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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 25, 2009 | 20A | It may be raised at a table | Robert A. Doll |
| Tuesday, September 01, 2009 | 61A | Start the pot | Steven Ginzburg |
| Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 53A | Start the kitty | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, June 01, 2009 | 62A | Opening stake | John Farmer |
| Tuesday, March 03, 2009 | 5D | It may be upped | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| Thursday, January 29, 2009 | 54D | Chip without dip? | Barry C. Silk |
| Saturday, January 24, 2009 | 19A | Buy in | Mark Diehl |
| Thursday, January 22, 2009 | 58A | Deal preceder | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Friday, December 19, 2008 | 57A | Table center piece? | Natan Last |
| Thursday, October 16, 2008 | 59A | Start a hand, maybe | Ian Tullis |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | 58D | Start to date? | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 62A | Stud fee? | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 | 37A | Deal preceder | Jim Leeds |
| Wednesday, March 19, 2008 | 35A | It may be upped | Gary Whitehead |
| Monday, February 18, 2008 | 55D | Prefix with chamber | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 | 54D | A couple of chips, maybe | Adam G. Perl |
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 | 46A | Pay to play | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn |
| Sunday, October 21, 2007 | 14D | Blue chip, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 | 102D | It might get your kitty going | Mike Nothnagel |
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 | 10D | Put up | Robert Dillman |
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 | 21A | Start a pot going | Eric Berlin |
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 | 36A | Start the kitty | John Underwood |
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 | 28D | It may be upped | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| Monday, June 04, 2007 | 56D | Poker stake | Steve Kahn |
| Thursday, April 05, 2007 | 63A | Get in on a deal | Mike Shenk |
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 | 47A | Requirement for a hand, say | Paula Gamache |
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 | 43A | Start to date? | Karen M. Tracey |
| Monday, December 25, 2006 | 12D | A few chips, say, in poker | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, December 18, 2006 | 61A | Feed the kitty | Donna Levin |
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | 57D | Part of A.M. | David Sullivan |
| Thursday, November 09, 2006 | 16A | Blind relative? | Byron Walden |
| Wednesday, October 18, 2006 | 13D | Put (up) | John Farmer |
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 | 25D | Pay to play | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 | 64A | It may be upped | Adam G. Perl |
| Friday, May 12, 2006 | 31D | You might get a hand for it | David Quarfoot |
| Monday, April 10, 2006 | 35D | Toss in a chip, say | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Tuesday, April 04, 2006 | 59D | Kick into the pot | Robert Dillman |
| Monday, March 13, 2006 | 38A | Pay the kitty | Bernice Gordon |
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 | 48D | Penny ___ | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, March 01, 2006 | 1D | Requirement in a game of dealer's choice | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, January 16, 2006 | 54D | Pot starter | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 | 59D | It's put in a pot | Kyle Mahowald |
| Wednesday, October 05, 2005 | 19A | A penny is a small one | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, September 05, 2005 | 17A | A couple of chips in the pot, say | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 | 70A | It goes in the middle of the table | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, August 25, 2005 | 62A | Indication of serious intent | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, August 22, 2005 | 5D | Gambler's stake | Lynn Lempel |
| Saturday, August 06, 2005 | 47D | Show that one's in? | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, July 05, 2005 | 65A | A couple of chips in the pot, maybe | Beth Hinshaw |
| Sunday, July 03, 2005 | 3D | Chip on the table, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, June 27, 2005 | 67A | The "a" in a.m. | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 | 57D | Help make a pot | Courtenay Crocker III |
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 | 119D | Put in to get in | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, May 20, 2005 | 48D | Advance amount | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, April 07, 2005 | 37D | It goes in the center of the table | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, February 08, 2005 | 15A | Penny, maybe, in poker | Stephen Budiansky |
| Monday, February 07, 2005 | 4D | Prelude to a deal | Gordon Seaberg |
| Monday, January 03, 2005 | 65A | Gaming table fee | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 | 27D | Chip in | Charles Barasch |
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 | 65A | Penny-___ (trivial) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 | 19A | A few chips in the pot, maybe | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Sunday, August 29, 2004 | 37D | With 2-Down, ancients | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, August 16, 2004 | 61A | Poker payment | Joy C. Frank |
| Sunday, April 25, 2004 | 161A | Part of a pot | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, April 06, 2004 | 34A | Initial stake | Tony Orbach |
| Sunday, March 07, 2004 | 6D | Some chips, maybe | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 | 7D | Pot foundation | Derrick Niederman |
| Tuesday, December 02, 2003 | 69A | Fork over, with "up" | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2003 | 58D | Stud fee? | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, October 07, 2003 | 13D | Kitty starter | Steve Jones |
| Monday, September 15, 2003 | 23A | Kitty starter | Sheldon Benardo |
| Friday, September 05, 2003 | 51D | Chip in | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, August 29, 2003 | 30D | Requirement for some games | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2003 | 14A | Poker payment | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, May 25, 2003 | 2D | Part of a pot | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, May 03, 2003 | 52D | Payment at a table | John Scott Marrone |
| Monday, April 21, 2003 | 59A | Feed the kitty | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, March 07, 2003 | 64A | Handful of chips, maybe | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, March 05, 2003 | 1D | What you may do to get a hand | Tyler Hinman |
| Monday, February 10, 2003 | 10A | Poker stake | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, February 06, 2003 | 64A | Chip in | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, February 03, 2003 | 23A | Poker pot starter | Sheldon Benardo |
| Monday, January 20, 2003 | 16A | Initial stake | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, December 19, 2002 | 3D | Table payment | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, October 28, 2002 | 58A | Poker payment | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, October 21, 2002 | 43A | Feed the kitty | Peter Sarrett |
| Thursday, October 17, 2002 | 17A | Penny, perhaps | Todd McClary |
| Thursday, October 10, 2002 | 22A | Some chips, maybe | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, September 30, 2002 | 16A | Poker pot primer | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | 45A | Chip in | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Monday, July 22, 2002 | 69A | Pay to play | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, July 15, 2002 | 12D | Poker stake | John Leavy |
| Wednesday, July 10, 2002 | 2D | Stud stake | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, July 05, 2002 | 7D | Table stake | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, July 03, 2002 | 15A | Part of A.M. | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, May 09, 2002 | 1D | A chip, maybe | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, May 07, 2002 | 19A | Penny ___ | Steven Dorfman |
| Wednesday, April 17, 2002 | 6D | Start the pot | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, April 11, 2002 | 69A | Start a pot | Greg Staples |
| Tuesday, February 19, 2002 | 7D | Poker stake | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| Sunday, February 17, 2002 | 128A | It goes to pot | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, February 10, 2002 | 16D | Pay to play | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, January 17, 2002 | 62A | Hand demand? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2001 | 61D | Prefix with date | Ed Early |
| Sunday, October 28, 2001 | 52A | A chip, maybe | Michael Ashley |
| Tuesday, October 09, 2001 | 59D | Pay for a hand | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, October 04, 2001 | 41A | Contribution before the deal | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, September 24, 2001 | 17A | Contribution to a pot | Norma Steinberg |
| Tuesday, July 03, 2001 | 58A | Chip in | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2001 | 18A | Pay to play | Stephen Windheim |
| Monday, June 18, 2001 | 34A | Opening stake | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, June 03, 2001 | 26A | Pay (up) | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, May 31, 2001 | 57D | ___ meridiem | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, May 29, 2001 | 20A | A few chips, perhaps | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, May 21, 2001 | 11D | Prepay, with "up" | Joan Yanofsky |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2001 | 24D | Stud fee? | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, April 04, 2001 | 73A | Penny, perhaps | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 79A | Put in the pot | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2001 | 69A | It's a starter | Greg Staples |
| Monday, February 19, 2001 | 59D | Poker stake | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, December 21, 2000 | 59D | Money to play with | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 17, 2000 | 30D | Pay one's share, with "up" | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, November 13, 2000 | 63A | Put one's two cents in? | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, July 26, 2000 | 23D | Chip in | William I. Johnston |
| Wednesday, July 05, 2000 | 55A | Pay to play | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, May 24, 2000 | 23A | Chamber lead-in | Chuck Deodene |
| Friday, March 17, 2000 | 43A | Pony up | Glenton Petgrave |
| Tuesday, January 25, 2000 | 64A | Price of a hand | William S. Cotter |
| Monday, January 03, 2000 | 12D | Poker starter | Hugh Davis |
| Thursday, December 09, 1999 | 68A | Pot builder | Chuck Deodene |
| Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 24D | Pay to play | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, October 17, 1999 | 151A | Cough (up) | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| Tuesday, September 28, 1999 | 2D | At times it's upped | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, September 24, 1999 | 24D | It's for openers | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, September 22, 1999 | 1A | Pay to play | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, August 22, 1999 | 42D | Advance amount | Raymond Hamel |
| Sunday, July 11, 1999 | 122A | Play opener | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, July 09, 1999 | 17A | Startup cost | Ingrid Truemper |
| Tuesday, July 06, 1999 | 63A | Pot builder | Arthur P. Stoliar |
| Friday, June 25, 1999 | 9D | Prefix with room | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, June 08, 1999 | 25A | Get the pot going | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, March 09, 1999 | 45A | Opening amount | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, January 27, 1999 | 3D | It's just for openers | Leslie Billig |
| Tuesday, January 19, 1999 | 7D | Upfront amount | Kelly Clark |
| Monday, December 28, 1998 | 60A | Start for a kitty | Adam G. Perl |
| Sunday, November 29, 1998 | 100D | Starting stake | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, November 21, 1998 | 44A | White chip, often | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, November 05, 1998 | 18A | Prime the pot | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, October 12, 1998 | 50D | Chip in | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, October 11, 1998 | 32A | Deal preceder | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| Monday, October 05, 1998 | 6D | Poker player's payment | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, September 17, 1998 | 62A | White chip, often | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, September 16, 1998 | 51D | Put up stakes | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, August 18, 1998 | 43D | Upfront money | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, July 09, 1998 | 36A | Opening bit | Norman S. Wizer |
| Tuesday, June 23, 1998 | 54D | What's required to be "in" | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, May 28, 1998 | 7D | It's a start | Patrick Jordan |
| Tuesday, May 19, 1998 | 2D | Get the pot going | William S. Cotter |
| Friday, April 03, 1998 | 27D | Dealer's demand | Frank Longo |
| Monday, March 23, 1998 | 7D | Opening wager | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 15, 1998 | 119D | Cost of cards | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, March 10, 1998 | 62A | Poker pot starter | Patrick Jordan |
| Saturday, February 28, 1998 | 59A | Bet | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, February 10, 1998 | 57D | Chip in chips | John Greenman |
| Wednesday, January 28, 1998 | 67A | Pot component | Mark Gottlieb |
| Wednesday, January 07, 1998 | 43A | Chip for a pot | Bob Klahn |
| Monday, January 05, 1998 | 20A | Poker starter | Mark Moldowsky |
| Friday, January 02, 1998 | 34D | Cough up | Alex K. Justin |
| Sunday, December 14, 1997 | 104D | It's just for openers | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, December 10, 1997 | 66A | Blue chip, maybe | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Saturday, November 22, 1997 | 42A | Penny, sometimes | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, September 14, 1997 | 79D | Pot grower? | Frank Longo |
| Saturday, August 30, 1997 | 9D | Penny, perhaps | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, August 24, 1997 | 52A | Amount to be raised, maybe | Michael S. Maurer |
| Monday, July 07, 1997 | 23A | Poker starter | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, June 30, 1997 | 1D | Pot starter | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, May 27, 1997 | 63A | It's just for openers | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, May 14, 1997 | 62D | You have to be upfront about this | Norman S. Wizer |
| Wednesday, April 09, 1997 | 12D | Kitty feed | Norman S. Wizer |
| Saturday, April 05, 1997 | 44A | Morning's start, in old Rome? | Rand H. Burns |
| Thursday, April 03, 1997 | 42A | Initial offering? | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, March 09, 1997 | 141A | Individual share | June Boggs |
| Wednesday, March 05, 1997 | 58D | Pot starter | Michael S. Maurer |
| Wednesday, February 05, 1997 | 3D | Upfront money | J. Schmalzbach |
| Tuesday, December 31, 1996 | 51A | Pot builder | A. S. Verdesca |
| Wednesday, December 25, 1996 | 12D | Add to the pot | N. S. Ross |
| Sunday, December 01, 1996 | 130A | Pot builder? | D. J. Kahn |
| Friday, November 08, 1996 | 2D | Amount to be raised? | M. Gaffney |
| Sunday, October 20, 1996 | 74D | Do this if you want to get a hand | R. Ross |
| Tuesday, October 08, 1996 | 55A | Pay to play, with "up" | E. C. Gorski |
| Saturday, October 05, 1996 | 10D | One chip, perhaps | T. Payne |
| Friday, September 27, 1996 | 3D | Penny, maybe | B. Sefick |
| Thursday, September 12, 1996 | 56D | Penny ___ | K. Hodge |
| Tuesday, September 03, 1996 | 31D | Kitty starter | A. Goldstein |
| Tuesday, August 13, 1996 | 58A | Pot starter | R. Hughes |
| Thursday, June 06, 1996 | 42D | Penny fee | A. J. Santora |
| Thursday, April 25, 1996 | 28D | A chip, maybe | W. Canine |
| Tuesday, April 02, 1996 | 35D | Chip in a chip | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, March 25, 1996 | 65A | Poker payment | F. & L. Sabin |
| Thursday, February 29, 1996 | 60D | Two chips, e.g. | P. Gordon |
| Thursday, February 08, 1996 | 31A | Temporal prefix | Alex K. Justin |
| Wednesday, February 07, 1996 | 7A | Add to the pot | Frank A. Longo |
| Monday, December 18, 1995 | 70A | Kitty feed | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, September 28, 1995 | 34D | Pot starter | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, September 06, 1995 | 56D | Chip in a chip | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, September 05, 1995 | 65A | Cash for cards | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Monday, July 31, 1995 | 55D | Sometimes its upped | Elizabeth Gorski |
| Friday, July 28, 1995 | 57D | Predeal requirement | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, July 22, 1995 | 55A | Make pots, in a way | Richard Thomas |
| Monday, July 10, 1995 | 46A | The "A" in A.M. | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, June 11, 1995 | 82A | Put up | Coral Amende |
| Tuesday, May 23, 1995 | 32D | First chips | Jay Livingston |
| Wednesday, May 10, 1995 | 52D | Part of A.M. | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Wednesday, May 03, 1995 | 4D | Poker chip, maybe | Chuck Deodene |
| Sunday, March 26, 1995 | 49A | Pot starter | Rich Norris |
| Monday, February 27, 1995 | 60A | It's just for openers | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, February 19, 1995 | 119A | Chip, maybe | Alfio Micci |
| Thursday, February 09, 1995 | 63A | Deal preceder | Richard Thomas |
| Monday, December 12, 1994 | 23A | Poker opener | Joy L. Wouk |
| Monday, December 05, 1994 | 6A | Pay, with "up" | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, November 27, 1994 | 104A | Cost of playing | Jacques Liwer |
| Friday, November 18, 1994 | 66A | Not post | Timothy S. Lewis |
| Monday, October 24, 1994 | 19A | Poker opener | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, October 16, 1994 | 56D | Buy into a poker game | Raymond Hamel |
| Sunday, August 14, 1994 | 103A | Stake | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| Friday, July 08, 1994 | 44A | Play money? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, May 23, 1994 | 53D | Kitty starter | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, May 15, 1994 | 16D | Up-front amount | Charles M. Deber |
| Sunday, May 01, 1994 | 44D | Penny _____ | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, April 12, 1994 | 35A | Make a pot | Ernie Furtado |
| Monday, April 11, 1994 | 62A | Bettor's starter | Martin Schneider |
| Friday, March 11, 1994 | 57D | Chip in | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, January 25, 1994 | 47D | Chip in | Joel Davajan |
| Thursday, December 02, 1993 | 15A | Put a stake on the table | Richard Silvestri |