SLEEPER

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SLEEPER is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for SLEEPER.

69 total results for SLEEPER( score: 50 )

10 results for SLEEPER from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 22, 2016	67A	Unexpected hit	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Wed Dec 1, 2010	36A	... of 1973	Caleb Madison	Shortz
Fri May 26, 2006	63A	One out?	Mike Torch	Shortz
Tue Feb 28, 2006	10D	Rip Van Winkle, notably	Jim Hyres	Shortz
Sat Aug 13, 2005	14D	Surprise success (2)	Bob Peoples	Shortz
Thu Dec 18, 2003	11D	Person in 39-Down	John Underwood	Shortz
Thu Nov 27, 2003	65A	Certain train car	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Fri May 26, 2000	43D	Surprise success (2)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Mon Jul 20, 1998	19A	Train car / Strips again	Mary E. Brindamour	Shortz
Wed May 10, 1995	39D	Train car	Jeremy Thomas Paine	Shortz

59 results for SLEEPER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 3, 1993	14D	Pullman	Warren W. Reich	Taub
Fri Jul 30, 1993	44A	Allen film: 1973	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Fri Jul 9, 1993	41A	Early Allen film	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Feb 28, 1993	78D	Surprise success	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Sat Jul 18, 1992	8D	Woody Allen film	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Sun Sep 22, 1991	26A	A Woody work: 1973	Lawrence M. Rheingold	Maleska
Sat Dec 1, 1990	45A	Unexpected success*	Alan Arbesfeld	Maleska
Wed Feb 14, 1990	4D	Beauty, for one	Jane S. Flowerree	Maleska
Sat Dec 28, 1985	10D	Unexpected winner	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Thu Jul 26, 1984	9D	Surprising success	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Mon Apr 2, 1984	38A	Surprise success	Fred Toole	Maleska
Tue Jan 3, 1984	4D	Surprising success	Margaret W. Huskey	Maleska
Sat Jan 3, 1981	54A	Ruddy duck	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Wed Dec 17, 1980	20A	Allen film	Timothy Hoy	Maleska
Sun Mar 25, 1979	137A	Woody Allen film	Henry Hook	Maleska
Sat Jun 25, 1977	23D	Unexpected winner	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Maleska
Wed Mar 23, 1977	44D	Surprise hit	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Thu Jan 29, 1976	15D	Van Winkle, e.g.	DeWitt Anderson	Weng
Tue Oct 7, 1975	47A	Unheralded success	Ann Jenkins	Weng
Wed May 14, 1975	25A	Unexpected success	Jean J. Davison	Weng
Fri Jun 21, 1974	15D	Railroad car	John Landenberger	Weng
Fri May 17, 1974	51A	Beauty of fairy tale, e.g.	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Weng
Sat Nov 18, 1972	18A	Rip Van Winkle	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 12, 1972	5D	Dark horse	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jun 4, 1971	33A	Unexpected winner	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 1, 1970	65D	Pullman	A. J. Santora	Weng
Mon May 16, 1966	20A	Unheralded movie hit.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 3, 1964	34D	Unexpected success.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 15, 1964	39D	Part of a train.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Nov 2, 1963	6D	Type of railroad car.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 29, 1962	103A	Brünnhilde, for one.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Fri Mar 16, 1962	16A	Railroad tie.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Wed Mar 7, 1962	49A	Surprise success item.	Lee Koch	Farrar
Sun Jun 18, 1961	10D	Van Winkle.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat May 13, 1961	21D	Unexpected hit.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Tue Jan 10, 1961	23A	Something that achieves unexpected success.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1960	105D	Railroad car.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Aug 31, 1958	141A	Railroad car.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Fri Feb 7, 1958	9D	Unexpectedly successful movie.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sat Oct 27, 1956	13D	Pullman.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Fri Oct 19, 1956	4D	Railroad car.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Tue Mar 6, 1956	20A	Unexpected success.	Albert Blum	Farrar
Sun Nov 28, 1954	135A	Rip Van Winkle.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Jul 12, 1954	4D	An unexpected success.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Fri Nov 6, 1953	1A	Something that unexpectedly achieves great success.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Wed May 20, 1953	25D	Unexpected moneymaker.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Wed Jun 4, 1952	53A	Pullman.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 13, 1951	37A	Unheralded movie that becomes a hit.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 9, 1951	7D	Unexpected success.	John Roget	Farrar
Sat Dec 1, 1951	13D	Railroad tie.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Oct 1, 1951	13D	Night train.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon May 14, 1951	20A	Railroad car.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 4, 1950	105A	Railroad car.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Sun Mar 12, 1950	94D	Brunhild, at the end of "Die Walkuere."	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun Feb 26, 1950	114D	Rip Van Winkle.	S. K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sun Feb 6, 1949	95A	Slow-selling article.	G. A. K. Sutton	Farrar
Sun Jun 9, 1946	60D	Railway car.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Aug 6, 1944	59D	Train.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Dec 19, 1943	14D	Unexpectedly successful movie: slang.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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PLEESER, SPEELER, PEELERS

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