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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 08, 2009 | 110A | Obliterate | Robert W. Harris |
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | 69A | Rub out | Matt Ginsberg |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 125A | Take out | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | 43A | Wipe | Patrick Blindauer |
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 32D | Wipe out | Donna S. Levin |
| Friday, June 05, 2009 | 30D | See 7-Down | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | 30D | Render blank, as a floppy disk | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sunday, April 26, 2009 | 74D | Get out of the line? | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | 18D | Clear, as a tape | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 | 41A | Clean, in a way | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, December 09, 2008 | 38A | Take marks off | C. W. Stewart |
| Monday, November 10, 2008 | 68A | Clear the blackboard | Gail Grabowski |
| Sunday, September 14, 2008 | 18A | Do away with | Jeremy Newton |
| Monday, August 04, 2008 | 49D | Wipe out | Oliver Hill |
| Sunday, June 29, 2008 | 26A | Wipe out | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 | 121A | Name-drop, maybe? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | 64A | Recorder function | Edward Sessa |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | 57A | Clear the blackboard | Ken Bessette |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | 63A | Backspace over text | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, October 08, 2007 | 28A | Rub out | Steve Kahn |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 | 58A | Wipe clean | Ray Fontenot |
| Monday, May 14, 2007 | 66A | Rub out | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, April 30, 2007 | 31A | Clear, as a chalkboard | Allan E. Parrish |
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 | 59A | Remove, as characters | Henry Hook |
| Friday, April 13, 2007 | 40A | Unmake tracks | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2007 | 15A | Wipe out | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 | 1A | Clear away | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Friday, October 06, 2006 | 25A | Take marks off | Nancy Joline |
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 | 63A | Clear | Todd McClary |
| Monday, July 17, 2006 | 21D | Rub out | Larry Paul |
| Thursday, January 26, 2006 | 39A | Take off | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 19, 2005 | 24A | Delete | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, October 24, 2005 | 30A | Obliterate | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, September 21, 2005 | 13D | Demagnetize, maybe | Anne Garellick |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 | 6D | Not leave one's mark | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, June 12, 2005 | 76A | Delete | Joe Bower |
| Monday, April 25, 2005 | 67A | Obliterate | Alison Donald |
| Wednesday, April 13, 2005 | 18D | Completely demagnetize, say | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, March 06, 2005 | 61D | Totally eliminate | John Greenman |
| Friday, March 04, 2005 | 33A | Remove | Myles Callum |
| Monday, February 07, 2005 | 61A | Clear the blackboard | Gordon Seaberg |
| Sunday, January 02, 2005 | 59D | Clear the tape | Patrick Merrell |
| Saturday, December 18, 2004 | 17A | Make blank | Dana Motley |
| Sunday, December 05, 2004 | 118A | Get rid of | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, October 18, 2004 | 38D | Wipe out | Steve Kahn |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 | 24D | Rub out | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, September 01, 2004 | 31D | Wipe out | Jim Conklin |
| Sunday, August 15, 2004 | 146A | Bleep out | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, August 14, 2004 | 6D | Wipe | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | 24A | Demagnetize, as a tape | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2004 | 55D | Wipe clean | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2003 | 56A | Wipe out | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, December 29, 2003 | 16A | Wipe off, as a slate | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, December 14, 2003 | 38A | Clear the slate | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, November 21, 2003 | 49D | Make blank | David Ainslie Macleod |
| Monday, November 10, 2003 | 54D | Clear the slate | Gail A. MacLean |
| Sunday, November 09, 2003 | 37A | Clear the slate | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, November 03, 2003 | 32A | Delete from a disk | Marjorie Berg |
| Monday, October 13, 2003 | 31A | Wipe clean | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, June 22, 2003 | 37D | Do away with | John Duschatko |
| Monday, June 02, 2003 | 33D | Shake, as an Etch A Sketch | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, May 16, 2003 | 21D | Take out lines? | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, May 07, 2003 | 70A | Clean off | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, February 10, 2003 | 66A | Clear the boards | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, December 29, 2002 | 50D | Take marks off | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, December 15, 2002 | 28A | Obliterate | RIchard Hughes |
| Sunday, September 01, 2002 | 39D | Eliminate | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, August 05, 2002 | 65A | Remove from the blackboard | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, June 03, 2002 | 39D | Use the backspace key | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, April 17, 2002 | 67A | Clear the slate | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, March 31, 2002 | 65D | Obliterate | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | 22A | Expunge | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, February 10, 2002 | 76A | Do away with | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, January 22, 2002 | 25D | Wipe clean | Richard Chisholm |
| Tuesday, January 08, 2002 | 68A | Clear the tape | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, November 25, 2001 | 67A | Wipe out | Bob Klahn and Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, October 27, 2001 | 45A | Dictaphone button | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, September 16, 2001 | 54A | Take away | Bill Zais |
| Monday, May 21, 2001 | 59A | Wipe clean | Joan Yanofsky |
| Friday, May 04, 2001 | 42A | Clear | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, April 08, 2001 | 42D | Efface | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2001 | 64A | Prepare for reuse, perhaps | Robert Dillman |
| Monday, November 27, 2000 | 25A | Wipe out | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| Monday, October 23, 2000 | 32A | Clear the blackboard | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| Wednesday, October 18, 2000 | 50D | Leave rubber, in a way | Thomas W. Schier |
| Monday, September 11, 2000 | 26D | Clean a blackboard | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2000 | 61A | Remove from memory | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, August 08, 2000 | 12D | Delete | Joy L. Wouk |
| Thursday, June 01, 2000 | 47A | Get rid of | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, May 28, 2000 | 85A | Remove marginalia | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, May 22, 2000 | 28D | Clear, as a disk | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand |
| Sunday, May 14, 2000 | 135A | Clear the boards | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, May 11, 2000 | 16A | Obliterate | Peter Abide |
| Friday, April 14, 2000 | 48D | Take off | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, March 19, 2000 | 107A | Go back to square one | Greg Staples |
| Monday, February 14, 2000 | 5D | Delete | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, February 08, 2000 | 35A | Demagnetize, as a tape | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2000 | 1A | Clear the blackboard | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 31, 1999 | 23A | Take out | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, October 12, 1999 | 4D | Make blank | Ed Early |
| Monday, October 11, 1999 | 14A | Wipe, as a blackboard | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, September 14, 1999 | 25A | Clear, as a disk | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, August 09, 1999 | 16A | Remove from a disk | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, July 16, 1999 | 23A | Off | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Sunday, June 27, 1999 | 25D | Remove a slip? | Robert Malinow |
| Thursday, June 03, 1999 | 14A | Wipe out | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, May 30, 1999 | 51A | Do in | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, January 04, 1999 | 23D | Remove, as marks | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, December 01, 1998 | 6D | Rub out | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Saturday, October 24, 1998 | 29A | Bump off | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, October 13, 1998 | 65A | Clear the board | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, September 30, 1998 | 54D | Obliterate | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, September 01, 1998 | 52D | Wipe out | Gene Newman |
| Thursday, August 13, 1998 | 56A | Bump off | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, June 08, 1998 | 2D | Wipe out | Mark Danna |
| Thursday, May 28, 1998 | 37A | Clear | Patrick Jordan |
| Tuesday, May 05, 1998 | 35D | Rub out | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, April 21, 1998 | 31A | Opposite of pencil in | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, April 13, 1998 | 68A | Clear the chalkboard | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, April 11, 1998 | 13D | Clean, in a way | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Monday, February 16, 1998 | 18D | Clear the chalkboard | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, September 24, 1997 | 24D | Expunge | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Wednesday, August 20, 1997 | 67A | Clear | Chuck Deodene |
| Saturday, June 21, 1997 | 48D | Tape deck option | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Tuesday, February 18, 1997 | 42A | Expunge | F. Piscop |
| Tuesday, January 07, 1997 | 60A | Destroy | J. Schmalzbach |
| Sunday, December 01, 1996 | 16D | Clear | D. J. Kahn |
| Monday, October 28, 1996 | 38A | Clear the blackboard | R. Norris |
| Thursday, July 18, 1996 | 50D | Expunge | W. R. Williams |
| Wednesday, June 26, 1996 | 23A | Clear | P. Jordan |
| Sunday, May 26, 1996 | 25A | Clear the boards | R. Ross |
| Tuesday, May 21, 1996 | 15A | Wipe out | J. Schmalzbach |
| Monday, April 15, 1996 | 70A | Wipe out | S. L. Robbins |
| Saturday, April 13, 1996 | 29D | Obliterate | G. R. Ferguson |
| Monday, March 25, 1996 | 9A | Clear the blackboard | F. & L. Sabin |
| Tuesday, March 12, 1996 | 39D | De-chalk | R. J. Hartman |
| Monday, March 04, 1996 | 8D | Clear the board | S. B. Whitten |
| Monday, February 12, 1996 | 11D | Wipe out | S. Robbins |
| Tuesday, January 23, 1996 | 56D | Rub clean | B. Lubbers |
| Tuesday, December 12, 1995 | 32D | Clear a cassette | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, November 20, 1995 | 52D | Clear the board | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Saturday, November 18, 1995 | 24A | Wipe out | Glenton Petgrave |
| Tuesday, November 14, 1995 | 46A | Wipe clean | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, November 08, 1995 | 60A | Clear the tape | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Monday, October 09, 1995 | 27D | Delete-key function | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, August 28, 1995 | 58A | De-file a disk? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, August 27, 1995 | 115A | Expunge | Martin Schneider |
| Friday, June 23, 1995 | 29D | Clear the boards | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, June 05, 1995 | 25D | Wipe out | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, April 03, 1995 | 67A | Expunge | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, March 31, 1995 | 56A | Expunge | Chuck Deodene |
| Tuesday, March 07, 1995 | 45A | Eliminate | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, February 28, 1995 | 8D | Remove chalk | Nancy S. Ross |
| Monday, February 20, 1995 | 23A | Nullify | Bernice Gordon |
| Tuesday, February 14, 1995 | 19A | Get the lead out | Randy Sowell |
| Wednesday, January 11, 1995 | 5A | Rewind function | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Tuesday, January 10, 1995 | 12D | Clear the slate | Christopher Page |
| Friday, January 06, 1995 | 58A | Delete | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Saturday, November 26, 1994 | 16A | Rub off | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, November 05, 1994 | 39A | Eliminate | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, October 11, 1994 | 68A | Rub out | Bernice Gordon |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1994 | 47A | Clear, as a tape | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, July 03, 1994 | 98A | Take out | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, May 15, 1994 | 74D | Wipe off | Charles M. Deber |
| Thursday, May 05, 1994 | 55D | Get rid of | Mel Taub |
| Wednesday, May 04, 1994 | 14A | Delete-key function | Louis Sabin |
| Thursday, April 28, 1994 | 15A | Get the lead out? | Randy Sowell |
| Wednesday, April 27, 1994 | 42A | Backspace, on a computer | Rich Norris |
| Friday, March 04, 1994 | 26D | Clean | Betty Jorgensen |
| Thursday, January 20, 1994 | 20A | Obliterate | Lois Sidway |
| Wednesday, January 12, 1994 | 68A | Wipe out | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, December 09, 1993 | 42A | Clean, as a computer disk | Janie Lyons |
| Sunday, November 28, 1993 | 86A | Scratch out | Joanne W. Edwards |
| Wednesday, November 24, 1993 | 26D | VCR button | Nancy S. Ross |