79 Shortz Era entries found. Click any date for context. Repeated clues show (number of Shortz Era occurrences).
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Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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Sat Jul 15, 2017 | 3D | Japan was a member of it | Zachary Spitz |
Thu May 18, 2017 | 14A | x, y or z follower | Jacob Stulberg |
Thu Mar 23, 2017 | 55D | x or y | Sandy Ganzell |
Mon Feb 6, 2017 | 59A | Graph line (6) | Andy Hinz |
Mon Jan 16, 2017 | 56D | W.W. II foe (5) | John Wrenholt |
Fri Oct 7, 2016 | 28D | Quadrant separator | Robyn Weintraub |
Thu May 26, 2016 | 35A | y, for one | Andrew Zhou |
Tue Jun 9, 2015 | 28A | W.W. II foe (5) | Roy Leban |
Tue May 5, 2015 | 16A | Pivot point | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
Thu Mar 20, 2014 | 41A | Pole connector | Victor Barocas |
Sun Sep 8, 2013 | 115A | Turning point (2) | Pete Muller and Sue Keefer |
Fri Apr 26, 2013 | 24D | 1940's ___ Pact | Michael Ashley |
Wed Dec 5, 2012 | 24A | Line of symmetry (3) | Jim Hilger |
Mon Nov 26, 2012 | 11D | Line of rotation (4) | Ed Sessa |
Tue Sep 25, 2012 | 8D | Pivotal line | Ian Livengood |
Mon Jul 16, 2012 | 7D | W.W. II enemy (3) | Randall J. Hartman |
Mon Jul 2, 2012 | 11D | Germany, Italy and Japan, in W.W. II | Bernice Gordon |
Fri Oct 21, 2011 | 43A | Every mirror image has one | Patrick Berry |
Sun Oct 9, 2011 | 17D | Revolutionary line | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Mon Aug 8, 2011 | 60A | W.W. II foe, with "the" (2) | Ian Livengood |
Mon Jun 13, 2011 | 63A | x or y line on a graph | Alex Vratsanos |
Mon Jun 6, 2011 | 4D | W.W. II foe, with "the" (2) | Gary Whitehead |
Tue May 24, 2011 | 2D | Something to reflect on? (2) | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
Wed Apr 13, 2011 | 15A | Something to reflect on? (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed Nov 17, 2010 | 21A | Italy's side, once | Robert W. Harris |
Mon Jun 28, 2010 | 16A | x or y, on a graph (2) | Joel Fagliano |
Wed Jun 23, 2010 | 63A | Graph line (6) | Alex Boisvert |
Wed May 6, 2009 | 59A | Line of rotation (4) | Michael Callaway Barnhart |
Fri Jan 9, 2009 | 27A | Something to turn on | Paula Gamache |
Wed Jul 30, 2008 | 65A | W.W. II foe (5) | Elizabeth A. Long |
Tue Jul 8, 2008 | 56A | Bush's "___ of evil" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
Thu Apr 17, 2008 | 49A | Transnational cooperation | Byron Walden |
Sat Jan 5, 2008 | 33A | Alliance (2) | Paula Gamache |
Tue Jun 26, 2007 | 57A | Graph line (6) | Ray Fontenot |
Wed Jun 6, 2007 | 62A | Graph line (6) | Richard Silvestri |
Thu Feb 1, 2007 | 25D | Alliance (2) | Michael S. Maurer |
Mon Jul 31, 2006 | 61A | Line of rotation (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Tue Jun 13, 2006 | 3D | W.W. II foe (5) | Janet R. Bender |
Thu Apr 20, 2006 | 22A | Line on a graph (2) | Joe DiPietro |
Sun Apr 9, 2006 | 8D | ___ of Evil (2) | Paula Gamache |
Fri Apr 7, 2006 | 30D | x, y or z (3) | Adam Cohen |
Thu Mar 9, 2006 | 20A | Bisector | John Farmer |
Tue Oct 4, 2005 | 59D | W.W. II enemy (3) | Barry C. Silk |
Tue Aug 2, 2005 | 16A | ___ of Evil (2) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
Mon Jul 25, 2005 | 7D | Base line on a graph | Lynn Lempel |
Wed May 18, 2005 | 19A | Graph line (6) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Tue May 17, 2005 | 2D | Main line | Sherry O. Blackard |
Thu Nov 11, 2004 | 47A | What a mirror image has | Michael Shteyman |
Sun May 23, 2004 | 129A | 1940's foe, with "the" | Deb Amlen and Nancy Salomon |
Mon Jan 5, 2004 | 65A | Bush's ___ of Evil | Allan E. Parrish |
Thu Dec 25, 2003 | 17A | x, for one | John Underwood |
Mon Aug 25, 2003 | 13D | Line of symmetry (3) | Craig Kasper |
Mon Apr 28, 2003 | 53D | Line of rotation (4) | Jim Hyres |
Mon Sep 9, 2002 | 34D | Line on a graph (2) | William I. Johnston |
Wed Mar 6, 2002 | 12D | Central line (2) | Richard Silvestri |
Sun Dec 23, 2001 | 31D | X, Y or Z (3) | Frances Hansen |
Sun Apr 1, 2001 | 126A | x, y or z (3) | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
Wed Sep 20, 2000 | 7D | X or Y or Z | Edgar R. Fontaine |
Tue Jul 4, 2000 | 50D | Allies' foe (2) | Tyler Hinman |
Wed May 17, 2000 | 19A | W.W. II enemy (3) | Michael S. Maurer |
Tue Nov 23, 1999 | 29A | Allies' foe in W.W. II | Nancy Salomon |
Thu Sep 9, 1999 | 39A | x or y, e.g. | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
Wed Aug 4, 1999 | 17A | Line of symmetry (3) | Richard Silvestri |
Thu Jun 17, 1999 | 11D | Central line (2) | Richard Silvestri |
Wed Apr 14, 1999 | 64A | Graph line (6) | Alan Arbesfeld |
Mon Feb 15, 1999 | 54D | Allies' foe (2) | Randall J. Hartman |
Sun Jul 13, 1997 | 102A | Hungary was a member of it | Fred Piscop |
Mon May 19, 1997 | 12D | X or Y, on a graph (2) | Fred Piscop |
Thu Apr 3, 1997 | 16A | 40's foe | Richard Hughes |
Thu Mar 13, 1997 | 52D | W.W. II side | Matt Gaffney |
Thu Aug 29, 1996 | 2D | W.W. II powers | R. Ross |
Sun Aug 18, 1996 | 43A | "Them" of the 40's | F. and L. Sabin |
Thu Aug 15, 1996 | 16A | Poles' connector | S. B. Whitten |
Wed Jun 26, 1996 | 66A | Center of a revolution | P. Jordan |
Sat Jun 8, 1996 | 34D | Stick through the middle | M. Shenk |
Tue Apr 23, 1996 | 16A | World War II foe | N. Steinberg |
Wed Oct 19, 1994 | 18D | Bygone alliance | D.J. Listort |
Tue Sep 6, 1994 | 3D | Turning point (2) | Janet R. Bender |
Wed Aug 17, 1994 | 30D | W.W.II foe (5) | Robert H. Wolfe |
3 results for AXIS from Variety puzzles.
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
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Mar 4, 2012 | diagramless | 65D | W.W. II foe, with "the" | Mike Nothnagel |
Jan 9, 2011 | diagramless | 33D | Turning point? | Mike Nothnagel |
Mar 16, 2003 | diagramless | 7D | Italy was in it | Fred Piscop |
113 results for AXIS from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Tue Aug 24, 1993 | 11D | W.W.II losers | Cathy Millhauser | Maleska |
Sat Aug 21, 1993 | 5D | Second cervical vertebra | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Mon Aug 2, 1993 | 2D | W.W. II losers | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Jan 20, 1993 | 45A | W.W. II loser | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Mon Apr 8, 1991 | 6D | W.W. II alliance | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sun Mar 3, 1991 | 39D | Coalition in 1941 | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Thu May 31, 1990 | 14A | Line about which a body rotates | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Thu Jan 26, 1989 | 16A | Earth's turning line | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Tue Oct 25, 1988 | 7D | W.W. II foe | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
Fri Jun 3, 1988 | 57D | World War II alliance | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Sat Apr 30, 1988 | 31D | Rome-Berlin-Tokyo group | Vaughn Keith | Maleska |
Sun Apr 3, 1988 | 60A | Asian deer | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Thu Jun 4, 1987 | 6D | W.W. II foe | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
Thu May 7, 1987 | 11D | Imaginary Earth line | Dorothy Davis | Maleska |
Mon Apr 13, 1987 | 56D | W.W. II foe | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Fri Sep 19, 1986 | 53A | White-spotted Asian deer | Hickmott | Maleska |
Tue May 20, 1986 | 52D | Foes in W.W. II | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Mon Apr 29, 1985 | 55D | Plant stem | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Sat Feb 2, 1985 | 25D | Corncob, for one | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Wed Nov 28, 1984 | 61A | Second cervical vertebra | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Mon Jun 11, 1984 | 59D | Losers in W.W. II | Whitten | Maleska |
Wed Oct 12, 1983 | 10D | Losers in W.W. II | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sun Sep 25, 1983 | 93A | Bad guys in W.W. II films | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Thu Jul 14, 1983 | 14A | Main stem of a plant | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
Sat Jan 8, 1983 | 30D | Plant stem | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sun Oct 24, 1982 | 97A | W.W. II losers | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Wed Jul 7, 1982 | 13D | W.W. II losers | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Wed Jun 16, 1982 | 2D | Main line | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sun May 23, 1982 | 122A | W.W. II alliance | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Mon Mar 22, 1982 | 15A | Infamous alliance | N. M. Meyer | Maleska |
Fri Feb 5, 1982 | 17A | Fascist alliance | Nikki Tenfelde | Maleska |
Wed Dec 16, 1981 | 36A | W.W. II powers | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Thu Mar 26, 1981 | 16A | Alliance against Allies | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Thu Dec 4, 1980 | 58A | W.W. II group | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Oct 15, 1980 | 48D | W.W. II losers | Charles J. Matonti | Maleska |
Fri Oct 10, 1980 | 32A | Partnership in W.W. II | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Fri Jun 27, 1980 | 10D | Plant stem | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Sun Mar 2, 1980 | 108A | W.W. II entente | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Tue Mar 6, 1979 | 61A | Stem of a plant | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Mon Jun 26, 1978 | 34D | W.W. II losers | Ruth Lake Tepper | Maleska |
Mon Jun 5, 1978 | 14A | Coalition in 1941 | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Thu May 11, 1978 | 45A | W.W. II alliance | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Fri Mar 31, 1978 | 33D | Indian deer | Gurner | Maleska |
Mon Oct 31, 1977 | 30A | Berlin-Rome ___ | Arnold Moss | Maleska |
Mon Jul 25, 1977 | 62A | Coalition in 1941 | Virginia Schneider | Maleska |
Wed Apr 13, 1977 | 34A | Coalition of 1941 | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Thu Jul 29, 1976 | 6D | ___ Sally | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Thu Jan 22, 1976 | 2D | W. W. II losers | Henry Hook | Weng |
Thu Nov 20, 1975 | 56A | W.W. II alliance | Beverly J. Seward | Weng |
Sat Mar 29, 1975 | 6D | W. W. II alliance | Arthur Schulman | Weng |
Wed Sep 4, 1974 | 29A | Allies' foe | Jordan S. Lasher | Weng |
Tue Aug 6, 1974 | 6D | W.W. II powers | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Fri Jul 19, 1974 | 49A | W.W. II alliance | Jack L. Steinhardt | Weng |
Sun Mar 10, 1974 | 13D | Alliance of W. W. II | A. J. Santora | Weng |
Wed Jan 2, 1974 | 11D | Pivotal line | S. A. Kay | Weng |
Fri Nov 2, 1973 | 14A | W. W. II alliance | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Oct 5, 1973 | 33A | W.W. II coalition | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 2, 1973 | 39A | Earth line | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 10, 1971 | 21D | W.W. II powers | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Apr 13, 1971 | 52A | W.W. II group | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Apr 11, 1971 | 84D | W.W. II coalition | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Tue Nov 10, 1970 | 17A | W. W. II powers | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Aug 28, 1970 | 57A | W. W. II powers | Unknown | Weng |
Mon May 18, 1970 | 52A | Central line | Unknown | Weng |
Thu May 14, 1970 | 38D | W. W. II powers | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Feb 9, 1970 | 11D | Central line | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Feb 5, 1970 | 12D | W. W. II alliance | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Dec 6, 1969 | 69A | Pivotal shaft. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue May 13, 1969 | 7D | W. W. II powers. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jan 26, 1969 | 104A | W.W. II powers | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Wed Jan 8, 1969 | 19A | W. W. II powers. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 28, 1968 | 31A | Certain line. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 29, 1968 | 7D | Alliance of 1941. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 15, 1968 | 32D | Straight line. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 3, 1967 | 35A | Line of a kind. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 11, 1967 | 15A | Straight line of a kind. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Wed Apr 26, 1967 | 64A | Line of a kind. | Lois Hillis | Farrar |
Wed Feb 22, 1967 | 58D | Certain line. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Tue Sep 27, 1966 | 15A | Pivotal point. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Sep 21, 1966 | 22D | Pivot. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Dec 30, 1965 | 51D | Main line of motion. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 17, 1965 | 15A | W. W. II group. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Nov 13, 1965 | 10D | Central line. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 24, 1965 | 91D | A certain line. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Wed Oct 20, 1965 | 33D | 1936–45 coalition. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 29, 1965 | 7D | Certain line. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 23, 1965 | 7D | Central line. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 23, 1965 | 60A | Rome-Berlin ___. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 23, 1964 | 16A | Central line. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 29, 1964 | 51A | 1941 alliance. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 17, 1964 | 15D | Group of W.W. II. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Tue Aug 21, 1962 | 16A | Pivot. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jan 22, 1962 | 12D | Alliance of 1911. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Tue Jul 7, 1959 | 63A | Alliance of powers, 1936–45. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Sun Jun 21, 1959 | 109A | White-spotted deer. | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Fri May 22, 1959 | 55D | Fascist alliance of 1941. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Mon Oct 27, 1958 | 24A | Hitler-Mussolini coalition. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Wed Aug 13, 1958 | 2D | Rome-Berlin ___. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Dec 8, 1957 | 122A | Deer of India. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Fri Sep 6, 1957 | 47A | Line from pole to pole. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Tue Dec 11, 1956 | 14A | Central point or pivot. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Thu Nov 1, 1956 | 23A | Rome-Berlin-Tokyo alignment. | Albert Blum | Farrar |
Mon Feb 13, 1956 | 16A | Duce-Fuehrer combine. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 12, 1955 | 32A | Former international partnership. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Sep 1, 1954 | 11D | Late, unlamented entente. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Mon Sep 14, 1953 | 34A | Rome-Berlin-Tokyo alignment of 1941. | Ralph Anderson | Farrar |
Fri May 8, 1953 | 2D | Rome, Berlin, Tokyo. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 8, 1949 | 4D | ___ Sally. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Sep 21, 1947 | 119A | Evil combine dissolved in 1945. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Apr 9, 1944 | 76A | Doomed enemy combine. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Dec 5, 1943 | 83A | The enemy. | Louis Shields | Farrar |
Sun Nov 29, 1942 | 132A | The enemy of freedom-loving people. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Jun 28, 1942 | 117D | Germany, Italy and Japan. | Louis Shields | Farrar |