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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 7D | It may start a scene | Joe Krozel |
| Monday, November 02, 2009 | 50D | Write in | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton |
| Sunday, October 04, 2009 | 106D | Write in | Todd McClary |
| Sunday, September 27, 2009 | 90A | Take part in | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, May 24, 2009 | 85A | A.T.M. button | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, May 18, 2009 | 15A | Go inside | Billie Truitt |
| Monday, April 06, 2009 | 49D | Key in | Dustin Foley |
| Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 42D | Stage direction | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 | 69D | Make a record of | Jim Page |
| Monday, November 24, 2008 | 68A | Go inside | Billie Truitt |
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 | 28A | Type on a computer | Doug Peterson |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 29D | Word said upon arrival | Barry C. Silk |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | 13D | Key in | Eugene W. Sard |
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 | 32A | Key word | Shannon Burns |
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 | 136A | PC key | Mike Nothnagel |
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 | 31D | Exit's opposite | Peter A. Collins |
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 | 4D | Record | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 | 3D | Word with an arrow | Paul Guttormsson |
| Saturday, January 20, 2007 | 41D | Maze marking | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, December 18, 2006 | 22A | "Come in!" | Donna Levin |
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 | 57A | Go on stage | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, October 23, 2006 | 19A | Go into | John Calvin Williams |
| Saturday, August 26, 2006 | 23A | Board | Henry Hook |
| Monday, April 10, 2006 | 52D | Exit's opposite | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Sunday, April 02, 2006 | 24D | Door sign | Bob Klahn |
| Friday, February 17, 2006 | 10D | Key word | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 | 62A | Script direction | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 | 48D | Make a note of | Henry Hook |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 | 118A | Record | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, September 01, 2005 | 49D | Log | Kevan Choset |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | 54D | Keyboard key | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, May 13, 2005 | 66A | Big key | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 | 54D | Script direction | Lyell Rodieck |
| Monday, April 11, 2005 | 53D | Start, as school | Norma Steinberg |
| Sunday, April 03, 2005 | 4D | Stage direction | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, March 12, 2005 | 33A | Submit | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, March 03, 2005 | 30D | Long key | Byron Walden |
| Monday, February 21, 2005 | 33D | Set foot in | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, January 25, 2005 | 20A | "Come in!" | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 | 68A | Data processing command | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, January 10, 2005 | 20A | Go in | David Pringle |
| Wednesday, November 03, 2004 | 63A | Stage direction | Ed Early |
| Saturday, October 02, 2004 | 13D | Gain acceptance | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, April 06, 2004 | 21D | Type in | Tony Orbach |
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 | 50A | Keypad key | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, February 02, 2004 | 19A | Go in | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, January 27, 2004 | 30D | Keyboard key | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | 66A | Sign on a door | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| Monday, August 11, 2003 | 8D | Computer key | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, July 20, 2003 | 50A | Greeter's greeting | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, May 26, 2003 | 8D | Computer key | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, March 27, 2003 | 53D | Join | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, March 23, 2003 | 105D | Calculator key | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, January 19, 2003 | 111A | Be accepted by | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, November 18, 2002 | 69A | Step into | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| Monday, October 21, 2002 | 51D | Go in | Peter Sarrett |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2002 | 36A | Butler's request | David Levinson Wilk |
| Sunday, July 28, 2002 | 117A | Log or board | Nelson Hardy |
| Sunday, May 12, 2002 | 90D | Sign on an arrow | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, January 16, 2002 | 4D | Log | Linda Bushman |
| Sunday, October 14, 2001 | 62A | Doorkeeper's reply | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, August 26, 2001 | 56D | Sign on a door | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, May 28, 2001 | 33D | Join | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2001 | 69A | "The door's open!" | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, February 12, 2001 | 57D | PC key | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2000 | 25A | Computer command | Robert Zimmerman |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2000 | 65A | Maze word | William A. Ballard |
| Saturday, February 26, 2000 | 27D | Put down, in a way | Bob Klahn |
| Monday, February 21, 2000 | 47D | Go in | Randy Sowell |
| Sunday, January 02, 2000 | 1A | Computer command | Rich Norris |
| Monday, October 11, 1999 | 33D | Register | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, September 20, 1999 | 50D | Go in | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, September 13, 1999 | 49D | "Step right in!" | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, August 31, 1999 | 13D | "C'mon in!" | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Saturday, August 21, 1999 | 44A | Maze marking | Charles E. Gersch |
| Sunday, August 15, 1999 | 63A | "The door's open" | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, July 19, 1999 | 33D | Computer command | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 23, 1999 | 95D | Computer command | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, March 03, 1999 | 27D | Oft-used computer key | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, February 10, 1999 | 67A | Walk in | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, January 11, 1999 | 1A | Begin, as school | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, November 08, 1998 | 108D | Cry from within | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, November 01, 1998 | 18D | Key word | Robert Malinow |
| Wednesday, July 29, 1998 | 24A | Reply to a knock | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, June 08, 1998 | 36A | ___ into holy matrimony | Mark Danna |
| Saturday, February 14, 1998 | 46D | Return function | Mark Diehl |
| Thursday, January 22, 1998 | 19D | Computer command | Patrick Jordan |
| Monday, October 13, 1997 | 52D | "Come in!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, September 10, 1997 | 25D | PC key | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, August 10, 1997 | 97D | Record | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, May 10, 1997 | 51D | Keypad key | Isabel Walcott |
| Friday, May 02, 1997 | 39A | "The door's open!" | Matthew L. Jones |
| Sunday, April 27, 1997 | 66D | Computer key | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, December 26, 1996 | 33D | Come in | R. H. Burns |
| Tuesday, December 17, 1996 | 31D | Computer command | G. E. Paul |
| Sunday, November 17, 1996 | 102A | Stage direction | N. N. Joline |
| Tuesday, November 05, 1996 | 74A | Begin, as a maze | J. Farrell |
| Monday, September 09, 1996 | 33D | "Come in!" | S. L. Robbins |
| Monday, August 26, 1996 | 29D | Reply to a knock | G. E. Paul |
| Thursday, July 04, 1996 | 52D | Pierce | Joy L. Wouk |
| Tuesday, May 28, 1996 | 31D | Reply to a knock | J. R. Bender |
| Tuesday, April 16, 1996 | 8D | Computer command | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, April 01, 1996 | 49A | Come in | F. Piscop |
| Thursday, March 14, 1996 | 50A | Maze notation | R. Silvestri |
| Wednesday, January 31, 1996 | 29D | Stage direction | M. Gaffney |
| Monday, December 18, 1995 | 35D | Door sign | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, December 11, 1995 | 12D | Joan Rivers's "____ Talking" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, November 14, 1995 | 55D | Go in | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, November 13, 1995 | 27A | "Come in!" | Norma Steinberg |
| Saturday, September 23, 1995 | 56A | Stage direction | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, July 25, 1995 | 19A | "All hope abandon, ye who ____ here!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, June 08, 1995 | 59A | Key in | Chuck Deodene |
| Monday, March 06, 1995 | 71A | Stage direction | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, December 07, 1994 | 33D | Computer command | Chet Currier |
| Friday, September 23, 1994 | 59A | Record | Bryant White |
| Thursday, September 22, 1994 | 23D | Stage direction | George Quincy |
| Sunday, August 21, 1994 | 86A | Record | Ted Fulton |
| Saturday, July 30, 1994 | 56A | Ngaio Marsh's ''______ a Murderer'' | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, July 27, 1994 | 21D | Stage direction | Nancy Joline |
| Sunday, May 01, 1994 | 111A | Stage direction | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, March 30, 1994 | 2D | Reply to a knock | Eileen Lexau |
| Saturday, March 26, 1994 | 28D | Computer command | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, February 13, 1994 | 43D | Log | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, December 20, 1993 | 67A | "This way in" sign | Norma Steinberg |
| Saturday, December 11, 1993 | 55D | Register | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Friday, November 26, 1993 | 44A | Record | Nancy A. Corbett |