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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | 14A | A single time | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 51D | On a single occasion | Donna S. Levin |
| Sunday, July 05, 2009 | 30A | A bit more than never | Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo |
| Monday, June 29, 2009 | 15A | "___ upon a time ..." | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | 15A | In the old days | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 14A | "There was a time ..." | Steve Dobis |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | 62D | Enough, for some | Gail Grabowski |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 11D | Formerly | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, November 17, 2008 | 26D | Way back when | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | 50D | First word of "The Raven" | Lucas Gaviotis Whitestone |
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | 49D | It's enough, for some | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 | 60A | First word of "The Raven" | Tim Wescott |
| Thursday, March 20, 2008 | 2D | A while ago | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 | 2D | Enough, for some | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| Monday, February 04, 2008 | 1A | "___ upon a time ..." | Dave and Tracy Mackey |
| Monday, December 31, 2007 | 19A | Between twice and never | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, November 26, 2007 | 7D | "___ upon a time ..." | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Friday, October 05, 2007 | 7D | If ever | Lynn Lempel |
| Monday, August 20, 2007 | 19A | Formerly | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, August 07, 2007 | 24A | In the past | Daniel Kantor |
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 | 21A | First word of "Shrek" | Byron Walden |
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 | 16A | Long ago | Norma Johnson |
| Monday, May 28, 2007 | 53D | Back then | John Underwood |
| Monday, February 26, 2007 | 52D | A single time | Peter A. Collins |
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 | 32D | Years ago | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | 15A | Story starter | Gary Steinmehl |
| Friday, December 08, 2006 | 27D | Hardly at all | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 | 33A | Second word of many limericks | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 | 48D | Without repetition | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, June 05, 2006 | 34D | Years back | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, February 24, 2006 | 16A | After | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 | 73D | Some time ago | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, January 30, 2006 | 7D | "___ upon a time ..." | Adam G. Perl |
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 | 1A | In years past | Sheldon Benardo |
| Sunday, January 08, 2006 | 41A | "When I was young ?" | Michael Ashley |
| Wednesday, January 04, 2006 | 25A | Way back when | John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, September 23, 2005 | 10D | Whenever | Levi Denham |
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 | 16A | Grimm opener | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, July 07, 2005 | 41A | A long time ago | David Quarfoot |
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 | 18A | First word of "The Raven" | Nick Grivas |
| Monday, May 23, 2005 | 41A | Fairy tale starter | Robert Dillman |
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 | 58D | A while ago | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, April 02, 2005 | 49D | Years back | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, March 20, 2005 | 2D | A while ago | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, November 07, 2004 | 99D | Fairy tale start | Con Pederson |
| Thursday, September 02, 2004 | 11D | For ___ (on this occasion) | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, June 10, 2004 | 16A | Long ago | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, May 09, 2004 | 49D | As soon as | Charles M. Deber |
| Monday, April 05, 2004 | 54D | Formerly | Jim Hyres |
| Sunday, December 21, 2003 | 30A | Fairy tale start | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, October 19, 2003 | 110D | "There was a time ..." | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, September 25, 2003 | 67A | First word of "The Raven" | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2003 | 30A | How coffee filters are used | Sheldon Benardo |
| Monday, August 25, 2003 | 6D | A while back | Craig Kasper |
| Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | 7D | Story starter | Steven Kahn |
| Tuesday, July 08, 2003 | 11D | Story starter | Roy Leban |
| Monday, April 14, 2003 | 22A | Formerly | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, March 30, 2003 | 52D | Previously | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, March 20, 2003 | 43A | Way back when | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, January 27, 2003 | 38A | In the past | Stanley Newman |
| Monday, January 13, 2003 | 40A | Immediately, after "at" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, November 17, 2002 | 76D | Popular story start | Richard and Judith Martin |
| Monday, November 11, 2002 | 27D | ___ upon a time | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, October 06, 2002 | 71D | As soon as | Myles Callum |
| Thursday, September 26, 2002 | 55D | Almost never? | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, September 16, 2002 | 49D | "___ upon a time" | Roy Leban |
| Wednesday, September 04, 2002 | 15A | In the past | Eric Berlin |
| Thursday, August 29, 2002 | 23D | Storybook starter | William Schaub |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2002 | 60A | Fairy tale opener | Robert Malinow |
| Monday, July 01, 2002 | 5D | First word in a fairy tale | Allan E. Parrish |
| Wednesday, May 08, 2002 | 2D | "___ bitten ..." | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, April 30, 2002 | 54D | Long ago | John F. Hughes |
| Monday, March 11, 2002 | 15A | "___ bitten, twice shy" | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, March 07, 2002 | 10D | Storybook beginning | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, January 21, 2002 | 4D | Fairy tale opener | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, January 13, 2002 | 117A | In the old days | Nelson Hardy |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2001 | 65A | Long ago | Don West |
| Sunday, October 14, 2001 | 54D | Formerly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, September 27, 2001 | 50A | Some time ago | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | 64A | As soon as | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, August 27, 2001 | 19A | A single time | Holden Baker |
| Thursday, August 02, 2001 | 12D | Grimm beginning | Bruce F. Adams |
| Sunday, July 15, 2001 | 116A | Enough, sometimes | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, July 13, 2001 | 29D | As soon as | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, April 23, 2001 | 22A | Fairy tale starter | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, April 01, 2001 | 83D | In the old days | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2001 | 29D | Back then | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, January 28, 2001 | 21A | Enough, for some | Jim Page |
| Monday, September 25, 2000 | 3D | Give the ___-over | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, May 08, 2000 | 59A | Fairy tale opener | Ed Early |
| Monday, April 03, 2000 | 23A | A single time | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, March 20, 2000 | 67A | "Just this ___..." | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, February 14, 2000 | 18A | "___ bitten, twice shy" | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Monday, January 31, 2000 | 26D | Fairy tale start | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, December 22, 1999 | 52A | As soon as | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, October 28, 1999 | 50D | In the old days | Patrick D. Berry |
| Sunday, September 26, 1999 | 119D | Fairy tale start | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, June 30, 1999 | 15A | As soon as | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, June 09, 1999 | 59A | Story opening | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, May 24, 1999 | 11D | As soon as | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, May 07, 1999 | 59A | As soon as | Dana Motley |
| Tuesday, April 13, 1999 | 27D | Years ago | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, April 05, 1999 | 15A | Years ago | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, March 31, 1999 | 51D | At some prior point | Patrick Jordan |
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 | 11D | ___ and for all | Nathaniel Weiss |
| Thursday, February 11, 1999 | 11D | In the past | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, February 03, 1999 | 60A | In olden times | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Monday, December 21, 1998 | 6D | "Going ___, going..." | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, November 11, 1998 | 20A | "___ bitten, twice shy" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, October 06, 1998 | 39A | On a single occasion | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, October 05, 1998 | 59A | First word in a fairy tale | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, September 22, 1998 | 61A | ___ in a blue moon | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, August 29, 1998 | 11D | Enough, for some | Jim Page |
| Thursday, August 06, 1998 | 52A | Grimm beginning | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Sunday, July 12, 1998 | 44A | As soon as | Henry Hook |
| Wednesday, July 01, 1998 | 61A | Erstwhile | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, May 27, 1998 | 56D | Story starter | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| Monday, May 04, 1998 | 4D | "___ bitten..." | Hugh Davis |
| Friday, May 01, 1998 | 16A | Auctioneer's word | John Wolting |
| Tuesday, April 07, 1998 | 54D | Fairy tale opener | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, March 23, 1998 | 15A | Fairy tale beginning | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, January 05, 1998 | 4D | A single time | Mark Moldowsky |
| Monday, November 17, 1997 | 58A | Fairy tale's opening word | Holden Baker |
| Monday, October 06, 1997 | 10D | A single time | Barbara Campitelli |
| Tuesday, September 02, 1997 | 61A | Ever | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, August 25, 1997 | 16A | Fairy tale's first word | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, July 30, 1997 | 44D | Exceptional occasion | John D. Leavy |
| Tuesday, June 10, 1997 | 16A | Second word of many limericks | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, June 04, 1997 | 1A | A single time | Nancy S. Ross |
| Tuesday, May 13, 1997 | 12D | Some time ago | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, May 09, 1997 | 56D | Years ago | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, April 20, 1997 | 10D | As soon as | Charles M. Deber |
| Tuesday, March 18, 1997 | 52D | A long time ago | John R. Conrad |
| Monday, February 24, 1997 | 57A | In the past | Derek Allen |
| Monday, January 20, 1997 | 40A | Fairy tale starter | S. Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, November 13, 1996 | 2D | In times past | M. Nosowsky |
| Thursday, October 24, 1996 | 12D | Whenever | M. S. Maurer |
| Tuesday, October 08, 1996 | 50D | "___ bitten, twice shy" | E. C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, September 25, 1996 | 37D | Less than rarely | R. Norris |
| Monday, September 23, 1996 | 34D | Fairy tale starter | S. L. Robbins |
| Thursday, August 22, 1996 | 51D | Not enough, to Susann | R. Norris |
| Thursday, June 20, 1996 | 50A | As soon as | C. Millhauser |
| Friday, June 07, 1996 | 55D | As soon as | M. Jones |
| Sunday, May 19, 1996 | 17D | How some cousins are removed? | C.M. Deber |
| Tuesday, May 14, 1996 | 61A | "Just this___..." | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, May 13, 1996 | 33D | Fairy tale start | S. L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, April 23, 1996 | 35D | In days of old | N. Steinberg |
| Sunday, March 24, 1996 | 42D | Previously | J. K. Brill |
| Monday, February 26, 1996 | 21A | A single time | N. Steinberg |
| Sunday, February 11, 1996 | 97D | In years past | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, January 15, 1996 | 60A | Formerly | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, December 19, 1995 | 56A | Formerly | Marie Heller |
| Sunday, October 22, 1995 | 135D | Fairy tale start | Matt Gaffney |
| Monday, September 18, 1995 | 56D | Formerly | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, June 25, 1995 | 87A | Years ago | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, June 14, 1995 | 14A | Story starter | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, May 15, 1995 | 40A | A single time | Ernie Furtado |
| Monday, April 24, 1995 | 61A | Without repetition | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, March 03, 1995 | 33D | Way back when | Chuck Deodene |
| Thursday, March 02, 1995 | 29D | John Berger's "_____ in Europa" | Raymond Hamel |
| Friday, February 17, 1995 | 50D | If ever | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Saturday, December 24, 1994 | 15A | Yarn opener | John Stanley |
| Monday, December 19, 1994 | 15A | Formerly | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Friday, November 11, 1994 | 52A | Years ago | Randolph Ross |
| Saturday, October 01, 1994 | 18D | Some years back | Bob Klahn |
| Tuesday, September 13, 1994 | 49D | Formerly | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, August 21, 1994 | 43D | Previously | Ted Fulton |
| Monday, July 25, 1994 | 12D | _____ over lightly | Albert J. Klaus |
| Friday, June 24, 1994 | 60A | Tale opener | Mark Diehl |
| Monday, April 25, 1994 | 60A | 1949 hit "_____ in Love With Amy" | Bernice Gordon |
| Tuesday, April 12, 1994 | 56D | _____-over | Ernie Furtado |
| Thursday, March 31, 1994 | 48A | Start of many a tale | Mark Diehl |
| Sunday, March 06, 1994 | 10A | First word of "The Raven" | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, January 09, 1994 | 10D | In the old days | Mel Rosen |
| Monday, December 13, 1993 | 65A | Tale starter | Thomas W. Schier |