Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
Wed Nov 29, 2023 | 54D | Fast, bygone jet, for short | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
Fri May 26, 2023 | 37D | Concorde, e.g.: Abbr. | Hemant Mehta |
Thu Jan 26, 2023 | 30A | Boom producer, once: Abbr. | Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez |
Tue Jan 3, 2023 | 47D | Concorde, e.g., in brief | Margaret Seikel |
Wed May 11, 2022 | 60D | Bygone Mach 1 breaker, in brief | Michael Paleos |
Fri Mar 25, 2022 | 34D | Boomer that went bust, in brief | Evans Clinchy |
Tue Oct 19, 2021 | 47A | Bygone jet, for short | Ross Trudeau |
Sun Jun 27, 2021 | 128A | Retired flier, for short | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
Tue Apr 27, 2021 | 27D | Retired cross-Atlantic jet, for short | Jeff McDermott |
Mon Apr 5, 2021 | 46A | Bygone Mach 1 breaker, for short | Zhouqin Burnikel |
Thu Nov 19, 2020 | 24A | Noted "retiree" of '03 | Derek J. Angell |
Sat Oct 3, 2020 | 19A | Historic aircraft inits. | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
Thu Jul 23, 2020 | 71A | Retired means of travel, for short | Robyn Weintraub |
Sat Dec 28, 2019 | 8D | Historic barrier breaker, for short | Robyn Weintraub |
Fri Dec 27, 2019 | 44A | Onetime part of the Air France fleet, in brief | Sam Trabucco |
Wed Nov 13, 2019 | 25A | U.S.S.R.'s Tu-144, e.g. | Ed Sessa |
Wed Aug 28, 2019 | 55D | Fast flier of the past, for short | Daniel Grinberg |
Tue Jul 2, 2019 | 70A | Former fast jet, in brief | Peter Gordon |
Thu Dec 20, 2018 | 46D | Concorde, e.g., for short (3) | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
Mon Nov 12, 2018 | 49A | Concorde, e.g., for short (3) | Kathy Bloomer |
Sun Aug 19, 2018 | 89D | Cross-Atlantic flier, once, in brief | Jacob Stulberg |
Sat Mar 3, 2018 | 64D | High-speed inits. | Damon Gulczynski |
Wed Oct 25, 2017 | 67D | Air travel option until '03 | Jules P. Markey |
Thu Aug 10, 2017 | 42A | Attraction at Boeing's Museum of Flight, for short | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
Sun Jul 2, 2017 | 10D | Onetime J.F.K. sight | Patrick Blindauer |
Mon May 22, 2017 | 75A | Concorde, for short | Gary Kennedy |
Mon Mar 6, 2017 | 43D | Retired jet, for short (2) | Susan Gelfand |
Thu Oct 27, 2016 | 63A | It went boom, for short | Milo Beckman |
Sun Sep 4, 2016 | 31A | Concorde, e.g. (2) | Tom McCoy |
Sun Oct 25, 2015 | 127D | Retired boomer (4) | Bill Zais |
Mon Oct 19, 2015 | 10D | Concorde, e.g., for short (3) | Bruce Venzke and Victor Fleming |
Sun Aug 30, 2015 | 122A | Boom source (2) | Lee Taylor |
Mon Jul 13, 2015 | 58A | Bygone cross-Atlantic jet, for short | Zhouqin Burnikel |
Sat May 2, 2015 | 36D | Retired runway model (3) | Barry C. Silk |
Sun Mar 22, 2015 | 41A | Retired runway model (3) | Jeremy Newton |
Wed Feb 11, 2015 | 39D | Former barrier breaker | Will Treece |
Fri Dec 19, 2014 | 63A | Craft that must overcome wave drag, in brief | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
Tue Dec 2, 2014 | 57A | Jet for the jet set | Timothy Polin |
Fri Nov 21, 2014 | 56D | Boomer for nearly 35 yrs. | Kevin Christian |
Sun Sep 21, 2014 | 75A | Orly bird, once? | Michael Ashley |
Tue Jun 10, 2014 | 34A | Jet that once made a boom, in brief | Pamela Klawitter |
Sun Mar 30, 2014 | 49D | New York arrival of '77 | Peter A. Collins |
Fri Mar 7, 2014 | 58D | Retired boomer (4) | Matt Ginsberg |
Wed Feb 12, 2014 | 44A | Fleet member retired in '03 | Peter A. Collins |
Wed Sep 11, 2013 | 19A | Former Brit. Airways vehicle | Patrick Blindauer |
Sun Jul 28, 2013 | 108D | Bygone flier (4) | Andrew Reynolds |
Wed Dec 19, 2012 | 40D | Mach 1 breaker (4) | Mike Buckley |
Sun Nov 25, 2012 | 30A | Contrail source, once: Abbr. | Jeff Chen |
Sat Nov 3, 2012 | 36D | Retired boomer (4) | Milo Beckman |
Thu Oct 18, 2012 | 41A | Bygone flier, for short (2) | Samuel A. Donaldson |
Mon Oct 1, 2012 | 64D | Across-the-Atlantic flier of old, briefly | Susan Gelfand |
Sun Sep 23, 2012 | 120D | European streaker, once, in brief | Matt Ginsberg |
Thu Jun 21, 2012 | 40A | Bygone travel option, informally | Caleb Emmons |
Sat May 5, 2012 | 11D | Boom maker, once | Ned White |
Tue May 1, 2012 | 31D | Fast jet, for short (3) | Zoe Wheeler and Aimee Lucido |
Thu Jul 14, 2011 | 56D | Display at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, for short | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood |
Sun Jun 26, 2011 | 101D | Retired flier (4) | David Levinson Wilk |
Sun Jun 12, 2011 | 90A | Former flier, for short | C. W. Stewart |
Fri May 13, 2011 | 6D | Boomer that retired in the early '00s? | Joe Krozel |
Thu Mar 3, 2011 | 70A | Bygone flier (4) | David J. Kahn |
Sun Nov 14, 2010 | 114D | J.F.K. arrival of old | Patrick Berry |
Thu Oct 7, 2010 | 1A | It began commercial service in '76 | Patrick Blindauer |
Mon Sep 27, 2010 | 65D | Fast jet, for short (3) | Janice M. Putney |
Sat Jul 31, 2010 | 29D | Retired runway model (3) | Barry C. Silk |
Fri Jun 25, 2010 | 5D | "Bird" with a flexible nose | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |
Sat Apr 24, 2010 | 40A | One with delta wings, briefly | Thomas Heilman |
Sat Mar 13, 2010 | 43A | Flier with delta wings | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
Sun Feb 21, 2010 | 38D | Former part of the British Airways fleet, for short | Eric Berlin |
Mon Feb 1, 2010 | 27A | Mach 1 breaker (4) | Scott Atkinson |
Thu Jan 7, 2010 | 22A | High flier, once | Xan Vongsathorn |
Sun Dec 27, 2009 | 17D | Grounded flier (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Mon Nov 30, 2009 | 64A | Fast jet, for short (3) | Oliver Hill |
Sun Sep 6, 2009 | 117D | Onetime boom maker | Robert H. Wolfe |
Sun Aug 30, 2009 | 30D | Bygone flier (4) | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
Mon May 4, 2009 | 22A | Concorde, in brief | Mark Milhet |
Thu Mar 12, 2009 | 36A | Bygone flier, for short (2) | David Chapus |
Tue Oct 7, 2008 | 51A | Old J.F.K. lander | Kevin G. Der |
Mon Oct 6, 2008 | 33A | Retired flier (4) | Patrick Blindauer |
Fri Oct 3, 2008 | 60D | Historic barrier breaker | Harvey Estes |
Thu Sep 25, 2008 | 31A | Retired barrier breaker, for short | Victor Fleming |
Wed Sep 3, 2008 | 60D | Bygone aircraft, briefly | David J. Kahn |
Thu Jun 26, 2008 | 26D | Former fleet member | David J. Kahn |
Sat Jun 7, 2008 | 9D | Former boomer | Karen M. Tracey |
Thu May 15, 2008 | 13D | J.F.K. visitor, once | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed Mar 5, 2008 | 11A | Plane with a machmeter: Abbr. | Steven Ginzburg |
Sun Dec 30, 2007 | 98D | Grounded flier (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Mon Dec 3, 2007 | 13D | Lander at J.F.K., once | Harvey Estes |
Thu Sep 6, 2007 | 10D | Boomer, once | Daniel C. Bryant |
Wed Jul 4, 2007 | 12D | Sound barrier breaker: Abbr. | Patrick Blindauer |
Thu May 24, 2007 | 57A | Old J.F.K. sight | Patrick Merrell |
Sun May 20, 2007 | 38A | Retired boomer (4) | Seth A. Abel |
Fri Mar 2, 2007 | 58A | Bygone flier (4) | Eric Berlin |
Sun Aug 13, 2006 | 81D | Mach 1 passer | Derrick Niederman |
Thu Aug 10, 2006 | 4D | Bygone air inits. | Todd McClary |
Wed Apr 5, 2006 | 36D | Travel option for about 30 yrs. | Patrick Merrell |
Mon Mar 27, 2006 | 22D | Retired jet, for short (2) | Janice M. Putney |
Tue Mar 14, 2006 | 23A | Long-nosed flier, for short | Lynn Lempel |
Thu Mar 2, 2006 | 13D | The U.S.S.R. had the first civilian one | Patrick Merrell |
Tue Feb 21, 2006 | 29A | Onetime Heathrow sight: Abbr. | Lisa Wiseman |
Tue Feb 7, 2006 | 23A | Former flier to J.F.K. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed Sep 28, 2005 | 40A | Former J.F.K. lander | Randall J. Hartman |
Sun Aug 14, 2005 | 101A | Delta wing craft | Patrick Merrell |
Sun Jun 19, 2005 | 1D | Air France flier until '03 | Manny Nosowsky |
Mon Dec 27, 2004 | 32D | Grounded jet, for short | Levi Denham |
Sat Oct 16, 2004 | 46A | Old flying option | Dana Motley |
Tue Oct 12, 2004 | 26D | It's not breaking the sound barrier anymore | Nancy Kavanaugh |
Mon Sep 27, 2004 | 1D | Jet decommissioned in '03 | Gregory Paul |
Thu Apr 29, 2004 | 4D | Retired flier (4) | Steven Kahn |
Sun Mar 21, 2004 | 23A | 2003 addition to the Museum of Flight | Roy Leban |
Tue Mar 16, 2004 | 44D | Retired flier (4) | Ron Sweet |
Fri Mar 5, 2004 | 65D | Retired cruiser | Gary Steinmehl |
Mon Dec 29, 2003 | 60D | Champagne-flight jet | Gregory E. Paul |
Tue Dec 16, 2003 | 13D | Retired speedster | M. Francis Vuolo |
Tue Oct 21, 2003 | 62D | It doesn't fly anymore | John Underwood |
Tue Aug 19, 2003 | 49A | Concorde | Karen M. Tracey |
Mon Jun 23, 2003 | 11A | Transatlantic flier, for short | Raymond Hamel |
Wed Jun 11, 2003 | 42D | Atl. crosser (3) | Nancy Salomon |
Mon Mar 24, 2003 | 58D | Speedy way to get to Paris | Alison D. Donald |
Sun Mar 9, 2003 | 35A | High flier | Patrick Berry |
Wed Jan 8, 2003 | 54A | Mach 1 breaker (4) | James Rogers |
Thu Nov 14, 2002 | 60D | Noisy streaker | Paula Gamache |
Wed Nov 13, 2002 | 62D | Heathrow plane | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Tue Oct 22, 2002 | 10D | Speedy jet to J.F.K. | Michael Shteyman |
Fri Oct 11, 2002 | 57D | Scrapped Boeing project | A. J. Santora |
Wed Sep 25, 2002 | 13D | Streak in the sky, for short | Tyler Hinman |
Wed Aug 14, 2002 | 65D | One of a fleet fleet | David Levinson Wilk |
Sun Aug 4, 2002 | 78D | Fast one, for short | Robert Malinow |
Sat Jun 15, 2002 | 19A | Noisy transportation | Trip Payne |
Sat May 11, 2002 | 10D | One making a quick trip | Mark Diehl |
Sat Feb 23, 2002 | 43A | Mach 1 breaker (4) | Rich Norris |
Sat Jan 19, 2002 | 42D | New craft of '68 | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
Fri Nov 16, 2001 | 13D | Mach-1 surpasser | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Sun Sep 23, 2001 | 93A | Atl. crosser (3) | Randolph Ross |
Sat Sep 8, 2001 | 15D | New flier of 1968 | Jim Page |
Wed Aug 15, 2001 | 39A | Expensive transport | Karen Young Bonin |
Mon Jun 25, 2001 | 41A | Fast plane: Abbr. | Stanley Newman |
Wed Jun 13, 2001 | 60D | Brit. Airways vehicle | Nick Grivas |
Fri May 11, 2001 | 60D | Unrealized 60's Boeing project | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Fri Apr 6, 2001 | 32D | Mach 2 craft | David J. Kahn |
Sun Mar 11, 2001 | 63A | J.F.K. sight (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Sun Nov 12, 2000 | 39A | Focus of a July 2000 crash investigation | Joe DiPietro |
Fri Nov 10, 2000 | 27A | Plane with a tipped nose | Bob Klahn |
Wed Nov 1, 2000 | 45D | J.F.K. plane | Peter Gordon |
Tue Jul 11, 2000 | 38D | Speedy flier | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon |
Tue Jun 27, 2000 | 22D | Concorde, e.g. (2) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
Fri May 26, 2000 | 7D | Boom source (2) | Joe DiPietro |
Thu May 25, 2000 | 39A | Transatlantic cruiser | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed May 24, 2000 | 28D | Barrier breaker, for short | Chuck Deodene |
Thu Apr 27, 2000 | 63D | Jet-set jet | Greg Staples |
Wed Mar 29, 2000 | 65D | Fast wings | Peter Gordon |
Sun Jan 2, 2000 | 66D | Boom producer | Rich Norris |
Sat Nov 6, 1999 | 24A | Noisy flier | Joan Bayer Williamson |
Sat Jun 26, 1999 | 42A | It has an adjustable nose | John Wolting |
Mon May 31, 1999 | 42A | Concorde, notably | Joey Crumley |
Thu May 20, 1999 | 1A | BA or AF plane | Zack Butler |
Thu May 13, 1999 | 1A | Public transport since '76 | Rich Norris |
Fri Apr 30, 1999 | 27D | Queen's way to the U.S.A. | Pat M. Hugel |
Fri Apr 23, 1999 | 22A | Aviation introduction of 1968 | Harvey Estes |
Sun Apr 18, 1999 | 33A | Air France fleet member | Frank Longo |
Sun Feb 14, 1999 | 101D | Atl. crosser (3) | Elizabeth Gorski |
Sun Jan 3, 1999 | 5D | Euroflier | Randolph Ross |
Sun Dec 13, 1998 | 9D | J.F.K. arrival (2) | Richard Silvestri |
Wed Nov 4, 1998 | 7D | J.F.K. arrival (2) | Rich Norris |
Sun Sep 6, 1998 | 33A | Sound barrier breaker, for short | Rich Norris |
Sun Jun 7, 1998 | 5D | Atl. speedster | Randolph Ross |
Fri Apr 24, 1998 | 64D | Rapid transit (2) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Sun Jan 11, 1998 | 99A | L-1011 alternative | Nancy Joline and Peg Conner |
Fri Jan 9, 1998 | 58D | European streaker | Manny Nosowsky |
Sat Dec 27, 1997 | 29A | Rapid transit? (2) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Sun Dec 7, 1997 | 112D | Fast way to J.F.K. | Randolph Ross |
Thu Dec 4, 1997 | 5D | J.F.K. lander | Eileen Lexau |
Wed Dec 3, 1997 | 42A | It'll get you there P.D.Q. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed Nov 12, 1997 | 48A | J.F.K. sight (3) | Randall J. Hartman |
Tue Sep 9, 1997 | 63D | See 37-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Thu Aug 21, 1997 | 4D | Its business is booming | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Sat Aug 9, 1997 | 40D | A fast one | Raymond Hamel |
Sun Jul 27, 1997 | 8D | Sight at Dulles (2) | June Boggs |
Wed Jul 2, 1997 | 46A | J.F.K. regular | Richard Hughes |
Thu Jun 19, 1997 | 1D | 747 alternative | Patrick Jordan |
Sat Mar 1, 1997 | 31A | Time-saving means of travel | Jim Page |
Mon Jan 6, 1997 | 40A | Jet to Heathrow | S. L. Robbins |
Wed Aug 28, 1996 | 39D | Transportation that's booming? | F. Heaney |
Sat Jun 15, 1996 | 23A | Sight at Dulles (2) | R. Ross |
Tue Mar 12, 1996 | 23A | J.F.K. jet | R. J. Hartman |
Mon Aug 7, 1995 | 6D | Fast plane (2) | Sidney L. Robbins |
Fri Jul 7, 1995 | 69A | Mach topper (2) | Wayne Robert Williams |
Thu Jan 26, 1995 | 29D | Atl. flier | A.J. Santora |
Wed Dec 14, 1994 | 22A | Mach topper (2) | Wayne Robert Williams |
Mon Sep 26, 1994 | 32A | Fast plane (2) | Sidney L. Robbins |
Sat Sep 10, 1994 | 32D | Craft with delta wings | Rand H. Burns |
Sat Aug 27, 1994 | 48A | J.F.K. sight (3) | Joy L. Wouk |
Wed Jul 20, 1994 | 37D | Trans-Atlantic flier | Harvey Estes |
Wed Jul 13, 1994 | 9D | Jet set's jet | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
Wed Mar 23, 1994 | 64A | Fast wings, for short | Cathy Millhauser |
Fri Jan 7, 1994 | 66D | Wings of a sort | Fred Piscop |