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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 95A | Hubbub | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, November 09, 2009 | 58D | Hustle and bustle | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 4D | Whirl | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, September 25, 2009 | 58D | Rowdydow | Robert A. Doll |
| Wednesday, September 09, 2009 | 61D | Hubbub | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | 40D | Hubbub | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, June 21, 2009 | 105D | Kerfuffle | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 | 11D | Buzz | Charles Deber |
| Thursday, March 05, 2009 | 54D | Bother | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 25A | Foofaraw | Susan Gelfand |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | 10D | Fuss | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 | 10D | Fuss | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, January 07, 2009 | 10D | Hoo-ha | William Frank Macreery |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 35A | Hubbub | Doug Peterson |
| Friday, December 12, 2008 | 49A | Stink | Mike Nothnagel |
| Wednesday, December 03, 2008 | 65D | Fuss | Michael Blake |
| Monday, November 24, 2008 | 55A | Brouhaha | Billie Truitt |
| Monday, October 27, 2008 | 32D | "Much ___ About Nothing" | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| Monday, October 06, 2008 | 60D | "Without further ___ ..." | Patrick Blindauer |
| Monday, August 25, 2008 | 53A | Fuss | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| Tuesday, July 08, 2008 | 61D | Hubbub | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Saturday, May 24, 2008 | 39D | Tzimmes | Charles Barasch |
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 8D | Stir | Dave Mackey |
| Thursday, April 17, 2008 | 23A | Kerfuffle | Byron Walden |
| Monday, April 07, 2008 | 10D | Hullabaloo | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 | 70A | Flutter | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 | 23A | Running around | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | 2D | Fuss | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | 16A | Stir | Victor Fleming |
| Thursday, November 22, 2007 | 57D | Hustle and bustle | Oliver Hill |
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 | 30D | Excitement | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, November 11, 2007 | 126D | Brouhaha | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | 31D | Commotion | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, October 15, 2007 | 20A | Excitement | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | 54A | Bustle | Robert Zimmerman |
| Monday, October 08, 2007 | 2D | Brouhaha | Steve Kahn |
| Tuesday, October 02, 2007 | 5D | Bustle | Oliver Hill |
| Monday, October 01, 2007 | 51A | Brouhaha | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 | 22A | Botheration | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | 50A | Flutter | Tom Heilman |
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 | 58A | Foofaraw | Joseph Crowley |
| Sunday, May 13, 2007 | 9D | Big flap | Jim Page |
| Monday, March 26, 2007 | 57D | Hurly-burly | Eric Fischer |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 | 52A | "Without further ___ ..." | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 | 97A | Fuss | Craig Kasper |
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 | 8D | Hubbub | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, February 05, 2007 | 17A | Excitement | Joy C. Frank |
| Friday, December 08, 2006 | 21A | Stink | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 | 16A | Flurry | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, October 23, 2006 | 15A | Bother | John Calvin Williams |
| Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 45A | Ruckus | Mark Feldman |
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 | 91A | Trouble | Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, May 03, 2006 | 14A | Flurry | Lisa Wiseman |
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 | 14A | Flurry | Ben Tausig |
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 | 57D | Flutter | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2006 | 40A | "Much ___ About Nothing" | Lisa Wiseman |
| Thursday, August 18, 2005 | 31A | Fuss | Paula Gamache |
| Thursday, July 21, 2005 | 21A | Stir | Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, June 15, 2005 | 31D | Flap | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, June 12, 2005 | 84A | Goings on | Joe Bower |
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 | 49A | Running around | Bob Peoples |
| Friday, May 20, 2005 | 54D | Stink | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, May 12, 2005 | 4D | Hurry-scurry | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 | 8D | Commotion | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 | 54A | Hoo-ha | James M. Jenista and Dana McLemore |
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 | 6D | Fuss and bother | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 | 8A | Hurry-scurry | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 | 48D | Big fuss | James R. Leeds |
| Wednesday, August 25, 2004 | 30D | Flap | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 | 2D | Stir | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| Wednesday, August 04, 2004 | 40D | Hurry-scurry | Raymond Hamel |
| Sunday, August 01, 2004 | 126A | Flap | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, June 16, 2004 | 60D | Furor | Paula Gamache |
| Saturday, June 05, 2004 | 46A | Stink | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, May 06, 2004 | 1D | Stir | Kevan Choset |
| Thursday, March 25, 2004 | 57A | Ruckus | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell |
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 | 51A | Commotion | Ron Sweet |
| Monday, February 16, 2004 | 20A | "Much ___ About Nothing" | Charles Barasch |
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 | 11A | Flap | Ed Early |
| Friday, November 28, 2003 | 61A | Stink | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, November 06, 2003 | 60D | Flurry | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2003 | 64D | Hubbub | Michael Doran |
| Tuesday, September 02, 2003 | 3D | Fuss | Ed Early |
| Friday, August 29, 2003 | 25A | Flap | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Saturday, August 23, 2003 | 60D | Bother | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, August 03, 2003 | 7D | Flap | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2003 | 42A | Commotion | PAtrick MErrell |
| Monday, May 26, 2003 | 6D | Hubbub | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, May 07, 2003 | 37D | Fuss | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Friday, February 21, 2003 | 24A | Opposite of peace | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, February 02, 2003 | 2D | Pother | Mark Danna |
| Wednesday, January 15, 2003 | 32D | Hubbub | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, December 18, 2002 | 36D | Fuss | Merle Baker |
| Tuesday, December 17, 2002 | 2D | Hoo-ha | Tyler Hinman |
| Monday, December 09, 2002 | 16A | Bustle | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, December 05, 2002 | 52A | Flap | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, November 21, 2002 | 31D | Commotion | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2002 | 67A | Hustle or bustle | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, November 05, 2002 | 38A | Botheration | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, October 06, 2002 | 100A | Buzzing about | Myles Callum |
| Wednesday, September 18, 2002 | 15D | Difficulty | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, September 08, 2002 | 114D | Flap | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, August 07, 2002 | 19A | Bother | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, June 26, 2002 | 6D | Brouhaha | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, May 09, 2002 | 60A | Bustle | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, April 14, 2002 | 5D | Busy activity | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, March 16, 2002 | 2D | Tempest in a teapot | Verna Suit |
| Sunday, March 10, 2002 | 2D | Big deal | Nelson Hardy |
| Monday, February 25, 2002 | 35A | Hubbub | Christina Houlihan |
| Sunday, February 17, 2002 | 42A | Bustle | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2002 | 28D | Flap | Steven Picus |
| Saturday, January 05, 2002 | 44A | Stir | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, October 27, 2001 | 42D | Upset | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, September 30, 2001 | 106A | Brouhaha | Con Pederson |
| Monday, September 10, 2001 | 45A | "Much ___ About Nothing" | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| Wednesday, August 29, 2001 | 13A | Hubbub | James Rogers |
| Sunday, July 22, 2001 | 22A | Clamor | Patrick Berry |
| Friday, June 29, 2001 | 46A | Rumpus | Holden Baker |
| Wednesday, June 27, 2001 | 54D | Ruckus | Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, June 19, 2001 | 28A | Botheration | Tyler Hinman |
| Thursday, June 14, 2001 | 47D | Brouhaha | Mark Diehl |
| Thursday, May 31, 2001 | 36A | Flap | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, May 13, 2001 | 69A | Ruckus | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, May 03, 2001 | 52A | Flutter | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, April 05, 2001 | 58D | Commotion | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, March 31, 2001 | 32A | Flap | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2001 | 14A | Pother | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, February 19, 2001 | 65A | Fuss | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, February 11, 2001 | 43A | Brouhaha | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2000 | 34A | Hubbub | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, September 05, 2000 | 24A | Brouhaha | Chris Sallade |
| Thursday, July 06, 2000 | 8D | Misspent energy | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, June 14, 2000 | 61D | Big deal | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, May 23, 2000 | 57A | Stir | Monica Krausse |
| Monday, March 13, 2000 | 6A | Hubbub | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, February 29, 2000 | 19A | Fuss | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, February 13, 2000 | 36A | Flap | Bill Zais |
| Sunday, October 24, 1999 | 111D | Hornet's nest | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, October 02, 1999 | 61D | Rumpus | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, September 09, 1999 | 26D | Busyness | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Thursday, August 19, 1999 | 16A | Hurry-scurry | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, August 15, 1999 | 35A | Difficulty | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, August 02, 1999 | 19D | Hubbub | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, July 19, 1999 | 39A | Hoopla | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, July 11, 1999 | 7D | Botheration | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, June 01, 1999 | 23D | Fuss | Myles Callum |
| Wednesday, May 26, 1999 | 8D | Goings-on | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, March 18, 1999 | 55A | Buzzing about | Rand H. Burns |
| Sunday, March 07, 1999 | 96D | Trouble | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, January 25, 1999 | 62D | Ruckus | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, January 19, 1999 | 59D | Stir | Kelly Clark |
| Tuesday, January 12, 1999 | 38A | Hubbub | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | 35A | Hoo-ha | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, November 29, 1998 | 55A | Flap, so to speak | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, October 24, 1998 | 4D | Rumpus | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, October 20, 1998 | 33A | Brouhaha | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, July 28, 1998 | 70A | Commotion | Robert Dillman |
| Sunday, July 26, 1998 | 19A | Flap | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, July 20, 1998 | 66A | Without further ___ | Mary E. Brindamour |
| Thursday, July 16, 1998 | 2D | Brouhaha | Kelly Clark |
| Wednesday, July 01, 1998 | 26D | ___ Annie, of "Oklahoma!" | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, June 20, 1998 | 39A | Hoopla | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, March 25, 1998 | 49A | Stir | Gene Newman |
| Saturday, March 14, 1998 | 43D | Tumult | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Thursday, January 22, 1998 | 50A | Bustle | Patrick Jordan |
| Tuesday, January 20, 1998 | 46A | "Much ___ About Nothing" | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, December 09, 1997 | 27A | Hubbub | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Monday, November 17, 1997 | 2D | Commotion | Holden Baker |
| Friday, October 10, 1997 | 3D | Flap | Shannon Burns |
| Wednesday, October 08, 1997 | 37A | Further matter? | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Thursday, September 25, 1997 | 41A | Bother | Mark Diehl |
| Monday, September 22, 1997 | 39D | Fuss | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, August 27, 1997 | 20A | Excitement | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Sunday, July 27, 1997 | 114D | Hubbub | June Boggs |
| Wednesday, June 18, 1997 | 47D | Flurry | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Sunday, June 15, 1997 | 13D | Pother | Karen Hodge |
| Thursday, May 08, 1997 | 16A | Hubbub | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, April 24, 1997 | 24A | There was much of this in Shakespeare | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, April 03, 1997 | 62D | Foofaraw | Richard Hughes |
| Saturday, February 22, 1997 | 11D | Stir | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, February 01, 1997 | 28A | Flap | R. H. Burns |
| Wednesday, January 29, 1997 | 31A | Bother | R. Hughes |
| Wednesday, November 20, 1996 | 6D | Bustle | M. S. Maurer |
| Monday, November 18, 1996 | 39A | Hubbub | F. & L. Sabin |
| Tuesday, October 29, 1996 | 60A | Hubbub | R. J. Hartman |
| Sunday, September 22, 1996 | 123D | Bustle | C. Millhauser |
| Thursday, September 19, 1996 | 57D | Stir | W. S. Cotter |
| Wednesday, May 01, 1996 | 3D | Uproar | F. Piscop |
| Tuesday, March 19, 1996 | 2D | Hue and cry | P. Jordan |
| Thursday, March 14, 1996 | 7D | Brouhaha | R. Silvestri |
| Tuesday, February 13, 1996 | 56A | Foofaraw | G. Paul |
| Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 30A | Bustle | Susan Smith |
| Wednesday, November 29, 1995 | 10D | Hurry-scurry | Nancy S. Ross |
| Monday, November 20, 1995 | 61D | Fuss | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, October 30, 1995 | 48D | Bother | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, October 23, 1995 | 7D | Fuss | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, October 10, 1995 | 41A | Fuss | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, August 13, 1995 | 73D | Hornet's nest | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, August 10, 1995 | 5D | Shakespearean fuss | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, July 06, 1995 | 25A | Excitement | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, July 02, 1995 | 13D | Commotion | Alex K. Justin |
| Thursday, April 27, 1995 | 41A | Flap | Lois Sidway |
| Sunday, April 23, 1995 | 10D | Fuss | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, February 23, 1995 | 59D | Foofaraw | Daniel R. Stark |
| Thursday, January 26, 1995 | 1A | Hubbub | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, November 29, 1994 | 36A | _____ Annie ("Oklahoma!" role) | Bernice Gordon |
| Tuesday, October 25, 1994 | 48D | Hubbub | Lois Sidway |
| Friday, October 14, 1994 | 59A | Upset | Bob Sefick |
| Sunday, September 25, 1994 | 114A | Hoo-ha | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, September 20, 1994 | 39A | Hubbub | Christopher Page |
| Sunday, September 11, 1994 | 98D | Trouble | Louis Sabin |
| Sunday, August 28, 1994 | 14D | _____ Annie of "Oklahoma!" | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, August 15, 1994 | 8D | Hubbub | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, August 09, 1994 | 24A | Activity | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Saturday, July 02, 1994 | 30D | Hubbub | Bryant White |
| Tuesday, June 14, 1994 | 24A | Bother | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Wednesday, May 25, 1994 | 21A | Hubbub | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, April 22, 1994 | 34A | Foofaraw | A.J. Santora |
| Friday, March 25, 1994 | 40A | Flurry | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, March 16, 1994 | 32A | Hubbub | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, February 22, 1994 | 16A | Fuss | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, February 08, 1994 | 4D | Foofaraw | Peter Gordon |