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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 08, 2009 | 79A | Toledo-to-Columbus dir. | Robert W. Harris |
| Saturday, September 19, 2009 | 4D | The direction to Hussein's heart | Mel Taub |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 79D | Toledo-to-Columbus dir. | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 24D | Reno-to-L.A. dir. | Phil Ruzbarsky |
| Thursday, July 30, 2009 | 21A | Liverpool-to-Portsmouth dir. | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 54A | G.P.S. heading | Tim Wescott |
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 | 25D | 157.5 degrees from N | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, June 19, 2009 | 63A | Jacksonville-to-Daytona Beach dir. | David Levinson Wilk |
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 45A | Delhi-to-Madras dir. | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 45A | Tampa-to-Fort Myers dir. | Chuck Hamilton |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | 70A | NNW's opposite | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 11A | Seattle-to-Las Vegas dir. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 26A | G.P.S. abbr. | Natan Last |
| Sunday, August 03, 2008 | 78D | Beijing-to-Shanghai dir. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | 45A | Edinburgh-to-London dir. | Adam Fromm |
| Monday, April 07, 2008 | 23A | NNW's opposite | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 | 36A | Florence-to-Rome dir. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, February 23, 2008 | 56D | Birmingham-to-Montgomery dir. | Barry C. Silk |
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 | 63D | Compass dir. | Larry Shearer |
| Monday, January 14, 2008 | 19A | Reverse of NNW | Robert Dillman |
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 | 8D | Reno-to-L.A. dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 | 26A | From Niger to Zambia: Abbr. | Barry C. Silk |
| Thursday, July 12, 2007 | 11D | Abilene-to-San Antonio dir. | Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 | 87D | Atlanta-to-Miami dir. | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | 63D | Dir. from Seattle to Las Vegas | Mike Nothnagel |
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 | 36A | Seattle-to-Phoenix dir. | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 | 89A | NNW's reverse | Byron Walden |
| Friday, March 16, 2007 | 59A | Navigation abbreviation | Eric Berlin |
| Saturday, February 24, 2007 | 46A | Bikini-to-Fiji dir. | Byron Walden |
| Friday, January 19, 2007 | 56A | Flagstaff-to-Tucson dir. | Karen M. Tracey |
| Sunday, October 29, 2006 | 112A | Sheffield-to-London dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 | 62D | Dir. down Baja California | Raymond C. Young |
| Thursday, August 24, 2006 | 57D | Orlando-to-Miami dir. | Gary Steinmehl |
| Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 128A | Antigua-to-Barbados dir. | Mark Feldman |
| Saturday, August 05, 2006 | 42A | Yacht heading: Abbr. | Trip Payne |
| Friday, July 07, 2006 | 15D | From Omaha to K.C. | Joe Krozel |
| Monday, July 03, 2006 | 49A | U-turn from NNW | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 | 54A | Abilene-to-San Antonio dir. | Patrick Blindauer |
| Monday, May 08, 2006 | 50A | Chicago-to-Tampa dir. | Norm Guggenbiller |
| Sunday, April 09, 2006 | 72A | Paris-to-Lyon dir. | Paula Gamache |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2006 | 24A | Toledo-to-Columbus dir. | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| Monday, February 27, 2006 | 70A | NNW's opposite | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 | 4D | Memphis-to-Mobile dir. | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, December 04, 2005 | 83D | Burlington-to-Brattleboro dir. | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| Sunday, November 20, 2005 | 42A | G.P.S. heading | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 | 93D | Storm course: Abbr. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, October 30, 2005 | 66D | Jacksonville-to-Daytona Beach dir. | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Monday, September 26, 2005 | 63D | Reverse of NNW | Ethan Cooper |
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 | 13D | 157.5° from N | Harriet Clifton |
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 | 27D | Chicago-to-Miami dir. | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Wednesday, August 03, 2005 | 27A | Atlanta-to-St. Pete dir. | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell |
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 | 48A | Vane dir. | Richard Chisholm |
| Monday, April 25, 2005 | 46A | Opposite NNW | Alison Donald |
| Sunday, April 24, 2005 | 81D | Storm heading: Abbr. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, April 18, 2005 | 20A | 180° from NNW | Robert Dillman |
| Saturday, March 26, 2005 | 30A | Capt.'s heading | Ed Early |
| Thursday, February 24, 2005 | 55D | Dir. for a ship | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 | 44D | Copenhagen-to-Prague dir. | Gene Newman |
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 | 39D | Birmingham-to-Montgomery dir. | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, October 11, 2004 | 33A | Chicago-to-Atlanta dir. | Jim Hyres |
| Sunday, September 05, 2004 | 121A | Flagstaff-to-Tucson dir. | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 | 46A | K.C.-to-Little Rock direction | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 | 27A | Compass heading | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 | 64A | Seattle-to-Las Vegas dir. | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 | 124A | Compass dir. | Derrick Niederman |
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 | 46A | Chicago-to-Tampa dir. | Bill Ballard |
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 | 87A | Ship's hdg. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Monday, December 08, 2003 | 26A | Chicago-to-Miami dir. | Barry Silk |
| Sunday, November 16, 2003 | 122D | Jacksonville-to-Miami dir. | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2003 | 5D | Mont.-to-Tex. direction | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, October 21, 2003 | 65D | Indianapolis-to-Atlanta dir. | John Underwood |
| Wednesday, July 09, 2003 | 61A | From Okla. City to Houston | Patrick Merrell |
| Saturday, July 05, 2003 | 23A | Compass heading | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, June 16, 2003 | 34D | NNW's opposite | Norma Johnson |
| Friday, October 18, 2002 | 7D | Maui-to-Hawaii dir. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, August 22, 2002 | 65A | Salt Lake City-to-Provo dir. | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, July 13, 2002 | 18A | Heading from Ottawa to N.Y.C. | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, June 09, 2002 | 58D | Venice-to-Naples dir. | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, April 14, 2002 | 67A | Nautical heading | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | 62A | Wind dir. | Louis Hildebrand |
| Thursday, September 20, 2001 | 14D | Chicago-to-Louisville dir. | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, September 08, 2001 | 61D | Helm heading: Abbr. | Jim Page |
| Saturday, August 25, 2001 | 54D | Birmingham-to-Montgomery dir. | Frank Longo |
| Sunday, August 12, 2001 | 121D | Daytona-to-Vero Beach dir. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, June 22, 2001 | 20A | Way for the wind to blow: Abbr. | William I. Johnston |
| Sunday, May 27, 2001 | 31D | Pilot's hdg. | Dana Motley |
| Friday, January 05, 2001 | 9D | Venice-to-Naples dir. | Nelson Hardy |
| Sunday, December 03, 2000 | 28D | Budapest-to-Belgrade dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, November 20, 2000 | 13D | U-turn from NNW | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, October 29, 2000 | 117D | Course setting: Abbr. | Karen Hodge |
| Thursday, October 19, 2000 | 38A | Orlando-to-Miami dir. | Patrick Jordan |
| Thursday, October 12, 2000 | 1D | Wind dir. | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, August 02, 2000 | 50A | Dallas-to-Houston dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, July 31, 2000 | 47A | Opposite of NNW | Marjorie Berg |
| Sunday, June 18, 2000 | 62A | Atlanta-to-Miami dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, May 27, 2000 | 64A | Not quite S | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, May 23, 2000 | 51D | Atlanta-to-Tampa dir. | Monica Krausse |
| Wednesday, April 05, 2000 | 52A | NNW's opposite | Frances Hansen |
| Sunday, February 27, 2000 | 110D | Memphis-to-Biloxi dir. | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, February 10, 2000 | 36A | Khartoum-to-Nairobi dir. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, November 17, 1999 | 9D | Vane dir. | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, October 07, 1999 | 60D | From K.C. to Little Rock | Kelly Clark |
| Sunday, September 05, 1999 | 66A | Pilothouse abbr. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, August 22, 1999 | 72A | Compass heading | Raymond Hamel |
| Sunday, July 18, 1999 | 11D | Ship's log entry | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, June 30, 1999 | 65D | Atlanta-to-Miami dir. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, June 20, 1999 | 77A | Santa Fe-to-Roswell dir. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, March 14, 1999 | 125A | Abilene-to-San Antonio dir. | Martin Schneider |
| Monday, February 15, 1999 | 4D | Opposite NNW | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, December 14, 1998 | 49D | Opposite NNW | Randy Sowell |
| Thursday, October 15, 1998 | 35D | Moscow-to-Volgograd dir. | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, April 20, 1998 | 56A | Reverse of NNW | John D. Leavy |
| Friday, April 17, 1998 | 42A | Compass pt. | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, April 02, 1998 | 27A | Fresno-to-L.A. dir. | Alex K. Justin |
| Monday, March 09, 1998 | 70A | NNW's opposite | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, March 05, 1998 | 57D | Maui-to-Hawaii dir. | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, February 24, 1998 | 64D | Atlanta-to-Tampa dir. | Bill Ballard |
| Friday, February 13, 1998 | 9D | Pilot's heading | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, December 30, 1997 | 4D | Atlanta-to-Tampa dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, December 04, 1997 | 29D | Compass pt. | Eileen Lexau |
| Wednesday, November 19, 1997 | 28D | Quito-to-La Paz dir. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, October 13, 1997 | 49A | Opposite NNW | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, August 03, 1997 | 116D | Compass dir. | Peter Gordon |
| Thursday, May 15, 1997 | 51A | Pilot's heading | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| Saturday, May 10, 1997 | 59D | Mariner's dir. | Isabel Walcott |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 68A | Compass pt. | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, March 02, 1997 | 42A | Paris-to-Marseilles dir. | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, February 13, 1997 | 59D | Wind dir. | F. Longo |
| Friday, January 17, 1997 | 43A | >From N.D. to La. | B. Klahn |
| Friday, November 29, 1996 | 60D | 180 degrees from a Hitchcock classic? | B. White |
| Sunday, October 20, 1996 | 32A | Pilot's heading | R. Ross |
| Monday, October 14, 1996 | 26A | NNW's opposite | R. White |
| Sunday, September 08, 1996 | 104D | Capt.'s direction | R. H. Wolfe |
| Saturday, April 27, 1996 | 57D | Compass point | F. Hansen |
| Sunday, March 17, 1996 | 119A | Needle point? | P. O'Gordon |
| Saturday, February 03, 1996 | 6D | Pilot's dir. | W.R. Williams |
| Friday, December 29, 1995 | 19A | Pilot's heading | Jeff Harrington |
| Thursday, December 07, 1995 | 43A | Vane dir. | Michael S. Maurer |
| Saturday, November 04, 1995 | 57D | Vane dir. | Frank A. Longo |
| Sunday, August 13, 1995 | 59D | Vane dir. | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, August 08, 1995 | 20A | Dallas-to-Houston dir. | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, August 03, 1995 | 73A | 157.5 degrees fron N | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Thursday, May 25, 1995 | 24A | 157.5 degrees | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, May 10, 1995 | 38A | Compass heading | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Sunday, April 02, 1995 | 14D | Mariner's reading | Norman S. Wizer |
| Tuesday, January 24, 1995 | 23A | Chicago-to-Atlanta dir. | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, January 03, 1995 | 71A | Opposite NNW | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, December 27, 1994 | 66A | 180° from NNW | Ernie Furtado |
| Saturday, December 10, 1994 | 63A | Compass dir. | Bryant White |
| Thursday, October 20, 1994 | 64A | Mariner's dir. | Bryant White |
| Sunday, October 09, 1994 | 13D | Naut. heading | Bryant White |
| Wednesday, September 21, 1994 | 41A | Vane dir. | Trip Payne |
| Saturday, July 02, 1994 | 66A | Compass dir. | Bryant White |
| Sunday, April 17, 1994 | 1A | Yacht heading | R.M. Hopkins |
| Sunday, April 10, 1994 | 76D | Weathervane abbr. | Trip Payne |
| Thursday, March 03, 1994 | 19A | 157° 30' | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, February 02, 1994 | 13D | Compass dir. | Robert Katz |
| Friday, January 28, 1994 | 29A | Compass point | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, December 17, 1993 | 13D | Compass dir. | James Neal |
| Monday, December 06, 1993 | 45A | Compass dir. | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, November 24, 1993 | 9D | Compass pt. | Nancy S. Ross |