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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 24, 2009 | 14A | Noodle product? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | 3D | Mental flash | Maura B. Jacobson |
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 | 5D | "Aha!" elicitor | Tim Wescott |
| Thursday, May 14, 2009 | 31D | Head light? | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, March 05, 2009 | 27A | Coconut yield? | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 13A | It may be bright | Susan Gelfand |
| Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | 63A | Trial balloon, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 29D | "What's the big ___?" | Doug Peterson |
| Thursday, December 25, 2008 | 35A | "No ___" ("Beats me") | Eric Tentarelli |
| Sunday, November 09, 2008 | 62A | Imagine that | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | 50D | Something to think about | Barry C. Silk |
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | 64A | Mental flash | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 | 63D | Inspiration | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | 3D | Brainchild | Julie Ann Bowling |
| Sunday, November 11, 2007 | 50A | Inkling | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | 36A | Theory's start | Gary Steinmehl |
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 41D | "The very ___!" | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| Monday, October 08, 2007 | 14A | Think tank nugget | Steve Kahn |
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 | 15D | Bean sprout? | Joe Krozel & Victor Fleming |
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | 35D | It pops into the head | Barbara Olson |
| Sunday, May 27, 2007 | 21A | Reason to shout "Eureka!" | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, May 14, 2007 | 34D | Notion | Paula Gamache |
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 | 49D | Fancy | Henry Hook |
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 | 109D | Guess | Paula Gamache |
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 | 35D | Fantasy | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, December 05, 2006 | 16A | "I had no ___!" | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| Monday, November 27, 2006 | 56D | Notion | Marlon R. Howell |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | 21D | Think tank nugget | Gail Grabowski |
| Saturday, September 16, 2006 | 54D | What comes to mind | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, July 19, 2006 | 36D | Think about it | Alison Donald |
| Monday, June 26, 2006 | 35A | Notion | Randy Sowell |
| Friday, June 16, 2006 | 6A | What a germ may become | Alan Olschwang |
| Monday, May 08, 2006 | 56D | "You have no ___" | Norm Guggenbiller |
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 | 14A | Cranial bulb? | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, February 02, 2006 | 59D | Conception | Byron Walden |
| Monday, January 23, 2006 | 3D | Conception | Mark T. Milhet |
| Sunday, December 18, 2005 | 123A | "Good ___!" | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, November 21, 2005 | 30D | Genesis of an invention | Wesley Johnson |
| Wednesday, September 21, 2005 | 19A | Prelude to a solution | Anne Garellick |
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 | 66A | "The very ___!" | David Elfman |
| Thursday, August 25, 2005 | 55D | Just think of it | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, August 16, 2005 | 51D | Think tank nugget | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, July 29, 2005 | 59A | Piece of mind? | Kyle Mahowald |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | 47A | Abstraction | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Wednesday, April 06, 2005 | 14A | Trial balloon, e.g. | Michael Doran |
| Monday, February 07, 2005 | 53D | "I had no ___!" | Gordon Seaberg |
| Monday, January 24, 2005 | 21D | Bright thought | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, November 24, 2004 | 22A | Think tank nugget | Adam Cohen |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2004 | 17A | Noodle concoction? | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, October 18, 2004 | 37A | Concept | Steve Kahn |
| Wednesday, August 25, 2004 | 18A | Mental flash | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, August 13, 2004 | 9D | Noodle product? | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, August 02, 2004 | 37D | Inkling | Holden Baker |
| Sunday, June 20, 2004 | 72D | What comes to mind | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, June 10, 2004 | 61A | Inspiration | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, March 29, 2004 | 59A | Think tank output | Barry Silk |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 | 59A | Bean concoction? | Norma Johnson |
| Monday, March 01, 2004 | 11D | Brainstorm | Gail Grabowski |
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 | 30A | Thesis basis | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, February 02, 2004 | 12D | Notion | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, January 15, 2004 | 57D | What a germ may become | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, December 25, 2003 | 38A | It comes to mind | John Underwood |
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 | 8D | It has a germ | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2003 | 45A | Creative spark | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Friday, September 19, 2003 | 16A | It comes to mind | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, September 17, 2003 | 16A | Mental flash | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, August 11, 2003 | 58D | Brainstorm | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, June 30, 2003 | 3D | "The very ___!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, June 10, 2003 | 58D | Bean product? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, February 12, 2003 | 11D | Brainchild | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, February 04, 2003 | 14A | Notion | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, January 05, 2003 | 76D | Head piece? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, January 02, 2003 | 58D | Guess | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, December 17, 2002 | 55D | Light bulb's signification, in cartoons | Tyler Hinman |
| Wednesday, December 04, 2002 | 64A | Inventor's start | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, November 05, 2002 | 56D | Creative spark | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, September 30, 2002 | 64A | Start of an invention | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, September 26, 2002 | 25A | Matter for the gray matter | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, September 23, 2002 | 29D | Brainstorm | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, August 15, 2002 | 53D | Proposal | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2002 | 39A | Possible solution | Robert Malinow |
| Wednesday, July 24, 2002 | 50A | "What's the ___?!" | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, July 22, 2002 | 63A | Brain wave | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, June 11, 2002 | 55D | Creative spark | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, April 22, 2002 | 60A | Brain wave | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, February 19, 2002 | 21A | Inventor's starting point | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| Tuesday, February 05, 2002 | 3D | Inspiration | Alan J. Weiss |
| Wednesday, October 24, 2001 | 34A | Plan of action | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, September 16, 2001 | 14D | Just a thought | Bill Zais |
| Monday, September 03, 2001 | 57D | Clever thought | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, August 21, 2001 | 67A | Think tank nugget | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2001 | 33A | Glimmering | Karen Young Bonin |
| Monday, July 30, 2001 | 65A | Inkling | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Thursday, May 10, 2001 | 31A | Matter for the gray matter | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, May 09, 2001 | 64A | Edison product | Ethan Cooper |
| Tuesday, May 01, 2001 | 29D | Flash of inspiration | Stanley Newman |
| Monday, April 09, 2001 | 12D | "I had no ___!" | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| Tuesday, April 03, 2001 | 58A | Brain wave | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, March 13, 2001 | 8D | Notion | Michael S. Maurer |
| Thursday, February 08, 2001 | 58A | Bit of planning | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, January 08, 2001 | 51A | Bright thought | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, December 11, 2000 | 14A | Brainstorm | Myles Callum |
| Sunday, December 10, 2000 | 110D | Concept | Rich Norris |
| Friday, November 24, 2000 | 27D | Piece of one's mind? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, September 30, 2000 | 16A | Think about it | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, September 29, 2000 | 13D | Noodle concoction | Bob Klahn |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2000 | 65A | Inkling | Jim Morton |
| Tuesday, September 05, 2000 | 67A | Notion | Chris Sallade |
| Monday, August 28, 2000 | 28D | Concept | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, August 20, 2000 | 127D | The light bulb, to Edison | Charles M. Deber |
| Tuesday, August 15, 2000 | 18A | Brain wave | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, August 01, 2000 | 25D | Brainstorm | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, July 18, 2000 | 38D | Concept | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, July 12, 2000 | 16A | Sneaking suspicion | William A. Ballard |
| Thursday, June 15, 2000 | 26A | Brain popper | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| Sunday, May 07, 2000 | 20A | Flash | Patrick D. Berry |
| Monday, April 10, 2000 | 42D | Brainstorm | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2000 | 31D | Light bulb, figuratively | Dorothy E. Donaldson |
| Monday, February 14, 2000 | 67A | Notion | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, January 31, 2000 | 65A | Notion | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, January 26, 2000 | 17A | Sneaking suspicion | Dan Reichert |
| Wednesday, January 19, 2000 | 14A | Patent prerequisite | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Tuesday, December 21, 1999 | 37D | Notion | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, December 20, 1999 | 16A | "I had no ___!" | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, December 08, 1999 | 26D | Inkling | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, November 23, 1999 | 30A | Bright thought | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, November 06, 1999 | 61A | Fancy | Joan Bayer Williamson |
| Monday, September 27, 1999 | 12D | Inkling | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, September 21, 1999 | 15A | Conception | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Monday, September 20, 1999 | 62A | Brainstorm | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, September 14, 1999 | 67A | "I had no ___!" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, August 25, 1999 | 58D | Brainwave | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, July 28, 1999 | 69A | Start of something big? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, April 12, 1999 | 33D | Concept | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Wednesday, March 24, 1999 | 7D | Inspiration | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, March 04, 1999 | 35A | Designer's need | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, January 12, 1999 | 14A | Brainstorm | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, December 18, 1998 | 16A | Something to think about | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 07, 1998 | 58A | Inventive thought | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, November 16, 1998 | 14A | Inspiration | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| Tuesday, October 27, 1998 | 5D | Brainstorm | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, October 17, 1998 | 14A | It may be fixed | Bryant White |
| Monday, July 27, 1998 | 30A | It might make you say "Aha!" | Steven Picus |
| Monday, June 29, 1998 | 11D | The very notion | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, May 21, 1998 | 12D | Fancy | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, March 30, 1998 | 15A | Brainstorm | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, March 11, 1998 | 51D | Think tank product | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Tuesday, March 10, 1998 | 58A | Concept | Patrick Jordan |
| Monday, January 19, 1998 | 56D | Notion | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, November 28, 1997 | 51D | Essay's basis | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Tuesday, October 28, 1997 | 57D | Bright thought | Bernice Gordon |
| Wednesday, October 01, 1997 | 17A | Brainstorm | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, July 16, 1997 | 40A | Game plan | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Tuesday, June 10, 1997 | 54D | Brainstorm | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, May 28, 1997 | 12D | Brainstorm | Ed Early |
| Thursday, April 03, 1997 | 17A | Think of it! | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, March 11, 1997 | 63A | Conception | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, February 26, 1997 | 6D | Bright thought | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Monday, February 24, 1997 | 39A | Light bulb, in cartoons | Derek Allen |
| Thursday, January 09, 1997 | 47A | Think of it! | C. Millhauser |
| Monday, November 11, 1996 | 64A | Brainstorm | S. Spadaccini |
| Thursday, November 07, 1996 | 14A | Sneaking suspicion | G. R. Ferguson |
| Tuesday, September 24, 1996 | 9D | Brainstorm | S. Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, September 18, 1996 | 12D | "Good ___!" | D. J. Kahn |
| Saturday, September 07, 1996 | 52D | Glimmering | B. White |
| Monday, September 02, 1996 | 67A | Brainstorm | F. Piscop |
| Monday, August 05, 1996 | 50A | Bright thought | F. Piscop |
| Monday, July 29, 1996 | 24D | "What's the big___?" | F. Piscop |
| Sunday, July 28, 1996 | 109A | Impression | N. S. Wizer |
| Tuesday, July 23, 1996 | 42A | Think tank output | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, June 17, 1996 | 54D | Bright thought | S. L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, June 04, 1996 | 58A | Brainstorm | E. Early |
| Monday, May 27, 1996 | 47D | Brainstorm | N. Steinberg |
| Wednesday, April 17, 1996 | 58A | Creative start | F. Heaney |
| Friday, March 29, 1996 | 54A | Meaning | C. Millhauser |
| Wednesday, March 27, 1996 | 56D | Brainchild | R. J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, January 23, 1996 | 14A | Brainstorm | B. Lubbers |
| Monday, December 04, 1995 | 3D | Thought | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, October 03, 1995 | 66A | Stars : pain :: light bulb : _____ | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, September 07, 1995 | 66A | Notion | Rich Norris |
| Monday, August 07, 1995 | 3D | Brainstorm | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, August 04, 1995 | 36A | Think tank nugget | Chuck Deodene |
| Monday, July 17, 1995 | 10A | Notion | Kenneth Witte |
| Tuesday, May 30, 1995 | 33D | Think about it | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, January 29, 1995 | 58D | "The very _____!" | Bryant White |
| Saturday, January 28, 1995 | 33D | Impression | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, December 26, 1994 | 56D | Notion | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, December 14, 1994 | 61A | Something to think about | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Monday, November 14, 1994 | 6A | Start of an invention | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, October 16, 1994 | 96D | Inkling | Raymond Hamel |
| Thursday, October 13, 1994 | 56A | Flash | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, September 16, 1994 | 40A | Imagine that! | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1994 | 62A | Concept | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Wednesday, August 10, 1994 | 5A | Sneaking suspicion | Ernie Furtado |
| Wednesday, July 13, 1994 | 64A | Conception | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Thursday, June 16, 1994 | 9D | "The very _____!" | Jim Page |
| Wednesday, May 11, 1994 | 11D | Bit of brainwork | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, May 08, 1994 | 26A | Think of it! | Ralph G. Beaman |
| Monday, April 11, 1994 | 53D | Brainstorm | Martin Schneider |
| Tuesday, April 05, 1994 | 21D | "I have no _____!" | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, March 13, 1994 | 109A | Brainchild | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, February 25, 1994 | 40A | Fancy | Bob Lubbers |
| Friday, February 18, 1994 | 15A | "The _____!" (hmmph!) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, February 08, 1994 | 5A | Impression | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, January 31, 1994 | 54D | Madison Avenue product | Janet R. Bender |
| Thursday, December 23, 1993 | 12D | Creative input | Richard Silvestri |