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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 40A | Word for a storm | Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 | 59D | ___-bear | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 | 43A | "That's all ___ wrote" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 | 11A | First word of 10-/25-Down's "Billie Jean" | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 64A | Petal plucker's pronoun | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, May 24, 2009 | 74D | "Ain't ___ Sweet" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, May 16, 2009 | 47A | One going steady? | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| Monday, May 04, 2009 | 26A | "That's all ___ wrote" | Mark Milhet |
| Monday, March 30, 2009 | 52A | "___ sells seashells by the seashore" (tongue twister) | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 | 38D | "___ Hates Me," 2002 hit by Puddle of Mudd | Laura Sternberg |
| Wednesday, December 03, 2008 | 69A | Donna Summer's "___ Works Hard for the Money" | Michael Blake |
| Monday, November 24, 2008 | 34D | "That's all ___ wrote" | Billie Truitt |
| Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | 23A | Any ship | Kevin G. Der |
| Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 107D | "___ Cried" (1962 hit) | Kevin G. Der |
| Sunday, August 03, 2008 | 102A | Any ship | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | 15D | Any ship | Caleb Madison |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 | 35A | "___ Cried" (1962 top 10 hit) | Joe Krozel |
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 | 102A | First song on "More of the Monkees" | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 | 21A | "Thar ___ blows!" | Randall J. Hartman |
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 | 44A | ___-Hulk (Marvel Comics character) | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, September 27, 2007 | 7D | Alan Jay Lerner's "___ Wasn't You" | Peter Wentz |
| Monday, August 27, 2007 | 22A | That woman | Steven Ginzburg |
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | 24D | "___ Drives Me Crazy," #1 hit by the Fine Young Cannibals | Tom Heilman |
| Friday, August 03, 2007 | 57D | Word before some animal names | Charles Barasch |
| Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | 43A | Cyndi Lauper's "___ Bop" | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 | 81D | Any ship | David Levinson Wilk |
| Thursday, July 12, 2007 | 44A | Byron's "___ Walks in Beauty" | Michael Shteyman |
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 | 63D | ___-crab soup | Norma Johnson |
| Tuesday, May 08, 2007 | 65D | ___-wolf | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | 46D | That ship | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 | 147D | Ma'am or dam | Victor Fleming |
| Monday, April 16, 2007 | 51A | "Steady as ___ goes" | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 | 7D | Any ship | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 | 5D | Ursula Andress film | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 | 64D | Word for half of hurricanes | Tyler Hinman |
| Thursday, September 07, 2006 | 57D | 345 | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| Sunday, September 03, 2006 | 97A | ___-wolf | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig |
| Tuesday, July 25, 2006 | 9D | Any ship | Anne Garellick |
| Friday, July 07, 2006 | 46A | ___-bear | Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 | 65A | "___ loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah ?" | Peter A. Collins |
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 | 95D | Ship over there? | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2006 | 55D | "___ Loves You" | Lisa Wiseman |
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 | 12A | "There ___ goes ..." | Eric Berlin |
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 | 34A | Dam, e.g. | Dana Motley |
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 | 42D | H. Rider Haggard novel | David Sullivan |
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 | 59A | Ewe, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 | 46A | "___ Cried" (1962 hit) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | 9D | Any ship | Jay Leatherman |
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 | 24A | 1935 movie starring Helen Gahagan as Queen Hash-a-Mo-Tep of Kor | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 | 65A | "Ain't ___ Sweet?" | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 | 62A | Miss, e.g. | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 | 5D | Any car, affectionately | Frank Longo |
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 | 38D | "___ Loves Me" | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, May 15, 2005 | 67D | Boat, to its captain | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, April 06, 2005 | 9D | "___ loves me ?" | Michael Doran |
| Sunday, April 03, 2005 | 37A | Million-selling Harry Connick Jr. album | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | 70A | 1965 Ursula Andress film | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 | 69A | Every other hurricane | James R. Leeds |
| Thursday, September 23, 2004 | 27A | That girl | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Tuesday, July 06, 2004 | 26D | "___-Devil" | Matt Skoczen |
| Monday, June 14, 2004 | 32D | That girl | Craig Kasper |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 | 55D | See 57-Down | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, May 26, 2004 | 59D | 17-Across, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 | 31A | Filly, but not a billy | Deb Amlen and Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, May 14, 2004 | 22A | That vessel | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, May 12, 2004 | 61D | Cow or sow | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, May 03, 2004 | 50A | "___ Drives Me Crazy" (Fine Young Cannibals hit) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 | 11A | Any ship | Joe Bower and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, December 28, 2003 | 115D | "Ain't ___ Sweet" | Seth A. Abel |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2003 | 13D | Sow, ewe or mare | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, September 11, 2003 | 10D | A miss | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, July 23, 2003 | 43A | ___-devil | Ed Early |
| Friday, June 20, 2003 | 61D | 1965 Ursula Andress film | Bob Peoples |
| Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | 45A | Any ship | Susan Harrington Smith |
| Tuesday, June 10, 2003 | 47A | That lady | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, April 04, 2003 | 59D | "___ Cried" (1962 hit) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Thursday, February 27, 2003 | 44A | Word repeated in the Beatles title "___ Said ___ Said" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, February 02, 2003 | 122A | Doe or heifer | Mark Danna |
| Tuesday, September 17, 2002 | 55D | ___-wolf | Steven Dorfman |
| Tuesday, August 27, 2002 | 48A | "___ Loves You" | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| Sunday, August 11, 2002 | 14D | Seashell seller, in a tongue twister | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, August 01, 2002 | 64D | Dam, for example | William I. Johnston |
| Monday, March 11, 2002 | 45A | "Thar ___ blows!" | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, February 14, 2002 | 55D | "___ Loves You" | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, December 09, 2001 | 67A | H. Rider Haggard title | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, October 08, 2001 | 27A | "___ Loves You" | Monica Krausse |
| Thursday, August 02, 2001 | 62D | Cow or sow | Bruce F. Adams |
| Wednesday, July 04, 2001 | 22A | Many a storm | John Beck |
| Friday, May 18, 2001 | 53A | Wolf or devil preceder | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 4A | 1994 Harry Connick Jr. album | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, March 08, 2001 | 7D | H. Rider Haggard novel | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, December 30, 2000 | 11D | Seaman's reference | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, December 09, 2000 | 1D | Wolf or devil preceder | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, December 06, 2000 | 1D | The Four Tops' "When ___ Was My Girl" | Mel Taub (and crossword class) |
| Monday, August 14, 2000 | 39D | "What ___ Is" (1988 #1 country hit) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, August 04, 2000 | 21A | "Tonight ___ Comes" (hit by the Cars) | Jim Page |
| Thursday, June 29, 2000 | 42D | 1887 romance novel | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, May 14, 2000 | 15D | "___ Believes in Me" | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, March 08, 2000 | 67A | A ship, to crew members | Greg Staples |
| Thursday, November 25, 1999 | 5A | Any ship | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, November 07, 1999 | 112D | Any ship | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, October 17, 1999 | 5D | ___-wolf | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| Friday, September 24, 1999 | 9D | One side in an age-old battle | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, September 08, 1999 | 37D | Any boat | Holden Baker |
| Sunday, June 13, 1999 | 80D | H. Rider Haggard adventure | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, May 11, 1999 | 40D | "___-Devil" (1989 Streep film) | Ed Early |
| Thursday, April 08, 1999 | 13D | ___-wolf | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, April 05, 1999 | 55A | "Steady as ___ goes" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, March 05, 1999 | 45A | ___-crab soup | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, November 29, 1998 | 109D | That vessel | Matt Gaffney |
| Monday, September 07, 1998 | 57A | Word repeated in "Does ___ or doesn't ___?" | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, August 09, 1998 | 103A | Word before "loves me" and "loves me not" | Christopher Hurt |
| Saturday, August 01, 1998 | 47A | 1967 Monkees song | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, July 16, 1998 | 30D | One of every two hurricanes | Kelly Clark |
| Friday, April 17, 1998 | 40A | "There ___ goes..." | Matt Gaffney |
| Saturday, December 20, 1997 | 32D | Who blows thar | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, November 01, 1997 | 27A | One side in a battle of the sexes | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, July 06, 1997 | 57D | Any vessel | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, June 11, 1997 | 6D | "___ Done Him Wrong" (1933 film) | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, May 21, 1997 | 33D | 1967 Monkees song | John D. Leavy |
| Sunday, April 27, 1997 | 64D | Any car, affectionately | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, March 18, 1997 | 48A | Eternal queen, of book and film | John R. Conrad |
| Monday, March 10, 1997 | 66D | "___ Drives Me Crazy" (1989 #1 hit) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, September 22, 1996 | 99A | Ella or elle | C. Millhauser |
| Monday, September 16, 1996 | 9D | "___ Cried" (1962 hit) | R. J. Hartman |
| Saturday, August 24, 1996 | 28A | "___ Drives Me Crazy" (1989 hit) | J. Page |
| Thursday, July 18, 1996 | 5D | Word for a storm | W. R. Williams |
| Wednesday, June 19, 1996 | 39D | That ship | F. Piscop |
| Sunday, June 16, 1996 | 36D | 1994 Harry Connick Jr. album | N. N. Joline |
| Sunday, May 26, 1996 | 76D | That girl | R. Ross |
| Sunday, April 14, 1996 | 78D | Yon maiden | Henry Hook |
| Thursday, February 08, 1996 | 8D | Cyndi Lauper's "___Bop" | Alex K. Justin |
| Monday, January 08, 1996 | 43A | "Steady as___goes" | N. Steinberg |
| Sunday, December 03, 1995 | 83A | Any ship | Martin Schneider |
| Saturday, November 04, 1995 | 22D | "The _____ Creature" (1957 monster flick) | Frank A. Longo |
| Wednesday, November 01, 1995 | 1D | "____ sells sea shells..." | D.J. DeChristopher |
| Sunday, October 22, 1995 | 111A | Novel subtitled "A History of Adventure" | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, October 01, 1995 | 8D | Word for a lady | Frank A. Longo |
| Thursday, September 07, 1995 | 49A | ____ wolf | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, August 10, 1995 | 11A | Any ship | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, July 20, 1995 | 21A | "____ Stoops to Conquer" | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Wednesday, July 12, 1995 | 11A | ____-wolf | Robert Malinow |
| Sunday, July 02, 1995 | 8D | _____ devil | Alex K. Justin |
| Tuesday, June 20, 1995 | 17A | Any ship | Jon Delfin |
| Saturday, March 04, 1995 | 45A | Feminine subject | Rand H. Burns |
| Friday, January 06, 1995 | 31A | One who stoops to conquer | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Friday, December 30, 1994 | 30A | African sorceress of fiction | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, November 01, 1994 | 22A | "Thar _____ blows!" | Christopher Page |
| Sunday, October 30, 1994 | 5A | Rider Haggard romance | R.M. Hopkins |
| Wednesday, September 14, 1994 | 38D | 1989 comedy "_____ -Devil" | Harvey Estes |
| Friday, August 12, 1994 | 23D | 1967 Monkees song | Norman S. Wizer |
| Thursday, June 30, 1994 | 32D | Any miss | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, June 28, 1994 | 58D | That girl | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, June 26, 1994 | 28D | "___Bop" (1984 hit) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, June 10, 1994 | 1A | Helen Gahagan film role of 1935 | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Sunday, May 22, 1994 | 33D | Yonder yacht | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, May 16, 1994 | 36A | That lady | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Thursday, April 21, 1994 | 7D | "_____ walks in beauty..." | Timothy S. Lewis |
| Sunday, March 20, 1994 | 75A | Any ship | Joel Davajan |
| Sunday, February 27, 1994 | 113A | 1965 Ursula Andress film | Bette Sue Cohen |
| Thursday, February 03, 1994 | 57A | Any ship | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, December 12, 1993 | 59D | The lass | Cathy Millhauser |