Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
Thu Jan 18, 2024 | 57A | Black-and-white danger | Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz |
Wed Jan 17, 2024 | 50A | Orcinus ___ (marine species) | Morton J. Mendelson |
Mon Jan 15, 2024 | 57D | "Free Willy" whale | Peter A. Collins |
Wed Jan 10, 2024 | 39D | Animal whose brain has the most gray matter of any mammal | Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness |
Sun Nov 19, 2023 | 102A | Part of some pods | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
Sun Sep 17, 2023 | 117A | Predator that can grow to roughly the size of a school bus | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
Thu Jul 13, 2023 | 38A | Squid predator (2) | Hanh Huynh |
Sun May 7, 2023 | 26A | The false killer whale resembles it | Will Nediger |
Fri Mar 3, 2023 | 18A | Great white shark's only known predator | Eric Warren |
Tue Jan 31, 2023 | 44A | Black-and-white whale | Erik Agard |
Mon Oct 24, 2022 | 37D | Killer whale (40) | Joe Rodini |
Tue Sep 20, 2022 | 50D | Mammal made from the first four letters of 49-Down | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
Wed Jun 15, 2022 | 37A | Squid predator (2) | Rob Baker |
Wed Feb 9, 2022 | 64A | With 65-Across, underwater creature that actually IS a 65-Across despite a common misconception | Grant Thackray |
Mon Feb 7, 2022 | 27D | Killer whale (40) | Rebecca Goldstein |
Sun Jan 16, 2022 | 14D | Quint's boat in "Jaws" (2) | Derrick Niederman |
Tue Nov 2, 2021 | 55D | What's black and white and a threat all over? | Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock |
Sun Oct 17, 2021 | 103D | Only known animal to prey on great white sharks | Jeff Chen |
Tue Sep 21, 2021 | 70A | Largest member of the dolphin family | Daniel Okulitch |
Sun Sep 5, 2021 | 115D | Sight from a Seattle ferry | Grant Thackray |
Thu Aug 12, 2021 | 25D | One in a pod | Jake Halperin |
Wed Jul 21, 2021 | 61A | Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration | Alex Vratsanos |
Mon Jul 12, 2021 | 54D | Killer whale (40) | Kevin Christian |
Sun Jun 20, 2021 | 4D | Willy, in "Free Willy" | Michael Lieberman |
Mon May 3, 2021 | 41D | Apex predator of the ocean (3) | Ross Trudeau |
Thu Apr 29, 2021 | 5A | Vancouver Canucks' mascot Fin, for one | Adam Wagner |
Mon Apr 5, 2021 | 2D | Whale that preys on octopuses | Zhouqin Burnikel |
Wed Mar 24, 2021 | 37D | Subject of the 2013 documentary "Blackfish" (2) | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
Thu Jan 28, 2021 | 61A | Black-and-white swimmer (2) | Steve Mossberg |
Mon Sep 21, 2020 | 15A | Apex predator of the ocean (3) | Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class |
Sun Aug 23, 2020 | 19A | Predator of the Pacific Northwest | Barbara Lin |
Tue Mar 24, 2020 | 1A | Killer whale (40) | Olivia Mitra Framke |
Fri Feb 14, 2020 | 7D | Apex predator of the sea | Daniel Larsen |
Mon Feb 3, 2020 | 65A | Killer whale (40) | Michael Schlossberg |
Fri Jan 10, 2020 | 35D | Penguin predator | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Mon Dec 30, 2019 | 27A | Killer whale (40) | Gary Larson |
Thu Nov 7, 2019 | 9D | Swimmer with big calves | Joe DiPietro |
Thu Sep 19, 2019 | 38A | Ocean predator (7) | David Kwong |
Mon Sep 16, 2019 | 61A | Whale found in every one of the world's oceans | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
Fri Sep 6, 2019 | 52D | Killer whale (40) | Mark Diehl |
Tue Jun 18, 2019 | 65A | Marine menace (3) | Jeff Stillman |
Fri Apr 12, 2019 | 1D | Sight on an Alaskan cruise (2) | Howard Barkin |
Wed Feb 27, 2019 | 59A | Pod creature | Will Nediger |
Fri Jan 11, 2019 | 17A | Creature with a 17-month gestation period | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
Wed Oct 24, 2018 | 27D | It's black and white and wet all over | Michael Paleos |
Tue Oct 9, 2018 | 16A | "Free Willy" creature (2) | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
Wed May 30, 2018 | 21A | Shamu, e.g. | Sande Milton and Jeff Chen |
Sat Apr 21, 2018 | 30D | Predator of penguins | Daniel Nierenberg |
Sat Feb 17, 2018 | 47A | Part of a pod (2) | Peter Wentz |
Wed Nov 29, 2017 | 11D | Two-tone apex predator | Erik Agard |
Tue Nov 14, 2017 | 35A | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | Jerry Miccolis and Jeff Chen |
Wed Oct 11, 2017 | 58D | Sea predator (5) | David J. Kahn |
Sat Sep 9, 2017 | 48A | It may prey on a ray | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
Thu Aug 24, 2017 | 18A | Apex predator of the ocean (3) | Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg |
Tue Aug 8, 2017 | 14A | Predator of dolphins | Dan Flanagan |
Thu Jun 22, 2017 | 36A | Menace with four-inch teeth | Ruth B. Margolin |
Tue Nov 29, 2016 | 23A | Black-and-white swimmer (2) | Jacob Stulberg |
Wed Nov 9, 2016 | 44D | "Free Willy" creature (2) | John Lieb |
Wed Jul 6, 2016 | 16A | Ocean predator (7) | David Woolf |
Fri Apr 8, 2016 | 50D | 1977 horror film set in Newfoundland | Patrick Berry |
Tue Mar 15, 2016 | 3D | Toothed whale | Gordon Johnson |
Tue Jan 26, 2016 | 18A | Subject of the 2013 documentary "Blackfish" (2) | Sam Ezersky |
Fri Jan 15, 2016 | 53A | Part of a pod (2) | Patrick Berry |
Wed Dec 23, 2015 | 18A | 1977 film described by Leonard Maltin as "For undiscriminating action fans whose idea of entertainment is watching Bo [Derek] getting her leg bitten off" | Jim Peredo |
Sat Oct 24, 2015 | 49A | Willy of the "Free Willy" movies, e.g. | Andrew Zhou |
Fri Aug 21, 2015 | 23A | Sea menace (2) | David Steinberg |
Sun Aug 2, 2015 | 31A | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | Matt Ginsberg |
Sun May 17, 2015 | 8D | Pod part, perhaps | Joe Krozel |
Mon May 11, 2015 | 14A | Killer whale (40) | Joe DiPietro |
Wed Feb 11, 2015 | 2D | Sea carnivore | Will Treece |
Thu Dec 4, 2014 | 27D | 1977 horror film set at sea | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
Mon Nov 24, 2014 | 43A | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | Robert Seminara |
Sat Oct 25, 2014 | 50D | Black-and-white creature | Patrick Blindauer |
Tue Oct 14, 2014 | 66A | SeaWorld attraction (3) | Adam G. Perl |
Tue Jul 29, 2014 | 1A | Willy of "Free Willy," e.g. | Timothy Polin |
Thu Jun 5, 2014 | 53A | Shark eater | Ed Sessa |
Thu May 15, 2014 | 41D | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | John Lieb |
Wed Apr 2, 2014 | 15A | Beast in the documentary "Blackfish" | David Levinson Wilk |
Tue Mar 18, 2014 | 35D | Whale of a movie? (3) | David Kwong |
Tue Feb 11, 2014 | 59A | Shamu, for one (7) | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen |
Mon Feb 3, 2014 | 59D | Killer whale (40) | Sean Dobbin |
Mon Dec 23, 2013 | 48D | Shamu, for one (7) | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
Sat Oct 26, 2013 | 61A | Swimmer featured in the 2013 film "Blackfish" | Barry C. Silk |
Tue Jul 30, 2013 | 41D | SeaWorld sight | Peter A. Collins |
Sat Mar 2, 2013 | 1D | 400-pound calf, perhaps | Barry C. Silk |
Sun Feb 10, 2013 | 110D | Marine threat | Patrick Berry |
Wed Jan 30, 2013 | 41D | Ocean predator (7) | Will Nediger |
Sun Sep 9, 2012 | 45D | School bully? | Kevin G. Der |
Wed Jul 18, 2012 | 66A | Ocean predator with giant jaws | David Levinson Wilk |
Mon Jul 16, 2012 | 50D | Killer whale (40) | Randall J. Hartman |
Sun Jun 24, 2012 | 104A | Sight on an Alaskan cruise (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Sun Apr 22, 2012 | 110D | Ocean menace (3) | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
Wed Feb 8, 2012 | 15A | SeaWorld performer | Lynn Lempel |
Sun Feb 5, 2012 | 77D | Large-toothed whale | Charles M. Deber |
Wed Jan 11, 2012 | 55A | Ocean predator (7) | Chuck Deodene |
Mon Dec 26, 2011 | 68A | Killer whale (40) | Gary Cee |
Sun Dec 11, 2011 | 107D | Water hazard? | Timothy Polin |
Sun Oct 16, 2011 | 99A | 1977 thriller set at sea | Joel Fagliano |
Fri Oct 7, 2011 | 3D | One seeking to catch some rays? | Kevin G. Der |
Wed May 25, 2011 | 42A | Predator of seals | Jeff Dubner |
Thu Jan 13, 2011 | 22D | Shamu or Keiko | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Thu Dec 30, 2010 | 6D | Sea menace (2) | Joe Krozel |
Fri Oct 15, 2010 | 30D | Cousin of a blackfish | Peter Wentz |
Wed Jul 21, 2010 | 2D | Filmdom's Willy, for one | Oliver Hill |
Sun May 30, 2010 | 11D | Deep-sea predator | Eric Berlin |
Sun Apr 11, 2010 | 101D | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | Patrick Berry |
Tue Dec 1, 2009 | 55A | Killer whale (40) | Jonah Kagan and Victor Fleming |
Tue Oct 6, 2009 | 67A | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | Matt Ginsberg |
Sun Jul 5, 2009 | 60D | 1977 thriller co-starring Bo Derek | Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo |
Mon Jun 22, 2009 | 57A | Killer whale (40) | Fred Piscop |
Sun Oct 5, 2008 | 115D | 1977 flick with the tagline "Terror just beneath the surface" | Byron Walden |
Mon Aug 4, 2008 | 8D | Killer whale (40) | Oliver Hill |
Thu Jul 31, 2008 | 53D | Killer whale (40) | Allan E. Parrish |
Wed Mar 12, 2008 | 49A | Creature at SeaWorld | Larry Shearer |
Mon Mar 10, 2008 | 42D | Killer whale (40) | Ken Bessette |
Mon Dec 24, 2007 | 53D | Killer whale (40) | Mark Sherwood |
Wed May 9, 2007 | 14A | It's a killer | Patrick Merrell |
Wed Jan 31, 2007 | 27D | Preyer on seals | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Wed Jun 21, 2006 | 14A | It may prey on seals | Barry C. Silk |
Sun Jun 11, 2006 | 117A | Shamu, for one (7) | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
Thu Apr 13, 2006 | 32D | Deep-sea killer | Barry Silk |
Thu Feb 23, 2006 | 6D | Shamu, for one (7) | Todd McClary |
Fri Jan 20, 2006 | 3D | Sea predator (5) | Harvey Estes |
Wed Dec 28, 2005 | 2D | Sea predator (5) | Ernest Lampert |
Sun Dec 18, 2005 | 25A | Marine killer | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
Fri Dec 2, 2005 | 40D | Relative of a bottlenose | Patrick Merrell |
Sat Oct 29, 2005 | 25D | Sea predator (5) | Joe DiPietro |
Sat Sep 17, 2005 | 56A | Large predator | Rich Norris |
Tue Sep 6, 2005 | 20A | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | Barry C. Silk |
Sat Jul 16, 2005 | 51D | Ocean killer | Michael Shteyman |
Thu Jun 30, 2005 | 55D | Marine menace (3) | Joe DiPietro |
Wed Jun 1, 2005 | 8D | Danger of the deep | Nick Grivas |
Sat May 21, 2005 | 26A | Marine park attraction | Rich Norris |
Wed Jan 12, 2005 | 44A | Black-and-white predator (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
Tue Jan 11, 2005 | 24D | Killer whale (40) | Sarah Keller |
Sun Dec 19, 2004 | 103D | Ocean danger (2) | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
Tue Nov 30, 2004 | 15A | Whale of a movie? (3) | Joan Yanofsky |
Sun Oct 31, 2004 | 71A | Marineland performer | Patrick Merrell |
Tue Sep 7, 2004 | 34D | Shamu, for one (7) | Sarah Keller |
Sun Apr 18, 2004 | 122A | Ocean danger (2) | Richard Chisholm |
Wed Mar 17, 2004 | 53A | Ocean predator (7) | A. J. Santora |
Wed Nov 26, 2003 | 55D | Ocean predator (7) | Tyler Hinman |
Mon Oct 6, 2003 | 57A | Killer whale (40) | Barry Silk |
Fri Aug 8, 2003 | 42D | Quint's boat in "Jaws" (2) | Myles Callum |
Mon Jun 2, 2003 | 16A | Killer whale (40) | Gregory E. Paul |
Tue May 6, 2003 | 25D | Killer whale (40) | Karen M. Tracey |
Sun Apr 27, 2003 | 101A | Ocean swimmer's worry | Jon Delfin |
Mon Feb 24, 2003 | 11D | SeaWorld whale | Gregory E. Paul |
Thu Jan 23, 2003 | 1D | Sea World attraction (3) | Cathy Millhauser |
Thu Dec 12, 2002 | 60A | Sea predator (5) | Michael Shteyman |
Tue Jul 23, 2002 | 27D | Shamu, for one (7) | Randall J. Hartman |
Mon Jul 15, 2002 | 2D | Killer whale (40) | John Leavy |
Sun Jul 7, 2002 | 81D | Marine menace (3) | Lloyd E. Pollet |
Tue Jun 4, 2002 | 1A | Underwater predator | Matthew J. Koceich |
Sat Apr 20, 2002 | 52D | Marine predator | Dana Motley |
Sun Jan 13, 2002 | 111D | "Jaws" boat (3) | Nelson Hardy |
Sun Dec 2, 2001 | 1D | Dolphin family member | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
Sun Nov 18, 2001 | 49A | Killer at sea | Jim Page |
Tue Aug 21, 2001 | 62D | Shamu, for one (7) | Sarah Keller |
Tue Jul 17, 2001 | 39D | Predatory whale | Fred Piscop |
Mon Jun 11, 2001 | 16A | Killer whale (40) | Gregory E. Paul |
Wed Jan 10, 2001 | 14A | 1977 movie in which Bo Derek's leg is bitten off | Richard Silvestri |
Tue Dec 26, 2000 | 25D | Whale of a film? | Gene Newman |
Mon Jul 24, 2000 | 42A | Willy of "Free Willy" | Gregory E. Paul |
Wed May 31, 2000 | 32D | Sighting in the North Pacific | M. Francis Vuolo |
Mon May 8, 2000 | 49D | Killer whale (40) | Ed Early |
Wed Apr 19, 2000 | 18A | Black-and-white predator (2) | Frances Hansen |
Sun Apr 16, 2000 | 89D | Ocean menace (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Tue Mar 21, 2000 | 58A | Black-and-white hunter | Nick Grivas |
Mon Feb 7, 2000 | 15A | Killer whale (40) | Gregory E. Paul |
Tue Jan 25, 2000 | 63A | Ocean predator (7) | William S. Cotter |
Tue Nov 23, 1999 | 1D | Killer whale (40) | Nancy Salomon |
Mon Oct 11, 1999 | 57A | Sea World attraction (3) | Gregory E. Paul |
Tue Sep 28, 1999 | 15A | Killer whale (40) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Tue Jun 15, 1999 | 19D | Killer whale (40) | Stephanie Spadaccini |
Thu May 20, 1999 | 56D | A whale of a menace | Zack Butler |
Tue Apr 27, 1999 | 54D | Killer whale (40) | Fred Piscop |
Thu Apr 15, 1999 | 27D | Cetacean killer | Cathy Millhauser |
Mon Feb 15, 1999 | 7D | Killer whale (40) | Randall J. Hartman |
Wed Dec 30, 1998 | 56D | Boat in "Jaws" (8) | Manny Nosowsky |
Thu Jul 9, 1998 | 39A | Sea terror | Norman S. Wizer |
Sun May 17, 1998 | 39D | Killer whale (40) | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
Fri Jan 30, 1998 | 52D | Oceanic threat | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Thu Jan 29, 1998 | 26D | Bo Derek's whale of a film | Frances Hansen |
Wed Dec 24, 1997 | 10A | Killer whale (40) | Nancy S. Ross |
Sun Oct 5, 1997 | 115D | Killer whale (40) | Derrick Niederman |
Sun Aug 17, 1997 | 26A | 1977 film killer | Cathy Millhauser |
Thu Jul 17, 1997 | 7D | 1977 movie thriller with Bo Derek | Wayne Robert Williams |
Tue Jul 1, 1997 | 56D | Killer whale (40) | Fred Piscop |
Wed Jun 18, 1997 | 63A | Bo Derek's first major film | Stanley B. Whitten |
Tue May 13, 1997 | 19A | Killer whale film | Gregory E. Paul |
Tue Feb 6, 1996 | 51D | Ocean menace (3) | Randy Sowell |
Mon Jan 15, 1996 | 53D | "Jaws" boat (3) | Gregory E. Paul |
Wed Oct 25, 1995 | 15A | Killer whale (40) | Larry Nargi |
Mon Aug 14, 1995 | 55D | Killer whale (40) | Ben Wheelock |
Tue May 9, 1995 | 28D | "Jaws" boat (3) | Gregory E. Paul |
Sun Apr 30, 1995 | 33A | Killer whale (40) | Warren W. Reich |
Wed Mar 1, 1995 | 62A | Killer whale (40) | Lois Sidway |
Fri Oct 21, 1994 | 7A | Bo Derek's film debut | Mark Diehl |
Tue May 31, 1994 | 59A | Killer whale (40) | Roger H. Courtney |
Fri Apr 22, 1994 | 55A | Richard Harris movie of 1977 | A.J. Santora |
Thu Mar 31, 1994 | 62A | Bo Derek film before "10" | Mark Diehl |
Mon Dec 13, 1993 | 59D | Whale of a movie (3) | Thomas W. Schier |
Wed Dec 1, 1993 | 43A | Killer whale (40) | Tap Osborn |