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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, February 24, 2013 | 26A | Grub (17) | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, November 30, 2012 | 31D | Hot dogs, say | Gary Cee |
| Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | 1D | Snacks on | Stu Ockman |
| Tuesday, September 18, 2012 | 57D | Vittles (7) | Andrew Reynolds |
| Friday, March 16, 2012 | 58D | Chow (14) | Joel Fagliano |
| Friday, February 17, 2012 | 54A | Tummy filler | Ian Livengood |
| Saturday, January 21, 2012 | 33D | Sinks a sub? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, December 17, 2011 | 26D | Manducates | Tom Heilman |
| Sunday, October 30, 2011 | 14D | Has a beef? | Andrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer |
| Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | 5D | Vittles (7) | David Liben-Nowell |
| Thursday, January 13, 2011 | 39D | Vittles (7) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, September 5, 2010 | 58D | Grub (17) | Will Nediger |
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | 36A | Professor says "Qualifying races," pupil suggests ... | Howard Baker |
| Thursday, June 3, 2010 | 63A | Wears (away) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | 44A | Puts away plates | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 | 65A | Chow (14) | Adam Fromm |
| Monday, September 7, 2009 | 48D | Grabs dinner | Andrea Carla Michaels and Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 21A | Chow (14) | Patrick McIntyre |
| Monday, January 26, 2009 | 28D | Has dinner | Timothy Powell and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 75D | Grub (17) | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, November 3, 2008 | 46A | Food, informally | Susan Gelfand |
| Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 57D | Grub (17) | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 65A | Greasy spoon sign | Dave Mackey |
| Sunday, March 23, 2008 | 8A | Din-din | Robert W. Harris |
| Monday, January 14, 2008 | 53A | Sups (2) | Robert Dillman |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | 40A | Beanery sign (4) | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, October 5, 2007 | 34A | Acts on a gut feeling? | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, May 1, 2007 | 57D | Absorbs, as a loss | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 | 55A | Chow (14) | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, August 30, 2006 | 41D | Downs | Kyle Mahowald |
| Wednesday, August 9, 2006 | 18D | Beanery sign (4) | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Saturday, July 29, 2006 | 46D | Fills the bill? | Bob Klahn |
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | 18D | Grub (17) | Jim Hyres |
| Sunday, March 5, 2006 | 14D | Packs away | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| Wednesday, February 22, 2006 | 39D | Takes in (3) | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 | 59A | Diner sign (9) | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, October 10, 2005 | 9D | Diner sign (9) | Holden Baker |
| Friday, August 12, 2005 | 11D | Vittles (7) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, July 11, 2005 | 69A | Diner sign (9) | Janice M. Putney |
| Monday, April 26, 2004 | 34A | Diner sign (9) | Merle Baker |
| Tuesday, April 6, 2004 | 55A | Grub (17) | Tony Orbach |
| Friday, February 27, 2004 | 32A | Chow (14) | Myles Callum |
| Sunday, November 16, 2003 | 110D | Chow (14) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | 34D | Food, slangily | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2003 | 26A | Diner sign (9) | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, July 8, 2003 | 48A | Beanery sign (4) | Roy Leban |
| Sunday, March 23, 2003 | 49D | Truck stop sign | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, October 6, 2002 | 115A | Gets down | Myles Callum |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2002 | 41A | Vittles (7) | Wei-Hwa Huang |
| Wednesday, May 22, 2002 | 54D | Takes in (3) | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Saturday, May 18, 2002 | 30D | Takes a course? | Trip Payne |
| Monday, April 22, 2002 | 57D | Stops fasting | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, April 16, 2002 | 42A | Diner sign (9) | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | 33A | Grub (17) | Louis Hildebrand |
| Sunday, February 24, 2002 | 114D | Chow (14) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, October 22, 2001 | 44A | Breaks bread | Denise Neuendorf |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2001 | 13D | Grub (17) | Karen Young Bonin |
| Friday, July 27, 2001 | 61A | Grub (17) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, June 30, 2001 | 44A | Supper, say | Frank Longo |
| Saturday, March 3, 2001 | 2D | Chow (14) | Fraser Simpson |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2001 | 69A | Dines | Steven Dorfman |
| Sunday, January 7, 2001 | 106D | Emulates Pac-Man | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 31, 2000 | 30D | Chows down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, December 27, 2000 | 3D | Chow (14) | Michael S. Maurer and Bonnie Prystowsky |
| Thursday, October 19, 2000 | 3D | Partakes of | Patrick Jordan |
| Thursday, May 11, 2000 | 51D | Diner sign (9) | Peter Abide |
| Saturday, April 22, 2000 | 24D | Gnaws (through) | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, April 20, 2000 | 1D | Takes in (3) | Nelson Hardy |
| Friday, April 14, 2000 | 25A | Grub (17) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, November 7, 1999 | 48D | Diner sign (9) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, March 3, 1999 | 33A | Grub (17) | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, June 17, 1998 | 40A | Vittles (7) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, March 18, 1998 | 22A | Food | Susan Smith |
| Monday, January 12, 1998 | 53D | Beanery sign (4) | John Greenman |
| Saturday, August 30, 1997 | 30D | Chow (14) | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, August 17, 1997 | 37A | Chow (14) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, June 14, 1997 | 56A | Tucks away | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, June 8, 1997 | 28A | Bolts down | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, April 20, 1997 | 69D | Chow (14) | Charles M. Deber |
| Tuesday, October 22, 1996 | 23D | Consumes | E. Quigley |
| Thursday, June 27, 1996 | 10A | Victuals | R. Norris |
| Thursday, May 30, 1996 | 61A | Grub (17) | N. S. Wizer |
| Wednesday, April 17, 1996 | 27D | Chow (14) | F. Heaney |
| Tuesday, March 26, 1996 | 69A | Patronizes the Four Seasons, e.g. | J. S. Marrone |
| Monday, March 25, 1996 | 31A | Feasts upon | F. & L. Sabin |
| Wednesday, March 6, 1996 | 67A | Lunches | N. S. Ross |
| Thursday, November 2, 1995 | 40D | Vittles (7) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, August 8, 1995 | 21A | Chow (14) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, June 19, 1995 | 64A | Hash house sign (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 7, 1995 | 77A | Puts away | Bob Klahn |
| Thursday, March 30, 1995 | 25A | Corrodes, with "away" | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, March 22, 1995 | 22D | Roadside sign | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, February 5, 1995 | 73A | Grub (17) | Frank A. Longo |
| Thursday, January 19, 1995 | 39A | Gnaws | Bryant White |
| Wednesday, January 18, 1995 | 21A | Grub (17) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Thursday, December 22, 1994 | 43D | Grub (17) | Stanley Newman |
| Sunday, December 18, 1994 | 144A | Attacks a sub? | Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn |
| Monday, December 12, 1994 | 54D | Gobbles | Joy L. Wouk |
| Tuesday, November 29, 1994 | 44A | Diner sign (9) | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, November 6, 1994 | 42A | Takes a loss on, in slang | A.J. Santora |
| Monday, September 12, 1994 | 9D | Sups (2) | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, July 17, 1994 | 4D | Grub (17) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, April 18, 1994 | 32A | Hash house sign (2) | Nancy Joline |
| Friday, December 31, 1993 | 56D | Grub (17) | Norman S. Wizer |
1 result for EATS from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2012 | cryptic | 22A | Chow pulling cap from English poet (4) | Rosalie Moscovitch |
80 results for EATS from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 25, 1993 | 60D | Breaks bread | Robert Katz | Taub |
| Saturday, August 7, 1993 | 29A | Chow | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 4, 1993 | 84D | Grub; chow | Jack R. Harnes | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 17, 1993 | 8D | Hash-house sign | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 15, 1993 | 37A | Chows down | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 13, 1993 | 62D | Picnic spread | Frances K. Schnitzer | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 8, 1992 | 20A | Vittles | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 2, 1992 | 40A | Vittles | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 1, 1992 | 6D | Hash-house sign | Michael S. Maurer | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 8, 1992 | 6D | Devours | Michael S. Maurer | Maleska |
| Monday, February 3, 1992 | 34A | Backroad sign | Robert W. Sturges | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 22, 1991 | 70A | Puts away | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 9, 1991 | 60A | Roadside sign | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 22, 1991 | 116D | Ingests | Lawrence M. Rheingold | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 16, 1991 | 3D | Gobbles up | Jonathan J. Towle | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 27, 1991 | 17A | Vittles | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 11, 1990 | 13D | Diner sign | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 9, 1990 | 11D | Grub | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 24, 1990 | 55D | Devours | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
| Friday, November 23, 1990 | 24A | Hash-house sign | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 14, 1990 | 18A | Diner sign | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Monday, October 1, 1990 | 40D | Diner sign | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 13, 1990 | 33A | Word that may stop a truck | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 25, 1990 | 58D | Diner sign | Ronald C. Hirschfield | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 15, 1990 | 14A | Diner sign | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 4, 1990 | 7D | Diner sign | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
| Friday, June 8, 1990 | 58A | Hash-house sign | William Canine | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 5, 1990 | 36D | Hash-house sign | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 25, 1990 | 7A | Word that may stop a truck | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Friday, February 16, 1990 | 3D | Diner sign | Peggy Devlin | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 1, 1990 | 68A | Chow | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 31, 1989 | 37D | Truck-stop sign | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Friday, October 6, 1989 | 3D | Gobbles | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Friday, September 15, 1989 | 3D | Gobbles | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 16, 1989 | 12D | Diner sign | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 19, 1989 | 13D | Dines | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 2, 1989 | 12D | Diner come-on | Tom Mixon | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 24, 1989 | 25D | Truck-stop sign | Walter E. Heinemann | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 21, 1988 | 66A | Diner sign | Sampson | Maleska |
| Friday, December 2, 1988 | 21A | Gormandizes | James E. Hinish, Jr. | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 22, 1988 | 29A | Diner sign | Charles B. Waffell | Maleska |
| Wednesday, September 21, 1988 | 63D | Diner sign | Charles E. Gersch | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 14, 1988 | 21A | Diner sign | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 14, 1988 | 42A | Snacks | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Friday, April 8, 1988 | 64A | Vittles | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 11, 1988 | 30A | Ingests | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 7, 1988 | 107D | Beanery sign | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
| Friday, December 4, 1987 | 32A | Highway sign | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
| Saturday, September 5, 1987 | 58D | Victuals | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 27, 1987 | 22A | Ingests | Judith Perry | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 16, 1987 | 67A | Diner sign | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 24, 1987 | 39D | Tucks away | S. E. Wilkinson | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 21, 1987 | 51D | Has vittles | Elaine George | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 8, 1987 | 12D | Cry from a chuck wagon | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 14, 1987 | 1A | Word that stops trucks | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Friday, January 23, 1987 | 41A | Hash-house sign | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 15, 1987 | 44D | Chophouse sign | William Canine | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 17, 1986 | 49D | Picnic spread | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 13, 1986 | 12D | Sign that could stop a truck | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 2, 1986 | 38D | Greasy-spoon sign | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 18, 1986 | 21D | Sign that may stop a truck | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 26, 1986 | 38D | Diner sign | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Monday, November 11, 1985 | 46D | Diner sign | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 19, 1985 | 67A | Roadside sign | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 12, 1985 | 60A | Patronizes a pizzeria | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 13, 1985 | 35A | Diner sign | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Saturday, December 8, 1984 | 24A | Corrodes | Alan Arbesfeld | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 8, 1984 | 76A | Hash-house sign | Barry L. Cohen | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 22, 1984 | 32D | Hash-house sign | Burns | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 1, 1983 | 61A | Sign that may stop a truck | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Saturday, September 24, 1983 | 60D | Breaks bread | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 11, 1983 | 62A | Sign on a highway | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 30, 1983 | 52A | Vittles | Frances K. Schnitzer | Maleska |
| Friday, May 6, 1983 | 21D | Breaks bread | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 27, 1983 | 20A | Cafe sign | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 14, 1983 | 58D | Grub | Petschke | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 30, 1983 | 25D | Vittles | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 23, 1983 | 50D | Roadside flasher | Hoy | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 12, 1983 | 57D | Vittles | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Monday, January 10, 1983 | 64A | Greasy-spoon sign | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |