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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 09, 2009 | 4D | Kind of profit or loss | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, November 04, 2009 | 58A | It's not gross | Ricky Ini Liu |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | 56A | Safety device eschewed by the Flying Wallendas | Gary Cee |
| Monday, October 19, 2009 | 46A | Badminton court divider | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, September 20, 2009 | 97A | Bottom line | Michael Ashley |
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 36D | What you keep | Bill Zais |
| Friday, April 03, 2009 | 54D | Have left when all is said and done | John Farmer |
| Wednesday, April 01, 2009 | 62D | Site for a site | Ed Stein and Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 62A | Mosquito protection | Susan Gelfand |
| Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | 27D | Court divider | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 | 89A | Invoice amount | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, October 24, 2008 | 61D | It's attached to a hoop | Frederick J. Healy |
| Tuesday, September 09, 2008 | 47A | Trawler's equipment | Patrick John Duggan |
| Sunday, September 07, 2008 | 117D | Safety equipment | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 62D | Take-home pay | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, July 20, 2008 | 101D | Invoice amount | Barry C. Silk |
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 30A | Dot follower, often | Todd McClary |
| Friday, July 04, 2008 | 12D | Volleyball need | John Underwood |
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 | 83D | Last number in a column | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 34D | After discounts | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 | 49A | Butterfly catcher | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, March 09, 2008 | 99A | Fishtank accessory | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, January 21, 2008 | 20A | Badminton court divider | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 64D | Snare | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Monday, January 07, 2008 | 26A | Safety item for a tightrope walker | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 | 28A | Monarch's bane | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 | 74D | End up with | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 | 41A | Trawler's trailer | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 59A | Drift ___ | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| Tuesday, October 02, 2007 | 64D | Bring home | Oliver Hill |
| Tuesday, September 25, 2007 | 27D | New Jersey cager | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, August 26, 2007 | 115D | Shrimper's aid | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| Friday, August 24, 2007 | 13D | Drift boat attachment | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 | 45A | Basketball champ's souvenir | Robert Dillman |
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 | 66A | - | Joe Krozel |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 | 14D | Amount left after all is said and done | Tibor Derencsenyi |
| Wednesday, July 04, 2007 | 7D | Web | Patrick Blindauer |
| Friday, June 15, 2007 | 55A | Trawler equipment | Nancy Joline |
| Thursday, April 05, 2007 | 61A | Pay stub line | Mike Shenk |
| Monday, February 26, 2007 | 8D | Ping-Pong table divider | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 | 124D | Celtic rival | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 | 63D | Butterfly catcher | Bruce P. Douglas |
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 | 55A | Trawl | Raymond C. Young |
| Saturday, September 23, 2006 | 5D | Basket material | Matthew Lees |
| Saturday, August 12, 2006 | 59A | Court sight | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, August 08, 2006 | 34D | Bottom line | Ed Early |
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 | 9D | Human cannonball's destination | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, January 30, 2006 | 52A | Butterfly catcher's tool | Adam G. Perl |
| Saturday, November 05, 2005 | 29A | Aquarium implement | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 | 27D | Bottom line | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, October 12, 2005 | 8D | Bring home | Paul Guttormsson |
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 | 32D | Tightrope walker's need | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Saturday, July 09, 2005 | 7D | Take home | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 | 100A | ___ sales | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, March 23, 2005 | 19A | Surfing site | Mike Shenk |
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 | 13D | Take home | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 | 61A | Google's realm, with "the" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, January 04, 2005 | 36A | Amount left after expenses | John Underwood |
| Sunday, December 19, 2004 | 29A | Take-home | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| Friday, December 03, 2004 | 60A | Monarch catcher | Michael Shteyman |
| Friday, November 26, 2004 | 22A | Clear | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 | 51A | Profit | Charles Barasch |
| Friday, November 12, 2004 | 26D | Safety enhancer | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ethan Friedman |
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 | 59A | Bottom line | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | 47A | Take-home | Adam Cohen |
| Saturday, October 09, 2004 | 40A | After everything | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, August 22, 2004 | 71A | E-mail address suffix | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, March 07, 2004 | 28A | Invoice amount | Tyler Hinman |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 | 59D | Take captive | Mitch Komro |
| Monday, February 16, 2004 | 67A | Tennis court divider | Charles Barasch |
| Monday, January 26, 2004 | 61D | Volleyball equipment | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, September 14, 2003 | 38D | Angler's entangler | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, August 01, 2003 | 28D | Snag | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | 40D | Mosquito protection | Ed Early |
| Monday, May 05, 2003 | 4D | After expenses | Mel Taub |
| Friday, February 21, 2003 | 18A | Monarch capturer | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, February 17, 2003 | 24D | Take-home | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | 59D | Court divider | Gene Newman |
| Friday, December 20, 2002 | 53D | Ball stopper | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, December 12, 2002 | 50A | It's searched for online info | Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, December 01, 2002 | 122A | Web site address ending | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, November 03, 2002 | 35D | Bring in | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, September 17, 2002 | 24A | Take-home pay | Steven Dorfman |
| Thursday, September 05, 2002 | 43A | Fish catcher | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2002 | 23A | Basketball "trophy" | Sheldon Benardo |
| Monday, March 18, 2002 | 61D | After-tax take | John Greenman |
| Sunday, November 04, 2001 | 119D | Safety measure | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, October 27, 2001 | 60D | Bring in | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, September 09, 2001 | 5D | Take home | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2001 | 44D | Bottom line | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, June 13, 2001 | 25A | Take home | Nick Grivas |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 127A | End of some U.R.L.'s | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, March 15, 2001 | 23A | Line on an invoice | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, March 04, 2001 | 112D | It's a lifesaver | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, December 02, 2000 | 41A | David J. Kahn | |
| Monday, October 16, 2000 | 24A | Fisherman's profit? | Mitch Komro |
| Monday, October 09, 2000 | 65A | Butterfly catcher's need | Teresa M. Hackett |
| Thursday, August 17, 2000 | 13D | Like some prices | Greg Staples |
| Thursday, July 06, 2000 | 63D | Court bisector | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, June 14, 2000 | 62D | Bottom line | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, April 26, 2000 | 46D | Lepidopterist's need | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, April 12, 2000 | 62A | Snapper trapper | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, April 06, 2000 | 21D | Cook's hair wear | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, March 31, 2000 | 24A | Like some prices | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, March 11, 2000 | 45A | Safety device | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, February 29, 2000 | 61A | Court divider | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, January 05, 2000 | 27D | Bottom line | D. J. DeChristopher |
| Sunday, August 01, 1999 | 42D | Safety device | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, June 23, 1999 | 23A | Clear | Alan Olschwang |
| Sunday, May 16, 1999 | 117A | Final | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, March 29, 1999 | 24A | What's left after deductions | Bill Ballard |
| Wednesday, January 27, 1999 | 60D | Place to surf | Leslie Billig |
| Tuesday, December 29, 1998 | 52A | Fishing aid | Susan Harrington Smith |
| Thursday, December 24, 1998 | 62D | Circus catcher | Jim Page |
| Wednesday, December 09, 1998 | 63D | Take home | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, November 29, 1998 | 104A | Make | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, October 21, 1998 | 8D | Make after expenses | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, September 08, 1998 | 36D | After-tax amount | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, August 10, 1998 | 42A | What Yahoo! searches, with "the" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, July 12, 1998 | 103D | Bottom line | Henry Hook |
| Wednesday, June 24, 1998 | 13D | New Jersey pro | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, June 05, 1998 | 32D | ABC, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, May 25, 1998 | 37A | Court divider | William Canine |
| Wednesday, April 29, 1998 | 64D | Surfing site | Gayle Dean |
| Thursday, March 19, 1998 | 64D | Bring in | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, March 15, 1998 | 95D | Lepidopterist's accessory | Frank Longo |
| Wednesday, February 11, 1998 | 48D | Bottom line | Nancy S. Ross |
| Monday, February 02, 1998 | 45A | Fishing gear | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, January 16, 1998 | 27A | Modern meeting place, with "the" | Bob Sefick |
| Sunday, November 16, 1997 | 74D | Spiker's barrier | Frank Longo |
| Saturday, November 08, 1997 | 22A | Invoice word | Jim Page |
| Sunday, October 12, 1997 | 118D | End amount | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, September 29, 1997 | 36A | Fishing equipment | Randy Sowell |
| Tuesday, September 23, 1997 | 45A | Realize | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, September 21, 1997 | 63D | Clear | Mike Shenk |
| Tuesday, September 09, 1997 | 40A | Butterfly catcher | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, August 21, 1997 | 38A | Aerialist's insurance | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, July 15, 1997 | 63D | Surfing site | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, June 03, 1997 | 20A | Lepidopterist's equipment | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Sunday, March 16, 1997 | 60A | Take-home | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, March 11, 1997 | 61D | Modern information source, with "the" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, December 05, 1996 | 6D | Basketball champions' "trophy" | B. Jorgensen |
| Tuesday, September 24, 1996 | 39D | Trawler's equipment | S. Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, September 10, 1996 | 45A | Paycheck amount | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, September 09, 1996 | 59D | Tennis judge's position | S. L. Robbins |
| Thursday, July 25, 1996 | 51A | Take-home | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, June 14, 1996 | 4D | Bottom line | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, June 12, 1996 | 41A | Court divider | D. C. Baldwin |
| Saturday, June 08, 1996 | 57D | Surfing site | M. Shenk |
| Saturday, June 01, 1996 | 31D | Fishermen's profit? | B. Klahn |
| Sunday, April 07, 1996 | 119D | Snood | C. Millhauser |
| Thursday, March 28, 1996 | 48A | Take captive | G. Petgrave |
| Friday, March 22, 1996 | 59D | Bottom line? | F. A. Longo |
| Saturday, March 09, 1996 | 39D | Realize | R. Norris |
| Sunday, February 11, 1996 | 31A | Sandra Bullock film, with "The" | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, January 22, 1996 | 43D | Center court sight | E. Gorski |
| Monday, November 27, 1995 | 71A | Amount after expenses | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, November 10, 1995 | 36D | Income after taxes | Bryant White |
| Thursday, November 09, 1995 | 41A | Surfers' hangout with "the" | Bob Sefick |
| Friday, October 13, 1995 | 39D | Safety prop | Charles E. Gersch |
| Monday, July 10, 1995 | 65D | After expenses | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, June 19, 1995 | 22D | Butterfly catcher's need | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, June 09, 1995 | 58D | Clear | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, April 30, 1995 | 2D | Capture | Warren W. Reich |
| Monday, March 20, 1995 | 63D | Basketball champion's "trophy" | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, February 28, 1995 | 69A | Aerialist's safeguard | Nancy S. Ross |
| Saturday, December 03, 1994 | 22A | Profits | Rich Norris |
| Friday, November 18, 1994 | 21A | Dolphin hazard | Timothy S. Lewis |
| Monday, October 31, 1994 | 61A | Court divider | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, October 04, 1994 | 18D | After taxes | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Monday, September 05, 1994 | 38D | Place to meet following a tennis match | Julian Ochrymowych & Amy Goldstein |
| Wednesday, August 24, 1994 | 20A | Not gross | Robert Herrig |
| Friday, August 12, 1994 | 62D | Bottom line | Norman S. Wizer |
| Wednesday, June 15, 1994 | 57D | End up with | Thomas W. Schier |
| Tuesday, June 07, 1994 | 54A | Aerialist's safeguard | Ernie Furtado |
| Friday, June 03, 1994 | 7D | Bottom line | Norman S. Wizer |
| Sunday, May 01, 1994 | 32A | Clear | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, April 10, 1994 | 30D | Catch | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, January 23, 1994 | 88A | Court matter | Charles M. Deber |
| Sunday, January 16, 1994 | 84A | Dealer's price | Ernst Theimer |
| Saturday, January 08, 1994 | 65D | Aerialist's safeguard | Rand H. Burns |
| Thursday, January 06, 1994 | 46A | ABC, for short | Arthur W. Palmer |
| Saturday, December 25, 1993 | 31D | Open fabric | Rand H. Burns |
| Monday, December 06, 1993 | 12D | Peter Gordon |