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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 61D | Theta preceder | Mike Torch |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 16A | Gate guess: Abbr. | Chuck Deodene |
| Friday, October 09, 2009 | 45D | Touchdown info | David Quarfoot |
| Tuesday, August 04, 2009 | 4D | Pilot's announcement, for short | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, August 02, 2009 | 110D | J.F.K. board info | Patrick Berry |
| Friday, July 03, 2009 | 57D | Flight projection, briefly | Kevin G. Der |
| Monday, June 15, 2009 | 40A | Flight info | John Dunn |
| Tuesday, May 05, 2009 | 28A | Announcement from a cockpit, for short | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, April 26, 2009 | 113A | Seventh-brightest star in a constellation | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | 66A | Seventh in a series of 24 | Michael Vuolo |
| Monday, March 09, 2009 | 22D | Seventh Greek letter | Betty Keller |
| Tuesday, February 03, 2009 | 12D | Second letter after epsilon | Katie Yeager |
| Monday, January 19, 2009 | 48A | Pilot's announcement, for short | Tracey Snyder |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | 41D | Plane's landing stat | Gail Grabowski |
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 | 40D | H | Jim Hilger |
| Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 75D | US Airways datum: Abbr. | Merl Reagle |
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 | 44D | H | Jeremy Newton |
| Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | 13D | When a flight is due in: Abbr. | Richard Chisholm |
| Friday, September 19, 2008 | 48A | LAX datum | Alex Boisvert |
| Thursday, June 12, 2008 | 3D | Cockpit guess, for short | Alex Boisvert |
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | 25A | H | Doug Peterson |
| Monday, April 07, 2008 | 67D | When a plane is due in: Abbr. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, April 03, 2008 | 40D | ___ Kappa Nu (honor society) | Kevin G. Der |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | 41D | LAX posting | Michael Langwald |
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 | 37D | Seventh-brightest star in a constellation | Mike Nothnagel |
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 21A | Announcement to passengers, for short | Matt Ginsberg |
| Friday, January 18, 2008 | 5D | ___ Carinae (hypergiant star) | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 | 59A | H look-alike | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 | 27D | Fraternity chapter | Henry Hook |
| Tuesday, December 25, 2007 | 52A | Third after delta | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | 28D | J.F.K. guess | Victor Fleming |
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 | 23A | Itinerary abbr. | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 | 16A | When to get to the airport to pick someone up: Abbr. | Jim Page |
| Thursday, October 04, 2007 | 34D | ___ Pi (dessert lover's fraternity?) | Sheldon Benardo |
| Sunday, September 23, 2007 | 91A | Flight attendant's announcement, for short | David Levinson Wilk |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2007 | 39A | Flight info, for short | Ray Fontenot |
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 | 120A | H, to Hellenes | Patrick Berry |
| Friday, July 13, 2007 | 6D | Viscosity symbol, in physics | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 | 40A | Greek H | Ray Fontenot |
| Saturday, April 07, 2007 | 10D | Station info: Abbr. | Michael Shteyman |
| Saturday, March 31, 2007 | 60D | Fraternity letter | John Duschatko |
| Monday, March 26, 2007 | 60D | When the pilot is due in, for short | Eric Fischer |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 | 44D | Captain's announcement, for short | Peter A. Collins |
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 | 35A | Announcement at Penn Sta. | Paula Gamache |
| Saturday, February 24, 2007 | 49A | Lesser star designation in a constellation | Byron Walden |
| Tuesday, October 31, 2006 | 35D | Pilot's prediction: Abbr. | Patrick Blindauer |
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 | 52A | Touchdown info | David Quarfoot |
| Sunday, October 15, 2006 | 94A | Info at SFO | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, July 26, 2006 | 20A | LAX stat. | Dave Mackey |
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 | 13D | I ___ Pi (playful fraternity name) | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, June 19, 2006 | 26D | Greek "H" | Raymond Hamel |
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 | 31D | Fraternity letter | Peter A. Collins |
| Tuesday, May 16, 2006 | 60D | Capt.'s prediction | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 | 50A | Greek H | Pete Muller |
| Monday, April 17, 2006 | 33A | When a plane is due in: Abbr. | Larry Paul |
| Tuesday, April 04, 2006 | 42A | Terminal info: Abbr. | Robert Dillman |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2006 | 23A | J.F.K. posting | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 | 46D | H, in Hellas | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, March 01, 2006 | 23A | Letter from Greece | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, February 06, 2006 | 24A | H, in Greece | Sheldon Benardo |
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 | 12D | In-flight info: Abbr. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, January 15, 2006 | 109D | Greek vowel | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 | 23A | J.F.K. info | Kyle Mahowald |
| Friday, December 23, 2005 | 54A | H | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 05, 2005 | 37A | Airport flight info: Abbr. | Gary Steinmehl |
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 | 47D | Zeta follower | Levi Denham |
| Wednesday, October 05, 2005 | 41A | H, to Homer | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, September 25, 2005 | 88A | Hellenic vowel | Matt Skoczen |
| Monday, September 12, 2005 | 21D | Flight board abbr. | Michael Shteyman |
| Saturday, August 20, 2005 | 34A | Airline Web site stat. | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, August 03, 2005 | 60D | Airport inits. | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell |
| Sunday, July 17, 2005 | 13D | Traveler's request: Abbr. | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, May 02, 2005 | 60A | Second letter before iota | Tyler Hinman |
| Thursday, March 31, 2005 | 23A | Athenian vowel | David Liben-Nowell |
| Thursday, March 24, 2005 | 22D | J.F.K. posting | Dan Reichert |
| Sunday, March 20, 2005 | 117D | Seventh letter | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, March 07, 2005 | 9D | Third letter after delta | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Tuesday, January 25, 2005 | 27D | J.F.K. posting, for short | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, November 28, 2004 | 45A | Fraternity letter | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, November 24, 2004 | 39D | LAX posting, for short | Adam Cohen |
| Monday, November 15, 2004 | 54A | Second letter after epsilon | Alison Donald |
| Monday, October 04, 2004 | 3D | When a plane should get in: Abbr. | Seth A. Abel |
| Monday, September 06, 2004 | 59D | Greek letter | Michael Shteyman |
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 | 5D | Seventh in a series | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, July 27, 2004 | 30D | LAX abbr. | Len Elliott |
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 | 126A | Sorority letter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 | 21D | Airport info: Abbr. | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, February 13, 2004 | 26A | Fraternity chapter | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, February 08, 2004 | 36A | Announcement at Penn Sta. | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 | 43A | Zeta follower | Mike Torch |
| Friday, January 02, 2004 | 7D | Announcement over the P.A. | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2003 | 33D | Theta's preceder | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2003 | 57D | Pilot's info, briefly | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, August 18, 2003 | 34A | When a plane is due in: Abbr. | Ed Early |
| Monday, July 14, 2003 | 27A | In-flight info | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, June 16, 2003 | 65D | Airport posting: Abbr. | Norma Johnson |
| Sunday, May 18, 2003 | 78D | Letter from abroad | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, May 04, 2003 | 116D | H | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, April 27, 2003 | 118D | Posting at O'Hare: Abbr. | Jon Delfin |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2003 | 61A | J.F.K. posting | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, April 18, 2003 | 25A | Passengers' datum, briefly | Tyler Hinman |
| Saturday, March 15, 2003 | 27A | Flier's concern, for short | Adam Cohen |
| Sunday, March 09, 2003 | 33A | Kennedy posting: Abbr. | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, February 01, 2003 | 8D | Capt.'s guess | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, December 08, 2002 | 16D | Capt.'s prediction | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, November 27, 2002 | 59D | Announcement before the listing of flight connections: Abbr. | Ron O'Hair |
| Sunday, October 06, 2002 | 33A | H, to Herodotus | Myles Callum |
| Sunday, September 15, 2002 | 74D | SAS listing: Abbr. | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, August 01, 2002 | 21A | Part of a U.S.A.F. schedule | William I. Johnston |
| Tuesday, July 23, 2002 | 65D | LAX info | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, July 12, 2002 | 53A | Landing info: Abbr. | Bob Peoples |
| Thursday, July 04, 2002 | 24A | Control tower news: Abbr. | Nathaniel Weiss |
| Sunday, May 19, 2002 | 60D | Sorority letter | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2002 | 52A | O'Hare monitor abbr. | Kumar Balani |
| Sunday, April 14, 2002 | 71A | Sorority letter | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, April 02, 2002 | 40A | Pilot's announcement, briefly | Janice M. Putney |
| Sunday, March 31, 2002 | 6D | Terminal info | Lynn Lempel |
| Saturday, March 23, 2002 | 52A | It's H-shaped | Adam Cohen |
| Sunday, February 17, 2002 | 68D | H | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, February 03, 2002 | 121D | Letter from Corinth | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, January 28, 2002 | 49A | Letter after zeta | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, January 21, 2002 | 7D | Pilot's prediction, for short | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, January 07, 2002 | 49A | Fraternity letter | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, December 30, 2001 | 21A | In-flight info, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, December 25, 2001 | 2D | Fraternity letter | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, December 09, 2001 | 27A | O'Hare posting: Abbr. | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, November 24, 2001 | 59D | In-flight announcement, briefly | Rich Norris |
| Monday, November 19, 2001 | 52D | Greek vowel | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, November 18, 2001 | 30D | 9:15, say, at J.F.K. | Jim Page |
| Sunday, November 11, 2001 | 33D | Seventh chapter of a fraternity | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, October 14, 2001 | 13D | In-flight info, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, October 04, 2001 | 43D | U.S. Airways info | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, August 21, 2001 | 30D | Pilot's update, for short | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, August 08, 2001 | 20A | KLM announcement | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2001 | 19A | Heathrow fig. | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, July 23, 2001 | 8D | Hippocrates' H | Ethan Cooper |
| Friday, July 06, 2001 | 22A | Passenger's concern, in brief | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, June 23, 2001 | 52A | KLM announcement | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, June 03, 2001 | 62D | Flight board abbr. | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, May 17, 2001 | 58A | J.F.K. abbr. | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, April 18, 2001 | 8D | LAX posting | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, March 31, 2001 | 63D | Sorority letter | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 87A | Passenger's info, maybe | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, March 21, 2001 | 69A | SAS announcement | Greg Staples |
| Monday, March 19, 2001 | 20A | Greek vowel | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, December 25, 2000 | 34A | Airport posting: Abbr. | Adam G. Perl |
| Saturday, September 16, 2000 | 19A | Announcement to passengers | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Saturday, June 03, 2000 | 29A | Letter of a chapter? | Patrick D. Berry |
| Monday, May 22, 2000 | 63D | Airplane announcement, for short | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand |
| Saturday, May 06, 2000 | 4D | Fraternity letter | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, April 26, 2000 | 5D | Pilot's guess: Abbr. | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, April 16, 2000 | 8D | Pilot's announcement, briefly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, March 16, 2000 | 22A | Viscosity symbol | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, January 07, 2000 | 11D | In-flight announcement, for short | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 32A | LAX posting | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, September 13, 1999 | 7D | Fraternity letter | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Sunday, September 05, 1999 | 56A | Athenian H | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, July 22, 1999 | 26A | Airport abbr. | M. Preston Sherwood |
| Wednesday, July 21, 1999 | 33A | Sixth after alpha | Noah Dephoure |
| Sunday, June 27, 1999 | 112A | Itinerary abbr. | Robert Malinow |
| Tuesday, June 08, 1999 | 39A | J.F.K. posting | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, May 30, 1999 | 114D | Posting at SFO or LAX | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | 34A | KLM announcement | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, April 23, 1999 | 60D | Certain fraternity chapter | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, March 17, 1999 | 47D | Sched. letters | Myles Callum |
| Sunday, February 28, 1999 | 74A | Efficiency symbol, in physics | Dave Tuller |
| Sunday, February 07, 1999 | 86D | Traveler's info | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, February 04, 1999 | 47A | Capt.'s prediction | Rich Norris |
| Monday, February 01, 1999 | 43D | Guesstimate letters | Dorothy Smitonick |
| Wednesday, January 20, 1999 | 27D | LAX guesstimate | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, December 27, 1998 | 29D | In-flight P.A. announcement | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, December 08, 1998 | 25A | Greek H | Frances Hansen |
| Thursday, November 19, 1998 | 13D | Pilot's announcement, for short | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, November 15, 1998 | 86D | LAX letters | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, October 29, 1998 | 45A | Airport approximation | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, October 11, 1998 | 59A | Part of a pilot's plan: Abbr. | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| Friday, October 02, 1998 | 6D | Station letters | John Wolting |
| Thursday, July 02, 1998 | 37A | Schedule letters | Pat M. Hugel |
| Wednesday, June 24, 1998 | 58D | Hellenic vowel | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, April 09, 1998 | 35D | Fraternity letter | Betty Jorgensen |
| Tuesday, March 31, 1998 | 20A | Airport info, informally | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Friday, March 20, 1998 | 39D | Traveler's info, for short | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, March 14, 1998 | 38A | Fraternity letter | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Thursday, March 12, 1998 | 44A | Sked guess | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, February 05, 1998 | 5D | The "H" in Hellenic | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, January 04, 1998 | 61D | Airport monitor abbr. | Mark Danna |
| Friday, November 21, 1997 | 35A | Plane capt.'s announcement | Chuck Deodene |
| Thursday, October 09, 1997 | 60D | Greek letter | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, October 03, 1997 | 19A | Touchdown point?: Abbr. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, September 21, 1997 | 5D | Pilot's projection: Abbr. | Mike Shenk |
| Sunday, August 31, 1997 | 9D | LAX abbr. | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, July 23, 1997 | 58D | J.F.K. listing | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, June 26, 1997 | 63D | LAX info | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Monday, April 28, 1997 | 44D | Greek letter | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, April 24, 1997 | 40A | Pilot's announcement, for short | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, April 12, 1997 | 33A | Announcement at LAX | Bob Klahn |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 63D | Hellenic vowel | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, March 12, 1997 | 17A | Fraternity letter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, February 21, 1997 | 63D | J.F.K. info | C. E. Gersch |
| Wednesday, January 22, 1997 | 4D | Schedule abbr. | J. Schmalzbach |
| Monday, December 30, 1996 | 57D | H, to Greeks | C. F. Murray |
| Saturday, December 21, 1996 | 55A | LAX datum | F. Piscop |
| Sunday, December 08, 1996 | 107D | Greek letter | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, November 19, 1996 | 23A | Airport sched. abbr. | G. E. Paul |
| Thursday, October 31, 1996 | 60D | J.F.K. info | L. Sidway |
| Sunday, October 20, 1996 | 96A | H | R. Ross |
| Tuesday, August 27, 1996 | 44A | Pilot's announcement, for short | D. E. Donaldson |
| Friday, July 26, 1996 | 5D | Train sta. announcement | G. Newman |
| Wednesday, July 17, 1996 | 7D | Pilot's info, for short | M. Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, July 03, 1996 | 4D | H, to a Greek | F. Heaney |
| Monday, July 01, 1996 | 37A | Zeta's follower | S. Spadaccini |
| Thursday, June 13, 1996 | 56D | Sorority letter | D. J. Kahn |
| Sunday, May 05, 1996 | 91A | Seventh in a series | D. J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, April 30, 1996 | 45A | LAX letters | G. E. Paul |
| Saturday, March 09, 1996 | 9D | J.F.K. guess | R. Norris |
| Tuesday, February 27, 1996 | 49A | Sorority letter | J.L. Beatty |
| Monday, January 22, 1996 | 50A | Greek letter | E. Gorski |
| Friday, December 15, 1995 | 58D | Hellenic H | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, November 13, 1995 | 41A | Fraternity letter | Norma Steinberg |
| Thursday, November 09, 1995 | 35D | Hellenic vowel | Bob Sefick |
| Sunday, October 29, 1995 | 26A | Flight board abbr. | Maura B. Jacobson |
| Sunday, September 24, 1995 | 42D | Sched. approximation | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, August 27, 1995 | 71D | Greek vowel | Martin Schneider |
| Monday, August 07, 1995 | 65D | Second letter after epsilon | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, July 09, 1995 | 88A | Honor society letter | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, July 04, 1995 | 43A | Hesiod's H | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Thursday, June 29, 1995 | 29D | Sorority letter | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, May 27, 1995 | 25A | J.F.K. posting | A.J. Santora |
| Thursday, May 18, 1995 | 52D | Letter from Plato | Chuck Deodene |
| Monday, May 08, 1995 | 21A | O'Hare abbr. | Deborah Trombley |
| Sunday, May 07, 1995 | 101A | Letter from Athens | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, April 30, 1995 | 119D | Letter from Greece | Warren W. Reich |
| Thursday, March 30, 1995 | 53D | It's two before iota | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, March 09, 1995 | 35A | Greek "H" | Alex Vaughn |
| Wednesday, March 01, 1995 | 1D | Flight plan info: Abbr. | Lois Sidway |
| Thursday, February 23, 1995 | 8D | Flight board info: Abbr. | Daniel R. Stark |
| Sunday, January 08, 1995 | 13D | Secret-society letter | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, January 03, 1995 | 63A | Greek vowel | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, December 25, 1994 | 112A | J.F.K. info | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, November 28, 1994 | 40D | It's two after epsilon | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Wednesday, November 02, 1994 | 13D | Hellenic H | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, October 04, 1994 | 22A | Hellenic H | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Monday, September 26, 1994 | 39A | Greek vowel | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, September 06, 1994 | 36A | Sorority character | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, August 07, 1994 | 82A | Sorority letter | Dean Niles |
| Friday, July 15, 1994 | 11D | Correlation ratio symbol in statistics | A.J. Santora |
| Wednesday, July 06, 1994 | 8D | LAX posting | Lois Sidway |
| Sunday, July 03, 1994 | 42D | Touchdown abbr. | A.J. Santora |
| Tuesday, June 21, 1994 | 57D | Seventh Greek letter | Betty Jorgensen |
| Sunday, June 19, 1994 | 23D | Due point: Abbr. | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| Sunday, March 13, 1994 | 10D | Flight abbr. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, February 27, 1994 | 15D | Letter in a fraternity name | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Thursday, January 06, 1994 | 47D | Theta preceder | Arthur W. Palmer |
| Tuesday, December 07, 1993 | 8D | It's after zeta | Eric Albert |