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114 total results for NIPS( score: 25 )

51 results for NIPS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 19, 2021	18D	Puppy bites (4)	Stephanie Lesser	Shortz
Wed Sep 16, 2020	27D	Cheese ___ (snack)	Paul Coulter	Shortz
Mon Mar 30, 2020	70A	Little bites	Lee Taylor	Shortz
Wed Oct 23, 2019	57D	Barely defeats (2)	Jennifer Nutt	Shortz
Fri Feb 23, 2018	49A	Defeats by a hair	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Fri Jun 9, 2017	23A	Small drinks (2)	Steve Overton	Shortz
Sun Oct 23, 2016	95D	Small swigs	Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Wed Aug 3, 2016	59D	Itty-bitty bites	Neville Fogarty	Shortz
Mon Jun 13, 2016	26D	Playful bites (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Tue Apr 19, 2016	8D	Barely beats (2)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Tue Apr 21, 2015	65A	Nabisco's Cheese ___	Gerry Wildenberg	Shortz
Mon Jan 26, 2015	18A	Puppy bites (4)	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Thu Sep 25, 2014	54D	Cheese ___ (Nabisco product)	Alex Vratsanos	Shortz
Sat Oct 12, 2013	1D	Beats at the buzzer, say	John Farmer	Shortz
Sat Jul 6, 2013	30D	Sots' shots	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Wed Dec 5, 2012	6D	Sips from flasks	Jim Hilger	Shortz
Fri Jun 17, 2011	41A	Little belts	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Thu Mar 10, 2011	6D	Cheese ___ (4)	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Mon Jun 21, 2010	35A	Playful bites (2)	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Fri Jun 4, 2010	16D	Thimblefuls	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Sat May 15, 2010	25D	Edges	Trip Payne & Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Sep 9, 2009	70A	Beats by a hair (2)	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Sun Jul 26, 2009	32A	Tweaks	Kevin G. Der	Shortz
Sun Feb 1, 2009	130D	Barely defeats (2)	Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Wed Nov 19, 2008	6A	Shots for sots	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Sun May 18, 2008	44D	Cheese ___ (4)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Apr 26, 2008	25D	Defeats narrowly	Brad Wilber	Shortz
Wed Dec 26, 2007	19A	Just beats	Jim Page	Shortz
Mon Nov 5, 2007	69A	Puppy bites (4)	Jeremy Horwitz	Shortz
Sun Jun 10, 2007	114A	Cheese ___ (4)	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Fri Nov 4, 2005	1D	Barely catches	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Tue Dec 28, 2004	60D	Cheese ___ (4)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Nov 7, 2004	4A	Checks the growth of	Con Pederson	Shortz
Wed Dec 31, 2003	54D	Little snorts	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sun Oct 19, 2003	9D	Chills	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz
Sat Sep 13, 2003	50A	Narrowly defeats (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun May 28, 2000	65D	Barely beats (2)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Wed Dec 8, 1999	19A	Beats by a hair (2)	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Sun Sep 12, 1999	1A	Drams	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Shortz
Tue Apr 21, 1998	55A	Beats by a nose	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Tue Aug 12, 1997	26D	Small bites	Janet R. Bender	Shortz
Sun Jan 19, 1997	96A	Narrowly defeats (2)	B. Klahn	Shortz
Fri Nov 29, 1996	42D	Lifts	B. White	Shortz
Mon Jun 3, 1996	24D	Cheese___ (popular snack food)	S. L. Robbins	Shortz
Wed May 8, 1996	31D	Bites	R. Norris	Shortz
Sat Nov 11, 1995	36A	Indulgences for 54-Across	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz
Tue Jun 6, 1995	57A	Puppy bites (4)	Sidney L. Robbins	Shortz
Tue Jan 10, 1995	26D	Small drinks (2)	Christopher Page	Shortz
Wed Nov 2, 1994	6D	Pinches	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Sat Sep 17, 1994	28D	Tiny portions	Rich Norris	Shortz
Mon Feb 28, 1994	31A	Quick bites	Sidney L. Robbins	Shortz

63 results for NIPS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 15, 1992	24A	Barely defeats	Jeff Herrington	Maleska
Tue Feb 11, 1992	67A	Small bites	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sun Oct 21, 1990	38A	Tipples	Phyllis Fehringer	Maleska
Thu Nov 9, 1989	5A	Pinches	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Wed Sep 7, 1988	52D	Dog bites	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Tue Jul 19, 1988	61D	Bites	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Thu May 5, 1988	25A	Short snorts	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Aug 9, 1987	27D	Shots	T. W. Underhill	Maleska
Thu Nov 24, 1983	54D	Drams	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Oct 30, 1983	125D	Pinches	Barry L. Cohen	Maleska
Sat Apr 10, 1982	17A	Stinging remarks	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Tue Sep 22, 1981	44A	Pinches	Richard N. Platt, Jr.	Maleska
Wed Apr 9, 1980	53D	Beats by a run	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Tue Feb 19, 1980	21D	Small bites	Pollard	Maleska
Wed Jun 13, 1979	46A	Pinches	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Wed Mar 21, 1979	54D	Stings, as frost	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sun Feb 18, 1979	85D	Light bites	Sam Bellotto Jr.	Maleska
Sun Jan 8, 1978	60A	Short snorts	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sat Oct 15, 1977	47D	Small drinks	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Sep 18, 1977	37D	Small quaffs	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Thu Dec 18, 1975	58D	Pinches	McCain	Weng
Fri Oct 10, 1975	51D	Quick drinks	Remley	Weng
Tue Nov 12, 1974	7D	Tipples	H. Hastings Reddall	Weng
Fri Feb 26, 1971	49A	Pinches	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jul 2, 1970	17A	Pinches	Unknown	Weng
Sat Apr 18, 1970	20A	Small drinks	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jan 29, 1970	55A	Shots of liquor	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 29, 1968	58D	Moves quickly (off).	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 6, 1968	62A	Pinches (off).	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 17, 1966	13D	Pinches off.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sat Jul 4, 1964	12D	Tangs.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 23, 1964	17A	Moves (along) quickly: Colloq.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Nov 23, 1963	57A	___ in the bud.	Joseph S. Crowell	Farrar
Thu Nov 30, 1961	37D	Checks the growth of.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Nov 11, 1961	1D	Bites.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jun 1, 1961	25D	Blights, as by frost.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 5, 1961	112D	Bites.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Sat Jul 9, 1960	18D	Small bits.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Aug 22, 1959	10D	Pinches.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Sun Jun 7, 1959	37A	Checks in growth.	Charles C. Allen	Farrar
Sun Oct 13, 1957	132D	Checks the growth of.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Mon Aug 20, 1956	18D	Checks the growth of.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sat Nov 20, 1954	36D	Bites.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Sep 20, 1954	32D	Catches tightly.	D. L. Corbin	Farrar
Fri Mar 12, 1954	55D	Bites.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Mar 7, 1954	71D	Checks growth of.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Dec 16, 1953	40D	Benumbs.	Ethel LeStrange	Farrar
Tue Jun 23, 1953	39D	Moves nimbly (with "off").	Isaac Kert	Farrar
Mon Mar 31, 1952	27A	Bites.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 20, 1951	47A	What frost does.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 27, 1951	3D	Checks in growth.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 10, 1951	57D	Pinches.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 4, 1951	59D	Bites.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Mon Feb 26, 1951	43A	Bites.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jan 21, 1951	26D	Cuts short.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Jan 2, 1951	36D	Pinches.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jul 2, 1950	122A	Pinches.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Sun May 25, 1947	43D	Vellicates.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Apr 21, 1946	52A	Stings.	L. K. Peters	Farrar
Sun Oct 21, 1945	122A	What "Sairey Gamp" took on the sly.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1943	59D	Foe on New Guinea: Slang.	Louis Shields	Farrar
Sun Jun 20, 1943	5D	Japanese.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun May 31, 1942	135D	Short drinks.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

Anagrams:

SPIN, SNIP, INSP, PINS

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