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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 | 26A | Classical lyre holder | Doug Peterson |
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 | 14A | Sister of Clio | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 | 49D | Calliope relative | Frank Longo |
| Monday, December 01, 2008 | 61A | Poetic Muse | Eric J. Platt |
| Monday, June 23, 2008 | 31D | Poet's Muse | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 | 18A | Muse with a wreath of myrtle and roses | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 | 26D | Muse with a lyre | Ray Fontenot |
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 | 82D | Muse with a wreath of myrtle and roses | Seth A. Abel |
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 | 44A | Poetry Muse | Ed Early |
| Monday, November 06, 2006 | 23A | Poet's Muse | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Sunday, November 05, 2006 | 37A | Muse of mimicry | Derrick Niederman |
| Thursday, October 26, 2006 | 14A | Sister of Melpomene | Todd McClary and Dave Tuller |
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 | 14A | Subject of Filippino Lippi's "Allegory of Music" | Dave Tuller |
| Tuesday, August 29, 2006 | 51D | Poetry Muse | David Pringle |
| Wednesday, August 09, 2006 | 20A | Sister of Clio | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 49D | Sister of Thalia | Mark Feldman |
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 | 59A | Lyrist of myth | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, June 26, 2006 | 44A | Muse of love poetry | Randy Sowell |
| Wednesday, April 19, 2006 | 40D | Odist's inspiration | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 | 56A | One of the Muses | Janice M. Putney |
| Wednesday, March 01, 2006 | 37A | Sister of Urania | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 | 11D | Poet's inspiration | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 | 18A | Sister of Thalia | Kyle Mahowald |
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 | 11D | Poet's Muse | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, March 31, 2005 | 7D | Inspiration for poets and musicians | David Liben-Nowell |
| Monday, March 07, 2005 | 52D | Poetry Muse | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Monday, February 28, 2005 | 65A | One of the nine Muses | Marjorie Berg |
| Tuesday, January 04, 2005 | 68A | Poetry Muse | John Underwood |
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 | 73D | Muse of poetry | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 | 37D | Millay's Muse | Norma Johnson |
| Sunday, March 21, 2004 | 68A | Lyre-playing Muse | Roy Leban |
| Thursday, January 01, 2004 | 30A | Sister of Thalia | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, December 31, 2003 | 15A | Sister of Clio | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, November 24, 2003 | 26D | Poetry Muse | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, August 19, 2003 | 17A | Muse of poetry | Karen M. Tracey |
| Tuesday, May 20, 2003 | 2D | Lord Byron's Muse | Peter Abide |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2003 | 51D | Poetic Muse | William Schaub |
| Wednesday, March 05, 2003 | 22A | Poet's Muse | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, February 16, 2003 | 104D | Sister of Melpomene | Charles M. Deber |
| Wednesday, January 15, 2003 | 15A | Sister of Terpsichore | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, September 09, 2002 | 29D | Lyre-carrying Muse | William I. Johnston |
| Sunday, August 25, 2002 | 20A | Muse whose name means "passionate" | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, July 24, 2002 | 61A | One of the Muses | Eric Berlin |
| Tuesday, June 04, 2002 | 63A | Muse of poetry | Matthew J. Koceich |
| Wednesday, April 17, 2002 | 49A | Sister of Clio | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, November 29, 2001 | 2D | Inspiration for poets and musicians | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, November 15, 2001 | 56A | Sister of Thalia | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, October 09, 2001 | 37D | Sister of Urania | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, July 16, 2001 | 55A | Poetry Muse | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2001 | 5D | Poetry Muse | Stephen Windheim |
| Friday, April 20, 2001 | 2D | Goddess pictured with a lyre and a crown of roses | Chuck Deodene |
| Friday, April 13, 2001 | 24A | Poet's inspiration | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, March 19, 2001 | 68A | Muse of lyric poetry | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, December 21, 2000 | 21A | Inspiration for Yeats | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 03, 2000 | 106A | Poetic Muse | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, November 13, 2000 | 39D | Love poet's Muse | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, September 03, 2000 | 100D | Muse for a lyricist | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, August 28, 2000 | 10D | A Muse | Richard Hughes |
| Friday, August 18, 2000 | 6D | Wordsworth's Muse | Patrick D. Berry |
| Sunday, July 23, 2000 | 69D | Daughter of Mnemosyne | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, July 18, 2000 | 63A | Sonneteer's Muse | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, June 15, 2000 | 3D | Goddess often pictured with a crown of roses | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2000 | 9D | Muse of love poetry | Michael S. Maurer |
| Wednesday, April 19, 2000 | 47D | One of nine sisters | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, December 13, 1999 | 30D | Poetry Muse | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 11D | Muse of poetry | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, October 24, 1999 | 54A | Muse for D. H. Lawrence | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, August 15, 1999 | 60D | Sister of Calliope | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, July 05, 1999 | 8D | Poet's muse | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 21, 1999 | 20A | Sister of Euterpe | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, January 22, 1999 | 37D | One of a mythological ennead | Ed Early |
| Sunday, December 06, 1998 | 44D | A Muse | Marjorie Richter |
| Monday, November 02, 1998 | 26D | Muse with a lyre | Sheldon Benardo |
| Tuesday, September 29, 1998 | 9D | Sappho's Muse | Thomas W. Schier |
| Monday, June 29, 1998 | 27D | Muse of poetry | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, June 07, 1998 | 31A | Sister of Terpsichore | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, May 04, 1998 | 15A | Muse of love poetry | Hugh Davis |
| Monday, April 28, 1997 | 51A | Muse of love poetry | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, April 08, 1997 | 42D | Sister of Calliope | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, March 10, 1997 | 26D | Poet's Muse | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 09, 1997 | 38A | Muse for Milton | D. Niles |
| Sunday, December 08, 1996 | 66D | Daughter of Mnemosyne | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, November 27, 1996 | 60A | Sister of Urania | R. Hughes |
| Sunday, November 17, 1996 | 41D | Goddess with a lyre | N. N. Joline |
| Tuesday, September 24, 1996 | 12D | Muse of poetry | S. Spadaccini |
| Sunday, July 14, 1996 | 73D | Sister of Clio | J. Schmalzbach |
| Sunday, June 23, 1996 | 41D | Sappho's Muse | F. Hansen |
| Thursday, May 16, 1996 | 4A | Daughter of Zeus | F. Longo |
| Saturday, April 13, 1996 | 7D | One of nine sisters | G. R. Ferguson |
| Friday, March 29, 1996 | 28D | Calliope colleague | C. Millhauser |
| Tuesday, February 13, 1996 | 53A | Pindar's Muse | G. Paul |
| Sunday, January 14, 1996 | 37D | One of a mythical ennead | C. Millhauser |
| Wednesday, October 18, 1995 | 4D | Sister of Terpsichore | Nancy S. Ross |
| Wednesday, July 12, 1995 | 41A | Apollo attendant | Robert Malinow |
| Monday, March 27, 1995 | 65A | Poetry Muse | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, February 13, 1995 | 52A | Muse of poetry | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, January 15, 1995 | 101A | Poetry-reading Muse | Ernie Furtado |
| Friday, January 13, 1995 | 28D | Sister of Urania | Judith Perry |
| Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 56A | Sister of 31-Across | Joan Scott |
| Sunday, November 13, 1994 | 98A | Hugh Hefner's Muse? | Frank A. Longo |
| Saturday, August 06, 1994 | 44D | Lady with a lyre | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Sunday, July 03, 1994 | 58A | Sister of Euterpe | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, March 06, 1994 | 42D | Sappho's Muse | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, February 06, 1994 | 88D | One of Zeus's daughters | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Sunday, January 30, 1994 | 115D | One of nine | Alex K. Justin |
| Thursday, January 27, 1994 | 40D | Woman with a lyre | Betty Jorgensen |
| Monday, January 17, 1994 | 63A | Sister of Thalia | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, December 28, 1993 | 26D | Sister of Thalia | Ronald C. Hirschfield |
| Friday, December 10, 1993 | 27D | Lyrist of myth | Alex K. Justin |