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103 total results for DUD ( score: 50 )
48 results for DUD from Shortz Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Shortz Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
Sat Jun 17, 2023 | 45A | Total nothing | Ryan McCarty |
Tue Apr 12, 2022 | 2D | Fizzling firework | Dan Schoenholz |
Thu Oct 14, 2021 | 27D | Lemon or turkey | Matt Fuchs |
Thu Aug 5, 2021 | 61D | Letdown at a fireworks show | Adam Wagner |
Mon Jul 19, 2021 | 7D | Total flop | Stephanie Lesser |
Tue Nov 24, 2020 | 29A | Effort that goes "Pfft!" | Caitlin Reid |
Sun Dec 15, 2019 | 91D | Wet firecracker, e.g. | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
Sat Sep 7, 2019 | 22A | Bust | Trenton Charlson |
Wed Jul 3, 2019 | 33A | Firecracker that doesn't go off | Evan Mahnken |
Thu Oct 18, 2018 | 11A | Milk ___ | Erik Agard |
Thu May 24, 2018 | 32A | Stinkeroo | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
Sun Apr 8, 2018 | 27D | Fizzler (5) | Patrick Berry |
Tue Sep 5, 2017 | 32A | Firecracker that goes pfft | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen |
Thu Mar 17, 2016 | 13D | The occasional firework | David Woolf |
Sun Oct 25, 2015 | 108A | It never goes off | Bill Zais |
Mon Apr 6, 2015 | 63D | Defective firecracker | Finn Vigeland |
Sat Jan 10, 2015 | 44A | Fizzler (5) | Joe Krozel |
Thu Jan 30, 2014 | 39A | Flop (5) | Dan Schoenholz |
Mon May 20, 2013 | 33A | Failure (2) | Tim Croce |
Sat Jul 7, 2012 | 57D | One not going out with a bang? | Tim Croce |
Sun May 8, 2011 | 60D | Fizzler (5) | Daniel A. Finan |
Thu Sep 23, 2010 | 26A | Turkey (5) | David J. Kahn |
Mon Aug 16, 2010 | 45D | Firecracker that fizzles | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
Wed Jan 7, 2009 | 5D | Turkey (5) | William Frank Macreery |
Sat Oct 6, 2007 | 59D | Bomb not bursting in air? | Brendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot |
Thu Apr 5, 2007 | 60D | Flop (5) | Mike Shenk |
Fri Jun 23, 2006 | 3D | It doesn't go off well | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily |
Sat Feb 25, 2006 | 25D | Turkey (5) | Henry Hook |
Wed Nov 30, 2005 | 59D | Broadway nightmare | Seth A. Abel |
Fri Oct 14, 2005 | 16D | Fizzle (2) | Michael Shteyman |
Sat Mar 12, 2005 | 45D | Clinker | Byron Walden |
Tue Apr 13, 2004 | 28A | Fizzler (5) | Bill Ballard |
Sat Jan 17, 2004 | 56D | Clunker | Patrick Berry |
Mon Mar 17, 2003 | 8D | It fizzles | David Ainslie Macleod |
Sun Dec 1, 2002 | 78D | Washout (2) | David J. Kahn |
Sun Jun 23, 2002 | 103D | Flop (5) | Eric Berlin |
Mon May 20, 2002 | 21A | Bad firecracker | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
Thu Feb 21, 2002 | 40D | Turkey (5) | Peter Gordon |
Tue Aug 7, 2001 | 4D | Fizzler (5) | Mark P. Sherwood |
Thu Feb 22, 2001 | 24A | Flop (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Sun Feb 4, 2001 | 115D | Turkey (5) | Frank A. Longo |
Tue Dec 21, 1999 | 35D | Flop (5) | Richard Hughes |
Sun Oct 25, 1998 | 74A | Fizzle (2) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
Fri Jan 16, 1998 | 1D | Washout (2) | Bob Sefick |
Sun Sep 22, 1996 | 42D | Bomb | C. Millhauser |
Wed Apr 3, 1996 | 43A | Bomb of a bomb | M. Gaffney |
Fri Dec 16, 1994 | 24A | Failure (2) | A.J. Santora |
Mon Nov 14, 1994 | 56A | Defective missile | Sidney L. Robbins |
55 results for DUD from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Nov 1, 1992 | 60D | Worthless | Caroline G. Fitzgerald | Maleska |
Sat Oct 3, 1992 | 7D | Failure | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
Mon Jul 29, 1991 | 61D | Washout | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Wed Jul 10, 1991 | 26A | Lemon | Frank Miceli | Maleska |
Tue Apr 9, 1991 | 23A | Failure | William Baxley | Maleska |
Thu Sep 6, 1990 | 40D | Clinker | Nancy W. Atkinson | Maleska |
Mon Dec 11, 1989 | 63A | Lemon | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Nov 27, 1988 | 33A | Lemon | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
Tue Jun 3, 1986 | 46A | Unexploded bomb | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
Sun Dec 8, 1985 | 42A | Flop | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Thu May 16, 1985 | 42A | Lemon | Whitten | Maleska |
Mon Mar 12, 1984 | 45A | Lemon | Johnson | Maleska |
Sun Jul 24, 1983 | 118D | Flop | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
Sun Jan 9, 1983 | 70D | Fiasco | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Sun Sep 12, 1982 | 120A | Lemon | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
Sun Jun 28, 1981 | 78A | Lemon | Anne Fox | Maleska |
Mon Sep 22, 1980 | 56D | Flat failure | Johnson | Maleska |
Thu Nov 15, 1979 | 8D | Lemon | Copps | Maleska |
Thu Sep 6, 1979 | 47A | Flat failure | Chet Currier | Maleska |
Sun Jul 15, 1979 | 66A | Flat failure | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Sun Feb 6, 1977 | 56A | Flop | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Wed Apr 24, 1974 | 65D | Washout | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Thu Feb 14, 1974 | 4D | Flop | Marie West | Weng |
Thu Sep 13, 1973 | 28A | Washout | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Feb 21, 1972 | 31A | Failure | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Apr 10, 1971 | 29D | Failure | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Dec 11, 1970 | 9D | Fiasco | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Oct 6, 1969 | 25A | Fizzle. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Apr 30, 1969 | 19A | Fizzle. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jun 5, 1968 | 47A | Failure: Colloq. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 1, 1968 | 10D | Washout. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Oct 22, 1967 | 77D | Flop. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun May 21, 1967 | 76D | Flop. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Sun Sep 25, 1966 | 41D | Flop. | Eugene Maleska | Farrar |
Sat Nov 20, 1965 | 49D | Ineffectual one: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed May 5, 1965 | 5D | Flat failure: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Feb 20, 1965 | 56A | Very faulty item: Colloq. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 10, 1964 | 26A | Failure. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 12, 1963 | 8D | Flop. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 22, 1962 | 23A | Flat failure. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 27, 1962 | 49A | Failure: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 1, 1961 | 20A | Ineffectual thing: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Sep 17, 1960 | 35D | Failure: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Sep 16, 1960 | 20A | Ineffectual one: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jan 5, 1960 | 30D | Failure: Slang. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 3, 1959 | 62D | Flat failure: Colloq. | Charles Allen | Farrar |
Tue Jun 17, 1958 | 38D | Washout. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Wed Apr 23, 1958 | 31D | Washout. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Sun Mar 17, 1957 | 108D | Flop. | Marcia Gladstone | Farrar |
Sun Jul 3, 1955 | 60A | Ineffectual one. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Feb 13, 1955 | 68A | Failure: Slang. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Thu Jul 23, 1953 | 41A | Complete failure. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Sun Mar 13, 1949 | 8D | Washout. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Sep 24, 1944 | 49A | Unexploded shell. | I. Kert | Farrar |
Sun Dec 26, 1943 | 47A | Ineffective person: Slang. | I. Kert | Farrar |
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