Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Mon Oct 28, 2024 | 43A | "My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it's not remotely funny," e.g. | Michael Lieberman | Fagliano |
Sun Jul 14, 2024 | 41D | Many a dad joke | Jeff Chen | Fagliano |
Wed Jan 4, 2023 | 43A | "The lowest form of humor — when you don't think of it first," per Oscar Levant | Laura Breiman and Tom Bachant | Shortz |
Mon Feb 8, 2021 | 62D | Wordplay joke | Portia Lundie | Shortz |
Tue Dec 29, 2020 | 9D | Many a groan inducer | Matthew Trout | Shortz |
Sat Nov 7, 2020 | 25A | Faux Fighters or Dread Zeppelin, e.g. | Kameron Austin Collins and Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Wed Aug 1, 2018 | 35A | Groan-worthy remark, say | Sande Milton and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue Aug 15, 2017 | 61D | The clue for 58-Down, e.g. [sorry!] | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Thu Jul 27, 2017 | 49D | Ogden Nash specialty | Jeffrey Wechsler | Shortz |
Sat Mar 25, 2017 | 36D | "Horse voice," e.g. | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sat Oct 22, 2016 | 46A | One of "the highest form of literature," per Hitchcock | James Mulhern | Shortz |
Mon Aug 22, 2016 | 43A | Title like "The Santa Clause" or "Knight and Day" | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Fri Apr 22, 2016 | 7D | Many a Weird Al Yankovic title | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Sep 27, 2015 | 2D | "Let us spray," e.g. (2) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Tue Oct 7, 2014 | 27D | Many a "?" clue in a crossword | Matt Skoczen and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Tue Sep 23, 2014 | 55A | "Ugh, German sausage is the wurst," e.g. | Gerry Wildenberg | Shortz |
Fri Jul 25, 2014 | 22A | Many a New York Post headline | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun Jun 1, 2014 | 93A | Feature of many a Ludacris lyric | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Fri Mar 21, 2014 | 33A | Feature of many a Duchamp work | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Thu Jun 13, 2013 | 64D | "Poultry in motion," e.g. | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Wed Feb 27, 2013 | 50D | Wordplay from Groucho | Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
Mon Jul 30, 2012 | 22D | So-called "lowest form of humor" | Rosemarie Dolan and Christopher Geach | Shortz |
Sun May 13, 2012 | 85A | The title of this puzzle, e.g. | Ben Tausig | Shortz |
Fri Sep 17, 2010 | 37A | One of about 3,000 in Shakespeare's plays | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 | Shortz |
Thu Sep 9, 2010 | 34A | Groan trigger | Kevin Wald | Shortz |
Sun Aug 15, 2010 | 56A | "The lowest form of humor," per Samuel Johnson | Daniel C. Bryant | Shortz |
Tue Oct 27, 2009 | 41A | Bit of wordplay (2) | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Fri Jul 10, 2009 | 33A | It may not have been intended | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Wed Jul 1, 2009 | 49D | Bit of wordplay (2) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Dec 14, 2008 | 144D | 86-Across, e.g. | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Tue Nov 28, 2006 | 67A | What 61-Across contains | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat Feb 4, 2006 | 37D | It may involve a homophone | Philip C. Ordway | Shortz |
Mon Jan 2, 2006 | 39A | "Queen of denial" for Queen of the Nile | Linda Schechet Tucker | Shortz |
Sun Jul 3, 2005 | 70A | "The Santa Clause," for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Mar 28, 2004 | 11D | "Queen of denial," e.g. | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Mar 2, 2003 | 56A | Cause of a smile, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Thu Jan 16, 2003 | 6D | Bit of wit | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Thu Oct 17, 2002 | 55D | Many an "Airplane!" gag | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Wed Apr 24, 2002 | 10D | 20-, 39- or 53-Across, say | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
Tue Mar 12, 2002 | 54A | Many a crossword clue | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Wed Dec 19, 2001 | 30D | Bit of Cerf humor | Don West | Shortz |
Sat Jun 2, 2001 | 24D | "Let us spray," e.g. (2) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Thu Jun 22, 2000 | 41D | Smile producer | Robert B. Baker | Shortz |
Sun May 14, 2000 | 34A | Amuse with words | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Mon Apr 17, 2000 | 19A | "Dollars, taxes," e.g., for Dallas, Texas | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue Dec 7, 1999 | 7D | Wit's end? | Norman S. Wizer | Shortz |
Sun Jan 31, 1999 | 77D | "Miró, Miró, on the wall," e.g. | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Feb 19, 1998 | 22A | Equivoque | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Tue Oct 29, 1996 | 45A | Bit of paronomasia | R. J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Jun 9, 1996 | 31A | Knock-knock joke, essentially | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Apr 21, 1996 | 6D | Subject of a Swift essay | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
Sat May 27, 1995 | 26A | Homophone, maybe | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun Oct 30, 1994 | 58D | Groaner (2) | R. M. Hopkins | Shortz |
Sat Jul 16, 1994 | 10D | Groaner (2) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Mon Jul 11, 1994 | 30D | Play on words | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Tue May 24, 1994 | 31D | So-called "lowest form of wit" | Arthur S. Ash | Shortz |
Tue Dec 28, 1993 | 51A | Knock-knock joke, e.g. | Ronald C. Hirschfield | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Feb 6, 2022 | Diagramless | 12A | Many a crossword clue with a question mark | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sep 2, 2012 | Panda | 44A | Start of some verbal punishment | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Sat Nov 13, 1993 | 18A | "Maid in Japan," e.g. | Louis Sabin | Taub |
Thu Oct 28, 1993 | 64A | Equivoque | I. Judah Koolyk | Taub |
Thu May 27, 1993 | 20A | Play on words | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Tue Aug 25, 1992 | 51A | Groan provoker | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Mon May 18, 1992 | 25A | Word play | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
Fri Apr 17, 1992 | 51A | Play on words | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Sat Aug 24, 1991 | 25D | Calembour | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Thu Apr 11, 1991 | 44A | Word play | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Thu May 10, 1990 | 22A | Play on words | Frank Miceli | Maleska |
Sun Dec 10, 1989 | 110D | Calembour | Jim Page | Maleska |
Fri Sep 29, 1989 | 54A | Equivoke | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Fri Jun 9, 1989 | 34A | Paronomasia | William Canine | Maleska |
Fri Sep 9, 1988 | 61D | Word play | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Sun Jul 31, 1988 | 59D | "Canoe row a boat?" is one | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Sun Apr 10, 1988 | 12D | Cerf specialty | William Canine | Maleska |
Fri Feb 22, 1985 | 35A | Equivoque | Dorothy Elliott | Maleska |
Sun Feb 26, 1984 | 76A | Equivoque | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sun Nov 7, 1982 | 29A | Equivoque | Vincent L. Osborne | Maleska |
Sat Jul 31, 1982 | 58A | Groan producer | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
Sun Jul 4, 1982 | 41D | Equivoque | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Sun Aug 9, 1981 | 112A | Witticism | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Fri Jul 18, 1980 | 4D | Paronomasia | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Sun Jun 1, 1980 | 95D | Jeu de mots | Threba Johnson | Maleska |
Tue Mar 18, 1980 | 33D | "Abel was I ere I saw Cain," e.g. | Meunier | Maleska |
Sun Jan 27, 1980 | 123D | Sometimes it's funny | Bert Beaman | Maleska |
Fri Oct 19, 1979 | 39A | Paronomastic witticism | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Nov 25, 1978 | 31D | It seldom made Cerf bored | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Wed Apr 12, 1978 | 58D | Paronomasia | John S. Richter, Sr. | Maleska |
Tue Aug 30, 1977 | 52A | "Canoe row a boat?" is one | McDermott | Maleska |
Mon May 9, 1977 | 18A | "Sticks float; they wood" is one | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Wed Sep 15, 1976 | 22D | Certain bit of wit | Jack L. Steinhardt | Weng |
Tue Jan 7, 1975 | 38A | Word play | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Sun May 27, 1973 | 93A | "Thyme on my hands," e.g. | Nancy W. Atkinson | Weng |
Sat Mar 17, 1973 | 39D | Word play | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Sep 20, 1972 | 65A | Equivoque | Merl Reagle | Weng |
Wed Jun 7, 1972 | 30A | Bit of humor | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Mar 16, 1969 | 55A | Witticism | Mary Murdoch | Weng |
Sat Dec 14, 1968 | 40A | Humorous remark. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 6, 1968 | 33A | Witticism. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Dec 15, 1967 | 31D | Form of humor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 29, 1967 | 18D | Wit's forte. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Tue Jun 27, 1967 | 49D | Type of humor. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Thu May 25, 1967 | 43A | The "lack of foresight" saga, for example. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sat Nov 5, 1966 | 33A | Play on words. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jun 3, 1966 | 58A | Word manipulation. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Apr 22, 1966 | 57A | Bit of wit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 11, 1966 | 57D | Wordplay. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 1, 1965 | 40A | Comedian's forte. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 4, 1964 | 11D | One kind of quip. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sat May 2, 1964 | 52A | Bit of wit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 4, 1964 | 41A | Equivoque. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 5, 1963 | 10D | Play on words. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Apr 19, 1963 | 42D | Joke of a sort. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 28, 1962 | 33D | Witticism. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 13, 1962 | 35A | Laughing matter. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 11, 1962 | 7D | Joke. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri Jul 28, 1961 | 44A | Play on words. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jul 11, 1961 | 56D | A form of wit. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 31, 1960 | 33A | Witticism. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 21, 1960 | 16D | Play on words. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 7, 1959 | 4D | "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read." | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Mon Oct 6, 1958 | 8D | Humor of a sort. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Jun 1, 1958 | 30D | Word play. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Wed May 15, 1957 | 36A | Wisecrack. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Wed Apr 24, 1957 | 26D | Witticism. | Herbert Lyle | Farrar |
Sun Jan 6, 1957 | 69A | "And thereby hangs a tale." | Marion Moeser | Farrar |
Thu Apr 5, 1956 | 45D | Joke book item. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Jul 10, 1955 | 74A | Jeu de mots. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Sun Dec 19, 1954 | 103D | Clever ad lib. | Ruth H. Oliver | Farrar |
Sat Aug 21, 1954 | 34A | "Sticks float. They wood." | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Thu Jul 29, 1954 | 9D | Ad libber's quip. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Fri Oct 23, 1953 | 37D | Kind of verbal quibble. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Wed Oct 21, 1953 | 36A | The "Louisiana Perches," à la Walt Kelly. | Helen Chapman | Farrar |
Mon Dec 10, 1951 | 8D | Jeu de mots. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 1, 1951 | 133D | Form of wit. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Sun Oct 16, 1949 | 70A | Ed Wynn joke. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Feb 6, 1949 | 39D | Word play effect. | G. A. K. Sutton | Farrar |
Sun Mar 9, 1947 | 94D | "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."—Mercutio. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun May 19, 1946 | 18D | Paronomasia. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Feb 11, 1945 | 8D | Play on words. | Waldo Ranson | Farrar |
Sun Jul 30, 1944 | 39A | Verbal quibble. | Alvin Ashby | Farrar |
Sun Aug 16, 1942 | 131A | Word play. | Jack Luzzato | Farrar |