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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 24, 2009 | 10A | Rock star, say | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Sunday, June 14, 2009 | 68D | Revered figure | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | 50D | Miley Cyrus, to teens | Wayne and P. K. King |
| Saturday, March 07, 2009 | 23A | Very hot star | Joe Krozel |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | 10A | Word after matinee or teen | Kristian House |
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 | 56D | Tiger Beat cover subject | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, February 09, 2009 | 3D | Fox's "American ___" | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, February 03, 2009 | 56D | Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe | Katie Yeager |
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | 29D | Object of many screams | Joe Krozel |
| Friday, November 28, 2008 | 9A | Fan favorite | Joe Krozel |
| Sunday, November 02, 2008 | 8D | Immunity ___ on "Survivor" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, July 01, 2008 | 18D | Hero to many | Ken Bessette |
| Monday, June 02, 2008 | 51D | Golden deity, say | Barry Boone |
| Monday, May 26, 2008 | 39A | Fox's "American ___" | Mark Sherwood |
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 | 71D | Wannabe's model | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, April 01, 2008 | 47A | Rock star, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | 46A | One on a pedestal | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 | 47A | It may be false | Mike Nothnagel |
| Monday, January 21, 2008 | 55D | Fox hit "American ___" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Thursday, December 13, 2007 | 65A | Darling | John Farmer |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | 33A | Taylor Hicks, e.g. | Robert Zimmerman |
| Saturday, September 15, 2007 | 48A | Massive star | Brad Wilber |
| Monday, September 10, 2007 | 68A | Fox TV's "American ___" | Edward M Sessa |
| Friday, August 17, 2007 | 20A | Rolling Stone cover subject | Roger Barkan |
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 | 17A | Kelly Clarkson or Taylor Hicks | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, May 03, 2007 | 59A | False | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 | 2D | One on a pedestal | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Monday, April 02, 2007 | 66A | TV's "American ___" | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, December 27, 2006 | 18D | Hero type | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, November 27, 2006 | 61A | One with adoring fans | Marlon R. Howell |
| Monday, October 09, 2006 | 39D | British rocker Billy | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | 58D | "American ___" | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, September 18, 2006 | 65A | Object of devotion | Dave Tuller |
| Tuesday, August 15, 2006 | 56D | Teen fave | David Sullivan |
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 | 34D | Fan fave | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 | 59A | Object of worship | Patrick Merrell |
| Friday, May 26, 2006 | 47A | Provider of immunity on "Survivor" | Mike Torch |
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 | 64A | False god | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, February 19, 2006 | 115D | Object of worship | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, August 28, 2005 | 71D | Teen ___ | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, August 19, 2005 | 38A | Superstar | David Liben-Nowell |
| Tuesday, August 02, 2005 | 52D | Hero | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, July 19, 2005 | 15A | Immunity item on "Survivor" | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 | 80D | "American __" | Jim Page |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 | 35A | Matinee ___ | Lyell Rodieck |
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 | 10D | Any Beatle, once | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, April 06, 2005 | 2D | Temple image | Michael Doran |
| Saturday, February 19, 2005 | 59A | Big star, say | Brad Wilber |
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 | 47D | Favorite | Gene Newman |
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 | 17D | Fan mail recipient | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, December 26, 2004 | 93D | Pedestal figure | Hal Turner |
| Tuesday, November 23, 2004 | 14A | Teen People cover subject | Kurt Mengel |
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 | 103D | Role model | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, October 14, 2004 | 30A | One doing commercial endorsements, maybe | Mike Sikowitz |
| Thursday, September 30, 2004 | 14A | Hero-type | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, August 24, 2004 | 56A | Fan club's honoree | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, July 22, 2004 | 38A | Hollywood favorite | Greg Staples |
| Tuesday, June 22, 2004 | 36D | Hit Fox show, in headlines | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, May 24, 2004 | 14A | TV's "American ___" | Frederick J. Healy |
| Wednesday, May 12, 2004 | 58D | Temple figure | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 | 1D | Person on a poster | Eric Berlin |
| Wednesday, March 31, 2004 | 10A | Matinee ___ | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, March 22, 2004 | 2D | TV's "American ___" | Kyle Mahowald |
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 | 14A | Any of the Beatles, once | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, January 27, 2004 | 3D | Elvis or Madonna, e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, December 26, 2003 | 50D | Loved one | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, December 24, 2003 | 61A | "American ___" | Steve Jones |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2003 | 15A | Teen ___ | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2003 | 55A | One often asked for an autograph | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, November 25, 2003 | 11D | Subject of adoration | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, October 27, 2003 | 32A | The golden calf was one | Richard Miller |
| Wednesday, October 15, 2003 | 38A | "American ___" | John Greenman |
| Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | 62A | Hero | Susan Harrington Smith |
| Thursday, March 06, 2003 | 2D | "American ___" | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, January 30, 2003 | 14A | Fawning target | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, October 21, 2002 | 24A | One who's looked up to | Peter Sarrett |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2002 | 56D | Teen ___ (heartthrob) | Mel Taub |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2002 | 58D | Britney Spears, to teen girls | Kelly Clark |
| Wednesday, June 19, 2002 | 62A | Baal, e.g. | Janet R. Bender |
| Thursday, June 06, 2002 | 27D | Revered figure | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, May 14, 2002 | 2D | Teen fave | Barry Callahan |
| Monday, May 06, 2002 | 44D | Screen favorite | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, February 24, 2002 | 33D | Object of incense burning, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, February 15, 2002 | 14A | Fawned-over figure | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2002 | 11D | Elvis, once | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, January 13, 2002 | 77D | Second commandment no-no | Nelson Hardy |
| Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | 66A | Graven image | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, September 12, 2001 | 40D | Poster boy? | Philip Lew |
| Sunday, August 19, 2001 | 80A | Hero | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, August 07, 2001 | 23A | Pedestal topper | Mark P. Sherwood |
| Sunday, May 20, 2001 | 111D | Favorite | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, May 14, 2001 | 65A | Not just a star | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, April 06, 2001 | 53D | Ricky Martin, for one | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, March 16, 2001 | 32D | Fetishist's object | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, March 05, 2001 | 50D | One getting bags of fan mail | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Thursday, January 18, 2001 | 31D | Pagoda sight | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, January 17, 2001 | 65A | Object of blind devotion | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, December 27, 2000 | 59A | Baal, e.g. | Michael S. Maurer and Bonnie Prystowsky |
| Tuesday, November 28, 2000 | 2D | Golden calf | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, October 30, 2000 | 38A | One who's swooned over | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, September 28, 2000 | 35D | It might be surrounded by bows | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, September 03, 2000 | 70A | Britney Spears, to some | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, August 01, 2000 | 25A | Elvis or Fabian, once | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, July 23, 2000 | 5D | Darling | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, July 03, 2000 | 54D | Matinee hero | Marjorie Berg |
| Tuesday, May 30, 2000 | 1A | Pedestal topper | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, May 08, 2000 | 1A | Hollywood favorite | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, April 04, 2000 | 51D | Screen fave | D. J. DeChristopher |
| Sunday, December 12, 1999 | 103D | Object of devotion | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, November 15, 1999 | 54A | Revered object | Nick Grivas |
| Sunday, October 24, 1999 | 114A | Role model, maybe | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, September 20, 1999 | 57D | 1-Across, e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, September 09, 1999 | 6D | Teen magazine profilee | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Monday, August 23, 1999 | 66A | Object of devotion | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, August 22, 1999 | 100D | Favorite one | Raymond Hamel |
| Wednesday, May 12, 1999 | 2D | Teen fave | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, May 06, 1999 | 15A | Part of a temple's décor, maybe | Matt Gaffney |
| Friday, February 26, 1999 | 49A | Teen ___ | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, November 10, 1998 | 7D | Hero | Diane C. Baldwin |
| Tuesday, October 20, 1998 | 29D | Matinee hero | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, August 31, 1998 | 3D | Someone who's looked up to | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, August 20, 1998 | 28D | Second Commandment taboo | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, July 27, 1998 | 26D | Movie star | Steven Picus |
| Thursday, July 23, 1998 | 38A | One on a pedestal | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, June 29, 1998 | 3D | False god | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, February 17, 1998 | 60D | Pop star | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| Tuesday, January 13, 1998 | 54D | Person with fans | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Thursday, November 27, 1997 | 38D | Pop star, say | Kiran S. Kedlaya |
| Friday, July 11, 1997 | 52A | Teen ___ | Bob Klahn |
| Monday, June 16, 1997 | 7D | Elvis Presley, in the 50's and 60's | Gene Newman |
| Thursday, April 17, 1997 | 55A | 1948 film "The Fallen ___" | Susan Smith |
| Sunday, March 09, 1997 | 130A | Joss | June Boggs |
| Sunday, January 26, 1997 | 42D | What's all the screaming about? | S. Elliott |
| Thursday, January 09, 1997 | 56D | Elvis, for one | C. Millhauser |
| Wednesday, December 11, 1996 | 63A | Teen Beat cover subject | F. & L. Sabin |
| Wednesday, August 07, 1996 | 29D | Screen favorite | B. E. Quigley |
| Tuesday, July 02, 1996 | 29D | Golen calf | S. Cohen |
| Thursday, June 20, 1996 | 63A | Commercial endorsement person, maybe | C. Millhauser |
| Tuesday, June 11, 1996 | 14A | Worshiped one | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, April 22, 1996 | 2D | Matinee hero | S. B. Whitten |
| Wednesday, March 20, 1996 | 14A | Favorite | G. Newman |
| Wednesday, March 13, 1996 | 27D | Biblical no-no | W. R. Williams |
| Sunday, January 28, 1996 | 99D | ___worship | M. W. Perry |
| Sunday, December 10, 1995 | 46A | Word with screen or teen | Jim Page |
| Sunday, September 24, 1995 | 54D | Favorite | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, September 04, 1995 | 57A | Show biz star | Richard Thomas |
| Tuesday, August 22, 1995 | 64A | One who's adored | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, July 25, 1995 | 14A | Pagan god | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, June 05, 1995 | 48D | Teen's fave | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, June 01, 1995 | 11D | Sacred statue | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, May 30, 1995 | 38A | Rock's Billy _____ | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, May 15, 1995 | 29D | Whom fans adore | Ernie Furtado |
| Monday, March 20, 1995 | 2D | Object of adoration | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, February 08, 1995 | 57D | Tiki, e.g. | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, December 04, 1994 | 42D | Poster subject | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, October 30, 1994 | 34D | Pop star | R.M. Hopkins |
| Friday, October 07, 1994 | 60A | Baal, e.g. | Bryant White |
| Friday, August 26, 1994 | 19A | Elvis, for one | Timothy S. Lewis |
| Sunday, July 24, 1994 | 57A | Pedestal figure | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, June 21, 1994 | 3D | Worshiped one | Betty Jorgensen |
| Tuesday, April 26, 1994 | 59D | False god | David Ellis Dickerson |
| Friday, April 08, 1994 | 56A | More than a celebrity | David A. Rosen |
| Friday, April 01, 1994 | 53D | Whom a wannabe wants to be | Stanley Newman |
| Friday, March 25, 1994 | 2D | Pedestal figure | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, February 12, 1994 | 10D | 16 magazine profilee | Rand H. Burns |
| Sunday, January 09, 1994 | 79D | Rock's Billy | Mel Rosen |