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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 18D | Transmitter of nagana | Phil Ruzbarsky |
| Sunday, March 01, 2009 | 18D | Menace along the Congo | Robert W. Harris |
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 | 21A | Safari hazard | Brad Wilber |
| Sunday, January 21, 2007 | 42D | Fly from Africa | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, October 09, 2006 | 13D | Sleeping sickness carrier | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, August 08, 2006 | 54D | Feared fly | Ed Early |
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 | 47D | Dreaded fly | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, May 03, 2006 | 52D | African menace | Lisa Wiseman |
| Saturday, January 14, 2006 | 21D | Sub-Saharan scourge | David Quarfoot |
| Sunday, December 25, 2005 | 114A | Fly with a long proboscis | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Monday, October 03, 2005 | 8A | Sleeping sickness transmitter | Roy Leban |
| Monday, August 29, 2005 | 48D | Infectious fly | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, August 28, 2005 | 146A | African scourge | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, August 18, 2005 | 48D | African menace | Paula Gamache |
| Saturday, July 30, 2005 | 57A | Lion botherer | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, April 24, 2005 | 129A | Relative of a blow fly | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, December 20, 2004 | 37A | African fly | Kyle Mahowald |
| Thursday, November 25, 2004 | 32D | African scourge | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
| Monday, November 08, 2004 | 44A | Dangerous African fly | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Sunday, August 22, 2004 | 90D | Scourge of the African savanna | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, March 07, 2004 | 104A | Encephalitis cause | Tyler Hinman |
| Friday, December 26, 2003 | 42D | Nagana carrier | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, September 10, 2003 | 59A | African pest | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | 46A | African bloodsucker | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, July 09, 2003 | 46D | Sub-Saharan pest | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, July 07, 2003 | 29D | Fearsome fly | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, May 21, 2003 | 29A | Feared flier | Paula Gamache |
| Tuesday, April 08, 2003 | 25D | Feared fly | Verna Suit |
| Wednesday, April 02, 2003 | 13D | Dreaded fly | Kelly Clark |
| Monday, March 24, 2003 | 49A | Fly that carries sleeping sickness | Alison D. Donald |
| Sunday, November 24, 2002 | 78A | Feared fly | Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein |
| Sunday, September 08, 2002 | 40D | Fly with a long proboscis | Rich Norris |
| Friday, March 15, 2002 | 51A | ___ fly | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, November 29, 2001 | 30A | DDT target | Patrick Merrell |
| Friday, October 26, 2001 | 15D | Flybelt fly | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, June 24, 2001 | 53D | Fearsome fly | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, April 16, 2001 | 37D | Sleeping sickness carrier | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, March 23, 2001 | 20A | Safari hazard | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, February 08, 2001 | 18D | Burundian biter | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, July 02, 2000 | 62D | African scourge | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Saturday, July 01, 2000 | 65A | African carrier | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, March 04, 2000 | 62A | Dangerous carrier | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, October 30, 1999 | 26A | Fly of the genus Glossina | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, June 06, 1999 | 135D | It can put you to sleep | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, March 12, 1999 | 65A | Dangerous dipteran | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, January 22, 1999 | 29A | Fly over the Equator | Ed Early |
| Saturday, January 16, 1999 | 43D | ___ fly | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, November 11, 1998 | 63A | Little bloodsucker | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, September 04, 1998 | 7D | African scourge | Hugh Davis |
| Thursday, June 25, 1998 | 22A | African fly | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Monday, May 18, 1998 | 41D | Pesky African insect | Ed Early |
| Thursday, May 14, 1998 | 32A | Botswanan blight | Frank Longo |
| Sunday, April 26, 1998 | 110A | Nagana carrier | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Friday, November 14, 1997 | 42A | Fly over the Equator | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, September 28, 1997 | 91D | Dangerous pest | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sunday, September 14, 1997 | 85A | Botswanan problem | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, August 07, 1997 | 47D | Pesky fly | Mark Diehl |
| Thursday, July 10, 1997 | 35D | Word from Tswana | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, June 01, 1997 | 88D | Cause of jungle fever | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, April 20, 1997 | 13A | Fly out of a jungle | Charles M. Deber |
| Thursday, April 10, 1997 | 1A | African scourge | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, August 27, 1996 | 46D | African fly | D. E. Donaldson |
| Friday, August 23, 1996 | 28A | Fly in the tropics | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, May 19, 1996 | 42D | Trypanosome carrier | C.M. Deber |
| Saturday, September 16, 1995 | 62A | Trypanosome carrier | Bryant White |
| Sunday, July 02, 1995 | 82D | Nagana carrier | Alex K. Justin |
| Sunday, January 01, 1995 | 66D | Soporific sucker | Henry Hook |
| Monday, August 22, 1994 | 18D | Trypanosome carrier | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, December 05, 1993 | 45A | Fly out of Africa? | Manny Nosowsky |