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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 | 57D | ___ Empire (bygone domain) | Bruce Venzke |
| Monday, February 11, 2013 | 27D | Ancient native of 45-Across | Gary Cee |
| Sunday, December 23, 2012 | 107D | People conquered by the Spanish (2) | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, September 9, 2012 | 56A | Viracocha worshiper (2) | Kevin G. Der |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | 51A | People who valued vicuña wool | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, July 22, 2012 | 3D | Their empire was the Land of the Four Quarters | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, June 18, 2012 | 58D | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Peter A. Collins |
| Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | 19A | Ancient Andean (5) | Zoe Wheeler and Aimee Lucido |
| Wednesday, April 18, 2012 | 19A | Victim of Pizarro (3) | Steven Riley |
| Wednesday, March 28, 2012 | 16A | Pizarro foe (2) | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, January 4, 2012 | 33D | Resident of the ancient city Choquequirao | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, December 26, 2011 | 59D | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Gary Cee |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | 12D | Machu Picchu resident (4) | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | 58D | Machu Picchu builder (4) | Steve Salitan |
| Monday, April 11, 2011 | 13A | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Ian Livengood |
| Thursday, March 31, 2011 | 26D | Member of a mountain empire | Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman |
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 | 1A | Native encountered by Pizarro | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, November 1, 2010 | 7D | Early Peruvian (6) | Holden Baker |
| Sunday, October 10, 2010 | 43A | Cuzco native (2) | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, September 20, 2010 | 22D | Machu Picchu resident (4) | Bernice Gordon |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | 33D | Member of an empire founded by Manco Capac | Alex Boisvert |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 | 6D | User of a record-keeping device called a quipu | Kevin G. Der |
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 | 3D | Quechua speaker (3) | Robert W. Harris |
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 22D | Quechua speaker (3) | Kristian House |
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | 60D | Member of a Pre-Columbian empire | Jill Winslow |
| Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 65A | Peru's ___ Trail | Kelsey Blakley |
| Friday, April 16, 2010 | 54D | Old victim of the Spanish | Eric Berlin |
| Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 3D | Certain ancient mummy | Matt Ginsberg |
| Sunday, November 29, 2009 | 21A | Old alpaca wool gatherer | Will Nediger |
| Sunday, July 5, 2009 | 118D | Cuzco inhabitant (2) | Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo |
| Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 14A | People conquered by the Spanish (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | 4D | Atahualpa, for one (3) | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | 4D | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Caleb Madison |
| Sunday, January 11, 2009 | 9D | Member of an empire that ended in the 16th century | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 26D | Viracocha worshiper (2) | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 118A | Victim of Pizarro (3) | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 | 4D | One of a people conquered in 1533 | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | 43A | Atahualpa's people | Rob Cook |
| Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | 7D | Pizarro foe (2) | Pete Muller |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | 32A | Clive Cussler's "___ Gold" | Larry Shearer |
| Sunday, February 17, 2008 | 70D | Atahualpa, e.g. (2) | Henry Hook |
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | 57A | Machu Picchu dweller (2) | Daniel Kantor |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | 66A | Cuzco native (2) | Julie Ann Bowling |
| Sunday, October 7, 2007 | 2D | Foe of Pizarro | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | 7D | Old llama herder | Natan Last |
| Friday, April 27, 2007 | 13D | Temple of the Sun worshiper (2) | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, December 19, 2006 | 57A | Ancient Andean (5) | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2006 | 15A | Machu Picchu builder (4) | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| Monday, November 27, 2006 | 19A | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Marlon R. Howell |
| Monday, October 30, 2006 | 9A | Early Peruvian (6) | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, September 24, 2006 | 10D | Old inhabitant of 14-Across | Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann |
| Saturday, September 2, 2006 | 54A | Highlander of old | Mel Rosen |
| Friday, August 25, 2006 | 47A | Sun worshiper | David Levinson Wilk |
| Monday, April 10, 2006 | 2D | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 | 60A | Worshiper of the sun god Inti | Ethan Cooper |
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 | 53A | Ancient royal | Kyle Mahowald |
| Monday, December 19, 2005 | 19A | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, December 5, 2005 | 6D | Old Peruvian (2) | Gary Steinmehl |
| Sunday, November 20, 2005 | 26D | No fan of Pizarro, certainly | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 | 33D | Ancient people | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, May 3, 2005 | 27D | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Gary Steinmehl |
| Saturday, December 18, 2004 | 53D | Worshiper of Inti | Dana Motley |
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 | 48A | Candidate for mummification | Byron Walden |
| Monday, October 18, 2004 | 46A | Ancient South American | Steve Kahn |
| Thursday, June 3, 2004 | 57D | ___ Trail in the Andes | Mike Torch |
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 | 12D | Andean ancient | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 | 64A | Clive Cussler thriller "___ Gold" | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 | 75A | Quechua speaker (3) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, January 19, 2004 | 12D | Ancient Peruvian (9) | Zach Jesse |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | 15A | Early Peruvian (6) | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| Sunday, October 5, 2003 | 1D | The ___ Trail (route through Peru) | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, July 24, 2003 | 14A | Atahualpa, for one (3) | Rich Norris |
| Monday, June 16, 2003 | 28D | Peruvian Indian (2) | Norma Johnson |
| Friday, May 30, 2003 | 10A | Temple of the Sun worshiper (2) | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, March 5, 2003 | 15A | Member of a bygone empire (2) | Tyler Hinman |
| Monday, November 11, 2002 | 24A | Ancient Andean (5) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, May 30, 2002 | 2D | One conquered by the conquistadors | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, April 3, 2002 | 63A | Machu Picchu native (2) | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2001 | 69A | Empire builder of old Peru | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, November 25, 2001 | 34A | Son of the Sun (2) | Bob Klahn and Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, September 26, 2001 | 54D | Builder at Cuzco | Stephen Budiansky |
| Monday, August 20, 2001 | 1A | Peruvian of old | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Thursday, March 1, 2001 | 15A | Empire builder | Nancy S. Ross |
| Thursday, August 31, 2000 | 43D | Atahualpa subject | Gene Newman |
| Wednesday, June 14, 2000 | 43A | Ancient Andean (5) | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, June 11, 2000 | 77D | Holder of ancient riches | Nelson Hardy |
| Tuesday, May 30, 2000 | 57D | Victim of Pizarro (3) | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, October 13, 1999 | 6A | Machu Picchu builder (4) | David Levinson Wilk |
| Sunday, July 4, 1999 | 88A | Machu Picchu worshipper | Greg Staples |
| Wednesday, June 9, 1999 | 51D | Ancient Andean (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, May 18, 1999 | 10D | Member of a bygone empire (2) | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| Thursday, April 15, 1999 | 2D | Ancient terrace farmer | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, March 30, 1999 | 31D | Cuzco-centered empire | Randy Sowell |
| Tuesday, March 9, 1999 | 40A | Peruvian native (2) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, September 26, 1998 | 3D | Manco Capac, e.g. | Jerry Ferguson |
| Thursday, September 10, 1998 | 15A | Ancestor of the Q'ero Indians | Christopher Hurt |
| Wednesday, August 5, 1998 | 2D | One in an old empire | Patrick Jordan |
| Sunday, May 24, 1998 | 45A | Pre-Columbian Peruvian | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, April 30, 1998 | 60D | Machu Picchu resident (4) | Kelly Clark |
| Tuesday, April 7, 1998 | 62A | One conquered by Pizarro | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, April 6, 1998 | 16A | Early Peruvian (6) | Kenneth Witte |
| Friday, March 6, 1998 | 27D | Cuzco inhabitant (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, November 5, 1997 | 21A | Early Peruvian (6) | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, August 3, 1997 | 31A | Quipu maker | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, March 28, 1997 | 23A | Bygone empire | Jim Page |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 18A | Atahualpa was one | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, February 16, 1997 | 64A | Early empire builder | M. Gaffney |
| Monday, January 6, 1997 | 4D | Andean of old | S. L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, December 17, 1996 | 35A | Early Andean (2) | G. E. Paul |
| Tuesday, September 10, 1996 | 50D | Machu Picchu dweller (2) | G. E. Paul |
| Thursday, August 22, 1996 | 48D | Early Andean (2) | R. Norris |
| Tuesday, June 25, 1996 | 49A | Machu Picchu resident (4) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, May 14, 1996 | 2D | Old Peruvian (2) | G. E. Paul |
| Tuesday, April 30, 1996 | 59A | Machu Picchu builder (4) | G. E. Paul |
| Saturday, February 3, 1996 | 22A | Atahualpa, for one (3) | W.R. Williams |
| Sunday, December 31, 1995 | 20D | Machu Picchu native (2) | Bob Klahn |
| Tuesday, December 19, 1995 | 49D | One whom Pizarro encountered | Marie Heller |
| Tuesday, June 20, 1995 | 29D | Old-time Peruvian | Jon Delfin |
| Monday, April 24, 1995 | 52D | Early Peruvian (6) | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, February 17, 1995 | 60A | Quechua | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Monday, January 16, 1995 | 1A | Pizarro victim | Walter Covell |
| Monday, November 14, 1994 | 22A | Peruvian native (2) | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, October 24, 1994 | 50A | Native of old Peru | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, October 16, 1994 | 99D | Quechua ruler | Raymond Hamel |
| Monday, September 26, 1994 | 4D | Native Peruvian | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, September 7, 1994 | 6A | Pachacuti was one | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, July 27, 1994 | 3D | Atahualpa,. e.g. (2) | Nancy Joline |
| Saturday, July 23, 1994 | 43A | Indian name meaning ''ruler'' | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, May 31, 1994 | 50D | Peruvian Indian (2) | Roger H. Courtney |
| Tuesday, January 18, 1994 | 5A | "Son of the Sun" (2) | Joy L. Wouk |
| Monday, January 17, 1994 | 43A | Peruvian of yore | Sidney L. Robbins |
5 results for INCA from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 5, 2010 | diagramless | 68D | Quechua speaker | Fred Piscop |
| September 17, 2000 | cryptic | 6D | Old Indian in California (4) | Richard Silvestri |
| September 5, 1999 | cryptic | 22D | Native American occupying California (4) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| November 30, 1997 | diagramless | 9A | Early Peruvian | Fred Piscop |
| April 6, 1997 | cryptic | 21D | Kincaid's partly Native American (4) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
68 results for INCA from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 26, 1993 | 11D | Peruvian Indian | Mark Blakeburn | Maleska |
| Saturday, June 12, 1993 | 32D | Quechuan | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
| Monday, June 7, 1993 | 24D | Peruvian of yore | Bill Polvogt | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 13, 1993 | 55D | Atahualpa, e.g. | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 28, 1993 | 117D | Quechuan | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 28, 1993 | 29D | Quechua speaker | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 31, 1993 | 22A | Kon-Tiki worshiper | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Friday, December 11, 1992 | 44D | Ancient Peruvian | Ronald C. Hirschfield | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 28, 1992 | 40D | An Andean | William Canine | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 22, 1992 | 110D | Machu Picchu native | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 12, 1991 | 2D | Llama leader of old | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Monday, June 10, 1991 | 61D | Ancient Peruvian | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Monday, May 13, 1991 | 55D | Andean sun worshiper | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 12, 1991 | 113D | Peruvian native | Randolph Ross | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 21, 1991 | 1D | Peruvian of yore | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 17, 1991 | 77D | Quechuan | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
| Saturday, December 1, 1990 | 16A | Quechuan | Alan Arbesfeld | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 25, 1990 | 17D | "Child of the Sun" | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 13, 1990 | 61A | Pizzaro victim | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 17, 1990 | 60A | Viracocha worshiper | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
| Friday, May 25, 1990 | 3D | Cuzco Indian | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
| Friday, January 5, 1990 | 11D | Quechuan | Peggy Devlin | Maleska |
| Monday, June 26, 1989 | 25D | South American Indian | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
| Monday, June 12, 1989 | 13A | Peruvian Indian | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 9, 1989 | 11D | King Atahualpa was one | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 28, 1989 | 57D | Ancient Peruvian | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, February 20, 1989 | 57A | Peruvian Indian | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 19, 1989 | 41D | Orejón, e.g. | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 18, 1989 | 49D | Peruvian native of yore | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 10, 1988 | 10A | Indian of Peru | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 29, 1988 | 7D | Quechua | S. E. Wilkinson | Maleska |
| Monday, August 1, 1988 | 8D | S.A. Indian of old | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 28, 1988 | 41D | Early Peruvian | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 23, 1988 | 57A | Early Peruvian | Betty Hinman | Maleska |
| Monday, November 23, 1987 | 51D | Peruvian Indian | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 3, 1987 | 47D | Peruvian of yore | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 21, 1987 | 15A | Cuzco resident | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 14, 1987 | 14A | Native of Peru | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 13, 1986 | 2D | Cara's conqueror | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 12, 1986 | 106D | Andean sun worshiper | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 23, 1986 | 17A | Orejón, e.g. | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 1, 1986 | 52D | Quechuan | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 24, 1986 | 14A | Peruvian Indian | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 9, 1986 | 61D | Quechua | Edward Bobb | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 15, 1986 | 1D | Cuzco resident | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Monday, February 24, 1986 | 21D | S.A. Indian | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 19, 1986 | 65A | Huáscar, e.g. | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 28, 1986 | 59D | Cuzco Indian | Jones | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 21, 1985 | 15A | Machu Picchu dweller | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
| Monday, September 9, 1985 | 71A | Ancient Peruvian | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Friday, February 8, 1985 | 57A | Pizarro victim | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 29, 1985 | 8D | Manco Capac, for one | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 6, 1985 | 104D | Early Peruvian | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 29, 1984 | 63A | Orejón, e.g. | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 8, 1984 | 31D | Atahualpa, e.g. | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 21, 1984 | 16D | Native of Machu Picchu | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 9, 1984 | 57D | Quechuan Indian | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 11, 1984 | 47D | Orejon, e.g. | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 21, 1984 | 16A | Quechuan | Tripp | Maleska |
| Friday, December 2, 1983 | 19A | Orejón, e.g. | Reichert | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 5, 1983 | 54D | Peruvian of yore | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 4, 1983 | 59A | Quechuan | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
| Monday, September 5, 1983 | 16A | Indian of yore | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 24, 1983 | 57D | Quechuan | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 6, 1983 | 48D | Peruvian Indian | Cromwell | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 12, 1983 | 42A | Early Cuzco citizen | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 2, 1983 | 11D | Peruvian indigene | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 6, 1983 | 108A | Ancient Andean | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |