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DIRT is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for DIRT.

155 total results for DIRT( score: 50 )

52 results for DIRT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 22, 2024	108D	Shoveled stuff	Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray	Fagliano
Sun May 21, 2023	32D	Blackmail ammunition	Robert Ryan	Shortz
Sun Apr 30, 2023	43A	Can you dig it? Yes, you can!	Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Jan 15, 2023	57D	Juicy gossip (2)	Michael Schlossberg	Shortz
Mon Aug 15, 2022	65A	Gossip, so to speak	Simon Marotte	Shortz
Sat Nov 20, 2021	52D	It covers a lot of ground	Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Tue May 11, 2021	61A	Gossip, informally	Kevin Patterson	Shortz
Sun Jan 3, 2021	19D	Gardener's supply	Paolo Pasco	Shortz
Sat Nov 7, 2020	50D	Gossip (9)	Kameron Austin Collins and Paolo Pasco	Shortz
Fri Jun 28, 2019	54D	Skinny (3)	Bruce Haight and David Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Jan 8, 2019	21A	Gossip (9)	Freddie Cheng	Shortz
Wed Aug 22, 2018	62D	Juicy gossip (2)	John Lampkin	Shortz
Fri Aug 11, 2017	51A	Scandal fodder	Hal Moore	Shortz
Thu May 12, 2016	8D	TMZ fodder	James Tuttle	Shortz
Sun Nov 16, 2014	75D	Gossip (9)	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Tue Apr 22, 2014	40D	Gossip (9)	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Tue Mar 18, 2014	3D	Malicious gossip (2)	David Kwong	Shortz
Wed Aug 22, 2012	68A	Word before poor or cheap	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Thu Mar 15, 2012	22A	Gossip (9)	Kristian House	Shortz
Sun Dec 5, 2010	80D	Scuttlebutt (5)	Ben Pall	Shortz
Sun Sep 5, 2010	68D	Reputation ruiner	Will Nediger	Shortz
Sun Jul 18, 2010	31D	Gossip (9)	Robert W. Harris	Shortz
Wed Sep 2, 2009	5A	Partner of grease	Jim Hyres	Shortz
Fri May 22, 2009	23A	Scandalmonger's love	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Jun 29, 2008	81A	Dope	Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Mon Oct 22, 2007	13A	Scuttlebutt (5)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Thu Nov 16, 2006	30A	Lowdown (4)	Kevin Donovan	Shortz
Sun Oct 8, 2006	21D	Lowdown (4)	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Mon Apr 10, 2006	43A	Gossip (9)	Gary J. Whitehead	Shortz
Mon May 24, 2004	1D	Earth	Frederick J. Healy	Shortz
Fri Mar 12, 2004	20A	Scuttlebutt (5)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Fri Feb 20, 2004	23A	Lowdown (4)	Bob Peoples	Shortz
Wed Jul 16, 2003	29D	Tabloid fodder (2)	Norm Guggenbiller	Shortz
Mon Jun 23, 2003	5D	Gossip (9)	Raymond Hamel	Shortz
Sat Feb 8, 2003	52D	Skinny (3)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Dec 22, 2002	85A	Skinny (3)	Frances Hansen	Shortz
Mon Oct 14, 2002	35A	What a vacuum cleaner vacuums	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Sun Dec 30, 2001	32D	Gossip fodder	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Tue Sep 18, 2001	3D	Gossipmonger's stuff	Jay Livingston	Shortz
Fri Apr 27, 2001	6D	Scuttlebutt (5)	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Sun Apr 15, 2001	19D	Incriminating information	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sat Mar 10, 2001	63A	Tabloid fodder (2)	Charles E. Gersch	Shortz
Fri Feb 16, 2001	29A	Squalor	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Tue Jan 12, 1999	37D	Malicious gossip (2)	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun May 24, 1998	95D	Lowdown (4)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Thu Apr 16, 1998	57A	Gossip (9)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Oct 26, 1997	46D	Tabloid talk	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Mon Sep 8, 1997	29A	Scandalous gossip	Robert Goldberg	Shortz
Mon Oct 28, 1996	11D	Grime	R. Norris	Shortz
Sun May 12, 1996	47A	Scuttlebutt (5)	R. Silvestri	Shortz
Tue Apr 16, 1996	40A	Vacuum's target	G. E. Paul	Shortz
Wed Oct 26, 1994	28A	What a vacuum vacuums	Rich Norris	Shortz

103 results for DIRT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 20, 1992	3D	Smutch	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Fri Mar 6, 1992	45A	Gossip	Bryant White	Maleska
Mon Feb 17, 1992	14A	Grime	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Sat Jan 18, 1992	26D	Gossip	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Sun Oct 13, 1991	4D	Grime	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Mon May 27, 1991	33A	Malicious gossip	Peter Swift	Maleska
Sun Apr 21, 1991	33A	Gossip	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Thu Apr 18, 1991	25D	Gossip	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Thu Nov 15, 1990	22A	Gossip's delight	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Thu Sep 27, 1990	11D	Gossip's interest	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Sun Sep 16, 1990	98D	Tittle-tattle	John M. Samson	Maleska
Mon Feb 5, 1990	37D	Gossip	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sun Dec 10, 1989	30A	Kind of bike	Jim Page	Maleska
Tue Apr 25, 1989	38A	Kind of bike or farm	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Mon Mar 6, 1989	9A	Gossip	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Wed May 4, 1988	15A	Gossip	Dale O. Burgener	Maleska
Mon Apr 25, 1988	12D	___ cheap	Elaine George	Maleska
Sun Mar 13, 1988	99A	Gossip	Peter Swift	Maleska
Wed Jan 6, 1988	65A	Something to dish	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Mon Aug 24, 1987	10A	Gossip material	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sat Oct 18, 1986	51A	Soil	Frederick Duda	Maleska
Mon Aug 11, 1986	37A	Grime	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Sun Jul 20, 1986	8D	Gossip's delight	Olive Dunn	Maleska
Fri Jun 13, 1986	1A	Malicious gossip	Gloria Evans	Maleska
Fri Oct 4, 1985	18A	Kind of farmer	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Tue Aug 13, 1985	19A	Gossip	Laufer	Maleska
Fri Jun 1, 1984	63A	Gossip	Sam Bellotto, Jr.	Maleska
Sat Feb 18, 1984	7D	Grime	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Tue Feb 7, 1984	3D	Grime	Virginia P. Abelson	Maleska
Sun Nov 27, 1983	134D	Gossip	Jack R. Harnes, M.D.	Maleska
Thu Aug 18, 1983	51D	Gossip	J. Samuel Smart	Maleska
Tue Mar 29, 1983	51A	Gossip, when dished	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Tue Dec 7, 1982	1A	Gossip	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Sun Aug 15, 1982	36A	Gossip	Louis Baron	Maleska
Mon Jul 12, 1982	13D	Gossip's lowdown	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Sun Jan 10, 1982	44D	Malicious talk	Jim Page	Maleska
Sat Oct 17, 1981	29D	Gossip	Albert E. Lytle	Maleska
Sun Sep 13, 1981	50A	Scandal-sheet info	Elaine D. Schorr	Maleska
Fri May 1, 1981	57D	Scandal-sheet contents	Jim Modney	Maleska
Sat Jun 14, 1980	57A	Soil	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Fri Nov 30, 1979	47A	Scandal-sheet lowdown	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Tue Nov 6, 1979	22A	Gossip	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Sun May 27, 1979	78A	The lowdown	Jack Luzzatto	Maleska
Wed Jan 24, 1979	16A	Grime	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Fri Mar 24, 1978	3D	Gossip's interest	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Mon Jan 23, 1978	63A	Gossip	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Mon Sep 19, 1977	10D	Soil	Rickert	Maleska
Sun Aug 21, 1977	17D	All the gossip	Jack Luzzatto	Maleska
Mon Dec 1, 1975	7D	Country-road material	Ruth Smith	Weng
Tue Aug 26, 1975	2D	Pay ___	John Prytz	Weng
Mon Sep 9, 1974	3D	Gossip	Joseph LaFauci	Weng
Sat Aug 3, 1974	52A	Gossip	Manny Miller	Weng
Sat Sep 15, 1973	21A	Grapevine material	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jul 3, 1973	56A	Gossip	Unknown	Weng
Mon Mar 19, 1973	44A	Kind of cheap	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 12, 1972	53A	Gossip	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jan 18, 1972	12D	Gossip	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 6, 1971	48A	Kind of cheap	Unknown	Weng
Mon Oct 12, 1970	12D	Soil	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 3, 1970	7D	Gossip	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 7, 1970	60A	Gossip	Unknown	Weng
Sun Mar 8, 1970	86A	Gossip	Eva Pollack Taub	Weng
Sun May 18, 1969	105A	Soil	Cornelia Warriner	Weng
Mon Apr 7, 1969	47A	Gossip: Colloq.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Feb 17, 1969	25A	Kind of farmer.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Apr 29, 1968	8D	Earth.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Feb 10, 1967	11D	Earth.	Manny Miller	Farrar
Mon Mar 28, 1966	22A	Housewife's bane.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Feb 2, 1966	54D	Slangy term for gossip.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 12, 1965	102A	Pay ___.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Fri Jun 25, 1965	1D	Ground.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 8, 1965	4D	Pay ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 11, 1965	63D	Earth.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Thu Nov 28, 1963	22A	Surface of most roads.	Brice Metcalfe	Farrar
Thu Jul 25, 1963	46A	Earth.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 29, 1963	20D	Housewife's problem.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sat Oct 13, 1962	33A	Road surface.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 21, 1961	56A	Earth.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 14, 1961	66A	Earth.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Dec 21, 1960	23D	___ farmer.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Oct 19, 1960	24A	___ farmer.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 27, 1959	60A	Soil.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 8, 1959	47D	Housewife's bête noire.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 24, 1957	10D	Earth.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Aug 16, 1956	11D	___ farmer.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Tue May 22, 1956	52D	Topsoil.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Sep 6, 1954	55A	Earth.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Thu May 13, 1954	34A	Loose soil.	George Henderson	Farrar
Tue Oct 6, 1953	62A	Malicious talk.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Thu Jan 15, 1953	25A	Housewife's bugaboo.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun May 4, 1952	135D	Material containing gold.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Fri Apr 4, 1952	55D	Loose earth.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 31, 1951	58A	Something worthless.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue May 22, 1951	62A	Topsoil.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Apr 14, 1951	35A	Loose earth.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 22, 1951	66A	Gardener's delight.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun May 28, 1950	86A	___ farmer.	Eugene Maleska	Farrar
Sun Apr 16, 1950	80A	Pay ___.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Sep 18, 1949	35A	Loose soil.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Sun Jul 13, 1947	53A	Earth.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Aug 8, 1943	81A	Earth.	P. Joseph Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1943	104D	Earth.	Hugh P. Evans	Farrar
Sun Oct 25, 1942	45A	Earth.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar

Anagrams:

DRIT, TRID

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