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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 98A | He was born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, September 21, 2009 | 9D | Detective ___ Wolfe | Mark Feldman |
| Sunday, September 13, 2009 | 31A | Emperor who married his stepsister | Todd Gross |
| Friday, August 14, 2009 | 19A | Member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty | Barry C. Silk |
| Monday, July 06, 2009 | 5D | Wolfe of whodunits | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 69A | Villain in 2009's "Star Trek" | Caleb Madison |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | 54D | "I, Claudius" figure | Caleb Madison |
| Wednesday, March 04, 2009 | 54D | Peter at the ivories | C. W. Stewart |
| Monday, March 02, 2009 | 46A | Emperor who fiddled around? | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 60A | "Quo Vadis" role | Susan Gelfand |
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 | 51A | Role played by 52-Across in "The Story of Mankind" | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| Monday, January 19, 2009 | 32D | Adopted son of Claudius | Tracey Snyder |
| Wednesday, January 07, 2009 | 19D | "Quo Vadis" role | William Frank Macreery |
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 45D | "I, Claudius" role | Caleb Madison |
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 1D | "Quo Vadis" role | Dave Mackey |
| Tuesday, May 06, 2008 | 57D | Stout's Wolfe | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | 7D | Charles Laughton's role in "The Sign of the Cross" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, November 12, 2007 | 65A | Fictional detective Wolfe | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, October 24, 2007 | 67A | "Camelot" actor Franco | Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, October 21, 2007 | 45D | Last ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007 | 58D | "Quo Vadis" role | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| Monday, September 17, 2007 | 64A | Emperor who reputedly fiddled while Rome burned | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, June 10, 2007 | 29A | Subject of a Boito opera | Bob Klahn |
| Thursday, May 03, 2007 | 43A | Successor to Claudius I | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 | 15A | "Quo Vadis" role | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Thursday, March 29, 2007 | 34A | Great-grandson of Marc Antony | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 | 7D | Coup victim of A.D. 68 | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 | 12D | Detective Wolfe of fiction | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, September 24, 2006 | 124A | Agrippina's slayer | Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann |
| Wednesday, March 01, 2006 | 64A | Franco of film | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, February 22, 2006 | 46A | Portrait on a coin of A.D. 64 | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 | 61A | Role in "The Sign of the Cross" | David Pringle |
| Tuesday, December 06, 2005 | 30D | Whodunit hero Wolfe | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, December 02, 2005 | 66A | Adopted son of Claudius | Patrick Merrell |
| Saturday, September 03, 2005 | 36D | Ancient libertine | Bob Peoples |
| Monday, April 11, 2005 | 67A | Rome's fifth emperor | Norma Steinberg |
| Friday, April 08, 2005 | 38A | He was declared a public enemy by the Senate | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 | 12D | Hated ruler of old | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, December 21, 2004 | 25D | "Quo Vadis?" emperor | Kurt Mengel |
| Thursday, December 02, 2004 | 36D | Claudius's successor | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, November 09, 2004 | 38D | Emperor who presided over a great fire | Robert Dillman |
| Sunday, October 31, 2004 | 66D | Roman imperator | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 | 34A | 1951 Peter Ustinov role | Harvey Estes |
| Friday, October 15, 2004 | 18D | Octavia's offer? | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, October 03, 2004 | 25A | Subject of a giant statue at Rome's ancient Colosseum | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, September 08, 2004 | 7D | Fictional Wolfe | Steve Jones |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2004 | 66A | Claudius's successor | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Thursday, October 16, 2003 | 3D | 1951 Peter Ustinov historical role | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, August 08, 2003 | 35D | Role in Racine's "Britannicus" | Myles Callum |
| Tuesday, July 01, 2003 | 55A | Fictional detective Wolfe | Karen M. Tracey |
| Sunday, June 29, 2003 | 66A | "Quo Vadis" character | Rich Norris |
| Monday, June 23, 2003 | 37D | Poisoner of Britannicus | Raymond Hamel |
| Friday, April 18, 2003 | 50A | Handel opera | Tyler Hinman |
| Tuesday, April 08, 2003 | 16A | "I, Claudius" role | Verna Suit |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2003 | 25D | "I, Claudius" role | Holden Baker |
| Sunday, December 29, 2002 | 30A | Student of Seneca | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, December 03, 2002 | 61D | Fiddling emperor, they say | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, October 13, 2002 | 32A | "Quo Vadis" role | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, September 28, 2002 | 16A | His last words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!" | Raymond Hamel |
| Thursday, September 05, 2002 | 38A | The Senate declared him a public enemy | Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, August 06, 2002 | 28D | Claudius I's successor | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, July 03, 2002 | 47A | Emperor who poisoned Britannicus | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2001 | 29D | Detective Wolfe | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2001 | 12D | He ordered Seneca's death | Karen Young Bonin |
| Wednesday, June 13, 2001 | 57D | Galba's predecessor | Nick Grivas |
| Monday, April 16, 2001 | 47D | Imperious Roman | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, April 08, 2001 | 21A | Infamous dictator | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, October 05, 2000 | 33D | Peter of the Philadelphia Pops | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, August 20, 2000 | 130D | Roman "fiddler" | Charles M. Deber |
| Thursday, July 27, 2000 | 15A | Galba's predecessor | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, January 13, 2000 | 13A | Role in "The Coronation of Poppea" | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, December 11, 1999 | 39A | Husband of Poppaea Sabina | William S. Cotter |
| Tuesday, November 16, 1999 | 68A | His dying words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!" | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Monday, October 18, 1999 | 7D | Roman "fiddler" | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| Friday, August 27, 1999 | 9D | Rex introduced him | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, August 07, 1999 | 27D | Poppaea's husband | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, June 01, 1999 | 39A | Husband of Poppaea | Myles Callum |
| Thursday, April 01, 1999 | 4D | Peter Lorre's role in "The Story of Mankind" | Kelly Clark |
| Friday, March 26, 1999 | 24D | Agrippina's slayer | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, January 27, 1999 | 53D | Agrippina's son | Leslie Billig |
| Monday, January 18, 1999 | 2D | Fiddling emperor | Frederick T. Buhler |
| Wednesday, December 09, 1998 | 41D | Detective Wolfe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, December 07, 1998 | 54D | In legend, he fiddled in a fire | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, October 29, 1998 | 52A | Rex's stout detective | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, October 01, 1998 | 3D | Stout fellow? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, September 25, 1998 | 15A | Rex's sleuth | Mark Blakeburn |
| Wednesday, August 19, 1998 | 19A | Pianist Peter | Alfio Micci |
| Tuesday, July 07, 1998 | 68A | Great-great-grandson of Augustus | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, June 30, 1998 | 63A | Emperor in "Quo Vadis?" | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Tuesday, June 23, 1998 | 26D | Pianist Peter | Rich Norris |
| Monday, June 15, 1998 | 19A | Fiddler while Rome burned | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, May 11, 1998 | 57D | Detective Wolfe | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 01, 1998 | 113A | Infamous Roman | Merl Reagle |
| Sunday, January 18, 1998 | 138D | Prowling Wolfe | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| Friday, January 09, 1998 | 35A | Concern for Claudius | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, November 28, 1997 | 48D | Student of Seneca | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Monday, October 27, 1997 | 71A | Emperor with a burning ambition? | Mark Gottlieb |
| Tuesday, August 05, 1997 | 62D | Peter or the Wolfe? | William Bernhardt |
| Thursday, July 31, 1997 | 52A | "Camelot" actor Franco | Trip Payne |
| Friday, July 11, 1997 | 8D | Octavia's husband | Bob Klahn |
| Wednesday, March 05, 1997 | 42A | Rebuilder of Rome | Michael S. Maurer |
| Sunday, October 13, 1996 | 51A | Boito opera | W. R. Williams |
| Friday, September 13, 1996 | 3D | Concern for Claudius | M. Nosowsky |
| Sunday, July 21, 1996 | 119D | Leader of A.D. 54 | D. Niles |
| Thursday, June 20, 1996 | 55D | "Camelot" Lancelot Franco___ | C. Millhauser |
| Friday, May 17, 1996 | 13D | "Quo Vadis?" character | J. DiPietro |
| Friday, March 15, 1996 | 53D | Sleuth Wolfe | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, March 03, 1996 | 120A | Ustinov in "Quo Vadis?" | B. Klahn |
| Monday, January 08, 1996 | 18D | Claudius's stepson | N. Steinberg |
| Saturday, November 25, 1995 | 42A | Handel opera | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, November 20, 1995 | 35A | Stepson of Emperor Claudius | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, October 22, 1995 | 22A | Handel opera | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, September 02, 1995 | 28D | Franco of "Camelot" | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, August 03, 1995 | 47A | Claudius I's successor | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, July 18, 1995 | 54D | Nephew of Caligula | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, July 16, 1995 | 56A | "Quo Vadis?" figure | Naomi Geller Lipsky |
| Tuesday, May 23, 1995 | 53D | Famed fiddler | Jay Livingston |
| Sunday, April 09, 1995 | 78D | Stout's sleuth Wolfe | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, March 18, 1995 | 4D | Poppaea's third husband | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, February 27, 1995 | 51D | Roman "fiddler" | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, February 05, 1995 | 107D | Claudius' successor | Frank A. Longo |
| Tuesday, November 01, 1994 | 36D | Imperious emperor | Christopher Page |
| Monday, August 22, 1994 | 45A | Roman "fiddler" | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, August 14, 1994 | 127D | "Camelot" co-star | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| Tuesday, March 22, 1994 | 48A | Agrippina's. son | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, February 15, 1994 | 43D | Pianist Peter | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Thursday, February 10, 1994 | 56D | Poppaea's husband | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, January 19, 1994 | 40A | Nephew of Caligula | Stanley Newman |
| Monday, January 03, 1994 | 7D | Grammy-winning pianist | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, December 27, 1993 | 46D | Fiery fiddler | Joel Davajan |
| Wednesday, December 08, 1993 | 53D | Claudius's adopted son | Norma Steinberg |