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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 20, 2009 | 2D | Baptist leader? | Alan Olschwang |
| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | 14A | Santa ___, Calif. | Peter A. Collins |
| Friday, October 09, 2009 | 38A | Shakespeare follower | David Quarfoot |
| Thursday, October 01, 2009 | 2D | Santa ___ | Patrick Blindauer & Rebecca Young |
| Sunday, September 20, 2009 | 19A | Gasteyer of stage and screen | Michael Ashley |
| Monday, August 24, 2009 | 50D | "Gimme ___!" (Alabama cheerleader's cry) | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 2D | Bibliophile's suffix | Tim Wescott |
| Thursday, July 23, 2009 | 14A | "Wheel of Fortune" purchase | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 28A | Santa ___ | Oliver Hill |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | 46D | Tennis's Ivanovic | Caleb Madison |
| Friday, October 10, 2008 | 34A | 2008 French Open champion ___ Ivanovic | Kyle Mahowald |
| Monday, September 15, 2008 | 5D | Literary olio | Sharon E. Petersen |
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 5D | Actress Ortiz of "Ugly Betty" | Todd McClary |
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | 53A | Santa ___ winds | Doug Peterson |
| Saturday, March 08, 2008 | 32A | Tennis's Ivanovic | Brad Wilber |
| Monday, March 03, 2008 | 52D | "Gimme ___!" (frequent Alabama cheerleader's cry) | C. W. Stewart |
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 | 7D | Santa ___ | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 | 39A | Anecdotal collection | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, December 02, 2007 | 30A | Carrier to Tokyo | Seth A. Abel |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | 35A | Bibliophile's suffix | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, July 23, 2007 | 55A | Santa ___ winds | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 | 35A | Santa ___ | Seth A. Abel |
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 | 43A | What Alabama cheerleaders say to "gimme" four times | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 | 87D | Tokyo-based carrier | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, December 01, 2006 | 57D | Gasteyer of "Mean Girls" | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sunday, November 19, 2006 | 14D | Something to give an Alabama cheerleader? | Tony Orbach |
| Saturday, October 07, 2006 | 4D | "Nacho Libre" actress ___ de la Reguera | David Quarfoot |
| Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 63A | Follower of Shakespeare? | Mark Feldman |
| Monday, July 03, 2006 | 56D | Santa ___, Calif. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, February 19, 2006 | 80D | Santa in California | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 | 39A | Carrier with Tokyo hdqrs. | Dana Motley |
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 | 40A | Santa ___ | Sheldon Benardo |
| Saturday, September 24, 2005 | 44A | Literary pastiche | Byron Walden |
| Monday, September 19, 2005 | 37A | Santa ___ winds | Timothy Powell |
| Friday, August 12, 2005 | 4D | Santa ___ winds | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 | 60D | Literary bits | Bob Peoples |
| Friday, May 13, 2005 | 52A | Collector's suffix | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 | 36A | It makes men mean | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 | 49A | Book collector's suffix | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, March 30, 2005 | 4D | Baptist leader? | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, February 10, 2005 | 31D | Santa ___ | Frank Longo |
| Monday, January 10, 2005 | 37D | Commercial suffix with Tropic | David Pringle |
| Tuesday, December 28, 2004 | 12D | Santa ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, December 04, 2004 | 19A | Japanese airline | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, October 29, 2004 | 45A | Suffix with Shakespeare | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Thursday, September 30, 2004 | 10D | Santa ___ | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2004 | 37A | Santa ___, Calif. | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, July 18, 2004 | 11D | Santa ___ winds | Seth A. Abel |
| Wednesday, July 14, 2004 | 58D | Collection suffix | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 | 60D | Santa ___, Calif. | Mark Diehl |
| Friday, May 14, 2004 | 60D | Suffix with Shakespeare | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 | 6D | Bibliographical suffix | Bill Ballard |
| Wednesday, April 07, 2004 | 20A | Santa ___ winds | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, March 27, 2004 | 6D | Bibliophilic suffix | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 | 29D | Santa __ | Norma Johnson |
| Monday, February 16, 2004 | 60D | Santa ___ winds | Charles Barasch |
| Monday, December 15, 2003 | 5D | Actress ___ Alicia | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 | 43A | Santa ___ | Tyler Hinman |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2003 | 21D | Santa ___, Calif. | Adam Cohen |
| Friday, July 18, 2003 | 33D | Suffix for a bibliophile | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2003 | 30D | Alicia of "Falcon Crest" | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, June 09, 2003 | 29A | Santa ___, Calif. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, May 18, 2003 | 121D | Santa ___ | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, April 18, 2003 | 44A | Bibliophile's suffix | Tyler Hinman |
| Friday, April 04, 2003 | 35D | Baptism introduction? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, January 07, 2003 | 14A | Santa ___, Calif. | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, November 04, 2002 | 4D | Gasteyer of "Saturday Night Live" | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, October 20, 2002 | 26A | Gasteyer of "S.N.L." | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, September 29, 2002 | 41D | Literary collection | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, September 15, 2002 | 52A | Santa ___ | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2002 | 40D | See 61-Across | Robert Malinow |
| Sunday, July 21, 2002 | 5D | Collected sayings | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, July 03, 2002 | 55A | Santa ___ | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | 51A | Santa ___, Calif. | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, April 16, 2002 | 59D | See 14-Across | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, March 24, 2002 | 77A | Book collector's suffix | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, March 17, 2002 | 47A | Bibliophilic suffix | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, December 25, 2001 | 23A | Santa ___, Calif. | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, December 07, 2001 | 59D | Got ___ (did great) | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, November 02, 2001 | 41A | Santa ___ | Mary Jung |
| Sunday, October 14, 2001 | 9D | Literary olio | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, September 03, 2001 | 63D | Santa ___, Calif. | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2001 | 23A | Santa ___ winds | Stephen Windheim |
| Sunday, June 17, 2001 | 35A | "Wheel of Fortune" request | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, June 12, 2001 | 42D | Santa ___ winds | Alfio Micci |
| Saturday, May 19, 2001 | 32A | New Mexico's Dona ___ county | Dana Motley |
| Sunday, May 13, 2001 | 105A | Santa ___ | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, March 17, 2001 | 27A | Doña ___, New Mexico's second-largest county | Rich Norris |
| Monday, December 04, 2000 | 6D | Santa ___ winds | Eileen Lexau |
| Tuesday, November 07, 2000 | 8D | Santa ___, Calif. | David Levinson Wilk |
| Friday, October 20, 2000 | 4D | Suffix with Shakespeare | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, September 25, 2000 | 8D | Santa ___, Calif. | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, August 27, 2000 | 63D | See 30-Across | Dana Motley |
| Friday, July 28, 2000 | 29D | Gasteyer of "Saturday Night Live" | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, June 27, 2000 | 60D | Santa ___ winds | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, June 22, 2000 | 63D | Santa ___ | Robert B. Baker |
| Thursday, May 25, 2000 | 55A | Santa ___ Mountains | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2000 | 23A | Bibliographic suffix | Michael S. Maurer |
| Thursday, January 06, 2000 | 6D | Santa ___ winds | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, December 22, 1999 | 10D | Literary scraps | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, December 06, 1999 | 39A | Bibliographical suffix | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, November 09, 1999 | 7D | Santa ___, Calif. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 07, 1999 | 11D | It makes men mean | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, October 29, 1999 | 10D | Bibliographical suffix | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, September 08, 1999 | 28D | "Gimme ___!" (Auburn cheer) | Holden Baker |
| Thursday, June 17, 1999 | 64A | Collected quotes | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, May 27, 1999 | 43A | Anthological collection | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, May 11, 1999 | 61D | Literary collection | Ed Early |
| Sunday, March 14, 1999 | 118D | Santa ___ | Martin Schneider |
| Monday, February 22, 1999 | 8D | Santa ___, Calif. | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, December 20, 1998 | 77A | Doña ___, "The Violent Land" lady | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | 25A | Actress Alicia | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, November 09, 1998 | 61D | See 60-Across | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, October 10, 1998 | 36A | Yerby's "A Rose for ___ Maria" | Bob Klahn |
| Monday, October 05, 1998 | 36A | Santa ___, Calif. | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, April 14, 1998 | 12D | Anecdotal collection | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Friday, March 13, 1998 | 55D | Anecdotes | Shannon Burns |
| Thursday, March 05, 1998 | 3D | Literary snippets | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Wednesday, February 25, 1998 | 19A | Literary olio | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, December 25, 1997 | 33A | Scrapbook pastings | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, December 21, 1997 | 23D | Dona ___ (Las Cruces' county) | Frances Hansen |
| Friday, August 29, 1997 | 9A | Bibliophile's suffix | Mark Diehl |
| Tuesday, August 05, 1997 | 35A | Collection of anecdotes | William Bernhardt |
| Monday, June 30, 1997 | 45A | Santa ___, Calif. | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, June 07, 1997 | 2D | Request to Vanna | Martin Schneider |
| Tuesday, March 25, 1997 | 35D | Santa ___, Calif. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, March 24, 1997 | 61D | Literary olio | Thomas W. Schier |
| Sunday, March 16, 1997 | 22A | Santa ___ winds | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, February 07, 1997 | 49A | Alicia of "Falcon Crest" | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, December 11, 1996 | 34D | Alicia of "Falcon Crest" | F. & L. Sabin |
| Sunday, December 01, 1996 | 84D | Literary olio | D. J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, November 12, 1996 | 11D | Santa ___ (Pacific wind) | E. Lexau |
| Thursday, September 19, 1996 | 62A | Literary compilation | W. S. Cotter |
| Saturday, September 07, 1996 | 16A | Snippets of information | B. White |
| Saturday, August 24, 1996 | 47A | Santa ___ | J. Page |
| Sunday, July 28, 1996 | 84A | Bibliographical suffix | N. S. Wizer |
| Wednesday, July 10, 1996 | 16A | Literary olio | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Tuesday, July 02, 1996 | 26A | Literary collection | S. Cohen |
| Friday, June 14, 1996 | 46A | Collection | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, May 22, 1996 | 42A | Santa___ | R. Hughes |
| Friday, May 03, 1996 | 56D | Santa___ | H. Estes |
| Sunday, April 28, 1996 | 83A | Bibliographical suffix | D. C. Baldwin |
| Sunday, March 03, 1996 | 35D | Japanese airline | B. Klahn |
| Thursday, September 14, 1995 | 58D | Literary olio | Chuck Deodene |
| Friday, September 08, 1995 | 62D | Informational miscellany | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, May 16, 1995 | 59D | Literary olio | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, April 23, 1995 | 135D | Literary collection | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, April 19, 1995 | 26A | Literary olio | Alfio Micci |
| Thursday, April 06, 1995 | 7D | Literary olio | Lois Sidway |
| Saturday, March 18, 1995 | 30D | Santa _____ | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, January 17, 1995 | 10D | Literary olio | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, November 27, 1994 | 10D | Compilation | Jacques Liwer |
| Wednesday, November 23, 1994 | 42A | Santa _____ | Susan Smith |
| Saturday, November 12, 1994 | 57D | Bibliographic suffix | Bryant White |
| Saturday, September 24, 1994 | 8D | Compendium material | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, May 30, 1994 | 35A | Literary collection | Raymond Hamel |
| Wednesday, January 05, 1994 | 56D | Cultural collection | Chet Currier |
| Monday, November 22, 1993 | 14A | Santa ____ winds | Fred Piscop |