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70 total results for STRAIT( score: 50 )
22 results for STRAIT from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Dec 12, 2018 | 24A | ___ of Hormuz | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Tue Jul 10, 2018 | 19A | Narrow passage for ships | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Fri Jun 8, 2018 | 28D | Tough situation | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Sun Oct 1, 2017 | 30D | Narrow waterway (2) | Robert Fisher | Shortz |
Wed May 17, 2017 | 20A | Passage off Gibraltar, e.g. | Paul Hunsberger | Shortz |
Mon Mar 27, 2017 | 29A | Narrow water passage | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Mon Oct 6, 2014 | 22D | Narrow marine passageway | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Wed Feb 5, 2014 | 29A | ___ of Gibraltar | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Wed Apr 13, 2011 | 5D | Naval route | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Jan 24, 2010 | 150A | Narrow waterway (2) | David Kwong and Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Sun Nov 15, 2009 | 6D | Narrow way | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Mar 15, 2009 | 66A | Nautical passage | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Jun 29, 2008 | 36A | Sea route (2) | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Thu Nov 30, 2006 | 6D | Ship's passage | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Mar 1, 2004 | 35A | Predicament | Gail Grabowski | Shortz |
Sat Oct 30, 1999 | 24A | Narrow passage | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Feb 28, 1999 | 49A | Commercial passage | Dave Tuller | Shortz |
Sun Sep 20, 1998 | 78A | Nautical passageway | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Tue Jun 24, 1997 | 23D | Sea route (2) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Tue Mar 12, 1996 | 10D | Mariner's passage | R. J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Oct 2, 1994 | 64A | Shipping route | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Mon Jan 24, 1994 | 50D | Magellan, e.g. | Janie Lyons | Shortz |
2 results for STRAIT from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Jan 21, 2018 | Acrostic | G | Counterpart to an isthmus | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Dec 8, 2013 | Panda | 7D | For tar, it's rather narrow | Mel Taub | Shortz |
46 results for STRAIT from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Nov 1, 1992 | 94A | Jacket or laced leader | Caroline G. Fitzgerald | Maleska |
Tue Jan 21, 1992 | 21A | Word with jacket or laced | Peggy Devlin | Maleska |
Thu Mar 9, 1989 | 35D | Gibraltar or Hormuz | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Sat Jul 30, 1988 | 4D | Hecate is one | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Wed Apr 20, 1988 | 50D | ___ of Magellan | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Thu May 15, 1986 | 20A | East River, e.g. | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Sun Apr 27, 1986 | 38A | View from Gibraltar | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Wed Sep 7, 1983 | 8D | East River, e.g. | John Greenman | Maleska |
Thu Jul 21, 1983 | 24A | Emergency | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Tue Sep 30, 1980 | 25A | Narrow water passage | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sun Dec 2, 1979 | 37D | Narrow passage | George Rose Smith | Maleska |
Wed May 2, 1979 | 46A | ___ of Gibraltar | Johnson | Maleska |
Thu Mar 1, 1979 | 45A | Juan de Fuca, e.g. | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Fri Jun 30, 1978 | 37D | Bering or Hudson | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Tue Oct 18, 1977 | 5D | Passage off Gibraltar | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Thu Apr 7, 1977 | 54A | Passage off Gibraltar | Elaine D. Schorr | Maleska |
Wed Dec 15, 1976 | 5D | Kind of jacket | Jack Wherry | Weng |
Wed Jul 21, 1976 | 41A | Water passage | Anthony B. Canning | Weng |
Sun Dec 7, 1975 | 103A | Kind of jacket | Barbara Gillis | Weng |
Fri Mar 28, 1975 | 53A | Narrow passage | Jean Reed | Weng |
Tue Oct 15, 1974 | 45D | Magellan or Gibraltar | Manny Miller | Weng |
Sun Aug 27, 1972 | 3D | Kind of jacket | Alfio Micci | Weng |
Sat Sep 18, 1971 | 36A | Formosa ___ | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Aug 3, 1971 | 9D | Narrow passage | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Sep 26, 1970 | 40D | Difficulty | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Mar 24, 1970 | 43A | One kind of jacket | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jul 15, 1969 | 8D | Difficult position. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 19, 1969 | 113A | Gide's "___ Is the Gate" | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Sun Jan 5, 1969 | 111D | ___-laced | Frances Hansen | Farrar |
Fri Nov 1, 1968 | 36A | Malacca, for one. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Feb 5, 1968 | 4D | Gibraltar, for one. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 14, 1966 | 30A | Narrow water passage. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 3, 1966 | 30D | Malacca, for one. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Mon May 31, 1965 | 42D | Narrow channel. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 10, 1965 | 9D | Bosporus. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 15, 1960 | 91A | Windward Passage, for example. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sat Mar 14, 1959 | 36A | Waterway. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sat Sep 6, 1958 | 31A | The Narrows, for example. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Sep 4, 1957 | 13D | East River, for example. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Apr 19, 1957 | 8D | Narrow channel. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sat Nov 3, 1956 | 9D | Narrow waterway. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 5, 1951 | 56A | The Narrows, for instance. | Samuel K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sun Oct 30, 1949 | 48A | What Malacca is. | Edward Buckler | Farrar |
Sun Jul 3, 1949 | 92D | "___ Is the Gate."—AndrĂ© Gide. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Oct 26, 1947 | 120A | Narrow pass. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Apr 14, 1946 | 60A | Dover ___. | Charles Cross | Farrar |