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154 total results for HISS( score: 50 )
70 results for HISS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Jan 2, 2025 | 29A | Pressure cooker sound | Robert Charlton | Shortz |
Sun Nov 24, 2024 | 30A | Sound from a cappuccino maker | Alex Eaton-Salners | Fagliano |
Thu Oct 24, 2024 | 55A | Radiator sound (4) | Ella Dershowitz | Fagliano |
Wed Sep 25, 2024 | 63A | Whisper menacingly | Peter Gordon | Fagliano |
Sun May 5, 2024 | 47A | Steam engine sound | Daniel Bodily | Fagliano |
Thu Apr 27, 2023 | 39D | Cassette background noise | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
Wed Feb 22, 2023 | 63A | Snake's sound (2) | Adam Wagner | Shortz |
Fri Oct 14, 2022 | 1D | Noise that sounds like its last two letters | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun Nov 29, 2020 | 29A | Blow off steam, say | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
Tue Oct 6, 2020 | 1A | Radiator sound (4) | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Fri Mar 6, 2020 | 54D | Cat sound (2) | Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
Fri Sep 6, 2019 | 9A | Bad response from an audience | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Fri Apr 5, 2019 | 48A | Poor reception? | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Wed Feb 20, 2019 | 23D | Sound of contemptuous disapproval | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Tue Feb 5, 2019 | 29A | Snake warning | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Sun Sep 30, 2018 | 66D | Cat-meets-dog sound | Natan Last | Shortz |
Sun Dec 31, 2017 | 39D | Cottonmouth's warning | John Lampkin | Shortz |
Sun Nov 19, 2017 | 76A | Feline's warning | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sat May 6, 2017 | 4D | Sibilate (2) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Dec 1, 2015 | 21D | Radiator sound (4) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Sun Jun 14, 2015 | 9D | Blow off steam? (2) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon Jun 1, 2015 | 51D | Snake sound (2) | David Woolf | Shortz |
Mon Dec 16, 2013 | 29A | Snake's warning (2) | Greg Johnson | Shortz |
Thu Mar 7, 2013 | 49D | Kettle sound | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun Feb 17, 2013 | 39D | Angry cat's sound | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | Shortz |
Sun Sep 23, 2012 | 30D | Audible reproof | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sun Apr 29, 2012 | 36D | What letting off steam might result in | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Sun Mar 11, 2012 | 1D | Unwelcome reception | Victor Fleming and John Dunn | Shortz |
Tue Dec 13, 2011 | 4A | Snake sound (2) | Jonathan Gersch | Shortz |
Thu Jun 16, 2011 | 20A | *Let off some steam? | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Jan 11, 2010 | 24D | Snake's sound (2) | Ron and Nancy Byron | Shortz |
Mon Oct 12, 2009 | 43D | Sound of crowd disapproval | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Sat Jan 24, 2009 | 38A | Moccasin sound | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Sun Sep 16, 2007 | 7D | Cat's warning | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Tue Jul 24, 2007 | 36A | Villain's reception (2) | Bruce Adams | Shortz |
Mon Jul 23, 2007 | 22D | Serpentine sound | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Thu Jul 5, 2007 | 19A | Cobra's greeting | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Fri Dec 1, 2006 | 11D | Express disapproval | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Sun Aug 21, 2005 | 74D | Cat sound (2) | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Mon May 30, 2005 | 21A | Angry audience reaction | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sat Jan 22, 2005 | 20A | Sign of hostility | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Wed Sep 29, 2004 | 57D | Villain's reception (2) | Verna Suit | Shortz |
Tue Jun 1, 2004 | 31A | Greeting for a villain | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Fri Jun 6, 2003 | 59A | Blow off steam? (2) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun May 11, 2003 | 47A | Unwarm welcome (2) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Jan 15, 2002 | 54D | Radiator sound (4) | Kelly Clark | Shortz |
Wed Sep 19, 2001 | 5A | Unwarm welcome (2) | Steven Dorfman | Shortz |
Tue Jul 18, 2000 | 49D | Sound like a snake | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sat May 6, 2000 | 9D | Express displeasure | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Sep 29, 1999 | 1A | Unhappy fan's reaction | Patrick D. Berry | Shortz |
Thu Jun 24, 1999 | 5A | Warning sound | Jim Page | Shortz |
Fri Apr 16, 1999 | 25A | Fuse sound | John Wolting | Shortz |
Mon Aug 24, 1998 | 13D | Snake's warning (2) | Alan Jay Weiss | Shortz |
Wed Aug 5, 1998 | 7D | Greeting for the villain | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
Fri Jul 17, 1998 | 47D | Vent sound | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Fri May 8, 1998 | 24D | Ophidian sound | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Fri Nov 21, 1997 | 1D | Heckle, in a way | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Sun Sep 29, 1996 | 99A | Greeting for Legree | M. Reagle | Shortz |
Thu Mar 21, 1996 | 8D | Sound like thisss | H. Estes | Shortz |
Sun Nov 5, 1995 | 7D | Boo follower | Dean Niles | Shortz |
Thu Aug 24, 1995 | 52D | Defendant of 1949 | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun May 14, 1995 | 91D | Unwelcome greeting | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Mar 5, 1995 | 83D | Greet uncivilly | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Wed Feb 8, 1995 | 38A | Coal-dousing sound | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed Jan 25, 1995 | 39A | Serpentine greeting | Norma Steinberg | Shortz |
Fri Jan 20, 1995 | 32D | Leak indicator | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Dec 14, 1994 | 50D | Infamous Alger | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
Thu Jun 30, 1994 | 35A | Subject of the book "Perjury" | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sat Mar 12, 1994 | 50A | Sibilate (2) | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
Thu Dec 2, 1993 | 6A | Serpent song | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
4 results for HISS from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Oct 23, 2016 | Diagramless | 52D | Pit viper's warning | Mary Lou Guizzo and David Steinberg | Shortz |
Nov 28, 2010 | Diagramless | 23A | Boo accompanier | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Apr 4, 2010 | Panda | 46A | Crowd sound in this stadium | Mel Taub | Shortz |
May 24, 2009 | Acrostic | S | Sound from a startled tortoise | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
80 results for HISS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Oct 24, 1993 | 45A | Sibilant sound | Frances Hansen | Taub |
Sun Aug 29, 1993 | 7D | Vocal thumbs down | Tap Osborn | Taub |
Sun Sep 9, 1990 | 52D | Sound of escaping steam | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Tue Jul 10, 1990 | 35D | Vocalize like a viper | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
Mon Jun 18, 1990 | 1D | Serpentine sound | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Dec 30, 1989 | 67A | Snake's sound | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Mon Dec 18, 1989 | 44D | Sound of disapproval | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Nov 26, 1989 | 84D | Snake sound | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Thu Sep 15, 1988 | 5A | Siffle | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Tue Jul 19, 1988 | 54D | Sibilant sound | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Apr 3, 1988 | 34A | Sound of disapproval | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Sun Oct 11, 1987 | 28D | React to the villain | Alan Arbesfeld | Maleska |
Tue Jun 30, 1987 | 25D | Villain's greeting | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
Sat Apr 11, 1987 | 1D | Snake "talk" | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Sun Feb 22, 1987 | 90A | Greeting for a villain | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sun Jan 11, 1987 | 1D | Kettle emission | Derrick C. Niederman | Maleska |
Thu Oct 9, 1986 | 53D | Radiator sound | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Sun Aug 31, 1986 | 31D | Greeting to a villain | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sat Jan 18, 1986 | 26D | Sibilant sound | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun May 12, 1985 | 133A | Radiator sound | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Sun Mar 10, 1985 | 24D | Critical comment, of a sort | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Sat Mar 9, 1985 | 27D | Greet the villain | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Mon Mar 4, 1985 | 53D | Sibilant sound | Barbara J. Weakley | Maleska |
Tue Sep 25, 1984 | 46A | Greeting for a villain | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Fri Mar 9, 1984 | 45A | Ophidian's sound | William Canine | Maleska |
Thu Jan 19, 1984 | 12D | What frightened geese do | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sat Aug 6, 1983 | 35A | Snake sound | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Wed Jun 30, 1982 | 22D | Greet the villain | Wittes | Maleska |
Sun Mar 14, 1982 | 44D | Steam sound | Fletcher Ingalls | Maleska |
Sun Sep 20, 1981 | 11D | Villain's greeting | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
Thu May 21, 1981 | 41A | Relative of a boo | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Thu May 14, 1981 | 52D | Derisive sound | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Thu Mar 19, 1981 | 55D | Sound of contempt | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Mon Nov 12, 1979 | 30D | Modified boo | N. M. Meyer | Maleska |
Fri Sep 21, 1979 | 57A | Sound of disapproval | Vincent L. Osborne | Maleska |
Sun Jul 22, 1979 | 1D | Serpent sound | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Wed Jan 17, 1979 | 21D | Greeting for the villain | Floy Stryker | Maleska |
Tue Apr 25, 1978 | 36A | Show displeasure | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Tue Mar 21, 1978 | 58A | Sibilant sound | Paul Schwarzbaum | Maleska |
Sat Oct 8, 1977 | 1A | Sibilate | Jack Luzzatto | Maleska |
Tue Mar 29, 1977 | 35D | Steamy sound | Harriet Gilson Rosenberg | Maleska |
Sat Nov 20, 1976 | 29A | Greet a stage villain | Bert H. Kruse | Weng |
Fri May 21, 1976 | 34A | Sound of disapproval | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Sat Aug 16, 1975 | 45A | Sound of disapproval | Manny Miller | Weng |
Tue Mar 25, 1975 | 1A | Sound of disapproval | John Prytz | Weng |
Fri Mar 14, 1975 | 36A | Greeting for a villain | Sophie Fierman | Weng |
Thu Sep 6, 1973 | 67A | Boo's relative | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Aug 10, 1973 | 23A | Villain's welcome | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jun 25, 1973 | 29D | Snake warning | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Apr 24, 1973 | 24A | Greeting for a villain | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 4, 1972 | 64A | Show displeasure | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 4, 1971 | 65A | Villain's greeting | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jun 21, 1971 | 1A | Snake's warning | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Aug 29, 1970 | 12D | Greeting for a villain | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 6, 1969 | 28D | Greet the villain. | Arthur Schulman | Weng |
Mon Feb 24, 1969 | 49A | Sharp sound. | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Dec 30, 1968 | 13D | Sibilant sound. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 4, 1968 | 41D | Sibilant sound | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Wed Apr 24, 1968 | 41A | Sibilant sound. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 17, 1968 | 94D | Villainous sound. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
Sun Apr 4, 1965 | 1D | Crony of boo. | Will C. Weng | Farrar |
Sun Jan 10, 1965 | 70A | Relative of "boo." | Will Weng | Farrar |
Tue Jul 10, 1962 | 32A | Sibilant sound. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 27, 1960 | 68D | Express disapproval. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Tue May 6, 1958 | 20A | Sound of escaping steam. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 13, 1956 | 1D | Sibilate. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Sun Aug 7, 1955 | 105D | Express disapproval. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Fri Feb 4, 1955 | 6A | Sharp, sibilant sound. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sun Nov 7, 1954 | 97A | Theatrical sound effect. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu Jan 7, 1954 | 7D | Radiator's song. | Natalie Hankemeyer | Farrar |
Sat Aug 25, 1951 | 25A | Greeting for the villain. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 18, 1951 | 22A | Sibilant noise. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 9, 1951 | 48D | Sound of escaping steam. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 20, 1951 | 45A | Sharp sibilant sound. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 19, 1950 | 84A | Subject of a cause célèbre. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Thu Nov 9, 1950 | 4D | His appeal is now in the courts. | J. F. Kelly | Farrar |
Sun Nov 27, 1949 | 93A | Former officer of State Department. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Sun Jun 12, 1949 | 120A | He accompanied FDR to Yalta. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Mar 13, 1949 | 50D | Whittaker Chambers' challenger. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Feb 14, 1943 | 58A | Sibilant sound. | C. Hartley Mills | Farrar |