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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 05, 2009 | 68A | This Across answer, appropriately | Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 99D | Boundary | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, August 16, 2009 | 66A | Break off | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, June 22, 2009 | 48A | Finish | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 | 21A | Close | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, February 02, 2009 | 42A | What boring things never seem to do | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 | 21A | Caboose, e.g. | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 26A | Wind up | John Farmer |
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 | 12D | Doomsday, with "the" | Jim Hilger |
| Monday, November 10, 2008 | 38D | Bring to a halt | Gail Grabowski |
| Monday, October 27, 2008 | 40A | With "of" plus 49-Down, momentous time | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | 40D | Wrap up | Michael Langwald |
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 26D | Tight ___ | Ari Halpern |
| Monday, June 30, 2008 | 33A | Termination | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, June 23, 2008 | 46A | Finish up | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
| Friday, June 06, 2008 | 27A | Potential pass target | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Saturday, April 19, 2008 | 11D | Heel | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 | 47A | Caboose, e.g. | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | 9D | Player next to a tackle | Steve Salmon |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | 64D | Close | Larry Shearer |
| Friday, January 18, 2008 | 18A | T formation participant | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | 7D | Football lineman | Victor Fleming |
| Thursday, September 27, 2007 | 64D | Culmination | Peter Wentz |
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 | 49A | Wrap up | Patrick Blindauer |
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 | 29A | See 58-Down | Byron Walden |
| Saturday, June 02, 2007 | 40A | With 41-Across, go out nicely | Byron Walden |
| Friday, June 01, 2007 | 28A | Doom | David Quarfoot and Katy Swalwell |
| Thursday, May 24, 2007 | 2D | See 3-Down | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, May 10, 2007 | 20A | Prime rib cut | Peter A. Collins |
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 | 64A | Give the coup de grâce | John Farmer |
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 | 114A | Tail | Byron Walden |
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 | 59D | Last | Karen M. Tracey |
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 | 25A | Break off | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, December 25, 2006 | 4D | Finale | Adam G. Perl |
| Wednesday, November 29, 2006 | 64A | Wrap up | Barbara Olson |
| Sunday, October 08, 2006 | 14D | Cut off | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | 29A | Wipe out | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, August 30, 2006 | 30D | Extreme | Kyle Mahowald |
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 | 65A | Defensive footballer | Todd McClary |
| Monday, May 08, 2006 | 12D | Conclusion | Norm Guggenbiller |
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 | 25A | Termination | Pete Muller |
| Tuesday, April 04, 2006 | 25A | Terminal | Robert Dillman |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2006 | 69A | Tug-of-war position | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | 22D | Pull the plug on | Jim Hyres |
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 | 37D | Close | John Farmer |
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 | 13D | Dissolve | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 | 24A | Sign-off | Levi Denham |
| Sunday, November 20, 2005 | 88D | Rear | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | 69A | Wind up | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, November 03, 2005 | 61A | Put the kibosh on | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, October 23, 2005 | 4D | Put a stopper on | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, October 06, 2005 | 62A | Epilogue | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 | 38A | Finis | Leonard Williams |
| Monday, July 04, 2005 | 13D | Finish up | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, June 27, 2005 | 43A | Finish | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| Monday, June 13, 2005 | 26A | Terminus | Earl W. Reed |
| Monday, May 02, 2005 | 4D | Maze goal | Tyler Hinman |
| Saturday, April 23, 2005 | 35A | Bankrupt | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 | 66D | Goal | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | 44A | Wind up or down | Victor Fleming and Nelson Hardy |
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 | 52A | Purpose | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, December 17, 2004 | 52A | Judgment Day | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 05, 2004 | 87D | Object | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, August 31, 2004 | 12D | Cut short | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, August 03, 2004 | 56D | Bitter ___ | Roy Leban |
| Monday, July 26, 2004 | 40A | Finish | Bernice Gordon |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 | 62D | Omega | Eric and Janinne Berlin |
| Saturday, April 24, 2004 | 5D | Top or bottom | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 | 23A | Wrap up | Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2003 | 41D | Butt | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, December 29, 2003 | 31A | At wit's ___ | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 | 4D | One may be dead | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, August 27, 2003 | 59D | Swan song | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 10, 2003 | 8D | Put the kibosh on | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, March 29, 2003 | 21A | Kind of user | Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, March 16, 2003 | 116D | Swan song | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, February 10, 2003 | 24A | Swan song | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, February 06, 2003 | 8D | Eliminate | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, January 23, 2003 | 65D | Apt answer for this clue | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, December 01, 2002 | 39D | Upshot | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, October 27, 2002 | 6D | ___-all | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2002 | 13D | Wrap up | Nancy Salomon and Nancy T. Shack |
| Monday, September 16, 2002 | 20A | Place to stop | Roy Leban |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2002 | 69A | Put the kibosh on | David Levinson Wilk |
| Sunday, August 04, 2002 | 73A | Word before and after "over" | Robert Malinow |
| Sunday, June 23, 2002 | 119D | This, appropriately | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, June 17, 2002 | 8D | Finale | Janice M. Putney |
| Sunday, June 09, 2002 | 7D | Destroy | Randolph Ross |
| Friday, April 05, 2002 | 27A | Wind up | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | 20A | It may be bitter | Louis Hildebrand |
| Sunday, March 17, 2002 | 51D | See 65-Across | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, March 08, 2002 | 63A | Run out | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, January 24, 2002 | 24A | It may be bitter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, November 26, 2001 | 4D | Epilogue | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2001 | 66D | Finis | Barbara Olson |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2001 | 37D | Come to a halt | Leonard Williams |
| Sunday, September 30, 2001 | 119A | Quash | Con Pederson |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2001 | 25A | Halt | Joan Yanofsky |
| Monday, June 18, 2001 | 13D | Cutoff point | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Monday, May 21, 2001 | 23D | Football lineman | Joan Yanofsky |
| Monday, March 19, 2001 | 4D | Terminus | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, December 07, 2000 | 25A | Tackle's teammate | Henry Hook |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2000 | 68D | Last part (appropriately) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, November 03, 2000 | 19A | One may be on the line | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, October 18, 2000 | 30D | Sign off | Thomas W. Schier |
| Wednesday, September 20, 2000 | 24D | Period's place | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2000 | 28D | "Bitter" part | William A. Ballard |
| Sunday, August 06, 2000 | 38D | Call a halt to | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, May 18, 2000 | 13A | Last page | Patrick D. Berry |
| Monday, May 08, 2000 | 24A | Extremity | Ed Early |
| Friday, April 28, 2000 | 66A | Demise | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, March 14, 2000 | 45A | Windup | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| Monday, February 14, 2000 | 33D | Finish | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, December 27, 1999 | 65D | Tackle's teammate | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, December 19, 1999 | 71D | Tip | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, November 21, 1999 | 86D | Objective | Patrick D. Berry |
| Friday, November 19, 1999 | 32D | Call off | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, November 16, 1999 | 40D | Finis | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Saturday, October 16, 1999 | 21D | Border | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, September 28, 1999 | 23D | Loaf part | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, September 14, 1999 | 7D | Butt | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, August 31, 1999 | 39A | Pull the plug on | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Friday, June 25, 1999 | 28A | Tip | Matt Gaffney |
| Monday, June 21, 1999 | 22D | Sign off | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, June 12, 1999 | 63A | Cut out | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, May 18, 1999 | 43A | Not-so-desirable bread slice | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| Wednesday, May 05, 1999 | 28A | See 57-Across | Lois Sidway |
| Thursday, April 22, 1999 | 39A | Denouement | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, March 14, 1999 | 29D | Period | Martin Schneider |
| Thursday, March 04, 1999 | 5D | Stoppage | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, February 05, 1999 | 7D | Goal | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, January 09, 1999 | 13D | It may be living or dead | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, September 28, 1998 | 21D | Stop | Robert Dillman |
| Wednesday, September 09, 1998 | 24A | It may be living or dead | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, August 19, 1998 | 51A | Windup | Alfio Micci |
| Wednesday, August 12, 1998 | 66A | Armageddon | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, May 31, 1998 | 91A | Annihilation | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, May 24, 1998 | 69D | Exterior lineman | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, April 18, 1998 | 38D | Kind of user | Frank Longo |
| Sunday, April 05, 1998 | 8D | Ultimate | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, March 25, 1998 | 65D | Conclusion | Gene Newman |
| Thursday, March 05, 1998 | 61D | Kind of user | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Friday, February 20, 1998 | 28D | Cricket wicket | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, February 11, 1998 | 50A | Lineman | Nancy S. Ross |
| Friday, January 30, 1998 | 18A | Doom | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Friday, January 23, 1998 | 19A | Extreme | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, January 18, 1998 | 73A | Unpopular slice | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| Saturday, November 22, 1997 | 43A | Quietus | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, November 13, 1997 | 21D | Terminal | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, September 11, 1997 | 25A | Intention | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, August 19, 1997 | 28A | Coda's place in a score | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, August 10, 1997 | 41D | It may be living or dead | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, July 22, 1997 | 35D | Tackle's neighbor | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, July 21, 1997 | 34A | Finale | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, July 10, 1997 | 40A | Part to grab hold of | Matt Gaffney |
| Monday, June 09, 1997 | 32D | Finis | Thomas W. Schier |
| Saturday, May 24, 1997 | 31D | Deli discard | Rich Norris |
| Friday, May 23, 1997 | 23A | Outer limit | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, April 30, 1997 | 4D | Get rid of | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, March 27, 1997 | 24D | Omega | Alex Vaughn |
| Sunday, March 23, 1997 | 37D | Cricket wicket | Bryant White |
| Saturday, March 22, 1997 | 12D | Stop | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, March 11, 1997 | 33D | Ultimate point | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, March 03, 1997 | 62D | Finis | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, March 02, 1997 | 24D | Objective | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, January 20, 1997 | 20A | Boundary | S. Spadaccini |
| Monday, January 13, 1997 | 42A | Purpose | G. E. Paul |
| Wednesday, August 28, 1996 | 56A | Remnant | F. Heaney |
| Thursday, August 15, 1996 | 29D | Intention | S. B. Whitten |
| Tuesday, May 28, 1996 | 24A | Football lineman | J. R. Bender |
| Monday, May 13, 1996 | 5D | Pass receiver | S. L. Robbins |
| Sunday, April 21, 1996 | 77A | Expiration | M. Gaffney |
| Tuesday, March 12, 1996 | 34D | Curtains, with "the" | R. J. Hartman |
| Monday, January 08, 1996 | 42A | Purpose | N. Steinberg |
| Thursday, November 09, 1995 | 34D | Epilogue | Bob Sefick |
| Sunday, October 29, 1995 | 114D | Sign off | Maura B. Jacobson |
| Wednesday, October 04, 1995 | 28D | Wrap up | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Sunday, October 01, 1995 | 34D | Wind up | Frank A. Longo |
| Thursday, June 22, 1995 | 5D | Period of play in curling | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, June 13, 1995 | 25A | Cessation | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, May 04, 1995 | 8D | Complete | A.J. Santora |
| Monday, May 01, 1995 | 48D | Terminus | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, January 09, 1995 | 38D | Pass receiver | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, December 11, 1994 | 76A | Wind up | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Wednesday, October 26, 1994 | 31A | Goal | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, October 20, 1994 | 30A | Curling inning | Bryant White |
| Monday, October 17, 1994 | 20A | Hindquarters | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Friday, October 14, 1994 | 54A | Purpose | Bob Sefick |
| Thursday, September 29, 1994 | 8D | Purpose | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, September 25, 1994 | 41A | It may be dead | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, September 12, 1994 | 47A | Pass receiver | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, August 26, 1994 | 36A | Wind up | Timothy S. Lewis |
| Monday, August 15, 1994 | 4D | Epilogue | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, August 07, 1994 | 58A | Purpose | Dean Niles |
| Sunday, July 24, 1994 | 11D | Word before and after "to" | Matt Gaffney |
| Monday, June 27, 1994 | 4D | Football lineman | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Friday, June 03, 1994 | 60A | Remnant | Norman S. Wizer |
| Sunday, April 24, 1994 | 72A | Closure | Louis Sabin |
| Thursday, April 14, 1994 | 59D | Finale | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, December 17, 1993 | 43D | Windup | James Neal |