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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | 5D | Non-pro? | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | 1D | Voting no | Maura B. Jacobson |
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 | 11D | Not pro | Kevan Choset |
| Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 46A | Con man? | Tim Wescott |
| Sunday, May 31, 2009 | 19A | Opposing | Kelsey Blakley |
| Thursday, April 09, 2009 | 60A | Part of ABM | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 | 120A | Prefix with inflammatory | Zack Kushner |
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 | 34D | Bucking | Daniel A. Finan |
| Monday, December 01, 2008 | 54D | Not pro | Eric J. Platt |
| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | 7D | Prefix with matter | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 111A | Protester | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 15A | Part of ABM | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, September 08, 2008 | 63A | Against | Oliver Hill |
| Monday, August 25, 2008 | 1A | Opposed to | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| Wednesday, May 07, 2008 | 60D | Objecting to | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 4D | Prefix with matter | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 | 39A | Prefix with lock or knock | Adam G. Perl |
| Wednesday, December 26, 2007 | 8D | Not backing | Jim Page |
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 | 55A | Pro fighter | Rich Norris |
| Monday, September 03, 2007 | 31A | Opposed to | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | 25D | "Nay" sayer | Natan Last |
| Monday, June 18, 2007 | 59A | Voting no | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | 12D | Naysayer | Mike Nothnagel |
| Monday, May 07, 2007 | 39A | The "A" in ABM | Janet Bender |
| Monday, April 30, 2007 | 19A | Opposed to | Allan E. Parrish |
| Thursday, April 05, 2007 | 14A | Dissenter | Mike Shenk |
| Thursday, March 08, 2007 | 35A | Not for | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Sunday, February 18, 2007 | 68A | Con | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 | 60A | Opposer | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, November 06, 2006 | 45D | Prefix with lock | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 | 59D | Prefix with body | Tyler Hinman |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2006 | 35A | Voting second in a voice vote | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, August 28, 2006 | 21A | Cousin of contra- | Stanley Newman |
| Monday, August 14, 2006 | 25D | One who hasn't turned pro? | Gene Newman |
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 44A | One side in a debate | Timothy Powell |
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 | 39D | No pro | Ben Tausig |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | 40D | Con | Kevan Choset |
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 | 15A | Pro's opposite | David Sullivan |
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 | 54D | Nay sayer | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, January 04, 2006 | 59A | Pro's rival | John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, January 02, 2006 | 12D | Not for | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 | 59A | Prefix with knock or lock | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, November 21, 2005 | 50A | Voting no on | Wesley Johnson |
| Monday, October 31, 2005 | 2D | Opposed to | Jim Hyres |
| Sunday, October 23, 2005 | 8D | Con | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 | 82A | One side of a debate | Kyle Mahowald |
| Thursday, October 06, 2005 | 10D | No pro | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Wednesday, September 28, 2005 | 18A | Start to freeze? | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, August 15, 2005 | 56D | Voting "nay" | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, July 20, 2005 | 42A | Prefix with trust | Roy Leban |
| Thursday, July 14, 2005 | 58D | One side of a debate | Kevan Choset |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | 18A | One opposed | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, May 30, 2005 | 60A | Planning to vote no | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, May 16, 2005 | 30D | Pro's opposite | Marc J. Gameroff |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 | 28D | Prefix with lock or knock | Lyell Rodieck |
| Saturday, April 16, 2005 | 23A | Pro's opposite | Gary Steinmehl |
| Sunday, April 10, 2005 | 141A | One who hasn't turned pro? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, April 04, 2005 | 34D | Voting no | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Sunday, March 20, 2005 | 113D | Con | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, February 08, 2005 | 20A | Not pro | Stephen Budiansky |
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 | 18A | Nay sayer | Jay Giess |
| Sunday, December 12, 2004 | 69D | Not behind | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, November 16, 2004 | 49A | Pro foe | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 | 101D | Detractor | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | 5D | Pro's foe | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 | 32D | Nay sayer | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, August 31, 2004 | 3D | Pro's foe | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, August 27, 2004 | 46D | Con | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, August 17, 2004 | 50D | Not pro | Gene Newman |
| Wednesday, June 23, 2004 | 66A | Hostile one | Jim Goodsell |
| Monday, June 07, 2004 | 4D | Against | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 | 15A | Con | Greg Staples |
| Thursday, April 29, 2004 | 41A | Con | Steven Kahn |
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 | 46D | Against | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 | 56D | Oppositionist | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, February 23, 2004 | 51A | The "A" of ABM | Anne Garellick |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 | 53A | Dead against | Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, July 03, 2003 | 17A | Picketer, perhaps | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, July 02, 2003 | 2D | Prefix with lock or knock | Barbara Olson |
| Friday, June 20, 2003 | 18A | Like some debaters | Bob Peoples |
| Tuesday, May 06, 2003 | 3D | Opposed to | Karen M. Tracey |
| Monday, March 10, 2003 | 57A | ___-inflammatory | Gail Grabowski |
| Monday, December 23, 2002 | 42D | Opposing | David Bunker |
| Tuesday, December 17, 2002 | 49A | Nay sayer | Tyler Hinman |
| Monday, November 25, 2002 | 27D | Not pro | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, November 03, 2002 | 73A | Member of the other side | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2002 | 8D | Nay sayer | Wei-Hwa Huang |
| Saturday, June 29, 2002 | 2D | Con | Dana Motley |
| Wednesday, May 08, 2002 | 60D | Opposed to | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, March 24, 2002 | 31D | Dissenter | Con Pederson |
| Thursday, March 14, 2002 | 67A | Nay sayer | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, March 10, 2002 | 98A | Leaning against | Nelson Hardy |
| Thursday, February 21, 2002 | 8D | Not pro | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2002 | 60A | Debate side | Marjorie Richter |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2001 | 33D | Opposing | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, December 04, 2001 | 64A | Pro's rival | Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, October 28, 2001 | 86A | Con | Michael Ashley |
| Monday, October 15, 2001 | 34D | The "A" of ABM | Holden Baker |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2001 | 4D | Pro's opposite | Joan Yanofsky |
| Saturday, July 14, 2001 | 10D | Start to freeze? | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, July 02, 2001 | 46D | Opposed to | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2001 | 41D | Lock opener? | Stephen Windheim |
| Sunday, June 10, 2001 | 22A | Debate position | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, April 22, 2001 | 18A | Detractor | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 11D | Hostile to | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, January 17, 2001 | 61A | Social introduction? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, January 09, 2001 | 60A | Naysayer | Nick Grivas |
| Monday, December 04, 2000 | 14A | Against | Eileen Lexau |
| Thursday, October 12, 2000 | 46A | Agin it | A. J. Santora |
| Thursday, September 28, 2000 | 52A | Not for | Frances Hansen |
| Thursday, September 07, 2000 | 3D | Not a pro | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, July 31, 2000 | 59A | Nay sayer | Marjorie Berg |
| Thursday, July 20, 2000 | 63A | Fighting | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
| Thursday, July 13, 2000 | 52D | Not supporting | Rich Norris |
| Friday, June 30, 2000 | 47D | Con man? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, June 13, 2000 | 4D | Opposed | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, April 19, 2000 | 32A | Prefix with lock or knock | Frances Hansen |
| Thursday, April 13, 2000 | 8D | Not pro | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, February 29, 2000 | 1D | Prefix with disestablishmentarianism | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, February 20, 2000 | 134D | Naysayer | Trip Payne |
| Monday, February 14, 2000 | 19A | Opposer | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, February 01, 2000 | 49D | Nay sayer | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, December 28, 1999 | 58A | Opposed | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, October 05, 1999 | 33D | Voting "no" | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, August 11, 1999 | 74A | Opponent | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, June 17, 1999 | 33D | Non-pro? | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, June 10, 1999 | 39A | Debate side | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, May 17, 1999 | 43D | Voting no | Ethan Cooper |
| Sunday, April 25, 1999 | 98D | Con | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, March 10, 1999 | 8D | Hostile to | Wesley R. Johnson |
| Thursday, February 11, 1999 | 61A | Prefix with knock or lock | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, December 24, 1998 | 11D | Dead against | Jim Page |
| Sunday, November 29, 1998 | 105A | Leaning against | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, November 10, 1998 | 26D | Against | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Wednesday, September 09, 1998 | 38A | Prefix with nuke or freeze | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, May 19, 1998 | 36D | Voting "no" | William S. Cotter |
| Sunday, April 12, 1998 | 119A | Side in a debate | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, February 26, 1998 | 11D | Opposed to | Lois Sidway |
| Saturday, February 21, 1998 | 49D | Debate side | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, February 17, 1998 | 36D | Part of ABM | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| Wednesday, February 11, 1998 | 64A | Naysaying | Nancy S. Ross |
| Thursday, January 08, 1998 | 29D | Oppositionist | Nancy S. Ross |
| Saturday, November 29, 1997 | 29D | Opponent | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, October 12, 1997 | 88D | Not backing | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 4D | Opposed | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, March 17, 1997 | 15A | Opposing | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, March 10, 1997 | 61D | The "A" in ABM | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, January 28, 1997 | 36D | One doing a con job? | E. C. Gorski |
| Thursday, January 09, 1997 | 66A | Opponent | C. Millhauser |
| Monday, December 23, 1996 | 59A | Not for | S. J. Walther |
| Monday, December 16, 1996 | 3D | The "A" of ABM | S. Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, November 27, 1996 | 21A | Opposed | R. Hughes |
| Monday, November 04, 1996 | 9D | Not pro | P. Wilson |
| Friday, September 27, 1996 | 8D | Con | B. Sefick |
| Tuesday, September 17, 1996 | 11D | One opposed | M. D. Frankel |
| Monday, August 26, 1996 | 36A | Opposer | G. E. Paul |
| Thursday, August 22, 1996 | 7D | Detractor | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, August 14, 1996 | 9D | "No" voter | G. E. Sykes |
| Monday, July 15, 1996 | 66A | Opposing | S. Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, July 09, 1996 | 50D | Voting no | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, June 02, 1996 | 79D | Con | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, April 03, 1996 | 8D | Con | M. Gaffney |
| Thursday, March 07, 1996 | 59D | No voter | C. Millhauser |
| Sunday, January 28, 1996 | 37D | Hostile to | M. W. Perry |
| Thursday, December 21, 1995 | 56D | One opposed | Rich Norris |
| Monday, December 18, 1995 | 14A | Not pro | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, November 08, 1995 | 45A | Contrary one | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Saturday, September 16, 1995 | 34A | Naysayer | Bryant White |
| Monday, June 12, 1995 | 28D | The "A" in ABM | Robert Zimmerman |
| Friday, April 21, 1995 | 63A | Contrarian | Rand H. Burns |
| Tuesday, April 18, 1995 | 26D | No voter | Christopher Page |
| Sunday, March 19, 1995 | 82D | Con | Alex K. Justin |
| Tuesday, September 06, 1994 | 49D | Prefix with skid | Janet R. Bender |
| Wednesday, August 17, 1994 | 6D | Against | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, July 24, 1994 | 88D | Nay sayer | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, July 13, 1994 | 38D | One against | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Monday, June 06, 1994 | 24A | Opponent | Robert Zimmerman |
| Tuesday, March 22, 1994 | 61D | Opposing | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, January 24, 1994 | 56D | Against | Janie Lyons |
| Wednesday, January 12, 1994 | 66A | Opposed | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, January 10, 1994 | 51A | Not for | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, January 03, 1994 | 6A | One who's "agin" it | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Thursday, December 23, 1993 | 15A | Oppositionist | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, December 19, 1993 | 20D | Opposed | John M. Samson |
| Saturday, December 04, 1993 | 49A | Voting nay | Glenton Petgrave |