Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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Tue Jan 16, 2024 | 51D | One-named "King of Football" | Marshal Herrmann |
Fri Jan 5, 2024 | 42D | Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning "incomparable" | David P. Williams |
Sat Dec 30, 2023 | 56D | Soccer legend who played for both sides in his final match in 1977 | Simeon Seigel |
Sun Dec 3, 2023 | 31D | Who said "Football is not about one or two or three star players" | Tracy Bennett |
Mon Nov 27, 2023 | 59D | One-named Brazilian soccer icon | Ricky J. Sirois |
Tue Sep 5, 2023 | 48A | Brazilian named "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee | Alan Siegel |
Thu Mar 16, 2023 | 69A | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire | Rebecca Goldstein |
Tue May 24, 2022 | 5D | Mononymous "King of Football" | Ella Dershowitz |
Thu Mar 31, 2022 | 52A | Youngest player to score in the FIFA World Cup (age 17) | Oliver Roeder |
Sun Dec 12, 2021 | 42A | New York Cosmos star of the '70s | Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson |
Tue Oct 5, 2021 | 45A | Only player on more than two winning World Cup teams | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
Sat Oct 3, 2020 | 43A | Athlete who once served as his country's Extraordinary Minister for Sport | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
Tue Aug 18, 2020 | 25D | Brazilian soccer great (2) | Olivia Mitra Framke |
Sat Jul 25, 2020 | 51D | Three-time World Cup champion | Royce Ferguson |
Fri Apr 3, 2020 | 40A | Guinness record-holder for the most career goals in football | Joe Deeney |
Sun Dec 22, 2019 | 44D | Joint winner of FIFA's Player of the Century award in 2000 | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
Sun Feb 17, 2019 | 9D | Scorer of 12 World Cup goals | David Kwong |
Mon Nov 12, 2018 | 28A | One-named soccer great | Kathy Bloomer |
Sat Sep 1, 2018 | 39A | Athlete known as "The Black Pearl" | Randolph Ross |
Wed Aug 1, 2018 | 12D | One-named soccer star (3) | Sande Milton and Jeff Chen |
Thu Aug 31, 2017 | 59D | "The King of Football" (2) | Zachary Spitz |
Thu Jan 26, 2017 | 23D | Sports star with a signed jersey in the Vatican | Hal Moore |
Sun Oct 16, 2016 | 32D | Athlete on Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century | Tom McCoy |
Sun May 22, 2016 | 41A | ___ Day (November 19, in Brazil) | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
Wed May 4, 2016 | 38A | One-named athlete whose real first name is Edson | Jacob Stulberg |
Wed Dec 23, 2015 | 52A | National hero of Brazil | Jim Peredo |
Thu Nov 5, 2015 | 60D | Scorer of 1,281 goals in 1,363 games | Samuel A. Donaldson |
Mon Feb 9, 2015 | 45D | Retired Brazilian soccer sensation | Lynn Lempel |
Thu Dec 18, 2014 | 3D | The King of Football (2) | Timothy Polin |
Mon Jun 30, 2014 | 26D | Brazilian soccer legend (2) | Ed Sessa |
Mon Feb 17, 2014 | 4D | One-named soccer star (3) | David Gray |
Thu Nov 28, 2013 | 60D | One-named sports star who was once the highest-paid athlete in the world | Loren Muse Smith and Jeff Chen |
Sat Mar 9, 2013 | 22A | 1956 Santos rookie | David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk |
Mon Nov 12, 2012 | 1A | One-named soccer legend | Randall J. Hartman |
Wed Sep 12, 2012 | 36A | Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to fans | Robert W. Harris |
Fri Apr 6, 2012 | 56D | Forward who wore #10 | Mike Nothnagel |
Sat Jun 18, 2011 | 4D | Athlete nicknamed "O Rei" | Joon Pahk |
Tue May 31, 2011 | 26D | Brazilian soccer hero | Nina Rulon-Miller |
Sat Jan 15, 2011 | 6D | Santos rookie of 1956 | Barry C. Silk |
Sun Apr 18, 2010 | 109D | Soccer immortal (2) | Randolph Ross |
Wed Dec 2, 2009 | 46A | FIFA Player of the Century | Jack McInturff |
Sun Aug 9, 2009 | 28A | Star of football, to most of the world | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
Fri May 22, 2009 | 24A | Goal-oriented superstar? | Manny Nosowsky |
Sun Mar 8, 2009 | 90A | Athlete who won the 1978 International Peace Award | Zack Kushner |
Sat Jan 24, 2009 | 24D | Sports star with an accent in his name | Mark Diehl |
Sat Jan 17, 2009 | 51A | Legendary athlete on the 6/23/75 cover of Sports Illustrated | Brad Wilber |
Thu Aug 28, 2008 | 41A | Only player to be part of three World Cup-winning teams | Sheldon Benardo |
Thu Jul 3, 2008 | 17A | 1958 World Cup hero | Keith Talon |
Tue Jun 10, 2008 | 12D | Old Cosmos great | Barry C. Silk |
Wed Mar 12, 2008 | 19A | Cosmos legend | Larry Shearer |
Sat Dec 8, 2007 | 60A | Achiever of many goals | Barry C. Silk |
Sat Nov 3, 2007 | 46D | Legendary kicker | Brad Wilber |
Wed Oct 31, 2007 | 13D | New York Cosmos star (3) | Ken Stern |
Tue Nov 22, 2005 | 44A | Brazilian soccer great (2) | Nancy Salomon |
Tue Nov 8, 2005 | 57A | Brazilian soccer legend (2) | Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon |
Sat Sep 10, 2005 | 44D | Sports hero who wore #10 | David J. Kahn |
Sun Jun 5, 2005 | 17A | Latino sports legend | Patrick Merrell |
Thu Dec 9, 2004 | 24A | Soccer great (3) | Paula Gamache |
Wed May 26, 2004 | 15A | Former World Cup star | David J. Kahn |
Sun Apr 18, 2004 | 111D | Famous kicker | Richard Chisholm |
Thu Jan 22, 2004 | 47A | Memorable kicker | Roy Leban |
Thu Jun 5, 2003 | 29A | He averaged almost a goal a game | David J. Kahn |
Fri Sep 20, 2002 | 10D | Edson Arantes do Nascimento, familiarly | Kevin Hagen |
Sat May 4, 2002 | 52D | Cosmos star (2) | Rich Norris |
Wed Apr 10, 2002 | 53D | Former Cosmos star | Gregory Casagrande |
Tue Jul 24, 2001 | 53D | Soccer icon | Gayle Dean |
Sun Jul 1, 2001 | 21A | Three-time World Cup star | Manny Nosowsky |
Fri Jun 22, 2001 | 56D | One-named sports star | William I. Johnston |
Sun Sep 24, 2000 | 73A | Ex-Cosmos great | Randolph Ross |
Sun Sep 17, 2000 | 42D | Star player for the Cosmos | Nelson Hardy |
Fri Jul 14, 2000 | 20A | New York Cosmos star (3) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Wed Dec 29, 1999 | 53D | One-named sports legend | Robert O. Dillman |
Sun Dec 26, 1999 | 104A | Onetime World Cup star | Greg Staples |
Thu Aug 5, 1999 | 22A | 17-year-old sensation at the 1958 World Cup | A. J. Santora |
Mon Apr 5, 1999 | 67A | Brazilian booter (3) | Gregory E. Paul |
Mon Oct 12, 1998 | 24A | Soccer great born Edson Arantes | Richard Chisholm |
Tue Jun 16, 1998 | 54D | Soccer superstar | Bill Ballard |
Thu Aug 21, 1997 | 12D | Cosmos star (2) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Fri Aug 8, 1997 | 58D | 1958 World Cup sensation | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn |
Sun Jun 15, 1997 | 20A | Noted Sao Paulo-born athlete | Karen Hodge |
Sun Apr 27, 1997 | 102D | Brazilian national hero | Matt Gaffney |
Wed Sep 25, 1996 | 53D | Brazilian soccer star | R. Norris |
Mon Jun 10, 1996 | 42A | One-named soccer star (3) | S. Spadaccini |
Tue Apr 2, 1996 | 15A | Soccer legend (4) | G. E. Paul |
Mon Dec 11, 1995 | 51D | Soccer legend (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Sat Dec 2, 1995 | 46A | Soccer immortal (2) | Rich Norris |
Tue Nov 21, 1995 | 41A | Brazilian booter (3) | Thomas W. Schier |
Fri Sep 22, 1995 | 10D | Star booter | Jim Page |
Wed Aug 23, 1995 | 3D | One-name sports star | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
Thu Jun 1, 1995 | 12D | Soccer great (3) | Rich Norris |
Thu Feb 9, 1995 | 38A | Brazilian booter (3) | Richard Thomas |
Tue Nov 1, 1994 | 40A | Soccer legend (4) | Christopher Page |
Tue Oct 4, 1994 | 54D | Soccer great (3) | Stanley B. Whitten |
Wed May 11, 1994 | 23A | Three-time World Cup medalist | Harvey Estes |
Sun Feb 13, 1994 | 61D | That Cosmos guy | Cathy Millhauser |
Mon Dec 27, 1993 | 14A | New York Cosmos star (3) | Joel Davajan |
Fri Dec 24, 1993 | 11D | A k a Edson Arantes do Nascimento | Merl H. Reagle |
Wed Dec 8, 1993 | 32D | Athlete from Tres Coracoes, Brazil | Norma Steinberg |
Mon Nov 29, 1993 | 9A | Soccer legend (4) | Sidney L. Robbins |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
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Jan 24, 2021 | Panda | 27A | Sports star seen around people | Andrew J. Ries |
Jul 26, 2020 | Panda | 47D | A su__ __rstar ath__ __te | Sam Ezersky |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Sun Apr 4, 1993 | 2D | Soccer's Black Pearl | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Thu Mar 18, 1993 | 59A | Soccer great | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Sun Mar 7, 1993 | 101D | Soccer great | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Sun Jan 3, 1993 | 116A | Soccer great | Jim Page | Maleska |
Fri Nov 6, 1992 | 46A | Soccer great | Manny Nosowsky | Maleska |
Thu May 14, 1992 | 54D | Former Cosmos great | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Wed Mar 27, 1991 | 52D | Soccer great | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sun Feb 24, 1991 | 82A | Soccer great | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Fri Dec 28, 1990 | 49D | Soccer great | Thomas W. Schier | Maleska |
Sat Mar 31, 1990 | 16A | Famous soccer player | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Tue Sep 26, 1989 | 48D | Soccer great | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
Tue Jul 18, 1989 | 14A | The Black Pearl of soccer | John Dreyer | Maleska |
Tue May 23, 1989 | 25D | Soccer great | Eileen Lexau | Maleska |
Sun Feb 19, 1989 | 47A | Soccer great | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Wed Jun 1, 1988 | 64A | Soccer great | Elaine George | Maleska |
Sun Feb 14, 1988 | 117D | Soccer great | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Mon Jan 25, 1988 | 58D | Soccer great | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Fri Nov 6, 1987 | 25A | Mauna Loa goddess | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
Fri Sep 18, 1987 | 69A | Soccer great | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Fri Aug 28, 1987 | 42A | Mauna Loa goddess | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Mon Aug 24, 1987 | 58D | Soccer great | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Feb 16, 1987 | 44A | Soccer great | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Sun Feb 15, 1987 | 59A | Soccer great | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Fri Dec 12, 1986 | 18A | Soccer immortal | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Nov 22, 1986 | 1A | Hawaiian volcano goddess | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Thu Jul 3, 1986 | 5A | Soccer great | Elaine George | Maleska |
Wed Sep 4, 1985 | 1D | Soccer legend | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Tue Aug 6, 1985 | 61A | Soccer great | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Wed Jul 3, 1985 | 55D | He kicked to conquer | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
Thu May 2, 1985 | 23A | Soccer great | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Wed Feb 27, 1985 | 40A | Soccer great | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Thu Feb 14, 1985 | 50D | Mauna Loa goddess | Unknown | Maleska |
Sun Aug 26, 1984 | 100D | Cosmo great, once | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Sun Apr 22, 1984 | 103D | He kicked to conquer | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Tue Mar 6, 1984 | 2D | The Black Pearl of soccer | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Sun Nov 13, 1983 | 34A | Soccer's Edson Arantes do Nascimento | Diana Sessions | Maleska |
Mon Jul 11, 1983 | 32D | Soccer V.I.P., once | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed May 25, 1983 | 55A | Former Cosmos star | George P. Sphicas | Maleska |
Fri Apr 8, 1983 | 67A | Soccer's Edson Arantes do Nascimento | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Feb 25, 1983 | 51A | He got many a kick out of his job | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Thu Feb 3, 1983 | 8D | Retired Cosmo | Rogers | Maleska |
Tue Jan 11, 1983 | 12D | Soccer's #1, once | Martin Fass | Maleska |
Fri Nov 26, 1982 | 12D | Retired soccer star | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Sat Jul 10, 1982 | 46D | Soccer great | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Thu Apr 8, 1982 | 52A | Hawaiian goddess | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
Mon Mar 1, 1982 | 10A | Retired soccer star | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Sun Nov 22, 1981 | 117A | Cosmos ex-star | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Sun Nov 15, 1981 | 49A | Soccer great | Nancy W. Atkinson | Maleska |
Sat Oct 31, 1981 | 19A | Hawaiian volcano goddess | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Mon Sep 28, 1981 | 36D | Soccer great | Grace Fabbroni | Maleska |
Mon May 18, 1981 | 67A | Soccer great | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Wed Dec 24, 1980 | 42A | Soccer great | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sat Dec 6, 1980 | 13D | Athlete who once got his kicks | Argero P. Robertson | Maleska |
Sat Nov 15, 1980 | 53D | Soccer great | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Aug 13, 1980 | 16A | He had many a kick coming | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Mon Aug 4, 1980 | 44A | He once led the Cosmos | Richard N. Platt, Jr. | Maleska |
Mon Jun 30, 1980 | 56D | Former Cosmos star | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Thu Apr 10, 1980 | 67A | Edson Arantes do Nascimento | Ruth N. Schultz | Maleska |
Sat Jul 21, 1979 | 36D | Soccer great | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Jun 3, 1979 | 41A | Soccer great | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Thu Feb 15, 1979 | 27D | Former Cosmo | Whitworth | Maleska |
Fri Jan 19, 1979 | 54D | Soccer great | Michael Priestley | Maleska |
Sun Dec 24, 1978 | 108D | Soccer great | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Mon Sep 19, 1977 | 43D | Cosmos star | Rickert | Maleska |
Wed Sep 14, 1977 | 21A | Soccer great | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Mon Mar 7, 1977 | 32D | Soccer great | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Mon Jan 17, 1977 | 24D | Soccer star | DeWitt Anderson | Weng |
Thu Oct 21, 1976 | 64D | Soccer star | Beverly J. Seward | Weng |
Tue Oct 12, 1976 | 43A | Soccer great | Tap Osborn | Weng |
Thu Sep 23, 1976 | 12D | Soccer great | Paul R. Barnes | Weng |
Fri Sep 3, 1976 | 51D | Soccer V.I.P. | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Wed Jul 7, 1976 | 55D | Soccer star | Sidney Nelson | Weng |
Thu Dec 4, 1975 | 16A | Soccer star | Evelyn Benshoof | Weng |
Thu Mar 6, 1975 | 47D | Mythical figure | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Tue Jan 15, 1974 | 54D | Soccer star | Edward Julius | Weng |
Thu Nov 15, 1973 | 68A | Soccer name | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Nov 13, 1973 | 38A | Volcano goddess | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Aug 6, 1973 | 29A | Hawaiian goddess | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 29, 1972 | 10D | Top name in 40 Across | Joseph LaFauci | Weng |
Sat Jul 15, 1972 | 50D | Soccer star of Brazil | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Mar 23, 1972 | 42A | Brazilian soccer ace | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 28, 1969 | 143A | Soccer star | Edward J. O'Brien | Weng |
Fri Nov 15, 1968 | 32A | Goddess of volcanoes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri May 10, 1968 | 62A | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Aug 24, 1967 | 45D | Volcano goddeess of the Islands. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Tue Apr 25, 1967 | 57D | Volcano goddess of the Islands. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Feb 28, 1965 | 86D | Hawaiian volcano goddess. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Mon Jan 18, 1965 | 33A | Volcano goddess of the Islands. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 14, 1963 | 13D | Hawaiian volcano goddess. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Wed Aug 8, 1962 | 48D | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 21, 1961 | 65D | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. | Roberta H. Morse | Farrar |
Sat Jun 18, 1960 | 26A | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 1, 1960 | 35D | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 25, 1959 | 43D | Mauna Loa goddess. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Wed May 4, 1955 | 9D | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. | Dorothy E. Smith | Farrar |
Sun Sep 14, 1952 | 33D | Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. | Sam Lake | Farrar |
Sun Sep 22, 1946 | 72A | Goddess of Kilauea. | Waldo Ranson | Farrar |
Sun May 21, 1944 | 29A | Goddess of Kilauea, Hawaiian volcano. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |