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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 | 7D | Sioux Falls-to-Cedar Rapids dir. | C. W. Stewart |
| Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 107D | Legal conclusion? | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 20A | Legal ending | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, April 27, 2009 | 59D | 180 degrees from WNW | Joe Krozel |
| Wednesday, January 07, 2009 | 52A | Language suffix | William Frank Macreery |
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 | 28A | Lingo: Suffix | Stanley Newman |
| Monday, September 01, 2008 | 28A | 180 degrees from WNW | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 34A | Tacoma-to-Walla Walla dir. | Kevin G. Der |
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 122A | Linguistic suffix | Caleb Madison |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 | 5D | Suffix with journal | David Kwong and Emily Halpern |
| Monday, July 28, 2008 | 20A | WNW's opposite | Roger Baiocchi |
| Tuesday, July 08, 2008 | 11D | Chicago-to-Pittsburgh dir. | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | 37A | Chicago-to-Pittsburgh dir. | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| Wednesday, April 02, 2008 | 24A | Little Rock-to-Birmingham dir. | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 | 63A | Lingo suffix | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2008 | 5D | Suffix with Brooklyn | David Pringle |
| Monday, January 21, 2008 | 34D | WNW's opposite | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 | 139D | Legal conclusion? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, November 26, 2007 | 13D | 180 degrees from WNW | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, November 07, 2007 | 10D | Suffix with Brooklyn | Richard Chisholm |
| Tuesday, October 09, 2007 | 7D | Reverse of WNW | Timothy Powell |
| Friday, October 05, 2007 | 37A | In the style of: Suffix | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, October 03, 2007 | 65A | Detroit-to-Philadelphia dir. | Robert Dillman |
| Sunday, September 23, 2007 | 118D | Wind dir. | David Levinson Wilk |
| Monday, August 13, 2007 | 33D | Opposite of WNW | Andrew Ries |
| Sunday, August 12, 2007 | 81A | Language suffix | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 | 12D | Tongue's end? | Henry Hook |
| Monday, April 23, 2007 | 27A | WNW's opposite | David Pringle |
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 | 114D | Naut. heading | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | 31D | Compass dir. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 | 52A | Language suffix | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 | 63A | Adelaide-to-Melbourne dir. | Ed Early |
| Monday, December 25, 2006 | 9D | Language suffix | Adam G. Perl |
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 | 41D | Legal conclusion? | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 | 24A | Chicago-to-D.C. dir. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Saturday, November 25, 2006 | 31D | End of a race? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 | 45A | Language suffix | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, October 23, 2006 | 65A | Reverse of WNW | John Calvin Williams |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 | 18D | Suffix with Canton | Kevan Choset |
| Monday, July 24, 2006 | 64D | Language suffix | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 | 90A | Journal add-on? | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 | 38D | Ending with Japan | Kevan Choset |
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 | 47A | Language suffix | Ed Early |
| Friday, June 23, 2006 | 59D | Race conclusion? | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily |
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 | 22D | Saskatoon-to-Winnipeg dir. | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, May 22, 2006 | 39D | 180° from WNW | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| Friday, March 17, 2006 | 6D | San Jose-to-Fresno dir. | John Farmer |
| Friday, February 17, 2006 | 51D | Storm dir. | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 | 61D | Wind dir. | Levi Denham and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | 30A | Suffix with legal | Kevan Choset |
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 | 14D | Compass point | Eric Berlin |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 | 40A | Peking or Siam suffix | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, January 16, 2006 | 32A | Suffix with Brooklyn | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 | 22A | Reverse of WNW | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, November 11, 2005 | 25A | 112.5° | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, August 21, 2005 | 69A | Journal ending | Byron Walden |
| Friday, July 08, 2005 | 1D | -speak | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 | 129D | Suffix with Japan | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, May 17, 2005 | 20A | San Jose-to-Fresno dir. | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 | 53A | From Okla. City to Mobile | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin |
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 | 7D | Nice-to-Rome dir. | Victor Fleming |
| Sunday, February 20, 2005 | 60A | Suffix with Canton | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 | 60D | Erie-to-Phila. dir. | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 | 67A | Language suffix | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, December 05, 2004 | 28A | Fort Smith-to-Little Rock dir. | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, November 03, 2004 | 49A | Vane dir. | Ed Early |
| Sunday, July 18, 2004 | 15D | Saskatoon-to-Winnipeg dir. | Seth A. Abel |
| Friday, July 09, 2004 | 8D | A storm heading: Abbr. | David Liben-Nowell |
| Saturday, June 26, 2004 | 10D | Liverpool-to-Nottingham dir. | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, March 21, 2004 | 42D | Syracuse-to-Albany dir. | Roy Leban |
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | 16A | Suffix with Canton | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 | 14A | Language suffix | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 | 38A | Richmond-to-Virginia Beach dir. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, February 23, 2004 | 40A | WNW's opposite | Anne Garellick |
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 | 113D | Like the Capitol bldg. vis-à-vis the White House | Derrick Niederman |
| Thursday, January 15, 2004 | 13D | Language suffix often seen in crosswords 13. Compass dir. often seen in crosswords | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2004 | 57A | Suffix with Peking | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Friday, January 09, 2004 | 45A | Tip of one's tongue? | Bob Peoples |
| Sunday, September 14, 2003 | 6D | Medical suffix | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, September 11, 2003 | 20A | Computer add-on | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2003 | 45D | Language suffix | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, July 06, 2003 | 120D | Capt.'s direction | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, May 18, 2003 | 118D | Computer attachment? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | 48A | From S.F. to Las Vegas | Norma Johnson |
| Thursday, April 17, 2003 | 13D | Suffix with legal | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, March 23, 2003 | 14D | Lubbock-to-Abilene dir. | Con Pederson |
| Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | 39D | Cleveland-to-Baltimore dir. | Gene Newman |
| Wednesday, December 18, 2002 | 27A | Language suffix | Merle Baker |
| Monday, November 11, 2002 | 66D | U-turn from WNW | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2002 | 40A | Legal conclusion? | Nancy Salomon and Nancy T. Shack |
| Sunday, October 06, 2002 | 30A | Rome-to-Athens dir. | Myles Callum |
| Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | 41A | Oxford-to-London dir. | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Sunday, July 21, 2002 | 58D | Suffix with telegraph | Trip Payne |
| Monday, July 01, 2002 | 64A | WNW's opposite | Allan E. Parrish |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 40D | Legal conclusion? | Lois Sidway |
| Tuesday, April 02, 2002 | 49A | WNW's opposite | Janice M. Putney |
| Saturday, March 23, 2002 | 38A | Abilene-to-Waco dir. | Adam Cohen |
| Friday, March 22, 2002 | 57D | End of a race? | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 03, 2002 | 127D | London-to-Dover dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, January 18, 2002 | 45D | Birmingham-to-Montgomery dir. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2001 | 65A | Wind dir. | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, November 21, 2001 | 46A | Suffix with Peking | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Saturday, October 06, 2001 | 46A | Edmonton-to-Regina dir. | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, September 13, 2001 | 65A | Richmond-to-Norfolk dir. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, July 15, 2001 | 56A | Le Havre-to-Paris dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, June 29, 2001 | 7D | Suffix with computer | Holden Baker |
| Sunday, May 27, 2001 | 125A | Computer attachment? | Dana Motley |
| Friday, May 25, 2001 | 45A | Jargon suffix | Bob Peoples |
| Monday, May 14, 2001 | 49D | 180° from WNW | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, May 02, 2001 | 10D | Legal conclusion? | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, March 01, 2001 | 49A | Canton ender | Nancy S. Ross |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2001 | 62A | Legal conclusion? | David Ainslie Macleod |
| Monday, January 15, 2001 | 57D | Opposite WNW | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, January 14, 2001 | 122D | Legal conclusion | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, July 06, 2000 | 21A | Richmond-to-Norfolk dir. | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, July 01, 2000 | 14D | Suffix on some country names | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, June 18, 2000 | 67A | Legal ending | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, March 26, 2000 | 60A | Computer add-on? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, March 24, 2000 | 38A | Argot suffix | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, February 25, 2000 | 24D | Suffix with Brooklyn | William S. Cotter |
| Thursday, February 24, 2000 | 52A | Nashville-to-Chattanooga dir. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, February 01, 2000 | 67A | Japan finish? | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, January 31, 2000 | 21D | From Neb. to Ky. | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, January 27, 2000 | 62A | Lansing-to-Detroit dir. | David Ainslie Macleod |
| Friday, January 14, 2000 | 56D | Language suffix | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, January 12, 2000 | 24D | Hamburg-to-Berlin dir. | Greg Staples |
| Monday, January 10, 2000 | 65A | WNW's opposite | John Greenman |
| Tuesday, January 04, 2000 | 25A | Opposite WNW | Joy L. Wouk |
| Sunday, December 19, 1999 | 110D | Wind dir. | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, October 11, 1999 | 40A | Suffix with computer | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, September 26, 1999 | 106A | Siam suffix | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, August 30, 1999 | 4D | Reverse of WNW | Margaret Watson |
| Monday, August 23, 1999 | 46A | WNW's reverse | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Saturday, August 07, 1999 | 25A | Edmonton-to-Winnipeg dir. | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, July 22, 1999 | 54A | Oahu-to-Maui dir. | M. Preston Sherwood |
| Sunday, July 04, 1999 | 44D | Ship's heading | Greg Staples |
| Monday, June 07, 1999 | 65A | WNW's reverse | Robert O. Dillman |
| Thursday, March 25, 1999 | 28D | London-to-Dover dir. | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 | 60D | Ethnic suffix | Nathaniel Weiss |
| Saturday, March 20, 1999 | 43A | Telegraph ender | Chuck Deodene |
| Wednesday, March 10, 1999 | 66D | Opp. of WNW | Wesley R. Johnson |
| Monday, February 08, 1999 | 43A | Suffix with Canton | Sidney L. Robbins (1909-97) |
| Sunday, February 07, 1999 | 64D | Ship's dir. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, January 17, 1999 | 58D | Suffix with computer | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, January 11, 1999 | 23A | WNW's opposite | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, December 27, 1998 | 50D | Language ending | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, December 19, 1998 | 20A | Dir. the Ebro flows | Frank Longo and Dave Tuller |
| Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | 59A | How the Des Moines R. flows | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 18, 1998 | 29A | Nationality suffix | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, September 25, 1998 | 45A | Journal addendum? | Mark Blakeburn |
| Friday, September 11, 1998 | 9D | Abilene-to-Waco dir. | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, August 08, 1998 | 29A | Computer add-on | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, June 28, 1998 | 55D | Oahu-to-Maui dir. | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, June 18, 1998 | 30A | Ending with Brooklyn or Canton | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, June 17, 1998 | 22A | Quito-to-Rio dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, June 11, 1998 | 60D | Vane dir. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, June 07, 1998 | 83A | Charlottesville-to-Richmond dir. | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, May 31, 1998 | 94A | "-speak" | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, May 28, 1998 | 49A | Amarillo-to-Dallas dir. | Patrick Jordan |
| Monday, May 11, 1998 | 49A | Suffix with legal | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 03, 1998 | 5D | Journal addendum? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, April 29, 1998 | 52D | Nationality suffix | Gayle Dean |
| Tuesday, April 28, 1998 | 56D | WNW's reverse | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, March 03, 1998 | 48A | Suffix with Sudan | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, February 10, 1998 | 23A | Suffix with Japan or journal | John Greenman |
| Tuesday, February 03, 1998 | 23A | Opposite WNW | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, December 21, 1997 | 13D | Toledo-to-Akron dir. | Frances Hansen |
| Thursday, November 27, 1997 | 37A | Nationality suffix | Kiran S. Kedlaya |
| Thursday, October 23, 1997 | 5D | Suffix with Peking | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, September 01, 1997 | 23A | Reverse of WNW | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, July 21, 1997 | 9D | WNW's opposite | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, July 15, 1997 | 67A | Jargon suffix | Frank Longo |
| Sunday, July 06, 1997 | 68D | Yacht's dir. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, June 08, 1997 | 26A | Journal conclusion | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, April 09, 1997 | 8D | Lubbock-to-Fort Worth dir. | Norman S. Wizer |
| Monday, March 10, 1997 | 24A | WNW's reverse | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, March 05, 1997 | 48D | Vane dir. | Michael S. Maurer |
| Wednesday, February 26, 1997 | 53A | Compass point | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Tuesday, December 03, 1996 | 22A | Wind dir. | R. Hartman |
| Sunday, November 10, 1996 | 18D | Storm heading: Abbr. | R. Hamel |
| Saturday, November 09, 1996 | 25A | Computer attachment? | F. Longo |
| Friday, August 30, 1996 | 24D | Slangy ending | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, August 20, 1996 | 43A | S.F.-to-Vegas dir. | S. Spadaccini |
| Monday, August 19, 1996 | 9D | Suffix with Japan or Sudan | E.C. Gorski |
| Friday, July 26, 1996 | 26D | London-to-Dover dir. | G. Newman |
| Sunday, July 21, 1996 | 90D | Capt.'s heading | D. Niles |
| Thursday, July 11, 1996 | 6D | Journal ending | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, June 23, 1996 | 8D | Wyo.-to-Mo. direction | F. Hansen |
| Thursday, April 18, 1996 | 13D | Journal's end | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, March 10, 1996 | 45A | Hurricane heading | F & L Sabin |
| Sunday, March 03, 1996 | 90D | Needle point? | B. Klahn |
| Sunday, February 11, 1996 | 100D | Compass dir. | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, February 10, 1996 | 5D | Naut. heading | John R. Conrad |
| Tuesday, January 23, 1996 | 63D | WNW's opposite | B. Lubbers |
| Saturday, January 20, 1996 | 43A | From Okla. City to Birmingham | F. Longo |
| Friday, January 05, 1996 | 26D | Linguistic suffix | R. Ross |
| Monday, December 18, 1995 | 25A | Opposite WNW | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, December 12, 1995 | 33A | Language suffix | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, November 14, 1995 | 65D | Opposite of WNW | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, November 09, 1995 | 4D | Language suffix | Bob Sefick |
| Thursday, November 02, 1995 | 51A | 112.5 degrees from N | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Wednesday, October 18, 1995 | 45A | Compass pt. | Nancy S. Ross |
| Tuesday, October 10, 1995 | 43A | S.F.-to-L.A. dir. | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, October 08, 1995 | 140D | Pilot's heading | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, October 07, 1995 | 49D | Jargon suffix | Frank A. Longo |
| Sunday, September 03, 1995 | 80A | Journal end | Ernie Furtado |
| Monday, August 07, 1995 | 45A | WNW's opposite | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, July 23, 1995 | 50A | Nautical heading | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Thursday, May 25, 1995 | 69D | Jargon suffix | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, April 30, 1995 | 12D | Language suffix | Warren W. Reich |
| Wednesday, March 29, 1995 | 43A | Jargon suffix | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, March 06, 1995 | 50A | Opposite of WNW | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, February 23, 1995 | 20A | That one: Sp. | Daniel R. Stark |
| Sunday, January 15, 1995 | 75A | Jargon suffix | Ernie Furtado |
| Monday, November 21, 1994 | 4D | Language ending | Norman S. Wizer |
| Wednesday, September 07, 1994 | 42D | Canton finish | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, September 03, 1994 | 62D | Nationality ending | Raymond Hamel |
| Friday, September 02, 1994 | 34D | Telegraph ending | Bryant White |
| Tuesday, August 23, 1994 | 8D | Language suffix | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, August 04, 1994 | 23A | Peking finale | Jim Page |
| Monday, July 25, 1994 | 41A | Language ending | Albert J. Klaus |
| Sunday, July 24, 1994 | 61A | Nationality suffix | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, July 13, 1994 | 20A | Jargon suffix | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Wednesday, June 08, 1994 | 28A | Language suffix | A.J. Santora |
| Thursday, May 19, 1994 | 63A | Journal addendum | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, May 06, 1994 | 44A | Computer add-on? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, April 11, 1994 | 63A | Opposite of WNW | Martin Schneider |
| Wednesday, April 06, 1994 | 20A | Legal add-on | Ed Stein |
| Sunday, April 03, 1994 | 83A | Journal's end | Ernie Furtado |
| Sunday, February 13, 1994 | 53A | Compass reading | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, January 11, 1994 | 67D | Volte-face WNW | Albert J. Klaus |
| Sunday, December 19, 1993 | 156D | Language ending | John M. Samson |
| Thursday, December 09, 1993 | 5D | Vane dir. | Janie Lyons |
| Monday, November 29, 1993 | 12D | Language suffix | Sidney L. Robbins |