Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sat Mar 16, 2024 | 56D | Bench press muscles, familiarly | Carly Schuna | Fagliano |
Wed Feb 14, 2024 | 57A | Bench press muscles, informally (2) | Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
Tue Oct 24, 2023 | 57D | Chest muscles, for short (4) | Daniel Grinberg | Shortz |
Mon Sep 4, 2023 | 47A | Muscles above the abs (2) | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Fri Aug 11, 2023 | 32D | Upper-body workout target, informally | John-Clark Levin | Shortz |
Wed Nov 9, 2022 | 65A | Push-up targets, for short | David Tuffs | Shortz |
Mon Oct 31, 2022 | 48A | Chest muscles, for short (4) | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Wed Sep 21, 2022 | 44D | Bench press muscles, informally (2) | Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Sun Jul 17, 2022 | 68D | Benching targets, informally | Greg Slovacek | Shortz |
Thu Mar 25, 2021 | 1A | They can be found just above a six-pack | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sat Feb 6, 2021 | 17A | Nice pair of boxers? | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
Sat Dec 12, 2020 | 9A | Bench targets, for short | Sid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic | Shortz |
Wed Sep 16, 2020 | 7D | Chest muscles, informally | Paul Coulter | Shortz |
Thu Jul 23, 2020 | 69A | Bustline muscles, informally | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sat Aug 10, 2019 | 61A | Body parts that sound like some units of measure | Anna Gundlach and Erik Agard | Shortz |
Sun Jun 9, 2019 | 34A | Targets on "chest day" | Seth A. Abel | Shortz |
Sat Dec 1, 2018 | 9D | Muscle shirt wearer's pride | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Fri Nov 9, 2018 | 49D | Bodybuilder's pride | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Tue Oct 30, 2018 | 6D | Bench presser's pride, informally | Jules Markey | Shortz |
Sun Apr 1, 2018 | 105D | Bench presses build them, for short | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Mon Jan 1, 2018 | 22A | Chest muscles, for short (4) | Matthew Sewell | Shortz |
Mon Aug 14, 2017 | 5A | Torso muscles, briefly | Rich Proulx | Shortz |
Wed May 17, 2017 | 1A | Muscles worked by bench presses | Paul Hunsberger | Shortz |
Sat Mar 4, 2017 | 27A | They can be found next to six-packs | Mary Lou Guizzo | Shortz |
Tue Feb 23, 2016 | 59D | Muscles above the abs (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Dec 23, 2015 | 27D | They're between delts and abs | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
Wed Dec 31, 2014 | 19D | Weightlifter's pride | David Woolf | Shortz |
Sun Dec 21, 2014 | 86A | They're above abs | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Thu Nov 27, 2014 | 9D | What bench presses enhance | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun May 26, 2013 | 96D | Prominent beefcake features | Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz | Shortz |
Wed Jan 5, 2011 | 23D | Neighbors of 9-Down | Mr. Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Thu Apr 1, 2010 | 6A | Short chest, for muscles | Lee Glickstein | Shortz |
Sun May 10, 2009 | 56A | Bench presser's pride | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Jul 1, 2008 | 56A | Chest muscles, for short (4) | Ken Bessette | Shortz |
Thu Jan 26, 2006 | 29D | They're found around six-packs | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Mon Sep 26, 2005 | 8D | Chest muscles, briefly (3) | Ethan Cooper | Shortz |
Sun May 15, 2005 | 60D | They're big among bodybuilders | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Nov 7, 2004 | 52D | They ripple on bodybuilders | Con Pederson | Shortz |
Tue Sep 14, 2004 | 1D | They're above the abs | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Mon Apr 12, 2004 | 1D | Chest muscles, briefly (3) | Gail Grabowski | Shortz |
Sat Oct 18, 2003 | 49A | Muscles for bench pressers | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Wed Nov 27, 2002 | 10D | Iron pumpers develop them | Ron O'Hair | Shortz |
Wed Nov 28, 2001 | 26A | Chest muscles, briefly (3) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Jan 21, 2001 | 15A | Push-ups strengthen them | Con Pederson | Shortz |
Sun Jun 25, 2000 | 10A | They're developed by rowing | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Oct 25, 1998 | 52D | Bodybuilders' targets | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Thu Nov 9, 1995 | 45A | Bodybuilders build them | Bob Sefick | Shortz |
Thu Dec 23, 1993 | 1A | Iron-pumper's pride | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |