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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, May 17, 2013 | 42D | Poet who wrote "Do I dare / Disturb the universe?" | Josh Knapp |
| Sunday, December 30, 2012 | 6D | "Silas Marner" author (7) | Steve Savoy |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2012 | 9D | Poet whose work inspired "Cats" (2) | Mike Buckley |
| Sunday, April 29, 2012 | 90A | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" | Tracy Gray |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 | 24D | J. Alfred Prufrock's creator T. S. ___ | Tom Pepper |
| Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | 60A | "The Mill on the Floss" author (2) | Gary Cee |
| Sunday, September 4, 2011 | 25A | "Gerontion" poet (2) | Dana Delany and Matt Ginsberg |
| Sunday, July 24, 2011 | 67D | Ex-governor Spitzer of New York | Kurt Mueller |
| Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | 10D | Writer T. S. (2) | Mark Feldman |
| Monday, May 23, 2011 | 14A | Ness of "The Untouchables" (3) | Steve Salitan |
| Thursday, May 19, 2011 | 54D | "Adam Bede" novelist | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | 60A | "The Waste Land" poet (4) | Gareth Bain |
| Sunday, March 20, 2011 | 46D | "A Cooking Egg" poet (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, January 6, 2011 | 62A | Ex-governor Spitzer | Mike Nothnagel |
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 | 29D | "The Sacred Wood" writer (2) | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, October 31, 2010 | 126A | George who wrote "The Spanish Gypsy" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, August 27, 2010 | 45A | 1948 Literature Nobelist (2) | Corey Rubin |
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | 31D | Poet whose work inspired "Cats" (2) | Howard Baker |
| Saturday, May 1, 2010 | 43A | He said "Most editors are failed writers - but so are most writers" | Paula Gamache |
| Saturday, February 20, 2010 | 21A | Writer of the 1950 Tony-winning play "The Cocktail Party" | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, February 3, 2010 | 6D | Silas Marner's creator (2) | Kristian House |
| Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | 32D | "Silas Marner" author (7) | Kevan Choset |
| Monday, August 3, 2009 | 56D | Writer T. S. (2) | Janet R. Bender |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 64A | "Silas Marner" author (7) | Donna S. Levin |
| Monday, July 20, 2009 | 15A | Writer T. S. or George | Pancho Harrison |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | 2D | Poet who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" | Caleb Madison |
| Monday, February 16, 2009 | 62A | Poet T. S. ___ (6) | David Kwong |
| Wednesday, February 4, 2009 | 34D | Poet who wrote "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 21A | Economist Janeway | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, July 3, 2008 | 16A | "Scenes of Clerical Life" author, 1858 | Keith Talon |
| Friday, December 28, 2007 | 12D | Mr. Rosewater in Kurt Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" | John Farmer |
| Sunday, June 10, 2007 | 22A | Poet who wrote "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal" | Bob Klahn |
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 | 17A | "Murder in the Cathedral" playwright | Dave Tuller |
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 | 36D | "Silas Marner" author (7) | Levi Denham |
| Monday, March 13, 2006 | 51A | Poet T. S. ___ (6) | Bernice Gordon |
| Friday, February 17, 2006 | 31D | Victorian-era novelist | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, February 1, 2006 | 2D | "Middlemarch" author (7) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 | 16A | Poet T. S. ___ (6) | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 | 12D | "Middlemarch" author (7) | Nancy and Holden Baker |
| Monday, July 11, 2005 | 54D | Author T. S. ___ | Janice M. Putney |
| Tuesday, June 14, 2005 | 52D | Writer George or T. S. | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 | 8D | "The Sacred Wood" essayist, 1920 | Lyell Rodieck |
| Sunday, February 27, 2005 | 14D | "Scenes of Clerical Life" writer, 1857 | Mike Torch |
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 | 16A | "The Waste Land" poet (4) | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, June 17, 2004 | 37D | "Middlemarch" author (7) | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Friday, February 20, 2004 | 28A | "Felix Holt" novelist | Bob Peoples |
| Saturday, November 1, 2003 | 30D | "The Sacred Wood" writer, 1920 | Bob Peoples |
| Sunday, May 11, 2003 | 29A | "Mr. Apollinax" poet | Patrick Berry |
| Friday, August 2, 2002 | 28D | "I shall not want Honor in Heaven" poet | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, June 28, 2002 | 28D | "Four Quartets" poet (2) | Charles E. Gersch |
| Thursday, June 13, 2002 | 61A | "Middlemarch" novelist | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, December 26, 2001 | 61A | "Silas Marner" author (7) | Ed Early |
| Thursday, November 1, 2001 | 61A | "Middlemarch" author (7) | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, September 4, 2001 | 32D | T. S. or George | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, July 30, 2001 | 69A | T. S., the poet | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Wednesday, December 6, 2000 | 17A | "Ash Wednesday" poet | Mel Taub (and crossword class) |
| Tuesday, November 28, 2000 | 32D | George or T. S. | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2000 | 65A | "Adam Bede" author | Chuck Deodene |
| Thursday, November 2, 2000 | 18D | "Four Quartets" poet (2) | Henry Hook |
| Sunday, May 7, 2000 | 114A | 1948 Literature Nobelist (2) | Patrick D. Berry |
| Tuesday, February 29, 2000 | 41A | "The Waste Land" poet (4) | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, January 26, 2000 | 16A | Silas Marner's creator (2) | Dan Reichert |
| Sunday, January 16, 2000 | 53A | "Daniel Deronda" author | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, November 29, 1999 | 2D | Poet T. S. ___ (6) | Richard Chisholm |
| Tuesday, November 9, 1999 | 47D | "The Mill on the Floss" author (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 7, 1999 | 33D | "Middlemarch" author (7) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, October 3, 1999 | 89A | Marner's creator | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, March 11, 1999 | 29D | "The Sacred Wood" writer (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, November 16, 1998 | 51A | Poet T. S. ___ (6) | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| Tuesday, October 27, 1998 | 40D | Untouchable Ness | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, October 5, 1998 | 60A | "Silas Marner" novelist (2) | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, August 26, 1998 | 50A | Part of T.S.E. | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, July 28, 1998 | 4D | "Cats" poet | Robert Dillman |
| Thursday, June 18, 1998 | 20A | "Silas Marner" novelist (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, June 3, 1998 | 42D | "A Cooking Egg" poet (2) | Karen Hodge |
| Wednesday, April 22, 1998 | 61A | "Romola" writer | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, April 1, 1998 | 27D | "The Hollow Men" poet | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, March 16, 1998 | 59A | "The Waste Land" poet (4) | Mark Moldowsky |
| Sunday, March 15, 1998 | 9D | "The Mill on the Floss" writer | Frank Longo |
| Wednesday, October 22, 1997 | 54D | "Cats" lyricist | John D. Leavy |
| Wednesday, July 23, 1997 | 6D | "Middlemarch" author (7) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, July 8, 1997 | 57A | "Silas Marner" author (7) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, June 24, 1997 | 13A | "Silas Marner" author (7) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, May 5, 1997 | 3D | Ness of "The Untouchables" (3) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, January 20, 1997 | 15A | Ness of "The Untouchables" (3) | S. Spadaccini |
| Friday, August 9, 1996 | 26D | "The Sacred Wood" essayist | D. Tuller |
| Tuesday, April 9, 1996 | 69A | "Do I dare to eat a peach?" poet | M. E. Skolsky |
| Wednesday, January 3, 1996 | 14A | Author of "Daniel Deronda" | W.R. Williams |
| Wednesday, July 12, 1995 | 46D | Literary pen name | Robert Malinow |
| Sunday, March 12, 1995 | 64A | "The Cocktail Party" playwright | Charles M. Deber |
| Sunday, January 22, 1995 | 38D | With 105-Across, a Kevin Costner role | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, December 11, 1994 | 6D | "Gerontion" poet (2) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Sunday, October 2, 1994 | 47D | "The Cocktail Party" poet | Frances Hansen |
| Friday, July 29, 1994 | 53A | "Burnt Norton" poet | A. D. Cover |
| Monday, June 27, 1994 | 59A | "Middlemarch" author (7) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, May 31, 1994 | 33A | Poet T.S. (6) | Roger H. Courtney |
5 results for ELIOT from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2012 | diagramless | 5D | Former New York governor Spitzer | Fred Piscop |
| July 26, 2009 | panda | 28D | He used to lie, poetically | Mel Taub |
| October 15, 2006 | acrostic | V | Poet who wrote "Burnt Norton" (1936) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| December 22, 2002 | diagramless | 34D | "The Four Quartets" poet | Michael Shteyman |
| August 12, 2001 | acrostic | X | Author of "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
59 results for ELIOT from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 18, 1993 | 38A | "Ash Wednesday" poet | Daniel Girardi | Taub |
| Saturday, August 7, 1993 | 20A | Crime-stalker Ness | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 1, 1993 | 30D | "The Waste Land" poet | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 11, 1993 | 26D | "Adam Bede" author | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 9, 1993 | 62A | Mary Ann Evans | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Friday, October 23, 1992 | 14A | Mary Ann Evans's pen name | Timothy S. Lewis | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 11, 1992 | 121A | Rumpelteazer's creator | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Monday, September 28, 1992 | 37A | Part of T.S.E. | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 29, 1992 | 37D | Author of "Daniel Deronda" | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 30, 1992 | 22A | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 11, 1992 | 35A | Felix Holt's creator | Dorothy Elliott | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 16, 1991 | 36D | Romola's creator | Michael J. Parris | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 28, 1991 | 40D | With 46 Across, an "Untouchable" | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 10, 1991 | 16A | He wrote "The Hollow Men" | Frank Miceli | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 16, 1990 | 56A | Originator of Jellicle Cats | Sandy Graf | Maleska |
| Monday, November 12, 1990 | 14A | Prufrock's creator | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 11, 1990 | 79A | Harvard president: 1869-1909 | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Monday, November 5, 1990 | 52D | Prufrock's creator | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 23, 1990 | 39A | George or T. S. | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, October 15, 1990 | 6D | He wrote "The Waste Land" | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 26, 1990 | 75D | Prufrock's creator | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 17, 1990 | 25D | "Cats" libretto author | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 2, 1990 | 46D | Prufrock's creator | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 1, 1989 | 98A | "Romola" writer | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 23, 1989 | 29D | Part of T.S.E. | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 15, 1989 | 15A | Silas Marner's creator | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Friday, January 20, 1989 | 40D | He wrote "The Waste Land" | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 25, 1988 | 66D | "Adam Bede" novelist | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 22, 1988 | 2D | Prufrock's creator | William Canine | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 7, 1988 | 61A | "Romola" author | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
| Monday, December 14, 1987 | 57A | Marner's creator | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 22, 1987 | 137A | A LIBRA | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
| Friday, October 16, 1987 | 61A | Adam Bede's creator | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 20, 1987 | 25D | He wrote "The Cocktail Party" | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 2, 1987 | 63A | "Four Quartets" poet | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 18, 1986 | 43D | Nobelist in Literature: 1948 | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 29, 1986 | 28D | Author of "The Hollow Men" | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 23, 1986 | 75D | "The Waste Land" poet | Louis Baron | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 16, 1986 | 68D | Prufrock's creator | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
| Monday, January 20, 1986 | 11D | T. S. or George | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 27, 1985 | 31D | "Ash Wednesday" poet | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 19, 1985 | 28D | Author of "The Waste Land" | Burns | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 19, 1985 | 61A | Squire Cass's creator | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
| Monday, July 8, 1985 | 6D | Silas Marner's creator | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Friday, May 31, 1985 | 19A | Prufrock's creator | Whitten | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 7, 1984 | 32D | Poet who inspired "Cats" | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 26, 1984 | 31D | Inspirer of 1 Down | Bevington | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 19, 1984 | 62A | He wrote "The Hollow Men" | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 28, 1984 | 54A | Creator of Prufrock | Sawikin | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 24, 1984 | 49D | "Middlemarch" author | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
| Friday, January 6, 1984 | 26D | Novelist who was 26 in 1845 | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 18, 1983 | 20A | He wrote "The Hollow Men" | Martha J. De Witt | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 8, 1983 | 43A | "The Waste Land" author | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
| Saturday, September 3, 1983 | 32A | "Adam Bede" author | George P. Sphicas | Maleska |
| Monday, July 4, 1983 | 25D | Historian Samuel ___ Morison | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 30, 1983 | 43D | He wrote "The Rock": 1934 | George P. Sphicas | Maleska |
| Friday, February 18, 1983 | 61A | "Romola" author | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 13, 1983 | 14A | Prufrock's creator | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 2, 1983 | 25A | Nobelist in Literature: 1948 | Barbara Gillis | Maleska |