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187 total results for ISLES( score: 50 )
73 results for ISLES from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Dec 18, 2024 | 16A | Tropical vacation destinations | Jeffrey Martinovic and Will Nediger | Fagliano |
Sun Mar 24, 2024 | 18D | Sweden has more than 200,000 of them (of which only 1,000 are inhabited) | John Kugelman | Fagliano |
Sat Aug 19, 2023 | 4D | Key chain (4) | David P. Williams | Shortz |
Mon Apr 10, 2023 | 51D | St. Croix and St. Thomas, for two | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Sat Mar 4, 2023 | 31D | Makeup of some chains | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Sat Nov 19, 2022 | 26D | British ___ (11) | Benji Goldsmith | Shortz |
Thu May 19, 2022 | 15D | Lands in the ocean | Alex Rosen | Shortz |
Sat Oct 23, 2021 | 10D | Some vacation getaways | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Sun Jun 20, 2021 | 36D | St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Wed Mar 17, 2021 | 9A | Parts of some chains | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Fri Oct 16, 2020 | 22A | Key chain? (4) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Tue May 5, 2020 | 29D | St. Kitts and St. Vincent | Lee Taylor | Shortz |
Thu Jan 16, 2020 | 14D | Lands in the sea | Erik Agard and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Dec 9, 2018 | 50A | Jersey and others | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Wed Aug 2, 2017 | 26D | Many Club Med locales | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Thu Dec 15, 2016 | 25D | British ___ (11) | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Sun Oct 23, 2016 | 101D | British ___ (11) | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu May 28, 2015 | 23D | Key chain? (4) | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed Nov 19, 2014 | 35A | Archipelago makeup | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Thu Jan 9, 2014 | 2D | British ___ (11) | Caleb Emmons | Shortz |
Tue Dec 31, 2013 | 25D | Archipelago parts | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Wed Oct 23, 2013 | 5A | Some vacation spots | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Dec 9, 2012 | 42A | They might not be on the charts | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed May 9, 2012 | 48D | Kauai and others | Eshan Mitra | Shortz |
Sat Feb 18, 2012 | 47D | Key chain? (4) | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Mon Jan 30, 2012 | 35D | Spots in the Caribbean | Francesco Trogu | Shortz |
Mon Jan 16, 2012 | 53D | Capri and Wight (2) | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun Jun 19, 2011 | 117A | Keys in a chain | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Mar 1, 2011 | 53D | Cays | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Mon Oct 25, 2010 | 66A | "Pirates of the Caribbean" locales | Jonah Kagan | Shortz |
Fri Jun 11, 2010 | 19A | 1980-83 Stanley Cup champs, in brief | John Dunn | Shortz |
Mon Jan 18, 2010 | 34D | Man and Wight | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
Sun Mar 8, 2009 | 82D | The Hebrides, e.g. | Zack Kushner | Shortz |
Wed Mar 4, 2009 | 39D | Antilles, e.g. | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Mon Feb 9, 2009 | 18D | The British ___ (2) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Fri May 30, 2008 | 49A | Keys (2) | Natan Last | Shortz |
Wed Apr 30, 2008 | 49D | N.H.L. Eastern Conf. team | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Sun Nov 18, 2007 | 86A | Scotland's Summer ___ | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Jul 26, 2007 | 23A | West Indies, e.g. (2) | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Sun Nov 26, 2006 | 38A | British ___ (11) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Mon May 15, 2006 | 61A | The British ___ (2) | John R. Conrad | Shortz |
Mon Jan 24, 2005 | 67A | Capri and Wight (2) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Wed Mar 31, 2004 | 31A | Liner stopovers | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Mon Mar 29, 2004 | 48D | Cruise stopovers | Barry Silk | Shortz |
Sun Aug 31, 2003 | 101D | Getaway spots | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Thu Apr 3, 2003 | 1A | Some vacation destinations | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
Tue Aug 27, 2002 | 70A | Florida keys, e.g. | Denise M. Neuendorf | Shortz |
Fri Jan 11, 2002 | 41D | Some refueling spots | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Thu Dec 13, 2001 | 47D | Keys (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Fri Jul 23, 1999 | 5D | Some are tropical | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Jun 20, 1999 | 71D | They rise above sea level | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat Jan 9, 1999 | 56A | Lands in water | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun Nov 9, 1997 | 51D | British ___ (11) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon Sep 8, 1997 | 49A | West Indies, e.g. (2) | Robert Goldberg | Shortz |
Sun Jun 22, 1997 | 122A | Theroux's "The Happy ___ of Oceania" | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Tue May 13, 1997 | 18D | Tropical getaways | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue Apr 29, 1997 | 52D | Wight and Man | Jeff Herrington | Shortz |
Mon Mar 17, 1997 | 59D | South Sea getaways | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Thu Dec 5, 1996 | 28D | Byron's "the ___ of Greece!" | B. Jorgensen | Shortz |
Mon Jun 24, 1996 | 53A | British___ (11) | M. Schneider | Shortz |
Tue Apr 23, 1996 | 43A | Archipelago components | N. Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon Apr 1, 1996 | 19A | Man and Wight, e.g. | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Dec 19, 1995 | 23D | Enchanted places, perhaps | Marie Heller | Shortz |
Mon Sep 11, 1995 | 22A | Wight and Capri, e.g. | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Thu Aug 17, 1995 | 6D | British ___ (11) | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
Tue May 30, 1995 | 18D | Man and Capri, e.g. | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Fri Feb 24, 1995 | 5D | British ___ (11) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Tue Jan 31, 1995 | 68A | British ___ (11) | Albert J. Klaus | Shortz |
Sat Dec 10, 1994 | 19A | British ___ (11) | Bryant White | Shortz |
Mon Sep 19, 1994 | 60A | England's Scilly ___ | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
Sun Jun 19, 1994 | 94A | Innisfree and others | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Shortz |
Thu Apr 21, 1994 | 6D | Jersey and Guernsey | Timothy S. Lewis | Shortz |
Thu Jan 13, 1994 | 51D | Sailors' keys | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
2 results for ISLES from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Dec 29, 2019 | Diagramless | 41D | Key chain? | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mar 16, 2003 | Diagramless | 57D | 59-Down, e.g. | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
112 results for ISLES from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Jul 2, 1993 | 15A | Shetland and Skye | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Sun Feb 9, 1992 | 38A | Cays | John Greenman | Maleska |
Tue Nov 19, 1991 | 23A | Antilles, e.g. | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue Apr 9, 1991 | 19A | Small bodies of land | William Baxley | Maleska |
Mon Aug 13, 1990 | 42A | England's Scilly ___ | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Thu Jul 26, 1990 | 28A | British ___ | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Mon Apr 30, 1990 | 1A | Jersey and Guernsey | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Mar 24, 1990 | 38D | British ___ | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Mon Feb 19, 1990 | 40A | "The ___ of Greece ... ": Byron | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Sun Oct 15, 1989 | 54D | Keys | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Fri May 12, 1989 | 67A | Antilles | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Tue Apr 4, 1989 | 63A | Scotland's ___ of the Sea | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
Tue Feb 14, 1989 | 68A | Man and others | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Sun Jan 15, 1989 | 2D | Keys' cousins | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Tue Jan 3, 1989 | 43A | Some resort areas | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Sat Dec 24, 1988 | 55D | ___ of the Blest | Sandra Burlingame | Maleska |
Sat Nov 19, 1988 | 29A | "The ___ of Greece ... " | Vaughn Keith | Maleska |
Fri Oct 21, 1988 | 10D | Antilles, e.g. | Marjorie Pedersen | Maleska |
Tue Aug 2, 1988 | 29D | Emerald and others | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
Sat Feb 13, 1988 | 19A | " ... the ___ of Greece!": Byron | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
Tue Jan 26, 1988 | 51D | Man and Wight | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Wed Jun 10, 1987 | 41A | Land masses | Dorothy Cannan | Maleska |
Sun Apr 19, 1987 | 50D | "The ___ of Greece! ... ": Byron | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Fri Mar 28, 1986 | 68A | British ___ | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Sun Nov 10, 1985 | 52D | "The ___ of Greece ... ": Byron | John Greenman | Maleska |
Wed Sep 25, 1985 | 43D | British ___ | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
Fri Jun 29, 1984 | 41A | British ___ | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Sun Aug 7, 1983 | 20A | "The ___ of Greece ... ": Byron | George Rose Smith | Maleska |
Wed Mar 30, 1983 | 56D | ___ of the Blest (Hesperides) | John Greenman | Maleska |
Sat Jan 15, 1983 | 52D | Skye and Wight | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Tue Nov 9, 1982 | 28D | The British ___ | Julian Ochrymowych | Maleska |
Wed Jan 7, 1981 | 9A | British ___ | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Tue Dec 23, 1980 | 25A | Atolls | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Wed Dec 17, 1980 | 58A | Wight and Man | Timothy Hoy | Maleska |
Sun Jul 13, 1980 | 4D | British ___ | William J. Yskamp | Maleska |
Thu Apr 3, 1980 | 50D | "The ___ of Greece ... ": Byron | Rae | Maleska |
Sun Feb 10, 1980 | 10A | Keys' kin | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Sun Nov 18, 1979 | 49D | British ___ | William J. Yskamp | Maleska |
Fri Mar 2, 1979 | 15D | British ___ | David A. Scully | Maleska |
Sat Jul 22, 1978 | 18A | Antilles | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Tue Mar 15, 1977 | 57D | British ___ | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sun Feb 27, 1977 | 63D | Land masses | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Mon Jan 24, 1977 | 70A | British ___ | Henry Hook | Weng |
Thu Aug 5, 1976 | 36A | Man and Emerald | Samuel K. Fliegner | Weng |
Sun May 2, 1976 | 145A | Man and Pines | Alexander F. Black | Weng |
Fri Jan 9, 1976 | 57A | British and others | Brian G. Tyler | Weng |
Wed Sep 24, 1975 | 62A | Man and Wight | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Sun Jul 20, 1975 | 82A | ___ of Shoals | Emanuel Berg | Weng |
Sun Nov 17, 1974 | 120D | Wight and Man | Arnold Moss | Weng |
Thu May 30, 1974 | 44A | British ___ | John Finch | Weng |
Sun Jul 15, 1973 | 20A | British ___ | George Rose Smith | Weng |
Fri May 18, 1973 | 18A | Capri and Wight | Brian G. Tyler | Weng |
Sat Apr 21, 1973 | 33D | Keys | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 17, 1972 | 107D | British ___ | Threba Johnson | Weng |
Tue Jun 27, 1972 | 23A | Guernsey et al. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jun 14, 1972 | 5A | Wight and Guernsey | Jim Page | Weng |
Thu Oct 14, 1971 | 37D | Capri, etc. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Sep 8, 1971 | 6D | British ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Dec 6, 1970 | 7A | British ___ | Christine Valence | Weng |
Mon Feb 23, 1970 | 11D | Man and Wight | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Feb 16, 1970 | 52D | Aegean sights | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Aug 18, 1969 | 2D | Holms. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 16, 1968 | 27A | Antilles. | Hume Craft | Farrar |
Sun May 5, 1968 | 89A | Archipelago. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sat Feb 10, 1968 | 52D | Landfalls in an archipelago. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 20, 1967 | 30A | Jersey and Alderney. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Sun Jan 29, 1967 | 72D | Keys. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Thu Dec 15, 1966 | 30D | Avalon and others. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 30, 1966 | 23A | Geographic features. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Sat Apr 23, 1966 | 27D | Man and Wight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 24, 1965 | 24D | Canaries. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Mon Jun 21, 1965 | 28A | Keys. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 29, 1964 | 31D | Man and others. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 21, 1964 | 3D | Wight and others. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Sun Apr 7, 1963 | 61D | Avalon and others. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Fri Jan 25, 1963 | 41A | Avalon and others. | John Byrne | Farrar |
Wed Nov 15, 1961 | 32D | The Scilly ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 14, 1961 | 49D | British ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 28, 1961 | 48D | Mull, Iona, Skye, etc. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 18, 1960 | 134A | British ___. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Mon May 23, 1960 | 13D | The Scillys or the Seychelles. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 1, 1959 | 85D | The British ___. | Charles Gersch | Farrar |
Fri Oct 30, 1959 | 55A | ___ of Shoals, off SW Maine. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 11, 1959 | 40A | British ___. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Mon Nov 24, 1958 | 22A | Ely and Wight. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Sat Jun 22, 1957 | 42D | British ___. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Mon Feb 18, 1957 | 13A | The Seychelles. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sat Sep 1, 1956 | 24D | Man, Skye, etc. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 18, 1956 | 31A | Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, etc. | Mel Taub | Farrar |
Tue Aug 9, 1955 | 49D | Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey. | Fletcher Coates | Farrar |
Fri Jun 17, 1955 | 54D | British ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Feb 23, 1955 | 41A | Geographic phenomena. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Feb 20, 1955 | 120A | ___ of the Blest. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Fri Jul 9, 1954 | 31A | Ely, Man, Wight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Feb 18, 1954 | 15D | Paradisical bits of land. | Jack Chaikin | Farrar |
Thu Dec 24, 1953 | 6D | Gems in the ocean. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 5, 1952 | 9D | Sights for sailors. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 18, 1952 | 29D | British ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jun 10, 1952 | 63A | Pines and Wight. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Dec 3, 1951 | 23A | Wight, Pines, etc. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Oct 25, 1951 | 67A | The British ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jun 29, 1951 | 71A | Seagirt lands. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Mon Apr 23, 1951 | 21D | Pacific landfalls. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 20, 1951 | 46D | The British ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 1, 1951 | 6D | ___ of the Blest. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Mon Sep 25, 1950 | 49A | British ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 22, 1950 | 40A | British ___. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Sun Jun 19, 1949 | 57D | British ___. | Leonard Goldberg | Farrar |
Sun Sep 8, 1946 | 32A | British ___. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Jul 21, 1946 | 61D | Insulates. | Louis Shields | Farrar |
Sun Apr 1, 1945 | 78A | ___ of the Sea, Scotland. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sun Feb 11, 1945 | 69D | ___ of the Blest. | Waldo Ranson | Farrar |