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173 total results for SLEEP( score: 50 )
54 results for SLEEP from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Aug 8, 2024 | 25D | "Don't give up on your dreams. ___ longer" (quip) | Christopher Youngs | Fagliano |
Tue Dec 26, 2023 | 27A | What Santa doesn't get much of on Christmas Eve | Neil Shook | Shortz |
Wed Oct 4, 2023 | 53D | Bad thing to do in class | Gary Larson | Shortz |
Wed Sep 27, 2023 | 43A | Recharge, so to speak | Scott Koenig | Shortz |
Wed Jul 12, 2023 | 46A | Goal of a bedtime story reading | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2023 | 68A | "___ is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn | Robert Ryan | Shortz |
Tue Mar 28, 2023 | 13D | Inactive computer mode | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel | Shortz |
Sun Mar 27, 2022 | 71A | A chance to dream | August Lee-Kovach | Shortz |
Sun Jan 24, 2021 | 44D | Give extra consideration, with "on" | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun Jan 3, 2021 | 12D | Power-saving mode | Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Sun Nov 29, 2020 | 36D | What Hypnos is the Greek god of | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
Sun Nov 15, 2020 | 17D | Result of eating the poisoned apple in "Snow White" | Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
Tue Mar 24, 2020 | 44D | Undercover activity? | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Fri May 17, 2019 | 14D | Computer mode (2) | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
Sun Jun 4, 2017 | 7D | It "knits up the ravell'd sleave of care," per Macbeth | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Tue Feb 28, 2017 | 51A | What tryptophan is said to induce | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Sun Nov 6, 2016 | 64A | "Silence is the ___ that nourishes wisdom": Bacon | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu Aug 18, 2016 | 41A | Energy-saving mode | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Mon Jan 25, 2016 | 46D | Snooze | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Sat Oct 18, 2014 | 4D | "A hint of lovely oblivion," per D. H. Lawrence | Evan Birnholz | Shortz |
Wed Sep 24, 2014 | 33A | Computer mode (2) | Andy Kravis | Shortz |
Mon Feb 4, 2013 | 1D | Hamlet's word before "perchance to dream" | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Thu Feb 2, 2012 | 52D | Time out? (2) | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Tue Jan 24, 2012 | 49D | Catch 40 winks | Alex Boisvert | Shortz |
Sat Dec 3, 2011 | 52D | Drop off | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Thu Mar 24, 2011 | 38A | See 28-Down | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Mon Jun 16, 2008 | 64A | "To ___—perchance to dream": Hamlet | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron | Shortz |
Tue May 15, 2007 | 43D | Get some shuteye | John Halverson | Shortz |
Mon Apr 9, 2007 | 69A | Shuteye (2) | J. K. Hummel | Shortz |
Sat Oct 8, 2005 | 10D | Time out? (2) | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Mar 7, 2004 | 69A | "The sweetest gift of heaven": Virgil (3) | Tyler Hinman | Shortz |
Mon Aug 18, 2003 | 50A | Hibernation | Ed Early | Shortz |
Tue Apr 8, 2003 | 56D | Sack out | Verna Suit | Shortz |
Tue Oct 15, 2002 | 67A | Sheep counter's quest | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue Sep 10, 2002 | 65A | Shuteye (2) | Wei-Hwa Huang | Shortz |
Mon Apr 22, 2002 | 35A | Insomniac's need | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Fri Apr 5, 2002 | 52D | "The sweetest gift of heaven": Virgil (3) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon Oct 15, 2001 | 53D | Siesta | Holden Baker | Shortz |
Wed Jan 3, 2001 | 71A | "The sweetest gift of heaven": Virgil (3) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Dec 19, 2000 | 73A | Hypnotist's word | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Jul 3, 2000 | 31D | What a new parent craves | Marjorie Berg | Shortz |
Thu Dec 9, 1999 | 13D | Chronotherapy aids it | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Sun Jul 25, 1999 | 83A | WETS | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Sat Apr 10, 1999 | 33D | Kind of cycle | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Thu May 7, 1998 | 14D | Visit the land of Nod | Ed Pegg Jr. | Shortz |
Tue Feb 10, 1998 | 31D | Catch some Z's | John Greenman | Shortz |
Tue Jan 20, 1998 | 3D | Result of counting sheep | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Sep 7, 1997 | 36D | Sore labour's bath, to Shakespeare | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Fri May 2, 1997 | 13D | It was azure-lidded, to Keats | Matthew L. Jones | Shortz |
Fri Sep 6, 1996 | 65A | The arms of Morpheus | R. Norris | Shortz |
Sat Aug 31, 1996 | 25D | To Milton it was "dewy-feathered" | G. Petgrave | Shortz |
Sat Apr 1, 1995 | 13D | "O magic ___!": Keats | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sun Mar 26, 1995 | 70A | Consider, with "on" | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Mar 2, 1994 | 15D | Meet Morpheus | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
2 results for SLEEP from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mar 10, 2019 | Panda | 30D | Covers up | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Nov 13, 2011 | Cryptic | 10A | Undresses the wrong way to take a siesta (5) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
117 results for SLEEP from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Oct 26, 1993 | 40A | "...an azure-lidded ___": Keats | Ronald C. Hirschfeld | Taub |
Mon Oct 4, 1993 | 24A | Catch some Z's | Scott | Taub |
Sat Jun 19, 1993 | 29D | REM time | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Sun Apr 11, 1993 | 7D | Ravell'd -sleave knitter | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
Mon Dec 21, 1992 | 17A | Insomniac's relief | Jeff Herrington | Maleska |
Sun Jul 7, 1991 | 91D | Get some shuteye | Caroline G. Fitzgerald | Maleska |
Fri Nov 9, 1990 | 1A | Period of quiescence | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Wed Nov 7, 1990 | 13A | Catch some Z's | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sun Oct 28, 1990 | 97A | R. Wilbur's "Walking to ___" | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Sep 22, 1989 | 51D | Poet Wilbur's "Walking to ___" | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Sun Apr 2, 1989 | 25D | Coleridge's "gentle thing" | Tom Mixon | Maleska |
Fri Dec 9, 1988 | 65A | Chandler's "The Big ___" | Mary M. Murdoch | Maleska |
Sun Nov 20, 1988 | 74D | Coleridge's "gentle thing" | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
Sun Sep 18, 1988 | 38D | Chandler's "The Big ___" | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Wed Jul 27, 1988 | 51A | Lie dormant | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Sun May 1, 1988 | 31D | Knitter of ravell'd sleaves | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sun Aug 9, 1987 | 90A | Coleridge's "gentle thing" | T. W. Underhill | Maleska |
Thu Dec 11, 1986 | 8D | Dormancy | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Sun May 11, 1986 | 104D | Chandler's "The Big ___" | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
Sat Oct 19, 1985 | 39D | Slumber | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Sat Feb 9, 1985 | 48A | R. Wilbur's "Walking to ___" | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sun Jan 27, 1985 | 52D | Insomniac's quest | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Mon Sep 19, 1983 | 67A | Yield to Morpheus | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sun Jun 19, 1983 | 48A | "Sore labour's bath": Shak | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Thu Jan 6, 1983 | 53D | Repose | Whitten | Maleska |
Sun Dec 26, 1982 | 36D | Realm of Somnus | Barry L. Cohen | Maleska |
Sun Nov 28, 1982 | 89D | Coleridge's "gentle thing" | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
Thu May 13, 1982 | 38A | Lullaby word | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
Wed Dec 23, 1981 | 51D | What "Macbeth doth murder" | Massi | Maleska |
Wed Nov 18, 1981 | 41A | Chandler's "The Big ___ " | John Greenman | Maleska |
Mon Aug 31, 1981 | 24D | Rest | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Tue Mar 31, 1981 | 49A | Get some shut-eye | Hallie & Gerald Parsons | Maleska |
Tue Sep 9, 1980 | 27D | Outcome of a lullaby | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Thu May 15, 1980 | 45D | Dormancy | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Tue May 13, 1980 | 47D | Doze off | Waltuch | Maleska |
Thu May 1, 1980 | 63A | What Macbeth "murdered" | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Thu Apr 17, 1980 | 46A | "The City of ___," Kipling poem | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Tue Feb 5, 1980 | 65A | "O magic ___!": Keats | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Wed Oct 3, 1979 | 38A | Domain of Morpheus | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Fri May 11, 1979 | 31D | Lullaby word | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Fri Feb 2, 1979 | 38A | Coleridge's "gentle thing" | Jordan S. Lasher | Maleska |
Mon Dec 18, 1978 | 28D | Land of Nod | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Sun Jul 16, 1978 | 43A | "Sore labour's bath" | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Wed Jul 6, 1977 | 24A | "Balm of hurt minds" | Ruth N. Schultz | Maleska |
Wed Jun 29, 1977 | 24A | Doze | Virginia Butler | Maleska |
Thu Sep 9, 1976 | 37D | Macbeth's murder victim | George Raventos | Weng |
Sun Jun 27, 1976 | 95A | Rest | A. J. Santora | Weng |
Tue Apr 27, 1976 | 33A | Lose alertness | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Mon Apr 12, 1976 | 21D | Nap | Martha J. DeWitt | Weng |
Thu Apr 8, 1976 | 30D | Kind of walker | John Prytz | Weng |
Tue Oct 21, 1975 | 34A | Nap | Dorothy Cannan | Weng |
Sun Aug 24, 1975 | 20A | ___ on (defer) | Jim Page | Weng |
Fri Jun 27, 1975 | 40A | Fail to be alert | Allan Blackman | Weng |
Wed May 7, 1975 | 19D | Be dormant | Samalin | Weng |
Wed Feb 26, 1975 | 5D | Kind of walker | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Tue Jan 28, 1975 | 8D | ___ on it (delay a decision) | Virginia Godwin | Weng |
Thu Nov 22, 1973 | 39A | Emulate Epimenides | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Oct 19, 1972 | 30A | Dormancy | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Aug 18, 1972 | 17A | Rip's specialty | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Dec 31, 1971 | 66A | Nap | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jul 28, 1970 | 8D | Rest | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jul 15, 1970 | 35A | Inactivity | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 14, 1970 | 5A | Shut-eye | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Thu Jan 8, 1970 | 5D | One kind of walker. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 15, 1969 | 10A | Doze | John D. Owens | Weng |
Mon Mar 10, 1969 | 28A | Inactive state. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Dec 27, 1968 | 42A | Drop off, in a way. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 26, 1968 | 13D | Dreamland. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Apr 20, 1968 | 27A | Slumber. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Nov 25, 1967 | 14D | Sleeve-knitter, symbolically. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 23, 1967 | 44D | Nap. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Fri Apr 21, 1967 | 53D | Cease activity. | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Wed Feb 15, 1967 | 14D | Land of Nod. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Fri Nov 25, 1966 | 31D | Emulate a storied beauty. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 30, 1966 | 109A | Problem for Macbeth. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Sun Jan 30, 1966 | 62A | Lullaby theme. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Thu Jan 13, 1966 | 40A | Somnus' realm. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Tue Oct 26, 1965 | 38A | Land of Nod. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 21, 1965 | 73A | Beauty ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 4, 1965 | 5D | Lullaby word. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 31, 1964 | 32A | Beauty ___. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Sat Mar 7, 1964 | 34D | Lullaby theme. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 8, 1963 | 86D | Somnolence. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Mon Jan 21, 1963 | 22A | Lullaby refrain. | Norma Schier | Farrar |
Sun Nov 11, 1962 | 28A | Slumber. | Will C. Weng | Farrar |
Wed Apr 11, 1962 | 45D | Lie dormant. | Kathryn Righter | Farrar |
Sun Dec 3, 1961 | 34A | Condition of rest. | A. H. Drummond Jr. | Farrar |
Wed May 3, 1961 | 52D | Siesta. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Mar 20, 1961 | 28D | Lullaby word. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 1, 1961 | 41A | Lullaby word. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 3, 1960 | 35D | Realm of Somnus. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 10, 1960 | 14D | Lullaby word. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 17, 1960 | 51D | Doze. | Mary Grow | Farrar |
Fri Jun 3, 1960 | 45A | The only thing people like that's good for them: E. M. Howe. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Feb 1, 1960 | 29D | Specialty of Somnus. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Nov 23, 1959 | 38A | One aspect of Morpheus. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 12, 1959 | 46A | Nap. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 2, 1958 | 1A | Nap. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Dec 1, 1956 | 28A | Nocturnal refreshment. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Nov 8, 1956 | 5A | Van Winkle's specialty. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Wed Aug 8, 1956 | 17D | Brunhilde's punishment. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 4, 1956 | 50D | Beauty aid. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Wed Dec 7, 1955 | 44D | Result of watching Nancy Berg's program. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 30, 1955 | 50A | Hibernation. | Mary Mackay | Farrar |
Fri Jul 9, 1954 | 47D | Lullaby subject. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 11, 1954 | 67A | Van Winkle's forte. | Bernice B. Amron | Farrar |
Tue Apr 21, 1953 | 43A | Nap. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Tue Sep 23, 1952 | 30D | About one-third of life. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Apr 5, 1952 | 5A | Rest the weary bones. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 27, 1951 | 29D | Result of counting sheep. | J. F. Kelly | Farrar |
Thu May 3, 1951 | 38A | Brunnhilde's punishment. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun Apr 8, 1951 | 85D | "Sore labour's bath ... ": W. S. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Jul 10, 1949 | 48D | Inert condition. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Nov 30, 1947 | 42A | Goal of lullaby. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Apr 1, 1945 | 102A | Night. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sun Feb 25, 1945 | 55A | Hibernate. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Mar 15, 1942 | 115A | "The universal vanquisher."—Sophocles. | Marie C. French | Farrar |