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212 total results for TAUT( score: 50 )
75 results for TAUT from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Oct 28, 2024 | 9A | Lacking slack (7) | Michael Lieberman | Fagliano |
Tue Jun 18, 2024 | 31A | Not slack (3) | Aaron M. Rosenberg | Fagliano |
Tue Mar 5, 2024 | 24D | Like a tightrope, ideally | Christina Iverson | Shortz |
Mon Jan 8, 2024 | 52A | Stretched tight (5) | Nate Cardin | Shortz |
Sun Aug 6, 2023 | 32D | Full of tension (2) | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue Jul 12, 2022 | 67A | Not slack (3) | Karen Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun Feb 13, 2022 | 53D | Like a tug-of-war rope | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sat Oct 30, 2021 | 49D | Opposite of relaxed | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Mon Sep 20, 2021 | 11D | Opposite of loose (2) | Pao Roy | Shortz |
Fri Jul 9, 2021 | 54A | Stretched out | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Tue Dec 29, 2020 | 5A | Opposite of loose (2) | Matthew Trout | Shortz |
Thu Sep 10, 2020 | 26D | Like violin strings | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Fri May 22, 2020 | 16A | Opposite of slack | Hal Moore | Shortz |
Sun Feb 16, 2020 | 66A | Full of tension (2) | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Tue Dec 24, 2019 | 34D | Lacking slack (7) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sun Dec 1, 2019 | 38A | Like drumheads | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Tue May 7, 2019 | 19D | Stretched tight (5) | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Wed Sep 5, 2018 | 23A | Like a tightrope, more so than a slackline | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard | Shortz |
Wed Aug 1, 2018 | 5D | Not at all lax | Sande Milton and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Jun 10, 2018 | 67D | Not sagging at all | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
Fri Apr 7, 2017 | 22A | Like a well-written thriller | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Sep 14, 2016 | 4D | Ready to snap, maybe | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Wed Aug 17, 2016 | 59A | Lacking slack (7) | Mark McClain | Shortz |
Sat Mar 5, 2016 | 1A | Like a drumhead | Roland Huget | Shortz |
Mon Aug 24, 2015 | 42A | Stretched tight (5) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Mon Aug 17, 2015 | 56D | Like a rope during a tug-of-war match | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Thu Mar 5, 2015 | 23A | Like faces after face-lifts | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
Mon Nov 10, 2014 | 11D | Stretched tight (5) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Fri Aug 8, 2014 | 47D | Like a guitar string | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Apr 27, 2014 | 101D | Not relaxed | John Lampkin | Shortz |
Sun Mar 9, 2014 | 48D | Pulled tight (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Nov 17, 2013 | 69A | Having little give | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Sat May 26, 2012 | 52A | Allowing no play | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
Tue May 15, 2012 | 47A | Stretched to the max | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
Fri Feb 3, 2012 | 62A | Under tension | Joel Kaplow | Shortz |
Wed Aug 3, 2011 | 69A | Tensed | Paul Guttormsson | Shortz |
Sun Feb 13, 2011 | 112D | Strained (2) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Mon Nov 8, 2010 | 19D | Fully stretched (2) | John Dunn | Shortz |
Mon Sep 20, 2010 | 48A | Tense (2) | Bernice Gordon | Shortz |
Sat Sep 18, 2010 | 21A | Strained (2) | Natan Last, Brown University '12 | Shortz |
Sun Oct 4, 2009 | 4D | Stretched to the limit | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Mon May 26, 2008 | 24A | Without slack (2) | Mark Sherwood | Shortz |
Tue Jul 31, 2007 | 49A | Lacking slack (7) | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Thu May 31, 2007 | 32D | Like guitar strings | William F. Stephens | Shortz |
Wed May 23, 2007 | 22D | Lacking slack (7) | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily | Shortz |
Wed Feb 28, 2007 | 7D | Like a trampoline's surface | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Nov 12, 2006 | 110D | Stretched (2) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon Oct 2, 2006 | 11D | Drawn tight (3) | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Thu Aug 10, 2006 | 42A | Fully stretched (2) | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Mon Nov 7, 2005 | 32D | Stretched tight (5) | Jay Livingston | Shortz |
Sat Sep 17, 2005 | 33A | Ex-lax? (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Jul 3, 2005 | 28A | Unloose | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Apr 13, 2005 | 44A | Without wrinkles | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Mon Nov 1, 2004 | 46A | Lacking slack (7) | Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Sep 5, 2004 | 99A | Keyed up | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Jun 7, 2004 | 50D | Tightly stretched | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Mon Jul 28, 2003 | 1D | Tightly strung | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Mon Jun 2, 2003 | 35D | Pulled tight (2) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Mon Mar 31, 2003 | 64A | Suspenseful | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Sep 16, 2002 | 21A | Stretched (2) | Roy Leban | Shortz |
Tue Apr 30, 2002 | 6D | Ex-lax? (2) | John F. Hughes | Shortz |
Mon Apr 29, 2002 | 28D | Drawn tight (3) | Holden Baker | Shortz |
Thu Nov 8, 2001 | 6D | Tight | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun Jun 24, 2001 | 56A | Unrelaxed | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Thu Jul 20, 2000 | 18D | Lacking play | Bonnie S. Prystowsky | Shortz |
Mon Jun 12, 2000 | 15A | Strung tightly | Andrea C. Michaels | Shortz |
Thu Aug 26, 1999 | 44A | Having no play | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Tue Dec 1, 1998 | 7D | Tight as a drum | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Mon Mar 9, 1998 | 60A | Not slack (3) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Wed Jan 28, 1998 | 58D | Without slack (2) | Mark Gottlieb | Shortz |
Sun Dec 14, 1997 | 105D | Unbending | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue Sep 26, 1995 | 30D | Lacking slack (7) | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Wed Jun 28, 1995 | 27D | Like some nerves | Roger H. Courtney | Shortz |
Mon Jan 16, 1995 | 67A | Drawn tight (3) | Walter Covell | Shortz |
Fri Dec 3, 1993 | 62A | Tense (2) | Bill Click | Shortz |
3 results for TAUT from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Nov 26, 2017 | Acrostic | H | Suspenseful, as a plot keeping you spellbound | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Apr 15, 2012 | Diagramless | 5A | Like toned abs | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Nov 28, 2010 | Diagramless | 2D | Lacking slack | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
134 results for TAUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Sep 27, 1993 | 1A | Tense | Bette Sue Cohen | Taub |
Mon Aug 9, 1993 | 12D | Tight | Morton B. Braun | Maleska |
Mon Apr 19, 1993 | 6D | Tightly drawn | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
Wed Mar 10, 1993 | 8D | Not slack | Jim Page | Maleska |
Tue Dec 8, 1992 | 55A | Tight | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Oct 19, 1992 | 22D | Pulled tight | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Sat Oct 10, 1992 | 20A | Tense | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
Wed Jul 1, 1992 | 41D | Like a tightrope | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Sat Jun 20, 1992 | 60A | Smart | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Sat May 2, 1992 | 30D | Without slack | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Sun Jul 28, 1991 | 125D | Lacking slack | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Mon Jan 14, 1991 | 2D | Tight | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Jan 9, 1991 | 15A | Stretched tight | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
Mon May 28, 1990 | 60D | Tightly drawn | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Aug 26, 1989 | 5D | Trim | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Mon Jul 17, 1989 | 39A | Tense | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Fri May 26, 1989 | 51D | Tense | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Fri Jul 15, 1988 | 62D | Snug | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Wed May 4, 1988 | 35D | Very tight | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Sat Dec 19, 1987 | 50A | Shipshape | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
Sat Aug 29, 1987 | 8D | Lacking slack | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Tue Apr 21, 1987 | 24A | Tensed | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
Mon Apr 6, 1987 | 64A | High-strung | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Tue Aug 5, 1986 | 12D | Tense | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
Tue Jun 24, 1986 | 56D | Drawn tight | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
Mon Apr 28, 1986 | 22D | Shipshape | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Tue Jan 21, 1986 | 18A | Tight | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
Fri Mar 1, 1985 | 54D | Tense | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Thu Dec 13, 1984 | 39D | Tight | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
Tue Oct 9, 1984 | 1A | High-strung | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Sat Mar 31, 1984 | 50A | Well disciplined | Brett A. Blaylock | Maleska |
Tue Dec 27, 1983 | 60D | Under tension | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Sat Dec 24, 1983 | 68A | Tight | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Tue Nov 29, 1983 | 50D | Tense | Frances K. Schnitzer | Maleska |
Tue Jul 5, 1983 | 21D | Stretched tight | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
Mon Sep 27, 1982 | 49A | Drawn tight | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Thu Sep 16, 1982 | 8D | Stretched tightly | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sun Apr 18, 1982 | 128D | Like a high wire | Caroline G. Fitzgerald | Maleska |
Wed Jan 6, 1982 | 2D | Tight as a drum | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sun Nov 8, 1981 | 28A | Strained | Margaret Rigby | Maleska |
Fri Oct 30, 1981 | 51A | Snug | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Tue Jul 14, 1981 | 38A | Tense | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sun Apr 19, 1981 | 122A | Shipshape | Michael Priestley | Maleska |
Fri Mar 6, 1981 | 58D | Shipshape | James | Maleska |
Mon Feb 16, 1981 | 57D | High-strung | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Tue May 6, 1980 | 29A | High-strung | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Tue Apr 15, 1980 | 48D | Showing stress | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Fri Mar 9, 1979 | 63A | Like a bowstring | Vincent L. Osborne | Maleska |
Tue Feb 20, 1979 | 33A | High-strung | Michelle Arnot | Maleska |
Tue May 16, 1978 | 4A | Shipshape | Meisler | Maleska |
Wed Jan 18, 1978 | 27D | Not loose or flabby | Weil | Maleska |
Sun Jun 5, 1977 | 50D | Firm | Barbara Gillis | Maleska |
Fri May 6, 1977 | 37D | High-strung | Robert W. Sturges | Maleska |
Fri Mar 11, 1977 | 11D | Tense | Sophie Fierman | Maleska |
Fri Jan 21, 1977 | 2D | Not slack | F. Coates | Weng |
Fri Sep 26, 1975 | 17A | Not slack | Will Shortz | Weng |
Tue Mar 18, 1975 | 62A | Strung tight | Virginia Schneider | Weng |
Sun Oct 27, 1974 | 69A | Like a bowstring | Thomas Sheehan | Weng |
Sun Jul 28, 1974 | 108D | High-strung | Tanaquil Le Clercq | Weng |
Mon Apr 15, 1974 | 49A | Not slack | Helen Pettigrew | Weng |
Sat Oct 7, 1972 | 37A | Tense | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 25, 1972 | 99A | Strained | Bert Beaman | Weng |
Sun Dec 5, 1971 | 110A | Tense | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Fri Apr 30, 1971 | 61A | Well disciplined | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Apr 25, 1971 | 17D | Strained | Nancy W. Atkinson | Weng |
Tue Feb 16, 1971 | 12D | Strained | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 31, 1971 | 7D | Kind of ship | Martha DeWitt | Weng |
Fri Dec 11, 1970 | 22D | Not flabby | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 24, 1970 | 101D | Strained | Threba Johnson | Weng |
Thu Feb 26, 1970 | 25D | Strained | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Nov 3, 1969 | 35A | Nervous. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 31, 1969 | 65A | Tense. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 13, 1969 | 18D | High-strung. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed May 28, 1969 | 33A | Run a ___ ship. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 22, 1968 | 65A | Stretched | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Sun May 12, 1968 | 139A | Strained. | Arnold Moss | Farrar |
Tue Dec 5, 1967 | 42D | Tense. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Aug 3, 1967 | 61A | Tense. | Norton Rhoades | Farrar |
Wed Jul 26, 1967 | 1A | Not slack. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Mon Aug 15, 1966 | 57A | High-strung. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 10, 1966 | 80A | Keyed up. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
Wed Sep 15, 1965 | 57A | Shipshape. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Aug 26, 1965 | 33D | Tightly drawn. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 17, 1965 | 10D | Snug. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 12, 1965 | 37D | High-strung. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 30, 1964 | 3D | High-strung. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Sep 17, 1964 | 12D | Tense. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 10, 1964 | 32D | Tense. | Christine Valence | Farrar |
Wed Sep 11, 1963 | 47A | Keyed up. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 11, 1963 | 76D | Snug. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Fri Apr 26, 1963 | 25D | Firm. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 17, 1963 | 49A | Snug. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Feb 13, 1963 | 53A | High-strung. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Fri Jul 6, 1962 | 9D | Not slack. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Mon Jun 25, 1962 | 64A | Trim. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 29, 1962 | 126A | Kept in proper order. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Fri Dec 8, 1961 | 64A | Shipshape. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 8, 1961 | 86D | Snug; tidy. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Mon Sep 11, 1961 | 61A | Snug. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 20, 1961 | 36D | Snug. | Diana R. Sessions | Farrar |
Sat Aug 12, 1961 | 2D | Snug. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 11, 1961 | 36A | Tense. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 23, 1961 | 17D | Snug. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Tue Apr 18, 1961 | 44A | Without slack. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Mar 11, 1961 | 58A | Firm. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 14, 1961 | 52D | Not slack. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 21, 1960 | 51A | Tense. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 18, 1959 | 49D | Tense. | Melville P. Liverance | Farrar |
Sun Feb 15, 1959 | 51A | Tense. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Wed Feb 4, 1959 | 18A | Snugly tight. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sat Oct 25, 1958 | 54A | Tense. | Arthur Lewis | Farrar |
Thu Aug 28, 1958 | 60A | Tense. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Jul 27, 1958 | 83D | Not slack. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Feb 9, 1958 | 31A | Tense. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Tue Dec 3, 1957 | 53D | High-strung. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 4, 1955 | 58D | Snug. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Fri Nov 4, 1955 | 38D | Tense. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 23, 1955 | 43D | Tense. | Mel Taub | Farrar |
Mon Aug 8, 1955 | 14A | Tight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 11, 1954 | 21A | Not slack. | Martha Brownlee | Farrar |
Sun Aug 22, 1954 | 64D | High-strung. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Wed Jul 14, 1954 | 24A | Tightly drawn. | Ethel Le Strange | Farrar |
Sun May 23, 1954 | 50A | Tightly drawn. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Thu Oct 15, 1953 | 58D | Drawn tight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 11, 1952 | 39D | Not slack. | Hilda E. Allen | Farrar |
Tue Feb 5, 1952 | 17A | Tensely stretched. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 18, 1951 | 107A | High-strung. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sat Nov 11, 1950 | 10A | Stretched. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 12, 1950 | 67D | Tense. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Oct 9, 1949 | 104A | Tightly drawn. | Elizabeth Jackson | Farrar |
Sun Jan 11, 1948 | 76A | Tense. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Sep 29, 1946 | 6A | Tense. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Feb 20, 1944 | 5D | Snug. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Feb 13, 1944 | 106A | Hard drawn. | Louis Shields | Farrar |