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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | 8D | Between ports | Kelsey Blakley |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 119D | On the ocean | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Thursday, August 27, 2009 | 36A | Out on the water | Derek Bowman |
| Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | 7D | On a cruise | Bob Johnson |
| Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 92A | Serving in the navy | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | 52D | Where pirates go | Wayne and P. K. King |
| Friday, April 10, 2009 | 12D | Where gobs go | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 | 10A | On a cruise | Joon Pahk |
| Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 53D | On the main | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 59A | On the briny | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, December 22, 2008 | 70A | Out with the fleet | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 | 34D | Like pirates | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 38A | Having shipped out | Chuck Hamilton |
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 | 31D | Where Melville's Billy Budd went | Matt Ginsberg |
| Monday, June 30, 2008 | 64A | Far from land | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | 49A | Riding the waves | Adam Fromm |
| Monday, June 16, 2008 | 54D | On the briny | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 | 30D | Between ports | Gary Disch |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 | 61A | Out of harbor | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, March 16, 2008 | 28A | Where bluejackets go | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, December 02, 2007 | 32D | Steaming along, maybe | Seth A. Abel |
| Monday, November 26, 2007 | 64A | On the briny | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Monday, November 05, 2007 | 10A | On the briny | Jeremy Horwitz |
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 | 15A | On the deep | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Saturday, September 01, 2007 | 62A | Being tossed, maybe | Karen M. Tracey |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 | 13A | Not berthed | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | 16A | Far from harbor | Natan Last |
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | 53A | Totally confused | Barbara Olson |
| Thursday, June 07, 2007 | 12D | Between shores, maybe | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2007 | 14A | On deep water | Roger Wolff |
| Sunday, February 18, 2007 | 92A | Not docked | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 | 37A | Sailing | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 | 43A | On the bounding main | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, November 27, 2006 | 31D | Between ports | Marlon R. Howell |
| Friday, November 24, 2006 | 51A | Like some pirates | Dave Mackey |
| Thursday, November 23, 2006 | 37D | Off on a cruise | Ari Halpern |
| Wednesday, October 25, 2006 | 61D | Sailing | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, September 25, 2006 | 60D | Between ports | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, September 11, 2006 | 14A | On the ocean | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, July 13, 2006 | 9D | Out of port | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 1A | Voyaging | Timothy Powell |
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 | 108D | Voyaging | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, February 27, 2006 | 19D | Cruising | Ed Early |
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 | 22D | Unable to get one's feet on the ground? | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 | 109D | Well off the coast | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 | 14A | Like some hurricanes | Dana Motley |
| Sunday, January 08, 2006 | 113D | Fishing, perhaps | Michael Ashley |
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 | 36A | Sailing | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 | 12D | Between ports | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 | 37D | Where ships go | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Sunday, July 03, 2005 | 80D | Off the coast | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, April 12, 2005 | 37D | Out of port | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, April 10, 2005 | 33A | Away, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 | 62A | On the ocean | Gail Grabowski |
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 | 19A | On the briny | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Monday, February 28, 2005 | 19A | On the ocean | Marjorie Berg |
| Friday, December 03, 2004 | 9D | Like some tars | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, November 29, 2004 | 66A | Away from land | Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 | 46D | Lost | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Monday, September 06, 2004 | 44A | On the ocean | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, August 23, 2004 | 55A | Not in port | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| Saturday, August 21, 2004 | 23D | Perplexed | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, August 14, 2004 | 56A | Sailing along | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 | 6A | Not docked | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, August 06, 2004 | 11D | Like some salts | Bob Peoples |
| Monday, June 07, 2004 | 7D | On the open water | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, May 17, 2004 | 35A | On the briny | Ethan Cooper |
| Sunday, May 16, 2004 | 93A | Out fishing, possibly | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, March 14, 2004 | 133D | In full sail | Craig Kasper |
| Monday, March 08, 2004 | 39A | Out of port | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, January 04, 2004 | 54A | Sailing | Patrick Merrell |
| Saturday, January 03, 2004 | 14A | Like many a hurricane | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| Friday, January 02, 2004 | 51D | Where liners go | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Monday, November 10, 2003 | 63A | On the bounding main | Gail A. MacLean |
| Friday, November 07, 2003 | 26D | Not grounded, perhaps | Jim Page |
| Monday, October 06, 2003 | 66A | Between ports | Barry Silk |
| Monday, September 22, 2003 | 43A | Way off shore | Marjorie Berg |
| Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | 54D | Sailing | Alan J. Weiss |
| Monday, June 30, 2003 | 59D | Toward the big waves | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, June 20, 2003 | 58A | Not docked | Bob Peoples |
| Wednesday, May 14, 2003 | 35A | Out of port | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2003 | 73A | Headed for foreign ports | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, February 17, 2003 | 20A | Cruising | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, February 13, 2003 | 14A | Lost | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, January 12, 2003 | 105D | On a brig | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, December 23, 2002 | 54D | Out of sight of shore | David Bunker |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2002 | 6A | Not ashore | Nancy Salomon and Nancy T. Shack |
| Monday, October 14, 2002 | 48D | Riding the waves | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, September 17, 2002 | 15A | Not in port | Steven Dorfman |
| Thursday, September 05, 2002 | 61D | In deep water? | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, September 02, 2002 | 69A | Sailing | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, August 11, 2002 | 67D | Not docked | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, June 17, 2002 | 26D | Away from port | Janice M. Putney |
| Wednesday, June 12, 2002 | 37D | Cruising | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| Saturday, June 08, 2002 | 15A | Dazed | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, June 05, 2002 | 19A | Out of port | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, March 17, 2002 | 61A | Not docked | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, November 16, 2001 | 5D | Floating, perhaps | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, July 31, 2001 | 27D | Out of port | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, July 09, 2001 | 45A | Out of harbor | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, June 14, 2001 | 60A | Crossing the Atlantic, maybe | Mark Diehl |
| Tuesday, June 05, 2001 | 50A | Out of port | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, April 25, 2001 | 23A | On the main | Mel Taub and crossword class |
| Tuesday, April 10, 2001 | 32D | On the briny | Kevin McCann |
| Sunday, April 08, 2001 | 60A | Like some storms | Randolph Ross |
| Friday, February 23, 2001 | 52D | Like many hurricanes | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, January 11, 2001 | 16A | Cruising | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, December 26, 2000 | 42A | Out of port | Gene Newman |
| Friday, December 15, 2000 | 54D | Floating, perhaps | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, December 12, 2000 | 27D | On the briny | Nick Grivas |
| Monday, November 20, 2000 | 29D | Out of port | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, November 07, 2000 | 51D | In the Red? | David Levinson Wilk |
| Monday, October 23, 2000 | 52D | On a deck, perhaps | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| Monday, October 16, 2000 | 64A | Far from shore | Mitch Komro |
| Friday, September 08, 2000 | 49D | On a crossing | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, August 02, 2000 | 66A | Cruising | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, July 21, 2000 | 57D | Not in harbor | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, July 01, 2000 | 57D | Not docked | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, June 25, 2000 | 129A | Offshore | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, June 01, 2000 | 11D | On naval maneuvers | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, May 01, 2000 | 63A | Sailing | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 06, 2000 | 85D | Not docked | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, February 02, 2000 | 3D | Out of port | Richard Chisholm |
| Friday, January 28, 2000 | 18A | On clippers? | Manny Nosowsky and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Monday, January 17, 2000 | 14A | Aboard a ship | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, October 13, 1999 | 39D | In midvoyage | David Levinson Wilk |
| Friday, May 21, 1999 | 62A | Between 28-Down | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Monday, April 19, 1999 | 63A | On the Aegean, say | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, March 29, 1999 | 30D | On a deck, perhaps | Bill Ballard |
| Tuesday, March 02, 1999 | 14A | In midvoyage, maybe | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, February 03, 1999 | 16A | Riding the waves | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Sunday, January 17, 1999 | 43A | On the main | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, January 07, 1999 | 15A | Midvoyage | William I. Johnston |
| Saturday, November 28, 1998 | 40A | Out of port | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Wednesday, November 18, 1998 | 3D | In a muddle | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, August 23, 1998 | 119A | Over the bounding main | Nelson Hardy |
| Thursday, August 20, 1998 | 14A | Perplexed | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, July 06, 1998 | 56D | Sailing | Sheldon Benardo |
| Tuesday, June 16, 1998 | 11D | On the main | Bill Ballard |
| Thursday, April 30, 1998 | 12D | Between ports | Kelly Clark |
| Sunday, April 19, 1998 | 103D | Fishing, perhaps | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, April 11, 1998 | 36A | Launched | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Sunday, February 08, 1998 | 27A | "___ of troubles": Hamlet | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, February 02, 1998 | 14A | On the briny | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, January 25, 1998 | 32D | Underway to over there | Dave Tuller |
| Wednesday, January 14, 1998 | 31D | Off land | William Bernhardt |
| Thursday, December 18, 1997 | 25A | Using clippers? | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, December 16, 1997 | 65A | Out of port | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, December 02, 1997 | 68A | Sailing | Alan Olschwang |
| Saturday, September 20, 1997 | 54D | In the Black? | Bob Klahn |
| Thursday, July 03, 1997 | 51D | Toward water | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, June 17, 1997 | 64A | On the main | Robert Zimmerman |
| Saturday, June 14, 1997 | 2D | Voyaging | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, April 20, 1997 | 121A | Drifting | Charles M. Deber |
| Monday, March 24, 1997 | 54D | On the briny | Thomas W. Schier |
| Friday, December 27, 1996 | 30A | Out of port | B. White |
| Wednesday, December 04, 1996 | 41A | Sailing | M. E. Skolsky |
| Tuesday, October 29, 1996 | 59A | Out of port | R. J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, October 22, 1996 | 52A | Far from land | E. Quigley |
| Monday, September 23, 1996 | 53D | Out of port | S. L. Robbins |
| Monday, September 16, 1996 | 2D | On the briny | R. J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, September 04, 1996 | 66A | On the briny | N. S. Ross |
| Wednesday, July 17, 1996 | 56D | Between ports | M. Nosowsky |
| Monday, July 08, 1996 | 20A | On an ocean liner | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Thursday, April 25, 1996 | 26D | Cruising | W. Canine |
| Sunday, April 07, 1996 | 84D | Not on land | C. Millhauser |
| Saturday, March 30, 1996 | 28A | On the main | D. R. Stark |
| Monday, March 11, 1996 | 39A | On the main | R. Zimmerman |
| Monday, February 19, 1996 | 65A | En route on the QE2 | T. W. Schier |
| Saturday, November 18, 1995 | 27D | Away from land | Glenton Petgrave |
| Sunday, November 12, 1995 | 97A | Cruising | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, November 09, 1995 | 32A | Out of port | Bob Sefick |
| Saturday, October 07, 1995 | 24D | Braving the waves | Frank A. Longo |
| Sunday, September 10, 1995 | 7D | Not landbound | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, August 15, 1995 | 15A | Not in port | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, July 03, 1995 | 13A | On the main | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, June 26, 1995 | 39D | On the briny | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, May 15, 1995 | 10A | On the briny | Ernie Furtado |
| Friday, March 31, 1995 | 49A | Participating in 46 Across | Chuck Deodene |
| Friday, March 24, 1995 | 51A | Without a clue | Christopher Hurt |
| Friday, February 10, 1995 | 2D | Offshore | Raymond Hamel |
| Tuesday, January 31, 1995 | 37D | Voyaging | Albert J. Klaus |
| Tuesday, December 06, 1994 | 6D | On the briny | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Friday, October 14, 1994 | 56D | Cruising | Bob Sefick |
| Tuesday, September 27, 1994 | 3D | Cruising | Eileen Lexau |
| Sunday, September 25, 1994 | 133D | Perplexed | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, September 03, 1994 | 56D | On the briny | Raymond Hamel |
| Wednesday, June 08, 1994 | 29A | On the Baltic | A.J. Santora |
| Monday, May 30, 1994 | 71A | Cruising | Raymond Hamel |
| Tuesday, April 12, 1994 | 50A | Not on land | Ernie Furtado |
| Thursday, April 07, 1994 | 25A | Perplexed | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, February 06, 1994 | 106D | Drifting | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Sunday, January 23, 1994 | 15D | Drifting | Charles M. Deber |
| Monday, January 17, 1994 | 27D | On the briny | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, January 10, 1994 | 18D | Riding the waves | Randolph Ross |
| Saturday, January 08, 1994 | 48A | Cruising | Rand H. Burns |
| Sunday, December 12, 1993 | 15D | On the briny | Cathy Millhauser |