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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 01, 2009 | 92A | ___ gratification | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 35D | Kind of boost | Mike Torch |
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | 6D | Self-image | Maura B. Jacobson |
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 | 52A | Self-importance | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 | 39A | Something to stroke | Jim Hyres |
| Monday, August 24, 2009 | 52D | Maniacal leader? | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | 11D | Self-esteem | Tony Orbach |
| Monday, July 13, 2009 | 44D | Self-esteem | C. W. Stewart |
| Monday, June 15, 2009 | 59D | Kind of trip for the conceited | John Dunn |
| Thursday, May 14, 2009 | 53A | Self-esteem | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | 58D | Part of Freud's "psychic apparatus" | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | 6A | "Me, me, me" attitude | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, January 19, 2009 | 9D | Freud subject | Tracey Snyder |
| Sunday, December 21, 2008 | 14D | Maniacal leader? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, December 08, 2008 | 41A | A conceited person has a big one | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | 51A | Sartre's "The Transcendence of the ___" | Peter A. Collins |
| Monday, November 17, 2008 | 34D | Sense of self-importance | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 80A | It may be stroked | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 | 59D | Immodesty | Doug Peterson |
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 86A | I, to Claudius | Caleb Madison |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | 61D | Sense of self | Leonard Williams |
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 42D | The "I" of Claudius I | Ari Halpern |
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 | 57D | It can be fragile | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 | 76A | Massage target? | Oliver Hill |
| Thursday, April 17, 2008 | 55A | First person in ancient Rome | Byron Walden |
| Monday, March 24, 2008 | 12D | Self-esteem | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | 22D | Conceit | Larry Shearer |
| Monday, March 03, 2008 | 36D | It may be puffed up | C. W. Stewart |
| Monday, November 26, 2007 | 43A | Id's counterpart | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 | 35A | Kind of boost | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, August 26, 2007 | 32D | Bigheadedness | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2007 | 46A | I, in old Rome | Ray Fontenot |
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 | 24A | Vainglory | John Farmer |
| Wednesday, March 28, 2007 | 33D | Something inflatable | Burton Clemans |
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 | 65D | ___ trip | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 | 40D | Hollywood biggie? | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, February 23, 2007 | 45A | Psych 101 topic | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, February 22, 2007 | 18A | Cooperation roadblock | Mike Nothnagel |
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 | 37D | Freudian concern | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, December 20, 2006 | 59D | Prima donna's problem | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 | 34D | It can ruin team spirit | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Wednesday, November 08, 2006 | 6D | Pride part | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 | 7D | Conceit | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, August 13, 2006 | 90D | ___ boost | Derrick Niederman |
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 | 16A | A diva might have a big one | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 | 117A | It may be inflated | Patrick Blindauer |
| Monday, May 08, 2006 | 62D | Psychologist's "I" | Norm Guggenbiller |
| Monday, April 24, 2006 | 58D | Source of an attitude | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, October 27, 2005 | 30A | Something that's bruisable | Bonnie L. Gentry |
| Wednesday, October 05, 2005 | 50D | Teamwork spoiler | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 | 56D | It may need gratification | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, August 28, 2005 | 133A | Oneself | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, August 01, 2005 | 63D | Sense of self | Kendall Twigg |
| Sunday, July 10, 2005 | 30D | I problem? | Con Pederson |
| Tuesday, June 28, 2005 | 35D | It may be stroked | Jim Hyres |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | 27A | It may need massaging | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 | 123A | Conceit | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, April 30, 2005 | 59D | Self center | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, March 21, 2005 | 2D | Swelled head | Mike Torch |
| Sunday, March 20, 2005 | 96A | Prima donna problem | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, February 08, 2005 | 60D | Bigheadedness | Stephen Budiansky |
| Monday, January 10, 2005 | 66A | Winning 1-Across can make this grow | David Pringle |
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 | 58D | Teamwork disrupter | Kyle Mahowald |
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 | 107D | Blowhard's trait | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, October 02, 2004 | 30D | It might get in the way of an apology | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 | 53A | A smartypants may have a big one | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, September 27, 2004 | 62D | Swellheadedness | Gregory Paul |
| Saturday, June 12, 2004 | 39A | It may need stroking | Henry Hook |
| Saturday, May 01, 2004 | 29D | Kind of booster | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, April 29, 2004 | 40A | Something that may need massaging | Steven Kahn |
| Sunday, April 11, 2004 | 116D | Braggart's display | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2004 | 59A | Bruised item, maybe | Eric Berlin |
| Saturday, January 17, 2004 | 54D | Off-putting trait | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, January 01, 2004 | 24D | Sense of self | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, December 14, 2003 | 115D | Mania subject? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, June 22, 2003 | 49A | First person in ancient Rome | John Duschatko |
| Monday, May 19, 2003 | 60D | Self-image | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, April 24, 2003 | 28D | It may be easily bruised | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, April 21, 2003 | 57D | Freudian topic | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | 58D | Swelled head | Gene Newman |
| Tuesday, November 26, 2002 | 59D | Tripper's problem? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, November 04, 2002 | 58A | Companion of the id | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, October 16, 2002 | 36D | A star may have a big one | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, October 15, 2002 | 40A | Sense of self | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, October 09, 2002 | 31D | Self-image | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, October 06, 2002 | 31A | Kind of trip | Myles Callum |
| Thursday, October 03, 2002 | 27A | Personality part | Susan Harrington Smith |
| Friday, September 20, 2002 | 58D | It may get a boost | Kevin Hagen |
| Sunday, September 15, 2002 | 118D | It can get bruised | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, September 04, 2002 | 38A | Self-image | Eric Berlin |
| Thursday, July 18, 2002 | 18D | Cause of a power trip | Kevin McCann |
| Thursday, June 06, 2002 | 39A | Problem for a "maniac" | Patrick Merrell |
| Friday, April 12, 2002 | 35A | Heady feeling? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, February 19, 2002 | 43D | Conceit | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| Sunday, February 17, 2002 | 6D | I | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, February 14, 2002 | 4D | It may be massaged | Janet R. Bender |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2001 | 26A | Kind of trip | Richard Chisholm |
| Thursday, August 09, 2001 | 54D | ___ ideal | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, April 15, 2001 | 52A | Latin I | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, April 04, 2001 | 25A | I | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, November 23, 2000 | 35A | Motivation for many a pol | Louis Hildebrand |
| Sunday, October 22, 2000 | 90D | Swelled head | Henry Hook |
| Thursday, October 05, 2000 | 63D | Cause of star wars? | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, May 31, 2000 | 63D | It may need a boost | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Wednesday, March 08, 2000 | 19A | Self center | Greg Staples |
| Friday, February 11, 2000 | 52A | It's inflatable | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, December 19, 1999 | 50D | Everyone has one | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, November 24, 1999 | 43A | Self-image | Greg Staples |
| Friday, October 29, 1999 | 21D | It may be overblown | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, October 08, 1999 | 41A | Feelings | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, August 15, 1999 | 58D | It's big in corporate management | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, July 14, 1999 | 67A | Subject of psychoanalysis | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, July 04, 1999 | 96A | Pride | Greg Staples |
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | 34D | Fathead's excess | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, April 07, 1999 | 61D | I, to Claudius | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, February 04, 1999 | 38D | Inflatable item | Rich Norris |
| Monday, February 01, 1999 | 37D | "I" problem | Dorothy Smitonick |
| Sunday, January 31, 1999 | 12D | It may block a compromise | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, November 20, 1998 | 57D | What makes you you | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, May 17, 1998 | 15D | Something to stroke | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
| Wednesday, May 13, 1998 | 19A | Teamwork deterrent | Eileen Lexau |
| Tuesday, May 05, 1998 | 13D | Self | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Friday, April 24, 1998 | 44D | "I" for Claudius | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, April 21, 1998 | 34D | Big head | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, April 08, 1998 | 38D | Narcissist's problem | Nancy S. Ross |
| Tuesday, January 27, 1998 | 6D | I, to Claudius | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, January 19, 1998 | 61D | It may need massaging | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, January 18, 1998 | 105A | Kind of trip | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, December 14, 1997 | 109D | Swellhead's excess | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, November 13, 1997 | 10D | Cause of conflict, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, October 19, 1997 | 18D | Something that can get in the way | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, October 12, 1997 | 6D | It may need stroking | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 05, 1997 | 54D | Hubris source | Derrick Niederman |
| Tuesday, August 19, 1997 | 59D | Kind of maniac | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, August 10, 1997 | 120D | Id moderator | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, July 29, 1997 | 26D | Bruised item | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, July 24, 1997 | 44D | I | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, July 11, 1997 | 20D | Maniacal leader | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, June 15, 1997 | 31A | It's a matter of pride | Karen Hodge |
| Friday, June 13, 1997 | 19A | Amour-propre | Bob Klahn |
| Saturday, May 10, 1997 | 61D | Psychology I | Isabel Walcott |
| Tuesday, April 22, 1997 | 58D | Freudian factor | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Saturday, April 12, 1997 | 8D | Victim of deflation | Bob Klahn |
| Friday, March 21, 1997 | 45A | It may be easily bruised | Shannon Burns |
| Tuesday, December 31, 1996 | 35A | Swellhead's problem | A. S. Verdesca |
| Tuesday, September 24, 1996 | 23D | Freudian component | S. Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, May 01, 1996 | 31D | It's sometimes bruised | F. Piscop |
| Tuesday, April 30, 1996 | 4D | Super ending | G. E. Paul |
| Friday, April 19, 1996 | 11D | It may be massaged | A. Micci |
| Tuesday, April 09, 1996 | 9D | Freudian focus | M. E. Skolsky |
| Wednesday, February 28, 1996 | 16A | Freudian topic | F.A. Longo |
| Thursday, January 04, 1996 | 41A | It's sometimes crushed | F. & L. Sabin |
| Sunday, November 26, 1995 | 73A | Vanity case? | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, October 11, 1995 | 8D | Self-esteem | Mary E. Brindamour |
| Thursday, September 14, 1995 | 37A | Freudian topic | Chuck Deodene |
| Tuesday, August 15, 1995 | 21A | Swelled head | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, August 10, 1995 | 57A | Self-importance | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, May 13, 1995 | 28D | Self | Nancy Joline |
| Sunday, May 07, 1995 | 96D | Maniacal leader | Bob Klahn |
| Monday, May 01, 1995 | 29D | Sense of self | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Saturday, April 29, 1995 | 5D | Much-bruised item | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, February 21, 1995 | 38D | I, to Claudius | Martin Schneider |
| Wednesday, February 01, 1995 | 47D | The big I | Chet Currier |
| Monday, December 26, 1994 | 25D | Swelled head | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, November 26, 1994 | 7D | I | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, November 04, 1994 | 42D | Freudian study | Matt Jones |
| Monday, October 24, 1994 | 56D | Self | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, October 14, 1994 | 63D | Kind of mania | Bob Sefick |
| Monday, September 12, 1994 | 45A | Self | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, August 22, 1994 | 23A | Sense of self | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Thursday, July 07, 1994 | 4D | Kind of maniac | Ed Early |
| Sunday, June 19, 1994 | 41A | Conceit | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| Thursday, May 12, 1994 | 58D | Personal pride | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, March 22, 1994 | 58A | "I" affliction | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, March 08, 1994 | 26A | I, to Claudius | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, February 10, 1994 | 25D | Roman I | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, January 21, 1994 | 14A | Bovarism | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, January 04, 1994 | 48A | Latin I? | David A. Rosen |
| Saturday, December 11, 1993 | 6D | Kind of mania | Robert H. Wolfe |