| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun Jun 29, 2025 | 66D | ___-Ball (27) | Mike Hobin | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 1, 2024 | 39A | ___-Ball (27) | Spencer Leach | Fagliano |
| Sun Mar 3, 2024 | 112D | ___-Ball (27) | Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
| Mon Nov 28, 2022 | 41D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Chloe Revery | Shortz |
| Mon Oct 26, 2020 | 58D | ___-Ball (27) | Eric Bornstein | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 25, 2020 | 47A | ___-Ball (carnival attraction) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Tue Sep 19, 2017 | 38A | ___-Ball (27) | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 24, 2016 | 26D | ___-Ball (27) | Brian J. MacDonald | Shortz |
| Mon Mar 7, 2016 | 59D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 11, 2015 | 57D | ___-Ball (27) | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
| Thu May 7, 2015 | 72A | "I Wish" rapper ___-Lo (2) | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 28, 2014 | 42A | Ball opener? | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 12, 2014 | 109D | ___-Ball (27) | Pawel Fludzinski | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 25, 2014 | 55D | ___-Ball (27) | Greg Johnson | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 24, 2014 | 93A | ___-Ball (27) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Wed Apr 2, 2014 | 28A | ___-Ball (27) | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 13, 2013 | 48A | ___-Lo ("I Wish" rapper) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Wed May 22, 2013 | 31D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 25, 2012 | 69A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 24, 2011 | 25D | ___-Ball (27) | Sharon Delorme | Shortz |
| Wed Aug 31, 2011 | 56D | ___-Ball (27) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 31, 2011 | 64A | ___-Ball (game with scores up to 100) | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 3, 2011 | 62D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 22, 2010 | 39A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 3, 2010 | 52D | ___-Ball (27) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 1, 2010 | 32D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Scott Atkinson | Shortz |
| Sat Dec 12, 2009 | 58A | Rapper ___-Lo | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 30, 2009 | 18D | ___-Ball (27) | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan | Shortz |
| Wed Aug 5, 2009 | 6A | ___-Ball (game on an incline) | Donna S. Levin | Shortz |
| Fri Jan 16, 2009 | 63A | ___-Ball (27) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
| Wed Oct 22, 2008 | 28D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Gary J. Whitehead | Shortz |
| Tue Sep 16, 2008 | 33A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Michael Langwald | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 1, 2008 | 95D | ___-Ball (27) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Fri May 2, 2008 | 30D | "I Wish" rapper ___-Lo (2) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Sat Mar 8, 2008 | 34A | ___-Ball (27) | Brad Wilber | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 14, 2007 | 38A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Mon Sep 4, 2006 | 8D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
| Tue May 10, 2005 | 66A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 26, 2004 | 53A | Arcade game starter | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 19, 2003 | 39D | ___-Ball (27) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Sat Sep 7, 2002 | 46D | ___-Ball (27) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 7, 2002 | 106A | ___-Ball (27) | Lloyd E. Pollet | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 20, 2002 | 34D | ___-Ball (27) | Steve Jones | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 5, 2001 | 32A | ___-Ball (27) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Fri Jan 28, 2000 | 29A | ___-Ball (27) | Manny Nosowsky and Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 22, 1999 | 48D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 24, 1998 | 35D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
| Sat Aug 30, 1997 | 22A | ___-Ball (27) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 20, 1997 | 11A | ___-Ball (27) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 16, 1997 | 15A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Jonathan Schmalzbach | Shortz |
| Mon Jul 7, 1997 | 70A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Wed Oct 23, 1996 | 36A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | R. Norris | Shortz |
| Wed Aug 21, 1996 | 64A | ____-Ball (arcade game) (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 2, 1996 | 52D | ___-Ball (27) | R. Norris | Shortz |
| Tue May 28, 1996 | 55D | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | J. R. Bender | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 20, 1995 | 123A | ____-Ball (pay-to-play game) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 15, 1995 | 69A | ___-Ball (arcade game) (19) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 3, 1994 | 59D | ____-Ball (arcade game) (2) | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |