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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 17, 2009 | 33A | City on the Black Sea | Mike Buckley |
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 | 16D | Stalin named it a "hero city" after W.W. II | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | 24A | Potemkin mutiny city | Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 49D | Ukrainian port city | Allan E. Parrish |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | 13D | Black Sea port | Lee Glickstein |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 | 9D | City on the Permian Basin | Barry C. Silk |
| Saturday, May 19, 2007 | 47D | Birthplace of Yakov Smirnoff | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 | 120A | Texas city | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, November 20, 2006 | 46A | Texas city named for a city in Ukraine | Bernice Gordon |
| Wednesday, August 09, 2006 | 12D | Black Sea port | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 31D | The Pearl of the Black Sea | Timothy Powell |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 | 66A | Texas oil city | Patrick Blindauer |
| Monday, April 17, 2006 | 13D | City on the Black Sea | Larry Paul |
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 | 10D | Sight from the Black Sea | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 | 59D | Site of a historic 1905 revolt | Con Pederson |
| Tuesday, May 03, 2005 | 3D | Black Sea resort | Gary Steinmehl |
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 | 4D | "Little ___," 1994 Russian-American film drama | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 | 52D | Black Sea port | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, February 14, 2005 | 18D | Texas oil city | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, February 13, 2005 | 34D | Site of the Potemkin mutiny | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Saturday, July 17, 2004 | 46D | Texas city named by Russian immigrants | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, June 22, 2004 | 10D | Ukrainian port | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, February 02, 2004 | 38D | Texas oil city | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 | 151A | Title city of a Forsyth thriller | Roy Leban |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2003 | 10D | Ukrainian port | Holden Baker |
| Saturday, April 27, 2002 | 18A | Site of some well-known steps | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, November 10, 2001 | 48D | Texas college town | William I. Johnston |
| Tuesday, October 02, 2001 | 47D | "The ___ File" (Forsyth novel) | Richard Hughes |
| Friday, May 18, 2001 | 23A | Little ___ (Brighton Beach nickname) | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, April 14, 2001 | 24D | Texas city with an annual Shakespeare Festival | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, January 23, 2001 | 2D | Forsyth's "The ___ File" | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, December 31, 2000 | 17D | German victory site, October 1941 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, September 07, 2000 | 44D | Where Leon Trotsky grew up | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, July 01, 2000 | 7D | City southwest of Midland | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, June 04, 2000 | 37D | Potemkin Steps city | Martin Schneider |
| Saturday, December 25, 1999 | 28A | "Potemkin" setting | John Scott Marrone |
| Wednesday, October 27, 1999 | 46A | Oil city of west Texas | Chris Sallade |
| Monday, July 05, 1999 | 46A | Texas oil city | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, April 25, 1999 | 124A | West Texas city | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, February 28, 1999 | 114A | Texas oil city | Dave Tuller |
| Tuesday, February 23, 1999 | 10D | "Battleship Potemkin" locale | Robert Zimmerman |
| Friday, September 11, 1998 | 20A | Texas college or its locale | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, July 05, 1998 | 73A | Black Sea locale | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, April 19, 1998 | 117A | "Potemkin" setting | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, June 22, 1997 | 69D | West-central Texas city | Matt Gaffney |
| Monday, June 16, 1997 | 24A | Black Sea port | Gene Newman |
| Monday, December 09, 1996 | 18D | Ukraine port | F. Piscop |
| Thursday, November 28, 1996 | 23A | "Potemkin" setting | B. Klahn |
| Wednesday, October 16, 1996 | 45A | Ukrainian port | B. Gordon |
| Friday, July 05, 1996 | 31A | "Battleship Potemkin" locale | M. Gaffney |
| Sunday, December 24, 1995 | 89D | Classic Bee Gees album | Frances Hansen |
| Friday, December 15, 1995 | 47A | Potemkin locale | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, June 22, 1995 | 48D | "Potemkin" mutiny port | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, June 06, 1995 | 18D | Black Sea port | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, January 23, 1995 | 24D | Texas city | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, November 21, 1994 | 26A | Black Sea reosrt | Norman S. Wizer |
| Tuesday, August 23, 1994 | 66A | Texas city | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, March 22, 1994 | 49D | Potemkin mutiny site | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, December 26, 1993 | 87D | Black Sea port | Tom Underhill |