Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Nov 7, 2024 | 71A | Carol contraction (9) | Joe Deeney | Fagliano |
Tue Oct 29, 2024 | 34A | "___ the season!" (33) | Kathy Lowden | Fagliano |
Wed Oct 9, 2024 | 12D | "___ the Voice of the Lobster" (Lewis Carroll poem) | Jeffrey Lease | Fagliano |
Mon Sep 23, 2024 | 42A | "___ the season to be jolly …" (9) | Freddie Cheng | Fagliano |
Tue Aug 6, 2024 | 30A | Sonneteer's contraction | Daniel Raymon | Fagliano |
Sun Aug 4, 2024 | 108A | Seventh notes on scales | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale | Fagliano |
Sun Jul 14, 2024 | 5D | "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius | Jeff Chen | Fagliano |
Fri Jul 12, 2024 | 32D | "Ah yes, yes indeed" (2) | Malaika Handa | Fagliano |
Thu Feb 29, 2024 | 63A | "___ better to have loved and lost ..." (3) | Esha Datta | Shortz |
Wed Jan 3, 2024 | 28D | "___ but a scratch" (6) | Jared Goudsmit | Shortz |
Wed Nov 29, 2023 | 26D | "Indeed!," quaintly | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
Tue Nov 28, 2023 | 39A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Sun Aug 20, 2023 | 23A | Taylor Swift's "___ the Damn Season" | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
Thu Jun 22, 2023 | 33D | "___ Love That Makes Us Happy" (hymn) | Michael Baker and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Jun 11, 2023 | 71A | Poetic contraction (7) | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Tue Jan 17, 2023 | 32A | Contraction in "Deck the Halls" | Erika Ettin | Shortz |
Sun Nov 27, 2022 | 62D | "___ but a scratch": oft-quoted Monty Python line | Adam Wagner | Shortz |
Tue Oct 25, 2022 | 34D | "___ but a scratch!" (6) | Ashleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard | Shortz |
Thu Sep 8, 2022 | 40A | "Ah yes, yes indeed" (2) | Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Sun Sep 4, 2022 | 110A | "Where ignorance is bliss, ___ folly to be wise": Thomas Gray | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Fri Jun 10, 2022 | 41A | Quaint confirmation | Blake Slonecker | Shortz |
Mon May 23, 2022 | 13D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Simon Marotte | Shortz |
Fri May 6, 2022 | 28A | Scale notes (3) | Aaron Ullman | Shortz |
Wed Apr 20, 2022 | 22A | "___ no sin to cheat the devil": Daniel Defoe | Joseph Greenbaum | Shortz |
Wed Dec 15, 2021 | 47A | "___ but a scratch!" (6) | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun Nov 28, 2021 | 24D | "___ but a scratch": Monty Python | Jeff Kremer | Shortz |
Sun Nov 14, 2021 | 66D | Quaint contraction (6) | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
Mon Nov 8, 2021 | 23A | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | Carl Larson | Shortz |
Thu Sep 30, 2021 | 19A | Contraction that drops an "i" | Rich Proulx | Shortz |
Sun Aug 15, 2021 | 58A | "Deck the Halls" contraction (6) | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
Thu Jul 1, 2021 | 58D | First word of the song "Simple Gifts" | Joe Deeney | Shortz |
Tue Jun 22, 2021 | 49A | "___ but a scratch" (6) | Matt Frederick | Shortz |
Sun May 9, 2021 | 57D | Quaint contraction (6) | Brad Wiegmann | Shortz |
Fri Apr 23, 2021 | 40A | "___ destiny unshunnable, like death": "Othello" | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Tue Apr 20, 2021 | 42A | "___ the Damn Season" (2020 Taylor Swift song) | Adam Wagner | Shortz |
Sun Apr 4, 2021 | 119D | Stanza contraction | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Sat Mar 20, 2021 | 57A | Carol contraction (9) | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Thu Mar 18, 2021 | 20A | "___ but a scratch" (Monty Python quote) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun Feb 28, 2021 | 68D | "___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" (hymn) (2) | Brad Wiegmann | Shortz |
Sat Dec 5, 2020 | 32D | Quaint agreement | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Oct 23, 2020 | 37A | The season opener? | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Fri Sep 25, 2020 | 44A | "___ but a scratch!" (6) | Rachel Fabi | Shortz |
Tue Sep 22, 2020 | 18D | Quaint contraction (6) | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Mon Sep 21, 2020 | 66D | "My country, ___ of thee ..." (7) | Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class | Shortz |
Thu Sep 10, 2020 | 44A | "___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" (hymn) (2) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Wed Sep 2, 2020 | 65A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Margaret Seikel | Shortz |
Sat Jul 18, 2020 | 6D | "___ but a scratch ..." (6) | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Sun May 10, 2020 | 38A | Quaint contraction (6) | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
Thu Apr 16, 2020 | 26D | Poetic contraction usually at the start of a line | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Fri Jan 17, 2020 | 60A | What precedes the season? (2) | Ryan Patrick Smith | Shortz |
Wed Oct 16, 2019 | 33A | "Deck the Halls" contraction (6) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Thu Oct 3, 2019 | 28A | Christmas carol contraction | Ricky Cruz | Shortz |
Sun Sep 22, 2019 | 29D | Bard's contraction (4) | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Mon Aug 19, 2019 | 37D | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Fri Jul 26, 2019 | 41D | Quaint contraction (6) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Sun Jul 7, 2019 | 121A | Yuletide contraction | Jack Reuter | Shortz |
Sun Mar 10, 2019 | 91D | Contraction in a Christmas song | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
Thu Jan 24, 2019 | 20A | Follower of "My country" | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Mon Jan 21, 2019 | 24D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Sean Biggins | Shortz |
Tue Sep 4, 2018 | 62A | "Whether ___ nobler ..." (2) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Mon May 28, 2018 | 34D | "My country, ___ of thee ..." (7) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Thu Dec 21, 2017 | 45A | "Deck the Halls" contraction (6) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Thu Dec 7, 2017 | 27D | Christmas song contraction (2) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Tue Nov 7, 2017 | 34A | Start of the season? | Greg Poulos | Shortz |
Thu Oct 26, 2017 | 39A | "___ my first night beneath the Sun" (Dickinson poem) | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Mon Oct 2, 2017 | 60A | "My Country, ___ of Thee" (7) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Thu Jul 20, 2017 | 57D | Sequel to "Angela's Ashes" (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon Jul 10, 2017 | 4D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Thu Jun 1, 2017 | 28A | "___ folly to be wise" | Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sun Mar 12, 2017 | 109A | Christmas song contraction (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Thu Jan 19, 2017 | 59D | "___ the Voice of the Lobster" ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" poem) | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Sun Dec 11, 2016 | 92A | Quaint contraction (6) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Mon Sep 12, 2016 | 9D | "My Country, ___ of Thee" (7) | Victor Fleming and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Fri Sep 9, 2016 | 32A | Contraction in Hamlet's soliloquy | Kristian House | Shortz |
Tue Jul 26, 2016 | 24D | "___ a pity" (3) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Jun 26, 2016 | 57D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Mon Feb 15, 2016 | 51A | "___ well" (George Washington's last words) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Feb 4, 2016 | 63A | What precedes the season? (2) | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Mon Sep 21, 2015 | 24D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sat Aug 8, 2015 | 10D | Sole word in the last chapter of "Angela's Ashes" | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Wed Jul 8, 2015 | 51A | Bard's contraction (4) | Ryan Milligan | Shortz |
Tue Jun 30, 2015 | 31D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
Sat Dec 27, 2014 | 31A | "Verily" | David Phillips | Shortz |
Fri Jul 25, 2014 | 7D | "___ true" (2) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Tue Jul 22, 2014 | 1D | "My country" follower (3) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Thu Jun 12, 2014 | 34D | "Deck the Halls" contraction (6) | Mark Feldman | Shortz |
Fri Nov 22, 2013 | 24A | Word that begins with an apostrophe | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Oct 30, 2013 | 57D | "___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Thu Aug 8, 2013 | 30D | "___ the last rose of summer" (Thomas Moore poem starter) | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Mon Jul 29, 2013 | 46D | "___ better to have loved and lost ..." (3) | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Mon Jun 17, 2013 | 5D | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun Apr 14, 2013 | 28A | Contracted agreement | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat Dec 22, 2012 | 54D | "___ true" (2) | Tim Croce | Shortz |
Wed Dec 19, 2012 | 27D | Frank McCourt memoir (6) | Mike Buckley | Shortz |
Tue Sep 25, 2012 | 29A | 1999 Frank McCourt memoir (2) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Mon Apr 23, 2012 | 26A | "My country, ___ of thee" (7) | Michael David | Shortz |
Fri Feb 3, 2012 | 58D | "Indeedy" | Joel Kaplow | Shortz |
Thu Dec 8, 2011 | 23D | "My country, ___ ..." | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Fri Oct 21, 2011 | 3D | Poetic contraction (7) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Oct 18, 2011 | 20A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sat Oct 1, 2011 | 39A | My country's follower? | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Tue Sep 27, 2011 | 41A | "___ the season" (33) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Fri Sep 9, 2011 | 42A | "That so?" reply | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Tue Jun 21, 2011 | 34A | "Angela's Ashes" follow-up (2) | Kelsey Boes | Shortz |
Tue May 31, 2011 | 24A | "'Tain't" retort | Nina Rulon-Miller | Shortz |
Mon May 30, 2011 | 30A | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | Michael Barnhart | Shortz |
Sun Apr 3, 2011 | 44D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg | Shortz |
Sat Jul 3, 2010 | 49D | "___ so appalling - it exhilarates": Dickinson | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Wed Apr 14, 2010 | 29A | "___ the last rose of summer" (start of a Thomas Moore poem) | Jonah Kagan | Shortz |
Mon Mar 8, 2010 | 64D | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun Dec 13, 2009 | 72A | Carol contraction (9) | Mike Shenk | Shortz |
Wed Oct 21, 2009 | 37A | Frank McCourt memoir (6) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun Oct 4, 2009 | 88D | "America" contraction | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Mon Sep 28, 2009 | 35D | "___ better to have loved and lost ..." (3) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Wed Aug 26, 2009 | 5D | Rejoinder to "'tain't!" (2) | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Sun Jun 28, 2009 | 125D | Poetic contraction (7) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Sun May 10, 2009 | 78D | "___ the season!" (33) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Aug 31, 2008 | 9D | Word repeated in Emily Dickinson's "___ so much joy! ___ so much joy!" | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat Aug 23, 2008 | 45A | 1999 best-selling memoir | Natan Last | Shortz |
Mon May 26, 2008 | 51A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Mark Sherwood | Shortz |
Wed Mar 5, 2008 | 40A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Steven Ginzburg | Shortz |
Sun Feb 3, 2008 | 34A | Third word of "America" (4) | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sat Feb 2, 2008 | 37A | "___ now the very witching time of night": Hamlet | Natan Last | Shortz |
Wed Jun 20, 2007 | 40A | Frank McCourt memoir (6) | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Wed May 16, 2007 | 46D | "___ a pity" (3) | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue May 15, 2007 | 26D | "My country, ___ of thee" (7) | John Halverson | Shortz |
Sun Dec 24, 2006 | 81D | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Thu Nov 30, 2006 | 62D | Poetic contraction (7) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun Oct 22, 2006 | 47A | "Here ___" | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sat Aug 26, 2006 | 35A | "___ Autumn" (hit 1941 song) | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Fri May 26, 2006 | 23A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Mike Torch | Shortz |
Mon Apr 24, 2006 | 45A | "___ better to have loved ..." (2) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun Oct 2, 2005 | 8D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Thu Sep 22, 2005 | 20A | It's in poetry | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Thu Sep 15, 2005 | 6D | Bard's contraction (4) | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Sun Sep 4, 2005 | 43D | Frank McCourt memoir (6) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Jun 12, 2005 | 7D | Poetic contraction (7) | Joe Bower | Shortz |
Mon May 30, 2005 | 64A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Fri May 13, 2005 | 30A | Carol contraction (9) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Wed Apr 13, 2005 | 55A | Frank McCourt memoir (6) | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Tue Mar 29, 2005 | 54D | Rejoinder to "'tain't!" (2) | Victor Fleming and Nelson Hardy | Shortz |
Thu Jan 6, 2005 | 23A | Carol contraction (9) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Sun Dec 12, 2004 | 68A | Carol contraction (9) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Aug 29, 2004 | 5D | Sequel to "Angela's Ashes" (3) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Apr 14, 2004 | 61D | "___ the Last Rose of Summer" (old song standard) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Thu Mar 4, 2004 | 18D | "___ Autumn" (Woody Herman hit) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Wed Feb 4, 2004 | 39A | "My country" follower (3) | Roy Leban | Shortz |
Tue Feb 3, 2004 | 20A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Joe Bower and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Mon Nov 10, 2003 | 68A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Gail A. MacLean | Shortz |
Sat Oct 18, 2003 | 32D | Preceder of the season | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Mon Jun 9, 2003 | 64D | "___ the season ..." (33) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Fri Apr 25, 2003 | 37A | Sequel to "Angela's Ashes" (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Fri Mar 28, 2003 | 54D | "___ So Sweet" (gospel song) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Tue Mar 18, 2003 | 25A | "___ the season ..." (33) | William Schaub | Shortz |
Sun Jan 19, 2003 | 71A | Carol contraction (9) | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
Thu Aug 22, 2002 | 1A | Follow-up to the best seller "Angela's Ashes" | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Jun 26, 2002 | 64D | Carol contraction (9) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Jun 6, 2002 | 24D | Frank McCourt title | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Apr 1, 2002 | 37A | Third word in "America" | Roger Barkan | Shortz |
Mon Apr 1, 2002 | 41D | Notes after las | Roger Barkan | Shortz |
Sat Jan 19, 2002 | 1D | "My country" follower (3) | Gilbert H. Ludwig | Shortz |
Sat Dec 1, 2001 | 30A | "___ Me, O Lord" (spiritual) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sat Nov 17, 2001 | 34D | Poetic contraction (7) | Bob Peoples | Shortz |
Thu Oct 4, 2001 | 11A | Frank McCourt memoir (6) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Wed May 23, 2001 | 26D | "Angela's Ashes" follow-up (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue Apr 17, 2001 | 59A | "___ the season ..." (33) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue Nov 7, 2000 | 20A | "___ the season ..." (33) | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
Sun Jul 16, 2000 | 90A | Last word of "Angela's Ashes" | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon May 22, 2000 | 51A | "___ the season..." (33) | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand | Shortz |
Sat May 20, 2000 | 58D | "Deck the Halls" word | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Fri May 19, 2000 | 45A | "___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Fri Mar 10, 2000 | 58D | 1999 Frank McCourt memoir (2) | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Sat Feb 19, 2000 | 63D | Poetic contraction (7) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Jan 23, 2000 | 47A | It is contracted | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Sep 21, 1999 | 4D | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Sat Jul 17, 1999 | 5D | It comes before the season | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
Fri Jan 15, 1999 | 49A | Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" (3) | John Wolting | Shortz |
Sun Jan 10, 1999 | 30A | Scale notes (3) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Jan 3, 1999 | 57D | Carol contraction (9) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon Oct 26, 1998 | 36D | "___ the season..." (33) | Robert Dillman | Shortz |
Sat Aug 15, 1998 | 61D | "___ a pity" (3) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Apr 29, 1998 | 4D | Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" (3) | Gayle Dean | Shortz |
Tue Apr 28, 1998 | 44A | Opposite of 'tain't (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Jan 8, 1998 | 26A | "Whether ___ nobler..." (2) | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Thu Oct 16, 1997 | 64D | Old-fashioned contraction (3) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jul 20, 1997 | 72A | "___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sat Jun 7, 1997 | 1D | Seasonal contraction | Martin Schneider | Shortz |
Mon May 26, 1997 | 36D | "___ the season..." (33) | Eileen Lexau | Shortz |
Fri May 23, 1997 | 52A | Old-fashioned contraction (3) | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Mon Jan 13, 1997 | 37A | "___ the season to be jolly" (9) | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Fri Dec 20, 1996 | 62D | Old-fashioned contraction (3) | M. Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Sun Dec 8, 1996 | 83A | Scale notes (3) | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Wed Oct 30, 1996 | 21A | "___ better to have loved..." (2) | A. D. Cover | Shortz |
Thu Oct 24, 1996 | 60A | Third word of "America" (4) | M. S. Maurer | Shortz |
Wed Oct 23, 1996 | 47D | "___ the season..." (33) | R. Norris | Shortz |
Tue Aug 27, 1996 | 47A | "___ the season..." (33) | D. E. Donaldson | Shortz |
Fri May 17, 1996 | 61D | Las' followers | J. DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu May 16, 1996 | 21D | "Deck the Halls" contraction (6) | F. Longo | Shortz |
Thu Jan 18, 1996 | 44A | "___the season..." (33) | C. Deodene | Shortz |
Fri Dec 29, 1995 | 58D | Third word of "America" (4) | Jeff Herrington | Shortz |
Sat Nov 18, 1995 | 60D | "Deck the Halls" contraction (6) | Glenton Petgrave | Shortz |
Tue Nov 7, 1995 | 23A | Opposite of 'tain't (2) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sun Oct 1, 1995 | 81A | Bard's contraction (4) | Frank A. Longo | Shortz |
Thu Aug 17, 1995 | 33D | "___ the season..." (33) | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
Wed Jul 12, 1995 | 53D | "___ the season..." (33) | Robert Malinow | Shortz |
Mon Jun 26, 1995 | 22A | "My country, ___ of thee..." (7) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Thu Sep 22, 1994 | 8D | Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" (3) | George Quincy | Shortz |
Fri Aug 26, 1994 | 59A | Moore's "___ the Last Rose of Summer" | Timothy S. Lewis | Shortz |
Sun Jun 26, 1994 | 125D | Third word of "America" (4) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Mon Feb 14, 1994 | 28A | "___ the season..." (33) | Nancy Joline | Shortz |
Sun Dec 26, 1993 | 8D | Notes | Tom Underhill | Shortz |