| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
| Sun Jan 9, 2022 | 33D | Westernmost sch. in Conference USA | Timothy Polin |
| Sun Mar 28, 2021 | 52A | Sch. on the Rio Grande | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| Fri Apr 10, 2020 | 45A | The Miners of Conference USA, informally | Byron Walden |
| Wed Mar 11, 2020 | 56A | Sch. whose newspaper is The Prospector ("Assayer of Student Opinion") | Erik Agard |
| Fri Feb 28, 2020 | 51A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Aimee Lucido |
| Thu Jan 16, 2020 | 18A | Where Miners have majors | Erik Agard and Jeff Chen |
| Sat Dec 14, 2019 | 42D | Sch. near the Mexican border | Ryan McCarty |
| Tue Apr 30, 2019 | 37A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Erik Agard |
| Sun Aug 20, 2017 | 3D | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| Fri Aug 5, 2016 | 59D | The Miners of the N.C.A.A. (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sun May 1, 2016 | 42D | Sch. whose mascot is Paydirt Pete | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| Thu Mar 17, 2016 | 60D | U.S. college whose campus is less than 1,000 ft. from Ciudad Juárez | David Woolf |
| Sun Oct 25, 2015 | 118D | Conference USA sch. (2) | Bill Zais |
| Sun Feb 9, 2014 | 109A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Charles M. Deber |
| Mon Jun 24, 2013 | 45A | Lone Star State sch. near the Rio Grande | Robert Seminara |
| Thu Oct 18, 2012 | 57D | Sch. whose fight song is "Miners Fight" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| Wed Sep 5, 2012 | 63A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Paula Gamache |
| Thu May 3, 2012 | 2D | Sch. with the mascot Paydirt Pete | Neville Fogarty |
| Thu Mar 15, 2012 | 5D | Miners' sch. (2) | Kristian House |
| Mon Jan 9, 2012 | 59A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Michael Dewey |
| Wed Dec 28, 2011 | 18D | Sun Bowl Stadium sch. | Louis Zulli |
| Sat Sep 3, 2011 | 53D | Conference USA sch. (2) | Peter Wentz |
| Mon Nov 8, 2010 | 50D | Lone Star State sch. (17) | John Dunn |
| Tue Mar 2, 2010 | 17A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thu Oct 22, 2009 | 60A | Sch. located on the Rio Grande | Joel Fagliano |
| Tue Jun 9, 2009 | 11D | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Steve Dobis |
| Tue Apr 7, 2009 | 36A | Sch. on the bank of the Rio Grande | Joon Pahk |
| Sun Mar 22, 2009 | 17D | Sch. near the Rio Grande | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera |
| Wed Apr 5, 2006 | 19A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Patrick Merrell |
| Wed Mar 2, 2005 | 71A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | James M. Jenista and Dana McLemore |
| Thu Dec 23, 2004 | 33D | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Nancy Salomon |
| Tue Mar 23, 2004 | 52D | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Fred Piscop |
| Fri Dec 5, 2003 | 52D | Western Athletic Conf. team (2) | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thu Jul 3, 2003 | 26D | The Miners of the Western Athletic Conf. | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tue Jul 10, 2001 | 62A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Patrick Merrell |
| Thu Nov 16, 2000 | 13D | Lone Star sch. | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Tue Feb 1, 2000 | 8D | Lone Star State sch. (17) | A. J. Santora |
| Tue Apr 13, 1999 | 66A | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Fred Piscop |
| Thu Jan 28, 1999 | 25D | Western Athletic Conference sch. | Henry Hook |
| Sun Jul 5, 1998 | 111A | The Miners of the N.C.A.A. (2) | Joe DiPietro |
| Sun Dec 14, 1997 | 54D | Lone Star State sch. (17) | Nancy Salomon |
| Sun Nov 9, 1997 | 17A | Western Athletic Conf. team (2) | Rich Norris |
| Mon Jul 7, 1997 | 55A | Texas Western, today: Abbr. | Gregory E. Paul |
| Fri Sep 9, 1994 | 30A | Miners' sch. (2) | Bob Klahn |