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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 120D | Subject of many lies | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 53D | It might be checked at the door | Natan Last |
| Thursday, September 24, 2009 | 22D | Life time? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, September 07, 2009 | 67A | What the rings signify on a tree | Andrea Carla Michaels and Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 | 62A | "Act your ___!" | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 43A | Antique, say | Barry C. Silk |
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 15A | Basis for some discrimination | Robert A. Doll |
| Tuesday, March 03, 2009 | 33D | Census datum | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| Thursday, December 25, 2008 | 37A | Ripen | Eric Tentarelli |
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 | 61A | 35 is the minimum one to be U.S. president | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Friday, June 13, 2008 | 56D | Period | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, March 08, 2008 | 59A | See 55-Across | Brad Wilber |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | 2D | Turn gray, say | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 | 51D | Survey info | Mike Nothnagel |
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 | 12D | Bronze ___ | John Farmer |
| Monday, December 31, 2007 | 35A | What the number of birthday candles signifies | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, December 13, 2007 | 51A | It's "just a number" | John Farmer |
| Sunday, November 11, 2007 | 81D | Questionnaire info | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, October 21, 2007 | 124A | Word before or after old | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, September 14, 2007 | 6D | Jazz ___ | John Farmer |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 | 23A | 18, e.g., as a minimum for voting | Elizabeth A. Long |
| Friday, June 22, 2007 | 20A | Dating concern | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sunday, May 27, 2007 | 107D | Gray | Patrick Berry |
| Friday, January 26, 2007 | 27A | Dating service datum | Mike Nothnagel |
| Monday, December 25, 2006 | 39A | Get older | Adam G. Perl |
| Friday, August 04, 2006 | 21A | Mature | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, July 30, 2006 | 36A | Yellow or gray | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry |
| Wednesday, July 12, 2006 | 15A | Iron ___ | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 | 106A | Reason to retire | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 | 52D | Sensitive subject, to some | Patrick Blindauer |
| Thursday, May 25, 2006 | 20A | Bio info | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Thursday, April 27, 2006 | 32D | Gray | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 | 56A | Bronze ___ | Pete Muller |
| Sunday, March 12, 2006 | 74A | Basis of illegal discrimination | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | 42A | Add years to one's life | Jim Hyres |
| Monday, February 13, 2006 | 3D | What birthday candles signify | Janet R. Bender |
| Tuesday, November 08, 2005 | 36D | Count of candles on a cake | Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 | 87D | Archaeologist's reckoning | Con Pederson |
| Wednesday, September 07, 2005 | 45D | Subject of a guessing game | Andrea C. Michaels |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 | 3D | Time of one's life | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, August 24, 2005 | 38D | 86 is a high one | Mel Taub |
| Friday, August 19, 2005 | 33A | Gray, in a way | David Liben-Nowell |
| Thursday, July 14, 2005 | 49A | Delicate subject | Kevan Choset |
| Wednesday, July 13, 2005 | 8D | Time of one's life | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | 52A | Grow old | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 | 13D | Gray, in a way | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, April 24, 2005 | 43D | Kind of group | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, March 27, 2005 | 72A | Topic of many a lie | Con Pederson |
| Wednesday, March 23, 2005 | 57D | Epoch | Mike Shenk |
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 | 51D | With 57-Down, ancient | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 | 62D | Geologic period | Kyle Mahowald |
| Sunday, October 17, 2004 | 8D | Gray | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, September 12, 2004 | 4D | Inference from an ID | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, August 23, 2004 | 44A | What candles sometimes represent | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| Monday, August 16, 2004 | 12D | Questionnaire datum | Joy C. Frank |
| Friday, August 13, 2004 | 58D | Biographical bit | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 | 58D | Francis Bacon said it "will not be defied" | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 | 63A | Bio stat | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, June 22, 2004 | 40A | Historic time | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, June 15, 2004 | 10D | Get on in years | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, March 14, 2004 | 13A | Mellow, in a way | Craig Kasper |
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 | 27D | Carbon dating determination | Charles Barasch |
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 | 104A | Long time | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, January 19, 2004 | 35D | Get better, as wine | Zach Jesse |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2003 | 64D | Get older | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 | 55D | Long time | Ed Early |
| Monday, December 01, 2003 | 62D | A dog's ___ (long spell) | John Greenman |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 | 2D | What rings may signify | Tyler Hinman |
| Thursday, November 20, 2003 | 31D | Time of one's life | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, November 12, 2003 | 63D | Personal datum | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, November 05, 2003 | 40A | 39, perpetually, to Jack Benny | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, October 17, 2003 | 11D | Basis of some divisions | Bob Peoples |
| Saturday, September 06, 2003 | 7D | It may be understated | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, August 07, 2003 | 27A | Gray, in a way | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, July 10, 2003 | 61D | ___-appropriate | Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | 3D | ID info | Susan Harrington Smith |
| Sunday, April 27, 2003 | 24D | It "goeth its way on triple feet": Aeschylus | Jon Delfin |
| Monday, April 14, 2003 | 66A | Ripen | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, March 23, 2003 | 95A | Gray | Con Pederson |
| Saturday, March 15, 2003 | 21D | Basis of some divisions | Adam Cohen |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2003 | 19A | Get mellower | Holden Baker |
| Monday, December 23, 2002 | 37A | Advance in years | David Bunker |
| Wednesday, December 11, 2002 | 24D | Time in history | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Saturday, September 07, 2002 | 47D | Mature | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | 31D | Ripen | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Monday, July 01, 2002 | 30D | Six, say, for a first-grader | Allan E. Parrish |
| Thursday, June 13, 2002 | 38D | Bronze ___ | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, March 26, 2002 | 10D | Secret stat, sometimes | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, March 24, 2002 | 13D | Paleontologist's estimate | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, January 20, 2002 | 108A | Generation | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, January 17, 2002 | 10D | Cause of some spots | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, December 30, 2001 | 93A | Bio stat | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, December 16, 2001 | 105D | Store, as wine | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, November 24, 2001 | 57A | Long time | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, November 04, 2001 | 27A | Develop wrinkles, say | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, October 18, 2001 | 43D | Ripen | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, September 23, 2001 | 8D | It may bring wisdom | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, September 10, 2001 | 35D | "Act your ___!" | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| Sunday, July 01, 2001 | 84A | Factor in life insurance premiums | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2001 | 57A | Cause of wrinkles | Stephen Windheim |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2001 | 8D | Actuary's datum | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, May 06, 2001 | 85A | Add years to one's life | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2001 | 26A | Résumé info | Greg Staples |
| Thursday, February 08, 2001 | 4D | 21, for one | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, January 03, 2001 | 49D | Ripen | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, December 06, 2000 | 25A | Keep in a barrel | Mel Taub (and crossword class) |
| Monday, October 30, 2000 | 4D | 65, say, for retirement | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, October 26, 2000 | 19A | Go gray | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, August 28, 2000 | 9D | Paleontologist's estimate | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, August 27, 2000 | 83A | Keep in a cellar, maybe | Dana Motley |
| Monday, July 03, 2000 | 37D | Space-___ (modern) | Marjorie Berg |
| Saturday, July 01, 2000 | 53A | Big time | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, April 23, 2000 | 70A | Questionnaire datum | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, April 17, 2000 | 63D | Touchy subject, to some people | Greg Staples |
| Thursday, April 13, 2000 | 40A | Secret, sometimes | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, February 27, 2000 | 44A | Kind of limit | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, November 07, 1999 | 86A | Application blank info | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 15, 1999 | 32A | Bio bit | Thomas W. Schier |
| Wednesday, June 30, 1999 | 24A | Add years to one's life | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 08, 1999 | 40D | Improve, as beef | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, May 16, 1999 | 5D | Get on | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, April 05, 1999 | 60D | Application form info | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, March 28, 1999 | 90D | Mature | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, March 27, 1999 | 57D | Biographical bit | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, March 13, 1999 | 59D | Sensitive subject, to some | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, January 15, 1999 | 20D | Get on | John Wolting |
| Thursday, January 07, 1999 | 43D | Tree rings indication | William I. Johnston |
| Wednesday, December 16, 1998 | 65A | Well-kept secret, for some | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, November 05, 1998 | 36A | Well-kept secret, for some | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, September 27, 1998 | 52A | What candles may signify | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, August 23, 1998 | 36A | Get hoary | Nelson Hardy |
| Wednesday, June 24, 1998 | 10D | The time of one's life? | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, June 18, 1998 | 1D | Lose freshness | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, June 17, 1998 | 41A | Information from tree rings | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, June 15, 1998 | 48A | Long time | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, June 01, 1998 | 27D | "___ before beauty" | Evie Eysenburg |
| Friday, April 10, 1998 | 18A | What candles may reveal | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, April 02, 1998 | 29D | Go gray | Alex K. Justin |
| Thursday, March 19, 1998 | 11A | Live longer? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, March 16, 1998 | 16A | Grow old | Mark Moldowsky |
| Friday, March 13, 1998 | 4D | Obsolesce | Shannon Burns |
| Monday, February 23, 1998 | 13D | Grow older | Mark Danna |
| Sunday, January 11, 1998 | 9D | ___-old | Nancy Joline and Peg Conner |
| Saturday, January 03, 1998 | 11D | Gray | Rich Norris |
| Monday, December 15, 1997 | 25A | Twain's "The Gilded ___" | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, November 18, 1997 | 30A | The time of one's life | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, November 13, 1997 | 56D | Wine improver | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, November 02, 1997 | 66A | "___ cannot wither her": Shak. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, September 28, 1997 | 38D | Gray | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, September 11, 1997 | 7D | Information ___ | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, September 02, 1997 | 20A | "Act your ___!" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, August 31, 1997 | 111D | Sensitive subject, often | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, August 17, 1997 | 29A | Developmental period | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, July 10, 1997 | 23A | Time of one's life | Matt Gaffney |
| Friday, July 04, 1997 | 29A | Time of one's life | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, May 22, 1997 | 33A | Beauty preceder? | Rose White |
| Thursday, April 24, 1997 | 42D | Sit in the cellar | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, March 31, 1997 | 66A | Ripen | Janet R. Bender |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 52A | Candle count | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, February 25, 1997 | 39A | What Dorian Gray didn't do | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 23, 1997 | 91A | Student datum | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, January 11, 1997 | 4D | Kind of limit | R. Norris |
| Thursday, December 26, 1996 | 63A | Bio bit | R. H. Burns |
| Saturday, October 26, 1996 | 5D | Personnel datum | D. Niles |
| Monday, October 21, 1996 | 49A | Grow old | J. Bender |
| Friday, March 29, 1996 | 24D | Historic period | C. Millhauser |
| Saturday, February 24, 1996 | 21D | Minor drinking problem? | M. Shenk |
| Friday, February 23, 1996 | 10D | 21, after "of" | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, February 04, 1996 | 64D | Archeological datum | D.J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, January 31, 1996 | 57D | Subject of an ID check | M. Gaffney |
| Saturday, December 09, 1995 | 59D | Become gray | Mike Shenk |
| Saturday, December 02, 1995 | 59D | Mature | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, November 19, 1995 | 76A | Get better in barrels | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, October 04, 1995 | 46A | Biographical datum | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Friday, August 25, 1995 | 34A | Auden's "The ____ of Anxiety" | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, August 01, 1995 | 7D | Add years | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Thursday, May 25, 1995 | 20A | "Act your _____!" | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, May 10, 1995 | 53D | Point in life | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Tuesday, May 09, 1995 | 23A | Carbon dater's calculation | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, February 21, 1995 | 25A | Put on years | Martin Schneider |
| Tuesday, February 07, 1995 | 6D | Census info | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, January 29, 1995 | 28A | Demographic datum | Bryant White |
| Saturday, December 17, 1994 | 42A | Yellow in a way | Chuck Deodene |
| Friday, December 09, 1994 | 43A | Résumé info | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, July 19, 1994 | 37D | Ripen | Christopher Hurt |
| Saturday, July 02, 1994 | 7D | Auden's ''The _____ of Anxiety'' | Bryant White |
| Sunday, June 26, 1994 | 119D | Antiquate | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, June 22, 1994 | 9D | Questionnaire info | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Wednesday, March 02, 1994 | 39A | "The _____ of Innocence" | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Tuesday, February 22, 1994 | 5D | Stone, for one | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, February 05, 1994 | 44A | Info on 37 Across | Rand H. Burns |