringed instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 5, 1966 | 2D | Plectrum instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 19, 1965 | 21A | Stringed instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 8, 1964 | 2D | Guitar's cousin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jun 20, 1964 | 30D | Guitar's cousin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 2, 1964 | 19A | Troubadour instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 27, 1963 | 12D | Relative of the mandolin. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Fri Jul 5, 1963 | 34D | Predecessor of the guitar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 7, 1962 | 63A | A wandering minstrel's instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 22, 1962 | 35D | Early guitar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 1, 1962 | 55D | Early guitar. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Mon Jul 3, 1961 | 55D | Pear-shaped instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Apr 27, 1961 | 26D | Stringed instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 3, 1961 | 33D | Guitar's predecessor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Dec 23, 1960 | 2D | Ancient instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 31, 1960 | 2D | Instrument of Oriental origin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 26, 1960 | 31A | Old-time guitar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 19, 1960 | 11D | Relative of the guitar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 1, 1960 | 13D | Biblical instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 25, 1959 | 40A | Musical instrument. | Jan Dubin | Farrar |
Thu Jun 18, 1959 | 29D | Stringed instrument. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Wed May 6, 1959 | 1A | Mandolin's predecessor. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Mon Oct 6, 1958 | 12D | Stringed instrument. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Mon Sep 1, 1958 | 57A | Guitar's relative. | Charles Allen | Farrar |
Tue Mar 25, 1958 | 14A | Early form of mandolin. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Dec 18, 1957 | 56D | Early guitar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 1, 1957 | 62A | Early guitar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 12, 1957 | 60A | Old instrument. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Jun 2, 1957 | 38D | "___ Song." | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Sun Mar 31, 1957 | 116A | Clay cement. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Mon Feb 25, 1957 | 8D | Forerunner of the mandolin. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Tue Dec 4, 1956 | 55D | Minstrel's instrument. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Oct 10, 1954 | 10D | Stringed instrument. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sat Apr 24, 1954 | 55D | Relative of the guitar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 18, 1954 | 72D | Old stringed instrument. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Mar 22, 1954 | 6D | Early guitar. | Eugene Maleska | Farrar |
Sat Oct 17, 1953 | 40A | Stringed instrument. | Edward Buckler | Farrar |
Fri Sep 4, 1953 | 58D | String instrument. | Victor Goldfarb | Farrar |
Sun Apr 26, 1953 | 30D | Antecedent of the guitar. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Mar 1, 1953 | 79D | Clay cement. | Ralph Anderson | Farrar |
Mon Jan 5, 1953 | 2D | Long-necked instrument. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Thu Dec 25, 1952 | 36A | Ancestor of the mandolin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 23, 1952 | 91A | Fruit-jar ring. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Tue Oct 28, 1952 | 15A | Old-fashioned instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 24, 1952 | 67A | Relative of the mandolin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 18, 1952 | 14A | Rubber ring for sealing fruit jars. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 22, 1952 | 6A | Predecessor of the mandolin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 5, 1951 | 47A | Oriental musical instrument. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 26, 1950 | 3D | Oriental instrument. | Alice H. Cook | Farrar |
Sun Apr 9, 1944 | 47A | Pear-shaped instrument. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Oct 17, 1943 | 100D | Musical instrument. | Harriot T. Cooke | Farrar |