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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 13, 2009 | 16A | Stick out in a restaurant? | Dana Motley |
| Sunday, August 02, 2009 | 75A | Something that's been clarified | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 102D | Promise, for one | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 | 33D | Margarine | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, May 31, 2009 | 52D | Nondairy product in the dairy section | Kelsey Blakley |
| Monday, May 25, 2009 | 14A | Margarine | Peter A. Collins |
| Thursday, April 02, 2009 | 29A | Spread selection | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 38A | Margarine | Doug Peterson |
| Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 63A | Stick on a dish | Sheldon Benardo |
| Monday, August 25, 2008 | 41A | Lower-priced spread | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| Wednesday, May 07, 2008 | 44A | Land O Lakes product | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 | 56D | Margarine | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 | 53A | Spread in a spread | Matt Ginsberg |
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 | 38D | Sub in a tub | John Farmer |
| Sunday, October 21, 2007 | 90A | It may not need clarification | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, September 30, 2007 | 50A | Dinner spread | Kelsey Blakley |
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 | 33D | Table spread | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 | 49D | Butter alternative | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, February 18, 2007 | 12D | Cooking staple | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 | 58D | Margarine | Dave Mackey |
| Wednesday, January 10, 2007 | 61A | Common spread | Curtis Yee |
| Monday, December 11, 2006 | 41A | It's a butter alternative | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2006 | 16A | Relative of butterine | David Benkof |
| Sunday, November 12, 2006 | 20A | Product in a tub | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, November 02, 2006 | 30D | Blue Bonnet, e.g. | John Farmer |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | 37A | Dairy case buy | Gail Grabowski |
| Friday, October 20, 2006 | 20A | Spread stick | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 | 62D | Promise to a cook? | Jack McInturff |
| Sunday, October 08, 2006 | 4D | Pan lubricant | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 | 68A | Margarine | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, July 24, 2006 | 55A | Dairy case item | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 | 88A | It melts in your mouth | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | 38D | Yellow stick | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, February 02, 2006 | 1D | Promise kept in a tub, perhaps | Byron Walden |
| Tuesday, December 06, 2005 | 14A | Parkay product | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, November 22, 2005 | 15A | Margarine | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, November 01, 2005 | 4D | Table spread | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, October 23, 2005 | 24D | Spread out on a table? | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, October 04, 2005 | 14A | Meltable food item | Barry C. Silk |
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 | 84A | Stick in a dish | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, July 14, 2005 | 65A | Pat on the buns? | Kevan Choset |
| Wednesday, July 06, 2005 | 69A | Dairy case item | Raymond Hamel |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 | 72A | Substitute spread | Lyell Rodieck |
| Wednesday, April 06, 2005 | 55A | Toast topper | Michael Doran |
| Monday, April 04, 2005 | 7D | Butter substitute | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Saturday, March 26, 2005 | 24A | It's high in trans fat | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 | 57D | Promise product | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 | 23D | Promise, for one | Kyle Mahowald |
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 | 60A | Food product that melts | Jay Giess |
| Wednesday, December 01, 2004 | 59A | Dairy aisle purchase | Roy Leban |
| Monday, November 22, 2004 | 23D | Skillet lubricant | Gregory Paul |
| Monday, November 08, 2004 | 50D | Bread spread | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Sunday, October 31, 2004 | 106A | Some pats | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, September 12, 2004 | 102A | Dairy aisle buy | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, August 21, 2004 | 21A | It's sold in sticks | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, July 29, 2004 | 14A | Yellow spread | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, July 22, 2004 | 14A | It's sold in bars | Greg Staples |
| Monday, July 12, 2004 | 26D | Skillet lubricant | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 | 148A | Spread on a dinner table | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, June 16, 2004 | 57D | Food item sold in bars | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, May 25, 2004 | 2D | Butter alternative | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, April 19, 2004 | 2D | Toast spread | Michael Doran |
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 | 27D | Blue Bonnet, e.g. | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 | 32A | Substitute in the kitchen | Derrick Niederman |
| Friday, January 30, 2004 | 30D | Spread | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, January 03, 2004 | 24D | Promise, e.g. | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| Monday, December 22, 2003 | 54D | Yellow sub? | Joy C. Frank |
| Wednesday, September 03, 2003 | 22A | You might stick a knife in it | Myles Callum |
| Monday, July 28, 2003 | 54D | Butter alternative | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, May 12, 2003 | 7D | Table spread | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, April 08, 2003 | 14A | Muffin topper | Verna Suit |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2003 | 15A | Meltable spread | John Greenman |
| Sunday, March 09, 2003 | 18A | Promise, e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, January 06, 2003 | 37D | Butter alternative | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, December 15, 2002 | 15D | Prefix with resin | RIchard Hughes |
| Tuesday, December 03, 2002 | 15A | Bread spread | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, November 17, 2002 | 105A | Imperial or Blue Bonnet | Richard and Judith Martin |
| Friday, November 15, 2002 | 51A | Spread selection | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 25, 2002 | 44A | Butter substitute | Tyler Hinman |
| Tuesday, August 27, 2002 | 3D | Toast topper | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| Tuesday, July 30, 2002 | 57A | Bread spread | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Thursday, July 25, 2002 | 14A | Imperial, for example | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, July 03, 2002 | 16A | Yellow spread | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, June 06, 2002 | 15A | Promise, for one | Patrick Merrell |
| Saturday, March 16, 2002 | 16A | Corn product | Verna Suit |
| Thursday, March 14, 2002 | 68A | Stick on the table | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2002 | 19A | Promise, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, November 05, 2001 | 32D | Butter substitute | Jenny Gutbezahl |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2001 | 37D | Toast topper | Barbara Olson |
| Monday, October 22, 2001 | 62A | Spread for 8-Down | Denise Neuendorf |
| Monday, September 24, 2001 | 6D | Toast topping | Norma Steinberg |
| Friday, September 21, 2001 | 36D | Pat material? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 05, 2001 | 28D | Dairy case item | Lyell Rodieck |
| Tuesday, September 04, 2001 | 57D | Ersatz butter | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, August 23, 2001 | 15A | Yellow stick | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, July 15, 2001 | 43D | Nondairy spread | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, June 14, 2001 | 41A | Spreadable stick | Mark Diehl |
| Monday, June 11, 2001 | 34A | Butter look-alike | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, June 10, 2001 | 119A | Promise and such, in brief | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, April 03, 2001 | 23A | Food in bars | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2001 | 62A | Margarine | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, January 05, 2001 | 38A | It may be on a roll | Nelson Hardy |
| Sunday, December 03, 2000 | 50D | Blue Bonnet, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, November 28, 2000 | 29D | Grocery stick | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, October 18, 2000 | 16A | It may be on a roll | Thomas W. Schier |
| Thursday, September 07, 2000 | 56A | Imitation butter | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, August 29, 2000 | 57A | Bread spread | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, August 09, 2000 | 16A | Blue Bonnet product | Kelly Clark |
| Sunday, July 02, 2000 | 6D | Prefix with resin | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, January 06, 2000 | 56D | Nondairy spread | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, December 22, 1999 | 39A | Corn product | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, December 15, 1999 | 62A | Toast topper | Ethan Cooper |
| Wednesday, November 03, 1999 | 27D | Stick on the dinner table | Greg Staples |
| Wednesday, October 20, 1999 | 65A | Spread served in bars | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, October 16, 1999 | 30D | It's spread in the dining room | Rich Norris |
| Monday, September 27, 1999 | 23A | Dairy case item | Ed Early |
| Thursday, September 16, 1999 | 46A | Yellow spread | Bill Ballard |
| Friday, August 13, 1999 | 64A | Prefix with resin | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, August 09, 1999 | 15A | Nondairy spread | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, July 19, 1999 | 54D | Grocery list item | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, June 21, 1999 | 56A | Butter substitute | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, May 10, 1999 | 57D | Butter alternative | Frances Hansen |
| Friday, May 07, 1999 | 51A | Stick in the dairy case | Dana Motley |
| Wednesday, April 14, 1999 | 35D | Spread out on the dining table | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, April 06, 1999 | 51D | Butter substitute | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, February 21, 1999 | 110A | It's sold in bars | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, February 08, 1999 | 67A | Margarine | Sidney L. Robbins (1909-97) |
| Sunday, October 11, 1998 | 49A | Toast topper | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| Monday, October 05, 1998 | 14A | Butter substitute | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, August 30, 1998 | 54D | It may be on a roll | John Wolting |
| Friday, August 21, 1998 | 29A | It may be on a roll | Noah Dephoure |
| Wednesday, April 22, 1998 | 42A | Sub in a tub | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, March 11, 1998 | 35A | Toast topper | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Sunday, February 22, 1998 | 69D | It's found in sticks | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, January 19, 1998 | 57D | Parkay product | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, October 26, 1997 | 84D | Muffin topper | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, October 21, 1997 | 61A | Nondairy topping | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, August 15, 1997 | 39A | Refrigerator bar? | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, August 10, 1997 | 101D | Dairy aisle buy | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, July 28, 1997 | 8D | Bogus butter | Patrick Jordan |
| Monday, July 21, 1997 | 42A | Butter alternative | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, July 19, 1997 | 38D | Cooking staple | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, July 06, 1997 | 88A | It may be laid on thick | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, June 19, 1997 | 58A | Promise, e.g. | Patrick Jordan |
| Sunday, June 15, 1997 | 110D | It melts in your mouth | Karen Hodge |
| Monday, April 28, 1997 | 14A | Margarine | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, March 04, 1997 | 61D | Nondairy spread | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, February 25, 1997 | 55A | Bread spread | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 09, 1997 | 45A | It may be picked up in bars | D. Niles |
| Tuesday, January 21, 1997 | 62A | Food bar | T. W. Schier |
| Saturday, December 21, 1996 | 9D | Pat on the buns? | F. Piscop |
| Wednesday, September 25, 1996 | 36A | Bread spread | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, September 18, 1996 | 14A | Parkay, e.g. | D. J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, September 17, 1996 | 2D | Stick in the fridge | M. D. Frankel |
| Sunday, August 18, 1996 | 73D | Innkeeper's spread | F. and L. Sabin |
| Monday, July 08, 1996 | 44D | Margarine | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Thursday, July 04, 1996 | 64A | Toast topper | Joy L. Wouk |
| Monday, July 01, 1996 | 18D | Bogus butter | S. Spadaccini |
| Thursday, May 16, 1996 | 57D | Ersatz butter | F. Longo |
| Thursday, April 18, 1996 | 7D | Dairy aisle item | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, April 14, 1996 | 45D | Remedy for dry toast | Henry Hook |
| Sunday, September 03, 1995 | 106A | Sub in a tub | Ernie Furtado |
| Saturday, September 02, 1995 | 27D | Cheaper topper | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, August 30, 1995 | 38A | Food bar | John R. Conrad |
| Monday, August 21, 1995 | 14A | Margarine | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, August 20, 1995 | 21A | Bar at the dinner table | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, June 19, 1995 | 57A | Butterine | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, April 03, 1995 | 2D | Bread spread | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, January 15, 1995 | 21A | Early TV backdrop | Ernie Furtado |
| Sunday, January 01, 1995 | 21A | Remedy for dry toast | Henry Hook |
| Monday, December 26, 1994 | 4D | Butterine | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, December 13, 1994 | 16A | Margarine | Jon Delfin |
| Tuesday, November 15, 1994 | 10D | Source of trans-fatty acids | Judith Perry |
| Thursday, October 13, 1994 | 15A | Blue Bonnet product | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, October 10, 1994 | 24D | Margarine | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, September 13, 1994 | 60A | Butterine | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, August 31, 1994 | 29D | Ersatz butter | Christopher Hurt |
| Sunday, August 07, 1994 | 53D | Low-fat alternative | Dean Niles |
| Sunday, May 01, 1994 | 109A | Kitchen tubful | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, April 21, 1994 | 13A | Dairy section purchase | Timothy S. Lewis |
| Sunday, April 10, 1994 | 21A | Dieter's spread | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, March 20, 1994 | 21A | It may come in pats | Joel Davajan |
| Thursday, March 03, 1994 | 21A | It's sold in bars | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, January 24, 1994 | 14A | Margarine | Janie Lyons |
| Thursday, January 06, 1994 | 53D | Stick in the fridge? | Arthur W. Palmer |
| Thursday, December 30, 1993 | 16A | Table spread | A.J. Santora |
| Friday, December 17, 1993 | 10D | Backdrop for a TV scene | James Neal |
| Sunday, December 12, 1993 | 27A | It may be on a roll | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, November 24, 1993 | 14A | The cheaper spread | Nancy S. Ross |