WITS

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

77 total results for WITS( score: 50 )

24 results for WITS from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 29, 2023	48D	Match ___	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Mon Nov 14, 2022	13D	Mental resourcefulness	Taylor Johnson	Shortz
Thu Oct 5, 2017	1D	Mental acuity (3)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Mon Aug 31, 2015	41A	Good things to have about you in an emergency	Michael Dewey	Shortz
Wed Oct 29, 2014	64A	Something to match	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Tue Apr 9, 2013	18D	Comedians	Steve Blais	Shortz
Sat Nov 10, 2012	20A	Resourcefulness (2)	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Sat Mar 10, 2012	11A	Resourcefulness (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Mon Oct 11, 2010	57D	Jokesters	Robert Fisher	Shortz
Sun Jan 24, 2010	89D	Mental acuity (3)	David Kwong and Kevan Choset	Shortz
Sat Apr 25, 2009	53A	Quotable types	Brad Wilber	Shortz
Sun Nov 18, 2007	31A	Mental acuity (3)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Nov 9, 2005	10A	Mental keenness	Ed Early	Shortz
Mon May 16, 2005	35A	Ingenuity (2)	Marc J. Gameroff	Shortz
Thu May 1, 2003	36D	Good thing to have about you	Gilbert H. Ludwig	Shortz
Sun Oct 20, 2002	52D	Cards	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Thu Jan 7, 1999	50D	Clever ones	William I. Johnston	Shortz
Sun Dec 6, 1998	32D	It's good to have these about you	Marjorie Richter	Shortz
Thu Feb 5, 1998	47D	Skilled punsters	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Sat May 24, 1997	52D	Composure	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun May 14, 1995	31A	Cleverness	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Tue Dec 6, 1994	1A	Ingenuity (2)	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Sun Apr 10, 1994	133D	Algonquin Round Table members	Trip Payne	Shortz
Thu Apr 7, 1994	54D	Some live by them	Fred Piscop	Shortz

53 results for WITS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 30, 1993	48D	Emitters of mots	Robert Lieblich	Maleska
Sun May 10, 1992	59D	They have Attic salt	Michael J. Parris	Maleska
Mon Jan 20, 1992	66A	Intelligence	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Mon Jul 15, 1991	25D	Jokers	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Wed Feb 10, 1988	63A	At ___ end	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Mon Dec 29, 1986	35A	Keep one's ___ about one	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Mon Dec 22, 1986	33D	Wilde and Thurber	James R. Burns	Maleska
Thu Oct 2, 1986	36D	Mental abilities	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Tue Apr 15, 1986	23A	Hartford ___, famed group of writers	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Mon Mar 18, 1985	26A	Faculties	Tangredi	Maleska
Wed Jan 23, 1985	62A	Wags	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Sun Jan 20, 1985	8D	Gatherers at Will's Coffee-House: 18th century	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Wed Nov 3, 1982	29D	Jokesters	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Wed Mar 25, 1981	3D	Retorts are their fortes	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Thu Jun 7, 1979	16A	At ___ end	Robert Katz	Maleska
Fri Nov 24, 1978	40D	At ___ end (perplexed)	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Thu Dec 22, 1977	18D	Faculties	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sat Nov 19, 1977	55A	Mental faculties	Henry Hook	Maleska
Mon Jun 27, 1977	3D	Masters of banter	Young	Maleska
Mon Apr 4, 1977	3D	Brain power	Samuel K. Fliegner	Maleska
Sun Jan 2, 1977	1D	Dim and half	Josephine A. Felker	Weng
Tue Jan 28, 1975	55D	"I'm at my ___ end"	Virginia Godwin	Weng
Mon Dec 30, 1974	43D	At one's ___ end	Leonard Sussman	Weng
Fri Jul 26, 1974	8D	Kind of end	Reginald L. Johnson	Weng
Fri Jul 6, 1973	47A	Clever ones	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 28, 1972	46A	Sense	Unknown	Weng
Wed Sep 6, 1972	12D	Clever ones	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jul 21, 1972	22A	Bright ones	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 7, 1971	26A	Ingenuity	Unknown	Weng
Tue Dec 22, 1970	10A	Ingenuity	Unknown	Weng
Fri Mar 24, 1967	1A	Quipsters.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sat Feb 18, 1967	47D	Common sense.	George Laczko	Farrar
Sun Jan 1, 1967	31A	Common sense.	Anne Fox	Farrar
Wed Sep 28, 1966	66A	Party assets.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1965	35A	Common sense.	Anne Fox	Farrar
Wed Nov 29, 1961	22A	Intelligence.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 14, 1961	58D	Wags.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Tue Jan 24, 1961	22A	Punsters.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 11, 1960	43D	Makers of epigrams.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jan 9, 1960	51D	Experts in raillery.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 19, 1959	39D	Makers of epigrams.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 29, 1959	16A	Mentality.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Mon Mar 10, 1958	25D	Power of thinking and reasoning.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Tue May 10, 1955	31A	Experts at ripostes.	Marian Moeser	Farrar
Mon Apr 11, 1955	3D	Mental faculties.	Jessie M. Snow	Farrar
Sun Dec 12, 1954	41D	Raconteurs.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Mon Sep 6, 1954	20A	Powers of reasoning.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sat Jan 19, 1952	29D	Mental abilities.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 12, 1951	56D	Common sense.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 16, 1948	136D	Common sense.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Feb 15, 1948	9D	Bright persons.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Dec 15, 1946	71D	Epigrammatists.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Dec 31, 1944	17D	Common sense.	Agnes Cook	Farrar

Anagrams:

TWIS, SWIT, WIST

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