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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | 23A | Made in ___ (3) | Peter Broda |
| Sunday, February 24, 2013 | 16D | Miss ___ (4) | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2012 | 58D | G8 member (3) | Mike Buckley |
| Sunday, December 9, 2012 | 110D | G8 nation | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, July 7, 2012 | 38A | N.C.A.A.'s Conference ___ | Tim Croce |
| Thursday, March 29, 2012 | 37A | Often-chanted letters | Milo Beckman |
| Monday, March 19, 2012 | 60D | Anytown, ___ (2) | Jeremy Horwitz |
| Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | 23D | Team ___ (2) | Gareth Bain |
| Tuesday, December 6, 2011 | 35A | "The Star-Spangled Banner" land (3) | Steven E. Atwood |
| Friday, September 16, 2011 | 36A | Miss ___ (4) | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, August 5, 2011 | 63D | Stars represent its constituents | Barry Silk |
| Sunday, July 17, 2011 | 83D | Today preceder | Daniel A. Finan |
| Monday, February 7, 2011 | 59D | Miss Teen ___ (beauty pageant) | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, October 24, 2010 | 40A | Letters on an Olympics jersey | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, October 2, 2010 | 33A | Its members are represented by stars | Barry C. Silk |
| Monday, September 27, 2010 | 62A | Fourth of July celebration inits. | Janice M. Putney |
| Monday, July 26, 2010 | 16A | ___ Today (newspaper) | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, April 25, 2010 | 103A | Network that airs "WWE Raw" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, February 21, 2010 | 87D | Cable channel | Eric Berlin |
| Friday, January 8, 2010 | 9D | Miss ___ (4) | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, January 7, 2010 | 35D | NATO founding member | Xan Vongsathorn |
| Monday, January 4, 2010 | 39D | It's between Can. and Mex. (2) | Paula Gamache |
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 63D | G8 member (3) | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 38A | ___ for Africa | John Farmer |
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | 43A | One signatory to Nafta | Sharon Delorme |
| Monday, October 12, 2009 | 12D | "Made in the ___" (2) | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, September 14, 2009 | 56A | 55-Down's cold war foe | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, September 6, 2009 | 84A | "Anytown, ___" (2) | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, August 26, 2009 | 56A | Springsteen's birthplace of song | Gary Cee |
| Friday, May 15, 2009 | 6D | ___ Patriot Act (2001 measure) | Xan Vongsathorn |
| Monday, March 9, 2009 | 8D | Where Springsteen was born, in song | Betty Keller |
| Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 61A | Team ___ (2) | C. W. Stewart |
| Monday, December 1, 2008 | 20A | John Cougar Mellencamp's "R.O.C.K. in the ___" | Eric J. Platt |
| Monday, October 13, 2008 | 16A | ___ Today (8) | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | 65D | "The Star-Spangled Banner" land (3) | Michael Langwald |
| Friday, July 4, 2008 | 13D | Start of a patriotic cheer | John Underwood |
| Friday, July 4, 2008 | 61D | End of a patriotic cheer | John Underwood |
| Friday, July 4, 2008 | 40A | Middle of a patriotic cheer | John Underwood |
| Sunday, April 20, 2008 | 38D | Ryder Cup team | John Farmer |
| Tuesday, February 5, 2008 | 54A | Nafta signatory (2) | Peter A. Collins |
| Monday, January 21, 2008 | 31D | "The Star-Spangled Banner" land (3) | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | 31D | Can. neighbor (2) | Ken Stern |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | 38A | Cable network owned by NBC Universal | Robert Zimmerman |
| Friday, September 14, 2007 | 41A | Miss ___ (4) | John Farmer |
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | 7D | ___ Today (8) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 | 34A | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" (2) | Richard Chisholm |
| Friday, March 16, 2007 | 10D | 33-time Walker Cup winner | Eric Berlin |
| Wednesday, December 27, 2006 | 34A | Letters on Challenger | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 | 84D | G8 member (3) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, November 12, 2006 | 72A | Red, white and blue letters | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, October 9, 2006 | 61D | Land north of Mex. | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, July 25, 2006 | 37A | Stars-and-stripes land | Anne Garellick |
| Monday, July 17, 2006 | 33A | Made in the ___ (2) | Larry Paul |
| Wednesday, April 26, 2006 | 15A | "Made in ___" (3) | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 | 15D | Traditional Olympics powerhouse | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, March 20, 2006 | 53D | Can./Mex. separator | Earl W. Reed and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 | 31A | TNT alternative | Rich Norris |
| Monday, December 5, 2005 | 39A | Can.'s southern neighbor | Gary Steinmehl |
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 | 53A | Red-white-and-blue inits. (2) | Adam G. Perl |
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 | 53D | Letters on a stamp | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, August 7, 2005 | 18D | Can. neighbor (2) | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, June 26, 2005 | 57D | "The good ol'" place | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, April 14, 2005 | 22D | Cable inits. | David Murchie |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2005 | 54A | Olympics chant (5) | Michael Doran |
| Thursday, March 24, 2005 | 2D | "Surfin' ___" | Dan Reichert |
| Tuesday, October 5, 2004 | 64D | Dos Passos work | James R. Leeds |
| Monday, February 16, 2004 | 63D | Land between Can. and Mex. | Charles Barasch |
| Monday, January 19, 2004 | 42A | Stars and Stripes land (2) | Zach Jesse |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2003 | 60A | ___ Today (8) | Sheldon Benardo |
| Thursday, August 28, 2003 | 65D | "The Good Old ___" (song classic) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, May 21, 2003 | 38A | NATO member | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, April 27, 2003 | 111A | Cable network inits. | Jon Delfin |
| Friday, April 11, 2003 | 10D | Superpower inits. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, December 15, 2002 | 78D | ___ Network | RIchard Hughes |
| Saturday, September 28, 2002 | 31D | ___ Today (8) | Raymond Hamel |
| Thursday, August 22, 2002 | 64A | ___ Weekend (Gannett publication) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, June 5, 2002 | 40A | Cable network (3) | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, June 2, 2002 | 13D | Made in ___ (3) | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, April 30, 2002 | 45A | Olympics chant (5) | John F. Hughes |
| Sunday, October 7, 2001 | 1D | Inits. on a rocket (2) | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, September 15, 2001 | 56A | It's in the Security Council | Michael Shteyman |
| Saturday, July 21, 2001 | 30A | Its area is about 3.7 million sq. mi. | Mark Diehl |
| Thursday, February 15, 2001 | 50A | 24-time Ryder Cup winner | David Ainslie Macleod |
| Saturday, December 9, 2000 | 7D | TV's ___ Network | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, October 25, 2000 | 52A | Dos Passos trilogy (4) | Nick Grivas |
| Wednesday, August 2, 2000 | 22D | Olympic stadium cry | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, May 4, 2000 | 59D | Traditional Olympics basketball powerhouse | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2000 | 44A | Stars and Stripes land (2) | Dorothy E. Donaldson |
| Thursday, January 20, 2000 | 58D | Cable network (3) | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Thursday, December 23, 1999 | 19D | Part of an Olympics chant | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, September 13, 1999 | 12D | It's between Can. and Mex. (2) | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Monday, April 19, 1999 | 60D | Top medals winner at the 1996 Olympics | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, March 25, 1999 | 64A | I.O.C. member | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, March 22, 1999 | 45A | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, January 4, 1999 | 27A | Red-white-and-blue inits. (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, October 11, 1998 | 24D | Inits. on a rocket (2) | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| Tuesday, September 15, 1998 | 21A | Mex. neighbor | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Friday, July 17, 1998 | 53D | 1994 World Cup host | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, March 5, 1998 | 58D | Olympics chant (5) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Wednesday, March 4, 1998 | 19A | Dos Passos trilogy (4) | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Tuesday, March 3, 1998 | 34A | Neighbor of Mex. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, February 4, 1998 | 67A | Dream Team letters | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, December 1, 1997 | 54D | Olympics chant (5) | Mark Danna |
| Monday, November 3, 1997 | 62D | Red, white and blue team (2) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, October 22, 1997 | 6D | "Home of the brave" | John D. Leavy |
| Wednesday, October 15, 1997 | 41A | Dream Team's team | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, September 30, 1997 | 8D | It's a free country | Nancy Schuster |
| Sunday, August 17, 1997 | 82A | John Dos Passos trilogy | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, May 20, 1997 | 40A | "Surfin' ___" (Beach Boys hit) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, April 15, 1997 | 59D | "Land of the free": Abbr. | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Thursday, March 20, 1997 | 46A | "Give ___ break!" | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, March 15, 1997 | 7D | Nafta ratifier | Daniel R. Stark |
| Wednesday, February 26, 1997 | 64D | "Born in the ___" | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Monday, January 13, 1997 | 12D | Red, white and blue initials | G. E. Paul |
| Sunday, January 5, 1997 | 61A | Initials on a rocket | W. R. Williams |
| Tuesday, December 10, 1996 | 15A | ___ Today (8) | D. Niles |
| Friday, October 4, 1996 | 50A | Nafta signatory (2) | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, August 13, 1996 | 31D | Dos Passos trilogy (4) | R. Hughes |
| Wednesday, July 10, 1996 | 50D | Dos Passos trilogy (4) | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Friday, May 31, 1996 | 24D | Olympic jacket letters | J. S. Marrone |
| Wednesday, April 3, 1996 | 32D | ___Today (8) | M. Gaffney |
| Tuesday, March 26, 1996 | 28D | What 27-Down represents | J. S. Marrone |
| Monday, January 22, 1996 | 39D | "Surfin'___" (1963 hit) | E. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 12, 1995 | 116A | John Gunther topic | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, October 8, 1995 | 35A | Red, white and blue team (2) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, August 23, 1995 | 54A | Trilogy that includes "1919" | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Tuesday, August 1, 1995 | 62D | ____ Today (8) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Thursday, March 9, 1995 | 46D | Cable network (3) | Alex Vaughn |
| Wednesday, January 18, 1995 | 61D | Olympics chant (5) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Sunday, December 11, 1994 | 80D | _____ Today (8) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Monday, August 1, 1994 | 15A | U.N. member | Thomas W. Schier |
6 results for USA from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2010 | diagramless | 42A | Nafta member | Joon Pahk |
| October 4, 2009 | diagramless | 63D | "Surfin' ___" | Patrick Blindauer |
| April 19, 2009 | diagramless | 62D | Dream Team letters | Patrick Blindauer |
| August 19, 2001 | panda | 44A | Where Sousa winds up | Mel Taub |
| February 18, 2001 | diagramless | 6D | Can./Mex. separator | Fred Piscop |
| March 19, 2000 | diagramless | 62A | Bald eagle's representation | Frank Longo |
60 results for USA from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 14, 1993 | 26A | "Born in the ___," 1984 song | Nancy Joline | Taub |
| Thursday, September 30, 1993 | 31A | Dos Passos title | Manny Nosowsky | Taub |
| Wednesday, August 18, 1993 | 30D | Dos Passos title | Manny Nosowsky | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 17, 1993 | 46A | Gunther's "Inside ___" | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 21, 1993 | 45A | Gunther subject in 1947 | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Friday, January 1, 1993 | 53A | Kyushu city | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Monday, November 23, 1992 | 31A | "Born in the ___" | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 25, 1992 | 71D | "Born in the ___": Springsteen | Calista Luminati | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 19, 1992 | 82A | "Born in the ___" | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 7, 1992 | 20A | Dos Passos trilogy | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 6, 1992 | 59D | Clothing-label letters | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Thursday, October 24, 1991 | 57D | Dos Passos trilogy | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Saturday, September 28, 1991 | 55D | U.N. member | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Friday, May 31, 1991 | 58D | "Born in the ___" | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
| Saturday, February 16, 1991 | 23A | Dos Passos work | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 4, 1990 | 4D | Dos Passos work | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
| Monday, August 13, 1990 | 18A | NATO member | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 5, 1990 | 26D | N A country | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 27, 1990 | 14D | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Monday, January 29, 1990 | 6A | End of a Springsteen title | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Friday, January 19, 1990 | 14A | Dos Passos trilogy | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Friday, December 15, 1989 | 28D | Dos Passos trilogy | Page | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 14, 1989 | 60A | "Born in the ___" | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 3, 1989 | 49A | Dos Passos trilogy | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 30, 1989 | 11D | "Born in the ___," Springsteen hit | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 19, 1989 | 40A | Amer. or part of it | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 20, 1989 | 10A | D.C. milieu | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 14, 1989 | 40D | Springsteen was "Born" in it | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
| Friday, April 14, 1989 | 62A | Dos Passos trilogy | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 21, 1989 | 23A | Dos Passos trilogy | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 17, 1989 | 61D | National monogram | Don Groat | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 28, 1988 | 53A | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" | Don Groat | Maleska |
| Monday, November 21, 1988 | 27D | Washington is its cap. | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 5, 1988 | 10D | "Born in the ___" | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 20, 1988 | 55D | Made in the ___ | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
| Monday, February 22, 1988 | 37D | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 9, 1988 | 10D | U.N. member | Emory H. Cain | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 7, 1988 | 105A | Dos Passos trilogy | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
| Monday, January 4, 1988 | 65A | "Born in the ___" | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
| Monday, December 21, 1987 | 52A | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 6, 1987 | 119D | EUR. COUNTRY | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Monday, June 29, 1987 | 31A | Where Springsteen was born | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 4, 1987 | 8D | Dos Passos subject | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Monday, March 23, 1987 | 37A | Springsteen's birthplace | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 8, 1987 | 105D | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Friday, January 23, 1987 | 60D | "Birthplace" of songdom | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 21, 1987 | 53A | "Born in the ___" | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, November 19, 1986 | 34A | Springsteen's "Born in the ___" | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 10, 1986 | 76A | U.N. member | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Monday, July 14, 1986 | 20A | Neighbor of Mex. | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 1, 1986 | 30A | Dos Passos trilogy | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 21, 1986 | 7D | Columbia's initials | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Monday, September 2, 1985 | 29A | Dos Passos title | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 22, 1984 | 59D | Dos Passos trilogy | Troxell | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 22, 1984 | 60D | N.A. land | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 8, 1984 | 11D | Dos Passos trilogy | Barry L. Cohen | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 17, 1984 | 56A | Dos Passos trilogy | Burns | Maleska |
| Friday, August 5, 1983 | 6A | Trilogy by Dos Passos | Quivey | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 3, 1983 | 69A | Book by Dos Passos | Jim Page | Maleska |
| Saturday, June 25, 1983 | 5D | NATO member | Peter Swift | Maleska |