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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 12D | Scent | John Farmer |
| Monday, October 19, 2009 | 13A | Tracking dog's clue | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 38D | Effluvium | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 60A | Spray target | Edward Safran |
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 | 63A | Something in the air | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, November 09, 2008 | 102A | Sure target | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, November 02, 2008 | 59D | Bouquet | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 6D | Repute | Chuck Hamilton |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 | 30D | Stench | Thomas Heilman |
| Wednesday, August 06, 2008 | 6D | Stench | Caleb Madison |
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | 54D | What wavy lines signify in the comics | Billie Truitt |
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 | 4D | Cause for opening a window | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| Friday, December 07, 2007 | 23A | Podiatric problem, for some | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | 27D | Dumpster emanation | Julie Ann Bowling |
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 | 53A | Characteristic quality | Brad Wilber |
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 | 33D | Gas leak giveaway | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, August 29, 2007 | 14A | Gas leak evidence | Jayne and Alex Boisvert |
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 | 49D | Smell | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Sunday, August 26, 2007 | 83D | ___-Eaters | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 | 19D | Nose-wrinkler | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 | 13D | Something in the air | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, March 02, 2007 | 50D | Must, say | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, February 19, 2007 | 60A | Aroma | Andrea C. Michaels |
| Friday, December 22, 2006 | 49D | Something picked up in a gym | Mike Nothnagel |
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 | 4D | It's in the dumps | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, December 07, 2006 | 8D | Effluvium | Kelly Clark |
| Sunday, November 05, 2006 | 43D | Something carbon monoxide lacks | Derrick Niederman |
| Monday, October 23, 2006 | 7D | Smell | John Calvin Williams |
| Friday, September 15, 2006 | 26D | Trail | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 | 11D | Emanation | Janet R. Bender |
| Monday, May 29, 2006 | 36A | Smell | Alex Boisvert |
| Friday, May 26, 2006 | 41A | Neon's lack | Mike Torch |
| Sunday, May 07, 2006 | 45D | Outhouse issue | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 | 23A | Sensory input | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 | 14A | Spray target, perhaps | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Saturday, September 10, 2005 | 54A | Pervasive quality | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, August 16, 2005 | 56A | A mothball may have one | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, July 24, 2005 | 26A | It comes out in the wash | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 | 15A | Spray's target, maybe | Chris Sallade |
| Monday, December 13, 2004 | 66A | Reason to put a clothespin on your nose | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, November 01, 2004 | 66A | Stench | Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | 62A | Stink | Adam Cohen |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2004 | 12D | Reason for nose-pinching | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, August 19, 2004 | 47A | Spray target | Ed Early |
| Monday, August 16, 2004 | 14A | Stench | Joy C. Frank |
| Wednesday, August 11, 2004 | 37D | Scent | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, May 31, 2004 | 2D | Reason to say "pee-yew!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, May 28, 2004 | 29D | Something you might turn up your nose at | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, May 15, 2004 | 3D | It may elicit a funny face | Byron Walden |
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 | 61A | Scent | Joe Bower and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 | 12D | A hound may pick it up | Jim Hyres |
| Tuesday, January 27, 2004 | 57D | Dump problem | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, January 04, 2004 | 61A | It's often masked | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, December 25, 2003 | 33D | Musk or must | John Underwood |
| Wednesday, December 24, 2003 | 14A | Foot problem | Steve Jones |
| Tuesday, December 23, 2003 | 3D | Scent | Mike Torch |
| Sunday, December 07, 2003 | 53D | Reputation | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, November 25, 2003 | 16A | Skunk's defense | Allan E. Parrish |
| Thursday, November 13, 2003 | 61A | Target of some sprays | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, July 04, 2003 | 30D | Telltale ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, April 05, 2003 | 22A | Freshness indicator | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, March 19, 2003 | 56D | Reason to bathe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, February 17, 2003 | 7D | Olfactory stimulus | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, February 09, 2003 | 8D | Must, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, January 26, 2003 | 25A | It may be picked up in a locker | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| Saturday, December 21, 2002 | 7D | One may be disagreeable | James E. Buell |
| Tuesday, November 05, 2002 | 62A | "Phew!" inducer | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, October 17, 2002 | 51D | Renuzit target | Todd McClary |
| Monday, October 14, 2002 | 16A | Scent | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, October 11, 2002 | 47A | It may be faint | A. J. Santora |
| Thursday, July 04, 2002 | 71A | Spray target | Nathaniel Weiss |
| Sunday, March 10, 2002 | 19A | A strong one may be found in a gym | Nelson Hardy |
| Tuesday, February 19, 2002 | 10A | Scent | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| Monday, February 11, 2002 | 55D | Stink | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2002 | 6D | Household spray target | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, November 29, 2001 | 61A | Lingering effect | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, October 28, 2001 | 107D | Halitosis, e.g. | Michael Ashley |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2001 | 67A | Smell | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, August 20, 2001 | 17A | Landfill's emanation | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, August 05, 2001 | 37D | Methane's lack | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, May 08, 2001 | 35D | What wavy lines mean, in comics | Mark P. Sherwood |
| Tuesday, March 13, 2001 | 6D | Bloodhound's clue | Michael S. Maurer |
| Monday, March 05, 2001 | 36A | Smell | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2000 | 36D | "P.U.!" cause | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, October 06, 2000 | 12D | Kitchen drawer? | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, October 02, 2000 | 35A | Aroma | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2000 | 3D | Locker room emanation | Ed Early |
| Monday, July 31, 2000 | 26D | What the nose knows | Marjorie Berg |
| Wednesday, July 26, 2000 | 2D | Emanation | William I. Johnston |
| Saturday, July 15, 2000 | 15D | Quality | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, June 26, 2000 | 68A | Skunk's defense | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, May 28, 2000 | 27A | Dump emanation | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, May 09, 2000 | 37D | Bouquet | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, March 27, 2000 | 27D | Nose tickler | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| Tuesday, February 08, 2000 | 7D | Bad whiff | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, January 30, 2000 | 5D | Nitrogen's lack | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2000 | 19A | Roll-on target | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, January 05, 2000 | 60A | Nose wrinkler | D. J. DeChristopher |
| Monday, December 06, 1999 | 14A | Whiff | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, September 15, 1999 | 12D | Meaning of wavy lines, in the comics | Thomas W. Schier |
| Tuesday, July 20, 1999 | 12D | Lysol target | Joy L. Wouk |
| Monday, July 19, 1999 | 3D | Fragrance | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, July 04, 1999 | 47D | Methane's lack | Greg Staples |
| Thursday, July 01, 1999 | 67A | A shoe may have one | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, May 23, 1999 | 73A | Nostril wrinkler | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, April 27, 1999 | 2D | Polecat's defense | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, April 15, 1999 | 36D | Radon lacks it | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, March 31, 1999 | 7D | Unpleasant aura | Patrick Jordan |
| Monday, February 08, 1999 | 59D | Scent | Sidney L. Robbins (1909-97) |
| Monday, February 01, 1999 | 66A | Something the nose knows | Dorothy Smitonick |
| Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | 13D | Fungus byproduct | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, November 06, 1998 | 22D | Sure target | Bob Klahn |
| Friday, October 16, 1998 | 9D | Garlic, for one | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Thursday, October 15, 1998 | 62A | It may be left in a locker | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, September 15, 1998 | 2D | Whiff | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Sunday, September 13, 1998 | 42A | Lead for a Lab | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, August 28, 1998 | 25D | Carbon monoxide's lack | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, July 28, 1998 | 71A | Stink | Robert Dillman |
| Sunday, July 05, 1998 | 69D | Lilac, e.g. | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, June 08, 1998 | 15A | Scent | Mark Danna |
| Thursday, April 02, 1998 | 17A | Polecat's defense | Alex K. Justin |
| Tuesday, March 24, 1998 | 40D | Wavy lines, in the comics | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, March 10, 1998 | 53D | Scent | Patrick Jordan |
| Monday, January 26, 1998 | 30D | Aroma | Eileen Lexau |
| Wednesday, January 21, 1998 | 37A | Repute | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, December 31, 1997 | 32D | Skunk's defense | Alfio Micci |
| Monday, December 22, 1997 | 67A | Gym socks may have one | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Tuesday, December 09, 1997 | 68A | Scent | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Monday, September 22, 1997 | 64A | Skunk's defense | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, August 13, 1997 | 2D | What the nose knows | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, June 10, 1997 | 58A | It's put off at the bakery | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, June 09, 1997 | 21D | Stench | Thomas W. Schier |
| Thursday, February 06, 1997 | 62A | Repute | D. J. Kahn |
| Monday, January 13, 1997 | 63A | Scent | G. E. Paul |
| Sunday, November 10, 1996 | 39A | Repute | R. Hamel |
| Thursday, October 17, 1996 | 51A | Trail | J. R. Conrad |
| Tuesday, October 15, 1996 | 6D | Scent | G. E. Paul |
| Friday, October 04, 1996 | 9D | Redolence | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, July 23, 1996 | 36D | Dump problem | G. E. Paul |
| Thursday, July 04, 1996 | 11D | Air freshener target | Joy L. Wouk |
| Wednesday, July 03, 1996 | 50D | Stench | F. Heaney |
| Sunday, March 31, 1996 | 80A | Characteristic property | J. Savage |
| Monday, March 04, 1996 | 3D | What the nose knows | S. B. Whitten |
| Tuesday, December 26, 1995 | 58A | Perfume | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Monday, November 27, 1995 | 65A | Skunk's defense | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, November 13, 1995 | 6D | Olfactory stimulation | Norma Steinberg |
| Monday, October 23, 1995 | 23A | Scent | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, October 22, 1995 | 56D | Pervasive atmosphere | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, October 18, 1995 | 14A | One may be picked up at a bakery | Nancy S. Ross |
| Tuesday, October 03, 1995 | 67A | Olfactory stimulus | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, August 31, 1995 | 39D | Repute | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, March 13, 1995 | 67A | Scent | Ernie Furtado |
| Thursday, February 09, 1995 | 49A | Redolence | Richard Thomas |
| Monday, January 16, 1995 | 60D | Scent | Walter Covell |
| Tuesday, December 27, 1994 | 31D | Skunk's defense | Ernie Furtado |
| Wednesday, December 14, 1994 | 2D | Redolence | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Friday, December 02, 1994 | 50D | Effluvium | Bob Klahn |
| Tuesday, November 08, 1994 | 12D | Bouquet | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, June 13, 1994 | 21D | Fragrance | John Greenman |
| Tuesday, June 07, 1994 | 14A | Nose tweaker | Ernie Furtado |
| Sunday, March 27, 1994 | 27A | Essence | Jeanette K. Brill |
| Tuesday, March 22, 1994 | 70A | Bouquet | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, March 06, 1994 | 98D | Tang | Frances Hansen |
| Tuesday, February 01, 1994 | 51D | Stink | Robert Zimmerman |
| Friday, January 28, 1994 | 22A | Incense | Manny Nosowsky |