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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 108D | Exam format | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 16A | Kind of exam | Donna S. Levin |
| Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 2D | ___ contraceptive | Edward Safran |
| Monday, March 16, 2009 | 65A | Exam given face-to-face | Lynn Lempel |
| Saturday, February 14, 2009 | 9D | Like some confessions | Joe Krozel |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2009 | 28D | Transmitted by speech | Tim Wescott |
| Monday, January 05, 2009 | 28A | Not written, as a test | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | 60A | Spoken | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | 2D | Face-to-face exam | Lucas Gaviotis Whitestone |
| Wednesday, July 30, 2008 | 14A | Like some hygiene | Elizabeth A. Long |
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 | 18D | Read aloud | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| Monday, June 16, 2008 | 53D | Like traditional epic poetry | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| Monday, March 31, 2008 | 35A | Kind of history | Jeff Armstrong |
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | 62A | Kind of hygiene | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 | 115A | Requirement for some degree candidates | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 | 37D | ___ surgeon | Gail Grabowski |
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 | 14A | Like some histories | Joe Krozel |
| Sunday, December 02, 2007 | 106D | Voiced | Seth A. Abel |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | 1D | Like most folklore | Julie Ann Bowling |
| Monday, October 15, 2007 | 33D | Spoken | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 | 38A | Kind of vaccine | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, August 27, 2007 | 52A | Face-to-face test | Steven Ginzburg |
| Friday, August 24, 2007 | 5D | Passed on by taletellers | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | 62D | Voiced | Allan E. Parrish |
| Thursday, May 03, 2007 | 8D | Kind of cavity | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 | 2D | Exam format | Henry Hook |
| Monday, April 02, 2007 | 19A | Not written | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 | 54D | Said aloud | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, February 26, 2007 | 3D | Spoken | Peter A. Collins |
| Monday, January 15, 2007 | 63A | Spoken | David Pringle |
| Wednesday, October 25, 2006 | 18D | Kind of tradition | Adam G. Perl |
| Thursday, June 22, 2006 | 16A | Student's challenge | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Monday, June 19, 2006 | 45A | Said aloud | Raymond Hamel |
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 | 14A | Like paperless exams | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 | 47D | Spoken | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | 55D | Spoken | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, September 12, 2005 | 56D | Face-to-face exam | Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, August 02, 2005 | 15A | Test that's hard to cheat on | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, July 19, 2005 | 51D | Spoken | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 | 57D | Uttered | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 | 16A | Not written | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 | 55D | Said | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 | 21A | Kind of surgeon | Jim Page |
| Saturday, April 30, 2005 | 8D | Thesis defense, often | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, March 22, 2005 | 58D | Kind of exam | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, March 14, 2005 | 56D | Kind of history | Robert Malinow |
| Friday, February 04, 2005 | 19A | Pronounced | Robert Bridges |
| Monday, January 10, 2005 | 52A | Spoken | David Pringle |
| Wednesday, November 03, 2004 | 62A | Kind of hygiene | Ed Early |
| Monday, August 16, 2004 | 4D | Face-to-face exam | Joy C. Frank |
| Friday, August 13, 2004 | 60A | Tough test | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, June 15, 2004 | 6D | Kind of hygiene | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2004 | 64A | Word-of-mouth | Sarah Keller |
| Friday, March 19, 2004 | 50D | Something to explain your way through | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, February 24, 2004 | 27D | Test type | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 | 31A | Kind of history | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, December 15, 2003 | 2D | Spoken | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 | 19A | Much-dreaded exam | Tyler Hinman |
| Tuesday, September 09, 2003 | 56A | Administered with a spoon, say | Robert Zimmerman |
| Sunday, August 31, 2003 | 83A | Like slander | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, June 12, 2003 | 11D | Kind of history | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | 53D | Exam sans pencils | Adam G. Perl |
| Sunday, April 13, 2003 | 106A | Uttered | Charles Deber |
| Sunday, December 22, 2002 | 88A | Viva-voce | Frances Hansen |
| Monday, October 28, 2002 | 57A | Spoken | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, July 15, 2002 | 49D | Like some medicines | John Leavy |
| Thursday, July 11, 2002 | 16A | Not on paper | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, May 23, 2002 | 51D | *Exam ... dentist ... Roberts | John Underwood |
| Tuesday, April 02, 2002 | 13A | Spoken | Janice M. Putney |
| Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | 33D | Kind of agreement | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, February 22, 2002 | 30D | Word-of-mouth | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, January 23, 2002 | 44D | Kind of argument | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, December 17, 2001 | 50D | Spoken | Christina Houlihan |
| Wednesday, October 31, 2001 | 48A | Dental school exam? | Mary Pat Hidding |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2001 | 61A | Unwritten | Richard Chisholm |
| Thursday, September 27, 2001 | 13D | Kind of tradition | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | 13A | Spoon-administered | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, September 19, 2001 | 58D | Spoken | Steven Dorfman |
| Sunday, August 12, 2001 | 67A | ___-B (Gillette division) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, May 26, 2001 | 5D | Kind of tradition | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, April 22, 2001 | 26A | Like some surgery | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, March 21, 2001 | 34D | Like some traditions | Greg Staples |
| Monday, March 12, 2001 | 27D | Voiced | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, January 10, 2001 | 30D | Viva-voce | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, December 20, 2000 | 2D | Kind of exam | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, November 01, 2000 | 57D | Like some thermometers | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, October 02, 2000 | 7D | Spoken | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, September 25, 2000 | 2D | Spoken | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, September 12, 2000 | 14A | Kind of arguments | Bill Zais |
| Tuesday, August 29, 2000 | 18A | Kind of hygiene | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, July 13, 2000 | 14A | Kind of account | Rich Norris |
| Monday, July 03, 2000 | 61A | Like some testimony | Marjorie Berg |
| Wednesday, June 28, 2000 | 10D | Like the Sabin vaccine | Randy Sowell |
| Saturday, May 20, 2000 | 26A | Like a folk tale | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, April 23, 2000 | 45D | Like some surgery | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, April 10, 2000 | 33A | Kind of exam | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, March 28, 2000 | 57D | Like some vaccines | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, February 04, 2000 | 16A | Kind of history | Dana Motley |
| Friday, January 14, 2000 | 49A | Kind of surgery | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2000 | 16A | Kind of testimony | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Monday, December 27, 1999 | 67A | Rev. Roberts | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, December 22, 1999 | 58D | Spoken | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, October 21, 1999 | 45A | Kind of tradition | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, October 09, 1999 | 10D | Kind of history | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, September 12, 1999 | 16D | Kind of testimony | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| Sunday, August 22, 1999 | 49D | Kind of thermometer | Raymond Hamel |
| Monday, July 12, 1999 | 71A | Spoken | Carol R. Blumenstein |
| Monday, July 05, 1999 | 17A | Face-to-face exam | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, June 06, 1999 | 58A | Like some traditions | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, May 22, 1999 | 29D | Kind of surgeon | A. J. Santora |
| Thursday, April 01, 1999 | 41D | Voiced | Kelly Clark |
| Thursday, January 28, 1999 | 40A | Examination format | Henry Hook |
| Monday, December 28, 1998 | 13A | Face-to-face exam | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, December 07, 1998 | 36A | Not written | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, December 03, 1998 | 65A | Like some antibiotics | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, October 24, 1998 | 21D | Like some testimony | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, August 30, 1998 | 14D | Grad student's grilling | John Wolting |
| Sunday, June 07, 1998 | 74D | Master's ordeal | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, April 27, 1998 | 57D | Mouth-to-mouth | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, March 10, 1998 | 7D | Kind of exam or history | Patrick Jordan |
| Sunday, January 18, 1998 | 18D | Like some votes | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| Friday, January 02, 1998 | 51D | Nuncupative | Alex K. Justin |
| Saturday, December 27, 1997 | 49D | Mouthy? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, October 28, 1997 | 58D | Spoken | Bernice Gordon |
| Thursday, October 23, 1997 | 2D | Viva-voce | Frances Hansen |
| Tuesday, September 09, 1997 | 59A | Big exam | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, September 01, 1997 | 2D | Like some vaccines | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 18, 1997 | 108A | Like some votes | Frances Hansen |
| Tuesday, May 13, 1997 | 14A | Rev. Roberts | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, April 14, 1997 | 54D | Like much testimony | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Sunday, April 06, 1997 | 76D | Kind of testimony | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 7D | Spoken | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, March 18, 1997 | 25A | Like some history | John R. Conrad |
| Tuesday, February 18, 1997 | 50D | Kind of thermometer | F. Piscop |
| Tuesday, February 04, 1997 | 10D | Kind of surgery | G. R. Ferguson |
| Wednesday, January 15, 1997 | 37D | Kind of history | C. Currier |
| Thursday, December 26, 1996 | 1D | Grueling exam | R. H. Burns |
| Monday, December 02, 1996 | 60A | Kind of hygiene | D. L. Wilk |
| Wednesday, October 09, 1996 | 52A | Face-to-face test | R. Hughes |
| Monday, October 07, 1996 | 68A | Word-of-mouth | S. Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, September 03, 1996 | 2D | Kind of hygiene | A. Goldstein |
| Monday, August 19, 1996 | 10A | Mouth-to-mouth | E.C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, July 31, 1996 | 61A | Spoken | J. Schmalzbach |
| Tuesday, July 23, 1996 | 14A | Like some medicines | G. E. Paul |
| Monday, July 08, 1996 | 38D | Intense exam | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, April 10, 1996 | 27D | Unwritten | M. Lees |
| Thursday, March 14, 1996 | 33D | Spoken | R. Silvestri |
| Saturday, March 02, 1996 | 36A | Kind of history | N. Joline |
| Saturday, February 24, 1996 | 23A | Like most testimony | M. Shenk |
| Wednesday, February 14, 1996 | 14A | Kind of history | C. Lundberg |
| Monday, January 15, 1996 | 11D | Spoken | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, December 29, 1995 | 34D | Unwritten | Jeff Harrington |
| Friday, November 10, 1995 | 6D | Intense exam | Bryant White |
| Tuesday, October 10, 1995 | 58A | Start for hygiene or Roberts | Janet R. Bender |
| Monday, September 18, 1995 | 56A | Type of exam | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, September 12, 1995 | 49A | Not written | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, August 29, 1995 | 39D | Exam type | John R. Conrad |
| Wednesday, August 16, 1995 | 5D | Kind of surgery | Judith Perry |
| Tuesday, July 11, 1995 | 24D | Kind of hygiene | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, June 28, 1995 | 16A | Kind of testimony | Roger H. Courtney |
| Wednesday, May 31, 1995 | 32A | Freudian stage | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Friday, May 19, 1995 | 57D | Vaccine type | Michael S. Maurer |
| Wednesday, May 10, 1995 | 37A | Kind of history | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Monday, May 08, 1995 | 55D | Face-to-face exam | Deborah Trombley |
| Wednesday, April 12, 1995 | 69A | Spoken | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, March 09, 1995 | 63A | Not injected | Alex Vaughn |
| Monday, January 30, 1995 | 13A | Voiced | Ernie Furtado |
| Saturday, January 28, 1995 | 52A | _____ surgery | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, January 17, 1995 | 28D | Ph.D. exam | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, December 22, 1994 | 51D | Kind of tradition | Stanley Newman |
| Tuesday, December 20, 1994 | 69A | Not written | Robert R. Zimmerman |
| Tuesday, November 22, 1994 | 15A | Word-of-mouth | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1994 | 44A | Pronounced | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Monday, August 15, 1994 | 12D | Kind of vaccine | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, July 18, 1994 | 15A | Face-to-face exam | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Sunday, July 17, 1994 | 95A | Like gentlemen's agreements | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, July 01, 1994 | 55D | Rigorous test | Mel Taub |
| Tuesday, May 17, 1994 | 55D | Reverend Roberts | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, February 20, 1994 | 75D | Nuncupative | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, January 11, 1994 | 36A | Feared test | Albert J. Klaus |
| Saturday, January 01, 1994 | 44A | Like some medicines | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 19, 1993 | 75D | Sounded | John M. Samson |
| Sunday, December 05, 1993 | 35D | Word-of-mouth | Manny Nosowsky |