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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 50A | Parliament output? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | 36D | ___ Wednesday | Gary Cee |
| Monday, October 19, 2009 | 26A | Fireplace residue | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 | 41A | Common pollutant | Victor Fleming |
| Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | 50A | Light hair color | Patrick Blindauer |
| Saturday, May 16, 2009 | 57D | Powdery evidence | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 6D | Word with mountain or fly | Steve Dobis |
| Tuesday, March 03, 2009 | 29A | Sweep's heap | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| Monday, November 10, 2008 | 10D | Cigarette's end | Gail Grabowski |
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 42A | Smokestack output | Todd McClary |
| Thursday, May 22, 2008 | 30A | Fire proof? | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, May 12, 2008 | 9D | Louisville Slugger wood | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008 | 16A | Cigarette's end | Will Nediger |
| Sunday, April 20, 2008 | 143A | Hard wood | John Farmer |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | 4D | Volcanic output | Edward Sessa |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | 31A | Smokestack emission | Steve Salmon |
| Saturday, March 15, 2008 | 19A | Combustion product | David Quarfoot |
| Monday, March 10, 2008 | 33A | ___ Wednesday | Ken Bessette |
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 43A | Baseball bat wood | Adam G. Perl |
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 | 59D | Bit of air pollution | Adam G. Perl |
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 | 7D | Certain flake | Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, December 02, 2007 | 34D | Burning issue? | Seth A. Abel |
| Monday, October 08, 2007 | 39A | Cheroot residue | Steve Kahn |
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 | 5D | Tree of life, in Norse myth | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Sunday, September 09, 2007 | 34D | Volcanic output | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 | 11A | Camel's end? | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 | 25A | Cigarette detritus | Tyler Hinman |
| Monday, August 06, 2007 | 26A | Volcanic emission | Allan E. Parrish |
| Thursday, July 12, 2007 | 37D | Wood for oars | Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, June 10, 2007 | 24D | Burning issue | Bob Klahn |
| Friday, May 04, 2007 | 47A | Bit of pollution | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 | 7D | Bat material | Mike Nothnagel |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | 9D | Workable wood | Gary Steinmehl |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 | 15A | 16-Across residue | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, November 09, 2006 | 61D | Blonde type | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, October 26, 2006 | 8D | Shade of blonde | Todd McClary and Dave Tuller |
| Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 113A | Gray spray | Mark Feldman |
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 | 60D | Black layer found in Morbier cheese | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 | 12A | Some fallout | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, April 04, 2006 | 4D | Volcanic spew | Robert Dillman |
| Friday, March 17, 2006 | 44A | Gray shade | John Farmer |
| Monday, December 05, 2005 | 13D | Close-grained wood | Gary Steinmehl |
| Saturday, November 05, 2005 | 34A | Grill refuse | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, October 24, 2005 | 59D | Cigar waste | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, October 05, 2005 | 29D | Shade of blond | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, August 22, 2005 | 7D | ___ Wednesday | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, August 15, 2005 | 27A | Volcanic coating | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, July 20, 2005 | 40A | Tree with a winged seed | Roy Leban |
| Wednesday, July 06, 2005 | 13D | Hair color | Raymond Hamel |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | 34A | Baseball bat wood | Victor Fleming and Nelson Hardy |
| Tuesday, March 22, 2005 | 1A | Hardwood tree | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, February 23, 2005 | 35D | Bone china component | Lee Glickstein |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2004 | 27A | Silvery gray | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 | 83D | Refuse | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 | 57D | Lenten symbol | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, June 28, 2004 | 47A | Blonde shade | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, June 23, 2004 | 25A | Etna spew | Jim Goodsell |
| Wednesday, June 16, 2004 | 23A | Industrial pollutant | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, June 01, 2004 | 38A | Bat material | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 | 27A | Blond shade | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, April 19, 2004 | 25D | Arson aftermath | Michael Doran |
| Monday, March 15, 2004 | 24A | Fire leftover | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 | 59D | Camel's end? | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 | 32D | Pompeii killer | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, February 09, 2004 | 28D | Cigarette's end | Robert Dillman |
| Friday, February 06, 2004 | 4D | Hair color | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, January 19, 2004 | 31A | Cigarette residue | Zach Jesse |
| Thursday, December 18, 2003 | 25D | Bat wood | John Underwood |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2003 | 46D | Fallout after a blast | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, November 12, 2003 | 41D | Tray residue | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, October 07, 2003 | 24A | Eyeshadow shade | Steve Jones |
| Sunday, September 21, 2003 | 25D | Shade of gray | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, September 18, 2003 | 58A | Sweep's take? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, August 31, 2003 | 32D | Havana residue | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, June 26, 2003 | 20A | Tree whose winged seeds look like tiny canoe paddles | Patrick Berry |
| Friday, March 28, 2003 | 49A | A silent butler may hold it | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, January 26, 2003 | 81D | Hair color | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| Monday, January 06, 2003 | 27D | Cigarette's end | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, October 27, 2002 | 19D | Neutral shade | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, October 20, 2002 | 5D | Hair color | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, August 06, 2002 | 26A | ___ Wednesday | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, July 09, 2002 | 25A | Volcanic spew | Robert Malinow |
| Wednesday, June 12, 2002 | 5D | Shade of blonde | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| Tuesday, June 11, 2002 | 47A | Fire remnant | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Wednesday, June 05, 2002 | 24A | Corona's end | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, May 21, 2002 | 43D | Bat wood | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, May 08, 2002 | 69A | Silvery-gray | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, February 25, 2002 | 22D | ___ Wednesday | Christina Houlihan |
| Tuesday, January 08, 2002 | 22D | Cigar residue | Janet R. Bender |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | 39D | Cigar residue | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, November 07, 2001 | 5D | Silvery gray | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, October 17, 2001 | 8D | Tough wood | Greg Staples |
| Thursday, October 11, 2001 | 14A | Light hair color | Nancy S. Ross |
| Wednesday, September 19, 2001 | 27A | ___-blond | Steven Dorfman |
| Monday, September 10, 2001 | 44A | Volcano output | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| Friday, May 18, 2001 | 22A | Hair color | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, May 12, 2001 | 8D | Tough wood | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, April 30, 2001 | 23A | Volcanic fallout | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, April 15, 2001 | 68A | A tray may hold it | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, March 26, 2001 | 52A | ___ Wednesday | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, February 23, 2001 | 46A | Tough wood | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, February 05, 2001 | 44A | Combustion residue | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, November 22, 2000 | 41D | ___ Lawn (James Monroe's home) | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, October 30, 2000 | 8D | ___ Wednesday | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, September 26, 2000 | 46A | Bat wood | Bill Ballard |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2000 | 9D | Straight-grained wood | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, August 02, 2000 | 34D | Tray filler | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, July 09, 2000 | 54A | See 79-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, June 28, 2000 | 66A | Havana residue | Randy Sowell |
| Wednesday, May 31, 2000 | 40D | Silvery-gray | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Sunday, May 14, 2000 | 130D | Pollutant | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, March 06, 2000 | 31A | Cinder | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, January 12, 2000 | 41A | Baseball bat material | Greg Staples |
| Sunday, December 12, 1999 | 6D | Olive kin | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, October 22, 1999 | 26A | Grate expectations? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, September 18, 1999 | 27A | Hot flick? | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, July 06, 1999 | 30A | Wood for a 61-Down | Arthur P. Stoliar |
| Thursday, May 06, 1999 | 56A | Chimney output | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | 45D | Hair color | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, March 09, 1999 | 24A | Shade of blond | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, January 11, 1999 | 21D | Fire remnant | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, January 03, 1999 | 9D | Lucky tip? | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, December 27, 1998 | 107A | With 112-Down, a pale shade | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, December 24, 1998 | 1D | It may be cast in a flick | Jim Page |
| Saturday, December 19, 1998 | 47A | Bit of pollution | Frank Longo and Dave Tuller |
| Thursday, December 03, 1998 | 26D | 6-Down output | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | 41A | Shade of blond | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, November 26, 1998 | 13D | Pale blond | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, November 25, 1998 | 3D | Burn residue | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, September 15, 1998 | 23D | Blonde shade | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Tuesday, August 11, 1998 | 48A | Cookout leftover? | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, July 26, 1998 | 8D | Olive relative | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, July 20, 1998 | 7D | Shade of blond | Mary E. Brindamour |
| Monday, July 13, 1998 | 29D | Baseball wood | Bill Ballard |
| Tuesday, May 26, 1998 | 11D | Cigar leaving | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Tuesday, April 14, 1998 | 43A | Bat wood | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Tuesday, March 24, 1998 | 71A | Volcanic spew | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, March 20, 1998 | 26D | Carolina ___ | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Thursday, March 05, 1998 | 1D | Blond shade | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Monday, February 02, 1998 | 31A | Volcanic fallout | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, January 05, 1998 | 5D | Baseball bat wood | Mark Moldowsky |
| Saturday, December 27, 1997 | 39A | Hair color | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, December 10, 1997 | 7D | It's a waste | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Monday, November 24, 1997 | 19A | Volcano spew | Alex K. Justin |
| Sunday, September 07, 1997 | 4D | Hair color | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, August 04, 1997 | 34D | Baseball bat wood | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, July 22, 1997 | 8D | Campfire remnant | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, July 15, 1997 | 11A | Timber wood | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, June 19, 1997 | 62D | Mountain ___ | Patrick Jordan |
| Thursday, June 05, 1997 | 57D | Object of E.P.A. monitoring | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, May 29, 1997 | 38D | Soda ___ | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Monday, May 05, 1997 | 61D | Cigarette waste | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, April 28, 1997 | 24A | Flue residue | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, March 25, 1997 | 46D | Volcano detritus | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, March 07, 1997 | 25D | Rowan, e.g. | Jeff Herrington |
| Thursday, January 02, 1997 | 31A | Result of a firing | M. Gaffney |
| Monday, December 09, 1996 | 26A | Fire residue | F. Piscop |
| Friday, November 15, 1996 | 4D | Subdued color | R. Norris |
| Tuesday, October 29, 1996 | 6D | Volcanic fallout | R. J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, October 23, 1996 | 31A | Blond shade | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, October 09, 1996 | 20A | Bat wood | R. Hughes |
| Thursday, September 26, 1996 | 18D | Hardwood | M. Gaffney |
| Sunday, August 11, 1996 | 112A | It's just a waste | M. Schneider |
| Thursday, April 04, 1996 | 34A | Wood used for tool handles | M. Diehl |
| Saturday, March 30, 1996 | 51A | Blonde shade | D. R. Stark |
| Monday, March 25, 1996 | 28D | Cigar tip | F. & L. Sabin |
| Sunday, March 24, 1996 | 112A | It's a waste | J. K. Brill |
| Thursday, February 29, 1996 | 24A | Hair color | P. Gordon |
| Tuesday, January 09, 1996 | 46D | Tree of the olive family | B. Gordon |
| Monday, January 08, 1996 | 40A | Volcano fallout | N. Steinberg |
| Wednesday, December 27, 1995 | 23A | Bat wood | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, December 03, 1995 | 49A | Result of a firing? | Martin Schneider |
| Wednesday, November 15, 1995 | 7D | Bat wood | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, October 08, 1995 | 10D | Silvery-gray | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, October 05, 1995 | 5D | Some fallout | Christopher Page |
| Tuesday, August 15, 1995 | 45A | Bat wood | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, August 06, 1995 | 19D | Bit of air pollution | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, July 18, 1995 | 27D | Bat wood | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Monday, June 19, 1995 | 20A | Shade of blond | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, June 13, 1995 | 1D | Cigarette tip | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, May 17, 1995 | 33D | Eruption fallout | Ed Early |
| Thursday, April 20, 1995 | 5D | Lenten symbol | Raymond Hamel |
| Tuesday, February 14, 1995 | 31A | Airborne particulates | Randy Sowell |
| Thursday, January 26, 1995 | 4A | Tray filler | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, January 22, 1995 | 13D | Shade of blonde | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, January 09, 1995 | 25D | Fire residue | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, January 08, 1995 | 7D | Result of burnout? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, December 16, 1994 | 37D | Mountain tree | A.J. Santora |
| Thursday, November 10, 1994 | 7D | Timber wood | Alfio Micci |
| Tuesday, October 04, 1994 | 7D | Bat wood | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Sunday, September 25, 1994 | 59A | Tool handle wood | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, September 14, 1994 | 53D | Lenten symbol | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, September 12, 1994 | 42A | Mount St. Helens spew | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, September 02, 1994 | 61D | Silvery-gray | Bryant White |
| Monday, August 22, 1994 | 6D | Mary Kay of cosmetics | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Thursday, August 18, 1994 | 65D | Oar wood | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, August 14, 1994 | 71A | Mountain _____ | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| Sunday, July 24, 1994 | 6D | Refuse | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, July 21, 1994 | 19A | Part of a flick? | Betty Jorgensen |
| Tuesday, July 05, 1994 | 2D | Ski wood | Raymond Hamel |
| Sunday, May 22, 1994 | 9D | Silver-gray | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, April 28, 1994 | 8D | Quiet color | Randy Sowell |
| Thursday, March 03, 1994 | 16A | Part of a flick? | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, February 15, 1994 | 35A | Volcano spew | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Wednesday, January 26, 1994 | 1D | Timber tree | Kenneth Haxton |
| Sunday, January 02, 1994 | 131D | Firewood choice | Brian G. Tyler |
| Sunday, December 26, 1993 | 69A | Smoking flick? | Tom Underhill |
| Sunday, December 12, 1993 | 1A | Olive's cousin | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, November 21, 1993 | 111A | Louisville Slugger material | Peter Gordon |