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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, December 23, 2012 | 22A | Grams | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | 35A | Grandma, affectionately (2) | Eric Williams |
| Thursday, December 29, 2011 | 33D | Zola best seller (2) | David Steinberg |
| Wednesday, November 23, 2011 | 57D | Grandma (4) | Ian Livengood |
| Saturday, November 5, 2011 | 2D | Family nickname (4) | Kurt Mueller |
| Saturday, April 30, 2011 | 55D | Family nickname (4) | Frederick J. Healy |
| Monday, February 28, 2011 | 63A | Grandmother, affectionately (2) | Mike Buckley |
| Friday, April 30, 2010 | 55D | Family moniker | Natan Last |
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 | 60A | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 131A | Favorite baby sitter, maybe | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 70D | Darling family pet | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, October 13, 2008 | 31D | Mom's mom, e.g. | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Monday, June 23, 2008 | 56D | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | 7D | Child's caretaker | Gary Steinmehl |
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 | 31D | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 | 5D | Sha follower | Tibor Derencsenyi |
| Saturday, February 10, 2007 | 53A | Tot minder | Bob Peoples |
| Friday, December 29, 2006 | 34D | Tot watcher | Seth A. Abel |
| Sunday, October 1, 2006 | 113D | Kid watcher | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Monday, July 31, 2006 | 55D | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, April 16, 2006 | 75A | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Mike Torch |
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | 55D | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Jim Hyres |
| Saturday, July 2, 2005 | 51D | Junior spoiler, perhaps | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, June 12, 2005 | 74A | Family nickname (4) | Joe Bower |
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 | 16A | Darling dog (3) | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, February 23, 2005 | 62A | Zola heroine (5) | Lee Glickstein |
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 | 17A | Family term of endearment | Ed Early |
| Friday, December 24, 2004 | 10D | Dog of literature (2) | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Monday, November 8, 2004 | 3D | Mom's mom (2) | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Friday, August 13, 2004 | 38D | Dog of literature (2) | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, June 1, 2004 | 18D | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 | 68A | Zola novel (4) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Friday, April 23, 2004 | 55D | Baby spoiler, perhaps | Alan Olschwang |
| Friday, March 12, 2004 | 60D | Favored caretaker | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2003 | 24D | Zola courtesan (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, July 9, 2003 | 32A | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, March 10, 2003 | 15A | Granny (2) | Gail Grabowski |
| Sunday, February 16, 2003 | 59A | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Charles M. Deber |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2003 | 55D | Zola novel (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, December 15, 2002 | 129A | Child spoiler? | RIchard Hughes |
| Friday, December 6, 2002 | 60A | Zola heroine (5) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, October 29, 2002 | 56D | Mom's mom (2) | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, September 8, 2002 | 64A | Family nickname (4) | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2002 | 15A | Grandma (4) | Eugene W. Sard |
| Saturday, April 27, 2002 | 23A | Offerer of child support? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, March 4, 2002 | 70A | Émile Zola novel | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, August 31, 2001 | 34A | "Peter Pan" pooch (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, June 30, 2001 | 21A | Barrie's Newfoundland | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, June 28, 2001 | 18A | Zola novel (4) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Saturday, April 21, 2001 | 41A | Title courtesan in an 1880 novel | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, April 19, 2001 | 5D | Babushka | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, October 12, 2000 | 4D | Granny (2) | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, August 19, 2000 | 28A | Darling dog (3) | Charles E. Gersch |
| Sunday, August 6, 2000 | 108D | Zola heroine (5) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, June 11, 2000 | 82A | Who's minding the baby, maybe | Nelson Hardy |
| Tuesday, May 30, 2000 | 38D | "Peter Pan" pooch (4) | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, May 7, 2000 | 72A | Beloved family member (2) | Patrick D. Berry |
| Tuesday, April 11, 2000 | 18A | "Peter Pan" pooch (4) | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, April 4, 2000 | 17A | Caretaker for a baby | D. J. DeChristopher |
| Sunday, February 6, 2000 | 101A | 1877 Manet painting | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, January 16, 2000 | 127A | Barrie pooch | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, January 1, 2000 | 54D | 1926 Jean Renoir film | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, June 17, 1999 | 56D | "Peter Pan" pooch (4) | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, June 3, 1999 | 49A | Beloved family member (2) | Frances Hansen |
| Saturday, February 6, 1999 | 19A | Dog in "Peter Pan" | Bob Klahn and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, January 6, 1999 | 40D | Children's caretaker | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Wednesday, December 30, 1998 | 36A | Zola heroine (5) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, August 21, 1998 | 9D | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Noah Dephoure |
| Tuesday, June 9, 1998 | 36A | Grandma, affectionately (2) | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Thursday, June 4, 1998 | 28D | Zola's streetwalker | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, April 6, 1998 | 38A | Grandmother (2) | Kenneth Witte |
| Thursday, February 12, 1998 | 52D | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, November 23, 1997 | 7D | Baby caretaker | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| Friday, September 19, 1997 | 25D | 1880 literary heroine | Rich Norris |
| Monday, May 19, 1997 | 66A | Grandmother, affectionately (2) | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, December 23, 1996 | 51D | Zola novel (4) | S. J. Walther |
| Monday, November 4, 1996 | 39A | Zola courtesan (2) | P. Wilson |
| Wednesday, October 2, 1996 | 70A | Grammy | K. Hodge |
| Friday, August 23, 1996 | 51D | Darling dog (3) | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, April 14, 1996 | 31A | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Henry Hook |
| Thursday, February 15, 1996 | 19A | Grandmother (2) | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, December 24, 1995 | 44A | "Peter Pan" dog (13) | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, December 10, 1995 | 29A | Tyke watcher | Jim Page |
| Thursday, December 7, 1995 | 60A | Zola bestseller (2) | Michael S. Maurer |
| Monday, September 4, 1995 | 39A | Zola tale | Richard Thomas |
| Sunday, September 3, 1995 | 28A | Grandma (4) | Ernie Furtado |
| Monday, June 12, 1995 | 19A | 1880 Zola novel | Robert Zimmerman |
| Sunday, June 11, 1995 | 77D | 1934 film seductress | Coral Amende |
| Wednesday, January 4, 1995 | 51A | Zola heroine (5) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Thursday, December 30, 1993 | 21D | Grandma (4) | A.J. Santora |
3 results for NANA from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2008 | panda | 5D | She reads up on two articles | Mel Taub |
| September 16, 2001 | diagramless | 55D | Grandma | Peter Gordon |
| July 11, 1999 | diagramless | 43D | Child watcher | Patrick Berry |
78 results for NANA from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 7, 1993 | 54D | Zola heroine | James E. Hinish, Jr. | Taub |
| Thursday, October 14, 1993 | 28A | Zola novel | Nancy Joline | Taub |
| Thursday, September 30, 1993 | 57D | Zola heroine | Manny Nosowsky | Taub |
| Saturday, August 28, 1993 | 35D | Zola book | Bryant White | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 24, 1993 | 23A | Classic canine nursemaid | Cathy Millhauser | Maleska |
| Friday, April 23, 1993 | 40A | Zola work | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 27, 1993 | 54D | The Darlings' dog | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 9, 1992 | 119A | Dog in a Barrie play | S. E. Booker | Maleska |
| Monday, March 9, 1992 | 59D | British nursemaid | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 29, 1992 | 60D | Zola protagonist | Betty Hinman | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 29, 1991 | 69A | Zola heroine | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 25, 1991 | 16A | The Darlings' dog | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 13, 1991 | 3D | Zola novel | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 17, 1991 | 30D | Sten role | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 11, 1991 | 23A | Zola heroine | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 30, 1991 | 61A | The Darlings' dog | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
| Monday, March 25, 1991 | 56D | Nursemaid in Norfolk | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 14, 1991 | 7D | Goldwyn film: 1934 | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 3, 1991 | 49D | A Darling dog | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
| Friday, February 8, 1991 | 67A | Zola protagonist | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
| Monday, December 10, 1990 | 66A | Newborn's nursemaid | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Monday, December 3, 1990 | 33D | Nursemaid in Newcastle | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Friday, November 16, 1990 | 27D | Child's nursemaid | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
| Thursday, October 25, 1990 | 7D | Zola novel | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 20, 1990 | 46A | The Darlings' pet | William Canine | Maleska |
| Friday, June 29, 1990 | 62D | Zola novel | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 26, 1990 | 54D | Zola novel | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 25, 1990 | 37D | Zola heroine | Victoria Black and Alex F. Black | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 1, 1989 | 29A | Zola novel | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 28, 1989 | 59A | The Darlings' amah | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Wednesday, September 13, 1989 | 40D | Dog in "Peter Pan" | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Monday, August 28, 1989 | 55D | "Peter Pan" nursemaid | Burns | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 5, 1989 | 12D | Wendy Darling's pooch | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 22, 1989 | 32D | Pram pusher | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 9, 1989 | 89A | Zola novel | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 16, 1989 | 70A | Zola heroine | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Saturday, February 4, 1989 | 44A | Zola title | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 22, 1988 | 18D | Starring role for 60 Across | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 8, 1988 | 37D | Zola novel | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 14, 1988 | 22A | Zola opus | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 24, 1988 | 63A | Zola heroine | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
| Saturday, February 13, 1988 | 7D | Zola work | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 15, 1987 | 16A | Pram pusher | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Friday, December 11, 1987 | 38A | Nottingham nurse | William S. McIlrath | Maleska |
| Thursday, October 15, 1987 | 6A | Zola heroine | William Canine | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 16, 1987 | 49D | Pet in "Peter Pan" | Jones | Maleska |
| Saturday, June 27, 1987 | 26A | Zola subject | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 17, 1987 | 67D | Barrie canine | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 31, 1987 | 58D | Zola novel | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
| Monday, October 27, 1986 | 34D | Zola novel | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
| Monday, August 11, 1986 | 3D | Zola novel | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 24, 1986 | 3D | The Darlings' dog | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 22, 1986 | 50A | Barrie's dog-nurse | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 13, 1986 | 4D | Dog in "Peter Pan" | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 7, 1986 | 31D | The Darlings' dog | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1986 | 47A | Wendy's dog in "Peter Pan" | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 12, 1986 | 66A | Pram pusher | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 30, 1985 | 16A | Pram pusher | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Friday, September 13, 1985 | 60A | "Peter Pan" dog | Peggy Devlin | Maleska |
| Friday, August 30, 1985 | 53D | Unfortunate Zola courtesan | William Canine | Maleska |
| Friday, August 23, 1985 | 44A | Zola book | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Friday, July 12, 1985 | 33A | Zola heroine | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 1, 1985 | 65A | Barrie dog | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 10, 1985 | 36A | Zola's demimondaine | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Friday, February 8, 1985 | 63A | Zola's courtesan | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 15, 1984 | 56D | Juan's grandma | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 18, 1984 | 55D | British nursemaid | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Monday, July 16, 1984 | 48D | Darling dog | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 17, 1984 | 59A | Dog in "Peter Pan" | Frank Geary | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 8, 1984 | 25A | Zola novel | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 19, 1984 | 57D | Barrie dog | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 22, 1984 | 21A | Dog in "Peter Pan" | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 28, 1984 | 3D | British nursemaid | Sawikin | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 12, 1984 | 12A | Barrie dog | Derrick C. Niederman | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 10, 1984 | 58A | Zola novel | Elaine George | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 26, 1983 | 23D | Pet in "Peter Pan" | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 16, 1983 | 39D | Dog in a Barrie play | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 20, 1983 | 106A | Zola heroine | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |