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165 total results for TAC( score: 50 )
90 results for TAC from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Wed Apr 23, 2025 | 50A | Middle X or O (7) | Brandon Koppy | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 13, 2025 | 97D | Tic follower | John Kugelman | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 22, 2024 | 54D | Part of OOO (2) | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa | Fagliano |
| Mon Nov 11, 2024 | 41A | The second O of O-O-O | Patrick Gramza and John Kugelman | Fagliano |
| Thu Jun 27, 2024 | 35D | Washington's Sea-___ Airport (4) | Paolo Pasco and Sarah Sinclair | Fagliano |
| Thu May 30, 2024 | 50A | Washington's Sea-___ Airport (4) | Royce Ferguson | Fagliano |
| Thu Mar 28, 2024 | 15A | O-O-O part | Dominic Grillo | Fagliano |
| Thu Nov 9, 2023 | 45A | See 65-Down | Simeon Seigel | Shortz |
| Mon Jul 31, 2023 | 31A | Tic-___-toe (12) | David Litman and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 26, 2023 | 8D | Tic-___ | Mary Crane | Shortz |
| Fri Mar 31, 2023 | 37D | Part of X-X-X (4) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Tue Mar 21, 2023 | 43D | "Tic ___ Dough" (bygone game show) | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 23, 2023 | 57D | Tic-___-toe (12) | Adrian Johnson | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 13, 2022 | 114D | Sea-___ Airport (2) | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale | Shortz |
| Sat Feb 12, 2022 | 53A | Central square, perhaps | Mary Lou Guizzo | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 10, 2021 | 9D | X in XXX, maybe | Sheldon Polonsky | Shortz |
| Mon Apr 12, 2021 | 47D | Tic-___-toe (12) | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
| Fri Apr 2, 2021 | 19A | Toe preceder (2) | Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 4, 2020 | 105D | Middle of a certain three-in-a-row | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 9, 2020 | 116A | Washington's Sea-___ Airport (4) | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 4, 2020 | 27D | Middle X or O (7) | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 11, 2019 | 46A | Part of a three-in-a-row | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
| Wed Jan 23, 2019 | 31D | Sea-___ (Washington airport) | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 25, 2016 | 114A | Middle X or O (7) | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 5, 2015 | 44D | Game center? | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 28, 2014 | 5D | XXX part (3) | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Fri Oct 31, 2014 | 23A | Sea-___ | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 27, 2014 | 111D | Part of a winning combination (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Fri Apr 4, 2014 | 42A | Middle square, maybe | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 5, 2014 | 88D | Tic ___ (candy) (2) | Alan DerKazarian | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 4, 2014 | 43A | Tie ___ (2) | Kyle Dolan | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 22, 2013 | 21A | What X-O-X lacks? | Mike Selinker | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 27, 2013 | 21D | Washington's Sea-___ Airport (4) | Sean Dobbin | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 22, 2013 | 23D | Tic ___ (breath mint) | Jay Kaskel | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 9, 2012 | 24A | See 23-Across | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Fri Sep 2, 2011 | 24A | Certain X or O (3) | Tim Croce | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 16, 2011 | 55A | Sea-___ Airport (2) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 24, 2010 | 59A | One-third of a game win | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun Nov 29, 2009 | 80D | Certain X or O (3) | Will Nediger | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 25, 2008 | 3D | Middle X, say | Victor Fleming | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 20, 2008 | 10D | Certain X or O (3) | John Farmer | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 4, 2008 | 51D | Tic-___-toe (12) | Dave and Tracy Mackey | Shortz |
| Sat Aug 4, 2007 | 19A | Central square, maybe | Byron Walden | Shortz |
| Wed Mar 28, 2007 | 6A | X-X-X part (3) | Burton Clemans | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 2, 2007 | 32D | Tic ___ (mint) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 10, 2006 | 75A | Part of a winning combination (3) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Sat Mar 18, 2006 | 33A | Middle square, say | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 7, 2006 | 52A | Middle O of O-O-O | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 6, 2005 | 6D | XXX part (3) | John Greenman | Shortz |
| Mon Nov 8, 2004 | 46A | Tic-___-toe (12) | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 5, 2004 | 6D | Wash. State's Sea-___ Airport | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Tue May 25, 2004 | 51D | Middle X or O (7) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Mon Mar 1, 2004 | 47A | Tic-___-toe (12) | Gail Grabowski | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 24, 2004 | 6D | Center X or O (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 9, 2004 | 40D | Tic-___-toe (12) | Robert Dillman | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 31, 2003 | 7D | One X | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Thu Jan 16, 2003 | 41A | Washington State's Sea-___ Airport | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 12, 2002 | 43D | Tie ___ (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Mon Dec 24, 2001 | 12D | Tic-___-toe (12) | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 9, 2001 | 46A | Tic-___-toe (12) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Mon Nov 12, 2001 | 5D | Middle X of X-X-X (2) | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 21, 2001 | 53A | Center X or O (2) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Fri Dec 29, 2000 | 67D | Part of X-X-X (4) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Tue Oct 31, 2000 | 59D | Middle of XXX | Bill Zais | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 25, 2000 | 63D | Middle X or O (7) | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 11, 2000 | 16A | Middle X of X-X-X (2) | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Tue Oct 5, 1999 | 13D | Tic-___-toe (12) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 22, 1999 | 28A | "Hollywood Squares" square | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sat Aug 7, 1999 | 5D | Part of a game win (2) | Trip Payne | Shortz |
| Sat Oct 17, 1998 | 23A | Part of OOO (2) | Bryant White | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 7, 1998 | 88A | Part of X-X-X (4) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 10, 1998 | 8D | Middle of a kids' game | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
| Sat Mar 1, 1997 | 26D | One-third of XXX? | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Sat Feb 8, 1997 | 29A | Part of a winning combination (3) | G. R. Ferguson | Shortz |
| Sat Jan 18, 1997 | 4D | Tic-toe tie | D. Niles | Shortz |
| Fri Aug 16, 1996 | 34D | "Tic ___ Dough" | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
| Tue Jul 9, 1996 | 58D | Tic-___toe (12) | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
| Sat Jun 15, 1996 | 43A | Second of three X's | R. Ross | Shortz |
| Wed Feb 28, 1996 | 39D | Tic-___ (candy) (2) | F. A. Longo | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 19, 1996 | 7D | Tic-___-toe (12) | T. W. Schier | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 21, 1996 | 77A | Part of XXX (4) | R. Wolfe | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 3, 1995 | 31D | The second X in XXX | Martin Schneider | Shortz |
| Sat Sep 16, 1995 | 5D | Part of a game win (2) | Bryant White | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 29, 1994 | 58D | Second O of O-O-O | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Sat Dec 3, 1994 | 31A | Toe preceder (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Wed Jul 20, 1994 | 45A | Tic-toe bridge | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Sat Jul 2, 1994 | 14A | Center square in a game | Bryant White | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 27, 1994 | 56D | Middle X or O (7) | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
| Sun May 8, 1994 | 111D | Middle X or O (7) | Ralph G. Beaman | Shortz |
| Sat Mar 5, 1994 | 21A | Second X or O | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
4 results for TAC from Variety puzzles:
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sep 29, 2024 | Panda | 55A | Cat's back | Daniel Raymon | Fagliano |
| Feb 3, 2013 | Diagramless | 72D | Part of O-O-O | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| May 11, 2003 | Panda | 22A | Kind of tic | Mel Taub | Shortz |
| Jan 20, 2002 | Diagramless | 21A | "Tic ___ Dough" | Frank Longo | Shortz |
71 results for TAC from pre-Shortz puzzles:
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Thu Nov 18, 1993 | 6D | Midpoint of X-O game | Daniel Girardi | Taub |
| Thu Sep 23, 1993 | 33A | Toe's forerunner | Bob Sefick | Taub |
| Sun Jul 25, 1993 | 138D | U.S.A.F. group | Jacques Liwer | Maleska |
| Tue Jun 15, 1993 | 5D | The middle X? | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
| Sun May 30, 1993 | 69A | TV's "Tic ___ Dough" | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Sun Apr 11, 1993 | 68D | 'Twixt tic and toe | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
| Sat Apr 3, 1993 | 39A | Org. governing runners' events | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
| Tue Mar 23, 1993 | 10A | Tic-___-toe | Jim Page | Maleska |
| Wed Aug 5, 1992 | 31D | Tic and toe divider | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Sun Jul 19, 1992 | 87A | Center of a simple game | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
| Sat Dec 28, 1991 | 61A | Langley A.F.B. group | Jim Page | Maleska |
| Sun Sep 22, 1991 | 138D | U.S.A.F. body | Lawrence M. Rheingold | Maleska |
| Sun Jul 14, 1991 | 94A | Tic-toe connector | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Wed Jun 5, 1991 | 27A | Tic-toe link | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Maleska |
| Sat Feb 2, 1991 | 60D | Air Force gp. | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
| Mon Dec 11, 1989 | 38A | Tic-___-toe | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Sun Apr 23, 1989 | 94D | Tic-___-toe | Jim Page | Maleska |
| Mon Apr 17, 1989 | 33D | Tic follower | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Wed Dec 28, 1988 | 35A | Tic-___-toe | Don Groat | Maleska |
| Sat Dec 3, 1988 | 10D | One-third of a simple game | Vaughn Keith | Maleska |
| Sun Mar 20, 1988 | 41D | Tic-___-toe | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
| Fri Feb 26, 1988 | 38D | Langley A.F.B. group | Kevin Wray | Maleska |
| Fri Feb 20, 1987 | 53A | Toe preceder | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Fri Nov 28, 1986 | 32A | Tic-___-toe | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Wed Nov 19, 1986 | 30D | Langley Field gp. | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Sun Jun 8, 1986 | 71D | Second of a game trio | Barry L. Cohen | Maleska |
| Mon Mar 10, 1986 | 39A | Between tic and toe | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Tue Nov 5, 1985 | 39A | Tic-___-toe | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Sat Oct 19, 1985 | 41A | Langley A.F.B. group | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Thu Sep 19, 1985 | 21D | Tic-___-toe | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
| Sun Jul 29, 1984 | 51A | Langley A.F.B. group | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Mon Mar 5, 1984 | 38A | Between tic and toe | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
| Sat Dec 17, 1983 | 10D | Part of U.S.A.F. | Brett A. Blaylock | Maleska |
| Thu Feb 10, 1983 | 28A | Part of the U.S.A.F. | Greene | Maleska |
| Sun Jun 14, 1981 | 102A | Tic follower | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
| Thu Apr 9, 1981 | 49A | Tic-___-toe | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Sat Mar 14, 1981 | 59D | Between tic and toe | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Fri Feb 6, 1981 | 18A | Tic-___-toe | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
| Fri Nov 11, 1977 | 51A | Tic's follower | Betty Duffy | Maleska |
| Sun Jul 17, 1977 | 26D | Langley A.F.B. group | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
| Fri Jun 3, 1977 | 46A | Tic-___-toe | Rickert | Maleska |
| Thu Mar 17, 1977 | 54A | Tic-___-toe | Ruth N. Schultz | Maleska |
| Mon Dec 1, 1975 | 1D | Partner of tic and toe | Ruth Smith | Weng |
| Tue Sep 23, 1975 | 23D | Between tic and toe | Ruth N. Schultz | Weng |
| Sun Mar 30, 1975 | 105D | Between tic and toe | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
| Tue Nov 26, 1974 | 57D | Tic-___-toe | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
| Sat Aug 3, 1974 | 6A | Flying group: Abbr. | Manny Miller | Weng |
| Mon May 20, 1974 | 4D | Military group: Abbr. | Gladys V. Miller | Weng |
| Tue Jul 10, 1973 | 9D | Between tic and toe | Unknown | Weng |
| Fri Feb 9, 1973 | 9D | Air Force acronym | Unknown | Weng |
| Tue Oct 17, 1972 | 48A | Air Force acronym | Unknown | Weng |
| Wed Dec 15, 1971 | 47A | Tac-___-toe | Unknown | Weng |
| Sun May 3, 1970 | 34D | Between tic and toe | Barbara H. Lewis | Weng |
| Sat Oct 18, 1969 | 55D | Between tic and toe. | Unknown | Weng |
| Sun Aug 25, 1968 | 87A | Air group | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
| Wed Jul 19, 1967 | 3D | Langley AFB group. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
| Thu Feb 13, 1964 | 57D | Langley AFB group. | George Laczko | Farrar |
| Sun Jan 7, 1962 | 62A | Major air group: Abbr. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
| Sun Nov 6, 1960 | 1D | Group at Langley A. F. Base. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
| Tue Aug 4, 1959 | 8D | Gen. Weyland's air group. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
| Tue Mar 3, 1959 | 32A | Tic-___-toe. | Charles Allen | Farrar |
| Fri Jan 9, 1959 | 60D | Gen. Weyland's air group: Abbr. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
| Sun Nov 30, 1958 | 54D | Middle word of a child's game. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
| Sun Oct 19, 1958 | 106D | Arm of the Air Force. | A. H. Drummond Jr. | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 28, 1957 | 65A | Touch: Comb. form. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
| Tue Sep 6, 1955 | 27D | Gen. Weyland's air command. | John M. Holmes Jr. | Farrar |
| Sat Jul 18, 1953 | 44A | Tactical Air Command. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Fri May 9, 1952 | 58D | Touch: Comb. form. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Jan 20, 1952 | 90A | Touch: Comb. form. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
| Fri Aug 3, 1951 | 25A | Tactical Air Command. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Jun 21, 1942 | 141D | Touch: comb. form. | Mabel C. Daggett | Farrar |