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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 18, 2012 | 25A | Lancelot's title | Andrew Reynolds |
| Sunday, June 3, 2012 | 67D | Officer's title | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, April 23, 2012 | 59D | Madam's mate (5) | Michael David |
| Sunday, April 1, 2012 | 63D | Military title? | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, February 20, 2012 | 34D | Francis Drake, Isaac Newton or Mix-a-Lot | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| Friday, September 9, 2011 | 57D | Service address | Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, July 21, 2011 | 3D | ___ Barton, first Triple Crown winner, 1919 | Michael Sharp |
| Monday, May 9, 2011 | 30A | Knight's title (6) | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| Monday, March 28, 2011 | 47D | Title for Walter Scott | Robyn Weintraub |
| Wednesday, March 23, 2011 | 39A | "My dear ___" (2) | Will Nediger |
| Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | 25A | Title for Paul McCartney | Barry C. Silk |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | 31D | Knight's title (6) | Sharon Delorme |
| Monday, December 6, 2010 | 65A | Title for Galahad | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | 16A | Mick Jagger's title | Robert W. Harris |
| Sunday, November 7, 2010 | 1D | Letter start | Will Nediger |
| Thursday, October 28, 2010 | 37D | "My dear fellow" (3) | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, October 18, 2010 | 62D | Walter Raleigh or Walter Scott | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, September 9, 2010 | 49A | Word before and after "yes" (2) | Kevin Wald |
| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 | 21D | Title for Mick Jagger | Edward Sessa |
| Wednesday, August 4, 2010 | 11A | "My dear ___" (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, May 16, 2010 | 64A | "My dear man" (6) | Matt Ginsberg |
| Sunday, January 3, 2010 | 36D | U2's Bono, since 2007 | Jeremy Newton |
| Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 5A | McCartney, e.g. | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | 43A | Tristan's title | Ricky Ini Liu |
| Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 25D | "My dear fellow" (3) | C. W. Stewart |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 65D | Word often following yes or no | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Friday, August 7, 2009 | 55D | Quaint letter start | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 23D | Knight's title (6) | Paula Gamache |
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 53A | "Yes, ___!" (3) | Steve Dobis |
| Saturday, January 17, 2009 | 35A | What 16-Across has been called since 1998 | Brad Wilber |
| Friday, November 14, 2008 | 36D | Business letter recipient? | Brad Wilber |
| Wednesday, October 1, 2008 | 28A | Terse letter opener | Barry Boone |
| Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | 7D | Walter Scott title | joon and caroline pahk |
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 31D | English title | Ari Halpern |
| Monday, July 7, 2008 | 61D | Madam's partner (2) | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, June 8, 2008 | 54A | Word before and after "yes" (2) | Will Nediger |
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 | 33D | Title for 48-Across and 3-Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, May 16, 2008 | 11D | Yes or no follower (2) | Kevin G. Der |
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 | 66A | Title for Michael Caine | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, March 9, 2008 | 35A | Fine fellow | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, March 5, 2008 | 63D | Round Table honorific | Steven Ginzburg |
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | 26A | Sidney Poitier title role (2) | Deb Amlen |
| Sunday, January 20, 2008 | 118D | How every letter to The Economist begins | Natan Last |
| Sunday, November 25, 2007 | 15D | "My dear man" (6) | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, September 2, 2007 | 37A | "My dear fellow" (3) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, July 1, 2007 | 75A | Round Table title (5) | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| Friday, May 11, 2007 | 14D | General address | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, May 7, 2007 | 29A | Officer's honorific | Janet Bender |
| Wednesday, December 6, 2006 | 5D | Title for Isaac Newton | Levi Denham |
| Sunday, August 13, 2006 | 25A | My dear man (6) | Derrick Niederman |
| Thursday, July 20, 2006 | 65A | Paul McCartney, for one (3) | Kevin McCann |
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 | 37A | Frequent word after yes or no | Adam Cohen |
| Tuesday, May 9, 2006 | 35D | "My dear man" (6) | Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, April 19, 2006 | 2D | Person touched on the shoulder? | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, April 3, 2006 | 4D | Madam's partner (2) | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, January 30, 2006 | 1A | Madam's counterpart | Adam G. Perl |
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 | 47A | "Yes, ___!" (3) | Sheldon Benardo |
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 | 60D | Madam's mate (5) | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, November 14, 2005 | 50A | What to call an officer, maybe | Marjorie Berg |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | 67A | Elton John, e.g. (3) | Kevan Choset |
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 | 42D | Round Table title (5) | Harriet Clifton |
| Thursday, April 7, 2005 | 46D | Respectful term | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, December 6, 2004 | 41A | "Dear" letter recipient | Barry C. Silk |
| Sunday, November 14, 2004 | 38A | McCartney title | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, September 30, 2004 | 1D | "My dear man" (6) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 | 22A | Elton John, e.g. (3) | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, September 16, 2004 | 37A | "Dear" one (2) | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, August 25, 2004 | 40D | What a person may become when kneeling | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, August 9, 2004 | 40A | Knight's title (6) | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | 45A | Headmaster's title | Steve Jones |
| Sunday, July 13, 2003 | 64D | Paul McCartney title | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, April 28, 2003 | 9D | Madam's mate (5) | Jim Hyres |
| Wednesday, February 26, 2003 | 60D | Lady's man (4) | Greg Staples |
| Saturday, January 25, 2003 | 31D | Kingly honoree | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, January 23, 2003 | 64D | Hardly an ordinary Joe | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, December 10, 2002 | 50D | What to call a knight | John Underwood |
| Sunday, December 8, 2002 | 72A | ___ Barton (first Triple Crown winner) | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2002 | 54A | Chaplin title | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2002 | 21D | Poitier role | Kumar Balani |
| Monday, October 7, 2002 | 3D | What to call an officer | Greg Staples |
| Sunday, September 1, 2002 | 110D | Churchill, for one | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, July 7, 2002 | 12D | Camelot honorific | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| Sunday, June 23, 2002 | 3D | Round Table title (5) | Eric Berlin |
| Wednesday, May 22, 2002 | 7D | Lady's man (4) | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Thursday, May 2, 2002 | 59D | Military address (2) | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| Tuesday, April 16, 2002 | 44D | "To ___ With Love" | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, April 14, 2002 | 95D | Paul McCartney, for one (3) | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, April 2, 2002 | 8D | "My dear man" (6) | Janice M. Putney |
| Monday, March 11, 2002 | 55D | Knight's title (6) | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, February 17, 2002 | 1D | "Dear" one (2) | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, February 1, 2002 | 21D | "Hey, mister!" | Pat M. Hugel |
| Thursday, January 3, 2002 | 21D | Paul McCartney, for one (3) | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, October 14, 2001 | 14D | Charlie Chaplin title | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2001 | 39D | Yes or no follower (2) | Richard Chisholm |
| Tuesday, October 9, 2001 | 48A | Elton John, since 1998 | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, October 5, 2001 | 10D | "Yes" follower | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, July 5, 2001 | 33A | Mister (3) | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, April 2, 2001 | 1D | Knight's title (6) | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 84D | Raleigh, for one | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, March 6, 2001 | 25A | Round Table title (5) | Ed Early |
| Sunday, January 21, 2001 | 79D | Round Table address (2) | Con Pederson |
| Friday, September 8, 2000 | 44A | Francis Drake, for one | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Thursday, April 20, 2000 | 20D | Private's greeting | Nelson Hardy |
| Friday, April 14, 2000 | 50A | Yes and no follower | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, March 21, 2000 | 43A | Round Table title (5) | Nick Grivas |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2000 | 66A | What Marcie called 52-Down | Jim Page |
| Friday, December 10, 1999 | 36A | Gent | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Wednesday, October 27, 1999 | 66D | What to call a baronet | Chris Sallade |
| Friday, July 30, 1999 | 26A | Lady's man (4) | John Wolting |
| Monday, July 26, 1999 | 47A | Walter Raleigh, for one | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Monday, June 7, 1999 | 16A | What to call a sergeant | Robert O. Dillman |
| Wednesday, October 7, 1998 | 24A | Word said with a salute | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, August 14, 1998 | 27A | "Mister!" (3) | Shannon Burns |
| Wednesday, August 12, 1998 | 22A | Round Table address (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Friday, August 7, 1998 | 53D | Base address | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, July 28, 1998 | 37A | "Yes, ___!" (3) | Robert Dillman |
| Monday, July 27, 1998 | 4D | Knight, by definition | Steven Picus |
| Sunday, June 21, 1998 | 62D | Elton John, e.g. (3) | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, May 19, 1998 | 15A | Word for a superior | William S. Cotter |
| Tuesday, February 24, 1998 | 50A | Knight | Bill Ballard |
| Saturday, January 31, 1998 | 22A | Military address (2) | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, October 22, 1997 | 64D | Sidney Poitier title role (2) | John D. Leavy |
| Monday, August 4, 1997 | 41D | Madam's mate (5) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 23, 1997 | 4D | ___ Roger de Coverley (country dance) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, February 9, 1997 | 44D | ___ Winston Churchill | D. Niles |
| Friday, December 6, 1996 | 57D | Herr, here | M. Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, November 20, 1996 | 63D | How to address a knight | M. S. Maurer |
| Monday, September 30, 1996 | 3D | Ma'am's counterpart | F. Piscop |
| Saturday, September 7, 1996 | 31D | Title for Gilbert or Sullivan | B. White |
| Friday, May 17, 1996 | 34A | Newton, for one | J. DiPietro |
| Thursday, January 11, 1996 | 38A | Lady's man (4) | B. Jorgensen |
| Tuesday, May 2, 1995 | 43A | "Dear _____" | Susan Smith |
| Wednesday, February 15, 1995 | 4D | Army address | Harvey Estes |
| Friday, December 9, 1994 | 5D | Gawain's title (2) | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, August 27, 1994 | 28A | Mister (3) | Joy L. Wouk |
| Monday, June 20, 1994 | 23A | Dubbed one | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Tuesday, March 1, 1994 | 60D | Salutation for Edmund Hillary | D.J. Listort |
| Sunday, February 6, 1994 | 46A | Gawain's title (2) | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Friday, January 7, 1994 | 62A | Dear one? | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, January 1, 1994 | 32D | Churchill, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, November 29, 1993 | 23A | Madam's mate (5) | Sidney L. Robbins |
4 results for SIR from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2011 | diagramless | 18A | "Please, ___, I want some more" | Fred Piscop |
| November 28, 2010 | diagramless | 53D | Title for 18-Across | Fred Piscop |
| December 27, 2009 | diagramless | 64D | Round Table title | Mike Nothnagel |
| September 14, 2003 | panda | 32A | I.R.S. man | Mel Taub |
74 results for SIR from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, August 15, 1993 | 70A | New title for Schwarzkopf | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 3, 1993 | 21D | Title for Gawain | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 11, 1993 | 40A | Knight's title | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 9, 1993 | 63A | "Little ___ Echo" | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
| Monday, January 25, 1993 | 45D | Falstaff's title | Page | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 12, 1992 | 47A | Gen. Schwarzkopf's new title | Patricia A. Cevaal | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 11, 1992 | 19A | Military address | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
| Monday, June 8, 1992 | 5D | Title Noël Coward held | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Monday, May 18, 1992 | 47D | Title Drake held | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
| Friday, January 31, 1992 | 19A | "Yes ___, That's My Baby" | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 8, 1991 | 112D | Title Drake held | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 24, 1991 | 16D | Address for Raleigh | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
| Wednesday, September 11, 1991 | 31D | Title for Guinness | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 20, 1991 | 29D | Letter opener | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 23, 1991 | 78D | Novelist Haggard's title | Victoria and Alex F. Black | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 18, 1991 | 54D | "To ___ With Love" | Jean M. Hunt | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 5, 1991 | 108D | Solti's title | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 2, 1991 | 34A | "To ___ With Love" | Jean M. Hunt | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 3, 1991 | 8D | Army address | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 10, 1991 | 78D | "To ___ With Love" | Joan P. Leemhorst | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 20, 1990 | 37A | Raleigh's title | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 28, 1990 | 106D | Title Pinero had | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 9, 1990 | 79A | Menuhin's title | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 26, 1990 | 12D | Pinero's title | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 26, 1990 | 8D | Gawain's title | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 10, 1990 | 69D | Lieutenant, to a private | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
| Monday, April 2, 1990 | 52A | Rex Harrison's title | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Friday, March 16, 1990 | 9D | "To ___ With Love" | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Monday, December 11, 1989 | 45D | Knightly title | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 21, 1989 | 37A | Guinness or Coward | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 27, 1989 | 66A | Gentleman's title | Whitten | Maleska |
| Saturday, June 10, 1989 | 26A | Title novelist Haggard held | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 13, 1989 | 50A | Solti's title | Roger H. Courtney | Maleska |
| Friday, April 21, 1989 | 52A | "To ___ With Love," Poitier film | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 6, 1989 | 3D | "To ___ With Love" | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 5, 1989 | 39A | Knight's title | Edward Bobb | Maleska |
| Friday, February 10, 1989 | 44D | Novelist Haggard's title | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Monday, January 9, 1989 | 24A | Dear follower | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 8, 1988 | 57A | Letter opener | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 2, 1988 | 3D | Title Chaplin held | Rita Yelle | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 12, 1988 | 48A | Camelot title | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 28, 1988 | 42A | Solti's title | Tom W. Underhill | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 20, 1988 | 41D | "l am ___ Oracle . . . ": Shak. | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 10, 1988 | 9A | Conductor Solti's title | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Monday, December 28, 1987 | 46D | Walter Raleigh, for one | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 22, 1987 | 21A | Word of politesse | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 25, 1987 | 28A | Title of respect | Johnson | Maleska |
| Monday, January 12, 1987 | 49D | Title Churchill had | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 10, 1987 | 7D | Solti's title | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Friday, November 7, 1986 | 5D | English title | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Friday, October 24, 1986 | 25A | Knightly title | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 29, 1986 | 63D | Walter Raleigh, among others | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
| Friday, July 25, 1986 | 1A | "Little ___ Echo," 1939 song | Madrid | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 10, 1986 | 40D | Echo of songdom | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Friday, January 10, 1986 | 28D | Title for Eden | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 5, 1986 | 17D | Raleigh's title | Julian Ochrymowych | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 22, 1985 | 48D | Little ___ Echo of songdom | Finn | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 25, 1985 | 82A | Conductor Solti's title | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 24, 1985 | 42D | Gawain's title | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 16, 1985 | 47A | Bors or Kay | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 6, 1985 | 60D | Title for a baronet | Samuel J. Smart | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 7, 1984 | 55A | Letter opener | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Saturday, June 23, 1984 | 27A | Baronet's title | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 18, 1984 | 71A | Guinness title | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 17, 1984 | 44D | Bors or Geraint | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 15, 1983 | 63A | Baronet's title | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Friday, November 25, 1983 | 18A | Bors, e.g. | Whitman | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 18, 1983 | 36D | ___ Galahad | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Friday, October 14, 1983 | 66A | Kay's title | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
| Friday, July 1, 1983 | 40A | K.B.E.'s title | Remley | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 21, 1983 | 19A | Polite address | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
| Monday, May 16, 1983 | 21D | Solti's title | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 1, 1983 | 38D | ___ Huon, 1906 Derby winner | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 24, 1983 | 33D | Bors or Gawain | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |