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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | 44D | Be melodramatic | Michael Black |
| Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | 47D | Overdo it onstage | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, May 09, 2010 | 129A | Act badly? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, April 12, 2010 | 10D | Act with great feeling | Ian Livengood |
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 24D | Ham it up | Caleb Madison |
| Thursday, May 14, 2009 | 6D | Make a big scene? | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 59A | Chew the scenery | Edward Safran |
| Friday, February 13, 2009 | 60A | Act unprofessionally | Doug Peterson |
| Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 36A | Show too much feeling? | Merl Reagle |
| Monday, September 29, 2008 | 45A | Ham it up | Sharon Delorme |
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 | 52A | Play broadly | C. W. Stewart |
| Wednesday, May 07, 2008 | 37A | Go too far onstage | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, May 04, 2008 | 19A | Try to steal the scene, maybe | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, April 19, 2008 | 9D | Engage in cabotinage | Bob Klahn |
| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 | 68A | Play to the back of the audience | Kevin Donovan |
| Monday, February 11, 2008 | 53D | Overact | Ken Bessette |
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 | 113A | Overdo it, in a way | Lynn Lempel |
| Friday, November 09, 2007 | 37A | Get all histrionic | Henry Hook |
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | 37A | Ham it up | Ken Stern |
| Saturday, October 27, 2007 | 50D | Mug, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, October 07, 2007 | 46D | Wax theatrical | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 | 46D | Overplay | Joe Krozel & Victor Fleming |
| Monday, June 11, 2007 | 19A | Play a role none too subtly | Harriet Clifton |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | 19A | Speak histrionically | Mike Nothnagel |
| Friday, May 18, 2007 | 49A | Cry too readily, maybe | David Quarfoot |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 | 22D | Act broadly | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| Sunday, December 31, 2006 | 68D | Not play it straight | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2006 | 2D | Overact | Michael J. Doran |
| Monday, December 05, 2005 | 60A | Play much too broadly on stage | Gary Steinmehl |
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 | 48D | Not play subtly | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 | 32D | Overdo a scene | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, May 03, 2005 | 70A | Play to the back row and then some | Gary Steinmehl |
| Friday, April 08, 2005 | 31D | Be theatrical | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 | 53A | Play too broadly | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 | 16A | Not keep one's feelings pent up | Byron Walden |
| Monday, January 17, 2005 | 60A | Ham it up | Alison Donald |
| Sunday, January 02, 2005 | 57D | Show feelings | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, January 04, 2004 | 34D | Not hold back | Patrick Merrell |
| Friday, September 12, 2003 | 30A | Overdo a scene, say | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, June 22, 2003 | 29D | Do a part poorly | John Duschatko |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2003 | 55D | Milk a scene for all it's worth | PAtrick MErrell |
| Thursday, March 27, 2003 | 23A | Play too broadly | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2003 | 30D | Ham it up | Janice M. Putney |
| Tuesday, December 03, 2002 | 22A | Be a ham | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, April 28, 2002 | 124A | Overdo it, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2002 | 33D | Act badly? | Gregory Casagrande |
| Sunday, March 31, 2002 | 2D | Be theatrical | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2002 | 38A | Overact | Kelly Clark |
| Saturday, September 08, 2001 | 36A | Gush | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, August 14, 2001 | 19A | Rage, e.g., onstage | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2001 | 68A | Chew the scenery | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, May 13, 2001 | 63A | Be actorish | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, May 08, 2001 | 26D | Ham it up | Mark P. Sherwood |
| Sunday, May 06, 2001 | 22A | Get carried away in Hollywood | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 17, 2000 | 66D | Play to the rafters | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, December 06, 2000 | 27D | Be a ham in "Hamlet"? | Mel Taub (and crossword class) |
| Monday, December 04, 2000 | 56D | Overdo it on stage | Eileen Lexau |
| Sunday, October 01, 2000 | 19D | Overdramatize | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, July 29, 2000 | 28A | Go overboard, in a way | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, July 11, 2000 | 54D | Ham it up | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, May 31, 2000 | 52A | Act badly | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Thursday, June 17, 1999 | 1D | Hardly underplay | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, May 24, 1999 | 49D | Overact | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, April 21, 1999 | 56A | Overact | Mary E. Brindamour |
| Tuesday, April 13, 1999 | 52D | Ham it up | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, March 02, 1999 | 9A | Ham it up | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, November 18, 1998 | 22D | Ham it up | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Saturday, November 07, 1998 | 51A | Shed crocodile tears | Raymond Hamel |
| Thursday, May 21, 1998 | 51A | Turn on the dramatics | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, May 06, 1998 | 7D | Chew the scenery | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, December 31, 1997 | 59A | Chew the scenery | Alfio Micci |
| Monday, December 29, 1997 | 34D | Ham it up | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, May 14, 1997 | 69A | Overact | Norman S. Wizer |
| Tuesday, February 11, 1997 | 48D | Overplay onstage | P. Jordan |
| Friday, November 22, 1996 | 26D | Play without restraint | A. K. Justin |
| Tuesday, September 10, 1996 | 47D | Play to the balcony | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, September 02, 1996 | 53D | Ham it up | F. Piscop |
| Thursday, July 25, 1996 | 61A | Overact | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, July 10, 1996 | 20A | Play the ham | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Sunday, February 25, 1996 | 82D | Gush feeling | D. Niles |
| Thursday, July 13, 1995 | 9D | Overdramatize | A.J. Santora |
| Monday, February 27, 1995 | 47D | Overact | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Saturday, February 11, 1995 | 50A | Gush | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, September 29, 1994 | 66A | Ham it up | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, August 07, 1994 | 67D | Gush | Dean Niles |
| Sunday, April 10, 1994 | 41D | Gush | Trip Payne |
| Monday, February 14, 1994 | 30D | Overact | Nancy Joline |
| Sunday, January 16, 1994 | 119A | Chew the scenery | Ernst Theimer |
| Thursday, January 13, 1994 | 63A | Be a ham | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, January 02, 1994 | 17D | Overact | Brian G. Tyler |
NEW: 1 clue for EMOTE from Variety (Second Sunday) puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 28, 1999 | panda | 41A | Imitate ham actor Tom with ease | Mel Taub |