Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thu Sep 12, 2024 | 65A | Large wedding band, say | Parker Higgins | Fagliano |
Tue Aug 20, 2024 | 1D | Set of white pawns in chess, e.g. | Sam Buchbinder | Fagliano |
Tue Jul 9, 2024 | 68A | Ensemble of eight | Gary Larson and Amy Ensz | Fagliano |
Sat Jul 6, 2024 | 55A | Hot dog buns in a pack, often | Evans Clinchy | Fagliano |
Fri Mar 29, 2024 | 18A | Large combo | Jake Bunch | Fagliano |
Tue Jan 30, 2024 | 7D | Four duos (3) | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Sat Mar 11, 2023 | 1D | Four + four | Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Thu Mar 9, 2023 | 7D | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, e.g. | Simeon Seigel | Shortz |
Tue Sep 27, 2022 | 53D | Duo times four (2) | Peter Koetters | Shortz |
Wed Feb 9, 2022 | 62A | The Ivy League schools, e.g. | Grant Thackray | Shortz |
Thu Dec 3, 2020 | 18A | Certain chamber ensemble | Jake Halperin | Shortz |
Sun May 17, 2020 | 10D | Good-sized wedding band | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Tue Mar 24, 2020 | 1D | Maids a-milking, e.g. | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Tue Feb 4, 2020 | 31D | Largish jazz combo | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sat Nov 9, 2019 | 24A | Pack of hot dog buns, e.g. | Neil Padrick Wilson | Shortz |
Wed Oct 2, 2019 | 30D | Eightsome (4) | Mangesh Ghogre | Shortz |
Sun Jun 30, 2019 | 79D | Groups in the quarterfinals, e.g. | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Wed Jan 3, 2018 | 14D | Large chamber music group | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Nov 5, 2017 | 35D | Santa's reindeer, e.g. | Natan Last | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2017 | 37A | Square dance group, e.g. (5) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Fri Jun 17, 2016 | 27A | Good-sized combo (2) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Mon Feb 8, 2016 | 52D | Singing eightsome | Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Thu Jan 28, 2016 | 9D | This puzzle's special squares, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Jan 21, 2016 | 51D | Eightsome (4) | David Phillips | Shortz |
Mon Jan 4, 2016 | 46A | Group of eight (2) | Herre Schouwerwou | Shortz |
Wed May 27, 2015 | 37A | Little big band, maybe | Jim Quinlan | Shortz |
Mon May 18, 2015 | 56D | Duo quadrupled | Gene Newman | Shortz |
Fri Apr 10, 2015 | 46D | Largish band | David Phillips | Shortz |
Fri Jan 30, 2015 | 43D | The electrons of oxygen, e.g. | David Phillips | Shortz |
Mon Dec 8, 2014 | 19A | Square dance group, e.g. (5) | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Wed Sep 10, 2014 | 12D | The black pawns, e.g. | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
Wed Aug 14, 2013 | 14A | Square dance group, e.g. (5) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Mon Apr 8, 2013 | 12D | Eightsome (4) | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Sat Dec 25, 2010 | 47D | Certain chamber piece | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun Mar 21, 2010 | 70D | Maids a-milking in a Christmas song, e.g. | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
Wed Mar 17, 2010 | 52D | Quarterfinals qualifiers, e.g. | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Aug 25, 2008 | 36D | Eight-piece band | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | Shortz |
Mon Mar 31, 2008 | 5A | Group of eight musicians | Jeff Armstrong | Shortz |
Sun Mar 23, 2008 | 90D | Certain chamber group | Robert W. Harris | Shortz |
Tue Mar 4, 2008 | 53D | Wedding band, maybe (3) | Kevin Donovan | Shortz |
Tue Jan 15, 2008 | 51D | Four duos (3) | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke | Shortz |
Tue Oct 16, 2007 | 57D | Largish combo (3) | Michael Kaplan | Shortz |
Thu Feb 15, 2007 | 51D | String ensemble, maybe (2) | Elizabeth Rehfeld | Shortz |
Sun Dec 10, 2006 | 43D | Wedding band, maybe (3) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Sep 18, 2006 | 26D | Santa's reindeer, minus Rudolph | Dave Tuller | Shortz |
Mon Aug 28, 2006 | 9A | Duo times four (2) | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun Jul 30, 2006 | 35D | String group, maybe | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry | Shortz |
Mon Jun 19, 2006 | 55D | Group of eight (2) | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Thu Nov 10, 2005 | 46A | Large vocal group | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Thu Sep 29, 2005 | 27D | Four pairs | Sam Bellotto Jr. | Shortz |
Thu Dec 23, 2004 | 12D | Square dance group, e.g. (5) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Jun 27, 2004 | 5D | Chess pawns, e.g. | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn | Shortz |
Fri Nov 7, 2003 | 47A | Square dance group, e.g. (5) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Wed Oct 15, 2003 | 40A | Largish combo (3) | John Greenman | Shortz |
Fri Jul 25, 2003 | 41A | Jazz combo, maybe | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Sun Apr 27, 2003 | 74A | Stravinsky's "___ for Wind Instruments" | Jon Delfin | Shortz |
Thu Feb 20, 2003 | 39D | Certain jazz combo | Peter Sarrett | Shortz |
Sun Oct 6, 2002 | 120A | Group of strings, maybe | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Tue Jun 4, 2002 | 44A | Largish combo (3) | Matthew J. Koceich | Shortz |
Sun Sep 16, 2001 | 55A | Noted Schubert piece in F major | Bill Zais | Shortz |
Sun Apr 8, 2001 | 123A | A cappella group, maybe | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun Mar 25, 2001 | 65A | Beethoven's "___ for Winds in E flat major" | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Sun Mar 4, 2001 | 35D | Vocal ensemble, maybe | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Mon Nov 20, 2000 | 28D | Merger of two barbershop groups | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Oct 15, 2000 | 34A | Row of pawns, e.g. | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Jul 16, 2000 | 100D | Wedding band, perhaps | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jun 5, 2000 | 41A | Eight-person band | William A. Ballard | Shortz |
Wed Feb 2, 2000 | 32D | Good-sized combo (2) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Tue Oct 26, 1999 | 51D | String ensemble, maybe (2) | Kevin McCann | Shortz |
Mon Sep 20, 1999 | 63A | Four duos (3) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Mon Feb 1, 1999 | 2D | Eight-man band | Dorothy Smitonick | Shortz |
Sat Aug 22, 1998 | 26A | Wedding band, maybe (3) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sat Dec 6, 1997 | 47D | Serenaders, possibly | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Oct 13, 1997 | 63A | Musical eightsome | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Fri Sep 26, 1997 | 27D | Chamber group, perhaps | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Sun Jun 29, 1997 | 34D | Eight is enough for this | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Tue Jan 28, 1997 | 44A | Small choir | E. C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Nov 7, 1996 | 30D | Mendelssohn's ___ in E flat major (2) | G. R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Sun Jul 14, 1996 | 64D | Jazz group, maybe | J. Schmalzbach | Shortz |
Fri Nov 24, 1995 | 26D | Mendelssohn's ___ in E flat major (2) | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Wed Oct 12, 1994 | 5A | Rock's UB40, e.g. | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Wed Sep 7, 1994 | 31D | Eightsome (4) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 27, 2023 | Acrostic | T | Baker's dozen minus an ennead plus a foursome | David Balton & Jane Stewart | Shortz |
Jan 1, 2023 | Acrostic | W | Group of a size like Abba x 2 | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Jun 23, 2019 | Acrostic | O | "Eleanor Rigby" string ensemble | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Sep 30, 2018 | Acrostic | B | Orchestra rather downsized | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Dec 24, 2017 | Acrostic | V | Maids a-milking, in "The 12 Days of Christmas" | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Oct 26, 2008 | Acrostic | L | Brubeck group that played "Schizophrenic Scherzo" | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Jul 4, 2004 | Cryptic | 27A | Group of musicians turned to hugging and so forth (5) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Jun 24, 2001 | Diagramless | 26D | Mendelssohn work in E flat | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sun Aug 22, 1993 | 94A | Musical group | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
Mon Jul 19, 1993 | 53D | Singing group | Michael S. Maurer | Maleska |
Sun Jul 11, 1993 | 54D | Musical group | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Sat Mar 20, 1993 | 22A | Ennead, almost | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
Tue Mar 2, 1993 | 7D | Double quartet | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Sun Feb 21, 1993 | 13D | Musical composition | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Thu Feb 11, 1993 | 53D | Musical group | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Mon Oct 5, 1992 | 37D | Singing group | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Mon Nov 25, 1991 | 51A | Eight singers | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Oct 8, 1991 | 29D | Septet plus one | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Sun May 5, 1991 | 17D | Group of eight | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Fri Apr 19, 1991 | 60A | Double quartet | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Sun May 27, 1990 | 21A | Composition for eight | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Wed Mar 21, 1990 | 61A | Piece for eight | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Thu Mar 8, 1990 | 59A | Group of eight | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Sun Dec 10, 1989 | 35A | Group of eight | Jim Page | Maleska |
Wed Nov 22, 1989 | 74A | Group of eight | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Fri Nov 10, 1989 | 14A | Music for eight | Calista Luminati | Maleska |
Wed Aug 2, 1989 | 35D | Double quartet | Mimi Moody | Maleska |
Sat Jun 24, 1989 | 21A | Composition for eight | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Fri Feb 17, 1989 | 40A | Group of eight | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Sat Oct 1, 1988 | 12D | Sonnet part | Virginia Butler | Maleska |
Sun Jul 10, 1988 | 74D | Double quartet | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
Fri Jul 8, 1988 | 30D | Musical group | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Sun Jul 3, 1988 | 52D | A Mendelssohn opus in E flat major | Jack R. Harnes | Maleska |
Wed Dec 9, 1987 | 51D | Two foursomes | William Canine | Maleska |
Thu Sep 17, 1987 | 46D | Group of eight | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
Mon Jul 20, 1987 | 14A | Mendelssohn masterwork | Arthur M. Whelan | Maleska |
Sun Jul 12, 1987 | 91D | Chamber group | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Tue May 12, 1987 | 14A | Singing group | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
Sat Feb 14, 1987 | 39A | Group of eight | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue Feb 3, 1987 | 18A | Chamber-music group | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Mon Jun 23, 1986 | 26D | Double quartet | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Fri May 30, 1986 | 29D | Group of eight | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Mon Mar 24, 1986 | 42A | Chamber group | Whitten | Maleska |
Mon Sep 30, 1985 | 33D | Eight performers | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sat Jan 5, 1985 | 41A | Mendelssohn opus, e.g. | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Mon Oct 22, 1984 | 30D | Group of eight | Grace Fabbroni | Maleska |
Mon Oct 8, 1984 | 49D | Ennead minus one | William Canine | Maleska |
Mon Aug 27, 1984 | 8D | Musical group | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Sun Jun 17, 1984 | 66D | Eight of a kind | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Tue May 22, 1984 | 2D | Rowing crew | Marie West | Maleska |
Tue Mar 15, 1983 | 37A | Duo quadrupled | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Mon Nov 8, 1982 | 62A | Duo quadrupled | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Jun 20, 1982 | 95D | Glee-club unit | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Mon Feb 8, 1982 | 61A | Group of eight | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sun Jan 24, 1982 | 55A | Singing group | Edward J. Marchese | Maleska |
Fri Jan 1, 1982 | 6D | Choral group | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Wed Jul 22, 1981 | 30A | Musical group | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Fri May 15, 1981 | 18A | Group of eight singers | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Feb 18, 1981 | 63A | Schubert's Opus 166, e.g. | Gene Stone | Maleska |
Sun Nov 16, 1980 | 57A | Double quartet | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Thu Oct 30, 1980 | 50D | Musical group | Benson | Maleska |
Sun Oct 5, 1980 | 1A | Chamber ensemble | Raymond F. Eisner | Maleska |
Sun Aug 10, 1980 | 99D | Double quartet | Marjorie Pedersen | Maleska |
Sun Apr 27, 1980 | 64D | Group of eight | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Wed Feb 27, 1980 | 28D | Double quartet | Rae | Maleska |
Thu Dec 6, 1979 | 25D | Quintet plus trio | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sat Apr 29, 1978 | 4D | Double quartet | Meltzer | Maleska |
Sun Jan 1, 1978 | 103A | Musical group | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Wed Dec 28, 1977 | 24A | Group of eight singers | Raymond F. Eisner | Maleska |
Wed Aug 3, 1977 | 5D | Musical combo | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Fri Jul 1, 1977 | 21A | Musical group | Anthony B. Canning | Maleska |
Sun Jun 26, 1977 | 8D | Nonet minus one | Sam Lake | Maleska |
Wed Jun 30, 1976 | 25D | Musical group | DeWitt Anderson | Weng |
Mon Apr 12, 1976 | 13A | Musical group | Martha J. DeWitt | Weng |
Wed Apr 9, 1975 | 45A | Musical group | Samuel K. Fliegner | Weng |
Sat Dec 14, 1974 | 30D | Musical group | Elizabeth A. Yaro | Weng |
Fri Dec 6, 1974 | 1A | Musical work | Jack L. Steinhardt | Weng |
Fri Aug 30, 1974 | 9D | Musical piece | Joan DeRosso | Weng |
Sat Oct 13, 1973 | 1A | Musical group | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jul 21, 1973 | 13D | Musical group | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Apr 27, 1973 | 50D | Musical composition | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Nov 8, 1972 | 15D | Musical group | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jun 13, 1972 | 61A | Musical group | Unknown | Weng |
Fri May 19, 1972 | 26D | Musical group | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 14, 1972 | 50A | Musical group | Edward J. O'Brien | Weng |
Sun Jul 25, 1971 | 16D | Singing group | Mary Ann Code | Weng |
Sun Jul 18, 1971 | 44D | Musical group | Anthony Morse | Weng |
Fri Jun 4, 1971 | 45D | Singing group | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 9, 1971 | 54A | Musical group | Marian Pearce | Weng |
Wed Oct 14, 1970 | 29D | Music group | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Apr 20, 1970 | 40A | Musical group | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Dec 31, 1969 | 17A | Musical group. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Mar 26, 1969 | 25D | Musical group. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 12, 1969 | 42D | Group | William A. Lewis Jr. | Weng |
Tue Oct 29, 1968 | 59A | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 25, 1968 | 41A | See 25 Across. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jun 29, 1968 | 7D | Singing group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Dec 27, 1967 | 4D | Singing group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 26, 1967 | 41D | Choral group. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Tue May 2, 1967 | 33D | Singing group. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sat Mar 11, 1967 | 53A | Musical composition. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Wed Feb 15, 1967 | 2D | Singers' group. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Wed Jul 6, 1966 | 15A | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 9, 1966 | 62A | Music group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Apr 22, 1966 | 9D | Sonnet part. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 1, 1966 | 31A | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 19, 1965 | 6D | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 25, 1965 | 39A | Musical composition. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 14, 1965 | 8D | Singing group. | Hume R. Craft | Farrar |
Mon Mar 8, 1965 | 44A | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 14, 1965 | 65A | Musical composition. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
Tue Sep 29, 1964 | 25D | Singing group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Feb 13, 1964 | 32A | Piece of music. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Mon Aug 5, 1963 | 54D | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 30, 1963 | 50D | Singers' group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 10, 1962 | 48D | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Mar 23, 1962 | 41A | Musical composition. | Joseph S. Crowell | Farrar |
Tue Dec 26, 1961 | 65A | Chamber music group. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Fri Oct 20, 1961 | 54D | Musical composition. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 6, 1961 | 15A | Musical group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 22, 1960 | 25A | Group of eight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 15, 1959 | 11D | Musical group. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Wed Jun 25, 1958 | 22A | Part of a sonnet. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Mon Feb 24, 1958 | 22D | Singing group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Dec 7, 1957 | 58A | Part of a sonnet. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Dec 2, 1957 | 47D | Vocal group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Nov 23, 1957 | 14A | Group of eight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jun 15, 1957 | 47D | Singing group. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri May 31, 1957 | 3D | Singing group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 9, 1957 | 42D | Singing group. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Apr 1, 1956 | 23D | Singing group. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Tue Jul 5, 1955 | 17A | Double quartet. | Philip G. Rosemond | Farrar |
Sat Jun 11, 1955 | 4D | Part of a sonnet. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sat Apr 16, 1955 | 2D | Double quartet. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 4, 1954 | 119A | Sonnet part. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Aug 23, 1953 | 65A | Singing group. | Albert Carroll | Farrar |
Sun Jun 28, 1953 | 73A | Part of a sonnet. | Marion Moeser | Farrar |
Thu Jun 11, 1953 | 29D | Double quartet. | George Henderson | Farrar |
Wed Nov 19, 1952 | 34D | Singing group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 21, 1952 | 119D | Singing group. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Sep 2, 1951 | 32D | Singing group. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Jul 10, 1951 | 60A | A double quartet. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Oct 14, 1950 | 54D | Double quartet. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 4, 1950 | 15A | Singing group. | Leonard Goldberg | Farrar |
Sun Apr 16, 1950 | 97A | First part of sonnet. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Sep 4, 1949 | 71D | Two more than in 122 across. | William Spaar Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Mar 30, 1947 | 25A | Group of eight. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Jun 9, 1946 | 69A | Double quartet. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Mar 17, 1946 | 43D | Double quartet. | Lewis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Aug 2, 1942 | 141A | Small chorus. | Charles Erlenkotter | Farrar |
Anagrams: | COTTE |