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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, July 25, 2009 | 36D | Kindergarten "grade" | Victor Fleming |
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 | 47A | "Notch" on Orion's belt | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | 63A | Polaris or Sirius | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| Friday, February 20, 2009 | 46D | Lead | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2009 | 17A | Representation of a state on the U.S. flag | Tim Wescott |
| Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 112D | Celeb | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, October 27, 2008 | 19A | Something to wish upon | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 76D | Macy's logo | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | 10A | Dwarf or giant, maybe | joon and caroline pahk |
| Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | 68A | Big shot | Daniel Kantor |
| Thursday, March 20, 2008 | 36A | Each state, symbolically | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | 45D | Walk of Fame embedment | Eugene W. Sard |
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 | 18A | ___ witness | Brad Wilber |
| Monday, October 22, 2007 | 4D | Polaris, e.g. | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 | 10D | Marquee topper | Donna S. Levin |
| Sunday, May 27, 2007 | 46D | Sky light | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, April 21, 2007 | 25D | Headline | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 | 45D | Chinese checkers board shape | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |
| Sunday, January 14, 2007 | 56A | Dressing room door figure | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 | 47D | Guide for the Magi | Jack McInturff |
| Monday, October 09, 2006 | 68A | Headliner | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 | 55D | Xmas tree topper | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 86D | Critic's award | Mark Feldman |
| Thursday, May 25, 2006 | 33D | Headline | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 | 16A | Top name on a marquee | Adam G. Perl |
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 | 29D | Any Wimbledon winner, in the tennis world | Levi Denham |
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 | 13D | Play a big part | Dana Motley |
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 | 62A | Highlight? | Seth A. Abel |
| Thursday, November 03, 2005 | 45A | Grade schooler's reward | Byron Walden |
| Monday, October 31, 2005 | 17A | Headliner | Jim Hyres |
| Friday, September 09, 2005 | 15A | With 23-Across, winner of seven Oscars | Kyle Mahowald |
| Tuesday, August 02, 2005 | 1D | Headliner | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Tuesday, July 12, 2005 | 10A | Headliner | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 | 42D | Headliner | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, April 01, 2005 | 51D | Marquee name | David Pringle |
| Friday, March 25, 2005 | 54D | Reviewer's award | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, December 25, 2004 | 6D | Commendation | Byron Walden |
| Monday, December 06, 2004 | 44D | Christmas tree topper | Barry C. Silk |
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 | 47D | Magic wand tip | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, July 08, 2004 | 65A | Flag feature | Scot Ober |
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 | 106A | Standout | Deb Amlen and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, May 10, 2004 | 59D | Movie rating unit | Joy M. Andrews |
| Monday, May 03, 2004 | 7D | Night twinkler | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 | 21A | Have the lead | Alfio Micci (1918-2004) |
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 | 57D | Diva, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, December 08, 2003 | 7D | Christmas tree topper | Barry Silk |
| Saturday, November 15, 2003 | 28D | Common flag symbol | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, October 16, 2003 | 55D | One with a print outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, October 12, 2003 | 107D | Headline | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, September 11, 2003 | 38D | With 34D, a mariner's guide | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | 33A | Castor or Pollux | Steven Kahn |
| Sunday, June 22, 2003 | 61D | See 125-Across | John Duschatko |
| Wednesday, June 11, 2003 | 6D | Top banana | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, May 25, 2003 | 28D | See 48-Across | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, May 11, 2003 | 122A | One assigned to a bomb? | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, May 04, 2003 | 14D | * | Tyler Hinman |
| Saturday, April 26, 2003 | 55D | Prominent player | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, April 08, 2003 | 62D | Magi guide | Verna Suit |
| Monday, October 28, 2002 | 55D | Constellation component | Randy Sowell |
| Friday, September 20, 2002 | 5D | Big name | Kevin Hagen |
| Sunday, September 08, 2002 | 102A | Phone button | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, August 15, 2002 | 8D | Principal | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, June 16, 2002 | 58A | Take the lead | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 11, 2002 | 14A | Phone button below the 7 | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, June 09, 2002 | 54D | Reviewer's unit | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, May 08, 2002 | 23A | See 34-Down | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, April 23, 2002 | 46A | Have the lead | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, April 14, 2002 | 82D | Pentagram | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, March 04, 2002 | 39D | Headliner | Randall J. Hartman |
| Sunday, March 03, 2002 | 43A | See 55-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, December 17, 2001 | 39D | Phone button below the 7 | Christina Houlihan |
| Monday, November 19, 2001 | 69A | Constellation part | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, October 02, 2001 | 12D | Marquee-name entertainer | Richard Hughes |
| Friday, September 21, 2001 | 14D | Headliner | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 19, 2001 | 37A | * | Steven Dorfman |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2001 | 5A | Part of a constellation | Joan Yanofsky |
| Wednesday, June 20, 2001 | 61A | Good student's reward | Jay Sullivan |
| Monday, May 28, 2001 | 11D | Celeb | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, May 10, 2001 | 27D | Destiny | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 18, 2000 | 14A | Symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, November 05, 2000 | 1A | Headliner | Michael S. Maurer |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2000 | 53D | Hollywood sighting | Matt Gaffney |
| Thursday, July 20, 2000 | 25D | Old phone's lack | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
| Friday, June 23, 2000 | 46A | A film might receive one | Noah Dephoure |
| Wednesday, June 07, 2000 | 57D | See 57-Across | John Duschatko |
| Monday, May 08, 2000 | 62A | Asterisk | Ed Early |
| Friday, April 28, 2000 | 55D | Kind of witness | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, March 31, 2000 | 60D | Telephone button | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Friday, March 17, 2000 | 47D | Magi's interest | Glenton Petgrave |
| Tuesday, February 29, 2000 | 53D | Restaurant review symbol | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, December 28, 1999 | 55D | Top banana | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, December 20, 1999 | 33A | Nighttime twinkler | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, October 19, 1999 | 43A | Milky Way unit | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, August 31, 1999 | 34D | Lower-left phone button | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Monday, June 28, 1999 | 35D | Film's lead | Ed Early |
| Tuesday, June 01, 1999 | 63A | Military award | Myles Callum |
| Sunday, May 30, 1999 | 85A | Symbol on a phone button | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, April 25, 1999 | 62D | Headline | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, March 29, 1999 | 36A | Asterisk | Bill Ballard |
| Tuesday, March 16, 1999 | 67A | Common flag feature | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, March 01, 1999 | 28A | Award for a good student | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, February 17, 1999 | 4D | Night light | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, December 26, 1998 | 27D | General acquisition | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, December 12, 1998 | 34D | Ratings unit | Rich Norris |
| Monday, November 30, 1998 | 34D | Polaris, e.g. | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| Tuesday, October 27, 1998 | 11D | Symbol on a Cowboy's helmet | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, May 23, 1998 | 19A | Headline | Rich Norris |
| Friday, May 01, 1998 | 46D | Canopus or Aldebaran | John Wolting |
| Friday, April 24, 1998 | 34D | Alpha, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, April 21, 1998 | 30D | Astronomer's sighting | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, February 20, 1998 | 34D | Celebrated | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, January 18, 1998 | 88D | Wishing spot | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| Monday, January 05, 1998 | 15A | Headline | Mark Moldowsky |
| Sunday, January 04, 1998 | 27D | One telephone button | Mark Danna |
| Tuesday, October 28, 1997 | 4D | Asterisk | Bernice Gordon |
| Saturday, October 25, 1997 | 1D | Lead | John Scott Marrone |
| Sunday, September 14, 1997 | 15D | School reward | Frank Longo |
| Wednesday, August 13, 1997 | 57D | "Flaming ___" (1960 Elvis movie) | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, June 27, 1997 | 11D | Antares, for one | Dean Niles |
| Wednesday, June 25, 1997 | 57D | Play the lead | Elizabeth Gorski |
| Sunday, June 15, 1997 | 115D | Award of merit | Karen Hodge |
| Wednesday, May 28, 1997 | 33D | Hollywood Boulevard sight | Ed Early |
| Sunday, March 09, 1997 | 145A | Dallas Cowboy's emblem | June Boggs |
| Tuesday, February 25, 1997 | 38A | Headliner | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, December 09, 1996 | 12D | Walk of Fame symbol | F. Piscop |
| Monday, November 25, 1996 | 34D | Lead player | M. Huret |
| Tuesday, November 19, 1996 | 68A | Christmas tree topper | G. E. Paul |
| Friday, November 08, 1996 | 10D | Military award | M. Gaffney |
| Tuesday, October 01, 1996 | 5D | Twinkler | R. J. Hartman |
| Sunday, September 29, 1996 | 42A | Night sight | M. Reagle |
| Thursday, September 05, 1996 | 63A | Pentagram | C. Millhauser |
| Sunday, September 01, 1996 | 43D | Talented one | D. J. Kahn |
| Sunday, January 28, 1996 | 11D | Gertrude Lawrence film bio | M. W. Perry |
| Friday, January 26, 1996 | 56D | Destiny | M. Nosowsky |
| Thursday, January 25, 1996 | 23D | Pentagram | D. Kahn |
| Sunday, January 21, 1996 | 26A | Part of a knight's insignia | R. Wolfe |
| Monday, January 08, 1996 | 49D | Polaris, e.g. | N. Steinberg |
| Thursday, January 04, 1996 | 36A | Wishing site | F. & L. Sabin |
| Wednesday, December 06, 1995 | 56D | Luminary | Chet Currier |
| Sunday, May 28, 1995 | 75D | Guiding light? | Matt Gaffney |
| Friday, April 28, 1995 | 23A | Flag feature | Rich Norris |
| Tuesday, March 28, 1995 | 69A | Lead | Christopher Page |
| Wednesday, March 22, 1995 | 57D | Celebrity | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, March 13, 1995 | 66A | Polaris, e.g. | Ernie Furtado |
| Saturday, March 11, 1995 | 54A | Critic's bestowal | Nancy Joline |
| Friday, March 10, 1995 | 34A | Kansas City paper | Frank A. Longo |
| Monday, March 06, 1995 | 70A | Constellation component | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, March 03, 1995 | 49A | Lead | Chuck Deodene |
| Monday, January 09, 1995 | 32D | Twinkler | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, January 04, 1995 | 50A | Play the lead | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, January 03, 1995 | 37D | Christmas tree topper | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, September 15, 1994 | 25A | Red giant, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, August 02, 1994 | 12D | Weekly World News rival | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Saturday, July 23, 1994 | 57D | Reward for merit | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, July 12, 1994 | 56D | Sirius, e.g. | Charles Arnold |
| Thursday, March 24, 1994 | 17A | Headliner | A.J. Santora |
| Sunday, February 20, 1994 | 98D | Head the cast | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, January 05, 1994 | 39A | National Enquirer rival | Chet Currier |
| Saturday, December 25, 1993 | 21A | Mira or Vega | Rand H. Burns |
| Saturday, December 11, 1993 | 60D | Wisher's sight | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Friday, December 03, 1993 | 53D | Asterisk | Bill Click |
| Thursday, December 02, 1993 | 18A | Night light | Richard Silvestri |