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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, May 5, 2013 | 56D | What makes you you? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2013 | 53D | Paternity suit evidence (2) | Richard and Judith Martin |
| Thursday, February 7, 2013 | 15D | Test subj. | David Levinson Wilk |
| Monday, December 31, 2012 | 63D | Genetic stuff (6) | Jeffrey Harris |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | 54D | Evidence in paternity suits | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, August 6, 2012 | 45A | "CSI" evidence, often | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, July 1, 2012 | 94A | Building block, of sorts | Dan Schoenholz |
| Wednesday, February 29, 2012 | 22D | Strands in a cell? (2) | Kevan Choset |
| Wednesday, November 9, 2011 | 43A | It's part of the gene pool | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, October 3, 2011 | 67A | Crime lab evidence (3) | Stanley Newman |
| Sunday, August 7, 2011 | 104A | See 106-Across | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| Tuesday, June 14, 2011 | 47A | Crime scene evidence (2) | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted |
| Sunday, April 24, 2011 | 69A | Subj. of modern mapping | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| Sunday, April 3, 2011 | 121D | Some evidence (2) | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | 59D | Paternity suit evidence (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 | 70A | Chain of life? | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, October 31, 2010 | 54A | Crime scene matter | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, September 17, 2010 | 15D | Kind of profiling | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| Saturday, September 11, 2010 | 34A | Basis of many positive IDs | Brad Wilber |
| Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | 31D | Paternity test factor (2) | Michael Black |
| Thursday, July 1, 2010 | 13D | "CSI" topic, often | Clive Probert |
| Wednesday, March 3, 2010 | 36A | Paternity confirmer | Peter A. Collins |
| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | 4D | Kind of sample (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, November 16, 2009 | 63D | Code of life | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| Friday, October 16, 2009 | 46A | It has four bases | Karen M. Tracey |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | 33A | Essence of a person, one might say | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, October 4, 2009 | 62D | Forensic ID (2) | Todd McClary |
| Sunday, September 13, 2009 | 123A | Genetic stuff (6) | Todd Gross |
| Tuesday, August 4, 2009 | 58A | Genetic letters | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | 13D | Strand material (2) | Caleb Madison |
| Sunday, February 1, 2009 | 134A | Kind of sequencing | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 57D | Some evidence (2) | John Farmer |
| Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 78D | Modern test subj. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 22A | ___ sequence | Todd McClary |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 | 9D | Double-helix material | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, August 27, 2007 | 7D | Reproductive material | Steven Ginzburg |
| Friday, August 24, 2007 | 54D | Material at the basis of "Jurassic Park" | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 | 33D | Crime lab evidence (3) | Patrick Merrell |
| Saturday, June 16, 2007 | 31A | Passed-down strands | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, April 9, 2007 | 33D | Crime scene evidence (2) | J. K. Hummel |
| Sunday, December 31, 2006 | 71D | Kind of test (9) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 26, 2006 | 99A | It's in the genes | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, November 6, 2006 | 13D | Genetic stuff (6) | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 | 65D | Kind of sample (2) | Jack McInturff |
| Friday, October 6, 2006 | 54A | Kind of test (9) | Nancy Joline |
| Sunday, September 3, 2006 | 101A | C.S.I. evidence | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig |
| Thursday, August 31, 2006 | 35A | Paternity identifier (2) | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, August 3, 2006 | 20D | Some forensic evidence (2) | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, July 30, 2006 | 130A | Strand material (2) | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry |
| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 | 38D | "Jurassic Park" stuff | Lisa Wiseman |
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 | 88A | It must be in the genes | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, February 1, 2006 | 36A | Crime lab evidence (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, October 17, 2005 | 40D | Genetic stuff (6) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 | 1A | ___ lab (3) | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, August 20, 2005 | 30A | Paternity determiner | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, July 17, 2005 | 118D | Lab exam subject | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, May 17, 2005 | 4D | Crime lab stuff | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | 36A | Evidence in a paternity suit | Victor Fleming and Nelson Hardy |
| Wednesday, March 23, 2005 | 9D | Modern evidence | Mike Shenk |
| Monday, December 27, 2004 | 62D | Paternity identifier (2) | Levi Denham |
| Friday, December 3, 2004 | 31D | Makeup carrier? | Michael Shteyman |
| Friday, November 12, 2004 | 27D | Stuff in a sequence | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ethan Friedman |
| Sunday, November 7, 2004 | 88A | ___ lab (3) | Con Pederson |
| Tuesday, October 12, 2004 | 19A | Genetic material | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, September 26, 2004 | 102D | ___ lab (3) | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, August 22, 2004 | 65A | Forensic ID (2) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, July 6, 2004 | 22D | Cloning need | Matt Skoczen |
| Friday, April 30, 2004 | 7D | Kind of test (9) | Kevin Hagen |
| Thursday, March 25, 2004 | 29A | It's stranded | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell |
| Sunday, September 7, 2003 | 26A | Chain letters? (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, June 15, 2003 | 95A | Test material? | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, April 20, 2003 | 66A | Paternity test factor (2) | Bill Zais |
| Wednesday, January 8, 2003 | 62D | Genomic matter | James Rogers |
| Sunday, December 29, 2002 | 33A | Test material | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, October 20, 2002 | 106A | Strand from a parent | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2002 | 35D | Kind of "fingerprint" (5) | Bob Peoples |
| Friday, July 26, 2002 | 6D | Chain material | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, July 3, 2002 | 60D | Modern courtroom evidence | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, June 4, 2002 | 40D | Heredity helix | Matthew J. Koceich |
| Thursday, February 21, 2002 | 60A | Human Genome Project topic | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, February 6, 2002 | 29D | Chain letters? (2) | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, October 28, 2001 | 73A | Code carrier (2) | Michael Ashley |
| Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | 43A | Kind of testing (3) | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, July 29, 2001 | 105A | Kind of test (9) | Michael Ashley |
| Saturday, July 28, 2001 | 58D | Genealogical info | Rich Norris |
| Friday, July 6, 2001 | 19A | Kind of strand | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, June 7, 2001 | 9D | Trial evidence, sometimes | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2001 | 32D | Focus of a genome study | Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, November 26, 2000 | 109D | It has a twist | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, October 16, 2000 | 42D | Gene component | Mitch Komro |
| Wednesday, July 19, 2000 | 48A | Strands in a cell? (2) | Philip Lew |
| Sunday, July 2, 2000 | 70D | Modern forensic tool | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, May 8, 2000 | 22D | Genetic stuff (6) | Ed Early |
| Sunday, May 7, 2000 | 60D | Bio. evidence | Patrick D. Berry |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2000 | 38A | Form of evidence, these days | Dorothy E. Donaldson |
| Wednesday, January 19, 2000 | 54D | Some trial evidence (4) | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Sunday, October 31, 1999 | 107A | It may be recombinant | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, July 22, 1999 | 22A | Life's blueprint | M. Preston Sherwood |
| Sunday, July 18, 1999 | 117D | Means of ID | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, May 27, 1999 | 31A | Crime lab study | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 | 61D | Kind of test (9) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, May 9, 1999 | 25A | Subj. of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, March 11, 1999 | 20D | Modern means of identification | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, February 27, 1999 | 8D | Kind of test (9) | John Scott Marrone |
| Wednesday, January 6, 1999 | 47A | Some forensic evidence (2) | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Wednesday, November 25, 1998 | 31A | Kind of fingerprint (5) | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, July 12, 1998 | 75D | Modern-day evidence | Henry Hook |
| Sunday, April 26, 1998 | 120D | Watson-Crick model | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Sunday, February 8, 1998 | 63A | Kind of test (9) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, November 5, 1997 | 60D | Genetic initials | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, June 9, 1997 | 57A | Kind of testing, in law enforcement | Thomas W. Schier |
| Friday, May 30, 1997 | 6D | Genes material (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, February 8, 1997 | 32D | Some trial evidence (4) | G. R. Ferguson |
| Sunday, December 29, 1996 | 73D | Kind of fingerprint (5) | B. White |
| Sunday, September 22, 1996 | 25D | Forensic letters | C. Millhauser |
| Sunday, June 30, 1996 | 100A | Evidence in a paternity case | R. Norris |
| Sunday, June 16, 1996 | 91A | Forensic science tool | N. N. Joline |
| Saturday, April 6, 1996 | 34D | Kind of test (9) | R. Norris |
| Sunday, March 31, 1996 | 32A | Code carrier (2) | J. Savage |
| Thursday, March 21, 1996 | 29A | Some trial evidence (4) | H. Estes |
| Tuesday, January 23, 1996 | 22D | Gene ID | B. Lubbers |
| Sunday, December 17, 1995 | 120D | Some trial evidence (4) | Dean Niles |
| Sunday, November 19, 1995 | 79A | Kind of fingerprint (5) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, August 17, 1995 | 34D | Genetic strands | Rand H. Burns |
| Saturday, July 29, 1995 | 45A | Kind of test (9) | Charles E. Gersch |
| Saturday, December 31, 1994 | 27A | Body-building stuff | Alex K. Justin |
| Wednesday, November 16, 1994 | 54D | Genetic stuff (6) | Chuck Deodene |
| Sunday, November 6, 1994 | 92A | Kind of "fingerprint" (5) | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, September 18, 1994 | 68A | Fatherhood-testing info | Merl Reagle |
| Thursday, August 25, 1994 | 45D | Certain code carrier | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, August 9, 1994 | 60D | Kind of testing (3) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Saturday, May 14, 1994 | 20A | Kind of testing (3) | Rand H. Burns |
| Sunday, May 1, 1994 | 28D | "The Selfish Gene" topic | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, April 20, 1994 | 17A | Kind of fingerprinting, nowadays | Walter Webb |
| Tuesday, March 22, 1994 | 31A | Gene material | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Thursday, February 10, 1994 | 55A | Genes material (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
2 results for DNA from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 18, 1999 | diagramless | 30D | ___ fingerprint | Fred Piscop |
| June 15, 1997 | diagramless | 26D | Some forensic evidence | Frank Longo |
58 results for DNA from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, October 20, 1993 | 44A | Genetic inits. | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Taub |
| Saturday, June 19, 1993 | 28A | Genetic letters | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
| Monday, May 3, 1993 | 50D | Genetic letters | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 25, 1992 | 38A | Watson-Crick subject | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Monday, May 11, 1992 | 47A | Life-force initials | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Friday, March 27, 1992 | 45A | Genetic monogram | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 4, 1992 | 61D | Genetic letters | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 15, 1991 | 74D | Genetic initials | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 10, 1991 | 36D | Watson and Crick's model | Frank Miceli | Maleska |
| Friday, March 15, 1991 | 45D | Recombinant letters | Sam Bellotto, Jr. | Maleska |
| Friday, September 21, 1990 | 45D | Key to heredity | Jack Lechner | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 29, 1990 | 59D | Gene material | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Saturday, June 16, 1990 | 62D | Genetic letters | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Monday, April 23, 1990 | 48A | Hereditary factor | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 21, 1990 | 12D | Genetic letters | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 6, 1990 | 19A | Genetic initials | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 9, 1989 | 50A | Hereditary factor | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Friday, August 4, 1989 | 46A | Hereditary factor, for short | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Monday, July 10, 1989 | 24D | Trait carrier | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 29, 1989 | 29D | Cell letters | S. E. Wilkinson | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 18, 1989 | 61A | Cytology inits. | Louis Baron | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 8, 1989 | 4D | Heredity initials | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 5, 1989 | 74A | Genetic inits. | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 19, 1989 | 38A | Gene component | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 19, 1988 | 54D | Genetic material | Keith Vaughn | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 29, 1988 | 36A | Genetic initials | Sampson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 31, 1988 | 42A | Genes material | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 28, 1988 | 4D | Genetic initials | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 12, 1988 | 59D | Genetic letters | Robert O. Dillman | Maleska |
| Friday, March 11, 1988 | 58D | Genetic letters | Charles J. Mantoti | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 23, 1988 | 37A | Gene's letters | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 3, 1987 | 36A | Protein synthesizer in genes | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 29, 1987 | 83A | Genetic inits. | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 11, 1987 | 31D | Genetic material | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Friday, October 2, 1987 | 40A | Heredity factor | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 16, 1987 | 60D | Genetic material | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 9, 1987 | 8D | Genetic helix | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 5, 1987 | 57D | Hereditary letters | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 18, 1986 | 59D | Nucleic acid initials | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 27, 1986 | 126A | Hereditary factor | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 25, 1986 | 80A | Basic cell mat. | Corinne J. Naden | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 18, 1986 | 67D | Gene stuff | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Friday, March 21, 1986 | 55D | Genetic component | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Monday, February 24, 1986 | 60D | Geneticist's concern | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 23, 1986 | 106D | Genetic initials | Louis Baron | Maleska |
| Friday, January 10, 1986 | 57A | Genetic material | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 19, 1985 | 55A | Genetic material | Burns | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 29, 1985 | 144D | Genetic letters | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 4, 1985 | 44A | Helix mtrl. | William J. Yskamp | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 4, 1985 | 58D | Genetic mtrl. | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Friday, May 10, 1985 | 19A | Genetic initials | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 19, 1984 | 98A | Genetic unit | Mary Cee Whitten | Maleska |
| Friday, August 17, 1984 | 16D | Watson and Crick concern | Page | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 22, 1984 | 65A | Genetic initials | Mildred Church | Maleska |
| Monday, July 2, 1984 | 37D | Genetic material | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 21, 1984 | 72A | Gene stuff | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Saturday, December 24, 1983 | 51A | Body blueprint, for short | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Wednesday, June 29, 1983 | 20A | Genetic component, for short | Dorothy Elliott | Maleska |