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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, May 30, 2013 | 25D | It's sat upon | Julian Lim |
| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 | 61D | Sit on it (2) | Bruce Venzke |
| Thursday, January 24, 2013 | 53A | Back (4) | Michael Shteyman |
| Thursday, January 10, 2013 | 50D | Raise (3) | Kevan Choset |
| Monday, October 22, 2012 | 25D | Rump | Joel Fagliano |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | 23A | Raise, as young | Kenneth Leeser |
| Sunday, July 8, 2012 | 25A | Where to enter the theater, usually | Joel Fagliano |
| Monday, July 2, 2012 | 49D | Backside (5) | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, June 10, 2012 | 32A | Sit on it (2) | Xan Vongsathorn |
| Sunday, March 11, 2012 | 17D | Stern (9) | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| Monday, December 12, 2011 | 64A | Caboose (8) | Gary Cee |
| Thursday, November 3, 2011 | 40A | Caboose (8) | Parker Lewis |
| Sunday, June 12, 2011 | 77D | Fanny (3) | C. W. Stewart |
| Tuesday, March 8, 2011 | 68A | Keister | Paul Hunsberger |
| Saturday, December 4, 2010 | 29D | Can (3) | Doug Peterson |
| Tuesday, August 3, 2010 | 41A | Beta dog's view | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 117A | Duff | Kelsey Blakley |
| Monday, March 8, 2010 | 31D | Front's opposite (2) | Stanley Newman |
| Thursday, February 18, 2010 | 38D | Full moon view? | Caleb Madison |
| Monday, November 30, 2009 | 55D | Derrière (10) | Oliver Hill |
| Monday, September 14, 2009 | 18D | Derrière (10) | Bernice Gordon |
| Friday, May 22, 2009 | 6D | Can (3) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | 58D | Tail end (2) | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | 31A | Paddler's target (2) | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Monday, May 11, 2009 | 51D | Derrière (10) | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, April 20, 2009 | 61A | Back end | Randall J. Hartman |
| Saturday, December 6, 2008 | 32A | Can (3) | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 58D | Parent (5) | Chuck Hamilton |
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 | 138D | Behind (6) | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| Monday, March 24, 2008 | 54A | Derrière (10) | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, January 11, 2008 | 35D | Moon unit? | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sunday, January 6, 2008 | 48D | Behind (6) | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 | 2D | Where the bag of gifts is stowed on a sleigh | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, December 3, 2007 | 58A | Bring up, as children (2) | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, August 26, 2007 | 33D | Trunk location | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| Monday, August 6, 2007 | 44D | Derrière (10) | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, March 26, 2007 | 38D | Backside (5) | Eric Fischer |
| Sunday, December 31, 2006 | 7D | Tail end (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, June 2, 2006 | 43A | Parent (5) | Jim Page |
| Monday, May 15, 2006 | 6D | Derriere (2) | John R. Conrad |
| Sunday, December 18, 2005 | 85A | Behind (6) | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 | 42D | Paddler's target (2) | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 | 16A | Fanny (3) | Kyle Mahowald |
| Sunday, August 7, 2005 | 51D | Behind (6) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, March 4, 2005 | 4D | Stern (9) | Myles Callum |
| Thursday, December 2, 2004 | 24D | Employee entrance location | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, October 31, 2004 | 49D | Chair filler | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, August 24, 2004 | 63A | Posterior | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, August 23, 2004 | 67A | Fanny (3) | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| Friday, July 16, 2004 | 3D | Bring up (16) | Craig Kasper |
| Tuesday, June 22, 2004 | 68A | Bring up (16) | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 | 33D | Bring up (16) | Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2003 | 14A | Back (4) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, November 24, 2003 | 67A | Backside (5) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2003 | 1A | Backseat | Sheldon Benardo |
| Monday, August 25, 2003 | 31D | Derrière (10) | Craig Kasper |
| Wednesday, June 18, 2003 | 32D | Bring up (16) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, May 26, 2003 | 51A | Derrière (10) | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, May 25, 2003 | 3D | End | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, April 13, 2003 | 112A | Bus part | Charles Deber |
| Monday, March 3, 2003 | 64A | Bring up, as children (2) | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, February 25, 2003 | 57D | Spot for a spanking | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, December 2, 2002 | 48A | Derriere (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, October 17, 2002 | 62A | Bring up (16) | Todd McClary |
| Sunday, October 6, 2002 | 72D | Caboose (8) | Myles Callum |
| Sunday, August 18, 2002 | 15D | Rise up (2) | Michael Ashley |
| Saturday, August 10, 2002 | 19A | Stern (9) | Dana Motley |
| Friday, July 26, 2002 | 16A | Bring up (16) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, May 19, 2002 | 98A | Stern (9) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, May 6, 2002 | 63A | Caboose's spot | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, January 14, 2002 | 11D | Bring up (16) | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, November 26, 2001 | 31D | Behind (6) | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Monday, May 28, 2001 | 69A | Derrière (10) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2001 | 18D | Bring up (16) | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, April 22, 2001 | 85A | Care for | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, April 8, 2001 | 126A | Parent (5) | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2001 | 43D | Derrière (10) | Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, January 2, 2001 | 16A | Exit location, often | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, August 28, 2000 | 56A | Raise, as kids | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, August 21, 2000 | 30D | Kind of admiral (2) | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| Saturday, June 10, 2000 | 48D | Parent (5) | Glenton Petgrave |
| Friday, June 2, 2000 | 24D | Relatively safe military position | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, May 8, 2000 | 53D | Derrière (10) | Ed Early |
| Sunday, April 2, 2000 | 36A | Area away from the battle | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Friday, January 28, 2000 | 8D | Back (4) | Manny Nosowsky and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, December 25, 1999 | 30A | Trunk's locale | John Scott Marrone |
| Saturday, November 6, 1999 | 58D | Stern (9) | Joan Bayer Williamson |
| Tuesday, September 7, 1999 | 22A | Bring up (16) | David Ainslie Macleod |
| Tuesday, June 15, 1999 | 45D | Bring up (16) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Thursday, December 10, 1998 | 46A | Bring up (16) | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, September 17, 1998 | 39D | Caboose (8) | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, September 2, 1998 | 39A | Bring up (16) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, August 20, 1998 | 3D | Nurture | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, May 13, 1998 | 63A | Caboose (8) | Eileen Lexau |
| Saturday, May 9, 1998 | 19A | Raise (3) | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, February 24, 1998 | 60D | Stern (9) | Bill Ballard |
| Wednesday, January 14, 1998 | 48A | Kind of admiral (2) | William Bernhardt |
| Tuesday, December 2, 1997 | 16A | Caboose (8) | Alan Olschwang |
| Sunday, September 7, 1997 | 48D | Caboose (8) | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, August 28, 1997 | 54D | Caboose, figuratively | Shannon Burns |
| Saturday, August 16, 1997 | 21A | Stern (9) | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, April 30, 1997 | 49A | Seat | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, March 21, 1997 | 14D | Stern (9) | Shannon Burns |
| Monday, February 24, 1997 | 60A | Backside (5) | Derek Allen |
| Monday, January 6, 1997 | 55D | Bring up (16) | S. L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, December 18, 1996 | 33D | Bring up (16) | M. W. Perry |
| Wednesday, November 13, 1996 | 11D | Kind of guard or end | M. Nosowsky |
| Thursday, November 7, 1996 | 3D | Backside (5) | G. R. Ferguson |
| Friday, May 24, 1996 | 6D | Bring up (16) | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, May 15, 1996 | 48A | Front's opposite (2) | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, April 21, 1996 | 59A | Parent (5) | M. Gaffney |
| Thursday, October 26, 1995 | 21A | Behind (6) | Jim Page |
| Friday, October 20, 1995 | 28D | Caboose (8) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, September 14, 1995 | 32D | Rise up (2) | Chuck Deodene |
| Tuesday, August 15, 1995 | 23A | Hitchcock's "____ Window" (2) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, May 21, 1995 | 99A | Caboose position | Dean Niles |
| Tuesday, May 9, 1995 | 38D | "Step to the _____: | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, April 27, 1995 | 54D | Back (4) | Lois Sidway |
| Friday, February 10, 1995 | 15A | Stern (9) | Raymond Hamel |
| Friday, January 6, 1995 | 40A | Erect | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Wednesday, August 3, 1994 | 6A | In the back | Richard Thomas |
| Tuesday, July 5, 1994 | 28D | Bring up (16) | Raymond Hamel |
| Tuesday, March 29, 1994 | 31D | Raise (3) | Mark Danna |
| Monday, February 14, 1994 | 15A | Hitchcock's "_____ Window" (2) | Nancy Joline |
2 results for REAR from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2009 | panda | 27D | Dreary, at heart | Mel Taub |
| June 22, 2003 | cryptic | 25D | Bring up what is sometimes brought up (4) | Richard Silvestri |
92 results for REAR from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 4, 1993 | 46D | Aft | Scott | Taub |
| Sunday, August 29, 1993 | 44D | Construct | Tap Osborn | Taub |
| Monday, August 16, 1993 | 59D | Stern | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 14, 1993 | 71A | Bring up | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 3, 1993 | 37D | Bring up | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 21, 1993 | 36D | Kind of admiral | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 3, 1993 | 59D | Bring up | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 29, 1992 | 61D | "___ Window," Stewart film | Charles E. Gersch | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 14, 1992 | 8D | Rise high | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 11, 1992 | 55A | Raise | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 12, 1992 | 112A | Bring up | Alan Arbesfeld | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 17, 1992 | 23A | Bring up | Page | Maleska |
| Monday, December 30, 1991 | 18D | Bring up | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 12, 1991 | 39A | Erect | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 22, 1991 | 55D | Raise | Elio Desiderio | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 8, 1991 | 86D | Kind of admiral | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
| Monday, July 22, 1991 | 66A | Bring up or something to bring up | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Monday, July 8, 1991 | 65A | Raise | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 14, 1991 | 34D | Bring up | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Friday, March 1, 1991 | 11D | Build | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 13, 1991 | 137D | Tower | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
| Friday, January 11, 1991 | 27D | Aft | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Monday, December 3, 1990 | 39D | Raise | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 28, 1990 | 33D | Background | Walter E. Heinemann | Maleska |
| Monday, November 12, 1990 | 62D | Raise | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Friday, October 12, 1990 | 33D | Bring up | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 30, 1990 | 59A | Bring up | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 25, 1990 | 62A | Kind of guard | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 6, 1990 | 83D | Erect | Jacques Liwer | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 6, 1990 | 3D | Kind of admiral | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 14, 1990 | 79D | Foster | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
| Monday, September 25, 1989 | 71A | Breed | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 5, 1989 | 54D | Bring up | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Wednesday, June 14, 1989 | 28D | Stand up like a horse | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 20, 1989 | 67A | Hitchcock's "___ Window" | Charles B. Waffell | Maleska |
| Friday, May 19, 1989 | 35D | Kind of guard | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 2, 1989 | 11D | Kind of admiral | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 25, 1989 | 15A | "___ Window," 1954 movie | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 15, 1989 | 70A | Foster | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
| Friday, March 10, 1989 | 25A | Raise upright | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 8, 1989 | 27D | Hind | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Saturday, December 24, 1988 | 32D | Opposite of van | Sandra Burlingame | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 21, 1988 | 12D | Posterior | Sampson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 30, 1988 | 25D | Stern | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 26, 1988 | 26A | Word with guard or admiral | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 20, 1988 | 29D | Foster | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 15, 1988 | 18A | Hitchcock's "___ Window" | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Monday, September 12, 1988 | 71A | Bring up | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Monday, August 29, 1988 | 58D | Kind of admiral | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 31, 1988 | 20D | Nurture | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 23, 1988 | 30D | Bring up | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 26, 1988 | 64A | Bring up | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 1, 1988 | 61D | Bring up | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 1, 1987 | 65A | Bring up | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 25, 1987 | 62A | Erect | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 6, 1987 | 13D | Bring up | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
| Friday, February 6, 1987 | 63A | Bring up | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 27, 1987 | 29A | Bring up | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 18, 1986 | 29A | Hitchcock's "___ Window" | Whitten | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 22, 1986 | 42A | Hitchcock's "___ Window" | Emory H. Cain | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 4, 1986 | 3D | Nurture | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 28, 1986 | 55D | Nurture | D. Jones | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 21, 1986 | 116A | Area for some admirals? | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 23, 1986 | 19D | Kind of admiral | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Friday, April 11, 1986 | 37A | Raise | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 18, 1986 | 43A | Erect | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Saturday, February 8, 1986 | 19A | Word with admiral or guard | Sandra Burlingame | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 25, 1985 | 50A | Hitchcock's "___ Window" | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 26, 1985 | 14A | Bring up | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Friday, November 22, 1985 | 31D | Back | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 12, 1985 | 16A | Kind of admiral | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 20, 1985 | 2D | Aft | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 12, 1985 | 52D | Erect | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Saturday, September 21, 1985 | 15A | Foster | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 1, 1985 | 78D | Bring up | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 25, 1985 | 98D | Erect | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 4, 1985 | 30A | Bring up | William J. Yskamp | Maleska |
| Friday, June 14, 1985 | 3D | Raise | Frank Geary | Maleska |
| Friday, May 24, 1985 | 13D | Rise high | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 27, 1985 | 13D | Bring up | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 16, 1984 | 112D | Construct | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 11, 1984 | 110A | Bring up | Mark Diehl | Maleska |
| Wednesday, June 6, 1984 | 7D | Rise on hind legs | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 14, 1984 | 63A | Nurture | John M. Samson | Maleska |
| Monday, November 28, 1983 | 12D | Bring up | Johnson | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 26, 1983 | 19A | Bus section | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Thursday, September 22, 1983 | 29D | Erect | John R. Prosser | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 7, 1983 | 69A | Hitchcock's "___ Window" | Seward | Maleska |
| Monday, June 27, 1983 | 34D | Kind of admiral | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 12, 1983 | 69A | Bring up | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 22, 1983 | 8D | ___ admiral | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 3, 1983 | 54D | Erect | Rogers | Maleska |