| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 12 | 5/3/2012 | 11/26/2020 | 3 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 3 | 1.62 | 43 | 37% |
POW Thu 11/26/2020
| G | A | T | E | | N | A | L | A | | S | O | F | T | G |
| U | N | I | X | | A | T | O | M | | O | L | L | I | E |
| R | O | M | P | | V | O | W | E | L |
| U | N | E | A | S | Y | | S | K | A | | | A | D | D |
| | S | N | O | B | S | | | R | A | I | S | E | S |
| I | S | L | A | N | D | | | |
| O | D | I | E | | U | L | N | A | | H | O | F | F | A |
| N | E | G | | F | E | A | S | T | E | D | | L | O | X |
| S | A | N | T | A | | M | O | A | N | | P | I | N | E |
| | | W | I | N | D | E | D |
| D | U | M | O | N | T | | | T | O | U | R | S | | |
| O | N | O | | | C | I | A | | R | O | U | S | T | S |
| J | O | H | N | S | | S | O | O | N |
| O | A | S | I | S | | K | N | E | E | | A | L | O | U |
| S | M | E | L | T | | S | A | W | S | | L | O | N | G |
Tue 5/26/2020
| H | A | N | G | S | | E | D | I | E | | D | I | N | |
| A | D | O | U | T | | M | A | N | X | | U | T | E | S |
| C | O | L | I | N | F | I | R | T | H | | A | C | C | T |
| K | R | I | S | | A | R | T | H | U | R | L | A | K | E |
| I | N | T | E | R | N | | S | A | M | E | | N | W | A |
| T | S | A | | A | N | D | | T | E | M | P | T | E | D |
| | | O | N | I | O | N | | | | E | B | A | Y |
| B | O | D | I | E | S | O | F | W | A | T | E | R | |
| T | R | U | E | | | | T | O | I | L | S | | | |
| H | A | T | S | I | Z | E | | R | N | A | | B | O | Y |
| E | S | C | | C | O | N | S | | O | N | B | A | S | E |
| B | I | L | L | Y | O | C | E | A | N | | A | R | C | S |
| A | L | A | I | | M | I | C | H | A | E | L | B | A | Y |
| R | I | S | E | | I | N | T | O | | L | O | I | R | E |
| A | S | S | | N | O | S | Y | | L | O | E | S | S |
Many people (me included) were surprised that "See 17-Across" is the most common clue in NYT crosswords — 242 times, including pre-Shortz!
Here's the Modern Era most frequently used clues list, including an explanation for that odd winner.
Thu 12/5/2019
| M | A | S | H | | A | C | T | S | | B | O | W | I | E |
| O | R | E | O | | I | D | E | A | | E | R | I | C | A |
| M | E | A | T | | S | C | A | M | | A | B | N | E | R |
| S | A | N | D | S | H | A | K | E | R | S | | B | E | N |
| | | A | L | A | S | | | E | T | S | Y | | |
| B | L | A | M | E | | E | I | G | N | S | T | A | T | E |
| R | U | N | N | E | R | | L | O | O | | U | N | I | X |
| U | R | N | | T | A | B | L | O | I | D | | O | B | I |
| C | I | A | O | | N | U | B | | R | O | U | S | E | S |
| E | D | B | R | I | D | G | E | S | | I | N | E | R | T |
| | E | G | G | O | | | H | O | N | K | | | |
| A | O | L | | N | M | E | N | T | A | G | E | N | C | Y |
| B | A | L | T | O | | D | O | I | T | | M | E | R | E |
| C | H | E | E | R | | N | I | C | E | | P | R | O | W |
| S | U | E | D | E | | A | R | K | S | | T | O | P | S |
Thu 10/25/2018
| L | I | A | M | | T | E | T | E | S | | F | R | A | T |
| A | C | N | E | | E | C | O | N | O | | A | O | N | E |
| P | A | G | E | | L | O | S | T | L | I | Q | U | I | D |
| S | N | O | R | K | E | L | S | | D | R | I | L | L | S |
| E | S | L | | A | C | A | | D | E | E | R | E | | |
| D | O | A | S | L | O | W | B | U | R | N | | T | H | E |
| | | H | E | M | | L | A | S | E | R | T | A | G |
| P | E | P | A | | | S | E | L | | | A | E | R | O |
| B | R | O | M | A | N | C | E | | S | E | N | | | |
| S | A | W | | G | O | U | P | A | N | D | D | O | W | N |
| | E | D | I | C | T | | L | A | G | | N | E | U |
| M | O | R | I | T | A | | S | C | R | E | A | M | E | D |
| I | N | S | E | A | R | C | H | O | F | | K | I | N | G |
| S | L | U | G | | B | R | A | V | E | | O | K | I | E |
| T | Y | P | O | | S | O | W | E | D | | N | E | E | D |
Very clever, Mr. Fogarty. And very satisfying when I finally saw the light.
POW Sun 5/13/2018 LOVE AT FIRST SITE
| N | B | A | J | A | M | | P | S | A | S | | S | W | A | M | | | B | A | T |
| S | A | T | I | R | E | | R | U | N | T | | I | A | G | O | | S | O | L | E |
| F | R | E | N | C | H | C | O | N | N | E | C | T | I | O | N | | E | A | T | S |
| W | R | A | P | S | | O | N | R | E | P | E | A | T | | O | P | E | R | A | S |
| E | L | I | | O | C | T | A | | | O | R | S | O | | H | Y | D | R | A |
| E | L | O | N | | B | O | O | Y | A | H | | | | D | R | E | A | M | | |
| P | E | N | G | U | I | N | | | S | E | A | N | B | E | A | N | | E | R | A |
| A | D | E | | S | T | U | D | F | I | N | D | E | R | | H | O | M | E | E | C |
| | | B | E | S | T | I | E | | R | U | B | B | E | R | M | A | T | C | H |
| A | W | E | D | | | B | E | R | Y | L | | | N | A | S | T | I | E | S |
| P | E | T | | P | A | S | T | A | | T | R | I | S | H | | R | N | S | |
| F | A | S | T | C | A | R | | | M | A | S | O | N | | | B | O | G | S | |
| A | C | T | I | O | N | I | T | E | M | S | | F | L | I | P | O | N | | | |
| C | H | E | E | S | E | | O | P | E | N | F | L | A | M | E | S | | M | E | T |
| E | E | R | | T | R | I | N | I | D | A | D | | | M | O | N | D | A | V | I |
| | N | A | N | A | S | | | | P | A | C | T | E | N | | A | K | I | N |
| A | Z | U | R | E | | M | I | M | E | | | H | E | N | S | | T | E | L | |
| M | I | N | E | R | S | | T | O | O | T | S | I | E | S | | P | A | I | G | E |
| A | P | I | N | | O | R | G | A | N | I | C | C | H | E | M | I | S | T | R | Y |
| S | P | O | T | | R | O | U | T | | C | A | L | E | | O | N | E | S | I | E |
| S | O | N | | | T | O | Y | S | | K | N | E | E | | B | A | T | O | N | S |
Fri 3/9/2018
| R | A | T | P | A | C | K | | | N | B | A | J | A | M |
| E | U | R | A | S | I | A | N | | Y | E | S | I | D | O |
| A | B | U | D | H | A | B | I | | S | E | W | N | O | N |
| P | A | I | R | | O | L | G | A | | N | A | G | A | T |
| E | D | S | E | L | | O | H | M | S | | N | O | N | A |
| R | E | M | | E | X | O | T | I | C | A | | I | N | N |
| | | H | A | R | E | M | | R | U | S | S | I | A |
| O | N | E | D | A | Y | A | T | A | T | I | M | E | |
| G | R | O | M | I | T | | R | A | P | I | D | | | |
| A | D | S | | N | E | M | E | S | E | S | | P | A | C |
| N | E | L | L | | D | A | F | T | | M | A | R | S | H |
| G | R | O | A | N | | S | U | E | Z | | R | O | S | A |
| S | O | U | P | E | D | | E | B | E | N | E | Z | E | R |
| T | U | C | S | O | N | | L | U | K | E | W | A | R | M |
| A | T | H | E | N | A | | | D | E | T | E | C | T | S |
Tue 5/30/2017
| I | N | C | A | | F | I | N | I | S | | B | U | C | K |
| L | E | A | N | | E | V | I | T | A | | A | S | I | A |
| L | I | P | I | Z | Z | A | N | E | R | | S | E | T | H |
| S | L | O | M | O | | N | E | M | O | | E | D | E | N |
| | | A | N | N | | | | N | U | T | | | |
| M | I | L | K | O | F | M | A | G | N | E | S | I | A |
| M | A | S | S | | S | L | I | D | | I | N | E | R | T |
| U | R | L | | R | E | A | R | L | I | T | | R | A | M |
| S | L | A | T | E | | M | E | A | N | | G | U | T | S |
| H | A | M | M | E | R | E | D | I | T | H | O | M | E | |
| | | O | D | E | | | | O | U | R | | | |
| B | L | A | B | | G | O | S | H | | L | E | A | P | T |
| A | U | D | I | | G | R | E | Y | M | A | T | T | E | R |
| R | A | I | L | | A | A | N | D | E | | E | A | S | E |
| D | U | N | E | | E | L | D | E | R | | X | B | O | X |
Mon 1/9/2017
| A | I | R | S | | S | T | A | N | | G | I | A | N | T |
| N | O | A | A | | H | E | R | A | | O | L | D | E | R |
| T | W | I | N | P | E | A | K | S | | A | K | I | R | A |
| S | A | N | D | E | D | | | A | I | T | | E | T | C |
| | D | A | P | | F | U | L | L | H | O | U | S | E |
| S | K | E | L | E | T | O | N | | L | E | D | | | |
| A | I | L | S | | H | R | S | | P | R | E | S | E | T |
| A | L | A | | B | E | D | H | E | A | D | | P | T | A |
| B | O | Y | T | O | Y | | O | P | S | | F | O | R | T |
| | | I | R | S | | R | E | S | T | A | R | E | A |
| Q | U | E | E | N | A | N | N | E | | A | L | T | | |
| U | S | A | | F | Y | I | | | A | L | L | S | E | T |
| A | U | G | E | R | | K | I | N | G | C | O | B | R | A |
| C | R | E | P | E | | K | N | E | E | | F | A | I | R |
| K | Y | R | I | E | | I | C | E | S | | F | R | E | T |
Wed 8/3/2016
| T | O | R | M | E | | W | A | R | M | | F | L | A | P |
| O | P | I | U | M | | I | C | E | E | | L | O | L | A |
| W | I | B | L | O | W | I | N | N | D | | U | S | E | R |
| N | E | S | T | | I | G | E | T | I | T | | A | X | E |
| | | I | F | S | | | A | A | R | O | N | | |
| B | F | F | | D | E | R | O | L | L | I | N | G | E | P |
| A | L | O | E | R | T | E | R | | | P | E | E | V | E |
| S | O | U | L | | O | B | I | E | S | | P | L | E | D |
| E | R | N | I | E | | | O | N | C | A | M | E | R | A |
| D | A | D | A | N | C | I | N | G | R | K | | S | T | L |
| | M | S | D | O | S | | | E | A | T | | | |
| R | H | O | | S | A | L | I | N | E | | H | A | W | K |
| A | U | N | T | | R | A | S | I | N | G | I | N | I | N |
| T | R | E | E | | S | N | A | P | | A | N | K | L | E |
| S | T | Y | X | | E | D | Y | S | | S | K | A | T | E |
Relying on AUNT Sally and her order of operations acronym has fallen out of favor, and for good reasons. There are plenty more operators beyond the simple ones Sally happens to mention. Even if you do understand the arbitrary rules, it's easy to write confusing or misleading mathematical expressions.
Software programmers in particular are taught to avoid reliance on them. Extra parentheses clarify intent with no downside since compilers strip out unneeded ones for you. Worse, computer languages don't all agree on the order rules and some, like APL, ignore them completely.
Tue 12/8/2015
| R | A | B | B | I | | E | D | A | M | | P | E | N | N |
| P | A | L | E | D | | L | I | R | A | | A | L | O | E |
| M | A | U | V | E | | F | A | I | R | Y | D | U | S | T |
| | E | Y | E | D | | | A | T | M | | D | E | W |
| G | P | S | | F | A | M | I | L | Y | C | R | E | S | T |
| R | O | T | | I | R | O | C | | R | A | O | | | |
| A | L | A | | X | E | N | O | N | | | B | R | O | S |
| F | A | T | H | E | R | K | N | O | W | S | B | E | S | T |
| T | R | E | E | | | S | C | O | R | E | | D | A | R |
| | | S | T | L | | U | N | I | X | | S | K | A |
| F | A | L | S | E | A | R | R | E | S | T | | H | A | Y |
| A | R | I | | A | B | E | | | T | A | X | I | | |
| B | R | E | A | K | F | A | S | T | | P | O | R | E | D |
| L | O | G | S | | E | M | I | R | | E | X | T | R | A |
| E | W | E | S | | E | S | P | Y | | S | O | S | A | D |
Tue 3/12/2013
| L | A | P | D | | A | R | A | B | | O | F | F | E | R |
| A | R | E | A | | R | E | N | O | | R | A | L | L | Y |
| W | I | N | D | I | N | G | T | O | A | C | L | O | S | E |
| S | A | N | D | S | | I | Z | Z | Y | | S | P | A | S |
| | | Y | E | A | S | | E | R | I | E | | | |
| I | M | H | O | | S | T | O | R | E | F | R | O | N | T |
| M | A | I | | S | E | E | K | | S | N | I | P | E | R |
| A | R | T | I | E | | R | E | W | | O | B | A | M | A |
| P | I | E | C | E | S | | M | E | A | T | | R | E | P |
| C | O | M | E | D | Y | G | O | L | D | | E | T | A | S |
| | | T | Y | R | A | | L | A | I | D | | | |
| O | S | L | O | | I | Z | O | D | | V | W | B | U | S |
| F | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | O | F | Y | O | U | T | H |
| F | U | N | G | I | | N | E | N | E | | O | R | N | O |
| S | P | A | S | M | | G | L | E | E | | D | Y | E | D |
Thu 5/3/2012
| J | U | N | O | | P | C | B | S | | S | M | A | S | H |
| A | T | A | N | | A | R | I | A | | H | I | R | E | E |
| G | E | N | E | O | L | O | G | Y | | E | L | C | A | R |
| S | P | O | U | S | E | S | | | L | E | L | A | N | D |
| | | P | E | R | S | E | V | E | R | E | N | C | E |
| I | S | M | | | M | E | R | C | I | | N | E | E | D |
| K | I | M | O | N | O | | I | R | A | N | I | | | |
| E | X | E | C | S | | M | C | S | | B | U | D | G | E |
| | | C | A | S | A | S | | S | A | M | I | A | M |
| E | R | M | A | | K | N | O | L | L | | | N | Y | U |
| Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N | A | I | R | E | | | |
| U | S | E | S | U | P | | | S | P | A | C | E | R | S |
| A | S | T | I | R | | M | I | S | P | E | L | L | E | D |
| L | I | M | O | N | | S | M | E | E | | A | L | B | A |
| S | A | E | N | S | | U | S | S | R | | T | E | A | K |
A similarly themed puzzle from 2008 also included both MILLENIUM and PERSEVERENCE. The correct spellings are: genealogy, perseverance, questionnaire, millennium, occasion and, uh, one other... Oh yeah, and misspelled.
