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221 total results for IDIOT ( score: 50 )
82 results for IDIOT from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
Tue Jan 30, 2024 | 58A | Simpleton | Freddie Cheng |
Tue Dec 12, 2023 | 51D | Nincompoop | Peter Gordon |
Tue Mar 28, 2023 | 35A | Dostoyevsky novel about a "positively beautiful man," with "The" | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
Tue Nov 29, 2022 | 2D | Turkey | David Rockow |
Mon Aug 29, 2022 | 54D | Moron (3) | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
Tue Jun 14, 2022 | 32A | "It is a tale told by an ___, full of sound and fury": Shak. | Robert Won |
Thu Jun 2, 2022 | 30A | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" (3) | Michael Lieberman |
Wed Feb 23, 2022 | 14A | Pinhead (2) | Rose Conlon |
Sun Oct 10, 2021 | 91A | Dostoyevsky's Prince Myshkin, so the book title declares | Brandon Koppy |
Sun Sep 12, 2021 | 17D | "Einstein," sarcastically | Alex Rosen |
Sun Jul 25, 2021 | 52D | Buffoon (2) | Chandi Deitmer |
Wed Jun 23, 2021 | 13A | Bozo (2) | Kate Hawkins |
Thu May 20, 2021 | 18A | Doofus (2) | Trenton Charlson |
Tue Aug 11, 2020 | 60A | Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
Sat Apr 4, 2020 | 58A | Numbskull (5) | Yacob Yonas |
Thu Mar 19, 2020 | 45D | Peabrain | Wayne Bergman and Gary Otting |
Fri Nov 1, 2019 | 42A | One who tells a tale full of sound and fury, per Macbeth | Robyn Weintraub |
Fri Sep 29, 2017 | 15A | Yo-yo (2) | Damon Gulczynski |
Tue May 2, 2017 | 57D | Buffoon (2) | David J. Kahn |
Tue Dec 13, 2016 | 52A | Numbskull (5) | David Alfred Bywaters |
Fri Oct 14, 2016 | 9D | Birdbrain (4) | Natan Last |
Wed Jan 6, 2016 | 48A | Dummkopf (2) | Jules P. Markey |
Tue Oct 20, 2015 | 50A | Dodo (2) | Sam Buchbinder |
Tue Aug 12, 2014 | 63A | Bonehead (4) | Robyn Weintraub |
Mon Jul 21, 2014 | 23A | Dumb ox | Matt Fuchs |
Sun Jun 22, 2014 | 11D | Chowderhead | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Tue May 13, 2014 | 51D | Numbskull (5) | Tracy Gray |
Tue Jan 7, 2014 | 55D | Bonehead (4) | Mark Bickham |
Tue Oct 29, 2013 | 7D | Moron (3) | Robert Cirillo |
Mon Feb 25, 2013 | 2D | Birdbrain (4) | Angela Olson Halsted |
Mon May 2, 2011 | 51D | Dum-dum | Caleb Madison |
Mon Apr 18, 2011 | 2D | Dodo (2) | James Tuttle |
Tue Nov 9, 2010 | 15A | Bozo (2) | Daniel A. Finan |
Thu May 6, 2010 | 29D | Numbskull (5) | Dan Naddor |
Sun Mar 14, 2010 | 25D | Boob | Caleb Madison |
Sun Feb 14, 2010 | 12D | Teller of a tale "full of sound and fury," per Macbeth | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
Sat Jan 23, 2010 | 62A | Goober | Karen M. Tracey |
Tue Dec 29, 2009 | 26D | ___-proof (easy to operate) | Peter A. Collins |
Tue Dec 22, 2009 | 50D | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" (3) | Robert A. Doll |
Thu Jul 24, 2008 | 37D | "You ___!" (cry while hitting oneself on the head) | Matt Ginsberg |
Wed Dec 26, 2007 | 37A | Yo-yo (2) | Jim Page |
Fri Sep 14, 2007 | 55A | Jerk | John Farmer |
Sat May 12, 2007 | 57A | Fool (2) | Rich Norris |
Mon Apr 9, 2007 | 11D | Moron (3) | J. K. Hummel |
Tue Mar 13, 2007 | 53D | Birdbrain (4) | Holden Baker |
Tue Feb 6, 2007 | 67A | Not exactly a brainiac | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
Tue Aug 22, 2006 | 37A | Half-wit | Michael J. Doran |
Mon Jul 3, 2006 | 2D | Doofus (2) | Randall J. Hartman |
Mon Feb 20, 2006 | 64A | Chucklehead | Doug Peterson |
Sat Dec 24, 2005 | 49D | Dip | Byron Walden |
Sat Dec 3, 2005 | 16A | Dull type | Dana Motley |
Wed Apr 20, 2005 | 14A | Fool (2) | Joe DiPietro |
Sat Dec 18, 2004 | 59A | A genius, no | Dana Motley |
Thu Oct 2, 2003 | 9D | Dunderhead (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed Sep 17, 2003 | 11D | Real dope | Richard Silvestri |
Mon Jul 7, 2003 | 16A | Dunderhead (4) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
Sat Jul 5, 2003 | 45A | Word said with a head slap | David J. Kahn |
Mon May 12, 2003 | 53D | Dunderhead (4) | Sarah Keller |
Thu Mar 6, 2003 | 14A | Kind of box | Cathy Millhauser |
Sun Feb 23, 2003 | 36D | Birdbrain (4) | Nancy Salomon |
Tue Feb 11, 2003 | 21D | Dimwit (4) | Myles Callum |
Thu Jan 9, 2003 | 30D | Dunderhead (4) | David J. Kahn |
Thu Aug 15, 2002 | 31D | Dimwit (4) | Manny Nosowsky |
Wed Jan 30, 2002 | 30D | Blockhead (2) | Randall J. Hartman |
Tue Oct 23, 2001 | 16A | Bonehead (4) | Leonard Williams |
Mon Oct 1, 2001 | 66A | Bonehead (4) | Janice M. Putney |
Thu Jun 28, 2001 | 28D | No exemplar of erudition | Alan Arbesfeld |
Mon Jun 18, 2001 | 31A | Dummkopf (2) | Sherry O. Blackard |
Wed May 23, 2001 | 51D | No-brainer? | Alan Arbesfeld |
Thu Feb 1, 2001 | 26A | Dimwit (4) | Frances Hansen |
Sun Dec 24, 2000 | 19A | Dunderpate | Bill Zais |
Mon Dec 18, 2000 | 51D | Pinhead (2) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
Thu Aug 31, 2000 | 24D | Blithering sort | Gene Newman |
Mon Aug 21, 2000 | 2D | Numbskull (5) | Dave and Diane Epperson |
Sun Apr 26, 1998 | 20A | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" (3) | Fran and Lou Sabin |
Sun May 19, 1996 | 69D | Dolt | C. M. Deber |
Wed Jul 5, 1995 | 37A | Word before box or proof | Norman S. Wizer |
Thu Jun 8, 1995 | 13D | Blockhead (2) | Chuck Deodene |
Tue Mar 28, 1995 | 52D | ___ savant | Christopher Page |
Sat Nov 26, 1994 | 47D | Dimwit (4) | Manny Nosowsky |
Mon Sep 19, 1994 | 24D | Ninny | Wayne Robert Williams |
Mon Jan 31, 1994 | 57A | Booby | Janet R. Bender |
3 results for IDIOT from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
Apr 29, 2012 | Panda | 43A | A fool to dot two i's | Mel Taub |
Oct 30, 2011 | Diagramless | 33D | Bonehead | Fred Piscop |
Jan 9, 2005 | Acrostic | F | Teller of a tale "full of sound and fury" | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon |
136 results for IDIOT from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Nov 4, 1993 | 57A | Nincompoop | Dorothy Elliott | Taub |
Wed Nov 3, 1993 | 36A | Very foolish fellow | Daniel Girardi | Taub |
Sun Sep 19, 1993 | 130A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | John M. Samson | Taub |
Tue Jun 1, 1993 | 60A | Simpleton | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue Mar 30, 1993 | 26D | Dostoyevsky work, with "The" | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sat Jan 16, 1993 | 34D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Sun Oct 18, 1992 | 46A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Grace M. Gordon | Maleska |
Tue Jul 28, 1992 | 15A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sun May 10, 1992 | 32D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Michael J. Parris | Maleska |
Sun Mar 8, 1992 | 91A | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Wed Dec 11, 1991 | 36A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Thu Nov 7, 1991 | 22D | Kind of board or box | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
Sun Oct 27, 1991 | 92A | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
Fri Aug 16, 1991 | 25D | ___ card (TV prop) | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Mon Apr 8, 1991 | 66A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Thu Jul 5, 1990 | 62A | Kind of TV board or card | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Sat Apr 28, 1990 | 29D | ___ box (TV) | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
Sun Apr 8, 1990 | 50D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Wed Feb 28, 1990 | 30A | Kind of TV box or board | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Fri Feb 23, 1990 | 44D | Describing certain cards, in TV | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Mon Feb 19, 1990 | 19A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue Sep 12, 1989 | 24D | Dostoyevsky subject | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Mon Aug 28, 1989 | 2D | "The ___," Dostoyevsky novel | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Thu Jun 16, 1988 | 30D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
Sun Jul 12, 1987 | 56D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Mon Apr 20, 1987 | 53D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Thu Mar 26, 1987 | 57A | Dostoyevsky's Myshkin, e.g. | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Fri Feb 6, 1987 | 33D | Victim of anoesia | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Sun Oct 19, 1986 | 2D | Dostoyevsky protagonist | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Thu Mar 27, 1986 | 33A | " ... tale told by an ___": Shak. | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Tue Oct 15, 1985 | 65A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Stanley B. Whitten | Maleska |
Sat May 4, 1985 | 14A | Kind of TV card | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Sun Dec 23, 1984 | 122D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Mon Jun 11, 1984 | 64A | " ... a tale told by an ___ ... ": Macbeth | Whitten | Maleska |
Tue Jun 5, 1984 | 12D | Dostoevsky's "The ___" | H. M. Kennedy | Maleska |
Tue Sep 6, 1983 | 25D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | John R. Prosser | Maleska |
Sun Dec 26, 1982 | 5D | Dostoyevsky subject | Barry L. Cohen | Maleska |
Sun Dec 5, 1982 | 50D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
Sun Nov 21, 1982 | 48D | Kind of card | Katherine Gould & Chris Remignanti | Maleska |
Thu Jun 10, 1982 | 34A | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Sun Mar 14, 1982 | 65A | ___ card | Fletcher Ingalls | Maleska |
Wed Jul 8, 1981 | 54A | Blockhead | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Mon May 11, 1981 | 26D | Simpleton | Maloney | Maleska |
Mon Jan 19, 1981 | 55A | Dolt | Nikki Tenfelde | Maleska |
Fri May 4, 1979 | 3D | Numbskull | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Apr 28, 1979 | 25D | Dostoyevsky's "The ___" | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Nov 22, 1978 | 51D | "The ___": Dostoyevsky | Ruth N. Schultz | Maleska |
Sun Jul 2, 1978 | 31A | Victim of anoia | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Sun Jun 4, 1978 | 122D | Kind of TV board or card | Chet Currier | Maleska |
Sun Apr 16, 1978 | 94D | Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sat Feb 11, 1978 | 38D | Dimwit | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Jan 15, 1978 | 47A | Blockhead | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
Thu Aug 4, 1977 | 59A | Foolish person | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
Mon Jun 14, 1976 | 24A | Dostoevski's "The ___" | Henry Hook | Weng |
Sun Apr 18, 1976 | 136A | TV card or box | Hume R. Craft | Weng |
Tue Dec 16, 1975 | 29D | Numskull | Jack Philbrick | Weng |
Mon Oct 20, 1975 | 61A | ___ box | D. Jacobs | Weng |
Mon Mar 31, 1975 | 27D | Nincompoop | Dorothea E. Shipp | Weng |
Wed Jan 22, 1975 | 30A | " ... told by an ___" | Jack L. Steinhardt | Weng |
Fri Nov 1, 1974 | 19A | Numskull | Bert Beaman | Weng |
Sun Jul 14, 1974 | 139A | Moron | Alfio Micci | Weng |
Thu Jun 13, 1974 | 25D | Dope | Elio Desiderio | Weng |
Sun Oct 7, 1973 | 42D | Dolt | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Sun Sep 23, 1973 | 76D | Word for Prince Myshkin | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Sun Sep 2, 1973 | 82D | Dostoevsky's "The ___" | Marie West | Weng |
Sat Nov 25, 1972 | 53D | Low-I.Q. type | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Aug 27, 1972 | 123A | Numskull | Alfio Micci | Weng |
Sun Jun 18, 1972 | 92D | Mental midget | Herbert Ettenson | Weng |
Sat Feb 26, 1972 | 47A | Dunce | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 16, 1972 | 22A | Bonehead | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Wed Jul 28, 1971 | 55A | Oaf | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jun 26, 1971 | 56A | Dunderhead | Mel Taub | Weng |
Wed Feb 3, 1971 | 27D | Fool | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Oct 14, 1970 | 57A | Numskull | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Sep 11, 1970 | 42D | Dense one | Unknown | Weng |
Fri May 8, 1970 | 5D | Dostoevski novel, with "The" | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Nov 16, 1969 | 49A | Blockhead | B. H. Kruse | Weng |
Mon Jul 28, 1969 | 2D | Blithering one. | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Mar 22, 1969 | 17A | Dostoevsky title (with "The"). | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 7, 1968 | 8D | ___ board, TV prompter. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 2, 1967 | 15A | Simple Simon. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Wed Feb 1, 1967 | 2D | Goose. | Thomas E. Devlin | Farrar |
Mon Jan 2, 1967 | 15A | Dostoevski novel (with "The"). | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Mon Aug 17, 1964 | 43D | Addlepate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 25, 1964 | 2D | Goose. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 25, 1963 | 8D | Featherbrained one. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 5, 1963 | 12D | Simple Simon's cousin. | Lee Koch | Farrar |
Thu Jan 10, 1963 | 47D | Dostoevski's Prince Myshkin | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Sun Dec 9, 1962 | 22A | ___ card (teleprompter). | Barbara L. Golub | Farrar |
Thu Sep 20, 1962 | 30D | Goose. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 1, 1962 | 39A | Goose. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 20, 1962 | 44D | Ignoramus. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Sep 1, 1961 | 40A | Goose. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 30, 1961 | 117D | Goose. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Sat Mar 5, 1960 | 57A | Dostoevski novel (with "The"). | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 23, 1959 | 29A | Simpleton. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Sep 9, 1959 | 65A | Numskull. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 1, 1959 | 34A | Mental midget. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Tue May 5, 1959 | 6D | Goose. | Melville P. Liverance | Farrar |
Mon Jan 19, 1959 | 58A | Chucklehead. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Thu Sep 11, 1958 | 2D | Dostoevski novel (with "The"). | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Fri Jun 20, 1958 | 54D | Goose. | Walter Blum | Farrar |
Sat Feb 8, 1958 | 47D | Ninny. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 31, 1958 | 18A | Silly one. | Marcia Gladstone | Farrar |
Mon Dec 16, 1957 | 4D | Goose. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Nov 14, 1957 | 8D | Goose. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Dec 28, 1956 | 31D | Silly one. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 13, 1956 | 17A | Silly one. | Dorothy E. Smith | Farrar |
Mon Jul 23, 1956 | 14A | Dostoevsky's Prince Myshkin. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Jul 15, 1956 | 73A | Goose. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Tue May 15, 1956 | 38D | Dostoyevsky novel (with "The"). | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Thu May 10, 1956 | 27D | Simple Simon. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sun Jan 8, 1956 | 131D | Goose. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Tue Mar 1, 1955 | 6D | Simple Simon. | Thomas J. Varner | Farrar |
Thu Apr 15, 1954 | 62A | Nincompoop. | Eugene Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Apr 13, 1954 | 16A | Fatuous one. | Ralph Henderson | Farrar |
Mon Feb 8, 1954 | 30A | Ninny. | Charlotte Stickney | Farrar |
Sun Dec 20, 1953 | 26A | Booby. | Sam Lake | Farrar |
Sun Aug 16, 1953 | 96A | Dunderhead. | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
Fri May 8, 1953 | 28D | Dostoevski's Prince Myshkin. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 24, 1953 | 65A | One of Dostoevsky's books (with "The"). | George Henderson | Farrar |
Wed Jan 7, 1953 | 31A | One lacking common sense. | C. M. Fair | Farrar |
Fri Nov 21, 1952 | 51D | One lacking common sense. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Sep 26, 1952 | 38D | Foolish one. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 13, 1952 | 11D | Numskull. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 2, 1952 | 79A | Numskull. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Tue Jan 1, 1952 | 6D | A Dostoevski character. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 24, 1950 | 85D | Senseless person. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Mon Nov 27, 1950 | 38A | Booby. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun Aug 29, 1948 | 14D | Numskull. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Aug 8, 1948 | 83D | "A tale told by an ___": Macbeth. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Dec 16, 1945 | 17D | Booby. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Jul 15, 1945 | 96D | Novel by Dostoevski. (With The.) | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Feb 7, 1943 | 121A | Booby. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun May 17, 1942 | 119A | Imbecile. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Feb 22, 1942 | 123A | Ninny. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
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