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214 total results for NOUN( score: 50 )
92 results for NOUN from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Dec 28, 2023 | 32A | Life or death, e.g. | Kiran Pandey | Shortz |
Tue Sep 19, 2023 | 13A | It's really something! | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Mon Jul 17, 2023 | 2D | Part of speech that might be "proper" | Alexander Liebeskind | Shortz |
Sat Feb 11, 2023 | 28A | Article go-with | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Tue Nov 15, 2022 | 39A | What an adjective modifies (2) | Sandy Ganzell | Shortz |
Thu Dec 30, 2021 | 62A | Animal, vegetable or mineral | John Ewbank | Shortz |
Mon Mar 29, 2021 | 35A | Word that might be "proper" | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun Feb 14, 2021 | 21A | What an article may come with? | Lisa Bunker | Shortz |
Fri Jan 8, 2021 | 30D | Friend or foe | Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Sat Nov 7, 2020 | 36D | Feast or famine | Kameron Austin Collins and Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Sun Aug 9, 2020 | 107D | Verb preceder (4) | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
Wed Jun 10, 2020 | 20D | Follower of "the," often | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Fri Mar 13, 2020 | 8D | You name it (6) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Wed Dec 25, 2019 | 68A | What you may call it (4) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Tue Nov 26, 2019 | 67A | Mad Libs prompt | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Sun Oct 20, 2019 | 69A | It's always something | Natan Last | Shortz |
Thu Feb 7, 2019 | 36A | What you may call it? (4) | Morton J. Mendelson | Shortz |
Thu Aug 9, 2018 | 23D | Something drawn when landing on a yellow square in Pictionary | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon May 14, 2018 | 54D | Person, place or thing | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Wed Apr 11, 2018 | 48D | Pluralizable thing | Keiran King | Shortz |
Wed Jan 3, 2018 | 43D | What an adjective modifies (2) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Nov 8, 2015 | 67D | Rock, paper or scissors | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Sat Oct 31, 2015 | 29A | Word that can be common | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
Mon Sep 14, 2015 | 17D | Follower of "a" or "the," often | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Mon Jun 22, 2015 | 12D | What "n." means in a dictionary | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Sun May 31, 2015 | 68A | An example of itself | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun May 3, 2015 | 47D | One might appear next to an article | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Tue Dec 9, 2014 | 59A | Mad Libs label | Paul Hunsberger | Shortz |
Sat Nov 22, 2014 | 11D | A follower? | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sat Sep 13, 2014 | 45A | What an article may refer to | Josh Knapp | Shortz |
Tue Apr 9, 2013 | 25D | Pluralizable word | Steve Blais | Shortz |
Wed Mar 27, 2013 | 35A | What you may call it? (4) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Aug 9, 2012 | 38A | Mad Libs specification | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Fri Jul 13, 2012 | 50A | Trick or treat, e.g. | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Apr 22, 2012 | 92A | Whatchamacallit? (2) | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein | Shortz |
Sun Nov 29, 2009 | 30D | It may be declined | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Mon Sep 7, 2009 | 68A | Verb go-with | Andrea Carla Michaels and Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
Sun May 31, 2009 | 84A | You name it (6) | Kelsey Blakley | Shortz |
Sun Mar 1, 2009 | 38D | You name it (6) | Robert W. Harris | Shortz |
Sat Dec 27, 2008 | 3D | Object, e.g. | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
Mon Dec 8, 2008 | 18D | Verb accompanier (2) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Mon Oct 8, 2007 | 16A | Gerund, e.g. | Steve Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Jun 4, 2007 | 33A | Adjective follower (2) | Steve Kahn | Shortz |
Sun May 27, 2007 | 79A | What you may call it (4) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue Jan 2, 2007 | 19A | It may be proper (5) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Mon Oct 30, 2006 | 50A | Word that's an example of itself (2) | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue Mar 14, 2006 | 55D | Verb preceder, usually | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue Feb 7, 2006 | 3D | Proper ___ (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Oct 6, 2005 | 15A | You name it (6) | Daniel C. Bryant | Shortz |
Sun May 29, 2005 | 75D | Thing, e.g. | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Tue Oct 19, 2004 | 58D | It may be proper (5) | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
Wed Sep 22, 2004 | 30D | Verb preceder (4) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu Jul 15, 2004 | 34A | Hook, line or sinker | Roy Leban | Shortz |
Tue Feb 17, 2004 | 45A | Self-identifying word | Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Fri Aug 8, 2003 | 30A | Subject, usually (3) | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Sun May 11, 2003 | 20A | Subject word | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon Feb 17, 2003 | 16A | Word before a verb, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Thu Jan 2, 2003 | 42A | It may be abstract | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Dec 16, 2002 | 58A | Sentence subject, usually | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
Sat Jan 5, 2002 | 56A | It may be subject to modification | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon Oct 1, 2001 | 59D | It could be proper | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
Sun Sep 2, 2001 | 68A | Whatchamacallit? (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Mar 8, 2001 | 38D | Something in writing? | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed Oct 18, 2000 | 34A | Verb preceder (4) | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
Tue Oct 3, 2000 | 32D | Sentence subject, often | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Sun Mar 19, 2000 | 82D | Word that's an example of itself (2) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue Feb 29, 2000 | 2D | Adjective follower (2) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Feb 1, 2000 | 50A | One may be proper | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Tue Dec 7, 1999 | 12D | Sentence starter | Norman S. Wizer | Shortz |
Wed Jan 27, 1999 | 37A | Verb, for example | Leslie Billig | Shortz |
Wed Nov 25, 1998 | 23D | Friend or foe, e.g. | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Jul 29, 1998 | 9D | Proper ___ (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Apr 8, 1998 | 33A | It may be proper (5) | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Sun Feb 22, 1998 | 131A | It may be common | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Thu Feb 5, 1998 | 19D | What "-ence" forms | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Dec 14, 1997 | 8D | Word ending in "o" in Esperanto | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Aug 14, 1997 | 27A | 61-Across, for example | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon Aug 11, 1997 | 11D | Verb accompanier (2) | Daniel Halfen | Shortz |
Mon Jul 14, 1997 | 3D | Verb preceder (4) | Mark Elliot Skolsky | Shortz |
Sat Jul 12, 1997 | 26D | Common thing? | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Thu Jan 9, 1997 | 11D | You name it (6) | C. Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Jun 2, 1996 | 44D | Parser's concern | R. Norris | Shortz |
Fri May 10, 1996 | 57A | Subject, usually (3) | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Apr 28, 1996 | 56A | It stands for something | D. C. Baldwin | Shortz |
Fri Apr 19, 1996 | 59A | You name it (6) | A. Micci | Shortz |
Wed Feb 7, 1996 | 8D | It may be proper (5) | Frank A. Longo | Shortz |
Wed Oct 11, 1995 | 32D | Subject, usually (3) | Mary E. Brindamour | Shortz |
Wed Jul 12, 1995 | 49A | Sentence subject (2) | Robert Malinow | Shortz |
Sun Oct 9, 1994 | 75A | Sentence subject (2) | Bryant White | Shortz |
Thu Apr 28, 1994 | 23A | It may be proper (5) | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Fri Apr 15, 1994 | 34A | Example, for example | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Fri Dec 17, 1993 | 59A | Grammatical subject | James Neal | Shortz |
122 results for NOUN from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon May 10, 1993 | 24D | Part of speech | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
Tue Feb 9, 1993 | 37D | Common or proper word | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Mon Dec 28, 1992 | 25D | Common or proper word | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
Tue Apr 21, 1992 | 18D | Part of speech | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Tue Mar 26, 1991 | 11D | Speech part | Eileen Lexau | Maleska |
Wed Oct 17, 1990 | 39A | Substantive | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Thu Sep 27, 1990 | 50D | Part of speech | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Mon Jun 4, 1990 | 55D | Speech or part of speech | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Jun 6, 1989 | 15A | It is sometimes proper | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
Sun May 21, 1989 | 90D | Substantive | Thomas W. Underhill | Maleska |
Fri Nov 25, 1988 | 40D | Part of speech | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
Wed Oct 26, 1988 | 35A | Cat or mouse, e.g. | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Thu May 5, 1988 | 40D | Speech part | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Fri Apr 29, 1988 | 31D | This may be a subject | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Tue Mar 29, 1988 | 18A | This may be proper | Eileen Lexau | Maleska |
Fri Jan 15, 1988 | 17D | Parsing word | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Thu Dec 3, 1987 | 2D | This may be proper | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Sun Mar 29, 1987 | 54A | Speech part | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
Wed Feb 11, 1987 | 48A | Part of speech | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
Fri Jan 23, 1987 | 57A | This may be proper | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Tue Nov 18, 1986 | 4D | Grammar item | Whitten | Maleska |
Wed Jul 30, 1986 | 68A | Common or proper word | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Jun 27, 1986 | 64A | Part of speech | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Thu Mar 13, 1986 | 53D | Part of speech | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue Dec 17, 1985 | 55D | Part of speech | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Thu Dec 12, 1985 | 3D | Verb's object, usually | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Thu Mar 14, 1985 | 60A | "America" is a proper one | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Fri Jan 11, 1985 | 3D | Word that may be parsed | Brett A. Blaylock | Maleska |
Sun Aug 26, 1984 | 11D | Common or proper word | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Tue Feb 7, 1984 | 2D | Parsing word | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
Sat Dec 3, 1983 | 24A | Substantive | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Thu Mar 31, 1983 | 32D | Part of speech | Fennessy | Maleska |
Wed Mar 16, 1983 | 20D | Proper word, sometimes | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Mon Feb 28, 1983 | 18D | Proper word, at times | Bolognese-Lo | Maleska |
Sun Feb 27, 1983 | 68A | Common or proper word | Carol Dutting | Maleska |
Sun Feb 13, 1983 | 41D | Midnight or dawn, e.g. | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Sun Sep 26, 1982 | 21A | Noon is one | William H. Ford | Maleska |
Tue Feb 23, 1982 | 18A | This may be proper | Whitten | Maleska |
Thu Feb 4, 1982 | 3D | Common or proper word | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Thu Nov 5, 1981 | 12D | Word sometimes in apposition | John Greenman | Maleska |
Sun Oct 18, 1981 | 43D | Parsing word | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Sat Aug 1, 1981 | 30A | It's common or proper | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Tue Jul 28, 1981 | 30A | Proper ___ | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Wed Apr 30, 1980 | 3D | It may be collective | John Chervokas | Maleska |
Sun Apr 6, 1980 | 37A | Part of speech | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Thu Mar 20, 1980 | 10D | Spring, sometimes | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sat Nov 24, 1979 | 38D | Person, place or thing | Michael Priestley | Maleska |
Thu Oct 20, 1977 | 37A | Subject, often | Henry Hook | Maleska |
Thu Oct 13, 1977 | 38D | It may be common or proper | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Thu Sep 29, 1977 | 61A | Part of speech | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
Mon Sep 5, 1977 | 4D | Part of speech | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Jan 2, 1977 | 89D | Certain word | Josephine A. Felker | Weng |
Fri Nov 12, 1976 | 38D | Part of speech | Hugh McElroy | Weng |
Sat May 15, 1976 | 28A | Common or proper | Elaine D. Schorr | Weng |
Sun Aug 10, 1975 | 34A | Component of a subject | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Thu May 15, 1975 | 3D | Grammatical component | Jack L. Steinhardt | Weng |
Tue Jan 29, 1974 | 61A | Part of speech | David Crosatto | Weng |
Wed Jan 2, 1974 | 24A | Proper or common word | S. A. Kay | Weng |
Fri Nov 2, 1973 | 63A | Certain word | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jul 11, 1973 | 30D | Word form | Unknown | Weng |
Tue May 8, 1973 | 18D | Certain word | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Oct 10, 1972 | 2D | Proper or improper word | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Sep 20, 1972 | 66A | Common or proper word | Merl Reagle | Weng |
Mon Jul 10, 1972 | 25A | Part of speech | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 28, 1972 | 10D | Certain word | Martin J. Wargo | Weng |
Sun Dec 26, 1971 | 115A | Certain word | Robert Vaux Roop | Weng |
Mon May 31, 1971 | 51D | Certain word | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Apr 1, 1971 | 6D | Certain word | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Feb 13, 1971 | 51D | Certain word | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Oct 1, 1970 | 23D | Certain word | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Aug 26, 1969 | 13D | Part of speech. | Louise Earnest | Weng |
Mon Jun 30, 1969 | 67A | Grammatical term. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 7, 1969 | 60A | Part of speech. | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Aug 26, 1968 | 57D | 54 Down, for one. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 13, 1968 | 60D | Substantive. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 29, 1968 | 67A | Substantive. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 17, 1967 | 81A | Type of word. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Mon Nov 6, 1967 | 39D | Part of speech. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 11, 1967 | 62A | House or home. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Wed Sep 27, 1967 | 3D | Substantive. | Philip Blair | Farrar |
Thu Aug 3, 1967 | 52D | Part of speech. | Norton Rhoades | Farrar |
Sun Oct 2, 1966 | 86A | Word of a kind. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Fri Jul 15, 1966 | 29A | Substantive. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 24, 1965 | 25A | Gerund. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 21, 1965 | 48D | Substantive. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Wed Dec 9, 1964 | 3D | Collective word. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 13, 1964 | 29D | Proper ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 30, 1964 | 62A | Part of speech. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 16, 1964 | 28D | Term in grammar. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Dec 4, 1963 | 58A | 1 Across, for one. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun Nov 3, 1963 | 11D | Parsing word. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Mon May 20, 1963 | 20A | Sentence component. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 8, 1963 | 7D | Substantive. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jan 24, 1963 | 31D | Word. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Sat Aug 11, 1962 | 58D | Part of speech. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Jul 17, 1962 | 58A | Part of speech. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Thu Mar 22, 1962 | 28D | Part of speech. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jul 18, 1961 | 50A | Substantive. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Oct 1, 1960 | 24D | Common or proper ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 13, 1960 | 33D | Part of speech. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 31, 1960 | 36D | 1 Across, for one. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Tue Feb 25, 1958 | 34A | Substantive. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Oct 8, 1957 | 7D | Part of speech. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 18, 1957 | 81A | Substantive. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Mon Jul 8, 1957 | 56D | Part of speech. | Geraldine King | Farrar |
Fri Mar 8, 1957 | 15A | Any of a class of words. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Sun Feb 12, 1956 | 80D | It's common or proper. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Thu Jan 12, 1956 | 25D | Grammatical thing. | Mel Taub | Farrar |
Fri Oct 21, 1955 | 25D | Part of speech. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Oct 31, 1954 | 16D | Place or thing. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Sun Oct 3, 1954 | 29A | Subject of a sentence. | John Willig | Farrar |
Tue May 4, 1954 | 34D | Substantive. | Eugene Maleska | Farrar |
Mon Mar 15, 1954 | 22D | Part of speech. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Apr 12, 1953 | 77D | Street, for instance. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Thu Jan 22, 1953 | 38D | Part of a sentence. | William F. Bulow | Farrar |
Mon Dec 10, 1951 | 29D | It's proper or common. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 22, 1950 | 14D | Part of speech. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Sun Jul 4, 1948 | 69A | Substantive. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Nov 9, 1947 | 78D | Part of speech. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Dec 9, 1945 | 66D | Substantive. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Feb 28, 1943 | 152D | Part of speech. | Bert Storey | Farrar |
Sun Jun 14, 1942 | 34D | Substantive. | Charles Merz and Arthur Hays Sulzberger | Farrar |