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155 total results for TALES( score: 50 )
44 results for TALES from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Oct 28, 2024 | 12D | Stories | Michael Lieberman | Fagliano |
Fri Oct 11, 2024 | 20A | Bits of fiction | Billy Bratton | Fagliano |
Mon Apr 29, 2024 | 70A | "Tall" stories (2) | Tom Locke | Fagliano |
Sun Mar 3, 2024 | 62D | Accounts (2) | Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
Wed Sep 27, 2023 | 50D | "___ From the Crypt," HBO horror anthology | Scott Koenig | Shortz |
Mon Aug 21, 2023 | 68A | "Twice-Told ___" | Jennifer Nutt | Shortz |
Thu Apr 20, 2023 | 13D | Padded accounts? | Simeon Seigel | Shortz |
Sun Jul 10, 2022 | 67D | Spun things (2) | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan | Shortz |
Wed Nov 24, 2021 | 53D | Yarns (3) | Brandon Koppy | Shortz |
Mon Aug 23, 2021 | 53D | Many works of Edgar Allan Poe | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Wed Sep 19, 2018 | 33A | Follower of "Twice-Told" or "old wives'" | Scot Ober and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Jul 29, 2018 | 36D | Gathering around a campfire? | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Sun Feb 11, 2018 | 56D | Some Poe works (2) | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Fri Dec 22, 2017 | 4D | H. P. Lovecraft output | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
Sun Dec 4, 2016 | 99D | "The Twilight Zone" episodes, e.g. | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Mon Sep 12, 2016 | 44A | "Tall" stories (2) | Victor Fleming and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sat Apr 2, 2016 | 4D | Things voyagers bring home | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Sat Apr 20, 2013 | 43D | Much lore | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Mar 4, 2013 | 37D | Accounts of Scheherazade | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Fri Nov 30, 2012 | 50D | Accounts (2) | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Sat Mar 10, 2012 | 22A | Lamb's "___ From Shakespeare" | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Aug 4, 2011 | 25D | Spun things (2) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu May 20, 2010 | 71A | They're related | Jim Hilger | Shortz |
Tue Nov 28, 2006 | 15A | Some Poe works (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Thu Nov 23, 2006 | 9A | They can be spun | Ari Halpern | Shortz |
Wed Jun 28, 2006 | 47A | Chaucer collection | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Wed Oct 20, 2004 | 14A | Spinners' output | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Oct 12, 2003 | 116A | 47-Across and the like | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jul 15, 2002 | 21D | Grimm works | John Leavy | Shortz |
Fri Aug 10, 2001 | 43D | Scheherazade's stock-in-trade | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Fri Jul 6, 2001 | 9D | Grimm collection | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Mar 18, 2001 | 81A | Chaucer chapters | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Aug 9, 2000 | 5A | They're made of whole cloth | Kelly Clark | Shortz |
Sun Jun 11, 2000 | 106A | Adventurer's stock | Nelson Hardy | Shortz |
Mon Apr 3, 2000 | 61A | Sailors are famous for them | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Thu Feb 10, 2000 | 52A | Lore | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Fri Oct 29, 1999 | 23A | Raconteur's repertoire | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sat Apr 3, 1999 | 11D | They're passed around campfires | Pat M. Hugel | Shortz |
Mon Nov 16, 1998 | 29D | "The Canterbury ___" | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank | Shortz |
Wed Jan 22, 1997 | 18D | Yarns (3) | J. Schmalzbach | Shortz |
Sun Jun 2, 1996 | 107A | Some are tall | R. Norris | Shortz |
Fri Feb 17, 1995 | 28D | Lies | Arthur S. Verdesca | Shortz |
Mon Jan 9, 1995 | 58A | See 19 Across | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sun Nov 28, 1993 | 102A | Yarns (3) | Joanne W. Edwards | Shortz |
2 results for TALES from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
May 13, 2012 | Other | 13D | Chronicles / Merest | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sep 3, 2000 | Diagramless | 4D | Stories | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
109 results for TALES from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Jul 18, 1993 | 63A | "___ From the Vienna Woods": Strauss | Mark Diehl | Maleska |
Fri Jul 12, 1991 | 26D | Some are tall | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Fri Jun 28, 1991 | 30D | An anagram for 1 Across | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
Sun Jun 23, 1991 | 55D | Scheherazade's stock in trade | Victoria and Alex F. Black | Maleska |
Sun Apr 7, 1991 | 117D | Judicial writ | Valerie Meunier | Maleska |
Fri Apr 5, 1991 | 31D | Yarns | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Tue Oct 16, 1990 | 25D | Stories | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Jun 4, 1990 | 53D | Hoffmann specialty | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Mon May 28, 1990 | 35A | Hoffmann's specialty | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Jan 9, 1990 | 52D | Supplementary jury group | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue May 2, 1989 | 42A | Hoffmann specialties | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Thu May 26, 1988 | 5A | Fibs | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
Sun Jan 24, 1988 | 11D | Judicial writ | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Sat Nov 21, 1987 | 48A | Stephen King products | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sun Jul 12, 1987 | 57A | Judicial writ | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Thu Jun 4, 1987 | 26D | Andersen output | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
Sun Mar 22, 1987 | 27A | Chaucer specialties | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Sun Feb 15, 1987 | 60D | Dinesen works | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Sun Oct 5, 1986 | 92A | "Tanglewood ___" | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sun Sep 14, 1986 | 67D | Chaucerian products | E.T.M. | Maleska |
Fri Mar 28, 1986 | 34D | Chaucer creations | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Tue Nov 12, 1985 | 34D | Stories | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
Sun Nov 10, 1985 | 61A | Accounts | John Greenman | Maleska |
Fri Apr 12, 1985 | 25A | Some accounts | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Tue Feb 19, 1985 | 63A | Yarns | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Tue Oct 9, 1984 | 25D | Tell ___ out of school | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Sun Oct 7, 1984 | 65A | Dinesen products | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Wed Aug 15, 1984 | 23A | Swift creations | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Wed Apr 11, 1984 | 44A | "___ from the Vienna Woods" | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Mon Nov 28, 1983 | 33A | Pieces of gossip | Johnson | Maleska |
Thu Sep 22, 1983 | 24A | "The ___ of Hoffmann" | John R. Prosser | Maleska |
Sun Mar 20, 1983 | 92D | Dinesen products | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
Tue May 4, 1982 | 32D | Lore from old wives | Adams | Maleska |
Sat Mar 13, 1982 | 28D | Writ that summons new jurors | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Tue Jun 23, 1981 | 46D | Kipling's "Plain ___ from the Hills" | N. M. Meyer | Maleska |
Sun Jan 18, 1981 | 54A | See 4 Down | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Oct 17, 1980 | 4D | "___ of Hoffmann" | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Thu Feb 21, 1980 | 67A | Kipling's "Plain ___ from the Hills" | Frank Geary | Maleska |
Wed Nov 14, 1979 | 31D | Fitzgerald's "___ of the Jazz Age" | William Jarvis | Maleska |
Wed Nov 7, 1979 | 6D | Hawthorne's "Twice-Told ___" | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sun May 20, 1979 | 65D | Contes | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Sun Jun 25, 1978 | 71D | "___ of Hoffmann" | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Sun Nov 20, 1977 | 35A | Scheherazade's forte | Anthony B. Canning | Maleska |
Sat Nov 19, 1977 | 59A | Some are tall | Henry Hook | Maleska |
Mon Nov 14, 1977 | 36D | Supplementary jury group | Rickert | Maleska |
Thu Nov 10, 1977 | 47D | Hawthorne offerings | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Jun 10, 1977 | 9D | Narratives | James & Phyllis Barrick | Maleska |
Mon Jan 10, 1977 | 22D | Tall stories | Elio Desiderio | Weng |
Thu Aug 19, 1976 | 64A | Stories | Alice H. Kaufman | Weng |
Wed May 5, 1976 | 40D | Twice-told ___ | McCain | Weng |
Fri Oct 24, 1975 | 2D | Jury-panel members | Daniel Girardi | Weng |
Fri May 16, 1975 | 6D | Fill-in jurors | Violet Gale | Weng |
Fri Oct 25, 1974 | 15A | Accounts | Hugh McElroy | Weng |
Mon Sep 23, 1974 | 67A | "___ of the South Pacific" | Raymond F. Eisner | Weng |
Sat May 26, 1973 | 32D | Hoffman's specialties | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Mar 21, 1973 | 5A | Canterbury offerings | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Aug 20, 1972 | 53A | Yarns | Manuel Canyes | Weng |
Tue Jan 18, 1972 | 32A | Hoffmann's output | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 16, 1972 | 64D | Wayside Inn fare | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Mon Jul 5, 1971 | 6D | Hoffmann's forte | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 27, 1970 | 50D | Wayside Inn fare | Keith Blake | Weng |
Sat Jun 20, 1970 | 47A | "___ of Hoffmann" | Louise Earnest | Weng |
Tue Apr 28, 1970 | 23A | Substitute jurors | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 14, 1969 | 35D | Extra jurors | W. E. Jones | Weng |
Fri Jun 13, 1969 | 54D | Witches' ___. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue May 27, 1969 | 16A | "South Pacific" or "Wayside Inn." | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Sep 9, 1967 | 9D | Good reading. | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
Sun Sep 4, 1966 | 55D | Reading matter. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sun Apr 24, 1966 | 28A | Canards. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Feb 20, 1966 | 47A | Reading matter. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Tue Dec 14, 1965 | 41A | Reading matter. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 21, 1965 | 71D | Hawthorne's forte. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Mon Sep 27, 1965 | 45A | Reader's choice. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jun 15, 1965 | 45A | Hoffmann products. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 3, 1965 | 9A | Library items. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 26, 1964 | 57A | Reading matter. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Fri Jan 24, 1964 | 1A | Stand-by jurors. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Wed Feb 20, 1963 | 19D | Chaucer's forte. | Jay Sheldon | Farrar |
Mon Dec 3, 1962 | 25D | Yarns. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 15, 1961 | 32D | Chaucer's forte. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 9, 1960 | 32D | "The ___ of Hoffmann." | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 30, 1960 | 40A | Gossip. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Feb 24, 1960 | 27D | Legends. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 17, 1960 | 6A | "Twice-told ___." | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Sun Sep 6, 1959 | 52A | Fictions. | Anthony Morse | Farrar |
Wed Jul 29, 1959 | 25A | Hoffmann's works. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jun 23, 1959 | 13D | "___ of the South Pacific." | Louise Rabb | Farrar |
Mon May 25, 1959 | 44D | Stories. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Thu Jan 23, 1958 | 43D | "___ from Shakespeare." | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Sat Nov 17, 1956 | 23A | Stories. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 19, 1955 | 32D | Narratives. | Helen Bernard | Farrar |
Wed Sep 23, 1953 | 5D | Persons added to a jury. | Dorothy Smith | Farrar |
Mon Jul 28, 1952 | 21A | Accounts. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 18, 1952 | 27D | Fibs. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri May 30, 1952 | 28A | Falsehoods. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Apr 17, 1952 | 59A | Fables. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 22, 1951 | 44D | Gossips' delight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Sep 5, 1951 | 41A | Narratives of events. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 26, 1951 | 74A | "___ of Hoffmann." | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Apr 22, 1951 | 60A | "___ of Hoffmann." | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Dec 17, 1950 | 118A | Yarns. | Ralph Anderson | Farrar |
Wed Sep 27, 1950 | 14A | Hawthorne's "Tanglewood ___." | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 27, 1949 | 82D | "___ of the Vienna Woods." | S. K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sun Sep 8, 1946 | 62D | Narratives. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Feb 17, 1946 | 108A | Fictitious accounts. | W. W. Webster | Farrar |
Sun Oct 14, 1945 | 37D | Stories. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Sep 3, 1944 | 92A | Stories. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Apr 23, 1944 | 95D | Memoirs. | Archie S. Kreiling | Farrar |
Sun Dec 27, 1942 | 46D | Falsehoods. | Alexis P. Boodberg | Farrar |
Anagrams: | ASLET, ESTAL, LASET, LATES, SATLE, TASEL, TASLE, LEATS, SALET, ALTES, TESLA, LAETS, LETAS, STAEL, STEAL, ATLES, ELAST, STALE, TEALS, ASTEL, SLATE, LEAST, ETALS, TAELS, SLEAT, SETAL, STELA |