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Random unique answer words

40 answers which have never been reused

This page is just for fun. It's a random collection of rare crossword answers; so rare that each appears only in a single Modern Era puzzle. Bogus entries (thematic words that make sense only in that crossword) are excluded.

There are 50,501 unique Modern Era answer words in the database.

Click any word to see it in the context of its puzzle. Words in this color did appear in pre-Shortz crosswords.

WordDateClueAuthor
ABOUTFACESFri Feb 17, 2023Drill switches?Jem Burch
ALECLEAMASSun Sep 29, 2002The Spy Who Came In From the ColdRandolph Ross
BOSSTWEEDSat Oct 23, 1999Thomas Nast targetFrank Longo and Brendan Quigley
BUTOFCOURSEMon Jan 4, 1999"Yes!"Gregory E. Paul
CHAPERONSSat Mar 8, 1997Some supervisorsRich Norris
CLEAREDUPSat Mar 16, 2013Became fairJulian Lim
EMAJORETUDETue Jun 18, 1996Part of Chopin's Opus 10E. C. Gorski
EQUABLETue Mar 28, 2000SteadyFred Piscop
FANCLUBSThu Nov 19, 2015Zine distributors, perhapsAndrew Zhou
FARTFri Aug 18, 2023Brain ___Kameron Austin Collins
FINISHAHEADOFSCHEDULESun Sep 13, 2015COMPLETE PLANJoe DiPietro
FOODSTAPLESat Aug 17, 2019Corn or riceMichael Hawkins
GEORGIANSMon Feb 1, 2021Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, for twoSoleil Saint-Cyr
GOBOSSat Jul 19, 2008Recording studio sound shieldsTodd McClary
GRANTORTue Apr 23, 2013Many a benevolent organizationSeverin T. Nelson
GRASPEDATSTRAWSFri Mar 15, 1996What tots did in the malt shop?A. J. Santora
HOLDEVERYTHINGWed Mar 1, 1995"Stop!"Lois Sidway
ITSTOODEEPFORMEFri Sep 15, 2006Comment when something is over your headHarvey Estes
JEBSTUARTThu Sep 30, 1999Battle of Bull Run generalMatt Gaffney
JEWISONSat Jul 11, 2015Norman who directed "In the Heat of the Night"Joe DiPietro
MATTHEWSSat Apr 17, 2021Dave of rockLeslie Rogers
MINNEAPOLISMon Apr 8, 2002St. Paul's twinRichard Chisholm
MOMCAVESat Jun 10, 2023Certain zen retreatJohn Hawksley
OMINOUSLYFri Sep 9, 2016In a foreboding mannerKristian House
PEDDLINGWed Dec 7, 2005Pitching, in a wayManny Nosowsky
PSYCHOLOGISTSun Feb 18, 2001HEADLINEDavid J. Kahn
REARWIPERSun Apr 3, 2022Clearer in hindsight?Byron Walden
RIVERSTYXFri May 1, 2020It always goes to hellTrenton Charlson
ROOTLETSFri Mar 9, 2012Ivy supportersTim Croce
SCROUNGYWed Aug 2, 1995DisheveledJames Neal
SETNOSun Apr 3, 1994_____ store byErnie Furtado
SHININGSEASun Jul 2, 1995See 80-AcrossAlex K. Justin
SKYPERFri Feb 26, 2021One having a certain video chatChuck Deodene
SPYCATCHERSun Dec 28, 2008Controversial 1987 exposé by ex-MI5 agent Peter WrightPatrick Berry
STRITCHSat Feb 11, 1995"Bus Stop" star: 1955Randolph Ross
SURDSSat Dec 25, 2004Irrational numbers, in mathByron Walden
SWEEPSECONDHANDSat Jun 2, 2001It's in the same position every minuteJim Page
THEATREDISTRICTWed Jun 6, 2012London's West End, e.g.Gary Cee
TUTELAGEFri May 2, 2008ChargeBarry C. Silk
ZOMBIESSat Jun 28, 2008Corps of corpsesByron Walden
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