Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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Tue Sep 27, 2022 | 61A | Most populous Caribbean country | Peter Koetters |
Mon Sep 19, 2022 | 38A | About one-third of Hispaniola, area-wise | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
Sun Sep 5, 2021 | 20A | Home of the isle of Tortuga | Grant Thackray |
Wed Dec 16, 2020 | 40A | Father of ___ (epithet for Toussaint L'Ouverture) | Ed Salners and Alex Eaton-Salners |
Sat Aug 24, 2019 | 52A | Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled | Sam Ezersky |
Tue May 8, 2018 | 15A | Port-au-Prince's land (7) | Ori Brian |
Tue Jan 9, 2018 | 21D | Country to which Frederick Douglass was a U.S. ambassador | Peter A. Collins |
Thu Mar 2, 2017 | 57A | Country with voodooists | Peter Gordon |
Wed Jun 29, 2016 | 4D | Half of Hispaniola (4) | John Lampkin |
Tue May 3, 2016 | 25D | Where Toussaint L'Ouverture led a revolt | John Westwig |
Fri Jan 22, 2016 | 17D | French-speaking land where John James Audubon was born | Paula Gamache |
Mon Mar 23, 2015 | 21A | Port-au-Prince's land (7) | Michael Dewey |
Tue Feb 10, 2015 | 30A | Port-au-Prince's home | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
Fri Jul 25, 2014 | 46D | Where 18-Downs are currency | Peter A. Collins |
Sat May 24, 2014 | 50A | Recipient of much 2010s humanitarian aid | Peter Wentz |
Sat Apr 12, 2014 | 13D | Where Nord, Nord-Est and Nord-Ouest are departments | Mel Rosen |
Sun Dec 29, 2013 | 118A | 2010 earthquake site | Joel Fagliano |
Wed Dec 11, 2013 | 53D | Port-au-Prince's land (7) | Steve Savoy |
Fri Mar 15, 2013 | 22D | Big exporter of mangoes | Joe Krozel |
Tue Feb 7, 2012 | 36A | Hispaniola's western half | Mike Buckley |
Sat Dec 24, 2011 | 44D | Modern-day locale of the place where the Santa Maria ran aground in 1492 | Ned White |
Mon Aug 1, 2011 | 1A | French-speaking nation in the Americas | Joel Fagliano |
Sun Feb 21, 2010 | 20A | Its national anthem is "La Dessalinienne" | Eric Berlin |
Mon Jan 4, 2010 | 22D | Jean-Bertrand Aristide's country | Paula Gamache |
Mon Dec 7, 2009 | 9A | Country adjacent to the Dominican Republic | Ed Sessa |
Fri Jul 10, 2009 | 19D | It has departments named Nord, Sud and Ouest | Joe Krozel |
Mon Nov 10, 2008 | 52D | Port-au-Prince's land (7) | Gail Grabowski |
Sun Apr 29, 2007 | 94A | Country with a palm tree on its flag | Henry Hook |
Tue Nov 28, 2006 | 29D | Half of Hispaniola (4) | Alan Arbesfeld |
Tue Jan 24, 2006 | 53D | Half of Hispaniola (4) | David Sullivan |
Thu Jul 7, 2005 | 9D | Land that won its independence in 1804 | David Quarfoot |
Sat Jun 11, 2005 | 19A | Site of Toussaint L'Ouverture's revolt | Patrick Merrell |
Thu Mar 31, 2005 | 10D | Where Columbus made landfall, 1492 | David Liben-Nowell |
Mon Apr 26, 2004 | 45A | Port-au-Prince's land (7) | Merle Baker |
Mon Jan 26, 2004 | 14A | Dominican Republic neighbor | Patrick Merrell |
Sat May 3, 2003 | 28D | Its currency is the gourde | John Scott Marrone |
Sun Mar 31, 2002 | 55D | Santa Maria wreck site | Lynn Lempel |
Mon Jun 18, 2001 | 21D | Port-au-Prince is its capital | Sherry O. Blackard |
Tue Apr 20, 1999 | 64A | Port-au-Prince's land (7) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Tue Apr 13, 1999 | 47A | Papa Doc ruled it | Fred Piscop |
Sun May 17, 1998 | 83D | Cacao exporter | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
Sat May 9, 1998 | 21D | Independent country since 1804 | Rich Norris |
Thu Apr 2, 1998 | 36D | René Préval's domain | Alex K. Justin |
Mon Sep 15, 1997 | 22D | Port-au-Prince's land (7) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
Sun May 25, 1997 | 91A | Second-oldest country in the Western Hemisphere | Cathy Millhauser |
Thu May 8, 1997 | 8D | 1492 Columbus discovery | David J. Kahn |
Tue Mar 19, 1996 | 15A | Half of Hispaniola (4) | P. Jordan |
Thu Dec 14, 1995 | 21D | Columbus landfall, 1492 | Matt Gaffney |
Wed Jul 13, 1994 | 11D | Cole Porter's "Katie Went to ___" | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
Sun Mar 6, 1994 | 46D | Toussaint L'Ouverture's land | Frances Hansen |
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
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Sep 29, 2019 | Acrostic | R | 1492 landing site | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon |
Jan 27, 2019 | GoingTooFar | 1D | Island nation where Creole is spoken | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Jan 13, 2019 | Panda | 46D | Land that's the opposite of "lovey" | Andrew J. Ries |
Apr 29, 2007 | Acrostic | U | Where the currency is the gourde | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon |
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
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Tue Jun 15, 1993 | 31D | Half of Hispaniola | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
Fri May 28, 1993 | 59A | Western Hispaniola | Cathy Millhauser | Maleska |
Sat Apr 17, 1993 | 52D | Republic on Hispaniola | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Sun Nov 1, 1992 | 83D | Part of Hispaniola | Caroline G. Fitzgerald | Maleska |
Mon Jan 7, 1991 | 32D | West Indian nation | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Fri Nov 16, 1990 | 31A | Where to find Les Cayes | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Sun Nov 4, 1990 | 63A | Henri Christophe's land | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Thu Oct 12, 1989 | 23D | Island discovered on Columbus's first voyage | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Fri Oct 28, 1988 | 15A | Port-au-Prince's country | S. E. Wilkinson | Maleska |
Wed Sep 28, 1988 | 39D | Site of Cayes and Gonaïves | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Thu Aug 11, 1988 | 6A | Site of Port-au-Prince | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
Mon May 16, 1988 | 48A | Part of Hispaniola | Robert O. Dillman | Maleska |
Sat Mar 19, 1988 | 32D | Where Papa Doc ruled | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Sun Jan 17, 1988 | 125D | Voodoo country | Warren W. Reich | Maleska |
Mon Dec 7, 1987 | 43A | Part of Hispaniola | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sun Oct 18, 1987 | 32D | "Katie Went to ___": C. Porter | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Wed Sep 18, 1985 | 20A | Dominican Republic's neighbor | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Sun Sep 1, 1985 | 87D | Duvalier's turf | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sat Feb 2, 1985 | 23A | Duvalier's domain | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
Sat Aug 11, 1984 | 46A | Part of Hispaniola | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Fri Apr 13, 1984 | 37D | Port-au Prince's land | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Mon Sep 26, 1983 | 54A | Porter's "Katie Went to ___" | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Sat Apr 2, 1983 | 26D | Papa Doc's milieu | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Thu Aug 19, 1982 | 30D | One of the West Indies | Morton Braun | Maleska |
Wed Mar 3, 1982 | 14A | Its capital is Port-au-Prince | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
Sat Jan 31, 1981 | 25A | Duvalier's country | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Jun 21, 1980 | 2D | Part of Hispaniola | Frank Geary | Maleska |
Wed Oct 31, 1979 | 23A | Voodoo is practiced here | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Mon Jul 9, 1979 | 29D | Port-au-Prince is its capital | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Sun Jun 10, 1979 | 81A | Duvalier's land | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Sun Dec 4, 1977 | 101A | Christophe's homeland | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Wed Mar 23, 1977 | 30A | Island country | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Tue Dec 16, 1975 | 25D | Papa Doc's land | Jack Philbrick | Weng |
Sun Dec 14, 1975 | 78D | Caribbean land | Jack Luzzatto | Weng |
Tue Aug 5, 1975 | 33A | Papa Doc's land | Joseph McLaughlin | Weng |
Sun Jul 27, 1975 | 117D | Neighbor of Cuba | Fletcher Ingalls | Weng |
Sun Dec 23, 1973 | 87A | Duvalier land | Anne Fox | Weng |
Mon Aug 6, 1973 | 4D | Neighbor of Cuba | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jul 20, 1973 | 32D | Papa Doc's island | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Sep 12, 1972 | 64A | Part of Hispaniola | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jun 22, 1972 | 46A | Domain of the Duvaliers | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jun 19, 1972 | 1D | Neighbor of Cuba | Guido Scarato | Weng |
Sun May 7, 1972 | 87A | Duvalier land | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Wed Mar 8, 1972 | 12D | Part of Hispaniola | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Nov 23, 1971 | 30D | Bebe Doc's land | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 26, 1971 | 16A | Where Les Cayes is | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Feb 28, 1970 | 28D | Land of voodoo | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Oct 15, 1969 | 29A | Where to spend gourdes. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 27, 1968 | 23A | Papa Doc's land | Frances Hansen | Farrar |
Sat Oct 5, 1968 | 53A | Tortuga's neighbor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 12, 1968 | 156A | Where Gonaïves is. | Arnold Moss | Farrar |
Wed Nov 1, 1967 | 11D | West Indies republic. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 5, 1967 | 16A | Where Port-au-Prince is. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Fri Mar 3, 1967 | 34D | Duvalier's country. | Arthur Schulman | Farrar |
Mon Feb 21, 1966 | 42A | Republic of Hispaniola. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Nov 6, 1965 | 37A | West Indies republic. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 30, 1965 | 26D | Neighbor of Santo Domingo. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 1, 1964 | 49D | Part of Hispaniola. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 8, 1963 | 17A | West Indian island. | Michael Dubin | Farrar |
Thu Mar 7, 1963 | 7D | Caribbean republic. | Barbara L. Golub | Farrar |
Tue Jan 15, 1963 | 26D | Where to spend a gourde. | James E. Hinish, Jr. | Farrar |
Sat Nov 10, 1962 | 48A | Part of Hispaniola. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 3, 1962 | 29D | Cuba's neighbor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 26, 1962 | 64A | Cuba's neighbor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 7, 1962 | 5A | Island republic. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Mon Aug 21, 1961 | 36A | Part of Hispaniola. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon May 29, 1961 | 15A | West Indian republic. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 18, 1960 | 29A | Country of Windward passage. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 8, 1960 | 14A | The Magic Island. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Apr 5, 1960 | 60A | Republic of Hispaniola. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Mar 26, 1960 | 38D | Where Port-au-Prince is. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu May 21, 1959 | 64A | Hispaniola. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Fri Aug 23, 1957 | 9D | Scene of a recent coup d'etat. | J. F. Kelly | Farrar |
Wed May 22, 1957 | 28D | Republic on Hispaniola. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Sun Mar 24, 1957 | 19A | Toussaint's land. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Thu Mar 14, 1957 | 5D | Port-au-Prince is its capital. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Fri Oct 5, 1956 | 50D | "The Magic Island." | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu Sep 20, 1956 | 1A | French-speaking republic in the Americas. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sat Jul 14, 1956 | 54D | Where Port-au-Prince is. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 13, 1956 | 1A | Republic of Hispaniola. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Wed Mar 14, 1956 | 5A | Where to spend a gourde. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 25, 1955 | 70A | Part of Hispaniola. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Apr 24, 1955 | 47A | Part of Hispaniola. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Tue Nov 23, 1954 | 27A | Where to spend a gourde. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Fri Sep 10, 1954 | 51A | French-speaking republic of Western Hemisphere. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Mon Aug 2, 1954 | 28D | Its capital is Port-au-Prince. | Edward Early | Farrar |
Mon Jul 26, 1954 | 55A | Island republic. | Ruth Oliver | Farrar |
Wed Oct 7, 1953 | 30D | Part of Hispaniola. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Fri Apr 3, 1953 | 34D | Columbus discovered it, 1492. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Mon Jun 16, 1952 | 50A | Ambassador Travers' post. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 10, 1951 | 74D | Its monetary unit is the gourde. | W. W. Webster | Farrar |
Sun Oct 22, 1950 | 75A | President Estime's country. | Eugene Maleska | Farrar |
Wed Sep 27, 1950 | 2D | President Estimé's island. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Feb 3, 1946 | 21A | First Negro republic. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Feb 11, 1945 | 52A | Port-au-Prince is its capital. | Waldo Ranson | Farrar |
Sun Nov 7, 1943 | 116A | West Indies island, capital Port-au-Prince. | Zelma Masters | Farrar |
Sun Aug 8, 1943 | 70D | United Nation. | P. Joseph Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun Jun 14, 1942 | 17A | United Nation. | Charles Merz and Arthur Hays Sulzberger | Farrar |
Sun Apr 26, 1942 | 38D | Island of West Indies. | A. A. Webster | Farrar |
Sun Mar 22, 1942 | 11A | Good neighbor. | Alma Talley | Farrar |