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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, July 10, 2010 | 8D | Up until | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, June 12, 2010 | 35A | Homophone of 25-Across | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | 26A | Bard's "before" | Peter A. Collins |
| Thursday, May 06, 2010 | 64A | Preposition before now | Dan Naddor |
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 51A | "___ fancy you consult, consult your purse": Benjamin Franklin | David J. W. Simpson |
| Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 44A | Reversible preposition | Daniel A. Finan |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 | 6D | Ahead of, in verse | Victor Fleming |
| Thursday, February 11, 2010 | 6D | "Maid of Athens, ___ We Part" (Byron poem) | Peter A. Collins |
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 | 30A | "We shun it ___ it comes": Emily Dickinson | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, January 14, 2010 | 45A | Not there, to 11-Down | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 71A | Before, in a ballade | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, December 08, 2009 | 61D | Bard's "before" | Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 | 12D | "___ upon my bed I lay me": Longfellow | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | 48A | Before, to Byron | Gail Grabowski |
| Wednesday, August 26, 2009 | 30D | Bard's before | Gary Cee |
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 58D | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" | Donna S. Levin |
| Monday, July 13, 2009 | 61D | Before, poetically | C. W. Stewart |
| Saturday, June 27, 2009 | 8D | Outmoded preposition | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 33A | Long introduction? | Bill Zais |
| Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | 65D | Before, to a bard | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Monday, March 30, 2009 | 5D | Before, poetically | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 45A | "... ___ he drove out of sight" | Edward Safran |
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 | 126A | Poetic preposition | Zack Kushner |
| Thursday, March 05, 2009 | 50D | "___ I let fall the windows of mine eyes": Shak. | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, January 01, 2009 | 60D | "___ the bat hath flown / His cloister'd flight ...": Macbeth | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 | 19A | Poetic preposition | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, November 22, 2008 | 43A | "Blood hath been shed ___ now": Macbeth | Frank Longo |
| Saturday, November 15, 2008 | 5D | Fore | Karen M. Tracey |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 30D | Bard's "before" | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | 22D | Bard's "before" | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 111D | Prior to, in verse | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 29A | Poetic preposition | Victor Fleming |
| Thursday, August 07, 2008 | 33A | Poetic preposition | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 | 39A | Afore | Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 | 36D | Poetic conjunction | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| Friday, February 01, 2008 | 24A | "A little ___ the mightiest Julius fell": Shak. | Doug Peterson |
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 | 97A | Before, in verse | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, October 26, 2007 | 28A | In advance of | David Quarfoot |
| Tuesday, October 09, 2007 | 53A | Before, in poetry | Timothy Powell |
| Monday, October 01, 2007 | 46A | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove ..." | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, September 30, 2007 | 65A | "Myself was stirring ___ the break of day": Shak. | Kelsey Blakley |
| Monday, September 17, 2007 | 13D | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 | 66A | Bard's "before" | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Sunday, August 26, 2007 | 110D | Poetic preposition | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 | 67A | Palindromic preposition | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 | 42A | Prior to, in verse | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 | 24A | "... ___ he drove out of sight" | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 | 116D | "___ Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes" (Dunbar poem) | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, February 19, 2007 | 43A | Byron's "before" | Andrea C. Michaels |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 | 36D | Poet's before | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 | 50A | "___ the long roll of the ages end" (start of an old Irish song) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 | 21D | Bard's before | Dave Mackey |
| Tuesday, December 05, 2006 | 20A | Before, to bards | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 | 2D | It comes before long | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Wednesday, November 08, 2006 | 21A | Bard's "before" | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 29, 2006 | 89A | Bard's "before" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, October 26, 2006 | 2D | "For Lycidas is dead, dead ___ his prime": Milton | Todd McClary and Dave Tuller |
| Monday, October 23, 2006 | 12D | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he ?" | John Calvin Williams |
| Friday, October 20, 2006 | 54D | Long intro? | Ed Early |
| Thursday, September 21, 2006 | 28D | In the time leading up to | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Sunday, September 03, 2006 | 118D | Poetic preposition | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig |
| Thursday, August 24, 2006 | 13D | "___ Time transfigured me": Yeats | Gary Steinmehl |
| Wednesday, August 09, 2006 | 36D | Poet's preposition | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Wednesday, August 02, 2006 | 31D | Browning's "before" | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, July 17, 2006 | 56A | "Able was I ___ ?" | Larry Paul |
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 72A | Lead-in for long | Timothy Powell |
| Sunday, May 14, 2006 | 35A | "I hope to see London once ___ I die": "Henry IV, Part 2" | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 | 61D | Byronic "before" | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, May 01, 2006 | 13D | Before, in verse | Mike Torch |
| Wednesday, April 19, 2006 | 61D | Before, to bards | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, April 04, 2006 | 61A | Before, to poets | Robert Dillman |
| Thursday, March 30, 2006 | 53D | Afore | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, March 06, 2006 | 47A | Poet's "before" | Jack McInturff |
| Sunday, March 05, 2006 | 6D | "? ___ he drove out of sight" | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| Monday, February 27, 2006 | 4D | Afore | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 | 64A | Before, in poetry | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, December 15, 2005 | 11A | Afore | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 | 60A | Long introduction? | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 | 60D | Before of yore | Seth A. Abel |
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 | 9D | Before, in poetry | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 | 58D | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ ?" | Adam G. Perl |
| Saturday, October 22, 2005 | 40A | "? ___ I again behold my Romeo!" | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | 33D | Bard's before | Jay Leatherman |
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 | 90D | 'Fore | Kyle Mahowald |
| Friday, October 07, 2005 | 20D | "Maid of Athens, ___ We Part" (Byron poem) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 | 116A | Before | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, September 28, 2005 | 26A | Prior to, to Prior | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, September 21, 2005 | 23D | Palindromic preposition | Anne Garellick |
| Saturday, September 17, 2005 | 26A | "... ___ the set of sun": "Macbeth" | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, September 01, 2005 | 37D | Afore | Kevan Choset |
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 | 43A | Afore | Kyle Mahowald |
| Saturday, July 23, 2005 | 10D | It may appear before long | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | 64D | Before, before | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 | 58A | "___ the bat hath flown / His cloister'd flight ?": Macbeth | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, March 30, 2005 | 21D | Poetic conjunction | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, March 27, 2005 | 113D | Prior to, to Prior | Con Pederson |
| Tuesday, March 22, 2005 | 7D | Before, in verse | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, February 28, 2005 | 12D | Before, in verse | Marjorie Berg |
| Friday, February 25, 2005 | 5D | Up until | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 | 111A | Poetic preposition | Joel Kaplow |
| Sunday, January 30, 2005 | 113D | Afore | Derrick Niederman |
| Monday, January 17, 2005 | 2D | Afore | Alison Donald |
| Monday, September 20, 2004 | 24A | Before, in verse | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, September 12, 2004 | 105A | "I kissed thee ___ I killed thee": Othello | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, August 09, 2004 | 30A | Before, in poetry | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Sunday, August 08, 2004 | 37A | Afore | Bill Zais |
| Monday, August 02, 2004 | 47A | Poetic palindrome | Holden Baker |
| Monday, July 26, 2004 | 21A | Before, in poetry | Bernice Gordon |
| Thursday, July 01, 2004 | 21D | "A little ___ the mightiest Julius fell": Shak. | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Thursday, June 24, 2004 | 44A | Sooner than | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, June 21, 2004 | 58D | Before, in 29-Down | Craig Kasper |
| Saturday, June 19, 2004 | 40A | "___ Time transfigured me": Yeats | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, April 26, 2004 | 61D | Afore | Merle Baker |
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 | 64D | Ode preposition | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | 20A | Before | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 | 32D | Poet's preposition | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, February 02, 2004 | 24A | Before, to Byron | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2003 | 21D | Before, once | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 | 39A | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he ..." | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 | 60D | Poetic palindrome | Tyler Hinman |
| Wednesday, October 15, 2003 | 10D | Prior to, in poesy | John Greenman |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2003 | 43A | Prior to, poetically | Kevan Choset |
| Monday, August 25, 2003 | 59D | Prior to, to Prior | Craig Kasper |
| Thursday, August 14, 2003 | 61D | It comes before long | Greg Staples |
| Sunday, July 27, 2003 | 62D | "That will be ___ the set of sun": "Macbeth" | Michael Grudzielanek |
| Wednesday, July 23, 2003 | 41A | Before, before | Ed Early |
| Sunday, June 29, 2003 | 16D | Bard's preposition | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, May 25, 2003 | 142D | Afore | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, March 22, 2003 | 44A | "... the sun paused ___ it should alight": Shelley | Rich Norris |
| Friday, March 14, 2003 | 12D | "... die strangled ___ my Romeo comes?": Shak. | Kevin Hagen |
| Sunday, March 09, 2003 | 83D | Prior to | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, January 15, 2003 | 5D | Palindrome center | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, January 05, 2003 | 37A | Before, in verse | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, December 09, 2002 | 8D | Before, to bards | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, December 08, 2002 | 29D | Poet's preposition | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, November 03, 2002 | 94D | Before | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, November 02, 2002 | 56A | "___ the mother's milk had dried": Kipling | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, October 16, 2002 | 26D | "... ___ he drove out of sight" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, October 06, 2002 | 48D | "... ___ he drove out of sight" | Myles Callum |
| Monday, September 30, 2002 | 39D | Before, once | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, July 22, 2002 | 55A | Before, of yore | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, July 02, 2002 | 64A | Bard's before | John R. Conrad |
| Thursday, June 27, 2002 | 21D | Palindromic conjunction | James R. Leeds |
| Monday, May 06, 2002 | 57D | Poetic preposition | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, April 21, 2002 | 18D | ". ___ he drove out of sight ." | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | 56D | Bard's before | Louis Hildebrand |
| Tuesday, February 26, 2002 | 66A | Palindromic preposition | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, February 21, 2002 | 23A | Poetic preposition | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2002 | 41D | Poetic preposition | Steven Picus |
| Sunday, January 20, 2002 | 107A | Prior to | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2002 | 60D | "___ pales in Heaven the morning star": Lowell | Kelly Clark |
| Thursday, January 10, 2002 | 53A | Word before long or now | Alex Vaughn |
| Thursday, December 27, 2001 | 4D | Prior to | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2001 | 41D | Prior to, to Prior | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| Wednesday, October 03, 2001 | 64D | Prior to | David Bunker |
| Sunday, September 30, 2001 | 10D | "___ the steamer bore him Eastward ...": Kipling | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, August 12, 2001 | 12D | Poetic preposition | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2001 | 5D | Bard's before | Gayle Dean |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2001 | 8D | Bard's "before" | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, June 19, 2001 | 50D | Before, to bards | Tyler Hinman |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2001 | 51A | Afore | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, April 13, 2001 | 37D | "... ___ he drove out of sight" | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, March 19, 2001 | 61A | Before, in poetry | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, March 05, 2001 | 42A | Prior to, in poetry | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, March 04, 2001 | 115A | Afore | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, February 03, 2001 | 33A | "___ pales in Heaven the morning star": Lowell | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, January 14, 2001 | 71D | Poetic preposition | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, January 08, 2001 | 36A | "... ___ he drove out of sight" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, December 09, 2000 | 31A | Prior to | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, December 03, 2000 | 37A | Before, once | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 26, 2000 | 69A | Prior to | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, November 19, 2000 | 43A | Afore | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, November 06, 2000 | 62A | Bard's before | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| Sunday, October 22, 2000 | 62A | Anteceding | Henry Hook |
| Friday, October 20, 2000 | 52A | Word before while | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, October 12, 2000 | 44D | "___ on my bed my limbs I lay": Coleridge | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, September 22, 2000 | 29D | Prior to | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, September 07, 2000 | 12D | Before, once | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, September 03, 2000 | 110A | Preceding, in verse | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, September 01, 2000 | 6D | "___ he drove out of sight..." | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2000 | 25A | Long intro? | William A. Ballard |
| Tuesday, August 01, 2000 | 40A | Before, to Burns | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, July 17, 2000 | 38D | Before, to a bard | Mitch Komro |
| Wednesday, July 12, 2000 | 21A | Poetic palindrome | William A. Ballard |
| Friday, June 30, 2000 | 54D | Prior to, to Prior | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Friday, May 26, 2000 | 35A | Word before now | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, May 19, 2000 | 40D | It comes before long | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, April 25, 2000 | 67D | Before, to Burns | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, April 18, 2000 | 44A | Before, in poetry | Myles Callum |
| Friday, April 14, 2000 | 40A | "___ on my bed my limbs I lay": Coleridge | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, April 12, 2000 | 40A | Poetic preposition | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, April 11, 2000 | 41A | Bard's "before" | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, March 26, 2000 | 93D | Before, of yore | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, March 17, 2000 | 50D | Before, once | Glenton Petgrave |
| Monday, February 28, 2000 | 56A | Before, for a bard | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Saturday, February 26, 2000 | 51D | It may come before long | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, January 30, 2000 | 110D | Poetic preposition | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, January 12, 2000 | 63D | Earlier than | Greg Staples |
| Tuesday, December 28, 1999 | 46A | Prior to, to Prior | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, December 19, 1999 | 90A | Before, once | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, November 22, 1999 | 30D | Before | Frances Hansen |
| Tuesday, October 26, 1999 | 67A | Bard's "before" | Kevin McCann |
| Sunday, September 26, 1999 | 19D | Previous to | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, July 13, 1999 | 31A | Before, to bards | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, July 11, 1999 | 64A | Shortly before? | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, July 03, 1999 | 32A | "___ pales in Heaven the morning star": Lowell | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, June 08, 1999 | 68A | Poet's preposition | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, June 07, 1999 | 62A | Prior to, in old times | Robert O. Dillman |
| Saturday, June 05, 1999 | 57A | In advance of | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, June 01, 1999 | 45A | Before, in verse | Myles Callum |
| Tuesday, May 25, 1999 | 62D | Before, in verse | Philip Lew |
| Friday, May 21, 1999 | 42A | It comes before long | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, May 09, 1999 | 88D | "___ he drove out of sight..." | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | 31D | Shortly before? | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, April 08, 1999 | 24A | Before, once | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, April 01, 1999 | 2D | Before | Kelly Clark |
| Tuesday, January 05, 1999 | 40A | Before, in poetry | Lyell Rodieck |
| Monday, December 14, 1998 | 13D | Before, in poetry | Randy Sowell |
| Friday, December 04, 1998 | 55D | Poet's preposition | John Wolting |
| Sunday, November 08, 1998 | 60D | Prior to | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, October 26, 1998 | 12D | Before, once | Robert Dillman |
| Sunday, October 25, 1998 | 27A | "Able was I ___..." | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, October 17, 1998 | 42A | James Whitcomb Riley's "___ I Went Mad" | Bryant White |
| Friday, September 25, 1998 | 25A | Word used before now | Mark Blakeburn |
| Sunday, September 20, 1998 | 122A | Poetic preposition | Charles Deber |
| Sunday, August 30, 1998 | 12D | Prior to | John Wolting |
| Thursday, July 23, 1998 | 52A | Afore | Randall J. Hartman |
| Saturday, May 16, 1998 | 5D | Poetic preposition | Jim Page |
| Sunday, May 10, 1998 | 15D | Poetic preposition | Rich Silvestri |
| Friday, May 08, 1998 | 25D | Afore | Harvey Estes |
| Friday, April 24, 1998 | 43D | Obsolete preposition | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Thursday, April 02, 1998 | 37D | Prior to, to Prior | Alex K. Justin |
| Sunday, March 22, 1998 | 47A | Poetic preposition | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| Monday, March 16, 1998 | 39A | Before, in poetry | Mark Moldowsky |
| Sunday, March 08, 1998 | 80A | Afore | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, February 20, 1998 | 35A | "Look ___ ye leap" | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, February 13, 1998 | 5D | Afore | Jim Page |
| Saturday, November 15, 1997 | 27A | Poetic preposition | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, November 09, 1997 | 46D | "Maid of Athens, ___ we part": Byron | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, October 28, 1997 | 38A | Poetic palindrome | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, October 26, 1997 | 94A | Afore | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, October 19, 1997 | 39A | Before, once | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, October 16, 1997 | 7D | Before, to Byron | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, October 03, 1997 | 39A | Palindromist's preposition | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, September 07, 1997 | 25A | James Whitcomb Riley's "___ I Went Mad" | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, August 20, 1997 | 44A | Poetic preposition | Chuck Deodene |
| Sunday, August 17, 1997 | 72D | Afore | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, August 15, 1997 | 38D | Middle of a famous palindrome | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, August 03, 1997 | 112D | Before, in poetry | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, July 13, 1997 | 119D | Before, once | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, July 07, 1997 | 44A | Prior to, poetically | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, June 20, 1997 | 51D | Before | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, May 05, 1997 | 45A | Before, in verse | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, May 04, 1997 | 94A | Prior to, poetically | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, April 15, 1997 | 57D | Poet's "before" | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Thursday, April 03, 1997 | 25A | Poet's preposition | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, February 18, 1997 | 40D | Palindromic preposition | F. Piscop |
| Sunday, February 16, 1997 | 49D | Poetic preposition | M. Gaffney |
| Saturday, February 15, 1997 | 28D | Afore | J. Clonick |
| Friday, January 31, 1997 | 61D | Up until | M. Gaffney |
| Tuesday, January 28, 1997 | 23A | Before, in verse | E. C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, January 07, 1997 | 8D | Before, to a poet | J. Schmalzbach |
| Monday, January 06, 1997 | 18D | "Able was I ___..." | S. L. Robbins |
| Sunday, December 15, 1996 | 122A | Poetic preposition | R. Ross |
| Tuesday, December 03, 1996 | 71A | Before, to poets | R. Hartman |
| Sunday, November 10, 1996 | 116D | Obsolescent preposition | R. Hamel |
| Friday, September 20, 1996 | 58A | Afore | J. Page |
| Sunday, August 25, 1996 | 74A | Prior to, in poetry | R. Silvestri |
| Friday, August 09, 1996 | 19A | Palindromic preposition | D. Tuller |
| Friday, July 19, 1996 | 59D | Prior to | D. Niles |
| Thursday, May 09, 1996 | 60D | Before | C. Millhauser |
| Sunday, April 28, 1996 | 108D | Before | D. C. Baldwin |
| Thursday, April 18, 1996 | 27A | Byron's before | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, March 30, 1996 | 43A | Previous word | D. R. Stark |
| Wednesday, March 27, 1996 | 62D | Byron's before | R. J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 24, 1996 | 52A | Before, to Byron | J. K. Brill |
| Friday, February 23, 1996 | 48A | Until | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, February 18, 1996 | 81D | Prior to | Norma Steinberg |
| Friday, February 02, 1996 | 22A | Long opening? | R. Hamel |
| Monday, October 30, 1995 | 4D | Before, to Byron | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, October 15, 1995 | 86A | Rather than | Mel Rosen |
| Wednesday, September 27, 1995 | 31D | Afore | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, August 24, 1995 | 56D | Before | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, August 13, 1995 | 84D | Afore | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, August 01, 1995 | 6D | "Able was I ____ ..." | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Saturday, July 29, 1995 | 26A | Riley's "_____ I Went Mad" | Charles E. Gersch |
| Wednesday, July 26, 1995 | 47A | Before | Christopher Hunt |
| Tuesday, July 25, 1995 | 37A | Sooner than | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, July 16, 1995 | 73D | Before | Naomi Geller Lipsky |
| Friday, June 30, 1995 | 9D | Prior to | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, April 25, 1995 | 47A | Before, to Browning | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, April 16, 1995 | 42A | Prior to | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, April 09, 1995 | 84A | Poetic preposition | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, March 06, 1995 | 30D | Before | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, December 27, 1994 | 64A | Afore | Ernie Furtado |
| Sunday, December 04, 1994 | 110A | Before | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Monday, November 28, 1994 | 35D | Prior, to Prior | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Wednesday, November 02, 1994 | 65D | Before, in verse | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, September 29, 1994 | 40D | Palindromic preposition | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, September 14, 1994 | 4D | Before | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, August 28, 1994 | 65A | Long opening | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, August 25, 1994 | 29A | Before | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, August 16, 1994 | 8D | Afore | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Thursday, July 21, 1994 | 55D | Long start | Betty Jorgensen |
| Saturday, July 16, 1994 | 59A | James Whitcomb Riley's ''_____ I Went Mad'' | Mark Diehl |
| Wednesday, July 13, 1994 | 59D | Before, to Burns | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Friday, June 03, 1994 | 8D | Before, before | Norman S. Wizer |
| Monday, May 23, 1994 | 30D | Prior to, in poems | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Friday, May 06, 1994 | 54D | Prior to | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, April 12, 1994 | 61D | Afore | Ernie Furtado |
| Sunday, February 27, 1994 | 128D | Long intro | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Wednesday, February 16, 1994 | 23A | Till | John Greenman |
| Tuesday, February 08, 1994 | 38D | Before, to Byron | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, February 02, 1994 | 64D | Poet's word | Robert Katz |
| Saturday, January 15, 1994 | 6D | Earlier than | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, January 10, 1994 | 60D | Prior, to Prior | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, January 05, 1994 | 29D | Up to | Chet Currier |
| Sunday, December 12, 1993 | 75D | Rather than, to Cowper | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, December 07, 1993 | 29D | Before, in palindromes | Eric Albert |
| Thursday, December 02, 1993 | 23A | Before, to bards | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, November 22, 1993 | 68A | Palindrome center | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, November 21, 1993 | 27D | Before, to Byron | Peter Gordon |
NEW: 7 clues for ERE from Variety (Second Sunday) puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2005 | panda | 26A | Before air is spoken of | Mel Taub |
| August 1, 2004 | diagramless | 6D | Before, in poetry | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| May 13, 2001 | diagramless | 59D | Poetic preposition | Peter Gordon |
| February 6, 2000 | diagramless | 6D | Poetic preposition | Fred Piscop |
| October 3, 1999 | diagramless | 73D | Afore | Frank A. Longo |
| May 30, 1999 | diagramless | 7A | Before, to Byron | Frank A. Longo |
| June 29, 1997 | panda | 6D | Midway down Everest | MEL TAUB |