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152 total results for SAHARA( score: 50 )
48 results for SAHARA from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Nov 14, 2022 | 49D | Largest hot desert in the world | Taylor Johnson | Shortz |
Tue Jun 7, 2022 | 2D | Much of Chad and Mali | Carly Schuna | Shortz |
Sun Feb 6, 2022 | 69A | The volcano Emi Koussi is its highest point | Stephen McCarthy | Shortz |
Sat Jan 29, 2022 | 1D | Habitat for the addax antelope, which can go a year without drinking | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
Mon Sep 23, 2019 | 5D | Vegas casino named for an African locale | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Thu Dec 13, 2018 | 1D | Name that comes from Arabic for "desert" | John Westwig | Shortz |
Mon Jun 18, 2018 | 2D | African desert (4) | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Wed Nov 2, 2016 | 46D | Much of North Africa | Andrew Kingsley | Shortz |
Fri Oct 30, 2015 | 30D | Setting of "Beau Geste" | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun May 3, 2015 | 11A | Mali, mostly | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Sun Jun 1, 2014 | 2D | "The ostrich roams the great ___. / Its mouth is wide, its neck is narra": Ogden Nash | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Thu Nov 21, 2013 | 70A | Much of Mauritania | Jules P. Markey | Shortz |
Tue Jan 22, 2013 | 48D | Much of Libya and Algeria | Jay Kaskel | Shortz |
Sun Nov 27, 2011 | 5D | Bygone Las Vegas hotel/casino with a roller coaster | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed Sep 28, 2011 | 47D | Much of Libya (2) | Steve Salitan | Shortz |
Sat Jul 24, 2010 | 6D | Hot spot | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Wed Mar 3, 2010 | 10D | Most of Mali | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun Dec 6, 2009 | 1D | Large hot spot | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon Sep 22, 2008 | 24A | African desert (4) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Mon Jan 29, 2007 | 58A | African desert (4) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Mar 19, 2006 | 18A | 3 1/2 million square mile expanse | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Tue Jun 7, 2005 | 41A | Most of Libya (3) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Sep 16, 2004 | 5D | Oasis place | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Mon Aug 23, 2004 | 34D | African desert (4) | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Sun Jul 6, 2003 | 1D | Camel's place | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Sun May 18, 2003 | 81A | "The English Patient" setting (2) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Sun Sep 15, 2002 | 63D | Much of Libya (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Jul 8, 2002 | 44D | Noted Las Vegas casino | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
Sun Oct 7, 2001 | 115A | About 30% of Africa | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Aug 26, 2001 | 69D | 1943 Bogart film (3) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Jul 18, 2001 | 9D | Much of Chad | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Feb 15, 2001 | 49D | Most of Mauritania (2) | David Ainslie Macleod | Shortz |
Sun Sep 3, 2000 | 30A | Most of Mauritania (2) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jul 17, 2000 | 46D | Libyan expanse | Mitch Komro | Shortz |
Sun Jun 18, 2000 | 96D | Most of Libya (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Tue Apr 11, 2000 | 49D | Much of Niger (2) | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
Mon Jan 17, 2000 | 46A | Large African expanse | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Wed Sep 15, 1999 | 25A | Arid expanse | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
Fri Aug 20, 1999 | 9D | "The English Patient" setting (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Jan 13, 1999 | 26A | Bedouin's domain | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Sep 27, 1998 | 7A | 1943 Bogart film (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Wed Sep 9, 1998 | 48D | 1943 Bogart film (3) | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Wed Aug 26, 1998 | 43D | Much of Niger (2) | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun Nov 9, 1997 | 4A | Area south of the Atlas Mountains | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Tue Apr 30, 1996 | 5D | Mali's desert | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Nov 12, 1995 | 10D | Clive Cussler best seller | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun Aug 6, 1995 | 30D | Most of Libya (3) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Nov 22, 1994 | 45A | Much of Mali | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
2 results for SAHARA from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Aug 18, 2024 | Diagramless | 19D | North African expanse | Alex Eaton-Salners | Fagliano |
Aug 12, 2001 | Acrostic | M | Home of the addax and horned viper | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
102 results for SAHARA from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Sep 27, 1993 | 47D | It's 3.5 million square miles | Bette Sue Cohen | Taub |
Sat Feb 22, 1992 | 43D | Tuaregs' region | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Mon Feb 17, 1992 | 50A | Mali's desert | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
Mon Feb 4, 1991 | 48D | Vast, arid tract | Fred Toole | Maleska |
Sun Aug 26, 1990 | 80D | "Beau Geste" locale | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Sun Feb 11, 1990 | 14D | Tuaregs' region | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Fri Oct 13, 1989 | 15D | Saint-Exupéry's mysterious desert | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Wed Sep 13, 1989 | 4D | Vast arid area | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Wed Jul 12, 1989 | 53A | Vast African desert | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Mon Oct 17, 1988 | 48D | African desert | Thomas Bohm | Maleska |
Mon Jan 18, 1988 | 43D | Wasteland | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sat Jan 2, 1988 | 45D | Zoltán Korda film: 1943 | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Wed Aug 12, 1987 | 23D | Tuaregs' region | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
Thu Dec 18, 1986 | 1A | Desert bordering the Red Sea | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Sun Jul 13, 1986 | 56A | "Beau Geste" locale | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
Sun Jan 26, 1986 | 14D | Sienna brown | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Sat Nov 2, 1985 | 52A | Arid tract | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Jun 12, 1984 | 6D | N. African desert | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Tue Feb 14, 1984 | 5D | One-third of Africa | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Sat Dec 10, 1983 | 12D | Desert partly in 1 Across | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
Wed Feb 17, 1982 | 32A | Arid tract | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Sat Feb 6, 1982 | 4D | Arid region | John Greenman | Maleska |
Tue Sep 15, 1981 | 45D | Tuaregs' region | Hugh McElroy | Maleska |
Thu Sep 10, 1981 | 30A | Symbol of aridity | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Fri Mar 6, 1981 | 48D | It's just desert | James | Maleska |
Sun Feb 22, 1981 | 6D | Tuaregs' milieu | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sat Nov 17, 1979 | 58A | Scene of "Beau Geste" | Marjorie Pedersen | Maleska |
Thu Jun 14, 1979 | 20A | Bedouin's milieu | Stephanie Spadaccini | Maleska |
Sat Apr 28, 1979 | 18D | Sere region | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Thu Feb 8, 1979 | 47A | Big dry spot | Johnson | Maleska |
Wed Nov 30, 1977 | 47A | Tuareg's land | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Mon Apr 4, 1977 | 39A | Vast arid tract | Samuel K. Fliegner | Maleska |
Sun Feb 13, 1977 | 36A | Arid place | Elmer Toro | Weng |
Sat Jan 8, 1977 | 34A | Desert | James Barrick | Weng |
Fri Nov 5, 1976 | 1D | Rommel's battleground | Jordan S. Lasher | Weng |
Sun Nov 2, 1975 | 15D | Desert | George Rose Smith | Weng |
Sun Sep 7, 1975 | 7D | Tuaregs' home | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Sat Aug 3, 1974 | 34A | Desert region | Manny Miller | Weng |
Sun Nov 18, 1973 | 73A | Tuaregs' region | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Sat Apr 7, 1973 | 24A | Vast arid region | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Feb 11, 1973 | 75A | Barren area | John C. Laflin | Weng |
Wed Apr 12, 1972 | 9A | Great wasteland | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 28, 1971 | 1A | Wasteland | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Sep 20, 1971 | 10D | Desert | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Aug 15, 1971 | 118D | Wasteland | A. J. Santora | Weng |
Sat Aug 14, 1971 | 29A | 1943 Bogart movie | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 24, 1971 | 45A | Bedouins' home | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jul 23, 1969 | 9D | Wasteland. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Aug 27, 1968 | 45A | Foreign Legion locale. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 26, 1968 | 1A | Sandy wasteland. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 28, 1968 | 45D | Sandy wasteland. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 6, 1967 | 9D | African region. | Arthur S. Heiser | Farrar |
Sun Nov 20, 1966 | 111A | Wasteland. | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Nov 25, 1965 | 13A | A lot of sand. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 27, 1964 | 59A | Arid expanse. | W. A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Aug 2, 1964 | 56D | Wasteland. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Jul 5, 1964 | 98D | Tuareg's region. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Jan 21, 1964 | 10D | Desert. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Mon Dec 23, 1963 | 30A | Berber's home. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 18, 1963 | 71A | Dry expanse. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Sun Jun 24, 1962 | 9D | Arid expanse. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Fri Jun 9, 1961 | 10D | Part of Africa. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 30, 1960 | 1D | African area. | Roberta H. Morse | Farrar |
Sat Oct 29, 1960 | 52A | Location of new oil fields. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 23, 1960 | 47D | Neighbor of Algeria. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 13, 1959 | 1D | Sea of sand. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sat Apr 11, 1959 | 52A | Land of the Tuaregs. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Fri Oct 24, 1958 | 4D | Region west of the Nile. | Helen Bernard | Farrar |
Sun Apr 20, 1958 | 41A | Where Tibesti Massif is. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sat Oct 12, 1957 | 49A | Land beyond the Atlas Mts. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jul 1, 1957 | 26A | Training ground of the French Foreign Legion. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sat Nov 10, 1956 | 1A | Barren expanse. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 19, 1956 | 24D | Region of northern Africa. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Jul 22, 1956 | 9D | Unproductive region. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Mon Nov 28, 1955 | 31A | Unproductive region. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 13, 1955 | 47D | Where oases are found. | Fred C. Jaschob | Farrar |
Thu Apr 28, 1955 | 14D | Large unproductive region. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sat Sep 25, 1954 | 48A | Part of Africa. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Tue Aug 31, 1954 | 25A | Sandy wasteland. | R. E. Lawlor | Farrar |
Mon Jun 14, 1954 | 52A | Area of N. Africa. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Thu Nov 26, 1953 | 14A | Region in N. Africa. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Mon Sep 14, 1953 | 9D | Wasteland. | Ralph Anderson | Farrar |
Sat Sep 5, 1953 | 45A | 3,500,000 square miles of plateaus, lowlands and dunes. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Sat Mar 28, 1953 | 32A | Where Rommel was not so foxy. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Mon Dec 1, 1952 | 31A | Part of an enormous arid belt. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jun 14, 1952 | 6D | 3,500,000 miles of sand. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 8, 1952 | 9D | It's seven times larger than the Gobi. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 1, 1952 | 9D | Where the "ships" are four-legged. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Nov 8, 1951 | 39D | 3,500,000 sq. miles of sand. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 18, 1951 | 48D | Any arid waste. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 24, 1951 | 37A | Sandy place. | Nancy W. Atkinson | Farrar |
Sun Feb 25, 1951 | 92D | Region of oases and deserts. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sun Feb 26, 1950 | 82D | 3,500,000 sq. mi. of sand. | S. K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sun Dec 18, 1949 | 1D | Setting of "Beau Geste." | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Oct 23, 1949 | 1D | Region north of Timbuktu. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Sep 26, 1948 | 20A | African "Gobi." | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Jun 20, 1948 | 118D | Foreign Legion stamping ground. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Jul 15, 1945 | 42A | Region of the Tuaregs. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Dec 3, 1944 | 43D | Plateau in North Africa. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Aug 13, 1944 | 21D | Huge dry area. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Nov 8, 1942 | 137A | Embattled African section. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sun Jun 21, 1942 | 96D | Battleground. | Mabel C. Daggett | Farrar |