Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Nov 12, 2024 | 12D | Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee | Fagliano |
Sun Apr 7, 2024 | 111A | Former African country, and its currency | Tracy Gray | Fagliano |
Fri Oct 7, 2022 | 1D | Former name of the second-largest country in Africa | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed Dec 23, 2020 | 65A | Locale of 1974's Rumble in the Jungle | Juliana Tringali Golden | Shortz |
Sat Aug 1, 2020 | 3D | Former name of sub-Saharan Africa's largest country | Adam Aaronson and Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Tue Jan 28, 2020 | 53D | Kinshasa's country, formerly | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Mon Dec 30, 2019 | 61A | Rumble in the Jungle setting (2) | Gary Larson | Shortz |
Thu Aug 8, 2019 | 54D | Angola's northern neighbor, once | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Thu Jul 19, 2018 | 25D | Where Ali won his 1974 world heavyweight title | Mike Knobler | Shortz |
Sat Mar 3, 2018 | 18A | Site of a 1974 fight won by 40-Across | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Wed May 18, 2016 | 20A | African nation renamed in 1997 | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Mon Jun 22, 2015 | 50D | Former name for Congo (2) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Fri May 9, 2014 | 23D | 1971-97 nation name (2) | James Mulhern | Shortz |
Fri Apr 18, 2014 | 6D | The Congolese franc replaced it | James Mulhern | Shortz |
Sat Aug 24, 2013 | 25A | Bygone country name or its currency | Frederick J. Healy | Shortz |
Mon Feb 4, 2013 | 49D | Congo, once (3) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Mon Nov 12, 2012 | 32D | Congo, formerly (2) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Mon Mar 19, 2012 | 12D | Congo, from 1971 to 1997 | Jeremy Horwitz | Shortz |
Sat Mar 3, 2012 | 13D | Old country name or its currency, both dropped in 1997 | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sat Feb 4, 2012 | 58A | Setting for the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings" | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Mon Dec 20, 2010 | 44A | Former name for Congo (2) | Donna Hoke | Shortz |
Sun Feb 28, 2010 | 61D | 1990s war locale | Yaakov Bendavid | Shortz |
Sat Sep 26, 2009 | 50A | 1971-97 nation name (2) | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Tue Apr 14, 2009 | 10D | Congo's name before 1997 | Barry Boone | Shortz |
Wed Mar 11, 2009 | 52D | Congo, once (3) | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Tue Oct 7, 2008 | 28D | Where Ali dethroned Foreman | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
Tue Oct 23, 2007 | 68A | Site of Ali's Rumble in the Jungle | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat Jul 7, 2007 | 45A | Rumble in the Jungle setting (2) | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Mon Mar 21, 2005 | 26A | Congo, formerly (2) | Mike Torch | Shortz |
Wed Dec 31, 2003 | 31D | Congo, once (3) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Fri Feb 7, 2003 | 30A | Country name from 1971-97 | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Wed Mar 13, 2002 | 49A | Congo Basin river | Ed Early | Shortz |
Mon Sep 3, 2001 | 2D | Old name for Kinshasa's country | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed Nov 10, 1999 | 63A | Where Ali KO'd Foreman, 1974 | Joan Yanofsky | Shortz |
Sat May 15, 1999 | 30A | New ___ (Congolese money) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Thu Jan 28, 1999 | 61A | Former country name | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Wed May 1, 1996 | 47A | Ali-Foreman battle site | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Aug 7, 1995 | 1A | Belgian Congo, today | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Thu Jun 23, 1994 | 58A | World's largest cobalt exporter | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Fri Jun 3, 1994 | 53A | Its capital is Kinshasa | Norman S. Wizer | Shortz |