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187 total results for SERF( score: 50 )
70 results for SERF from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Feb 16, 2025 | 29D | Feudal worker (8) | John Kugelman | Shortz |
Tue Nov 28, 2023 | 57D | Medieval worker (3) | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Sat Jun 17, 2023 | 21A | Low figure | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Mon Aug 22, 2022 | 50D | Medieval worker (3) | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Fri Jul 29, 2022 | 27D | Feudal underling | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun May 8, 2022 | 80A | Laborer of old | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer | Shortz |
Mon Nov 8, 2021 | 52D | Feudal worker (8) | Carl Larson | Shortz |
Thu Jan 14, 2021 | 9D | Manorial worker | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
Mon May 11, 2020 | 57D | Peon | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun Apr 12, 2020 | 50D | Drudge (3) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Mon Mar 23, 2020 | 52A | Medieval worker (3) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Mon Feb 24, 2020 | 40A | Menial worker | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Thu Dec 12, 2019 | 30A | Drudge (3) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sun May 19, 2019 | 11D | One working on an estate | Natan Last | Shortz |
Tue Apr 30, 2019 | 6A | Feudal worker (8) | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Mon Mar 25, 2019 | 57D | Medieval drudge (2) | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sat Feb 9, 2019 | 56A | Manor occupant of yore | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Tue Jul 24, 2018 | 53A | One bound to the land | Jonathan M. Kaye | Shortz |
Sun Apr 1, 2018 | 30A | One doing the lord's work (3) | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Wed Feb 28, 2018 | 25D | Lord's subject | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sat Dec 9, 2017 | 50A | Old-time worker | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Mon Nov 27, 2017 | 38A | Lowly worker (6) | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
Sun Oct 1, 2017 | 71D | Lowly worker (6) | Robert Fisher | Shortz |
Sun May 28, 2017 | 64D | Medieval toiler | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
Mon Dec 5, 2016 | 16A | Feudal worker (8) | Ned White | Shortz |
Sun Feb 7, 2016 | 33D | Lowly worker (6) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue Sep 22, 2015 | 3D | Feudal worker (8) | Victor Barocas and Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Thu Jun 4, 2015 | 43A | Underling of yore | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Mon Jun 30, 2014 | 40D | Feudal peasant | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sat Jun 21, 2014 | 33D | Dennis in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," e.g. | Brad Wilber and Byron Walden | Shortz |
Fri Aug 9, 2013 | 10A | Medieval drudge (2) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Jun 27, 2013 | 38D | One doing the lord's work (3) | Sean Dobbin | Shortz |
Sun Jun 16, 2013 | 76D | Lord's worker (5) | Mel Rosen | Shortz |
Fri Mar 1, 2013 | 62A | Hard worker | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Wed Apr 11, 2012 | 65A | Feudal worker (8) | David Kwong | Shortz |
Fri Mar 23, 2012 | 6D | One bound to do work | Steven Riley | Shortz |
Tue Feb 21, 2012 | 35A | Vassal (2) | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Thu Jan 13, 2011 | 44A | Vassal (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Dec 23, 2010 | 23D | Worker on a 43-Across | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg | Shortz |
Mon Nov 22, 2010 | 47A | Feudal worker (8) | David Poole | Shortz |
Mon Apr 20, 2009 | 32D | Feudal worker (8) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Wed Mar 26, 2008 | 5D | Toiler of yore | Michael Langwald | Shortz |
Sun Dec 30, 2007 | 144A | Lord's worker (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Feb 22, 2007 | 41A | Freeman's opposite | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Tue Dec 20, 2005 | 48A | Lowly worker (6) | Nancy and Holden Baker | Shortz |
Thu Dec 15, 2005 | 33A | Underclassman? | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Tue Aug 23, 2005 | 51D | Lowly laborer | Holden Baker and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Mar 6, 2005 | 14A | Lord's worker (5) | John Greenman | Shortz |
Tue Sep 14, 2004 | 23A | Master's worker | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Thu Jun 24, 2004 | 8D | Feudal drudge | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon May 10, 2004 | 50D | Feudal figure | Joy M. Andrews | Shortz |
Sat Apr 24, 2004 | 4A | Bondsman | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon May 26, 2003 | 72A | Lowly worker (6) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue Apr 29, 2003 | 7D | Lowly worker (6) | Norma Johnson | Shortz |
Sun Jun 16, 2002 | 59A | Toiler | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat Jan 5, 2002 | 24D | Drudge (3) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Fri Sep 21, 2001 | 23A | One lorded over? | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed Mar 28, 2001 | 65A | One in bondage | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Mar 18, 2001 | 34D | One making a feudal effort? | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Tue Jun 6, 2000 | 14A | Drudge of feudal times | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue May 9, 2000 | 26A | Medieval laborer | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Fri Feb 19, 1999 | 19A | One doing the lord's work (3) | Dana Motley | Shortz |
Tue Jun 2, 1998 | 44D | Slave | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Feb 18, 1998 | 31A | One who does the lord's work | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
Sun Apr 13, 1997 | 73A | Bondman | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun Dec 15, 1996 | 6D | Lord's lackey | R. Ross | Shortz |
Fri Oct 20, 1995 | 35D | Lord's worker (5) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun Aug 28, 1994 | 93A | Lord's worker (5) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun Apr 10, 1994 | 76A | One held in thrall | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Mon Nov 22, 1993 | 38D | Esne | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
2 results for SERF from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Dec 24, 2023 | Panda | 39D | ___ and turf (components of feudal agriculture) | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
May 31, 1998 | Cryptic | 18A | Old servant waves to the audience (4) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
115 results for SERF from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Sep 27, 1993 | 22A | Feudal figure | Bette Sue Cohen | Taub |
Sun Sep 19, 1993 | 15D | Colonus | John M. Samson | Taub |
Wed Nov 25, 1992 | 43D | Feudal worker | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
Fri Jan 3, 1992 | 50D | Villein | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Sun Aug 11, 1991 | 6A | Helot | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Wed Jun 26, 1991 | 7D | Medieval toiler | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed Dec 19, 1990 | 12D | Lord's lackey | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Wed Mar 21, 1990 | 26A | Vassal | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Sun Sep 24, 1989 | 42D | Gurth, in "Ivanhoe" | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
Thu Mar 9, 1989 | 1A | Vassal | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Thu Feb 2, 1989 | 5A | Feudal peasant | Frank Miceli | Maleska |
Tue Oct 4, 1988 | 60A | Villein | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Mon Jun 27, 1988 | 49D | Villein | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Jul 29, 1987 | 9D | Slave | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Thu Jul 2, 1987 | 64A | Slave | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sat Mar 14, 1987 | 40D | Villein | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Mon Dec 22, 1986 | 63A | Slavish son of the soil | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Mon Oct 20, 1986 | 56D | Slave | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Wed Jul 30, 1986 | 13D | Medieval toiler | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sat Jul 26, 1986 | 22D | Gurth in "Ivanhoe," e.g. | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Wed May 14, 1986 | 12D | Medieval drudge | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Tue Mar 5, 1985 | 45D | Slave of yore | Whitten | Maleska |
Fri Nov 23, 1984 | 1D | Homager | Jack L. Steinhardt | Maleska |
Wed Oct 17, 1984 | 40A | Villein | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Thu Jun 14, 1984 | 65A | Villein | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Mon May 14, 1984 | 12D | Thrall | Charles Engler | Maleska |
Fri Feb 3, 1984 | 9D | Villein | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Wed Nov 16, 1983 | 7D | Feudal thrall | John Greenman | Maleska |
Tue Oct 11, 1983 | 23A | Feudal have-not | Nancy A. Wood | Maleska |
Thu Sep 29, 1983 | 3D | Gurth, in "Ivanhoe" | Maver | Maleska |
Fri Aug 26, 1983 | 32A | Feudal underling | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sun May 1, 1983 | 39A | Feudal slave | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Tue Nov 16, 1982 | 68A | Vassal | Whitten | Maleska |
Fri Mar 5, 1982 | 24D | Feudal toiler | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Mon Feb 1, 1982 | 32D | Derivative of "servus" (slave) | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Sep 6, 1981 | 108A | Villein | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Thu Jul 30, 1981 | 40D | Toiler of 1066 | Emory H. Cain | Maleska |
Tue Apr 7, 1981 | 9D | Thrall | John Greenman | Maleska |
Fri Mar 27, 1981 | 7D | Fiefdom peasant | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Fri Sep 5, 1980 | 26A | Gurth, in "Ivanhoe" | Goldmann | Maleska |
Wed Mar 29, 1978 | 49D | Medieval toiler | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sun Jul 24, 1977 | 30A | Vassal | Jay Spry | Maleska |
Sun May 29, 1977 | 47D | Medieval toiler | Joseph J. La Fauci | Maleska |
Sun May 15, 1977 | 95D | Toiler of 1066 | Maria G. Rice | Maleska |
Wed Apr 27, 1977 | 16D | Helot | Stephanie Spadaccini | Maleska |
Sun Apr 3, 1977 | 97A | Villein | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Fri Jan 7, 1977 | 45D | One in servitude | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Thu Sep 16, 1976 | 21D | Thrall | Leonard Goldberg | Weng |
Thu Aug 26, 1976 | 60A | Feudal subject | Jean J. Davison | Weng |
Mon Jun 16, 1975 | 45D | Old slave | H. M. Kennedy | Weng |
Tue Apr 29, 1975 | 66A | Vassal | Harriet Gilson Rosenberg | Weng |
Sat Nov 9, 1974 | 36A | Feudal subject | Anthony B. Canning | Weng |
Sun Aug 11, 1974 | 10D | Toiler of old | Stafford P. Osborn | Weng |
Tue May 7, 1974 | 32D | Slave | Leonard Sussman | Weng |
Wed Dec 12, 1973 | 37A | Slave | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jun 2, 1973 | 29D | Vassal | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Oct 4, 1972 | 10D | Feudal worker | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Nov 12, 1971 | 69A | Helot | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 1, 1971 | 24D | Slave | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 9, 1971 | 53A | Bondman | Marian Pearce | Weng |
Mon Apr 26, 1971 | 52D | Slave | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Apr 19, 1971 | 44D | Helot | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Apr 11, 1970 | 40A | Slave | Unknown | Weng |
Wed May 21, 1969 | 51D | Bondman. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 4, 1969 | 20D | Feudal man | Roberta Morse | Weng |
Mon Jul 15, 1968 | 54D | Peasant of old. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 12, 1968 | 71A | Slave. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 27, 1967 | 1A | Worker of 1066. | Sara V. Tuckerman | Farrar |
Sat Mar 18, 1967 | 7D | Peasant. | Manny Miller | Farrar |
Mon Oct 17, 1966 | 36A | Villein. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 8, 1966 | 43D | Helot. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 19, 1965 | 53D | Feudal worker. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 5, 1965 | 35A | One oppressed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 19, 1964 | 61A | Villein. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Feb 17, 1964 | 7D | Bondman. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun Jun 23, 1963 | 95D | Bondman. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Thu Mar 8, 1962 | 24A | Feudal worker. | Annamarie Lobb | Farrar |
Tue Nov 28, 1961 | 10A | Bondsman. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 26, 1961 | 18A | Bondman. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 21, 1960 | 67A | Bondman. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 8, 1960 | 6A | Neither knight nor freeman. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 21, 1960 | 38D | Bondman of feudal times. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 5, 1960 | 9D | Man of 1066. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 3, 1959 | 26D | Underling. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 18, 1959 | 38D | Bondman. | Hume R. Craft | Farrar |
Mon Jul 20, 1959 | 14D | Vassal's servitor. | Charles P. Gersch | Farrar |
Sun Jul 12, 1959 | 36D | Bondsman. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Thu May 21, 1959 | 68A | Bondman. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sun Aug 31, 1958 | 40D | Toiler of 1066. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Fri Jan 3, 1958 | 14D | Feudal slave. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Wed Dec 11, 1957 | 25A | Worker in bondage. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 17, 1957 | 43A | Toiler of 1066. | Marcia Gladstone | Farrar |
Sun Mar 3, 1957 | 121D | Oppressed person. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Tue Apr 17, 1956 | 35A | Underling. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 4, 1956 | 25D | Villein. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sun Aug 28, 1955 | 57D | Feudal man. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sat Jul 23, 1955 | 37D | Feudal underling. | Marion Moeser | Farrar |
Thu Jun 23, 1955 | 41A | Bondsman. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun May 15, 1955 | 40A | Villein. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Tue Apr 12, 1955 | 49A | Worker of 1066. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Fri Apr 1, 1955 | 1D | Thrall. | Gene Kosic | Farrar |
Sat Jul 24, 1954 | 23A | Person without freedom. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Tue Jun 8, 1954 | 23A | Bondsman of 1066. | Dorothy Smith | Farrar |
Mon Oct 19, 1953 | 1A | Toiler of 1066. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Jan 9, 1953 | 27A | Beneficiary of the Magna Carta. | Henry A. Wolfe | Farrar |
Mon Oct 13, 1952 | 27A | Gurth in "Ivanhoe," for instance. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 29, 1952 | 7D | Feudal bondman. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jun 14, 1952 | 5D | Feudal worker. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 16, 1951 | 35A | Slave. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Wed Sep 5, 1951 | 10A | Feudal peasant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 28, 1951 | 44A | Thrall. | Edward Buckler | Farrar |
Sun Sep 15, 1946 | 119D | One in bondage. | P. J. Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun Mar 24, 1946 | 28A | Thrall. | J. P. Downes | Farrar |
Sun Apr 30, 1944 | 61D | Slave. | Alexis P. Boodberg | Farrar |
Sun Feb 6, 1944 | 5D | Vassal. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |