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163 total results for FERN( score: 50 )
51 results for FERN from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Dec 6, 2024 | 1D | Seedless plant | Robyn Weintraub | Fagliano |
Tue Oct 22, 2024 | 7D | Plant in a stegosaurus's diet | Barbara Lin | Fagliano |
Tue Sep 10, 2024 | 68A | Plant with fronds (4) | Daniel Bodily | Fagliano |
Wed May 8, 2024 | 34D | Fiddlehead producer | Michael Schlossberg | Fagliano |
Sat Mar 18, 2023 | 18D | Bracken, e.g. | Ada Nicolle | Shortz |
Sun Feb 26, 2023 | 3D | Plant with no flowers or seeds | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Fri Jul 24, 2020 | 50D | Nonflowering plant | Grant Thackray | Shortz |
Wed Apr 1, 2020 | 25A | Spore-producing plant | John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Feb 10, 2020 | 3D | Plant with fronds (4) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Jan 26, 2020 | 112A | Spore producer (3) | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Sun Nov 4, 2018 | 5D | Green housewarming gift | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Nov 1, 2017 | 26D | Bit of office greenery (3) | Herre Schouwerwou | Shortz |
Sat Apr 29, 2017 | 19A | Shade of green | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Thu Feb 2, 2017 | 33D | Plant with spores | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sun Jan 29, 2017 | 46D | Item by many a reception desk | Jim Hyres and David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun Nov 30, 2014 | 38D | Leaves in a waiting room? | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Tue Jul 29, 2014 | 14A | Bit of office greenery (3) | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Wed Jul 16, 2014 | 16A | Frond bearer | Daniel Raymon | Shortz |
Tue Jul 8, 2014 | 39A | Flowerless plant | Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski | Shortz |
Sun Jan 5, 2014 | 127D | Bit of office greenery (3) | Alan DerKazarian | Shortz |
Mon Aug 26, 2013 | 31D | Office plant | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Mon May 13, 2013 | 5A | Plant with fronds (4) | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Sun Mar 3, 2013 | 77D | "Charlotte's Web" girl (2) | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
Thu Oct 4, 2012 | 69A | Crayola color since 1998 | Bill Thompson | Shortz |
Fri May 4, 2012 | 13D | Shedder of spores | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Fri Oct 21, 2011 | 8D | Plant with fiddleheads (2) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Jun 14, 2011 | 22D | Decorative plant | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted | Shortz |
Mon May 2, 2011 | 47A | Plant with fronds (4) | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Thu Nov 4, 2010 | 26A | "Charlotte's Web" girl (2) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Sat Jul 11, 2009 | 57A | Pteridologist's specimen | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
Tue Jun 2, 2009 | 31D | Bit of green in a floral display | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Sun Feb 3, 2008 | 72A | Fronded plant | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sun Dec 24, 2006 | 76A | Common green house gift | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Dec 15, 2006 | 21A | Adder's-tongue or Venus's-hair | Levi Denham | Shortz |
Sun Mar 19, 2006 | 90A | Spore producer (3) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Tue Dec 21, 2004 | 70A | Woods plant | Kurt Mengel | Shortz |
Sun Mar 14, 2004 | 87D | Spore source | Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Wed Jan 21, 2004 | 11D | Spore producer (3) | Barry Silk | Shortz |
Sun Jan 11, 2004 | 103D | See 103-Across | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sun Oct 12, 2003 | 20D | Popular house gift | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Jul 27, 2003 | 11D | Plant with fiddleheads (2) | Michael Grudzielanek | Shortz |
Sun Jun 16, 2002 | 47D | Adder's-tongue, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Nov 22, 2001 | 18A | Terrarium plant (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Mar 4, 2001 | 63D | Bracken, for one | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Nov 5, 2000 | 116A | Bit of greenery | Michael S. Maurer | Shortz |
Mon Sep 11, 2000 | 58D | Forest plant | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue Jan 11, 2000 | 6A | Plant with a frond | Fran and Lou Sabin | Shortz |
Thu Jan 28, 1999 | 50D | Forest growth | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Fri Jul 4, 1997 | 10D | Fossil impression | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Mar 26, 1997 | 47A | Terrarium plant (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Oct 15, 1995 | 82D | Moonwort, for one | Mel Rosen | Shortz |
4 results for FERN from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Feb 14, 2016 | Panda | 50D | Plant in an inferno | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Oct 2, 2011 | Cryptic | 25A | Leafy plant right inside swamp (4) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
May 29, 2011 | Diagramless | 54D | Many an office plant | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Nov 2, 2003 | Acrostic | R | One good at making new fronds | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
108 results for FERN from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Nov 15, 1993 | 18D | Seedless plant | Albert J. Klaus | Taub |
Mon Jul 26, 1993 | 52A | House plant | John Brobst | Maleska |
Tue Feb 25, 1992 | 23A | Maidenhair, e.g. | Peggy Devlin | Maleska |
Tue Nov 26, 1991 | 41A | Flowerless plant | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
Sat May 11, 1991 | 11D | Polypody | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Fri Mar 22, 1991 | 32A | Flowerless plant | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Thu Apr 5, 1990 | 52D | Maidenhair, for one | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Mon Oct 2, 1989 | 14A | Seedless plant | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Sun Jul 2, 1989 | 55A | Flowerless plant | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Wed Jan 25, 1989 | 12D | "Frondly" plant? | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
Sat Oct 22, 1988 | 42D | Brake or bracken | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Sat May 7, 1988 | 38D | Flowerless plant | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
Sun Dec 28, 1986 | 66A | Maidenhair, e.g. | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
Wed Nov 5, 1986 | 50A | Bracken | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
Fri Sep 12, 1986 | 43D | "___ Hill," D. Thomas poem | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
Mon Aug 18, 1986 | 39D | Bouquet enhancer | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Sat May 3, 1986 | 43D | Maidenhair or bracken | Jones | Maleska |
Sat Sep 21, 1985 | 20A | Club moss's kin | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
Mon Dec 17, 1984 | 61A | House plant | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Fri Oct 26, 1984 | 54D | Brake or bracken | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed Aug 29, 1984 | 11D | Bracken or brake | John H. Hales | Maleska |
Sat Mar 17, 1984 | 55D | Seedless plant | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Sun Jan 8, 1984 | 71D | Seedless plant | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Fri Dec 9, 1983 | 31D | It's often potted | Sam Bellotto, Jr. | Maleska |
Tue Nov 2, 1982 | 30D | House plant | Jones | Maleska |
Thu Jun 10, 1982 | 8D | House plant | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Thu Oct 15, 1981 | 15A | Frond bearer | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sat Apr 26, 1980 | 49D | Flowerless plant | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Thu Aug 9, 1979 | 41A | Flowerless plant | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sun Aug 5, 1979 | 85A | Brake | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Tue Jun 26, 1979 | 17A | Bracken, for one | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Wed Jan 3, 1979 | 17A | Houseplant | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Thu Dec 7, 1978 | 40D | House plant | N. M. Meyer | Maleska |
Thu Nov 30, 1978 | 55D | Bracken, e.g. | William Jarvis | Maleska |
Tue May 30, 1978 | 26A | House plant | Adelyn Lewis | Maleska |
Mon Sep 19, 1977 | 22A | Bouquet enhancer | Rickert | Maleska |
Thu Apr 14, 1977 | 32A | House plant | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Feb 6, 1976 | 1A | Bouquet greenery | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Wed Oct 22, 1975 | 25D | Parlor plant | Virginia Butler | Weng |
Sun Sep 21, 1975 | 96A | Parlor plant | Bill Hartman | Weng |
Mon Jul 14, 1975 | 25A | Corsage greenery | James A. Brussel | Weng |
Sun Apr 20, 1975 | 45A | Parlor plant | Mary M. Murdoch | Weng |
Sat Mar 29, 1975 | 18A | House plant | Arthur Schulman | Weng |
Mon Feb 3, 1975 | 40D | Bracken | Evelyn B. Rosenthal | Weng |
Wed Feb 27, 1974 | 23A | Living-room plant | Dorothy N. Davis | Weng |
Fri Jan 11, 1974 | 23A | House plant | Eli Wesoff | Weng |
Tue Dec 25, 1973 | 24D | Christmas or Boston | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Sep 28, 1973 | 14A | House plant | Unknown | Weng |
Wed May 23, 1973 | 24D | House plant | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Nov 5, 1972 | 92A | House plant | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Fri Jul 14, 1972 | 24D | House plant | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 15, 1972 | 33D | Feathery plant | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Apr 20, 1972 | 26D | Polypody | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jan 6, 1972 | 3D | House plant | Joli Quentin Kansil | Weng |
Sun Dec 27, 1970 | 112A | House plant | Thomas Sheehan | Weng |
Sun Apr 26, 1970 | 116A | House plant | Alfio Micci | Weng |
Thu Jul 4, 1968 | 32D | Polypody. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 16, 1967 | 13D | 1967 hurricane. | Paul R. Barnes | Farrar |
Wed Feb 15, 1967 | 8A | House plant. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Tue Feb 22, 1966 | 56D | Polypody. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jul 13, 1965 | 42A | Shrubby plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 4, 1965 | 40D | Plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 25, 1964 | 59A | Polypody. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Jul 14, 1964 | 44D | Plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 2, 1964 | 24D | Moonwort. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 28, 1964 | 89A | Polypody. | Will C. Weng | Farrar |
Sat May 16, 1964 | 46D | House plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 26, 1964 | 105D | House plant. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sat Dec 14, 1963 | 12D | Wild plant. | Manny Miller | Farrar |
Tue Nov 5, 1963 | 19A | House plant. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Sat Aug 24, 1963 | 14D | Flowerless plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 17, 1963 | 10A | Mountain bracken. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 9, 1962 | 3D | House plant. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Jan 26, 1962 | 4D | Bracken. | Jay Sheldon | Farrar |
Sun Jan 14, 1962 | 38D | House plant. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Mon Jul 31, 1961 | 17A | Shrubby plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 19, 1961 | 50D | House plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 26, 1961 | 29D | Woodland plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 19, 1960 | 27A | Plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 16, 1960 | 32A | House plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 24, 1959 | 63A | Maidenhair. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Mon Dec 29, 1958 | 51D | Plant. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Wed Apr 23, 1958 | 26A | Maidenhair. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Sat Feb 8, 1958 | 25D | Flowerless plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 22, 1957 | 25A | Ornamental plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 9, 1957 | 19A | Polypody. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 17, 1957 | 47D | Polypody. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Fri Aug 31, 1956 | 10D | House plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 23, 1956 | 3D | Bracken plant. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Mon Mar 12, 1956 | 63A | Indian's dream or moonwort. | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Thu Mar 17, 1955 | 59A | Seedless plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 18, 1955 | 19D | Polypody or moonwart. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Mon Jun 21, 1954 | 57A | Bracken. | Samuel K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Wed Jun 9, 1954 | 24A | Brake. | Ellsworth Smith | Farrar |
Wed Jul 29, 1953 | 27A | Maidenhair. | Marjorie Morse | Farrar |
Wed Nov 26, 1952 | 69A | House plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 9, 1952 | 53D | House plant. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon Nov 19, 1951 | 22D | Brake. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 31, 1951 | 71A | Rock garden plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 25, 1951 | 54A | Flowerless plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 10, 1950 | 56A | Oft potted plant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 3, 1950 | 133D | Maidenhair. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Oct 3, 1948 | 104A | Bracken. | Henry A. Wolfe | Farrar |
Sun Dec 15, 1946 | 123D | Seedless plant. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Dec 5, 1943 | 14D | Curly grass. | Louis Shields | Farrar |
Sun Nov 28, 1943 | 129D | Brake. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Oct 25, 1942 | 78D | Flowerless plant. | Alexis P. Boodberg | Farrar |
Sun Aug 2, 1942 | 119A | Plant. | Charles Erlenkotter | Farrar |