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91 total results for PRUNE( score: 50 )
25 results for PRUNE from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Nov 9, 2023 | 36A | Shrunken snack item | Simeon Seigel | Shortz |
Mon Nov 22, 2021 | 27D | Dehydrated plum | Stella Zawistowski | Shortz |
Fri Feb 7, 2020 | 12D | Trim (3) | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard | Shortz |
Tue May 28, 2019 | 6D | Dried plum | Aimee Lucido | Shortz |
Sat Mar 11, 2017 | 43D | Cut back (5) | Natan Last | Shortz |
Sun Oct 13, 2013 | 99D | Trim (3) | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue Jun 5, 2012 | 2D | Kind of danish (2) | Sharon Delorme | Shortz |
Thu Oct 1, 2009 | 30D | Trim, as a topiary | Patrick Blindauer & Rebecca Young | Shortz |
Mon Jul 20, 2009 | 23A | Lop off, as branches | Pancho Harrison | Shortz |
Sun Aug 10, 2008 | 102D | Someone who just got out of a long bath, facetiously | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Mon Dec 24, 2007 | 49D | Trim, as branches | Mark Sherwood | Shortz |
Wed Feb 14, 2007 | 48D | Snip what's superfluous | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Fri Jul 7, 2006 | 28D | Cut back (5) | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Sun Sep 19, 2004 | 56D | Bush whack? | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Sun Jun 20, 2004 | 117A | Cut back (5) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Dec 2, 2003 | 5D | Danish filler | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Wed Jan 8, 2003 | 5D | Kind of danish (2) | James Rogers | Shortz |
Tue Jan 23, 2001 | 44A | Wrinkled fruit | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Mon Aug 14, 2000 | 49D | Wrinkly fruit | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Sun Apr 4, 1999 | 38A | Rid of the superfluous | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Mon Dec 14, 1998 | 19A | Trim limbs | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Fri Jul 17, 1998 | 30D | Trim (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun Sep 7, 1997 | 76D | Cut back (5) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon May 6, 1996 | 36A | Kind of juice | N. Steinberg | Shortz |
Wed Dec 6, 1995 | 15A | Cut back (5) | Chet Currier | Shortz |
2 results for PRUNE from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
May 2, 2010 | Diagramless | 13D | Trim | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Nov 24, 2002 | Cryptic | 24D | Cut fruit (5) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
64 results for PRUNE from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun May 3, 1992 | 48A | Dried fruit | Rosalind Pavane | Maleska |
Wed Apr 8, 1992 | 27D | Cut; trim | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Sat Nov 24, 1990 | 15A | Dried plum | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Fri Nov 23, 1990 | 2D | Trim | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Tue Nov 29, 1988 | 5A | Dried plum | Whitten | Maleska |
Wed Jun 1, 1988 | 6D | Remove branches | Elaine George | Maleska |
Mon Feb 29, 1988 | 6D | Clip hedges | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sun Oct 11, 1987 | 6D | Cut back | Alan Arbesfeld | Maleska |
Sun Oct 26, 1986 | 63D | Clip | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Fri May 16, 1986 | 16A | Breakfast fruit | William Canine | Maleska |
Wed Apr 9, 1986 | 65A | Sourpuss | Edward Bobb | Maleska |
Mon Mar 4, 1985 | 41A | Trim | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
Wed Feb 27, 1985 | 14A | Sourpuss | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Mon Feb 28, 1983 | 47D | Trim | Bolognese-Lo | Maleska |
Mon Jun 14, 1982 | 47D | Dried plum | Katherine Gould | Maleska |
Fri Apr 9, 1982 | 50D | Dried fruit | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Tue Mar 2, 1982 | 36A | Trim | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Fri Dec 11, 1981 | 39A | Cut back | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon Aug 18, 1980 | 25A | Cut out | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Thu Aug 7, 1980 | 6D | Sourpuss | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Mon Aug 4, 1980 | 26D | Cut back | Richard N. Platt, Jr. | Maleska |
Wed Mar 26, 1980 | 28D | Trim vines | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Sun Feb 25, 1979 | 22A | Do a gardening job | James and Phyllis Barrick | Maleska |
Mon Apr 24, 1978 | 55D | Dried fruit | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Sun Dec 4, 1977 | 87A | Kind of Danish | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Wed Mar 31, 1976 | 26D | Ingredient of a whip | DeWitt Anderson | Weng |
Thu Oct 30, 1975 | 52A | Kind of face or pudding | Olga Kowals | Weng |
Tue Jun 3, 1975 | 10D | Do tree surgery | Virginia Butler | Weng |
Fri Nov 29, 1974 | 52D | Work on bushes | Sophie Fierman | Weng |
Fri Jan 12, 1973 | 37A | Cut back | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 8, 1972 | 28D | Do tree surgery | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Nov 13, 1971 | 6D | Lop off | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Oct 12, 1970 | 29D | Make concise | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 22, 1970 | 51D | Tidy the hedge | Louise Earnest | Weng |
Sun Oct 26, 1969 | 118A | Lop off | Mary M. Murdoch | Weng |
Wed Aug 6, 1969 | 42A | Cut down. | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 5, 1969 | 3D | Trim. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Aug 8, 1967 | 65A | Sometime plum. | Martha J. DeWitt | Farrar |
Thu Oct 13, 1966 | 27A | Erstwhile plum. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Fri Sep 30, 1966 | 17A | Unattractive one: Colloq. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 1, 1966 | 12D | Type of fruit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 24, 1965 | 20A | Do a gardener's job. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 20, 1964 | 62D | Trim. | James E. Hinish, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Feb 23, 1964 | 89A | Fruit. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Dec 22, 1963 | 108D | Trim. | Brice Metcalfe | Farrar |
Fri Aug 30, 1963 | 44D | Trim. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 15, 1962 | 46D | Fruit. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Sun Sep 24, 1961 | 96D | A former plum. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu May 11, 1961 | 32A | ___ whip. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 10, 1957 | 34A | Cut away, as branches. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Mon Jul 8, 1957 | 65A | Dried fruit. | Geraldine King | Farrar |
Tue Mar 19, 1957 | 15A | Fruit. | Helen Smathers | Farrar |
Thu Feb 16, 1956 | 50A | Kind of breakfast juice. | Thomas J. Varner | Farrar |
Tue Jun 16, 1953 | 47D | Relative of a sourpuss. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun Oct 12, 1952 | 52A | Product of California. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Mon Aug 11, 1952 | 46D | Clear of anything superfluous. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 20, 1952 | 63A | Product of California. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Wed Apr 16, 1952 | 52D | ___ whip. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 21, 1948 | 107A | Popular breakfast fruit. | D. G. Caywood | Farrar |
Sun Apr 6, 1947 | 46A | Trim. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Jul 1, 1945 | 9D | Cut. | Clara Rushe | Farrar |
Sun Jun 24, 1945 | 122A | Breakfast item. | A. H. Cook | Farrar |
Sun Sep 3, 1944 | 51A | Plum full of wrinkles. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Dec 20, 1942 | 73A | Thin out vegetation. | Mrs. Hedley V. Cooke | Farrar |