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170 total results for WANE( score: 50 )
71 results for WANE from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Aug 18, 2024 | 80A | Dwindle (3) | Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger | Fagliano |
Mon Sep 18, 2023 | 59D | Taper off (2) | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Thu Sep 14, 2023 | 30D | Decline (4) | Vasu Seralathan | Shortz |
Sat Apr 1, 2023 | 51D | Become less brilliant | Wyna Liu and Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Wed Sep 7, 2022 | 23D | Diminish (7) | Ekua Ewool | Shortz |
Mon Mar 28, 2022 | 56A | Get smaller, as the moon | Leslie Rogers | Shortz |
Mon Nov 1, 2021 | 29A | Decrease in size, as the moon | Fiona Taylor | Shortz |
Sat Oct 9, 2021 | 8D | Die out | August Lee-Kovach | Shortz |
Sun Mar 7, 2021 | 110D | A full moon will do this | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sat Sep 19, 2020 | 44D | Wax off? | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Jun 21, 2020 | 69D | Lessen in power | Byron and Harrison Walden | Shortz |
Fri Aug 16, 2019 | 49D | Stop waxing, say | Ori Brian | Shortz |
Thu Mar 21, 2019 | 66A | Go down, in a way | Christopher Adams | Shortz |
Mon Jul 9, 2018 | 39D | Decline (4) | John Lampkin | Shortz |
Fri Dec 8, 2017 | 24A | Start to go out | Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Fri Sep 15, 2017 | 41A | Go down (2) | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Sun Jan 22, 2017 | 18D | Ebb (4) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Mon Feb 29, 2016 | 65A | Become less full, as the moon | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Mon Sep 7, 2015 | 70A | Decline, as in popularity | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Wed Aug 26, 2015 | 34D | Die down (2) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Sun Jan 18, 2015 | 100D | Die down (2) | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Sun Nov 23, 2014 | 14A | Lose strength | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Oct 1, 2014 | 4D | Decline (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat Jan 18, 2014 | 58A | Draw to an end | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Tue Oct 29, 2013 | 53A | Fade (2) | Robert Cirillo | Shortz |
Wed May 15, 2013 | 45A | Lose oomph | David Sullivan | Shortz |
Wed Mar 13, 2013 | 35D | Grow dim (5) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Wed May 30, 2012 | 53A | Ebb (4) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun May 29, 2011 | 82A | Diminish (7) | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach | Shortz |
Tue Sep 28, 2010 | 37D | Ebb (4) | Michael Torch | Shortz |
Mon Jun 28, 2010 | 58D | What moons do after full moons | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Mon Feb 15, 2010 | 22A | Become less bright, as the moon | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sat Feb 21, 2009 | 34D | Drop off (4) | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden | Shortz |
Wed Feb 11, 2009 | 58A | Grow dim (5) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Dec 24, 2008 | 49D | Ebb (4) | Warren Biro | Shortz |
Mon Nov 3, 2008 | 62A | Decrease, as the moon | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
Fri Nov 2, 2007 | 5D | Draw to a close (3) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Mon Sep 3, 2007 | 23D | Decrease gradually (2) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sat Mar 10, 2007 | 49D | Flag | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2006 | 110D | Fall off (4) | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
Sat Feb 25, 2006 | 28A | Drop off (4) | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Thu Feb 16, 2006 | 18A | Drop off (4) | Levi Denham and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Oct 13, 2005 | 14A | Lose power | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 37D | Decrease gradually (2) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Wed Jun 30, 2004 | 11D | Diminish (7) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri Apr 23, 2004 | 57D | Draw to a close (3) | Alan Olschwang | Shortz |
Sun Feb 1, 2004 | 23A | Decline (4) | Roy Leban | Shortz |
Fri Nov 28, 2003 | 47A | Be on the way out | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed Feb 5, 2003 | 26A | Fall off (4) | Ron O'Hair | Shortz |
Sun Jan 27, 2002 | 113A | Fall off (4) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Dec 20, 2001 | 13D | Taper off (2) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Jul 1, 2001 | 75A | Go down (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Mon Nov 6, 2000 | 56D | Wind down (2) | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank | Shortz |
Mon May 29, 2000 | 50D | Diminish (7) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Fri May 14, 1999 | 2D | Fall off (4) | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Tue Jul 14, 1998 | 52D | Go downhill | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Sun Jan 25, 1998 | 104D | Dwindle (3) | Dave Tuller | Shortz |
Tue Dec 16, 1997 | 58D | Drop off (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed Sep 17, 1997 | 58D | Diminish (7) | Karen Hodge | Shortz |
Sat Apr 12, 1997 | 11D | Draw to a close (3) | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Tue Feb 18, 1997 | 16A | Wax's opposite | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Nov 11, 1996 | 23A | Grow dim (5) | S. Spadaccini | Shortz |
Sun Aug 25, 1996 | 41D | Peter out | R. Silvestri | Shortz |
Mon Jun 10, 1996 | 13A | Grow dim (5) | S. Spadaccini | Shortz |
Tue Dec 26, 1995 | 61A | Grow dim (5) | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
Sun Oct 29, 1995 | 2D | Fade (2) | Maura B. Jacobson | Shortz |
Sun Sep 24, 1995 | 77A | Alternative to wax | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Thu Apr 6, 1995 | 63A | Dwindle (3) | Lois Sidway | Shortz |
Sun Aug 21, 1994 | 21A | Diminish (7) | Ted Fulton | Shortz |
Tue May 24, 1994 | 21D | Diminish (7) | Arthur S. Ash | Shortz |
Sat Mar 5, 1994 | 25D | Wind down (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
1 result for WANE from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
May 19, 2024 | Acrostic | V | Head into a new phase | David Balton & Jane Stewart | Fagliano |
98 results for WANE from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Jul 23, 1993 | 28D | Diminish | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Wed Jan 6, 1993 | 62A | Decrease | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Sun Aug 26, 1990 | 138A | Diminish | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
Thu May 31, 1990 | 44A | Wax antonym | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Sun Apr 22, 1990 | 90A | Opposite of wax | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Sat Apr 8, 1989 | 31D | Peter out | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Sun Aug 28, 1988 | 67A | Decline | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Fri Jul 29, 1988 | 52D | Antithesis of wax | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Sun Jun 12, 1988 | 97D | Dwindle | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
Sun Apr 17, 1988 | 113A | Dwindle | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Fri Apr 8, 1988 | 63A | Diminish | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Fri Dec 4, 1987 | 23A | Ebb | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Thu Sep 10, 1987 | 46A | Abate | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
Mon Jan 5, 1987 | 62D | Slack off | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Sun Oct 12, 1986 | 39D | Dwindle | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Mon Oct 6, 1986 | 46A | Fade away | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Mon Apr 28, 1986 | 2D | Fade away | James R. Burns | Maleska |
Thu Apr 3, 1986 | 55D | Opposite of wax | William Canine | Maleska |
Tue Nov 5, 1985 | 37D | Grow dim | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Oct 1, 1985 | 55D | Anagram for anew | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Fri Aug 16, 1985 | 1A | Ebb | Whitten | Maleska |
Wed Jun 26, 1985 | 54A | Diminish | Elaine George | Maleska |
Mon Dec 24, 1984 | 34A | Diminish | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Sat Feb 4, 1984 | 41A | Decline | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Wed Sep 14, 1983 | 43D | Subside | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Mon Jul 12, 1982 | 37A | Dwindle | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Sat Feb 13, 1982 | 2D | Dwindle | Virginia Butler | Maleska |
Fri Apr 10, 1981 | 25A | Dwindle | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
Sun Mar 8, 1981 | 89A | Become less brilliant | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Wed Jul 30, 1980 | 9D | Recede | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Tue Jul 31, 1979 | 53D | Ebb | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Tue Dec 12, 1978 | 35D | Lose force | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sat Jun 10, 1978 | 53D | Pass one's heyday | Hal R. Hollinger | Maleska |
Thu Feb 16, 1978 | 29D | Lose force | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Fri Jun 17, 1977 | 31D | Decline | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Tue Nov 16, 1976 | 62A | Decline | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Wed Nov 10, 1976 | 50D | Peter out | Elaine D. Schorr | Weng |
Thu Jul 29, 1976 | 9A | Approach an end | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Thu Feb 19, 1976 | 47A | Diminish | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Sun Aug 31, 1975 | 45A | Approach an end | Barbara Lewis | Weng |
Thu Dec 26, 1974 | 12D | Dwindle | Evelyn Benshoof | Weng |
Sat Mar 23, 1974 | 23A | Decrease | Sara V. Tuckerman | Weng |
Wed May 30, 1973 | 49D | Peter out | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Apr 16, 1973 | 45A | Opposite of wax | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Sep 25, 1972 | 54D | Diminish | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Sep 15, 1972 | 13D | Decline | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Feb 3, 1972 | 50D | Decline | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Nov 30, 1971 | 64A | Dwindle | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Oct 18, 1971 | 48D | Wax's partner | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jul 6, 1971 | 36D | Fall in power | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 25, 1970 | 116D | Decline | Alfio Micci | Weng |
Mon Sep 14, 1970 | 65A | Lose power | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 5, 1970 | 54A | Lose force | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Dec 31, 1968 | 40A | Fade. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Dec 31, 1968 | 2D | Decrease. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 15, 1968 | 52D | Fade. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Feb 15, 1968 | 50D | Lessen. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Thu Dec 28, 1967 | 2D | Diminish. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sun Oct 15, 1967 | 110A | Decline. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Thu Jun 1, 1967 | 22D | Grow smaller. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Mon May 22, 1967 | 25A | Grow faint. | Mary Murdoch | Farrar |
Sun Dec 4, 1966 | 61A | Decline. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
Mon Jul 25, 1966 | 62A | Decrease. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 20, 1966 | 65A | Decrease. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 30, 1965 | 13A | Decline. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Dec 21, 1964 | 21A | Relative of wax. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Sep 21, 1964 | 55D | Lose power. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue May 12, 1964 | 11D | Decrease. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 23, 1963 | 18A | Lose power. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Wed Oct 16, 1963 | 13D | Diminish. | Michael Dubin | Farrar |
Sun Jun 30, 1963 | 72D | Decline. | Christine Valence | Farrar |
Mon Apr 9, 1962 | 5A | Decline. | James E. Hinish, Jr. | Farrar |
Tue Jan 16, 1962 | 13A | Lessen. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Sun May 7, 1961 | 87A | Decline. | Sandy Graf | Farrar |
Wed Apr 5, 1961 | 65A | Grow dim. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 14, 1961 | 31D | Decrease. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 5, 1961 | 58A | Grow smaller. | Dortha F. Marks | Farrar |
Sun Jan 8, 1961 | 126A | Subside. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Thu Nov 10, 1960 | 54D | Decrease. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 9, 1960 | 60A | Lose power. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Nov 30, 1959 | 18D | Decline. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 21, 1959 | 56D | Dwindle. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Mon Jan 19, 1959 | 54D | Taper off. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Tue Jul 1, 1958 | 56D | Ebb. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Mon Mar 10, 1958 | 25A | Decline. | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
Fri Sep 13, 1957 | 58D | Decline in power. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Wed May 1, 1957 | 2D | Decline. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Mon Jul 16, 1956 | 16A | Dwindle. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Mon Mar 19, 1956 | 2D | Lose power. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Fri Feb 24, 1956 | 64A | Opposite of wax. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri Dec 2, 1955 | 37A | Decline. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 12, 1955 | 31D | Dwindle. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 9, 1953 | 58D | Grow dim. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Dec 9, 1952 | 10D | Dwindle. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 14, 1951 | 13D | Opposite of wax. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 1, 1951 | 85D | Draw to a close. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Sun Apr 25, 1948 | 102D | Fall from power. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Jul 29, 1945 | 35A | Decline. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |