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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 26, 2009 | 38A | Snakelike fish | Mike Nothnagel |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | 23A | Wriggly fish | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, October 04, 2009 | 81D | Electric ___ | Todd McClary |
| Monday, August 24, 2009 | 53D | Ingredient in some sushi rolls | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 | 8D | Fish that may be caught in a cage | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | 42A | Moray, for one | Wayne and P. K. King |
| Sunday, May 03, 2009 | 26A | Word with spiny or electric | Caleb Madison |
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 | 114A | Moray, e.g. | Charles Deber |
| Thursday, April 02, 2009 | 28A | Fish whose skin is sometimes used for leather | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, March 16, 2009 | 66A | Snaky swimmer | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 | 49D | Sea slitherer | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 | 12D | Electric ___ | Oliver Hill |
| Monday, December 29, 2008 | 2D | Snakelike fish | Kevin Donovan |
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | 39D | Unagi, at a Japanese restaurant | Warren Biro |
| Thursday, December 18, 2008 | 35A | Slippery one | Michael Vuolo |
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 6D | Fish with toxic blood | Trip Payne |
| Monday, November 17, 2008 | 46A | Aquarium wriggler | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | 67A | Wriggly fish | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, October 20, 2008 | 39D | Lamprey ___ | Daniel Raymon |
| Monday, September 22, 2008 | 37A | Conger, for one | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 | 114D | Marine predator | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | 54A | Sushi fish | Michael Langwald |
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 | 32A | Coral reef dweller | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 | 30D | Sushi fish | Stanley Newman |
| Monday, June 23, 2008 | 42D | Electric fish | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, April 02, 2008 | 58D | Reef dweller | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, March 24, 2008 | 3D | Wriggly swimmer | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, March 07, 2008 | 24A | Feaster on frogs | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 | 8D | Epitome of slipperiness | Peter A. Collins |
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 | 43A | Slippery swimmer | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 | 75A | Spitchcock | Patrick Blindauer |
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 61D | Underwater cave dweller | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| Friday, August 17, 2007 | 15D | Third-longest river of California | Roger Barkan |
| Tuesday, August 07, 2007 | 8D | Conger or moray | Daniel Kantor |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 | 20D | Unagi, at a sushi restaurant | Tibor Derencsenyi |
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 | 22D | Common sushi ingredient | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, May 08, 2007 | 37A | Snakelike fish | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 | 39A | Delicacy that may be pickled | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 | 26D | Wriggler | Jennifer Nutt |
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 | 6D | It may be smoked | Jim Page |
| Saturday, February 10, 2007 | 55A | Catch in a pot | Bob Peoples |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | 54A | California river named for a common sight in it | Gary Steinmehl |
| Monday, January 15, 2007 | 50A | Sushi fish | David Pringle |
| Sunday, January 14, 2007 | 51A | Danger to divers | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, January 07, 2007 | 117D | Reef dweller | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 | 29A | Crabber's bait | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 | 39D | It's slippery when wet | Jack McInturff |
| Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 40A | Sinuous swimmer | Mark Feldman |
| Monday, July 10, 2006 | 54A | Sushi fish | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, June 18, 2006 | 27A | This may shock you | Ben and Mark Tausig |
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 32A | Certain spawner | Timothy Powell |
| Friday, May 26, 2006 | 4D | Elusive one | Mike Torch |
| Sunday, May 07, 2006 | 12D | Short-finned ___ | Trip Payne |
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 | 34A | Jellied delicacy | Bob Peoples |
| Monday, January 02, 2006 | 34D | Sushi fish | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 | 58D | Fish lacking a pelvic fin | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 | 19A | It may have electroreceptors | Adam G. Perl |
| Saturday, September 10, 2005 | 36D | Creature with many sharp teeth | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, August 28, 2005 | 115D | It may be smoked | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, August 07, 2005 | 55A | California river named for a fish | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, June 26, 2005 | 91A | Symbol of slipperiness | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 | 63D | It was "boil'd in broo'," in the ballad "Lord Randal" | Courtenay Crocker III |
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 | 47A | Sushi selection | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 | 4D | Aquatic shocker | Frank Longo |
| Friday, April 01, 2005 | 34A | Metamorphosing fish | David Pringle |
| Sunday, March 27, 2005 | 122A | It may be smoked | Con Pederson |
| Monday, March 21, 2005 | 61D | Sushi fish | Mike Torch |
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 | 65D | Slithery swimmer | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Thursday, February 03, 2005 | 61D | Sushi bar order | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, February 02, 2005 | 27A | Slippery sort | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, December 28, 2004 | 11D | Migratory fish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, December 18, 2004 | 31A | It may be charged in the water | Dana Motley |
| Friday, December 17, 2004 | 18A | Danger to divers | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 13, 2004 | 44D | Snakelike fish | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, November 02, 2004 | 41D | Long fish | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 | 31A | Slippery sort | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, September 15, 2004 | 34D | Electric ___ | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, August 25, 2004 | 24A | Sushi selection | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, August 15, 2004 | 80D | Migratory fish | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, August 11, 2004 | 50D | Slithery swimmer | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, June 21, 2004 | 44A | Conger or moray | Craig Kasper |
| Friday, May 21, 2004 | 57D | Unagi, at a sushi bar | Eric Berlin |
| Thursday, May 06, 2004 | 32D | Electric ___ | Kevan Choset |
| Saturday, May 01, 2004 | 34D | It's sometimes wrapped in rice | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 | 10D | Sushi stock | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, March 07, 2004 | 102D | Jellied delicacy | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 | 121A | Sinuous sea dweller | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2003 | 32A | Sushi option | Leonard Williams |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2003 | 58D | Sushi fish | Charles E. Gersch |
| Thursday, July 03, 2003 | 47A | Delicacy from the sea | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, April 24, 2003 | 2D | One with electric organs | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, February 05, 2003 | 23A | Sinuous swimmer | Ron O'Hair |
| Tuesday, January 14, 2003 | 42A | Sushi offering | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, January 13, 2003 | 63D | Electric fish | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | 52A | Spawner in the Sargasso Sea | Gene Newman |
| Wednesday, December 04, 2002 | 29D | Grig, when grown | Richard Hughes |
| Saturday, November 30, 2002 | 52A | Seafood selection | Jim Page |
| Sunday, November 10, 2002 | 31A | Slipperiness exemplar | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, October 09, 2002 | 23A | Anago, at a Japanese restaurant | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, September 09, 2002 | 60A | Lithe swimmer | William I. Johnston |
| Tuesday, September 03, 2002 | 55A | Epitome of slipperiness | Don West |
| Sunday, September 01, 2002 | 46A | Spawning fish | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, August 07, 2002 | 45D | Slippery sort | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, July 03, 2002 | 56A | Unagi, at a sushi bar | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, June 19, 2002 | 39D | Sinuous swimmer | Janet R. Bender |
| Wednesday, June 05, 2002 | 43A | ___ roll (sushi selection) | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, June 03, 2002 | 45A | Electric fish | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, May 14, 2002 | 39D | Fish caught in a pot | Barry Callahan |
| Sunday, March 17, 2002 | 62A | Glass ___ | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2002 | 23A | Pickled delicacy | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, January 17, 2002 | 41A | Sushi selection | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Friday, January 04, 2002 | 61D | Sniggler's catch | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, December 20, 2001 | 58A | Fish delicacy | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2001 | 21A | Moray, for one | Ed Early |
| Monday, November 26, 2001 | 36A | Wriggly fish | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Thursday, October 11, 2001 | 28D | Aquarium denizen | Nancy S. Ross |
| Thursday, September 20, 2001 | 5D | Reef dweller | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, September 12, 2001 | 43A | Sushi morsel | Philip Lew |
| Monday, July 30, 2001 | 23A | Lamprey ___ | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, July 08, 2001 | 6D | Sushi fare | Michael S. Maurer |
| Thursday, May 31, 2001 | 44A | Fish of the genus Electrophorus | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, May 27, 2001 | 27D | It lacks ventral fins | Dana Motley |
| Sunday, April 08, 2001 | 94A | Unagi, at a sushi restaurant | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, March 18, 2001 | 96D | Electricity source | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2001 | 38A | Wriggly fish | M. Preston Sherwood |
| Monday, January 29, 2001 | 9D | Cave-dwelling fish | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2001 | 31D | Snaky fish | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, January 11, 2001 | 59A | Electric ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, December 29, 2000 | 37D | Elusive one | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, December 06, 2000 | 23A | Slim swimmer | Mel Taub (and crossword class) |
| Wednesday, August 09, 2000 | 61D | It can be shocking | Kelly Clark |
| Monday, July 24, 2000 | 49A | Sushi fish | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, July 06, 2000 | 18D | It twists and turns | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, April 26, 2000 | 57A | Pickled delicacy | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, November 22, 1999 | 45A | Moray, e.g. | Frances Hansen |
| Tuesday, September 28, 1999 | 57D | Wriggler | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, September 14, 1999 | 65D | Sushi order | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, July 08, 1999 | 7D | Sniggler's quarry | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Sunday, July 04, 1999 | 91A | Flexible fish | Greg Staples |
| Friday, May 21, 1999 | 40A | Foal : horse :: grig : ___ | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, April 24, 1999 | 29D | It may be a shocker | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, March 21, 1999 | 75D | Sushi offering | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| Sunday, January 24, 1999 | 34D | Apodes member | Robert Malinow |
| Thursday, December 31, 1998 | 57D | Electrifying swimmer | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, December 16, 1998 | 7D | Electrifying swimmer | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, November 03, 1998 | 44D | Slippery one | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, October 21, 1998 | 51D | One making twists and turns | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, October 18, 1998 | 13D | Elusive one | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, September 23, 1998 | 4D | Bioelectric swimmer | Michael S. Maurer |
| Monday, August 17, 1998 | 24A | Wriggly fish | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, August 09, 1998 | 121D | Snake ___ | Christopher Hurt |
| Wednesday, July 08, 1998 | 3D | Slithery swimmer | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Wednesday, June 10, 1998 | 61D | Mud ___ | Nancy S. Ross |
| Sunday, May 17, 1998 | 7D | Elusive one | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
| Monday, April 06, 1998 | 20A | One in a wriggly field? | Kenneth Witte |
| Sunday, March 15, 1998 | 78A | Spitchcock | Frank Longo |
| Monday, March 02, 1998 | 34A | Thin fish | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Friday, February 06, 1998 | 12D | Aquatic shocker | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Monday, December 22, 1997 | 40A | Moray, e.g. | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Saturday, December 13, 1997 | 23D | It can be shocking | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, December 05, 1997 | 10D | Sniggler's wriggler | Craig Kasper and Dave Tuller |
| Tuesday, November 25, 1997 | 54A | Electric swimmer | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, November 23, 1997 | 16D | Sushi offering | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| Tuesday, August 19, 1997 | 44D | Sushi bar order | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, August 16, 1997 | 58A | Pike ___ | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, July 20, 1997 | 74D | Sniggler's quest | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, July 16, 1997 | 2D | Electric ___ | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Wednesday, June 25, 1997 | 35A | Unagi, at a sushi bar | Elizabeth Gorski |
| Monday, March 31, 1997 | 19A | Slippery fish | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, March 02, 1997 | 5D | Slimmer swimmer | Harvey Estes |
| Friday, January 31, 1997 | 56A | Spawning fish | M. Gaffney |
| Tuesday, December 17, 1996 | 20A | Long fish | G. E. Paul |
| Thursday, December 12, 1996 | 45D | Sushi order | J. R. Conrad |
| Tuesday, November 12, 1996 | 7D | Slippery one | E. Lexau |
| Sunday, November 10, 1996 | 17D | Migratory fish | R. Hamel |
| Thursday, October 24, 1996 | 39A | Underwater cave dweller | M. S. Maurer |
| Tuesday, October 01, 1996 | 26D | Conger | R. J. Hartman |
| Sunday, September 29, 1996 | 4D | Orinoco shocker | M. Reagle |
| Monday, September 23, 1996 | 5D | Conger | S. L. Robbins |
| Monday, September 16, 1996 | 23A | Moray | R. J. Hartman |
| Monday, September 09, 1996 | 29D | Wriggly fish | S. L. Robbins |
| Sunday, September 08, 1996 | 110A | Sharp-nosed fish | R. H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, August 29, 1996 | 8D | Electric ___ | R. Ross |
| Friday, July 19, 1996 | 27A | Scaleless fish | D. Niles |
| Thursday, July 18, 1996 | 19A | Cave-dwelling fish | W. R. Williams |
| Sunday, July 14, 1996 | 13D | Member of a conger line? | J. Schmalzbach |
| Thursday, June 27, 1996 | 39A | Unagi, at a Japanese restaurant | R. Norris |
| Friday, May 17, 1996 | 40A | Electric swimmer | J. DiPietro |
| Sunday, May 05, 1996 | 49A | Elusive one | D. J. Kahn |
| Sunday, April 14, 1996 | 36D | Wet wiggler | Henry Hook |
| Saturday, March 30, 1996 | 61D | Sea shocker | D. R. Stark |
| Friday, March 29, 1996 | 5D | Smoked or jellied dish | C. Millhauser |
| Tuesday, March 19, 1996 | 4D | Sinuous swimmer | P. Jordan |
| Tuesday, March 12, 1996 | 34A | Conger | R. J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, October 24, 1995 | 25A | Slippery guy | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, October 08, 1995 | 91A | Grown-up elver | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, October 04, 1995 | 30D | Cave-dwelling fish | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Saturday, September 30, 1995 | 44A | It can be electric | Bryant White |
| Wednesday, September 27, 1995 | 35A | Slippery one | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, August 24, 1995 | 41D | Sushi choice | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, July 29, 1995 | 55A | Anguilliform creature | Charles E. Gersch |
| Wednesday, July 26, 1995 | 31D | Electric ____ | Christopher Hunt |
| Tuesday, June 20, 1995 | 56A | Moray | Jon Delfin |
| Wednesday, June 07, 1995 | 25A | Lamprey | Martin Schneider |
| Monday, April 10, 1995 | 56D | Slippery fish | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, March 27, 1995 | 42A | Wriggler | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, March 26, 1995 | 57D | Conger | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, March 19, 1995 | 27D | Sushi dish | Alex K. Justin |
| Sunday, February 12, 1995 | 62A | Sushi offering | Alex & Victoria Black |
| Wednesday, November 02, 1994 | 44D | Skinny swimmer | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, September 18, 1994 | 52A | Orinoco shocker | Merl Reagle |
| Monday, September 12, 1994 | 35A | Slippery one | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, August 19, 1994 | 18D | It's shocking! | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, July 03, 1994 | 92D | Long fish | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, June 21, 1994 | 19A | Slippery swimmer | Betty Jorgensen |
| Monday, May 16, 1994 | 16A | Electric _____ | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Thursday, April 28, 1994 | 4D | That's amoray | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, February 28, 1994 | 59D | Slippery one | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, February 16, 1994 | 44D | Conger | John Greenman |
| Friday, December 24, 1993 | 46A | Sniggler's wiggler | Merl H. Reagle |
| Sunday, December 19, 1993 | 111A | Grig | John M. Samson |
| Monday, November 29, 1993 | 22D | Slippery one | Sidney L. Robbins |