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90 total results for TERNS( score: 50 )
26 results for TERNS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Jul 28, 2024 | 123A | Certain coastal fliers | Paolo Pasco | Fagliano |
Sat Dec 17, 2022 | 39A | Forked-tailed fliers | Christina Iverson and Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Sat Nov 19, 2022 | 14D | Birds that rarely swim, despite having webbed feet | Benji Goldsmith | Shortz |
Mon Aug 23, 2021 | 70A | Shore birds (5) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Mon Apr 30, 2018 | 6D | Shore fliers (2) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Mon Jul 17, 2017 | 2D | Shore birds (5) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun Jun 12, 2016 | 60A | Cousins of gulls | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Thu May 5, 2016 | 53D | Coastal fliers (2) | David Poole | Shortz |
Sun Oct 4, 2015 | 8D | Beach walkers | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Tue Oct 29, 2013 | 49D | Shore fliers (2) | Robert Cirillo | Shortz |
Thu Mar 7, 2013 | 24D | Beach sights | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun Feb 19, 2012 | 30A | Long-migration seabirds | James F. C. Burns | Shortz |
Sun Feb 13, 2011 | 9D | Coastal fliers (2) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Sun Oct 17, 2010 | 126A | Gull relatives (2) | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Mon Jan 5, 2009 | 13D | Shorebirds (5) | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sat Dec 6, 2008 | 45A | Beach flock | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan | Shortz |
Wed Oct 29, 2008 | 12D | Fork-tailed fliers (2) | Steven L. Zisser | Shortz |
Thu Nov 22, 2007 | 26D | Gull relatives (2) | Oliver Hill | Shortz |
Wed Jul 26, 2006 | 13D | Gulls' kin | Dave Mackey | Shortz |
Sun Apr 21, 2002 | 29A | Fork-tailed fliers (2) | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Sun Mar 19, 2000 | 67D | Shorebirds (5) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue Jul 6, 1999 | 65A | Sea swallows (2) | Arthur P. Stoliar | Shortz |
Thu May 27, 1999 | 42A | Graceful fliers | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Mon Apr 12, 1999 | 64A | Shorebirds (5) | Diane C. Baldwin | Shortz |
Mon Sep 14, 1998 | 49D | Sea swallows (2) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sat May 14, 1994 | 41A | Aquatic birds | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
3 results for TERNS from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Jan 22, 2023 | Panda | 48D | ___ upside down (ones diving at a beach) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Jul 16, 2006 | Diagramless | 30D | Shorebirds | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Oct 24, 1999 | Acrostic | N | Wide-awakes or noddies | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
61 results for TERNS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sat Sep 11, 1993 | 62A | Sea gulls | Robert H. Wolfe | Taub |
Sun Feb 14, 1993 | 17D | Sets of three | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
Tue Nov 13, 1990 | 50A | Sea swallows | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Thu May 31, 1990 | 35D | Birds | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Fri Feb 2, 1990 | 24A | Medricks | William Baxley | Maleska |
Mon Nov 27, 1989 | 66A | Sea birds | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sat Sep 24, 1988 | 40A | Sets of three | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
Fri Aug 19, 1988 | 61A | Sea swallows | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Wed Jan 27, 1988 | 51D | Gulls' relatives | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Wed Dec 30, 1987 | 50D | Medricks | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sun Feb 15, 1987 | 60A | Sea gulls | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Wed Dec 31, 1986 | 35D | Sea birds | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sun May 11, 1986 | 105D | Darrs | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
Sun Sep 2, 1984 | 112A | Sets of three | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
Sat Aug 11, 1984 | 24D | Darrs | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Mon Mar 26, 1984 | 7D | Sea birds | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Sep 14, 1982 | 20A | Arctic and royal birds | William Canine | Maleska |
Fri Aug 6, 1982 | 13D | Atlantic birds | Lazer | Maleska |
Sun Mar 7, 1982 | 103D | Three-masted schooners | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Tue Dec 8, 1981 | 13D | Three-masted schooners | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Fri May 25, 1979 | 42A | Sea swallows | Jones | Maleska |
Tue Mar 27, 1979 | 34A | Wide-awakes | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Fri Dec 9, 1977 | 30D | Forktails | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Oct 30, 1977 | 52D | Marine fliers | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Sun Oct 23, 1977 | 59A | Wide-awakes | Frank Nosoff | Maleska |
Sun Aug 14, 1977 | 105D | Forktails | George Rose Smith | Maleska |
Sat Jan 15, 1977 | 27D | Sea birds | Anthony B. Canning | Weng |
Fri Aug 13, 1976 | 30A | Gulls' kin | Adelyn Lewis | Weng |
Sat Oct 18, 1975 | 12D | Sea birds | Anthony B. Canning | Weng |
Thu Jul 31, 1975 | 19A | Gulls' relatives | Reginald L. Johnson | Weng |
Fri Jun 28, 1974 | 31D | Birds | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Sat Feb 2, 1974 | 68A | Sea birds | Sara V. Tuckerman | Weng |
Sat May 20, 1972 | 30D | Gull-like birds | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 16, 1972 | 80D | Sea birds | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Thu Aug 5, 1971 | 42A | Gulls | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Dec 6, 1970 | 19D | Sea swallows | Christine Valence | Weng |
Sun Nov 23, 1969 | 55D | Sea birds | W. W. | Weng |
Thu Nov 6, 1969 | 21A | Sea gulls. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jun 4, 1968 | 64A | Sea birds. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 10, 1967 | 57D | Sea birds. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Thu Mar 17, 1966 | 25A | Birds. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Dec 29, 1964 | 13D | Sea birds. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 14, 1964 | 12D | Sea birds. | Anthony Morse | Farrar |
Mon Nov 25, 1963 | 63A | Sea birds. | Eileen Lexau | Farrar |
Thu Jun 21, 1962 | 42A | Sea birds. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 15, 1960 | 30D | Gull-like birds. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 5, 1960 | 3D | Sea birds. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 10, 1959 | 99D | Sea swallows. | Paula Bauersmith | Farrar |
Sun Dec 7, 1958 | 112A | Gulls. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Nov 10, 1958 | 37A | Sea birds. | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
Fri Mar 7, 1958 | 47A | Web-footed birds. | Melville Liverance | Farrar |
Thu Jul 18, 1957 | 29D | Sea birds. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri Mar 22, 1957 | 28D | Fork-tailed birds. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Mon Jul 30, 1956 | 4D | Gull-like birds. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sat Aug 20, 1955 | 13D | Birds with deeply forked tails. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 18, 1955 | 68A | Aquatic birds. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Feb 14, 1955 | 32A | Sea birds. | Elsie Bishop | Farrar |
Thu Apr 9, 1953 | 22A | Birds that plunge after fish. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri Feb 27, 1953 | 13D | Sea swallows. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun May 18, 1947 | 39A | Sea swallows. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Mar 24, 1946 | 15D | Gull-like birds. | J. P. Downes | Farrar |