| Date | Size | Title | Author |
| January 5, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Water, Water Everywhere | W. R. Williams |
| January 12, 1997 | 23 x 23 | I Wanted To Be a... | M. Rosen |
| January 19, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Presidential Punditry | B. Klahn |
| January 26, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Alchemy | S. Elliott |
| February 2, 1997 | 21 x 21 | College Catalogue | R. Silvestri |
| February 9, 1997 | 21 x 21 | That's Amore | D. Niles |
| February 16, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Initially Speaking | M. Gaffney |
| February 23, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Sound Effects | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| March 2, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Perfect Squares | Harvey Estes |
| March 9, 1997 | 23 x 23 | Monthly Meetings | June Boggs |
| March 16, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Logical Career Changes | David J. Kahn |
| March 23, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Pop Culture | Bryant White |
| March 30, 1997 | 21 x 21 | Paradox | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| April 6, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Getting On In Years" | Rich Norris |
| April 13, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Realtor-Speak" | Cathy Millhauser |
| April 20, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Bar None" | Charles M. Deber |
| April 27, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Off the Rack" | Matt Gaffney |
| May 4, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Location Is Everything" | Manny Nosowsky |
| May 11, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Infested!" | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| May 18, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "In Honor of 80-Across" | Frances Hansen |
| May 25, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Jewelry Jest" | Cathy Millhauser |
| June 1, 1997 | 23 x 23 | "Formal Funnies" | Randolph Ross |
| June 8, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Et Too" | Richard Silvestri |
| June 15, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Of Course!" | Karen Hodge |
| June 22, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Full-Length Features" | Matt Gaffney |
| June 29, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Technophobe's Delight" | David J. Kahn |
| July 6, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Phractured Fonetics" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| July 13, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Paper Chase" | Fred Piscop |
| July 20, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Rock Tour Double Bills" | Rich Norris |
| July 27, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "They What?" | June Boggs |
| August 3, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" | Peter Gordon |
| August 10, 1997 | 23 x 23 | "Mixed Greens" | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| August 17, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Dispossessed" | Cathy Millhauser |
| August 24, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Clothes Call" | Michael S. Maurer |
| August 31, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Magazine Merger Mania" | David J. Kahn |
| September 7, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Family Ties" | Randolph Ross |
| September 14, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Point Blanks" | Frank Longo |
| September 21, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Abridged Books" | Mike Shenk |
| September 28, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "X Marks the Spot" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| October 5, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Baseball by the Numbers" | Derrick Niederman |
| October 12, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "That's an Order" | Nancy Salomon |
| October 19, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "String Quintet" | David J. Kahn |
| October 26, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Sound Logic" | Cathy Millhauser |
| November 2, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Suit Yourself" | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| November 9, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "RR Crossings" | Rich Norris |
| November 16, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "C Plus" | Frank Longo |
| November 23, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "For Peanuts" | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| November 30, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Presidential Echoes" | Charles Deber |
| December 7, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "That's Tat!" | Randolph Ross |
| December 14, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "Hey, It's a Living" | Nancy Salomon |
| December 21, 1997 | 21 x 21 | "First the Sheep, Then...?" | Frances Hansen |
| December 28, 1997 | 23 x 23 | "Blankets" | Matt Gaffney |