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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 50,581 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
AGGRESSORNATIONFri Jun 24, 2016Hostile territory?Patrick Berry
BEEROCLOCKFri Jul 10, 2015When it's acceptable to start downing brewsBarry C. Silk
BIGBREASTEDFri Feb 20, 2015BuxomDavid Woolf
BUGGIESSun Mar 7, 1999PramsRandolph Ross
CANNONBALLSSun Feb 19, 1995Some divesAlfio Micci
CLIMBSTHELADDERSun Oct 9, 2022Advances through corporate ranks ... and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle doesJessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau
COWPASTUREThu Apr 3, 2008Place for grazingKevin G. Der
DEERSTALKERCAPSat Dec 28, 2024Iconic accessory worn by 1-DownSam Berriman
FURIKAKESun Nov 14, 2021Japanese condiment sprinkled on riceAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
GARYGYGAXThu Apr 2, 2009Co-creator of Dungeons & DragonsBrendan Emmett Quigley
GOLDPIANOThu Feb 24, 2011Elvis instrument now in the Country Music Hall of FameGary Cee
HALLELUJAHCHORUSSun Dec 25, 2005Handel bars?Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
INDITEDFri Aug 26, 2011Put down in writingBrendan Emmett Quigley
KARLOFFThu May 2, 2019Co-star of 28-AcrossJulie Bérubé
KNOCKEDOVERABANKSun Apr 9, 1995In a final desperate move the klutz _____Cathy Millhauser
LAKEGEORGEWed May 27, 1998French and Indian War battle siteMark Elliot Skolsky
MATCHALATTEFri Feb 24, 2023Green cappuccino alternativeMargaret Seikel and Sophia Maymudes
OUTEREDGESTue Jan 5, 2010*RimsC. W. Stewart
PESKIERSat Nov 20, 2021More vexingMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
PRATERSThu Mar 8, 2001They talk too muchPeter Gordon
PRETELLSun Jan 16, 1994ForecastErnst Theimer
PRODIGYSun Dec 24, 2000One with a giftBill Zais
REDOUBTMon Dec 1, 2014FortressJohn Guzzetta
RESISTANCEThu Aug 21, 1997Freedom fightersMartin Ashwood-Smith
SCENEXIVFri Mar 23, 2018Part of Act 4 of "Antony and Cleopatra" in which Antony attempts suicideErik Agard
SCHUSSEDFri Dec 7, 2012Went downhill fastPeter Wentz
SEAFISHWed Dec 12, 2018Haddock or hakeDavid J. Kahn
SECTIONONEFri Jan 7, 2011Prime seating area at sporting events, maybeJoe DiPietro
SEMINARSThu Mar 23, 1995University sessionsWayne Robert Williams
SERLINGWed Sep 27, 2006"The Twilight Zone" hostElizabeth C. Gorski
SMOKINFri Oct 1, 2010With 62-Down, 40-Across loser's nicknameDavid J. Kahn
SPACESATELLITESFri May 19, 2006Telecommunications needsPatrick Berry
STARTBACKFri Nov 23, 2012Call an end to a hikePatrick Berry
STATESENATORFri Jul 26, 2002Capitol workerManny Nosowsky
TASTEOKSat Aug 26, 2017"How's the food?"Peter Wentz
TIMEOFTHESEASONThu Dec 16, 20041969 #3 hit and a hint to this puzzle's themeMike Torch
TOMRIDGESun Jul 10, 2016First secretary of homeland securityPatrick Berry
TONECOLORSat Jul 16, 2022Brightness or darkness, in musical termsKameron Austin Collins
WOODCARVERSun Jan 9, 2000Grant & George Washington's favorite artisan?Charles M. Deber
ZEBRACROSSINGSMon Oct 29, 2018Areas for pedestrians whose name includes a black-and-white animalPeter Gordon
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