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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 118A | Daughter of King Triton | Caleb Rasmussen |
| Sunday, May 13, 2012 | 109A | Disney princess | Ben Tausig |
| Monday, February 13, 2012 | 14A | Disney's "Little Mermaid" (2) | Ellen Leuschner and Victor Fleming |
| Thursday, April 14, 2011 | 20A | One of the Durants who wrote "The Story of Civilization" | Pete Muller |
| Monday, December 20, 2010 | 63A | Disney mermaid (6) | Donna Hoke |
| Monday, June 7, 2010 | 14A | Disney's "little mermaid" (2) | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, April 11, 2010 | 113A | Oscar : United States :: ___ : Mexico | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, December 8, 2009 | 26A | Statesman Sharon | Joe Krozel |
| Friday, July 17, 2009 | 16A | Moon of Uranus (7) | Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk |
| Sunday, May 24, 2009 | 15D | Sylvia Plath's last book of poetry | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, May 16, 2009 | 55A | Red-haired Disney princess | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| Monday, June 16, 2008 | 58A | Prospero's servant in "The Tempest" | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 | 27A | Sylph in Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | 67A | Disney mermaid (6) | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
| Sunday, June 3, 2007 | 105A | Cartoon mermaid | Kelsey Blakley |
| Monday, March 5, 2007 | 14A | Israel's Sharon (3) | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 | 66A | "The Tempest" spirit (2) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, January 14, 2007 | 68A | Moon of Uranus (7) | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 | 30A | Ursula's nemesis in "The Little Mermaid" | David Quarfoot |
| Wednesday, April 26, 2006 | 3D | Prospero's servant (2) | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | 1A | Moon of Uranus (7) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, March 1, 2006 | 48D | Shakespearean sprite (4) | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, January 2, 2006 | 60A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 | 27D | Sharon of Israel (5) | Leonard Williams |
| Tuesday, August 2, 2005 | 17A | Sharon of Israel (5) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | 52D | Sharon of 23-Across | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, May 6, 2005 | 6D | Moon of Uranus (7) | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, December 25, 2004 | 33A | Shakespearean character who asks, "Do you love me, master?" | Byron Walden |
| Monday, November 8, 2004 | 19A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 | 12D | Sharon of Israel (5) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, January 11, 2004 | 54D | The Little Mermaid (13) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2003 | 16A | Israel's Sharon (3) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 9, 2003 | 63D | 1965 book by Sylvia Plath | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, December 16, 2002 | 53D | The Little Mermaid (13) | Jim Hyres |
| Monday, September 9, 2002 | 30D | "Little Mermaid" | William I. Johnston |
| Saturday, August 10, 2002 | 64A | Moon of Uranus (7) | Dana Motley |
| Thursday, May 2, 2002 | 27A | Historian Durant (2) | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| Thursday, January 17, 2002 | 38A | "The Tempest" sprite (3) | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Thursday, August 9, 2001 | 22A | One of the Durants (2) | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, July 29, 2001 | 37D | Moon of Uranus (7) | Michael Ashley |
| Sunday, April 22, 2001 | 20A | "The Tempest" character | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, April 16, 2001 | 26D | The Little Mermaid's name | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, January 2, 2001 | 52D | Israeli hard-liner Sharon | Sarah Keller |
| Saturday, September 16, 2000 | 6D | Sylvia Plath collection | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, June 18, 2000 | 52A | Historian Durant (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, March 14, 2000 | 65A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| Thursday, November 18, 1999 | 65A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Saturday, October 16, 1999 | 22A | Shakespearean spirit | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, October 5, 1999 | 65A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, September 12, 1999 | 115A | Moon of Uranus (7) | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| Wednesday, July 7, 1999 | 32A | Shakespearean sprite (4) | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, April 1, 1999 | 14A | Sylvia Plath book | Kelly Clark |
| Thursday, March 4, 1999 | 7D | Prospero's servant (2) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, March 2, 1999 | 35A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, November 24, 1998 | 48A | Tempestuous spirit? | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Wednesday, September 30, 1998 | 24D | Sharon of Israel (5) | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Monday, August 17, 1998 | 64A | Durant who co-wrote "The Story of Civilization" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, June 3, 1998 | 2D | The Little Mermaid (13) | Karen Hodge |
| Monday, January 19, 1998 | 44A | Disney mermaid (6) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, January 14, 1998 | 65A | The Little Mermaid (13) | William Bernhardt |
| Wednesday, December 3, 1997 | 38D | Israel's Sharon (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, August 19, 1997 | 18A | Sharon of Israel (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, May 18, 1997 | 17D | Posthumous Plath book | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, April 14, 1997 | 59A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, December 30, 1996 | 14A | Disney mermaid (6) | C. F. Murray |
| Friday, December 6, 1996 | 4D | Sylvia Plath title (2) | M. Nosowsky |
| Sunday, September 29, 1996 | 115A | Will Durant's wife | M. Reagle |
| Sunday, September 15, 1996 | 81A | "...my dainty ___! I shall miss thee": Prospero | A. K. Justin |
| Tuesday, March 19, 1996 | 24D | Disney mermaid (6) | P. Jordan |
| Thursday, December 7, 1995 | 57A | Moon over Uranus | Michael S. Maurer |
| Sunday, October 22, 1995 | 16D | Shakespearean sprite (4) | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, May 11, 1995 | 15A | Shakespearean sprite (4) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Monday, February 27, 1995 | 14A | "The Tempest" spirit (2) | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, February 6, 1995 | 65A | "The Tempest" sprite (3) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, December 18, 1994 | 56D | Sylvia Plath title (2) | Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, September 18, 1994 | 62D | One of the Durants (2) | Merl Reagle |
| Monday, August 8, 1994 | 14A | "The Tempest" sprite (3) | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, July 31, 1994 | 80A | The Little Mermaid (13) | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, July 21, 1994 | 58A | Prospero's sprite | Betty Jorgensen |
| Monday, June 20, 1994 | 18D | Disney mermaid (6) | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Wednesday, April 6, 1994 | 14A | "Tempest" spirit | Ed Stein |
| Wednesday, December 8, 1993 | 12D | "The Little Mermaid" (13) | Norma Steinberg |
1 result for ARIEL from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2003 | diagramless | 26A | Shakespearean sprite | Trip Payne |
65 results for ARIEL from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, June 13, 1993 | 89D | A satellite of Uranus | Frances K. Schnitzer | Maleska |
| Monday, March 1, 1993 | 51D | Shakespearean sprite | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 20, 1992 | 49A | Disney mermaid | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 18, 1992 | 17A | Spirit in "The Tempest" | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
| Thursday, October 8, 1992 | 54D | Caliban's co-worker | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 13, 1992 | 27D | "Tempest" spirit | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 28, 1992 | 130A | Arabian gazelle | Sally Coyle | Maleska |
| Friday, June 12, 1992 | 10D | Shakespearean sprite | Wayne Hall-Eastman | Maleska |
| Friday, May 1, 1992 | 20A | Caliban's opposite | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 1, 1991 | 26D | Plath work | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 20, 1991 | 63D | Plath work | Calista Luminati | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 15, 1991 | 59A | Caliban's opposite | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 7, 1991 | 11D | A satellite of Uranus | Jean M. Hunt | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 30, 1990 | 62A | Prospero's servant | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 19, 1990 | 58A | Plath work | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 11, 1990 | 28A | Mrs. Will Durant | William Canine | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 26, 1990 | 19A | Gazelle | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Friday, July 13, 1990 | 29D | He lies "in a cowslip bell" | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 25, 1990 | 108D | A moon of Uranus | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 22, 1990 | 15A | A gazelle | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
| Friday, February 23, 1990 | 17A | "The Tempest" spirit | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 19, 1989 | 69D | A moon of Uranus | A.J. Santora | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 21, 1989 | 2D | A moon of Uranus | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Friday, September 8, 1989 | 44D | Biography of Shelley by Maurois | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 28, 1989 | 120A | Arabian gazelle | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 19, 1989 | 26D | Prospero's prankster | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 9, 1989 | 110A | Vera Zorina's Broadway role: 1945 | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 6, 1988 | 32A | Prospero's sprightly servant | Don Groat | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 9, 1988 | 2D | Shakespearean sprite | Eileen Lexau | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 4, 1988 | 56A | Mrs. Will Durant | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1988 | 45A | "Tempest" sprite | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Friday, August 19, 1988 | 6A | Prospero's servant | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 16, 1988 | 27D | Arabian gazelle | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 24, 1988 | 20A | Book by André Maurois | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Monday, April 11, 1988 | 12D | African gazelle | Elaine George | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 21, 1988 | 1D | Rebel angel in "Paradise Lost" | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Friday, November 27, 1987 | 59A | "The Tempest" spirit | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Friday, November 13, 1987 | 7D | Spirit released by Prospero | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Monday, November 2, 1987 | 60A | Gazelle | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 24, 1987 | 14A | "The Tempest" spirit | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 22, 1987 | 31D | Servant of Prospero | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 21, 1986 | 17A | Arabian gazelle | William Canine | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 30, 1986 | 66A | Character in "The Tempest" | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Friday, July 18, 1986 | 17A | Maurois's biography of Shelley | Jones | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 4, 1986 | 26D | Uranus satellite | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Monday, November 18, 1985 | 26D | Prankster in "The Tempest" | Frank Geary | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 6, 1985 | 12D | A moon of Uranus | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Friday, September 6, 1985 | 12D | One of the Durants | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 25, 1985 | 26D | A gazelle | Mark Diehl | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 12, 1985 | 15D | What Shelley called himself | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
| Friday, May 3, 1985 | 3D | African gazelle | Michael J. Parris | Maleska |
| Saturday, February 2, 1985 | 56A | Moon of Uranus | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
| Friday, January 25, 1985 | 27D | Prospero's aide | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 23, 1984 | 138A | Uranus moon | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Monday, November 19, 1984 | 63A | Satellite of Uranus | Johnson | Maleska |
| Friday, October 12, 1984 | 48D | Prospero's sprite | William Coburn | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 22, 1984 | 40D | Sprite or gazelle | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 27, 1984 | 43D | Afro-Asian gazelle | Ernst T. Theimer | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 4, 1984 | 88A | His magic helped Prospero | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 24, 1983 | 2D | Historian Durant | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 6, 1983 | 94A | Spirit or gazelle | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
| Monday, September 19, 1983 | 47A | Prospero's servant | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Monday, August 1, 1983 | 11D | African gazelle | Whitten | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 3, 1983 | 83D | Will Durant's wife | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Friday, February 4, 1983 | 18D | Role in "The Tempest" | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |