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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, August 01, 2010 | 37A | Firecracker's trajectory | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, June 02, 2010 | 11D | Circumference section | Adam Cohen |
| Monday, May 10, 2010 | 4D | Lob's path | Randy Sowell |
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 | 1D | Parabola, e.g. | Oliver Hill |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 38D | ___ cosine | Peter A. Collins |
| Friday, February 05, 2010 | 46D | Compass creation | Joe Krozel |
| Sunday, October 04, 2009 | 117D | Bow | Todd McClary |
| Wednesday, June 03, 2009 | 52A | It's measured in minutes | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| Thursday, April 09, 2009 | 49A | Parenthesis, essentially | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| Wednesday, April 08, 2009 | 21D | Part of a circle | Joey Weissbrot |
| Friday, February 20, 2009 | 35A | Plot line | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, February 15, 2009 | 90A | Rocket's path, maybe | Jim Leeds |
| Monday, December 22, 2008 | 47D | Rocket trajectory | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 | 27D | It's produced by a Tesla coil | Matt Ginsberg |
| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 24A | Circle section | Harriet Clifton |
| Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 21D | Fly ball's path | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 | 26D | ___ welder | David Kwong and Emily Halpern |
| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | 12D | Rocket's path | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 | 26D | Rainbow, e.g. | C. W. Stewart |
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 | 7A | Story development | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 | 53A | Free throw's path | David Levinson Wilk |
| Saturday, July 07, 2007 | 44A | Basketball court's three-point line, e.g. | Todd McClary |
| Sunday, June 03, 2007 | 10D | Pendulum's path | Kelsey Blakley |
| Sunday, May 06, 2007 | 78A | Bow | Charles M. Deber |
| Monday, April 16, 2007 | 56D | Path of a javelin | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, March 28, 2007 | 37D | Lob's path | Burton Clemans |
| Thursday, January 04, 2007 | 27D | Not go straight | Alan Olschwang |
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 | 66A | Penciled-in eyebrow, e.g. | Ed Early |
| Saturday, July 29, 2006 | 9D | Path across the sky | Bob Klahn |
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 | 15A | Three-point line's shape | Peter A. Collins |
| Saturday, December 24, 2005 | 10D | Cissoid segment | Byron Walden |
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 | 12D | Parabola, essentially | Leonard Williams |
| Sunday, April 10, 2005 | 69D | Rainbow | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 | 14A | It's measured in minutes | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 | 28A | Semicircle | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, December 27, 2004 | 63D | Bowlike line | Levi Denham |
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 | 19A | Serial story line | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, July 05, 2004 | 20A | Rainbow's shape | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | 60D | Circle segment | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 | 40A | Bow shape | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, December 14, 2003 | 76A | Rainbow | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, October 26, 2003 | 109D | Swing's path | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, October 08, 2003 | 20A | Kind of welder | Peter Sarrett |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2003 | 33A | Part of a circle | PAtrick MErrell |
| Monday, May 12, 2003 | 9D | L'___ de Triomphe | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, February 12, 2003 | 30D | Sector boundary | Ed Early |
| Saturday, December 14, 2002 | 21A | Discharge between two electrodes | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, November 23, 2002 | 34A | Electric ___ | Dana Motley |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2002 | 17A | It doesn't go full circle | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, November 01, 2002 | 22A | Parenthesis, e.g. | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, October 09, 2002 | 12D | Part of a sector | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, September 08, 2002 | 16A | Go up in the middle | Rich Norris |
| Friday, September 06, 2002 | 47A | Compass course? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, July 16, 2002 | 63D | Semicircle | Ed Early |
| Sunday, July 14, 2002 | 35A | Not the shortest line between two points | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, May 12, 2002 | 97D | Bend | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, May 07, 2002 | 22D | Bow | Steven Dorfman |
| Sunday, May 05, 2002 | 101A | Semicircle | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, January 27, 2002 | 48A | Bow | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, December 26, 2001 | 11A | Meteor's path | Ed Early |
| Sunday, October 07, 2001 | 28A | Electrical bridge | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, August 08, 2001 | 10D | ___ welder | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Sunday, July 15, 2001 | 31A | Compass-drawn line | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, June 14, 2001 | 25A | Holder of a number of degrees | Mark Diehl |
| Tuesday, June 12, 2001 | 63A | Pendulum's path | Alfio Micci |
| Monday, June 11, 2001 | 4D | Path of a football pass | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 27, 2001 | 53A | Apparent path of the sun | Dana Motley |
| Monday, April 30, 2001 | 49A | Rainbow's shape | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, April 20, 2001 | 25A | Bow | Chuck Deodene |
| Monday, March 26, 2001 | 4D | Rocket's trajectory | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, March 07, 2001 | 46D | Waterspout trajectory | Noah Dephoure |
| Monday, January 29, 2001 | 3D | Missile's path | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, December 26, 2000 | 31A | Compass doodle | Gene Newman |
| Friday, December 22, 2000 | 54A | Fly's path | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, November 20, 2000 | 31A | Parabola | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, September 27, 2000 | 24A | Pendulum's path | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, August 03, 2000 | 26A | Missile's trajectory | Bob Sefick |
| Tuesday, August 01, 2000 | 38D | Compass creation | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, May 23, 2000 | 34A | Festoon's shape | Monica Krausse |
| Wednesday, April 05, 2000 | 28A | Compass line | Frances Hansen |
| Tuesday, February 29, 2000 | 11A | ___ de Triomphe | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, February 12, 2000 | 38D | Cyclometer measurement | Dave Tuller |
| Saturday, October 30, 1999 | 5D | Bend | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, September 05, 1999 | 99A | Bow | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, July 13, 1999 | 22A | Compass doodle | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, July 08, 1999 | 57A | ___ welder | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Sunday, June 27, 1999 | 42D | Kind of welder | Robert Malinow |
| Tuesday, May 11, 1999 | 33D | It's measured in degrees | Ed Early |
| Sunday, May 02, 1999 | 91D | Hail Mary path | Jim Page |
| Thursday, April 22, 1999 | 26D | ___ lamp | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, April 04, 1999 | 7D | Compass drawing | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, April 03, 1999 | 42A | ___ tangent | Pat M. Hugel |
| Thursday, February 04, 1999 | 54D | Line made with a compass | Rich Norris |
| Friday, December 04, 1998 | 10D | Minute of ___ (1/60 degree) | John Wolting |
| Monday, November 30, 1998 | 9D | Rainbow | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| Thursday, November 26, 1998 | 43D | Curved figure | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, August 31, 1998 | 1D | Comet's path | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, August 02, 1998 | 87A | ___ de Triomphe | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, July 30, 1998 | 12D | Basketball's path | Rich Norris |
| Monday, June 08, 1998 | 25A | Arrow's path | Mark Danna |
| Thursday, April 16, 1998 | 43D | Line made with a compass | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, March 21, 1998 | 49A | Electricity path | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, March 04, 1998 | 48A | Azimuth | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Friday, January 09, 1998 | 4D | Roman candle path | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, September 19, 1997 | 22A | Heavenly route | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, June 17, 1997 | 45D | Compass tracing | Robert Zimmerman |
| Sunday, June 08, 1997 | 35D | Cycloid section | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, May 26, 1997 | 32A | ___ de Triomphe | Eileen Lexau |
| Wednesday, May 21, 1997 | 9D | Semicircle | John D. Leavy |
| Sunday, May 04, 1997 | 60D | Parenthesis, essentially | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, March 19, 1997 | 38D | Pinball path | Trip Payne |
| Friday, March 07, 1997 | 37D | Circle section | Jeff Herrington |
| Tuesday, February 25, 1997 | 35A | Circle segment | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, January 27, 1997 | 33A | Rainbow shape | F. Piscop |
| Monday, September 30, 1996 | 36A | Slow-pitch pitch | F. Piscop |
| Sunday, September 29, 1996 | 47A | Kind of lighting | M. Reagle |
| Thursday, July 11, 1996 | 42D | Compass line | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, May 02, 1996 | 22A | Geometric curve | D. J. Kahn |
| Friday, April 12, 1996 | 31A | Throw a curve | M. Nosowsky |
| Friday, April 05, 1996 | 5D | Meteor's path | J. Page |
| Sunday, December 03, 1995 | 32A | Kind of light | Martin Schneider |
| Sunday, September 24, 1995 | 91D | Crescent line | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, September 21, 1995 | 35D | Rainbow | Chuck Deodene |
| Wednesday, July 12, 1995 | 1D | Lob's path | Robert Malinow |
| Thursday, May 11, 1995 | 6D | Semicircle | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Sunday, March 12, 1995 | 118A | Comet's path in the sky | Charles M. Deber |
| Tuesday, February 07, 1995 | 6A | _____ de Triomphe | Matt Gaffney |
| Friday, January 06, 1995 | 9D | Path of a pass | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Thursday, January 05, 1995 | 48A | It's measured in minutes | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, November 22, 1994 | 3D | Trajectory | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Saturday, October 22, 1994 | 48A | Curve | Daniel R. Stack |
| Thursday, September 01, 1994 | 64A | Firecracker's path | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, June 26, 1994 | 104D | Rainbow, for one | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, May 22, 1994 | 40D | Parabolic path | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, May 08, 1994 | 103A | Kind of lamp | Ralph G. Beaman |
| Saturday, April 16, 1994 | 27A | Lob | Rand H. Burns |
NEW: 3 clues for ARC from Variety (Second Sunday) puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10, 2008 | diagramless | 20A | Story line | Patrick Blindauer |
| August 18, 2002 | diagramless | 36A | Pendulum's path | Frank Longo |
| September 3, 2000 | diagramless | 3D | Circle segment | Janet R. Bender |