Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Wed Oct 23, 2024 | 28D | Tennis champion Naomi (2) | Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic | Fagliano |
Wed Jan 31, 2024 | 10D | Tennis star Naomi (3) | Nathan Hale | Shortz |
Sun Nov 26, 2023 | 106D | Tennis's Naomi | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Wed Nov 23, 2022 | 53D | Tennis champion Naomi (2) | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Sun Oct 16, 2022 | 29A | Tennis star Naomi, who was born in 29-Across | Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Fri Jul 22, 2022 | 41A | City near Kobe (2) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Fri Apr 9, 2021 | 57A | U.S. Open tennis champion of 2018 and 2020 | Jamey Smith | Shortz |
Sun Feb 7, 2021 | 6D | First Asian tennis player to be ranked #1 in singles | Katie Hale and Christina Iverson | Shortz |
Sun Jan 24, 2021 | 68D | Japan's street food mecca | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Mon Nov 23, 2020 | 34A | Third-largest city in Japan | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun Oct 4, 2020 | 99D | 2020 U.S. Open tennis champ Naomi | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Wed Jul 29, 2020 | 48D | Tennis pro Naomi | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni | Shortz |
Thu Jun 4, 2020 | 19D | Tennis star Naomi (3) | Barbara Lin | Shortz |
Thu May 14, 2020 | 55A | ___ Castle, Japanese landmark | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
Tue Jan 7, 2020 | 50D | Port of Honshu | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Thu Jul 11, 2019 | 57A | Tennis star Naomi (3) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Mon Jun 24, 2019 | 63A | Japanese port of 2+ million | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Wed Mar 27, 2019 | 25D | Universal Studios Japan site | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Wed Feb 13, 2019 | 51D | Japanese city on a bay | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sat Jun 9, 2018 | 12D | Home of the first Universal Studios outside the U.S. | Roland Huget | Shortz |
Sat Jun 2, 2018 | 27D | City destroyed by 1-Across | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Sat Mar 3, 2018 | 50D | City at the mouth of the Yodo River | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Thu Oct 26, 2017 | 56D | Home of Panasonic | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Mon Aug 7, 2017 | 25A | Japanese port city | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
Sun Jun 25, 2017 | 29D | Where Sanyo and Panasonic are headquartered | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Wed Feb 8, 2017 | 34A | City destroyed by Godzilla | Ned White | Shortz |
Thu Aug 25, 2016 | 34A | Japanese city known as "the nation's kitchen" | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
Tue Feb 23, 2016 | 56A | One terminus of a Japanese bullet train | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Tue Dec 8, 2015 | 38D | Where Sharp and Panasonic are headquartered | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
Sat Sep 26, 2015 | 42A | Asian city with an airport on an artificial island | David Woolf | Shortz |
Fri Dec 5, 2014 | 48D | Home to baseball's Orix Buffaloes | Tim Croce | Shortz |
Sun Mar 9, 2014 | 98D | Honshu port (4) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jan 12, 2014 | 117A | Where Sharp Electronics is based | Andrew Chaikin | Shortz |
Sun Oct 13, 2013 | 102D | Stomping grounds for Godzilla | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed Dec 19, 2012 | 65A | Where Sanyo is headquartered | Mike Buckley | Shortz |
Sun Jan 8, 2012 | 23A | ___-Itami International Airport | Tony Orbach | Shortz |
Mon Oct 10, 2011 | 65A | Japanese port (5) | Ian C. Livengood | Shortz |
Sun Sep 4, 2011 | 47A | City raided in "Godzilla Raids Again" | Dana Delany and Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Thu Jul 21, 2011 | 34D | City of 2 1/2+ million at the mouth of the Yodo River (2) | Michael Sharp | Shortz |
Wed Mar 2, 2011 | 5A | Honshu metropolis (2) | David Poole | Shortz |
Sun Feb 13, 2011 | 65D | Home of Kansai International Airport | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Thu Jan 27, 2011 | 51A | Where Panasonic and Sanyo are headquartered | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Sat Apr 3, 2010 | 26D | Japanese for "large hill" | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Mon Jan 18, 2010 | 52D | Japanese port (5) | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
Sun Nov 1, 2009 | 107A | Japanese financial center | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller | Shortz |
Thu Oct 8, 2009 | 5A | Where Panasonic is headquartered | Scott Atkinson | Shortz |
Sun Aug 23, 2009 | 63A | It was destroyed by Godzilla in "Godzilla Raids Again" | Phil Ruzbarsky | Shortz |
Thu Dec 25, 2008 | 33A | Pitcher Hideo Nomo's birthplace (2) | Eric Tentarelli | Shortz |
Sat Aug 16, 2008 | 47A | City of 2 1/2 million at the mouth of the Yodo River (2) | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Apr 13, 2008 | 94D | Honshu metropolis (2) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue Sep 25, 2007 | 8D | Japanese city whose name means "large hill" | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Sep 23, 2007 | 53D | Honshu port (4) | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
Fri Jul 27, 2007 | 21A | City of canals | John R. Conrad | Shortz |
Mon Nov 27, 2006 | 50D | Japanese port (5) | Marlon R. Howell | Shortz |
Thu Mar 30, 2006 | 14A | 1970 World's Fair site (3) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Thu Aug 5, 2004 | 45A | 1970 World's Fair site (3) | Seth Abel | Shortz |
Wed Feb 18, 2004 | 14A | Expo '70 site (3) | Mitch Komro | Shortz |
Tue Dec 9, 2003 | 54D | Honshu port (4) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Wed Jun 11, 2003 | 68A | Japan's second-largest city | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Feb 16, 2003 | 99A | Japanese port (5) | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Mon Oct 7, 2002 | 69A | Japanese port (5) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Wed Feb 13, 2002 | 30D | Honshu city (3) | Steven Picus | Shortz |
Sun Jul 8, 2001 | 116D | Honshu city (3) | Michael S. Maurer | Shortz |
Tue Oct 3, 2000 | 46D | Honshu port (4) | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Mon Aug 23, 1999 | 40D | City of southern Honshu | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Tue May 11, 1999 | 19A | Honshu city (3) | Ed Early | Shortz |
Tue Jan 26, 1999 | 48A | Pitcher Hideo Nomo's birthplace (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Nov 27, 1998 | 6D | Kansai International Airport site | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun Sep 20, 1998 | 27A | Expo '70 host | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Sun Nov 30, 1997 | 93D | Expo '70 site (3) | Charles Deber | Shortz |
Tue Jul 16, 1996 | 37D | Kobe's bay | R. Hamel | Shortz |
Thu Jul 4, 1996 | 26A | Expo '70 site (3) | Joy L. Wouk | Shortz |
Sat Mar 30, 1996 | 30A | City founded as Naniwa | D. R. Stark | Shortz |
Fri Mar 1, 1996 | 42A | 1970 World's Fair site (3) | Charles E. Gersch | Shortz |
Mon Mar 6, 1995 | 1A | City near Kyoto | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Mar 5, 1995 | 15D | City near Kobe (2) | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun May 29, 1994 | 106D | City known for its puppet theater | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Aug 16, 2020 | Acrostic | V | Naomi who won the 2018 U.S. Open | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Dec 2, 2018 | Diagramless | 50A | Home of Japan's National Bunraku Theater | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Mon Aug 9, 1993 | 27D | Big city in Japan | Morton B. Braun | Maleska |
Fri Mar 5, 1993 | 5D | Japanese seaport | Ronald C. Hirschfeld | Maleska |
Wed Dec 9, 1992 | 24D | Japanese metropolis | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
Tue Oct 20, 1992 | 8D | Second city of Japan | Wayne Hall-Eastman | Maleska |
Thu Jul 16, 1992 | 39A | Honshu port | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
Thu Aug 8, 1991 | 34A | World's Fair site: 1970 | Patricia A. Cevaal | Maleska |
Sat Feb 23, 1991 | 7D | Prefecture of Japan | Ronald C. Hirschfeld | Maleska |
Sun Jan 13, 1991 | 105A | Honshu city | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Fri Apr 6, 1990 | 27D | World's Fair city: 1970 | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon Jul 24, 1989 | 8D | Japanese seaport | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Mon May 29, 1989 | 65A | Japanese city | Fred Toole | Maleska |
Sun Jan 8, 1989 | 85D | Honshu city | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Tue Aug 23, 1988 | 8D | Honshu seaport | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Wed Feb 17, 1988 | 11D | Honshu city | Edward Bobb | Maleska |
Tue Oct 13, 1987 | 25D | Honshu city | R. S. Jones | Maleska |
Mon Oct 27, 1986 | 3D | Important Japanese port | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Tue Dec 31, 1985 | 33A | Japanese city | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Sun May 19, 1985 | 6D | Japanese port | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Thu Jan 24, 1985 | 15A | City near Kobe | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed Jan 23, 1985 | 27D | Japan's greatest port | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Thu Jan 17, 1985 | 37D | Honshu port | William Canine | Maleska |
Fri Nov 11, 1983 | 15D | Japanese seaport | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Sun Apr 10, 1983 | 57D | Major Japanese seaport | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Tue Sep 28, 1982 | 29D | Japan's greatest port | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Wed Jul 28, 1982 | 15A | Japanese seaport | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Sun Sep 13, 1981 | 112A | Honshu metropolis | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Sun Aug 2, 1981 | 14A | Seaport in Honshu | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Wed Jan 28, 1981 | 47A | Port in Honshu | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Sun Dec 28, 1980 | 53A | Honshu seaport | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Fri Feb 1, 1980 | 8A | Japan's greatest port | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Thu Nov 1, 1979 | 6D | Honshu city | George Laczko | Maleska |
Thu Mar 8, 1979 | 8D | Japan's greatest port | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon Jun 12, 1978 | 51D | Japanese metropolis | Ann Jenkins | Maleska |
Sun Dec 11, 1977 | 109A | Japan's greatest port | Olga Kowals | Maleska |
Wed Sep 14, 1977 | 35D | Japan's second-largest city | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sat Aug 13, 1977 | 11D | Honshu city | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Sat Mar 26, 1977 | 51A | Japanese city | Bert Beaman | Maleska |
Thu Oct 28, 1976 | 5A | Port of Japan | Jim Page | Weng |
Sun Jun 13, 1976 | 21A | City of Japan | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Sat Mar 13, 1976 | 7D | Honshu port | Louise Earnest | Weng |
Thu May 8, 1975 | 67A | Honshu city | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Fri Sep 22, 1972 | 24A | Site of Expo '70 | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jul 16, 1972 | 140A | Expo city | C. McInerney | Weng |
Sat Oct 30, 1971 | 26D | Expo city | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 3, 1971 | 38A | Japanese port | Alfio Micci | Weng |
Sun Feb 28, 1971 | 116D | City of 1970 fair | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Tue Feb 9, 1971 | 53D | Fair city | Mel Taub | Weng |
Thu Aug 21, 1969 | 1A | Tourist site in '70. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed May 14, 1969 | 16A | Site of Expo 70. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jul 23, 1967 | 143A | Honshu port. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sun Jun 18, 1967 | 20A | Honshu Bay. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sun May 7, 1967 | 49A | Honshu bay. | Bert Beaman | Farrar |
Thu Jan 26, 1967 | 23A | City of Japan, on the Inland Sea. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Tue Dec 27, 1966 | 23D | Honshu seaport. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 4, 1966 | 3D | Honshu city. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 27, 1966 | 13A | Japan's second largest city. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Oct 30, 1965 | 32D | Japanese city. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 12, 1965 | 38A | Honshu port. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 20, 1964 | 134A | Honshu city. | James E. Hinish, Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Jun 28, 1962 | 51D | Honshu seaport. | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Tue Aug 2, 1960 | 28D | Commercial center in Japan. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 3, 1959 | 43D | Port of Japan. | George W. Frank | Farrar |
Wed Sep 3, 1958 | 16A | Large port on bay near the Inland Sea. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Tue Jul 8, 1958 | 4D | Japanese "Pittsburgh." | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Fri Aug 16, 1957 | 52D | City on Honshu. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 28, 1957 | 50D | Port of Japan. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sun Apr 7, 1957 | 109D | Honshu city. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Sun Jan 27, 1957 | 61D | Commercial center of Japan. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Sep 16, 1956 | 132D | Japanese seaport. | Grace Hoster | Farrar |
Sun Oct 2, 1955 | 20A | Large city of Honshu. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Wed Jan 5, 1955 | 40A | Honshu seaport. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Aug 22, 1954 | 41D | Honshu port. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sun Jan 18, 1953 | 42D | Honshu port. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Fri Oct 17, 1952 | 7D | Large Japanese seaport. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Apr 18, 1952 | 8D | Second largest Japanese city. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 4, 1952 | 24A | Seaport of Honshu island. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 2, 1951 | 67A | Honshu port. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Thu Aug 16, 1951 | 23A | Seaport on Honshu Island. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 4, 1951 | 14A | Honshu seaport. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 16, 1949 | 87D | Big Japanese city. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Mar 24, 1946 | 72A | Seaport in W. Honshu. | J. P. Downes | Farrar |
Sun Nov 25, 1945 | 105A | Commercial center of Japan. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Apr 15, 1945 | 76A | Bombed seaport on Honshu. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Jul 2, 1944 | 82D | Jap city, remembers Doolittle. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Jun 4, 1944 | 86A | Vulnerable Jap city. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun May 28, 1944 | 49D | Honshu seaport. | P. J. Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun Feb 6, 1944 | 44D | Japanese seaport, bombed April, 1942. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |
Sun Jun 27, 1943 | 128D | Bombed Jap city. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sun Aug 9, 1942 | 143A | Japanese seaport. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |