Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Aug 7, 2024 | 11D | It doesn't stay hot for long | Meghan Morris | Fagliano |
Sat Jun 29, 2024 | 34D | It won't be around for long | Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa | Fagliano |
Mon Apr 22, 2024 | 39D | With 49-Down, trendy eating plans | David J. Kahn | Fagliano |
Thu Feb 15, 2024 | 4D | This too shall pass | Teddy Katz and Rich Katz | Shortz |
Fri Jan 26, 2024 | 61A | Rubik's Cube, once | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa | Shortz |
Sun Jul 2, 2023 | 114D | It goes in and out | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa | Shortz |
Thu Apr 20, 2023 | 28D | It comes and goes (3) | Simeon Seigel | Shortz |
Sun Jan 29, 2023 | 81D | Furbys or fidget spinners, e.g. | Rich Katz | Shortz |
Tue Dec 27, 2022 | 31A | Passing craze | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun Nov 13, 2022 | 87D | It's hot right now (2) | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
Thu Sep 29, 2022 | 27D | Everybody's doing it | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Sat Jun 18, 2022 | 23A | It's hot right now (2) | Brooke Husic | Shortz |
Sun May 29, 2022 | 45A | It's in, then it's out | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun May 22, 2022 | 67A | Its life span is short | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg | Shortz |
Thu Feb 24, 2022 | 10D | Flavor of the month | Jake Halperin | Shortz |
Sun Jan 2, 2022 | 54A | Bottle flipping in the mid-2010s, e.g. | Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Fri Jun 11, 2021 | 38A | It doesn't last long | Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Thu Jun 3, 2021 | 70D | Silly Bandz or Webkinz, once | Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes | Shortz |
Sat May 1, 2021 | 53D | 44-Downs, once | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Tue Apr 20, 2021 | 30D | Furbys or fidget spinners, once | Adam Wagner | Shortz |
Wed Mar 31, 2021 | 65A | Pet rocks, once (2) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Thu Mar 11, 2021 | 1D | Something lacking staying power | Leslie Rogers | Shortz |
Fri Feb 19, 2021 | 26A | Tamagotchi, once | Amanda Rafkin | Shortz |
Wed Feb 17, 2021 | 34A | Hula hoops or fidget spinners, once | David Harris and Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Sun May 3, 2020 | 51A | Kind of diet (2) | Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Jan 21, 2020 | 41D | Pokémon Go, in the late 2010s, e.g. | Carl Larson | Shortz |
Fri Dec 13, 2019 | 14D | Fidget spinners or Furbys, once | Leslie Rogers | Shortz |
Wed Oct 9, 2019 | 60D | Beanie Babies, once (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat Jul 20, 2019 | 56D | Something everyone's doing | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
Wed May 31, 2017 | 1A | Ice Bucket Challenge, in 2014 | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Mon Feb 27, 2017 | 24A | Flash mobs, once | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Fri Dec 23, 2016 | 18A | Man buns, e.g. | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Dec 11, 2016 | 111D | Ice Bucket Challenge, for one | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun Apr 24, 2016 | 115D | Selfies around 2012-13, e.g. | Kathy Wienberg | Shortz |
Sat Aug 23, 2014 | 24A | Pog or Pogs, formerly | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Mon Jun 23, 2014 | 6A | Craze (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Oct 13, 2013 | 25A | Crosswords, e.g., in the 1920s | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sat Aug 17, 2013 | 20A | In thing | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Wed Mar 27, 2013 | 40D | Latest sensation | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Mar 4, 2013 | 30D | Fleeting craze | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Wed Feb 27, 2013 | 47A | It's hot, then it's not | Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
Tue Nov 13, 2012 | 30A | Angry Birds, e.g., in 2010 | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Sun Nov 4, 2012 | 76A | The limbo, once | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jul 15, 2012 | 51A | It comes and goes (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon Jun 11, 2012 | 11A | Hula-Hoops or Furbys, once | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | Shortz |
Mon Jan 16, 2012 | 49A | It's all the rage | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun Jan 15, 2012 | 45D | Angry Birds, e.g. | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Thu Jan 12, 2012 | 30D | It'll pass | Gareth Bain | Shortz |
Wed Aug 10, 2011 | 59D | Goldfish swallowing in the 1920s, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat May 21, 2011 | 52D | It comes and goes (3) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Sun Apr 17, 2011 | 46A | Kind of diet (2) | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sun Oct 10, 2010 | 60D | Troll dolls or Silly Bandz | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Tue Aug 17, 2010 | 40A | Beanie Babies, once (2) | Michael Sharp | Shortz |
Tue Jun 15, 2010 | 1A | Pet rocks, once (2) | Jill Winslow | Shortz |
Fri Mar 5, 2010 | 18A | It's not hot for long | Louis Hildebrand | Shortz |
Wed Nov 11, 2009 | 42D | Streaking, once | Kelsey Blakley | Shortz |
Mon Jul 21, 2008 | 31D | Furbys or yo-yos, once | Gilbert H. Ludwig | Shortz |
Sun Feb 24, 2008 | 79A | Troll dolls, once | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Fri Oct 6, 2006 | 35D | Texas hold 'em, e.g. | Nancy Joline | Shortz |
Tue Jun 20, 2006 | 21D | Craze (2) | Steve Salmon | Shortz |
Sun Dec 4, 2005 | 52D | Rage (4) | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Thu May 12, 2005 | 31A | Pokémon, for one | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun Mar 6, 2005 | 1D | It's temporarily in | John Greenman | Shortz |
Sat Oct 2, 2004 | 29D | Temporary excitement | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Sep 23, 2004 | 56D | Furbys, once (2) | Jerry E. Rosman | Shortz |
Thu Jul 8, 2004 | 58D | It's in one year and out the other | Scot Ober | Shortz |
Sun Mar 21, 2004 | 14D | Cabbage Patch dolls, e.g. | Roy Leban | Shortz |
Fri Oct 10, 2003 | 24A | It's in, for now | Arlan and Linda Bushman | Shortz |
Sun Jun 29, 2003 | 32D | Rage (4) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Tue Dec 17, 2002 | 1D | Furbys, once (2) | Tyler Hinman | Shortz |
Sat Sep 21, 2002 | 25A | Rage (4) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon Nov 5, 2001 | 4D | Macarena or Beanie Babies, once | Jenny Gutbezahl | Shortz |
Thu Dec 23, 1999 | 57D | Mood rings, once | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Dec 5, 1999 | 70D | It goes in and out quickly | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu Aug 13, 1998 | 1A | Beanie Babies, e.g. | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Tue Jun 16, 1998 | 61D | Tattoos, currently | Bill Ballard | Shortz |
Thu Oct 16, 1997 | 18D | The macarena, once | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon Jul 29, 1996 | 47A | Hula-Hoops, once | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Jul 7, 1996 | 51D | Vogue | R. H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Wed Aug 30, 1995 | 26D | Latest thing | John R. Conrad | Shortz |
Mon May 15, 1995 | 64D | Mini-craze | Ernie Furtado | Shortz |
Sun Aug 14, 1994 | 34D | Rage (4) | Deborah Kathryn Trombley | Shortz |
Sat May 21, 1994 | 8D | It goes in one era and out the other | Charles E. Gersch | Shortz |
Tue May 10, 1994 | 18A | The lambada, once | David Ellis Dickerson | Shortz |