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203 total results for POOR( score: 50 )
63 results for POOR from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Oct 6, 2024 | 43A | Needy (5) | John Kugelman | Fagliano |
Sat Apr 13, 2024 | 45A | Slipshod (2) | Jess Rucks | Fagliano |
Fri Jan 12, 2024 | 48D | Below C level, say | Hemant Mehta | Shortz |
Mon Oct 2, 2023 | 60A | D, gradewise | Alexandria Mason | Shortz |
Fri Mar 10, 2023 | 49A | 1 on a scale of 1 to 5, maybe | Claire Rimkus | Shortz |
Sun Oct 23, 2022 | 90A | D-worthy (5) | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sun Jan 23, 2022 | 81A | Below par | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger | Shortz |
Tue Nov 23, 2021 | 65A | Deserving a D | Eric Bornstein | Shortz |
Wed Jun 9, 2021 | 12D | Not up to expectations | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Mon Oct 5, 2020 | 4D | Rich's opposite | Evan Mahnken | Shortz |
Tue Apr 28, 2020 | 55A | Substandard | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Tue Nov 20, 2018 | 29A | D-worthy (5) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Mon Oct 22, 2018 | 57A | Meriting a "D," say | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sat Apr 21, 2018 | 43A | Have-nots, with "the" | Daniel Nierenberg | Shortz |
Thu Nov 23, 2017 | 4D | D (8) | Howard Barkin | Shortz |
Sat Aug 19, 2017 | 45D | "How ___ are they that have not patience!": Iago | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Sat Mar 4, 2017 | 29D | Lame | Mary Lou Guizzo | Shortz |
Wed Oct 5, 2016 | 23D | D-worthy (5) | Michael Dewey | Shortz |
Sat Aug 6, 2016 | 35A | Like a young Jay Gatsby | David Phillips | Shortz |
Wed Apr 20, 2016 | 62D | D-worthy (5) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun Oct 4, 2015 | 72A | Slipshod (2) | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Wed Jul 15, 2015 | 6D | D-worthy (5) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Jun 14, 2015 | 108A | Third-class | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Wed Apr 29, 2015 | 31D | D (8) | Daniel Landman | Shortz |
Mon Jun 9, 2014 | 10D | "You ___ thing!" | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sat May 10, 2014 | 51A | Inadequate | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Thu Mar 13, 2014 | 26A | D (8) | Alex Vratsanos | Shortz |
Thu Jun 20, 2013 | 1A | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed May 8, 2013 | 21D | What "D" means | Bruce Venzke | Shortz |
Thu Aug 30, 2012 | 30D | Less than fair | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Thu Apr 19, 2012 | 27D | Ones protected by a safety net, with "the" | Sean Dobbin | Shortz |
Mon Mar 19, 2012 | 18A | Destitute | Jeremy Horwitz | Shortz |
Wed Dec 14, 2011 | 67A | Like a D- | Tim Croce | Shortz |
Wed Nov 11, 2009 | 59D | Robin Hood's beneficiaries, with "the" | Kelsey Blakley | Shortz |
Fri Oct 23, 2009 | 39D | Below C level? | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Fri Dec 19, 2008 | 52D | Description of 15-Down | Natan Last | Shortz |
Sun Sep 14, 2008 | 33A | Meager (2) | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Wed Mar 14, 2007 | 11D | Unfortunate | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Thu Mar 1, 2007 | 4D | Mean | Steven E. Atwood | Shortz |
Thu Nov 2, 2006 | 12D | Hardscrabble | John Farmer | Shortz |
Wed Oct 26, 2005 | 6D | D (8) | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
Mon Sep 12, 2005 | 5D | Impoverished (2) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Fri Nov 26, 2004 | 41A | Like Ali Baba, at first | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat Jun 12, 2004 | 16A | "D" (8) | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Sun Nov 17, 2002 | 75A | Meager (2) | Richard and Judith Martin | Shortz |
Wed Sep 19, 2001 | 65A | Hood's beneficiaries, with "the" | Steven Dorfman | Shortz |
Wed Aug 15, 2001 | 15A | Needy (5) | Karen Young Bonin | Shortz |
Sat Feb 24, 2001 | 32A | Inept | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Thu Jan 4, 2001 | 10D | D (8) | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Tue Oct 17, 2000 | 7D | Poverty-stricken | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed Oct 11, 2000 | 2D | Robin's beneficiaries | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Wed May 10, 2000 | 55D | Needy (5) | Zack Butler | Shortz |
Tue Dec 14, 1999 | 67A | "D" (8) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Wed Nov 3, 1999 | 2D | Hard up (2) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue Mar 16, 1999 | 10A | Impoverished (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Feb 23, 1999 | 35D | D (8) | Robert Zimmerman | Shortz |
Mon Nov 3, 1997 | 7D | Opposite of rich | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed Jun 18, 1997 | 1A | Needy (5) | Stanley B. Whitten | Shortz |
Mon Nov 6, 1995 | 34A | "Alas ___ Yorick..." | Roger H. Courtney | Shortz |
Thu Jul 6, 1995 | 13D | Needy (5) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Fri Dec 9, 1994 | 55A | Hard up (2) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Tue Oct 11, 1994 | 70A | Like Franklin's Richard | Bernice Gordon | Shortz |
Mon Apr 4, 1994 | 51D | Rating a D | Betty Jorgensen | Shortz |
1 result for POOR from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sep 1, 2013 | Diagramless | 5D | Needy | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
139 results for POOR from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Dec 31, 1992 | 14A | Not even mediocre | Judith Perry | Maleska |
Wed Dec 9, 1992 | 28D | In need | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
Sat Oct 10, 1992 | 21A | Needy | Ralph G. Beaman | Maleska |
Sun Feb 16, 1992 | 48D | On one's uppers | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Wed Oct 16, 1991 | 54D | Like a churchmouse? | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Maleska |
Sat Jul 20, 1991 | 52D | On one's uppers | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Thu Jun 6, 1991 | 65A | Indigent | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Wed Jan 23, 1991 | 41D | "Alas! ___ Yorick" | Virginia Butler | Maleska |
Sat Sep 29, 1990 | 62A | Indigent | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Fri Sep 21, 1990 | 6A | Impecunious | Jack Lechner | Maleska |
Mon Jun 18, 1990 | 4D | ___ Richard of Almanack fame | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Fri Jun 15, 1990 | 63A | They need help | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Fri Jun 8, 1990 | 46D | On one's uppers | William Canine | Maleska |
Sun Jan 14, 1990 | 48D | Indigent | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
Mon Dec 11, 1989 | 13A | Poverty-stricken | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Thu Nov 16, 1989 | 37D | Indigent | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Fri Sep 29, 1989 | 54D | Adjective for Yorick | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Wed Aug 2, 1989 | 60A | Indigent | Mimi Moody | Maleska |
Sat Jul 22, 1989 | 19A | Kind of farm or house | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Wed May 17, 1989 | 63A | Inferior | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Mon Mar 20, 1989 | 59D | Indigent | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Jan 31, 1988 | 17A | Like a church mouse | Robert W. Sturges | Maleska |
Sun Jan 24, 1988 | 25D | Adjective for Richard | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Wed Sep 23, 1987 | 46D | Impoverished | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Tue Sep 15, 1987 | 36D | ___ Clare (nun) | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Wed Aug 5, 1987 | 24A | Of low quality | John Greenman | Maleska |
Thu Jul 23, 1987 | 9A | Below par | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Mon Jul 6, 1987 | 1D | Impoverished | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Mon May 25, 1987 | 28D | Like a church mouse | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Oct 8, 1986 | 2D | In need | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Tue Sep 16, 1986 | 40D | Faulty | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Thu Jul 24, 1986 | 31A | Less than adequate | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Wed Mar 26, 1986 | 6D | Needy | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
Fri Mar 7, 1986 | 2D | Strapped | S. E. Wilkinson | Maleska |
Thu Oct 17, 1985 | 48A | ___ boy (hero sandwich) | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Tue Sep 10, 1985 | 34A | Indigent | Mimi Moody | Maleska |
Fri Aug 23, 1985 | 8D | Like a student's D | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Mon May 13, 1985 | 54D | Kind of relation | Johnson | Maleska |
Wed Mar 6, 1985 | 14A | Meager | J. Samuel Smart | Maleska |
Thu Sep 13, 1984 | 47A | Indigent | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Thu Jan 5, 1984 | 39A | Scanty | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon Jul 25, 1983 | 19A | Inferior | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Thu Jul 14, 1983 | 51D | Penurious | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Thu Feb 17, 1983 | 55A | Impoverished | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Thu Jan 6, 1983 | 8D | Impoverished | Whitten | Maleska |
Wed Sep 1, 1982 | 64A | ___ boy (hero sandwich) | Ronald Rabinowitz | Maleska |
Sun Apr 11, 1982 | 129A | ___ Richard | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Sat Mar 6, 1982 | 45A | Meager | Edward Marchese | Maleska |
Thu Jun 4, 1981 | 14A | On one's uppers | Hugh McElroy | Maleska |
Mon Jun 9, 1980 | 37D | Lacking ability | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Wed Mar 5, 1980 | 8D | Inferior | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Sat Aug 25, 1979 | 54A | Salem ___, black Revolutionary War hero | Fred Keller | Maleska |
Tue Jul 25, 1978 | 41D | Inferior | Sara V. Tuckerman | Maleska |
Wed Nov 30, 1977 | 39D | Like Butterfly or Richard | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Sun Nov 13, 1977 | 112A | Adjective for Yorick | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Mon Sep 19, 1977 | 33A | Indigent | Rickert | Maleska |
Thu May 26, 1977 | 7D | Impoverished | James A. Brussel | Maleska |
Mon May 16, 1977 | 17A | Inferior | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Sun Mar 13, 1977 | 96D | Unfortunate | Louis C. Mandes Jr. | Maleska |
Fri Jan 14, 1977 | 31A | Less than fair | Reginald L. Johnson | Weng |
Tue Dec 23, 1975 | 2D | Inferior | Martin Bryan | Weng |
Tue Sep 30, 1975 | 18A | Kind of boy or box | Martha J. DeWitt | Weng |
Mon Sep 15, 1975 | 7D | Kind of box or boy | Dennis Listort | Weng |
Tue Sep 2, 1975 | 32D | Down-and-out | Louis Sabin | Weng |
Tue Jun 17, 1975 | 43A | Low-grade | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Fri May 31, 1974 | 59A | "Blessed are the ___ in spirit" | Sophie Fierman | Weng |
Mon Nov 12, 1973 | 10A | Kind of boy | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jul 29, 1973 | 130D | Straitened | Elmer Toro | Weng |
Mon Jul 23, 1973 | 12D | Unacceptable | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jul 10, 1973 | 27D | Churchmouse status | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 20, 1973 | 103D | Richard or boy | Peter T. Thornton | Weng |
Mon Oct 2, 1972 | 7D | Inferior | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Sep 23, 1972 | 24A | Indigent | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Feb 10, 1972 | 40D | Word for Richard | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jan 17, 1972 | 54A | Meager | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Sep 20, 1971 | 23A | In need | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jun 11, 1971 | 38D | Like Richard of the almanac | Unknown | Weng |
Wed May 5, 1971 | 39D | Meager | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Dec 9, 1970 | 52A | Low rating | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Aug 22, 1970 | 5D | Near-flunking mark | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jul 5, 1969 | 19A | Deficient. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 14, 1969 | 52D | Destitute. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 25, 1968 | 11D | Scanty. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Apr 20, 1968 | 35A | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jan 18, 1968 | 67A | Inferior. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Dec 18, 1967 | 3D | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 17, 1967 | 76A | Below average. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Tue Dec 12, 1967 | 37D | Meager. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Sep 14, 1967 | 71A | Inadequate. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Thu Mar 9, 1967 | 47A | Inadequate. | Samuel K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sat Feb 5, 1966 | 30A | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jul 12, 1965 | 6D | Adjective for Butterfly. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 2, 1965 | 56A | Unfavorable. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jun 2, 1964 | 13D | Inferior. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Oct 10, 1963 | 43A | Inferior. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Jul 18, 1963 | 7D | Unfavorable. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 28, 1963 | 8D | Barren. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Apr 20, 1963 | 53A | Inferior. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 15, 1962 | 78A | Scanty. | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Mon Jun 4, 1962 | 54D | Imperfect. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Wed Sep 27, 1961 | 7D | Inferior. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 1, 1961 | 64A | Inferior. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 16, 1961 | 70A | Unfortunate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 18, 1961 | 24A | Impecunious. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Dec 26, 1960 | 36A | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 10, 1960 | 34D | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 12, 1960 | 64A | Unfortunate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Dec 19, 1959 | 34A | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 29, 1959 | 80A | Unfortunate. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Thu Aug 27, 1959 | 24A | ___ Richard. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Apr 5, 1959 | 108A | Richard-like. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun May 18, 1958 | 55A | Inadequate. | A. H. Drummond Jr. | Farrar |
Fri Apr 25, 1958 | 58A | Inadequate. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun Apr 13, 1958 | 72A | Adjective for Yorick. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Fri Aug 17, 1956 | 44A | Inferior. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Thu Aug 9, 1956 | 54D | "___ Richard." | Rosa Josephs | Farrar |
Sun Jul 8, 1956 | 78A | Inadequate. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sat Jun 30, 1956 | 45A | Unsatisfactory. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Mon Jan 16, 1956 | 61A | Inadequate. | Herbert Lyle | Farrar |
Fri Sep 30, 1955 | 19A | "___ Richard's Almanac." | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 16, 1955 | 61A | Needy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jan 13, 1955 | 20D | Worthy of pity. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Tue Nov 30, 1954 | 38A | "___ Richard." | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jul 26, 1954 | 51D | Inadequate. | Ruth Oliver | Farrar |
Thu Jun 17, 1954 | 8D | Inadequate. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Mar 3, 1954 | 68A | Inferior. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Fri Oct 9, 1953 | 64A | Inferior. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Mon Jul 6, 1953 | 44D | A kind of house. | George Henderson | Farrar |
Tue Jun 2, 1953 | 59A | Hapless. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Wed May 21, 1952 | 34A | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 17, 1952 | 63A | Inadequate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 14, 1952 | 61A | Impecunious. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Apr 19, 1952 | 24A | Unsatisfactory. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 7, 1951 | 17A | Richard or Butterfly. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 24, 1951 | 13A | "___ Butterfly." | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Jun 26, 1949 | 86A | Unworthy. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Dec 5, 1948 | 114A | "___ splendid wings." | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Mar 2, 1947 | 77A | Insignificant. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun May 31, 1942 | 91A | "How ___ are they that have not patience!"—Othello. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |