Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sun Jun 9, 2024 | 66A | Christmas poem opener (2) | Zachary Schiff | Fagliano |
Sun Nov 19, 2023 | 77D | "___ the night before Christmas …" (8) | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi | Shortz |
Mon Jul 31, 2023 | 31D | "___ the night before Christmas …" (8) | David Litman and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun Dec 4, 2022 | 61D | What comes before the night before Christmas? | Gustie Owens | Shortz |
Wed Mar 16, 2022 | 36D | Opening on Christmas Eve? | Joseph Gangi | Shortz |
Tue Nov 23, 2021 | 49D | Contraction starting a Christmas poem | Eric Bornstein | Shortz |
Tue Nov 16, 2021 | 59D | "___ the night before Christmas ..." (8) | Drew Schmenner | Shortz |
Mon Oct 18, 2021 | 34D | "___ the night before Christmas ..." (8) | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Sun Jun 13, 2021 | 10A | First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (2) | Stephen McCarthy | Shortz |
Fri Nov 13, 2020 | 57D | "___ brillig ..." (2) | Sawyer Tabony and Ashton Anderson | Shortz |
Wed Oct 7, 2020 | 1A | "___ a rough night": Macbeth | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun Sep 8, 2019 | 45A | First word of "Jabberwocky" (4) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Sep 3, 2019 | 1A | First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (2) | Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Thu May 2, 2019 | 23A | Contraction at the start of a sentence | Julie Bérubé | Shortz |
Wed Mar 20, 2019 | 15D | Contraction that starts "Jabberwocky" | Erik Agard, Amanda Chung and Karl Ni | Shortz |
Sun Feb 10, 2019 | 108D | Start of a classic Christmas poem | Lee Taylor | Shortz |
Sun Feb 3, 2019 | 61A | "Love, when we met, ___ like two planets meeting": Ella Wheeler Wilcox | Natan Last | Shortz |
Sun Mar 4, 2018 | 64A | "___ autumn, and a clear and placid day": Wordsworth | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Jan 21, 2018 | 49A | Holiday poem starter | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis | Shortz |
Sat Dec 9, 2017 | 44D | First word of "Jabberwocky" (4) | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Fri Dec 1, 2017 | 10A | "___ brillig ..." (2) | Lily Silverstein | Shortz |
Mon Jan 16, 2017 | 23D | "___ the night before Christmas ..." (8) | John Wrenholt | Shortz |
Sat Jul 4, 2015 | 50D | "___ not to be" | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Tue Mar 24, 2015 | 58A | Xmas poem opener | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Mon May 12, 2014 | 72A | "___ the night before Christmas ..." (8) | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Sun Jul 22, 2012 | 99A | "___ like a Maelstrom, with a notch" (Emily Dickinson poem) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jun 10, 2012 | 98A | "Jabberwocky" starter (4) | Xan Vongsathorn | Shortz |
Wed Feb 8, 2012 | 34D | Start of a Clement Moore classic | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun Nov 21, 2010 | 14A | Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" | Clive Probert | Shortz |
Sat Oct 23, 2010 | 37A | "___ Love — not me": Dickinson | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Mon Apr 19, 2010 | 6A | "___ the night before ..." (5) | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Thu Mar 26, 2009 | 36A | Christmas verse starter | Edward Safran | Shortz |
Mon Dec 1, 2008 | 52D | "___ the night before Christmas ..." (8) | Eric J. Platt | Shortz |
Sun Jan 27, 2008 | 45A | First word of "Jabberwocky" (4) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Sat Dec 29, 2007 | 11A | "___ wondrous pitiful": "Othello" | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Wed Nov 28, 2007 | 1A | "Jabberwocky" start (3) | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
Sat Jan 13, 2007 | 25A | "Jabberwocky" opener (3) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Sep 3, 2006 | 27A | Poetic contraction | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig | Shortz |
Thu Aug 3, 2006 | 53D | Holiday poem opener | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sun Oct 16, 2005 | 40D | It's in the past | Con Pederson | Shortz |
Tue Aug 9, 2005 | 48D | "Jabberwocky" start (3) | Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Wed Mar 9, 2005 | 10A | "Jabberwocky" starter (4) | Rob Richardson | Shortz |
Sun Dec 19, 2004 | 102D | Start of a Christmas classic | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) | Shortz |
Fri Jul 16, 2004 | 1D | Moore verse opener | Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Mon Mar 22, 2004 | 30A | "___ the night before Christmas ..." (8) | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Thu Nov 20, 2003 | 1A | Christmas poem opener (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Fri Jun 6, 2003 | 34A | "Jabberwocky" start (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sat Feb 1, 2003 | 55A | "... ___ but the wind": Byron | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Fri Jan 3, 2003 | 50D | "Jabberwocky" starter (4) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Tue Oct 1, 2002 | 33D | "Jabberwocky" starter (4) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Wed Jan 9, 2002 | 56D | Start of a Yuletide reading | Susan Harrington Smith | Shortz |
Wed Dec 12, 2001 | 37D | "___ the night ..." | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Fri Sep 28, 2001 | 53D | First word of "Jabberwocky" (4) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Thu Jun 7, 2001 | 47D | "Jabberwocky" opener (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon Mar 5, 2001 | 63A | First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" | Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
Tue Feb 20, 2001 | 16A | "___ the night before ..." (5) | Steven Dorfman | Shortz |
Sat Feb 3, 2001 | 41A | "Jabberwocky" opener (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon Jan 1, 2001 | 5A | "___ the night before ..." (5) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue Jun 1, 1999 | 21A | "___ the night before..." (5) | Myles Callum | Shortz |
Tue Apr 6, 1999 | 53D | "___ the night before..." (5) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Sun Jan 12, 1997 | 43D | Moore starter | M. Rosen | Shortz |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Jul 3, 2005 | Diagramless | 1A | "___ the night before Christmas " | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sun Aug 22, 1993 | 128A | Start of a C. Moore classic | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
Fri Jul 2, 1993 | 67A | "___ the night ... " | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Thu May 28, 1992 | 1D | Start of a C. Moore poem | Norman S. Wizer | Maleska |
Sat Jan 4, 1992 | 66A | Poetic contraction | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sat Oct 12, 1991 | 57D | Start of a C. Moore poem | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Mon Nov 12, 1990 | 46A | Yuletide poem opener | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Mar 10, 1989 | 35D | "___ the night before ... " | William Baxley | Maleska |
Wed Feb 15, 1989 | 55D | First word of Moore's famous poem | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Sat Feb 4, 1989 | 24D | "___ the night ... " | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Fri Jul 22, 1988 | 49D | Clement C. Moore's opener | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
Sun Oct 4, 1987 | 98A | Clement C. Moore opening | Caroline G. Fitzgerald | Maleska |
Sun Mar 2, 1986 | 31A | Start of a C. Moore poem | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
Mon Aug 12, 1985 | 10A | Start of a C. Moore poem | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sat Jul 6, 1985 | 28A | "___ the night before Christmas ... " | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Wed Oct 24, 1984 | 50A | "___ the night before ... " | Stanley B. Whitten | Maleska |
Tue Sep 18, 1984 | 69A | "___ a dark and stormy ... " | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Thu Mar 24, 1983 | 5A | Start of Clement Moore's poem | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
Wed Feb 10, 1982 | 1A | Start of Moore's Yule poem | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sun Dec 27, 1981 | 112A | "___ the night before ... " | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Wed Jul 22, 1981 | 51D | "___ the night before ... " | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Sun Jun 28, 1981 | 86D | Start of a C. Moore poem | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Fri Jan 18, 1980 | 44A | Twos, in Dundee | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Apr 20, 1979 | 9A | "___ the night before ... " | Hugh McElroy | Maleska |
Sun Mar 4, 1979 | 88D | "___ brillig ... " | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Wed Jan 18, 1978 | 44A | Yuletide rhyme opener | Weil | Maleska |
Tue Dec 27, 1977 | 13D | "___ the night ... " | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Oct 22, 1977 | 41A | Start of Clement Moore's famous poem | Adelyn Lewis | Maleska |
Thu Aug 25, 1977 | 49D | "___ the night before ... " | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Sat Jul 10, 1976 | 62D | "___ the night before ... " | Marion Moeser | Weng |
Mon Apr 26, 1976 | 56D | "___ the night before ... " | Harriet Gilson Rosenberg | Weng |
Sun Dec 21, 1975 | 114A | "___ the night ... " | Anne Fox | Weng |
Sun Feb 23, 1975 | 66A | Start of a well-known poem | Bert Beaman | Weng |
Tue Sep 3, 1974 | 5A | "___ the night ... " | Jim Page | Weng |
Thu Jun 27, 1974 | 31D | "___ the night ... " | George Raventos | Weng |
Sun Apr 14, 1974 | 39A | "___ brillig ... " | Threba Johnson | Weng |
Wed Dec 12, 1973 | 1A | "___ brillig ... " | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Nov 4, 1973 | 105D | "___ the night before ... " | Richard Camp | Weng |
Mon Aug 6, 1973 | 37D | "___ the night before ... " | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jan 22, 1973 | 27D | "___ brillig and the slithy ... " | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 7, 1973 | 118A | Dec. 24 word | Edward J. O'Brien | Weng |
Wed Jun 28, 1972 | 51D | First word of Moore poem | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Mar 20, 1972 | 63A | "___ the night before ... " | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Mar 1, 1972 | 51D | "___ the night before ... " | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 24, 1971 | 50D | "___ the night before ... " | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Mar 23, 1971 | 54A | Poetic contraction | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 3, 1971 | 106A | First word of Xmas poem | Herbert Ettenson | Weng |
Sun Sep 27, 1970 | 111D | "___ the night ... " | Keith Blake | Weng |
Sun Nov 9, 1969 | 40D | Start of Clement Moore poem | John Willig | Weng |
Mon Jul 29, 1968 | 45D | Before "the night before Christmas" | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 2, 1968 | 52D | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Oct 12, 1967 | 9A | First word of "Jabberwocky." | Sara V. Tuckerman | Farrar |
Thu Sep 7, 1967 | 71A | "___ brillig ... " | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Fri Sep 1, 1967 | 53D | Poetic contraction. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sun Jul 30, 1967 | 90D | "___ brillig ... " | Louis Sabin | Farrar |
Thu Jun 8, 1967 | 51A | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 26, 1967 | 73A | Poetic contraction. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Sun Jan 1, 1967 | 99D | Poetic contraction. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
Sat Oct 29, 1966 | 53D | Poetic contraction. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Sun Aug 21, 1966 | 109D | Poetic contraction. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Thu Mar 17, 1966 | 28A | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jun 12, 1965 | 50D | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jun 26, 1964 | 43A | "___ brillig ... " | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Dec 29, 1962 | 35D | Poetic contraction. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Fri May 25, 1962 | 26A | "___ brillig ... " | Jean Reed | Farrar |
Mon Oct 16, 1961 | 30D | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Sep 26, 1961 | 24D | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Aug 10, 1961 | 53D | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 9, 1961 | 60A | "___ brillig ... " | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 11, 1960 | 13A | Poetic contraction. | Tom Mixon | Farrar |
Fri Sep 2, 1960 | 1A | Poetic contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 13, 1960 | 31D | Common verbal contraction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Dec 18, 1959 | 10A | "___ the night before Christmas ... " | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri May 2, 1958 | 10A | "___ brillig ... " | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Wed Jul 24, 1957 | 43A | Poetic contraction. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Fri Jun 14, 1957 | 14D | Poetic contraction. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Tue Jan 15, 1957 | 59D | Poetic contraction. | Mel Taub | Farrar |
Sat Jan 5, 1957 | 1A | "___ brillig ... " | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Aug 12, 1956 | 64D | Start of Clement Moore's poem. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Sun Dec 4, 1955 | 54D | Poetic contraction. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Mon Aug 23, 1954 | 68A | Poetic contraction. | M. S. Manning | Farrar |
Sat Jun 12, 1954 | 57D | Start of a Xmas poem. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sat Jul 26, 1952 | 14D | First word of Clement Moore's poem. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 29, 1947 | 51A | "___ the Night Before Christmas." | Lester Keene | Farrar |