Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
Sun Nov 19, 2023 | 88A | Some nail-biters, for short | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
Mon Oct 9, 2023 | 19A | Tiebreaker periods, for short (4) | Zachary David Levy |
Fri Sep 1, 2023 | 8D | They're even at the start, in brief | Robert Logan |
Fri Aug 25, 2023 | 19A | What ties can get you into, for short | Rafael Musa |
Mon Jul 31, 2023 | 12D | Extra periods in sports, in brief | David Litman and Andrea Carla Michaels |
Mon May 1, 2023 | 42D | Play periods after the buzzer, informally | Alina Abidi and Matthew Stock |
Mon Mar 13, 2023 | 44A | Tiebreaker periods, for short (4) | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
Fri Feb 3, 2023 | 5D | Extra play opportunities, in brief | Barbara Lin |
Thu Jan 19, 2023 | 9D | 2021's Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record | Daniel Bodily |
Fri Aug 26, 2022 | 44D | Extra periods, for short (2) | Robert Logan |
Mon Aug 22, 2022 | 1D | Extra N.B.A. periods, for short | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
Sat May 28, 2022 | 5D | Decisive periods, in brief | Joseph Greenbaum |
Fri Apr 22, 2022 | 25A | Regulation followers, for short | Daniel Sheremeta |
Mon Apr 18, 2022 | 65D | Tiebreakers in hoops | Carl Larson |
Fri Nov 19, 2021 | 39A | Periods that aren't usually added, for short? | John Hawksley |
Thu Aug 5, 2021 | 10D | "Fourth periods" in hockey, for short | Adam Wagner |
Tue Jun 15, 2021 | 24A | Nerve-racking parts of games, in brief | Owen Travis |
Tue Apr 6, 2021 | 26D | Ends of some exciting games, for short | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
Sun Aug 23, 2020 | 47D | Tiebreakers, briefly (5) | Barbara Lin |
Thu Apr 30, 2020 | 31A | Extra periods, for short (2) | Caitlin Reid |
Tue Mar 24, 2020 | 56A | Sports tiebreakers, for short | Olivia Mitra Framke |
Wed Feb 12, 2020 | 42A | Extra periods, in brief (2) | Rich Proulx |
Tue Dec 31, 2019 | 59A | Periods after the fourth qtr. | Evan Kalish |
Tue Nov 19, 2019 | 57D | "Fifth quarters," in sports: Abbr. | Ross Trudeau |
Mon Oct 28, 2019 | 10A | Tiebreaker periods, for short (4) | Zhouqin Burnikel |
Sat Sep 7, 2019 | 20D | Decisive periods, briefly (2) | Trenton Charlson |
Wed Aug 7, 2019 | 37D | Nail-biters during March Madness | Jeff Chen |
Thu Jul 18, 2019 | 12D | Post-regulation periods, for short | Matthew Sewell |
Sat Apr 6, 2019 | 2D | What regular-season soccer games lack, for short | Ned White |
Tue Feb 12, 2019 | 65D | Tiebreaker periods, for short (4) | Tom Pepper |
Fri Feb 1, 2019 | 45A | Some tiebreakers, for short | Ori Brian |
Sun Dec 16, 2018 | 80A | Tense periods, for short | Sam Ezersky |
Fri Sep 14, 2018 | 18A | Some buzzer followers, for short | John Guzzetta |
Mon Apr 30, 2018 | 22D | Extra periods, in brief (2) | Bruce Haight |
Sun Apr 1, 2018 | 71A | Regulation followers, in brief | Sam Ezersky |
Mon Feb 26, 2018 | 11D | Settlers of tied games, for short | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
Thu Feb 1, 2018 | 30D | They may follow buzzers, for short | Damon Gulczynski |
Sun Sep 17, 2017 | 113A | Extra periods at TD Garden | Mark MacLachlan |
Thu Aug 10, 2017 | 56D | Rare occurrences at Super Bowls, briefly | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
Sun Jul 2, 2017 | 123A | Fifth qtrs. (5) | Patrick Blindauer |
Wed Apr 12, 2017 | 50A | Bonus sports periods, for short | Emily Carroll |
Sat Jul 16, 2016 | 32D | They may end with golden goals, for short | Byron Walden |
Sun May 1, 2016 | 58D | When golden goals happen in the N.H.L. | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
Fri Jan 22, 2016 | 18A | So-called "fifth qtrs." | Paula Gamache |
Thu Aug 27, 2015 | 14D | Extra N.B.A. periods | Joon Pahk |
Tue Apr 28, 2015 | 7D | Exciting parts of games, for short | José Chardiet |
Tue Mar 24, 2015 | 30A | Tiebreakers, for short | Robyn Weintraub |
Fri Jan 16, 2015 | 19A | Regulation followers, briefly | Michael Wiesenberg |
Mon Oct 28, 2013 | 67A | Extra periods of play, in brief | Ed Sessa |
Wed Sep 7, 2011 | 55D | Game extenders: Abbr. | Jim Hilger |
Tue May 10, 2011 | 36D | Some tiebreakers, briefly | Alan Arbesfeld |
Thu Oct 14, 2010 | 62D | Some game enders, for short | Jim Hilger |
Fri Sep 10, 2010 | 5D | Decisive periods, briefly (2) | Peter Wentz |
Wed Sep 1, 2010 | 64D | Periods of extra mins. | Michael Torch |
Mon May 10, 2010 | 42D | Tie-breaking play periods: Abbr. | Randy Sowell |
Thu Jan 14, 2010 | 7D | They may follow last periods, for short | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
Wed Jan 13, 2010 | 49A | Notations on some game scores | Kevan Choset |
Sat Aug 22, 2009 | 22A | They occur when things are all tied up, briefly | Karen M. Tracey |
Thu Jun 25, 2009 | 35D | What buzzer beaters may lead to, briefly | Bill Zais |
Thu Apr 30, 2009 | 6A | Reasons some games run long: Abbr. | Greg Kaiser and Steven Ginzburg |
Sun Feb 22, 2009 | 83D | N.F.L. tiebreakers | Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson |
Sun Nov 2, 2008 | 29A | Tie followers, briefly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed Jun 11, 2008 | 32D | N.B.A. nail-biters (2) | Daniel Kantor |
Tue Apr 1, 2008 | 60A | N.B.A. tiebreakers | Manny Nosowsky |
Wed Mar 19, 2008 | 36A | Fifth qtrs., so to speak | Gary Whitehead |
Sat Feb 2, 2008 | 28A | Fifth qtrs. (5) | Natan Last |
Sun Dec 30, 2007 | 82A | Five-min. periods, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Tue Apr 17, 2007 | 28A | Tiebreakers, briefly (5) | Jennifer Nutt |
Sat Apr 7, 2007 | 28A | Bowl bonuses, briefly | Michael Shteyman |
Tue Feb 27, 2007 | 63A | Extra play periods, for short (3) | Allan E. Parrish |
Thu Nov 2, 2006 | 46A | Fifth qtrs. (5) | John Farmer |
Sun Oct 22, 2006 | 10D | Some score notations, for short | Harvey Estes |
Mon Jul 10, 2006 | 13D | Extra play periods, for short (3) | Randall J. Hartman |
Sat Jul 1, 2006 | 57A | Sports fans' bonuses, briefly | Jim Page |
Wed Dec 21, 2005 | 24A | Results of ties: Abbr. | David J. Kahn |
Fri Aug 26, 2005 | 24A | N.F.L. nail-biters | Joe DiPietro |
Thu Aug 11, 2005 | 58D | Exciting periods, for short | Michael Shteyman |
Sun Oct 3, 2004 | 94A | Exciting periods in the N.B.A. | Randolph Ross |
Tue Feb 10, 2004 | 23A | Tiebreakers, briefly (5) | Seth A. Abel |
Fri Aug 8, 2003 | 22A | Nail-biting sports events, briefly | Myles Callum |
Sun Nov 24, 2002 | 14D | Fourth periods in the N.H.L. | Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein |
Sun May 19, 2002 | 3D | Ends of some games, for short | Cathy Millhauser |
Sun Jul 1, 2001 | 92D | Sports score notations | Manny Nosowsky |
Mon Feb 5, 2001 | 32A | Tiebreakers, briefly (5) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
Sat Sep 23, 2000 | 45A | Decisive periods, for short | Rich Norris |
Tue May 23, 2000 | 4D | Tie-breaking periods: Abbr. | Monica Krausse |
Sun May 14, 2000 | 7D | Tie deciders: Abbr. | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
Sun Dec 12, 1999 | 96A | Some sports score notations | Richard Silvestri |
Wed Jun 30, 1999 | 22A | Tiebreakers, briefly (5) | Manny Nosowsky |
Tue May 25, 1999 | 1D | Game finales: Abbr. | Philip Lew |
Thu Apr 8, 1999 | 12D | Exciting times in the N.I.T. | David J. Kahn |
Thu Feb 18, 1999 | 8D | Nail-biting events: Abbr. | Robert H. Wolfe |
Tue Sep 15, 1998 | 39A | Extra-play periods: Abbr. | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
Tue Jun 9, 1998 | 48A | Fifth quarters, so to speak: Abbr. | Arthur S. Verdesca |
Mon May 25, 1998 | 26D | Extra-play periods, for short (3) | William Canine |
Sat Jan 3, 1998 | 6D | N.B.A. nail-biters (2) | Rich Norris |
Fri Oct 10, 1997 | 18A | R.O.T.C. relative | Shannon Burns |
Thu May 1, 1997 | 57D | Nail-biters: Abbr. | Martin Schneider |
Mon Oct 7, 1996 | 13D | Extra playing periods, for short | S. Spadaccini |
Thu Oct 3, 1996 | 27A | Sports finales, for short | J. R. Leeds |
Fri Jan 19, 1996 | 54D | Game finales, for short | C. Gersch |
Sun Sep 24, 1995 | 3D | Fifth qtrs. (5) | Randolph Ross |
Sat Sep 16, 1995 | 19A | Sports page abbrs. | Bryant White |
Sun May 14, 1995 | 93A | N.C.A.A. tournament nail-biters | Richard Silvestri |
Fri Nov 11, 1994 | 48D | Sudden-death periods: Abbr. | Randolph Ross |
Fri Oct 28, 1994 | 55D | Where Its. are educated | Bryant White |
Sat Aug 13, 1994 | 21D | Fifth qtrs. (5) | Randolph Ross |
Fri Apr 22, 1994 | 59D | Military sch. | A.J. Santora |