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DateGridClueAuthor
Tuesday, May 21, 201321DSingsong syllable (7)Patrick McIntyre
Monday, March 18, 201337A___-la-la (29)Daniel Landman
Tuesday, January 22, 201339D___-la-la (29)Jay Kaskel
Saturday, July 14, 201243ASkipper's syllableBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
Saturday, June 30, 201265DCarefree syllableTim Croce
Thursday, June 28, 201251AChorus line kickoff?Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, June 24, 201264AChorus line leader?Elizabeth C. Gorski
Friday, May 4, 201253DSingsong syllable (7)Barry C. Silk
Wednesday, March 7, 20122D"La-la" lead-in (17)Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, January 24, 20129D___-la-la (29)Alex Boisvert
Sunday, January 22, 2012119A___-la-la (29)Adam Fromm
Monday, January 9, 201224A___-la-la (29)Michael Dewey
Sunday, November 13, 201138ASingsong syllable (7)Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
Thursday, September 29, 201158DLa-la lead-in (17)Ben Fish
Friday, July 29, 201139A___ poco (soon, in Sorrento)Paula Gamache
Monday, June 27, 201133A___-la-la (29)Joseph Samulak
Tuesday, May 24, 201135A___-la-la (29)Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels
Monday, March 14, 20116DLa la lead-in (2)Andrea Carla Michaels
Saturday, February 26, 201143DMelodic bitBob Peoples
Monday, December 13, 201063DGay singing syllablePatrick Blindauer
Tuesday, August 3, 201061DRefrain syllable (10)Paula Gamache
Monday, March 29, 201015A___-la-la (29)John Dunn
Thursday, December 31, 200963DLa-la lead-in (17)Frank Longo
Wednesday, September 30, 200920ARefrain syllable (10)Kevin G. Der
Thursday, August 20, 200925AChorus line openerElizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, June 7, 2009118DLa-la lead-in (17)Jeremy Newton
Tuesday, May 19, 200949ALa-la lead-in (17)Damon J. Gulczynski
Tuesday, March 3, 200926ALa-la lead-in (17)Jeffrey Wechsler
Thursday, February 5, 200921DSong syllable (10)David J. Kahn
Tuesday, December 23, 200862DLa preceder (6)Joe Krozel
Wednesday, July 30, 200812D___-la (2)Elizabeth A. Long
Monday, July 14, 200857D___ la la (3)Ed Early
Wednesday, June 18, 200846ALa-la lead-in (17)Adam Fromm
Tuesday, January 15, 200862A___-la-la (29)Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Wednesday, September 26, 200723ASong syllable (10)Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper
Wednesday, August 8, 200745ALa-la lead-in (17)Donna S. Levin
Wednesday, April 11, 200733ARefrain syllable (10)Bruce Adams
Saturday, October 21, 200630AMusical syllable (5)David Quarfoot
Sunday, October 8, 2006114ASingsong syllable (7)Fred Piscop
Friday, September 22, 200620AX-___ (big, in commercial names)Sherry O. Blackard
Tuesday, September 12, 200645ALa-la lead-in (17)James R. Leeds
Friday, September 8, 200659ARepeated bit in a songDavid Bunker
Tuesday, August 15, 200662DRefrain syllable (10)David Sullivan
Sunday, August 13, 2006115DSinging syllable (8)Derrick Niederman
Thursday, August 3, 200664DLa lead-in (6)Nancy Salomon
Sunday, July 30, 200647ALa-la lead-in (17)Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry
Wednesday, April 19, 200662DSinger's syllable (8)Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Thursday, April 13, 200666DSingsong syllable (7)Barry Silk
Saturday, January 7, 20069DChorus bitJim Hyres
Wednesday, October 5, 200561D___-la-la (29)Nancy Salomon
Tuesday, September 27, 200530DPart of a chorus line? (2)Kevan Choset
Tuesday, August 23, 200557D___-la-la (29)Holden Baker and Nancy Salomon
Sunday, August 14, 200581DLa-la lead-in (17)Patrick Merrell
Saturday, August 13, 200545ALa starterBob Peoples
Sunday, July 17, 200596ASung syllable (3)David J. Kahn
Thursday, May 26, 200563DSung syllable (3)David J. Kahn
Monday, May 23, 200511A___-la-la (29)Robert Dillman
Sunday, May 8, 200529DSingsong syllable (7)Jim Page
Monday, May 2, 200561D___-la-la (29)Tyler Hinman
Saturday, January 8, 200523DLa lead-in (6)David Levinson Wilk
Friday, December 17, 200420D___-la-la (29)Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, November 21, 200482DSinging syllable (8)Kumar Balani
Thursday, September 23, 200421A___-la (2)Jerry E. Rosman
Saturday, September 18, 20044DMusical syllable (5)Bob Peoples
Thursday, July 29, 200462ASung syllable (3)Patrick Merrell
Monday, July 12, 200454D___ la la (3)Gregory E. Paul
Sunday, April 25, 2004156DPart of a chorus line? (2)Elizabeth C. Gorski
Friday, March 5, 200443ALa lead-in (6)Gary Steinmehl
Wednesday, December 24, 200322D___-la-la (29)Steve Jones
Tuesday, December 2, 200343ALa preceder (6)Harvey Estes
Sunday, November 23, 200357DLilt syllableLeonard Williams
Friday, November 7, 200357DRefrain syllable (10)Jim Page
Wednesday, October 29, 200342A___-la-la (29)Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, October 12, 2003112DSong syllable (10)David J. Kahn
Friday, October 3, 200318ALa preceder (6)Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, July 27, 200359A___ la la (3)Michael Grudzielanek
Tuesday, May 13, 200354A"La-la" lead-in (17)Todd McClary
Wednesday, January 29, 200340ASing-along syllableFred Piscop
Thursday, December 5, 200222ALa lead-in (6)Joe DiPietro
Sunday, October 20, 200243ALa preceder (6)Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Wednesday, October 16, 200210DSong syllable (10)Alan Arbesfeld
Sunday, September 22, 2002109DRefrain partAlan Arbesfeld
Wednesday, July 24, 200215ALa-la lead-in (17)Eric Berlin
Tuesday, May 7, 200259D___-la-la (29)Steven Dorfman
Wednesday, March 6, 200237DSinging syllable (8)Richard Silvestri
Thursday, January 3, 200241DLa la lead-in (2)Randolph Ross
Tuesday, January 1, 200223D"The flowers that bloom in the spring, ___ la"Manny Nosowsky
Monday, December 31, 200144ASinger's syllable (8)Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Tuesday, December 11, 200164DRefrain syllable (10)A. J. Santora
Monday, November 26, 200141D___-la-la (29)Bette Sue Cohen
Thursday, October 11, 200152ASong syllable (10)Nancy S. Ross
Wednesday, February 14, 200161DLa-la starterRobert Dillman
Wednesday, February 7, 200163DChorus syllableKent Lorentzen
Tuesday, September 5, 200039D___-la-la (29)Chris Sallade
Saturday, August 19, 200015DLa lead-in (6)Charles E. Gersch
Tuesday, June 20, 200040DCaroler's syllable (2)Nancy Salomon
Sunday, May 14, 200035ACaroler's syllable (2)Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
Saturday, April 22, 200057ALa preceder (6)Rich Norris
Sunday, March 19, 2000104D"La la" preceder (2)Greg Staples
Thursday, March 9, 200035ASinger's syllable (8)Myles Callum
Tuesday, February 1, 200028D___-la-la (29)A. J. Santora
Thursday, December 16, 199948ASinging syllable (8)Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Thursday, November 25, 199929ARefrain syllable (10)David J. Kahn
Sunday, October 31, 1999126A"La-la" lead-in (17)Frank Longo
Tuesday, October 19, 199948ASinging syllable (8)Fred Piscop
Wednesday, June 30, 199932DLa-la preceder (2)Manny Nosowsky
Tuesday, June 22, 19996DSinger's syllable (8)Nancy Salomon
Wednesday, March 3, 199936D"La la" preceder (2)Rich Norris
Sunday, January 31, 199941DChoral syllableManny Nosowsky
Friday, December 11, 199838ASkipper's syllable, maybeJoe DiPietro
Sunday, August 23, 1998118ASinger's syllable (8)Nelson Hardy
Wednesday, August 19, 199831DLa-la lead-in (17)Alfio Micci
Thursday, August 6, 199832ALa lead-in (6)Fran and Lou Sabin
Wednesday, July 8, 199863DSinger's syllable (8)Sam Bellotto Jr.
Tuesday, April 21, 199825D___-la-la (29)Fred Piscop
Wednesday, December 17, 19976D___-la-la (29)Michael S. Maurer
Sunday, October 26, 1997126DSingsong syllable (7)Cathy Millhauser
Wednesday, October 8, 19979AMusical syllable (5)Gilbert H. Ludwig
Tuesday, April 1, 199719ASinging syllable (8)Patrick Jordan
Sunday, February 2, 19978DSing-a-long syllableR. Silvestri
Saturday, January 25, 199721ASinger's syllable (8)R. Norris
Sunday, November 3, 199636DSong syllable (10)M. Nosowsky
Tuesday, July 9, 199634A___-la-la (29)Jonathan Schmatzbach
Sunday, June 16, 19965DLa preceder (6)N. N. Joline
Friday, October 20, 199560ALa-la lead-in (17)Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, September 24, 199558ASinging syllable (8)Randolph Ross
Sunday, July 9, 199586DMusical syllable (5)Nancy Nicholson Joline
Tuesday, July 4, 199556D____-la-la (29)Fran & Lou Sabin
Saturday, July 1, 199555DSingsong soundEileen Lexau
Sunday, May 21, 199584DChorus soundDean Niles
Wednesday, May 17, 199560DSong syllable (10)Ed Early
Tuesday, May 2, 199564A_____-la-la (29)Susan Smith
Sunday, April 9, 199574DSong syllable (10)Cathy Millhauser
Sunday, March 5, 199542ADitty syllableA.J. Santora
Wednesday, February 22, 199557DSong syllable (10)Wayne Robert Williams
Sunday, February 5, 199540ASong syllable (10)Frank A. Longo
Thursday, January 5, 199545A_____-la-la (29)Harvey Estes
Friday, December 30, 199465DSinger's syllable (8)Wayne Robert Williams
Monday, December 5, 199410D_____-la-la (29)Sidney L. Robbins
Friday, October 21, 199461DRefrain introMark Diehl
Saturday, September 17, 199438AMusical syllable (5)Rich Norris
Thursday, September 8, 199447D_____ -la-la (29)Daniel R. Stark
Monday, June 20, 199428DRefrain syllable (10)Bette Sue Cohen
Friday, May 13, 199448DLa-la lead-in (17)Randolph Ross
Friday, April 22, 199411DSinging syllable (8)A.J. Santora
Sunday, April 17, 199444ARefrain syllable (10)R.M. Hopkins
Monday, March 28, 19949D"La-la" preceder (2)William P. Baxley
Tuesday, February 1, 199457D_____-la-la (29)Robert Zimmerman
Sunday, December 26, 1993105DRefrain syllable (10)Tom Underhill

8 results for TRA from Variety puzzles.

DateTypeGridClueAuthor
September 2, 2012panda21ADuce's predecessorMel Taub
April 15, 2012diagramless11ARefrain syllablePaula Gamache
July 25, 2010diagramless71DLilting syllableFred Piscop
November 16, 2008panda54DDuce's predecessorMel Taub
January 13, 2008diagramless65ARefrain syllableByron Walden
September 26, 2004panda52DWhat a rat starts to singMel Taub
July 20, 2003diagramless28ASinging syllableMichael Shteyman
November 2, 1997panda20ADuce's predecessorMel Taub

109 results for TRA from older pre-Shortz puzzles.

DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Tuesday, August 31, 199337ARefrain syllableJames L. BeattyMaleska
Wednesday, August 25, 199333ARefrain syllableEugene T. MaleskaMaleska
Saturday, August 7, 199364D"Amor ___ Nemici," Ariosti operaReginald L. JohnsonMaleska
Sunday, May 9, 1993106DMadrigal syllableIrene SmullyanMaleska
Thursday, March 11, 199335ALa-la lead-inAlfio MicciMaleska
Friday, February 12, 199369ARound soundPageMaleska
Sunday, February 7, 199315DMusical syllableNancy Nicholson JolineMaleska
Sunday, November 15, 199243A___-la-laBette Sue CohenMaleska
Monday, August 31, 199251D" . . . in the spring, ___ la"Fred TooleMaleska
Saturday, May 23, 199254DStart of a refrainErnie FurtadoMaleska
Thursday, January 9, 199245DStart of a refrainTap OsbornMaleska
Friday, November 29, 199160DLa-la precederEugene T. MaleskaMaleska
Sunday, November 24, 1991101DLa predecessorJudith C. DaltonMaleska
Tuesday, October 22, 199135A___-la-laElio DesiderioMaleska
Tuesday, September 3, 199159DSinger's syllableLouis SabinMaleska
Monday, July 8, 199160D___-la-laPeter SwiftMaleska
Thursday, June 6, 19918DSyllable for a singerLois SidwayMaleska
Saturday, May 25, 199127DRefrain starterErnie FurtadoMaleska
Tuesday, May 7, 199133ARefrain syllableWilliam BaxleyMaleska
Saturday, April 6, 199122DRefrain partRoger H. CourtneyMaleska
Wednesday, February 13, 199124ARefrain syllableNancy Scandrett RossMaleska
Tuesday, November 13, 199043ARefrain partAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Sunday, October 28, 199087DSinging syllablePeter SwiftMaleska
Friday, October 5, 199030DRefrain syllablePatricia A. CevaalMaleska
Saturday, September 29, 199052AAmong, in ItaliaErnst TheimerMaleska
Monday, September 24, 199047D___-la-laAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Wednesday, September 19, 199047AMusical syllableArthur W. PalmerMaleska
Monday, August 13, 199056A___-la-laPeter SwiftMaleska
Thursday, August 9, 199034AMusical syllableWilliam BaxleyMaleska
Sunday, August 5, 199073ARefrain wordBert H. KruseMaleska
Wednesday, July 11, 199029ADitty syllableBetty JorgensenMaleska
Monday, July 2, 199059DLa-la lead-inRichard SilvestriMaleska
Saturday, May 5, 19909DHorse-racing gp.Daniel GirardiMaleska
Tuesday, March 27, 199062DRefrain syllableJean M. HuntMaleska
Sunday, March 11, 1990144DBetween, in BolognaRobert H. WolfeMaleska
Sunday, January 14, 1990130DRefrain syllableKay SullivanMaleska
Thursday, January 4, 199047ADitty syllableBetty JorgensenMaleska
Monday, September 25, 198956A___-la-laAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Sunday, September 10, 198977ARefrain startBert H. KruseMaleska
Wednesday, August 23, 198957DRefrain syllableWalter CovellMaleska
Tuesday, August 1, 198956DRefrain syllableWilliam S. McIlrathMaleska
Thursday, July 20, 198962DRefrain syllableJoel D. LafargueMaleska
Sunday, June 11, 198977DMusical syllableJoy L. WoukMaleska
Wednesday, March 22, 198928ADitty syllableBetty JorgensenMaleska
Wednesday, February 22, 198950ADitty syllableBetty JorgensenMaleska
Sunday, February 19, 1989106DSinatra's coda?A. J. SantoraMaleska
Sunday, January 29, 198932AHappy syllableJeanne WilsonMaleska
Saturday, December 31, 198865DMusical syllableJoy L. WoukMaleska
Friday, December 23, 198836ALa's lead-inEli WesoffMaleska
Saturday, December 17, 19889DLa-la precederBert RosenfieldMaleska
Tuesday, November 1, 198822D___-la-laAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Monday, October 31, 198836AMusical syllableNancy JolineMaleska
Sunday, October 9, 19885DRefrain syllableNancy Nicholson JolineMaleska
Wednesday, September 14, 198824ARefrain syllableMelvin KenworthyMaleska
Tuesday, July 19, 198841D___-la-laAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Saturday, July 16, 198832DRefrain syllableJoe ClonickMaleska
Wednesday, June 8, 198842ALa's predecessorAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Friday, April 8, 198823DLa-la forerunnerEli WesoffMaleska
Sunday, March 27, 198879ASound in a roundBrett A. BlaylockMaleska
Friday, January 22, 198846ARefrain syllableJoel D. LafargueMaleska
Sunday, September 27, 1987137ALa-la leaderBert RosenfieldMaleska
Friday, September 18, 198744DRefrain syllableJune A. BoggsMaleska
Sunday, August 2, 198787AIt precedes la-laJeanette K. BrillMaleska
Sunday, April 19, 19879ASinging syllableBert H. KruseMaleska
Monday, April 13, 19879D___-la-laLouis SabinMaleska
Sunday, February 15, 198778A___-la-laBette Sue CohenMaleska
Wednesday, February 11, 198750ABetween, in BariWhittenMaleska
Sunday, September 28, 198689ASinging syllableD. JonesMaleska
Friday, September 19, 198658DStart of a chorus lineHickmottMaleska
Saturday, July 12, 198637ABetween, in BolognaLauferMaleska
Monday, June 30, 198643D___ la laNancy McCarthyMaleska
Saturday, June 14, 198612DWith 14 Down, jolly notesCharlotte ShoreMaleska
Wednesday, June 4, 198656DRefrain syllableKay SullivanMaleska
Tuesday, May 27, 198662D" . . . bloom in the spring, ___ la"BurnsMaleska
Monday, May 5, 198634ALa-la precederArthur W. PalmerMaleska
Sunday, February 9, 198612D"Amor ___ nemici," Ariosti operaAlfio MicciMaleska
Wednesday, February 5, 198617DLa leaderEugene T. MaleskaMaleska
Sunday, December 22, 198573ASinger's syllableJohn M. SamsonMaleska
Saturday, November 9, 198530DLa-la precederHoriguchiMaleska
Sunday, September 15, 1985113DAriosti's "Amor ___ Nemici"Jim PageMaleska
Sunday, June 23, 198598DGlee noteLouis SabinMaleska
Friday, June 14, 19855DLa's predecessorFrank GearyMaleska
Saturday, May 25, 198521DBetween, in BolognaGayle DeanMaleska
Thursday, May 9, 198511A___-la-laHarold B. CountsMaleska
Friday, February 15, 198558DBetween, in BariRobert KatzMaleska
Tuesday, November 20, 198455DMusical syllableLeslieMaleska
Monday, November 12, 198452DSinger's syllableLouis SabinMaleska
Tuesday, October 16, 198442A___-la-laStanley B. WhittenMaleska
Friday, September 28, 198451ALa leaderWalter CovellMaleska
Monday, September 3, 198451ASyllable of a refrainArthur W. PalmerMaleska
Tuesday, July 17, 198444ARefrain bitJohn GreenmanMaleska
Wednesday, May 16, 198440DAmong, in AstiScaratoMaleska
Tuesday, May 8, 198440D___-la-laChristy RidleyMaleska
Tuesday, January 31, 198430DRound soundArnold MossMaleska
Friday, December 30, 198348DRefrain syllableKathryn RighterMaleska
Saturday, December 10, 198362DRefrain syllableJoe ClonickMaleska
Monday, October 17, 198334ARefrain syllableArthur W. PalmerMaleska
Sunday, October 9, 198360ARefrain openerLouis BaronMaleska
Wednesday, September 28, 198322AMusical syllableLois SidwayMaleska
Sunday, September 4, 198359ARefrain syllableMary Virginia OrnaMaleska
Sunday, August 14, 198382DMusical soundPeter SwiftMaleska
Monday, July 4, 198353DMusical syllableLouis SabinMaleska
Monday, April 18, 198343ARefrain syllableWestMaleska
Thursday, April 14, 198314ARound soundPetschkeMaleska
Friday, April 1, 198331ALa-la leaderFrances HansenMaleska
Wednesday, March 16, 198337DWarbler's noteA. J. SantoraMaleska
Monday, February 28, 198334AMusical syllableBolognese-LoMaleska
Saturday, January 29, 198358D___-la-laJack L. SteinhardtMaleska
Sunday, January 23, 198378ASong syllableBette Sue CohenMaleska