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| Anagrams: | ANGOR, ROGAN, ORGAN, AGRON, NAGOR, GORAN, RAGON, GRANO, ORANG, RANGO, GROAN |
See the dictionary definition for ARGON.
76 total results for ARGON ( score: 50 )
38 results for ARGON from Shortz Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Shortz Era occurrences).
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
| Mon Jun 6, 2022 | 57A | Element suggested phonetically by NOPQ STUV ... | Michael Schlossberg |
| Tue Nov 2, 2021 | 15A | Element below neon on the periodic table | Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock |
| Wed Oct 6, 2021 | 36D | Its atomic number is 18 | Jules Markey |
| Tue May 25, 2021 | 3D | First noble gas to be discovered | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| Tue Jan 21, 2020 | 56A | Fluorescent bulb filler | Carl Larson |
| Wed Oct 9, 2019 | 9D | Neighbor of krypton on the periodic table | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Fri Aug 9, 2019 | 44D | Most common noble gas | John Guzzetta |
| Sun Jul 8, 2018 | 29A | Third-most abundant gas in the atmosphere | Bruce Haight |
| Tue Oct 10, 2017 | 18A | <--, on the periodic table | Mark MacLachlan |
| Fri May 29, 2015 | 38A | Roughly 1% of the earth's atmosphere | Patrick Berry |
| Wed Aug 28, 2013 | 63A | It lights up when it's excited | Erik Agard |
| Sun Jun 23, 2013 | 72A | Gas in a vacuum tube | Patrick Berry |
| Thu Aug 23, 2012 | 32D | .93% of the earth's atmosphere | Mark Feldman |
| Tue Mar 1, 2011 | 11D | Most common inert gas in the atmosphere | C. W. Stewart |
| Sat Jun 26, 2010 | 29D | Composition of some plasmas | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thu Jan 3, 2008 | 30D | Element whose name roughly means "lazy" | Henry Hook |
| Sun Oct 7, 2007 | 40A | Vacuum tube filler (4) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Sun Jun 11, 2006 | 24D | Element whose name comes from Greek for "inactive" | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Wed Dec 14, 2005 | 6D | It's inert | James R. Leeds |
| Mon Feb 21, 2005 | 24D | Laser gas | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Thu Jul 8, 2004 | 27D | Vacuum tube filler (4) | Scot Ober |
| Thu May 20, 2004 | 20A | About 1% of the atmosphere (4) | Greg Staples |
| Sun Jan 11, 2004 | 64D | About 1% of the Earth's atmosphere | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Mon Oct 6, 2003 | 24D | Inert gas (2) | Barry Silk |
| Fri Jun 20, 2003 | 21A | About 1% of the atmosphere (4) | Bob Peoples |
| Sun Oct 20, 2002 | 69D | Fluorescent lamp filler (2) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Mon Oct 8, 2001 | 16A | Light bulb gas | Monica Krausse |
| Thu Oct 19, 2000 | 46D | Part of the atmosphere | Patrick Jordan |
| Sun Aug 22, 1999 | 42A | About 1% of the atmosphere (4) | Raymond Hamel |
| Fri Jan 8, 1999 | 11D | Number 18 | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Quigley |
| Mon Dec 29, 1997 | 27A | Radio tube gas | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sun Nov 16, 1997 | 106A | Vacuum tube filler (4) | Frank Longo |
| Fri Jun 6, 1997 | 24D | Scientific discovery of 1894 | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Sun Sep 17, 1995 | 19A | Most common inert gas | Stanley Newman |
| Tue Aug 1, 1995 | 15A | Inert gas (2) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Tue Jan 3, 1995 | 1A | Vacuum tube filler (4) | Rich Norris |
| Fri Jul 1, 1994 | 2D | About 1% of the atmosphere (4) | Mel Taub |
| Fri Nov 26, 1993 | 35A | Fluorescent-lamp filler (2) | Nancy A. Corbett |
38 results for ARGON from pre-Shortz puzzles:
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Wed Aug 28, 1991 | 70A | Element found in 6 Across | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
| Tue Jul 2, 1991 | 47A | A gaseous element | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Thu Nov 30, 1989 | 6D | Odorless gas | Dorothy Cannan | Maleska |
| Mon May 29, 1989 | 5D | Inert gaseous element | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Fri Jun 5, 1987 | 68A | Inert gas | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Sat Jun 14, 1986 | 17A | Element in radio tubes | Charlotte Shore | Maleska |
| Wed May 28, 1986 | 51D | Light-bulb gas | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Fri May 9, 1986 | 26D | Atomic number 18 | Jones | Maleska |
| Wed Mar 28, 1984 | 45A | Inert element | Reichert | Maleska |
| Thu Jun 9, 1983 | 11D | About 1 percent of the atmosphere | Brown | Maleska |
| Fri Jan 29, 1982 | 19A | Inert gas | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
| Sun Aug 23, 1981 | 38D | Gaseous element | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
| Fri Aug 1, 1980 | 31D | Inert gas | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Sat Feb 9, 1980 | 25D | Inert gas | Federing | Maleska |
| Wed Jan 31, 1979 | 28D | Gaseous element in our atmosphere | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
| Thu Jul 13, 1978 | 52A | Inert gaseous element | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
| Thu Jan 13, 1977 | 42D | Light-bulb gas | Daniel Girardi | Weng |
| Sun May 5, 1974 | 72A | Gaseous element | Louis C. Mandes Jr. | Weng |
| Fri Sep 22, 1972 | 54A | Gas used in light tubes | Unknown | Weng |
| Mon Feb 28, 1972 | 10D | Inert gas | Unknown | Weng |
| Wed Feb 3, 1971 | 39A | Inactive gas | Unknown | Weng |
| Sat Jun 6, 1970 | 3D | Gaseous element | Unknown | Weng |
| Sun Jun 29, 1969 | 24A | Light-bulb filler | Lewis C. Breaker | Weng |
| Tue May 17, 1966 | 24D | Gaseous element. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sun Mar 20, 1966 | 39A | Element. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
| Sun Apr 25, 1965 | 42D | Gaseous element. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
| Tue Jul 23, 1963 | 54A | Radio tube gas. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Sat Jan 26, 1963 | 55D | Relative of 69 Across. | Jan and Mike Dubin | Farrar |
| Mon Jul 2, 1962 | 22A | Gaseous element. | Macon Reed | Farrar |
| Tue Feb 21, 1961 | 22A | Gaseous element in the air. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Thu Jul 21, 1960 | 52D | See 70 Across. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Wed Jul 16, 1958 | 44A | Gas used in light bulbs. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
| Sat Jul 5, 1958 | 18A | Inert gas. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
| Fri Jan 3, 1958 | 28D | Gas used in light bulbs. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
| Tue Aug 21, 1956 | 25A | Gaseous element. | A. B. Overholt | Farrar |
| Fri Aug 26, 1955 | 29D | Element in air. | Unknown | Farrar |
| Mon Sep 14, 1953 | 38D | Gas used in light bulbs, radio tubes, etc. | Ralph Anderson | Farrar |
| Sun Nov 30, 1952 | 16D | Element in electric bulbs. | Sam Lake | Farrar |