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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, May 12, 2013 | 2D | Garage supply (2) | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, April 21, 2013 | 108D | It can be refined | Jonah Kagan |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2013 | 27A | Aromatherapist's supply | Julian Lim |
| Thursday, August 23, 2012 | 36D | It may be struck in a field | Mark Feldman |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | 68A | Try to stop from squeaking, say | Kyle T. Dolan |
| Thursday, March 29, 2012 | 11D | Monet medium | Milo Beckman |
| Sunday, March 4, 2012 | 71A | Bribe (3) | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | 27A | Source of the Beverly Hillbillies' wealth | Doug Peterson |
| Sunday, January 8, 2012 | 115A | Upton Sinclair novel on which "There Will Be Blood" is based | Tony Orbach |
| Tuesday, December 20, 2011 | 15A | Contents of some wells | Julian Lim |
| Saturday, December 17, 2011 | 58D | Pine product | Tom Heilman |
| Sunday, November 6, 2011 | 94A | Museum hanging (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | 36D | Word with baby, bath or banana | Dan Feyer |
| Thursday, June 16, 2011 | 43D | Salad topping (2) | David Steinberg |
| Monday, May 23, 2011 | 35A | Petroleum | Steve Salitan |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | 12D | Vinaigrette component | William I. Johnston |
| Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | 30D | Safflower ___ | Michael Farabaugh |
| Tuesday, March 1, 2011 | 23A | Jed Clampett's find on "The Beverly Hillbillies" | C. W. Stewart |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2011 | 2D | Masseur's supply (2) | Ian Livengood |
| Monday, December 20, 2010 | 8D | OPEC supply | Donna Hoke |
| Tuesday, December 7, 2010 | 30A | "Black gold" (4) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton |
| Wednesday, December 1, 2010 | 59D | Lube (up) | Caleb Madison |
| Monday, November 1, 2010 | 3D | Texaco's business | Holden Baker |
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | 5D | Salad bar bowlful | Mike Torch |
| Thursday, May 27, 2010 | 29A | 1927 Upton Sinclair novel | Josh Knapp |
| Sunday, April 18, 2010 | 48A | Dressing choice | Randolph Ross |
| Saturday, April 17, 2010 | 52D | Joint application | Tim Croce |
| Tuesday, April 6, 2010 | 5D | Olive product | Sarah Keller |
| Saturday, January 9, 2010 | 32D | Permian Basin yield | Chuck Deodene |
| Saturday, December 5, 2009 | 43D | Covering for some wrestlers | Brad Wilber |
| Monday, November 23, 2009 | 66A | Business for Shell or ExxonMobil | Ben Pall |
| Thursday, October 8, 2009 | 41A | Palm product | Scott Atkinson |
| Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | 47A | Wildcatter's find (4) | Tim Wescott |
| Friday, September 25, 2009 | 56D | Loosen, in a way | Robert A. Doll |
| Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 98D | Biggest export of 99-Down | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, April 27, 2009 | 12D | OPEC product | Joe Krozel |
| Friday, April 17, 2009 | 18A | Work in a gallery | Corey Rubin |
| Saturday, March 21, 2009 | 19A | Garage stock | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 23A | Salad additive | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 22A | Dipstick coating | Susan Gelfand |
| Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 52A | Monet work | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 43A | Wildcatter's find (4) | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 64A | Little squirt, maybe | Kevin G. Der |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 | 41A | Lubricate (3) | Thomas Heilman |
| Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 101A | Nigerian export | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 | 23A | ___ change | Allan E. Parrish |
| Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | 5D | Standard ___ | Daniel Kantor |
| Sunday, June 8, 2008 | 107D | It's well-supplied | Will Nediger |
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 | 91A | Venezuelan export | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 | 24A | Old master's work (2) | Chuck Hamilton |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 7D | De-squeak | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Monday, December 31, 2007 | 58D | "Black gold" (4) | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, December 9, 2007 | 68A | Museum hanging (3) | Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 | 59A | Museum hanging (3) | Jim Page |
| Sunday, October 28, 2007 | 20A | Corn product | Ben Tausig |
| Saturday, August 11, 2007 | 39A | A driver might dip into it | Karen M. Tracey |
| Wednesday, August 8, 2007 | 19A | Crude, e.g. | Donna S. Levin |
| Tuesday, August 7, 2007 | 18A | Texas tea (3) | Daniel Kantor |
| Monday, June 11, 2007 | 37D | Something good to strike | Harriet Clifton |
| Saturday, June 2, 2007 | 8D | Standard offering of old | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, April 5, 2007 | 27A | Garage stain (2) | Mike Shenk |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 | 4D | Mideast export (3) | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, December 3, 2006 | 56A | Something struck | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, November 12, 2006 | 82D | Refinery input | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, October 14, 2006 | 53D | See 57-Down | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 | 8D | Quaker State, e.g. | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Wednesday, April 26, 2006 | 37A | Many a fine artwork | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Wednesday, April 19, 2006 | 47A | Black gold (4) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, April 13, 2006 | 43D | Try to loosen | Barry Silk |
| Saturday, April 1, 2006 | 52A | It's well-regulated | Kevan Choset and David Kwong |
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 | 84A | Loosen up, maybe | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, August 7, 2005 | 44D | Salad topper (2) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, July 24, 2005 | 65A | Garage supply (2) | Frank Longo |
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 | 92D | Friction decreaser | Frank Longo |
| Monday, May 9, 2005 | 29A | Production from a well | Jim Hyres |
| Thursday, May 5, 2005 | 38A | With 39-Across, Houston or Tulsa, popularly | Chris Sallade |
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 | 31D | Mideast export (3) | Gail Grabowski |
| Monday, February 7, 2005 | 24A | Saudi export | Gordon Seaberg |
| Sunday, September 26, 2004 | 58A | Dressing part | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, August 17, 2004 | 56D | 3-in-One product | Gene Newman |
| Friday, July 16, 2004 | 35A | Gallery item | Craig Kasper |
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 | 24A | Engine need (2) | Roy Leban |
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 | 32A | Spill material | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, January 18, 2004 | 110D | Shale extract | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | 29A | Oklahoma wealth | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| Thursday, October 23, 2003 | 42A | Kind of change | Michael Shteyman |
| Thursday, October 16, 2003 | 21A | "Mona Lisa," for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, August 28, 2003 | 64D | Texas tea (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2003 | 54A | Painter's medium | Myles Callum |
| Monday, February 24, 2003 | 40D | With "of" and 51-Across, a facial moisturizer | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 23, 2003 | 55A | Slick stuff | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, January 9, 2003 | 29D | Bribe (3) | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, December 13, 2002 | 27A | Well-gotten gain? | Bob Peoples |
| Friday, November 1, 2002 | 37A | It gets checked with a stick | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, September 8, 2002 | 35A | Salad topping (2) | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, September 4, 2002 | 40A | Old master's work (2) | Eric Berlin |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2002 | 16A | Masseur's supply (2) | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2002 | 40A | Texas tea (3) | Kelly Clark |
| Thursday, May 30, 2002 | 39D | Squirt can contents | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, May 27, 2002 | 54A | ___ and vinegar | Norman Wizer |
| Sunday, May 12, 2002 | 86A | Source of Rockefeller money (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, April 3, 2002 | 59D | Wildcatter's find (4) | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, January 20, 2002 | 33A | Slick makeup | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | 42D | Black gold (4) | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, October 16, 2001 | 45D | Well-supplied resource? | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2001 | 46A | Cruet filler | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2001 | 7D | A little squirt? | David Ainslie Macleod |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2001 | 32D | Deep-frying need | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, December 21, 2000 | 12D | Standard stuff | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, November 3, 2000 | 33A | Garage stain (2) | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, November 1, 2000 | 39A | Lubricate (3) | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, September 18, 2000 | 4D | Squeaky wheel's need | Sherry O. Blackard and Lyell Rodieck |
| Thursday, May 18, 2000 | 58A | Vinaigrette ingredient | Patrick D. Berry |
| Sunday, April 2, 2000 | 38A | Peanut product | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, January 23, 2000 | 42A | Wildcatter's find (4) | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, December 24, 1999 | 25A | Flattery | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, November 9, 1999 | 59D | Furnace fuel | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, September 5, 1999 | 33A | Old lamp fill | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, July 13, 1999 | 23A | Driveway blotch | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, June 12, 1999 | 26D | Semi liquid | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, May 16, 1999 | 132D | Bribe (3) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, May 2, 1999 | 59A | Flattering talk | Jim Page |
| Sunday, April 25, 1999 | 7D | Many a Rembrandt | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, February 2, 1999 | 48A | OPEC export | Norma Steinberg |
| Wednesday, December 30, 1998 | 26D | Standard product | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, November 1, 1998 | 89A | Friction reducer | Robert Malinow |
| Monday, September 14, 1998 | 47A | Engine need (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, March 26, 1998 | 30D | It may be essential | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, March 24, 1998 | 42D | Fix a squeak (2) | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, February 8, 1998 | 73A | Friction easer | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, January 18, 1998 | 114A | Salad topper (2) | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| Thursday, December 11, 1997 | 34A | Masseur's need | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, October 21, 1997 | 39D | Van Gogh's "Irises," e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, August 11, 1997 | 41A | Lubricate (3) | Daniel Halfen |
| Tuesday, April 15, 1997 | 30D | Heating fuel | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Monday, January 13, 1997 | 11D | Source of Rockefeller money (2) | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, October 21, 1996 | 21A | Mideast export (3) | J. Bender |
| Monday, August 12, 1996 | 8D | Kuwaiti export (2) | J. R. Bender |
| Sunday, May 12, 1996 | 29D | Driveway stain | R. Silvestri |
| Sunday, April 14, 1996 | 50A | Corn byproduct | Henry Hook |
| Friday, March 15, 1996 | 41D | Shortening | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, September 25, 1995 | 24A | Kuwaiti export (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, August 8, 1995 | 55A | Source of Clampett wealth, on TV | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, August 3, 1995 | 64D | Lubricant | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Friday, June 16, 1995 | 51A | Tankerful | Thomas W. Schier |
| Wednesday, June 7, 1995 | 58D | Source of Rockefeller wealth | Martin Schneider |
| Wednesday, May 17, 1995 | 59D | Slippery stuff | Ed Early |
| Monday, May 15, 1995 | 52A | Shipment from Texas | Ernie Furtado |
| Wednesday, April 19, 1995 | 6D | J.R. Ewing's concern | Alfio Micci |
| Tuesday, March 28, 1995 | 27A | Cottonseed product | Christopher Page |
| Wednesday, December 21, 1994 | 25A | Midest export | Alfio Micci |
| Monday, October 3, 1994 | 35A | Fix a squeak (2) | Stanley Newman |
| Friday, September 30, 1994 | 20D | Upton Sinclair novel | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, December 16, 1993 | 63D | Medium for Matisse | Nancy Joline |
| Wednesday, November 24, 1993 | 58D | Kind of painting | Nancy S. Ross |
3 results for OIL from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 9, 2007 | diagramless | 46A | Squeak eliminator | Janet R. Bender |
| August 31, 2003 | diagramless | 1D | OPEC commodity | Trip Payne |
| July 7, 2002 | diagramless | 69D | Saudi riches | Fred Piscop |
81 results for OIL from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, September 29, 1993 | 21A | Mideast mainstay | Dorothy Elliott | Taub |
| Friday, June 11, 1993 | 22A | Tin Woodsman's need | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
| Monday, June 7, 1993 | 54A | Fix the squeak | Bill Polvogt | Maleska |
| Monday, May 17, 1993 | 12D | Lubricate | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 22, 1993 | 59D | The Tin Man's need | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 18, 1993 | 30A | Lamp fuel | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 1, 1993 | 40A | Olive or corn chaser | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
| Friday, June 5, 1992 | 50A | OPEC's "gold" | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 24, 1992 | 13D | Source of the Ewing fortune | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 8, 1992 | 1D | Neroli, e.g. | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Saturday, December 7, 1991 | 23A | Salad addition | Rosalind Pavane | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 23, 1991 | 59A | Bribe | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
| Friday, November 8, 1991 | 25A | Kuwait's great resource | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 29, 1991 | 123D | Soybean product | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 20, 1991 | 34A | Industrial staple | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 20, 1991 | 29D | Bribe | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 3, 1991 | 45A | Crankcase fluid | C. McInerney | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 15, 1991 | 57A | Squeak stopper | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
| Monday, April 29, 1991 | 62D | "Black gold" | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 28, 1991 | 4D | Source of Abu Dhabi's wealth | Christopher Page | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 23, 1991 | 44A | Kind of can or cloth | Virginia Butler | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 13, 1991 | 147D | "Black gold" | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 9, 1990 | 78D | Shipment from Saudi Arabia | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
| Friday, August 24, 1990 | 9D | Balm base | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 15, 1990 | 95D | Wildcatter's quest | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
| Monday, July 2, 1990 | 60D | Attack the squeaks | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 17, 1990 | 32A | Skin or slick preceder | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 18, 1990 | 26A | Lubricate | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 27, 1990 | 5D | Kind of palm or pan | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 31, 1989 | 63A | Midnight fluid | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 27, 1989 | 22D | OPEC's export | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Monday, November 13, 1989 | 24A | Lubricate | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 15, 1989 | 20A | Lubricant | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Monday, June 12, 1989 | 66D | Lubricate | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Friday, April 14, 1989 | 27A | Black gold | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 13, 1989 | 2D | Midnight fluid | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
| Friday, March 31, 1989 | 60D | Peanut byproduct | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
| Friday, May 27, 1988 | 3D | Tin Man's need | Robert O. Dillman | Maleska |
| Monday, May 16, 1988 | 52D | Venezuelan export | Robert O. Dillman | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 17, 1988 | 17D | Troubled waters' soother | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 4, 1988 | 39D | Midnight follower | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 25, 1987 | 25D | Cruet filler | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
| Wednesday, June 10, 1987 | 23A | "Black gold" | Dorothy Cannan | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 5, 1987 | 106D | OPEC concern | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 1, 1987 | 22D | J.R.'s business | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Monday, March 23, 1987 | 24D | Neat's-foot ___ | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Monday, February 2, 1987 | 26A | Petroleum | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Friday, January 30, 1987 | 34A | Petroleum | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Monday, January 12, 1987 | 52A | Lubricant | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 30, 1986 | 57D | Lardner's "Say It With ___" | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 22, 1986 | 47A | Type of painting | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 11, 1986 | 63D | J. R.'s concern | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 27, 1986 | 115A | Lardner's "Say It With ___" | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Monday, July 21, 1986 | 22A | Linseed ___ | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 30, 1986 | 25D | Lubricate | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 20, 1986 | 34D | Kind of paint or well | Healy | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 13, 1986 | 47A | Feat of Klee | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 23, 1986 | 25D | Tin Man's must | Page | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 12, 1986 | 68A | Anoint | Brett A. Blaylock | Maleska |
| Saturday, December 7, 1985 | 65D | Slick substance | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 3, 1985 | 121D | Naphtha, for one | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Friday, July 19, 1985 | 4D | Lube | James Barrick | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 7, 1985 | 34A | Olive product | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 9, 1985 | 113D | "Black gold" | Sally Coyle | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 28, 1985 | 61A | Christmas-tree concern | Jim Page | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 13, 1984 | 33D | Safflower by-product | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 1, 1984 | 24A | Unctuous fluid | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Friday, October 12, 1984 | 6D | Bribe | William Coburn | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 21, 1984 | 10D | "Black gold" | Avery | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 22, 1984 | 40A | Unctuous speech | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
| Friday, February 3, 1984 | 49A | Essential or crude substance | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 15, 1984 | 29A | Natural resource | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 9, 1983 | 43D | Canvas | Louis Baron | Maleska |
| Friday, September 23, 1983 | 49D | Lubricate | Maver | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 21, 1983 | 47A | Castor, for one | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 28, 1983 | 47D | OPEC's concern | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 30, 1983 | 36A | Its spill may kill one with a bill | Frances K. Schnitzer | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 26, 1983 | 102D | Black gold | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 24, 1983 | 20A | Word with skin or cloth | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 15, 1983 | 55D | Word with can or cloth | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 15, 1983 | 42A | OPEC concern | Robert Katz | Maleska |