Enter a word to see all the definitions used for that word, or enter a pattern to see all answer words that match that pattern. Paterns use ? for unknown characters. For example, P??CH will find both POOCH and PEACH. Use * to mean any number of characters. A*Z finds both ADZ and ALCATRAZ, *CRY gets words that end with CRY, etc. Up to 1000 results are shown.
Note, this is not a full dictionary search. It only finds answer words already in the puzzle database so some real words that have never appeared in a puzzle won't show up, and some odd words specific to a puzzle theme will.
NEW: You can use $v to mean a single vowel or $c to mean a consonant. The v and c must be lower case. For example "$v??$c??$v" would display seven-letter answers that start and end with a vowel and have a consontant in the exact center. Note that Y counts as both a consonant and a vowel here.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, June 02, 2010 | 41A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Adam Cohen |
| Saturday, December 26, 2009 | 52A | "House of Dracula" director ___ C. Kenton | Kevin G. Der |
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | 18D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Sharon Delorme |
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 | 62D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, June 08, 2009 | 8D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Randy Sowell |
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 | 98A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 | 52D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Joon Pahk |
| Saturday, March 28, 2009 | 5D | "Phineas Finn" character Barrington ___ | Joe Krozel |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2009 | 61A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Tim Wescott |
| Saturday, June 28, 2008 | 46A | Eponymous oilman Halliburton | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 | 62D | ___ Stanley Gardner | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 | 16A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Gail Grabowski |
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 | 48D | First name in court fiction | Patrick Blindauer |
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 | 23D | First name in mysteries | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | 52D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Friday, June 15, 2007 | 38A | ___ P. Halliburton, founder of the Halliburton company | Nancy Joline |
| Monday, May 21, 2007 | 36A | Perry Mason's creator ___ Stanley Gardner | Allan E. Parrish |
| Saturday, April 28, 2007 | 24A | First name in courtroom drama | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Monday, April 23, 2007 | 44A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | David Pringle |
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 | 57D | Author ___ Stanley Gardner | Holden Baker |
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 | 57A | First name in mystery writing | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | 18D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, January 23, 2007 | 18D | ___ Stanley Gardner of mysteries | Timothy Powell |
| Monday, December 25, 2006 | 36A | Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Adam G. Perl |
| Tuesday, December 19, 2006 | 34D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, December 05, 2006 | 37A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 | 55D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Ethan Friedman |
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 | 43D | "House of Frankenstein" director ___ C. Kenton | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 51D | First name in courtroom drama | Timothy Powell |
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 | 83D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 | 3D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Richard Jacobs |
| Sunday, December 25, 2005 | 54D | Director ___ C. Kenton | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | 5D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | 55D | Creator of Perry and Della | Jay Leatherman |
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 | 73A | First name in court fiction | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, August 21, 2005 | 53D | Film director ___ C. Kenton | Byron Walden |
| Friday, July 29, 2005 | 19A | First name in mystery | Kyle Mahowald |
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 | 24A | Creator of the secretary Della | John Underwood |
| Tuesday, April 19, 2005 | 31D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | David Bunker |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 | 66A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Ed Early |
| Sunday, February 20, 2005 | 99A | First name in courtroom fiction | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, November 05, 2004 | 46A | First name in courtroom fiction | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 | 111D | Perry's creator | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, September 08, 2004 | 41A | First name in mystery | Steve Jones |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 | 50A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| Thursday, July 08, 2004 | 7D | Peer of Agatha | Scot Ober |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 | 63A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Norma Johnson |
| Sunday, February 08, 2004 | 83A | Character in Trollope's "Phineas Finn" | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 | 136D | First name in mysteries | Roy Leban |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2003 | 17A | Colleague of Agatha | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, October 07, 2003 | 3D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Steve Jones |
| Saturday, September 27, 2003 | 29A | Creator of the secretary Della | Craig Kasper |
| Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | 10D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| Saturday, August 02, 2003 | 44D | Peer of Dashiell | Dana Motley |
| Thursday, July 24, 2003 | 25D | First name in mysteries | Rich Norris |
| Monday, June 30, 2003 | 11D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, June 21, 2003 | 53D | Halliburton of the Halliburton Company | Dana Motley |
| Monday, April 28, 2003 | 33A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Jim Hyres |
| Wednesday, April 09, 2003 | 28A | First name in mysteries | Greg Staples |
| Tuesday, April 08, 2003 | 32D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Verna Suit |
| Friday, March 07, 2003 | 54D | First name in mysteries | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, January 20, 2003 | 43A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, December 18, 2002 | 14A | Agatha contemporary | Merle Baker |
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 | 27D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, September 23, 2002 | 31D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, July 23, 2002 | 62D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Randall J. Hartman |
| Saturday, July 06, 2002 | 16A | Film director ___ C. Kenton | Nancy Joline |
| Friday, April 05, 2002 | 55A | Della's creator | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, January 05, 2002 | 25A | Ellery contemporary | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2001 | 15A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Joan Yanofsky |
| Friday, July 13, 2001 | 8D | "House of Dracula" director ___ C. Kenton | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, June 17, 2001 | 108D | Della's creator | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, April 16, 2001 | 57A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, December 24, 2000 | 117D | First name in detective fiction | Bill Zais |
| Saturday, December 16, 2000 | 18A | 1930's-40's film director ___ C. Kenton | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2000 | 61A | Mystery writer Gardner | Robert Zimmerman |
| Monday, October 09, 2000 | 57D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Teresa M. Hackett |
| Thursday, September 07, 2000 | 7D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, June 18, 2000 | 78D | Colleague of Dashiell | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, June 13, 2000 | 66A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, May 14, 2000 | 26A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, April 12, 2000 | 56D | Creator of Perry and Della | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, March 12, 2000 | 4D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, February 09, 2000 | 50A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Charles E. Gersch |
| Thursday, February 03, 2000 | 63A | Colleague of Dashiell | Thomas W. Schier |
| Monday, December 27, 1999 | 12D | Author ___ Stanley Gardner | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, December 20, 1999 | 39D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, September 21, 1999 | 61A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, September 19, 1999 | 89D | First name in mysteries | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, September 13, 1999 | 59A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Sunday, September 12, 1999 | 17D | Perry's progenitor | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| Wednesday, August 25, 1999 | 24A | First name in mystery writing | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, June 29, 1999 | 31D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Saturday, May 08, 1999 | 5D | First name in mystery writing | Richard Hughes |
| Friday, April 23, 1999 | 63A | "House of Frankenstein" director ___ C. Kenton | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, April 05, 1999 | 37A | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, January 03, 1999 | 41D | Contemporary of Agatha | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, November 29, 1998 | 21A | First name in mysteries | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, November 19, 1998 | 57D | Contemporary of Dashiell | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, September 07, 1998 | 31D | Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, August 03, 1998 | 36A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, July 11, 1998 | 27A | First name in detective fiction | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Friday, July 10, 1998 | 49A | Perry's creator | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, July 08, 1998 | 67A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Monday, May 18, 1998 | 44A | Author ___ Stanley Gardner | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, January 06, 1998 | 29D | ___ Stanley Gardner | Ed Early |
| Friday, December 26, 1997 | 18A | Director Kenton | Bob Sefick |
| Wednesday, November 26, 1997 | 42A | Name on over 75 whodunits | Nancy Schuster |
| Tuesday, August 12, 1997 | 70A | ___ Stanley Gardner | Janet R. Bender |
| Friday, July 18, 1997 | 39D | Agatha contemporary | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, July 06, 1997 | 23A | First name in mystery | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, June 18, 1997 | 68A | First name in mystery | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Wednesday, May 14, 1997 | 16A | Perry's creator | Norman S. Wizer |
| Saturday, April 26, 1997 | 10D | Della's creator | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, March 20, 1997 | 15A | Perry creator | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, March 14, 1997 | 13D | Lawyer/writer Gardner | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, December 26, 1996 | 43A | Author Gardner | R. H. Burns |
| Thursday, December 19, 1996 | 3D | Gardner a k a A. A. Fair | C. Millhauser |
| Thursday, November 28, 1996 | 26A | First name in mystery | B. Klahn |
| Saturday, November 16, 1996 | 16A | Contemporary of Agatha | J. Page |
| Sunday, November 10, 1996 | 35D | First name in mysteries | R. Hamel |
| Monday, February 05, 1996 | 59D | ___Stanley Gardner | Robert Katz |
| Tuesday, January 30, 1996 | 14A | Perry's creator | M. Skolsky |
| Sunday, January 21, 1996 | 106D | First name in courtroom drama | R. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, January 16, 1996 | 15A | ___ Stanley Gardner | R. Hartman |
| Sunday, January 07, 1996 | 12D | Perry's creator | Eric Albert |
| Monday, December 18, 1995 | 7D | First name in mysteries | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, December 12, 1995 | 13D | ____ Stanley Gardner | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, December 08, 1995 | 66A | First name in whodunits | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, December 04, 1995 | 50D | ____ Stanley Gardner | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, May 23, 1995 | 4D | Gardner of mysteries | Jay Livingston |
| Sunday, May 21, 1995 | 105D | First name in mysteries | Dean Niles |
| Monday, April 24, 1995 | 26D | Gardner of mysteries | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, March 26, 1995 | 11D | First name in mysteries | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, March 14, 1995 | 5D | _____ Stanley Gardner | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, March 05, 1995 | 110A | First name in mysteries | A.J. Santora |
| Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 39A | First name of mysteries | Joan Scott |
| Sunday, October 23, 1994 | 17D | Perry's creator | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, September 12, 1994 | 64A | _____ Stanley Gardner | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, August 17, 1994 | 16A | Della's creator | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, August 16, 1994 | 58A | First name in mysteries | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Monday, August 08, 1994 | 60A | First name in mysteries | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, July 06, 1994 | 17A | First name in mystery writing | Lois Sidway |
| Monday, April 04, 1994 | 12D | A Gardner | Betty Jorgensen |
| Tuesday, March 08, 1994 | 53D | Gardner of mysteries | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, February 13, 1994 | 93A | Perry's creator | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, February 06, 1994 | 115A | First name in mysteries | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Tuesday, December 07, 1993 | 21A | Perry's creator | Eric Albert |
| Thursday, November 25, 1993 | 11D | First name in detective fiction | Joy L. Wouk |
NEW: 1 clue for ERLE from Variety (Second Sunday) puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2005 | diagramless | 68A | ___ P. Halliburton, Halliburton's founder | Brendan Emmett Quigley |