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166 total results for SLAY( score: 50 )
75 results for SLAY from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Jan 13, 2025 | 55A | Leave roaring with laughter | Adam Levav | Shortz |
Sun Jan 5, 2025 | 53D | Leave rolling in the aisles (7) | Kareem Ayas | Shortz |
Tue Dec 17, 2024 | 69A | Kill, to a comic | Kathy Lowden | Fagliano |
Sun Sep 29, 2024 | 112D | Totally crush it | Joe Deeney | Fagliano |
Wed Sep 11, 2024 | 42A | Leave 'em rolling in the aisles | Barbara Lin | Fagliano |
Sun Aug 11, 2024 | 70D | Do in (10) | Caryn Robbins | Fagliano |
Thu Aug 17, 2023 | 65A | Knock 'em dead (3) | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Sat Jan 28, 2023 | 29D | Knock dead | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
Tue Jul 12, 2022 | 49D | Kill it at the comedy club | Karen Steinberg | Shortz |
Tue Mar 15, 2022 | 29D | Vanquish, as a dragon | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Sat Feb 26, 2022 | 15A | Do amazingly, in slang | Ori Brian | Shortz |
Thu Mar 25, 2021 | 63A | Dispatch, in a way | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Tue Feb 2, 2021 | 38D | Leave rolling in the aisles (7) | Adesina O. Koiki | Shortz |
Sun Sep 13, 2020 | 19A | Look extremely stylish, slangily | MaryEllen Uthlaut | Shortz |
Mon Feb 11, 2019 | 68A | Kill, as a dragon (3) | Howard Barkin | Shortz |
Sat Apr 14, 2018 | 33D | Kill it | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Mon Dec 4, 2017 | 36A | Leave rolling in the aisles (7) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sun Aug 6, 2017 | 121A | Rub out | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Jul 25, 2017 | 60D | Knock dead at the comedy club | Alex Vratsanos | Shortz |
Wed Jul 12, 2017 | 21D | What good comics do | Elayne Boosler and Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Tue Jan 17, 2017 | 59A | Knock 'em dead (3) | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Thu Dec 22, 2016 | 5A | Leave rolling in the aisles (7) | Mark MacLachlan | Shortz |
Sat Jul 16, 2016 | 9D | Kill (2) | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Wed Mar 16, 2016 | 32D | Leave in stitches (2) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Oct 2, 2014 | 64A | Crack up (2) | David Woolf | Shortz |
Thu Nov 21, 2013 | 42D | Do in, so to speak | Jules P. Markey | Shortz |
Thu Jan 24, 2013 | 56D | Leave rolling in the aisles (7) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Tue Oct 2, 2012 | 63A | Leave rolling in the aisles (7) | Ethan Cooper | Shortz |
Wed Jan 18, 2012 | 73A | Cause to roll in the aisles | Chris Handman | Shortz |
Sun May 29, 2011 | 29A | Knock off (2) | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach | Shortz |
Thu Feb 3, 2011 | 66A | Dispatch (2) | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Tue Jun 22, 2010 | 51D | Leave in stitches (2) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Sun Dec 6, 2009 | 28D | Off | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Nov 29, 2009 | 122A | Put in stitches (3) | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Sun Feb 22, 2009 | 115A | Crack up (2) | Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Mon Aug 25, 2008 | 62A | Kill (2) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | Shortz |
Mon Oct 29, 2007 | 13D | Murder (3) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Oct 7, 2007 | 80D | Put in stitches (3) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sat Jul 21, 2007 | 57A | Whack | Raymond C. Young | Shortz |
Mon May 14, 2007 | 5D | Smite | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Wed Apr 27, 2005 | 19A | Overwhelm with humor | Lyell Rodieck | Shortz |
Sun Sep 5, 2004 | 123A | Overwhelm, at a comedy club | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Feb 28, 2004 | 54D | Fell | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Wed Jan 7, 2004 | 59A | Do in (10) | Mike Torch | Shortz |
Tue Sep 9, 2003 | 52D | Do in (10) | Robert Zimmerman | Shortz |
Mon May 5, 2003 | 63A | Do in (10) | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Tue Aug 27, 2002 | 72A | Do in (10) | Denise M. Neuendorf | Shortz |
Mon Mar 4, 2002 | 73A | Knock 'em dead (3) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Fri Jan 18, 2002 | 30A | Make heads roll? | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Fri Aug 10, 2001 | 3D | Have rolling in the aisles | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Jul 17, 2001 | 65A | Do in (10) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Mar 19, 2001 | 32D | Delight, slangily | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Feb 8, 2000 | 32A | Bump off | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Nov 7, 1999 | 125A | Cut down | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Oct 29, 1999 | 53D | More than tickle | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Oct 17, 1999 | 99A | Put in stitches (3) | Bob and Sharon Klahn | Shortz |
Wed Jul 28, 1999 | 27A | Do in (10) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Mar 30, 1999 | 37D | Do in, as a dragon | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Sat Jul 4, 1998 | 52A | Knock off (2) | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Thu May 28, 1998 | 5A | Leave helpless with laughter | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
Fri May 8, 1998 | 32D | Send rolling in the aisles | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Mon Mar 9, 1998 | 58A | Kill, as a dragon (3) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Thu Oct 9, 1997 | 7D | Do in (10) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue Sep 16, 1997 | 57D | Leave laughing | Christopher Page | Shortz |
Wed Jul 23, 1997 | 25D | Do in (10) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jul 13, 1997 | 71A | Off, so to speak | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Fri Nov 1, 1996 | 53A | Wow | M. Rosen | Shortz |
Tue Jul 2, 1996 | 64A | Do in (10) | Bette Sue Cohen | Shortz |
Wed Mar 20, 1996 | 65A | Leave rolling in the aisles (7) | G. Newman | Shortz |
Mon Mar 4, 1996 | 70A | Murder (3) | S. B. Whitten | Shortz |
Thu Jun 15, 1995 | 69A | Murder (3) | Norma Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun Mar 5, 1995 | 99A | Overwhelm | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Thu Sep 15, 1994 | 13D | Dispatch (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Apr 19, 1994 | 22D | Kill, as a dragon (3) | Bob Sefick | Shortz |
Tue Dec 28, 1993 | 64A | Assassinate | Ronald C. Hirschfield | Shortz |
91 results for SLAY from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Sep 29, 1993 | 27D | Overwhelm with humor | Dorothy Elliott | Taub |
Wed Jun 16, 1993 | 26A | Execute | William Canine | Maleska |
Fri Jul 12, 1991 | 31D | Roll 'em in the aisles | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Thu Sep 27, 1990 | 62A | Amuse immensely | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sat Sep 1, 1990 | 64A | Do in | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Tue Oct 18, 1988 | 38D | Highly amuse: Colloq. | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sun Jan 17, 1988 | 103D | Dispatch | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
Thu Aug 27, 1987 | 36D | Destroy | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Thu Jul 30, 1987 | 65A | Homophone for sleigh | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Thu Jul 16, 1987 | 31D | Do in | R. S. Jones | Maleska |
Fri Nov 21, 1986 | 51D | Lay low | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Thu Aug 14, 1986 | 25A | Homophone for sleigh | William Canine | Maleska |
Tue Aug 5, 1986 | 17A | Do in | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
Thu Jul 10, 1986 | 50D | Do in | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
Sat Jun 8, 1985 | 66A | Lay low | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
Mon May 6, 1985 | 63A | Do in | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Mar 26, 1985 | 30A | Assassinate | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Wed Dec 26, 1984 | 53D | Lay low | Troxell | Maleska |
Sat Jul 7, 1984 | 47D | Do in | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Thu Jun 7, 1984 | 51D | Destroy | Edward Bobb | Maleska |
Sun Oct 16, 1983 | 16D | Do in | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Tue Oct 4, 1983 | 48D | Overwhelm, in slanguage | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Sun May 29, 1983 | 116A | Dispatch | Sam Bellotto Jr. | Maleska |
Tue Jul 6, 1982 | 31D | Do in | Dorothy Elliott | Maleska |
Sun Dec 20, 1981 | 12D | Do in | Ruth N. Schultz | Maleska |
Fri Oct 30, 1981 | 59A | Do in | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Sun Dec 28, 1980 | 123A | Liquidate a dragon | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Mon Oct 27, 1980 | 59A | Do in | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Tue May 15, 1979 | 1D | Massacre | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
Wed Nov 8, 1978 | 50D | Execute | Meisler | Maleska |
Sat Aug 5, 1978 | 50D | Affect overpoweringly | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Thu Jul 7, 1977 | 56D | Do in | Allan Blackman | Maleska |
Sun May 1, 1977 | 12A | Serb or Sorb | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Wed Mar 30, 1977 | 45A | Do in | Evelyn B. Rosenthal | Maleska |
Wed Feb 9, 1977 | 60D | Wow an audience | Samuel K. Fliegner | Weng |
Thu Jul 15, 1976 | 13D | Do in | Eileen Daly | Weng |
Fri Sep 12, 1975 | 31A | Destroy | Reginald L. Johnson | Weng |
Fri Aug 15, 1975 | 3D | Do in | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Fri Jul 26, 1974 | 69A | Do in | Reginald L. Johnson | Weng |
Sat Jul 6, 1974 | 12D | Annihilate | Evelyn Benshoof | Weng |
Mon Jun 3, 1974 | 47D | Do in | G. Gordon Cook | Weng |
Sun Sep 2, 1973 | 48D | Destroy | Marie West | Weng |
Thu Mar 15, 1973 | 33A | Do in | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Feb 5, 1973 | 5A | Do in | Brian G. Tyler | Weng |
Wed Mar 22, 1972 | 34A | Kill, as a dragon | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 23, 1971 | 53D | Murder | Herbert Ettenson | Weng |
Wed Feb 3, 1971 | 2D | Kill | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 11, 1970 | 38A | Amuse greatly: Colloq. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Apr 10, 1969 | 63A | Overwhelm, informally. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Nov 27, 1968 | 41A | Destroy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 27, 1968 | 13D | "You ___ me!" | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 31, 1967 | 94A | Destroy. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sun Nov 27, 1966 | 135A | Strike down. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Fri Sep 23, 1966 | 71A | Strike down. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 23, 1966 | 32A | Destroy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 9, 1966 | 54D | Do away with. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Nov 6, 1965 | 36D | Destroy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jul 27, 1965 | 65A | Destroy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 17, 1965 | 55D | Put to the sword. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jun 4, 1965 | 63A | Strike down. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 24, 1964 | 62A | Overwhelm: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Sep 18, 1964 | 32D | Destroy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 23, 1963 | 64A | Destroy. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Tue Oct 15, 1963 | 23A | Assassinate. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Fri Feb 1, 1963 | 61D | Destroy. | Alda F. Zimpel | Farrar |
Tue Oct 9, 1962 | 8D | Put an end to. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 4, 1960 | 61A | Do away with. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 20, 1960 | 70A | Kill. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 27, 1958 | 55D | Dispatch. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Wed Jul 16, 1958 | 21A | Destroy. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Tue Jun 4, 1957 | 6D | Destroy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Apr 25, 1957 | 52D | Put to the sword. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Tue Dec 11, 1956 | 55D | Put an end to. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Thu Aug 2, 1956 | 25A | Destroy. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Mon Oct 31, 1955 | 1D | Destroy. | B. C. King | Farrar |
Tue Aug 9, 1955 | 64A | Destroy. | Fletcher Coates | Farrar |
Wed May 12, 1954 | 57D | Destroy. | M. S. Manning | Farrar |
Thu Jan 7, 1954 | 65A | Destroy. | Natalie Hankemeyer | Farrar |
Thu Dec 17, 1953 | 13D | Destroy. | Marion Moeser | Farrar |
Thu Nov 5, 1953 | 50D | Liquidate. | J. F. Kelly | Farrar |
Tue Jun 9, 1953 | 42D | Affect powerfully: Slang. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Wed Jan 21, 1953 | 12D | Destroy. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sat Apr 28, 1951 | 13D | Destroy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 15, 1951 | 48D | Do in. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Jan 14, 1951 | 88D | Liquidate. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Thu Oct 5, 1950 | 13D | Do away with. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Oct 21, 1945 | 156A | Murder. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Jul 15, 1945 | 111D | Exterminate. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Jun 17, 1945 | 59D | Dispatch. | P. J. Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun Jul 23, 1944 | 55D | Destroy. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun May 9, 1943 | 137D | Annihilate. | P. Joseph Lamanna | Farrar |