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145 total results for MESSY ( score: 50 )
65 results for MESSY from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
| Thu Feb 1, 2024 | 68A | Overly involved (2) | Simeon Seigel |
| Mon May 15, 2023 | 63A | Like some breakups and dorm rooms | Tomas Spiers |
| Mon Aug 1, 2022 | 67A | Like a kindergarten room, often | Garrett Chalfin |
| Sat Jan 22, 2022 | 19D | Like a breakup gone bad | Daniel Okulitch |
| Sun Jun 27, 2021 | 127A | Complicated, as a relationship | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| Mon Mar 8, 2021 | 50D | Complicated, as a divorce (2) | Eric Bornstein |
| Wed Nov 25, 2020 | 38A | Jumbled | John Guzzetta and Jeff Chen |
| Thu Oct 29, 2020 | 53D | Like some breakups | Kurt Weller |
| Thu Jan 16, 2020 | 47A | Like a desk that's a sign of genius, it's said | Erik Agard and Jeff Chen |
| Wed Oct 23, 2019 | 13D | Complicated, as a breakup | Jennifer Nutt |
| Fri Dec 14, 2018 | 12D | Difficult to sort out | Andrew J. Ries |
| Thu Jan 11, 2018 | 47D | Stylike (2) | Sam Trabucco |
| Mon Sep 18, 2017 | 69A | Antonym of 64-Across | Tom McCoy |
| Fri Jul 28, 2017 | 48A | Like some divorces (3) | Robyn Weintraub |
| Fri Jan 6, 2017 | 8D | Chaotic (5) | Jacob Stulberg |
| Wed Feb 17, 2016 | 64A | Not neat (3) | Kyle Mahowald |
| Sat Mar 28, 2015 | 26A | Tough to resolve (2) | David Steinberg |
| Sun Nov 30, 2014 | 118A | Overly involved (2) | Matt Ginsberg |
| Thu Oct 16, 2014 | 30D | Convoluted | John Farmer |
| Sun Jul 28, 2013 | 18D | Unkempt (3) | Andrew Reynolds |
| Fri Nov 30, 2012 | 64A | Like rats' nests | Gary Cee |
| Tue Aug 21, 2012 | 8D | Like drawn-out divorces | Josh Knapp |
| Sat Aug 18, 2012 | 64A | Sordid | Dana Motley |
| Wed Apr 11, 2012 | 67A | Like dorm rooms, often (2) | David Kwong |
| Sun May 22, 2011 | 37A | Piggish | Bob Klahn |
| Sat Dec 25, 2010 | 32D | Embarrassing | Stanley Newman |
| Tue Jun 8, 2010 | 71A | Piglike (2) | Peter A. Collins |
| Mon May 17, 2010 | 66A | Not tidy | Jay Kaskel |
| Mon Nov 2, 2009 | 66A | Sloppy | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton |
| Sat Oct 17, 2009 | 26A | Tough to resolve (2) | Chuck Deodene |
| Sat Dec 13, 2008 | 25D | Tough to sort out | Frank Longo |
| Tue Nov 11, 2008 | 57D | Complicated, as a divorce (2) | Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer |
| Mon Aug 4, 2008 | 12D | Like dorm rooms, often (2) | Oliver Hill |
| Sat Jul 19, 2008 | 35D | Poorly organized | Todd McClary |
| Sat Jul 5, 2008 | 13D | Unpleasant (2) | Karen M. Tracey |
| Thu Feb 28, 2008 | 67A | Chaotic (5) | Matt Ginsberg |
| Thu Nov 9, 2006 | 13D | Fraught with complications | Byron Walden |
| Sat Dec 3, 2005 | 61A | Hard to settle | Dana Motley |
| Sat Nov 26, 2005 | 44A | Having entanglements (2) | Rich Norris |
| Thu Dec 23, 2004 | 13D | Tangled (2) | Nancy Salomon |
| Sun Sep 28, 2003 | 18D | Piglike (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Fri Aug 29, 2003 | 62A | Like some divorces (3) | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| Wed Jul 9, 2003 | 50D | Unkempt (3) | Patrick Merrell |
| Sat Sep 14, 2002 | 61A | Unpleasant (2) | Bruce L. Bliven |
| Thu Jul 25, 2002 | 48D | Having entanglements (2) | Michael Shteyman |
| Sun Apr 14, 2002 | 129A | Chaotic (5) | David J. Kahn |
| Tue Feb 12, 2002 | 67A | Disorganized | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sat Jan 26, 2002 | 14D | Chaotic (5) | Mark Diehl |
| Mon Dec 3, 2001 | 31D | Neat's opposite | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Tue Oct 2, 2001 | 9A | Hard to resolve | Richard Hughes |
| Mon Jan 8, 2001 | 33D | Not neat (3) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thu Jun 8, 2000 | 45A | Like some divorces (3) | Mark Diehl |
| Fri Jun 2, 2000 | 14D | Not well-groomed (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Mon May 15, 2000 | 43D | Stylike (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wed Apr 12, 2000 | 46D | Slovenly | Peter Gordon |
| Sun Jan 2, 2000 | 87A | Tangled (2) | Rich Norris |
| Sat Jul 17, 1999 | 19A | Not well-groomed (2) | Rand H. Burns |
| Tue Feb 17, 1998 | 13D | Cluttered | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| Sun Jul 13, 1997 | 123A | Rather awkward | Fred Piscop |
| Sun Jun 23, 1996 | 6D | Chaotic (5) | F. Hansen |
| Sun Jan 28, 1996 | 85A | Disheveled (2) | M. W. Perry |
| Sun Jan 14, 1996 | 120A | Disheveled (2) | C. Millhauser |
| Tue Jan 2, 1996 | 70A | Unkempt (3) | G. Paul |
| Tue Sep 26, 1995 | 65A | Not neat (3) | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel |
| Wed Dec 29, 1993 | 44D | Topsy-turvy | Harvey Estes |
3 results for MESSY from Variety puzzles:
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
| Dec 31, 2017 | Panda | 47D | Like the cafeteria after a G.I.s' meal | Mel Taub |
| Jun 4, 2006 | Diagramless | 17D | Not easily fixable | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Jan 24, 1999 | Diagramless | 59D | Unlike Felix Unger | Frank Longo |
77 results for MESSY from pre-Shortz puzzles:
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sat May 1, 1993 | 12D | Unkempt | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Wed Apr 7, 1993 | 63A | Untidy | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
| Wed Dec 23, 1992 | 13D | Untidy | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Wed Oct 7, 1992 | 66A | Cluttered up | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
| Thu Jun 4, 1992 | 65A | Cluttered | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
| Mon May 18, 1992 | 52D | Like Junior's room | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
| Sun Dec 15, 1991 | 93D | Disorderly | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Sun Feb 4, 1990 | 65D | Untidy | Donald V. Lee II | Maleska |
| Sun Oct 30, 1988 | 120A | Untidy | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
| Mon Jul 13, 1987 | 41A | Untidy | Rita Yelle | Maleska |
| Wed Oct 15, 1986 | 9A | Untidy | Whitten | Maleska |
| Sat Jul 19, 1986 | 58A | At sixes and sevens | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
| Sat Apr 13, 1985 | 27D | Unkempt | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Mon Jan 14, 1985 | 66A | Untidy | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
| Sun Jul 22, 1984 | 54D | Disordered | Mildred Church | Maleska |
| Sun May 27, 1984 | 103A | Unpleasantly difficult | Ernst T. Theimer | Maleska |
| Thu Apr 12, 1984 | 65A | Like Oscar Madison | Jim Modney | Maleska |
| Sun Oct 2, 1983 | 116D | Not shipshape | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Mon Feb 14, 1983 | 30D | Like Junior's room, perhaps | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Tue Jan 11, 1983 | 62A | Unclean | Martin Fass | Maleska |
| Tue Feb 16, 1982 | 60A | Disordered | Nikki Tenfelde | Maleska |
| Thu Oct 22, 1981 | 34D | In disorder | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
| Tue Jun 16, 1981 | 43A | Untidy | Maloney | Maleska |
| Mon Nov 24, 1980 | 37A | Unkempt | Carol Dutting | Maleska |
| Tue Oct 21, 1980 | 64A | In disorder | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
| Thu Oct 16, 1980 | 37A | Like many a teen-ager's room | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
| Sun Jun 22, 1980 | 109A | Unkempt | Vicki & Alex Black | Maleska |
| Sun Jul 1, 1979 | 153A | In disorder | Anne Fox | Maleska |
| Tue May 29, 1979 | 66A | In disorder | Meisler | Maleska |
| Wed May 17, 1978 | 9A | In disorder | Nancy Schuster | Maleska |
| Sun Mar 12, 1978 | 128A | Untidy | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Wed Feb 22, 1978 | 31D | Cluttered | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Tue Oct 26, 1976 | 58A | Like a teenager's room | Marston | Weng |
| Wed Sep 8, 1976 | 13D | Unkempt | Henry Hook | Weng |
| Tue Jul 29, 1975 | 13D | Disordered | Bert H. Kruse | Weng |
| Sat Jun 7, 1975 | 35D | Untidy | Manny Miller | Weng |
| Mon Mar 31, 1975 | 69A | Untidy | Dorothea E. Shipp | Weng |
| Wed Oct 30, 1974 | 65A | Untidy | Kathryn Righter | Weng |
| Wed Jul 25, 1973 | 61A | Disordered | Unknown | Weng |
| Thu Jan 4, 1973 | 46A | Untidy | Unknown | Weng |
| Sat Oct 21, 1972 | 45A | Disorderly | Unknown | Weng |
| Tue May 23, 1972 | 13D | Disordered | Unknown | Weng |
| Sun Apr 16, 1972 | 104D | Untidy | A. J. Santora | Weng |
| Thu Apr 6, 1972 | 45A | Cluttered | Unknown | Weng |
| Sat Mar 11, 1972 | 50A | Untidy | Unknown | Weng |
| Sun Sep 12, 1971 | 125D | Disordered | Guido N. Scarato | Weng |
| Sun May 2, 1971 | 44D | Untidy | Alfio Micci | Weng |
| Tue Feb 2, 1971 | 13D | Sloppy | Unknown | Weng |
| Sun Jan 24, 1971 | 51D | In disorder | Mel Rosen | Weng |
| Wed Nov 4, 1970 | 50D | In disarray | Unknown | Weng |
| Tue Jun 9, 1970 | 53D | Soiled | Unknown | Weng |
| Tue Feb 4, 1969 | 65A | Untidy. | Unknown | Weng |
| Mon Jan 6, 1969 | 62A | Not shipshape. | Unknown | Weng |
| Sun May 26, 1968 | 138D | Disordered. | Will Weng | Farrar |
| Sun Oct 9, 1966 | 71A | Unpleasantly difficult. | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
| Sun Aug 14, 1966 | 88A | Not neat. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
| Sat Nov 6, 1965 | 51D | Not in order. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 4, 1965 | 19D | Disordered. | Will C. Weng | Farrar |
| Sun Nov 24, 1963 | 103D | Careless. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
| Wed Oct 30, 1963 | 44A | Untidy. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Thu Jan 24, 1963 | 59A | Untidy. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
| Sat Jan 13, 1962 | 49D | Unpleasant. | Joseph S. Crowell | Farrar |
| Sun Oct 29, 1961 | 120D | Not neat. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
| Sat Sep 2, 1961 | 32D | Untidy. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Wed May 31, 1961 | 52A | Not in order. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 2, 1961 | 137A | Disordered. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
| Mon Jan 9, 1961 | 51D | Disordered. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun May 29, 1960 | 145A | Every which way. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
| Sun Oct 11, 1959 | 124A | Disordered. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
| Wed Jan 21, 1959 | 21D | At sixes and sevens. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 29, 1956 | 118D | Untidy. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
| Fri Nov 25, 1955 | 45A | Botched up. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Tue Apr 5, 1955 | 5A | Disorderly. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
| Wed Jan 6, 1954 | 55A | Untidy. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 25, 1948 | 50A | Disordered. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
| Sun Jul 6, 1947 | 97D | Untidy. | P. J. Lamanna | Farrar |
| Sun Jan 20, 1946 | 88A | Not neat. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
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