ORE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ORE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ORE" answer was first appeared in "9 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Vein find (3)". It was authored by Janie Lyons. Recently, the "ORE" answer has been used for "19 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Part of a rock band?". It was authored by Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Valuable rock (7)", "Vein contents (7)", "Mine find (13)", "Bauxite, e.g. (8)", "Pay dirt (10)", "Miner’s find (6)", "Source of iron (6)", "Prospector’s find (7)", "Smelter input (7)", "You can dig it (6)". "ORE" appeared 532 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ORE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2023 | 64A | Part of a rock band? | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| 6 Nov 2023 | 2D | Gold in them thar hills, e.g. | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| 25 Oct 2023 | 56D | Mine yield | Aimee Lucido |
| 10 Oct 2023 | 23A | Valuable rock deposit | Nate Cardin |
| 26 Sep 2023 | 8D | You want to make something of it? | Shannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein |
| 23 Sep 2023 | 24A | What might be found in a bed | Robert Charlton |
| 12 Sep 2023 | 21A | Mined stuff | Ella Dershowitz |
| 3 Sep 2023 | 84A | Hopper car contents | Dylan Schiff |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 15A | Mine cart filler | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 76A | It’s mined, all mined! | Michael Schlossberg |
| 10 Jul 2023 | 16A | Prospector’s find | Brad Wiegmann |
| 24 Jun 2023 | 8D | Uranium source | Spencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 65D | Resource mined in Minecraft | Joe DiPietro |
| 25 Apr 2023 | 68A | Mined find | Grant Boroughs |
| 13 Apr 2023 | 23D | Iron Range haul | Robin Yu |
| 6 Mar 2023 | 41D | Smelted material | Lynn Lempel |
| 5 Mar 2023 | 33D | Bauxite or galena | John-Clark Levin |
| 9 Feb 2023 | 68D | Rock hard | Alex Rosen |
| 29 Dec 2022 | 70A | It’s stored in a vein | Claire Rimkus and Rachel Fabi |
| 28 Dec 2022 | 61D | It’s unrefined | Josh Goodman |
| 3 Dec 2022 | 51A | Malachite, for one | Kate Hawkins |
| 10 Nov 2022 | 22A | Smelter’s supply | Dan Caprera |
| 1 Nov 2022 | 32D | Metal source | Bruce Haight |
| 15 Oct 2022 | 24D | Rock that’s graded | John Hawksley |
| 13 Sep 2022 | 11D | Mined-over matter | Adam Wagner |
| 10 Aug 2022 | 16A | Mined find | Karen Lurie |
| 22 Jul 2022 | 51D | Unit of the Swedish krona | David Steinberg |
| 15 Jul 2022 | 28D | It may come from the hills | Matthew Stock and Nam Jin Yoon |
| 8 Jun 2022 | 59D | Deposit of a sort | Bruce Haight |
| 19 May 2022 | 70A | Gold in them thar hills, e.g. | Alex Rosen |
| 23 Apr 2022 | 31A | Something of miner interest | Matthew Stock |
| 20 Mar 2022 | 71A | Blast furnace supply | Brad Wiegmann |
| 16 Mar 2022 | 18D | It’s mined, all mined! | Joseph Gangi |
| 14 Mar 2022 | 46D | Refinery rocks | Stephen Hiltner |
| 6 Mar 2022 | 34A | Nickel found in a pocket, say | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| 2 Mar 2022 | 45A | Dug-out material | Dylan Schiff |
| 1 Mar 2022 | 67A | Mine find | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| 22 Feb 2022 | 58D | Earth deposit | Jacob McDermott |
| 12 Jan 2022 | 44D | Contents of a vein | Adam Aaronson |
| 16 Dec 2021 | 30D | Unrefined material | Trenton Charlson |
| 28 Nov 2021 | 115D | Wash. neighbor | Jeff Kremer |
| 21 Nov 2021 | 121A | High-value deposit | Adam Wagner |
| 1 Nov 2021 | 57D | Mineral-bearing rock | Fiona Taylor |
| 15 Sep 2021 | 63A | Cent : euro :: ___ : krona | Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau |
| 10 Aug 2021 | 68A | ___-Ida, maker of Tater Tots | Anne Grae Martin |
| 23 Jul 2021 | 39D | Elementium or obsidium, in World of Warcraft | Michael Hawkins |
| 12 Jul 2021 | 8D | Metal in a mine | Kevin Christian |
| 3 Jul 2021 | 46A | Blast furnace input | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 18 Jun 2021 | 12D | Lucky strike | Daniel Larsen |
| 6 Jun 2021 | 93D | Argentite, e.g. | Robyn Weintraub |
| 1 Jun 2021 | 24D | Get a lode of this! | Finn Vigeland |
| 31 May 2021 | 37D | Valuable deposit | Michael Lieberman |
| 2 May 2021 | 39D | Load off one’s mine? | Dan Schoenholz |
| 29 Apr 2021 | 35D | Mined matter | Adam Wagner |
| 23 Mar 2021 | 19A | What’s mined to keep? | Dan Schoenholz |
| 4 Mar 2021 | 66A | Divisions of a krone | Blake Slonecker |
| 28 Jan 2021 | 46A | Prospector’s find | Steve Mossberg |
| 18 Jan 2021 | 59D | Bauxite, e.g. | Jeff Stillman |
| 24 Dec 2020 | 32A | Certain deposit | Billy Ouska |
| 19 Dec 2020 | 42A | Stuff searched for in vein? | Caitlin Reid and Andrew J. Ries |
| 4 Dec 2020 | 18A | Half of a frozen foods brand | Patti Varol and Doug Peterson |
| 20 Sep 2020 | 103D | Prospector’s find | Sam Trabucco |
| 14 Sep 2020 | 61D | Mine cart contents | John Guzzetta |
| 26 Aug 2020 | 42D | Material collected in Minecraft | Carl Larson |
| 15 Jul 2020 | 6D | Division of the Danish krone | Lee Higbie and Jeff Chen |
| 16 Jun 2020 | 15A | Load from a lode | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 12 Jun 2020 | 44A | Metal band? | Robyn Weintraub |
| 9 Jun 2020 | 2D | Shipment to a refinery | Freddie Cheng |
| 25 May 2020 | 62D | About which someone might say “Get the lead out!” | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas |
| 29 Apr 2020 | 39D | Certain freight car cargo | Joe DiPietro |
| 19 Apr 2020 | 19A | Something picked at with a pickax | Jack Mowat and Jeff Chen |
| 6 Apr 2020 | 46A | Homophone of 44-Across | Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas |
| 2 Apr 2020 | 14A | Potential resource on an asteroid | Evan Mahnken |
| 5 Feb 2020 | 36A | Vein contents | Ross Trudeau |
| 29 Jan 2020 | 31D | Danish coins | Jeremy Newton |
| 28 Jan 2020 | 32A | Mine cart contents | Trenton Charlson |
| 19 Jan 2020 | 85D | Smelter’s supply | Victor Barocas |
| 30 Dec 2019 | 63D | Metal from a mine | Gary Larson |
| 17 Nov 2019 | 54A | You can dig it | Randolph Ross |
| 16 Nov 2019 | 34D | Carnotite, for example | Daniel Larsen |
| 10 Nov 2019 | 113D | Underground band | Peter Gordon |
| 30 Oct 2019 | 6D | Mine cart filler | David Steinberg |
| 27 Oct 2019 | 95D | Cent : euro :: ___ : krona | Michael Paleos |
| 21 Oct 2019 | 58D | Valuable rock | Joe Deeney |
| 7 Oct 2019 | 63D | Valuable rock | Keiran King |
| 30 Sep 2019 | 62D | Mined find | Lynn Lempel |
| 29 Sep 2019 | 11D | Galena, e.g. | Tom McCoy |
| 22 Jul 2019 | 9D | Gold waiting to be discovered | Lynn Lempel |
| 1 Jul 2019 | 16A | Rocks sent to a refinery | Damon Gulczynski |
| 14 May 2019 | 14D | Rock band? | Damon Gulczynski |
| 4 May 2019 | 14A | It could be carried in a cart | Mark Diehl |
| 16 Apr 2019 | 60D | Miner’s haul | Gary Cee |
| 15 Apr 2019 | 14A | Mined rocks | Patrick Blindauer and Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 16 Mar 2019 | 41A | Extractable resource | Andrew J. Ries |
| 6 Feb 2019 | 28A | Underground rock | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 29 Jan 2019 | 9D | Molybdenite, for molybdenum | Benjamin Kramer |
| 9 Dec 2018 | 12D | Cent : U.S. :: ___ : Sweden | Ross Trudeau |
| 2 Dec 2018 | 48A | A miner concern? | Paul Coulter |
| 29 Nov 2018 | 34A | Something found in a rush | Herre Schouwerwou |
| 27 Nov 2018 | 2D | Asset in the game The Settlers of Catan | Erik Agard |
| 11 Nov 2018 | 18D | It’s mined, all mined! | Eric Berlin |
| 1 Oct 2018 | 62D | Metal before refinement | Chuck Deodene |
| 21 Aug 2018 | 46A | Material that is 25-Acrossed | John Lieb and Andrea Yañes |
| 30 Jul 2018 | 41A | Miner’s haul | Gary Cee |
| 13 Jul 2018 | 21D | Fractions of a krona | Trenton Charlson |
| 25 Jun 2018 | 34D | Rock with valuable nuggets | Kathy Wienberg |
| 21 Jun 2018 | 36D | Material collected in Minecraft | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |
| 21 May 2018 | 61D | It’s mined | Hannah Slovut |
| 11 May 2018 | 53D | 45-Across divisions | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| 3 May 2018 | 41A | It can be hard to process | Emily Carroll |
| 5 Apr 2018 | 19A | Strike with a pickax? | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Apr 2018 | 45A | Contents of a vein | Weird Al Yankovic and Eric Berlin |
| 2 Apr 2018 | 43D | Galena or bauxite | Jason Mueller |
| 26 Mar 2018 | 45D | Shipment to a smeltery | Andy Kravis |
| 25 Mar 2018 | 116D | 1/100 of a 43-Across | Finn Vigeland |
| 13 Mar 2018 | 57A | Mine cartload | Carl Worth |
| 11 Mar 2018 | 2D | Iron Range product | Matthew Sewell |
| 6 Mar 2018 | 6A | Resource in the Mesabi Range | Bruce Greig |
| 31 Jan 2018 | 29A | Extraction target, often | Josh Radnor and Jeff Chen |
| 25 Jan 2018 | 1A | Some metal bands? | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 14 Dec 2017 | 23D | Extraction target | Timothy Polin |
| 13 Dec 2017 | 38A | Old Swedish coins | Benjamin Kramer |
| 14 Nov 2017 | 3D | Mined find | Jerry Miccolis and Jeff Chen |
| 2 Nov 2017 | 42A | Early metal? | Peter Sagal and Mike Selinker |
| 17 Oct 2017 | 59D | Valuable rock | Jeff Chen |
| 24 Aug 2017 | 13A | It may contain gold | Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg |
| 20 Aug 2017 | 117D | See 112-Down | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 6 Aug 2017 | 35A | Smelter input | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Jul 2017 | 53A | See 38-Across | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| 28 Jul 2017 | 57A | Rock band? | Robyn Weintraub |
| 3 Jul 2017 | 56D | Mine car load | Randall J. Hartman |
| 1 Jul 2017 | 25A | Some hard rock | David Phillips |
| 4 Jun 2017 | 83D | It’s mined, all mined! | Tom McCoy |
| 18 May 2017 | 24D | Galena, for one | Jacob Stulberg |
| 10 May 2017 | 20A | Tram load | Ned White |
| 1 Apr 2017 | 56D | Buried treasure | Howard Barkin |
| 25 Mar 2017 | 5D | Extractions are made from it | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| 30 Jan 2017 | 12D | Valuable mine rock | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 28 Jan 2017 | 45A | It’s searched for in a rush | Damon Gulczynski |
| 13 Jan 2017 | 29D | Dug stuff | Andrew J. Ries |
| 29 Dec 2016 | 34A | Material in the game Minecraft | Kevan Choset |
| 4 Dec 2016 | 65A | Pay dirt | Bruce Haight |
| 30 Nov 2016 | 24A | Miners dig it | Molly Young |
| 3 Nov 2016 | 28D | Silver ___ | Mel Rosen |
| 24 Oct 2016 | 20A | Mine cart contents | John Guzzetta |
| 18 Oct 2016 | 3D | Bank deposit? | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 24 Aug 2016 | 59D | 1/100 of a Norwegian krone | Matthew Sewell |
| 12 Jul 2016 | 56D | Mined metal | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 6 Jul 2016 | 63D | You can dig it | David Woolf |
| 16 Jun 2016 | 44A | Target of a strip search? | Timothy Polin |
| 8 Jun 2016 | 5D | Metallurgist’s sample | Sean Dobbin |
| 18 May 2016 | 58A | Great Lakes freighter load, perhaps | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 21 Apr 2016 | 40A | Rocky subject? | Alex Bajcz |
| 20 Apr 2016 | 65D | Bauxite, for aluminum | Tom McCoy |
| 11 Apr 2016 | 5D | It might be found in a deposit | Ron Toth and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 30 Mar 2016 | 30A | Vein find | Andrew Reynolds |
| 6 Mar 2016 | 29A | Source of iron | David J. Kahn |
| 29 Feb 2016 | 34A | Mine find | Joel Fagliano |
| 3 Feb 2016 | 19A | Bauxite or galena | Tom McCoy |
| 4 Dec 2015 | 53D | Rock band? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 9 Sep 2015 | 50D | Many a substance ending in “-ite” | Michael Hawkins |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 41D | Resource in the board game The Settlers of Catan | Patrick Berry |
| 28 Aug 2015 | 33A | Rush target | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 2 Jul 2015 | 17A | Buried treasure? | Timothy Polin |
| 19 Jun 2015 | 33D | Stuff in many 57-Across | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 30 May 2015 | 37D | It’s targeted for extraction | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| 8 Apr 2015 | 41A | Tram’s cargo | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 15 Feb 2015 | 49A | Heavy metal band? | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| 9 Feb 2015 | 16A | ___-Ida (frozen potato brand) | Lynn Lempel |
| 10 Jan 2015 | 40D | What might be grabbed in a rush | Joe Krozel |
| 8 Jan 2015 | 31D | Part of a krone | Jacob Stulberg |
| 26 Dec 2014 | 26A | Some slurry stuff | Patrick Berry |
| 21 Dec 2014 | 98A | Hematite, e.g. | Joel Fagliano |
| 7 Dec 2014 | 49A | Unrefined material | Jeff Chen |
| 24 Nov 2014 | 66A | Beaver State: Abbr. | Robert Seminara |
| 23 Nov 2014 | 93A | Blast furnace input | Patrick Berry |
| 6 Nov 2014 | 60D | Vein filler | Matt Ginsberg |
| 21 Oct 2014 | 41A | Mined material | Patrick Blindauer |
| 13 Oct 2014 | 2D | Mined rocks | Greg Johnson |
| 7 Oct 2014 | 41D | Refinery input | Matt Skoczen and Victor Fleming |
| 28 Sep 2014 | 90A | Good source of iron? | Todd Gross |
| 13 Sep 2014 | 7D | Bank deposit? | Josh Knapp |
| 12 Sep 2014 | 48A | It’s often an oxide | Michael Wiesenberg |
| 2 Sep 2014 | 55D | Miner’s find | Ethan Cooper |
| 27 Aug 2014 | 16A | Dig this! | Gareth Bain and David Poole |
| 8 Aug 2014 | 19A | It may contain mercury | Bruce Haight |
| 28 Jul 2014 | 60D | Rock with gold or silver, say | Tom McCoy |
| 9 Jul 2014 | 48D | Some Scandinavian coins | Bruce Haight |
| 7 Jul 2014 | 64D | Lucky rockhound’s find | Lynn Lempel |
| 26 Jun 2014 | 44D | Pay dirt | Pawel Fludzinski |
| 22 Jun 2014 | 82D | Some freight cargo | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 19 Jun 2014 | 8D | What is 1/100 of a Danish krone? | Timothy Polin |
| 15 Jun 2014 | 110D | Iron ___ | Tony Orbach |
| 9 Jun 2014 | 50D | Mined metal | Tom McCoy |
| 26 May 2014 | 19A | Prospector’s find | Dan Margolis |
| 22 May 2014 | 56A | Part of a krone | Adam G. Perl |
| 21 May 2014 | 36A | Bonanza yield | Mike Buckley |
| 11 May 2014 | 6D | Some freighter cargo | Peter A. Collins |
| 14 Apr 2014 | 43A | Mined metal | Gareth Bain |
| 11 Apr 2014 | 2D | Something in that vein? | Peter Wentz |
| 8 Apr 2014 | 55A | Neighbor of Wash. | Ian Livengood |
| 6 Apr 2014 | 117A | Something that may be amalgamated | Patrick Berry |
| 29 Mar 2014 | 6D | Rush target | Barry C. Silk |
| 23 Mar 2014 | 120A | Scandinavian coin | Ian Livengood |
| 27 Jan 2014 | 49D | Mined metal | James Tuttle |
| 19 Jan 2014 | 123D | See 9-Down | Dan Schoenholz |
| 22 Dec 2013 | 54A | 2-Down, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Dec 2013 | 9D | Prospector’s quest | Bill Thompson |
| 2 Dec 2013 | 2D | Valuable rock | Adam G. Perl |
| 1 Dec 2013 | 17D | What a picker may pick | Alan DerKazarian |
| 18 Nov 2013 | 61D | Bauxite, e.g. | Edgar Fontaine |
| 11 Sep 2013 | 59D | Stibnite, for one | Patrick Blindauer |
| 5 Sep 2013 | 8D | Resource in the game Settlers of Catan | Damon Gulczynski |
| 13 Jul 2013 | 50D | A heavy metal band may have it | Byron Walden |
| 3 Jul 2013 | 59D | Stuff to dig up | Pamela Klawitter |
| 26 Jun 2013 | 16A | Magnetite or cinnabar | David Steinberg (16) and Bernice Gordon (99) |
| 25 Jun 2013 | 16A | What may be under a mountaintop | Joel Fagliano |
| 26 May 2013 | 114D | Cinnabar, e.g. | Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz |
| 22 May 2013 | 38A | Digger’s strike | Kevin Christian |
| 11 May 2013 | 38A | Vein gloriousness? | Matt Ginsberg |
| 12 Apr 2013 | 16A | Millerite, e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| 31 Mar 2013 | 94A | Certain extraction | Caleb Madison |
| 11 Mar 2013 | 31A | Sought-after rock | Robert Fisher |
| 5 Mar 2013 | 38A | Valuable stuff in a vein | Gareth Bain |
| 18 Jan 2013 | 8D | What to take the lead from | Tim Croce |
| 14 Dec 2012 | 24D | Bed rock? | Paula Gamache |
| 6 Nov 2012 | 41A | Sought-after rock | Erik Agard |
| 14 Oct 2012 | 57D | Cinnabar, e.g. | Todd Gross |
| 20 Sep 2012 | 51A | Bonanza find | John R. Conrad |
| 5 Sep 2012 | 58D | Gold in them thar hills? | Paula Gamache |
| 12 Aug 2012 | 19A | Mine layer | Patrick Berry |
| 5 Aug 2012 | 125D | Danish coins | Patrick Merrell |
| 2 May 2012 | 28A | Mined matter | Paula Gamache |
| 9 Apr 2012 | 38A | Refinery material | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 30 Mar 2012 | 59D | Valuable stuff in a pocket | Joe Krozel |
| 19 Feb 2012 | 43A | The gold in them thar hills, say | James F. C. Burns |
| 2 Feb 2012 | 31A | Dig it | Stu Ockman |
| 1 Feb 2012 | 44D | Prospector’s find | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Dec 2011 | 27A | Heavy metal rock? | Patrick Merrell |
| 12 Dec 2011 | 60D | Miner’s pay dirt | Gary Cee |
| 9 Dec 2011 | 51D | Sudbury Basin export | Patrick Berry |
| 24 Aug 2011 | 16A | Shipment to a smeltery | Kelsey Blakley |
| 13 Aug 2011 | 22A | It’s raw | Tim Croce |
| 31 Jul 2011 | 91D | Rush igniter | Pamela Klawitter |
| 3 Jun 2011 | 44D | Part of the underground economy? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 16 Mar 2011 | 60D | Extracted stuff | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 7 Mar 2011 | 38D | Miner’s load | Mike Torch |
| 4 Jan 2011 | 12D | Vein contents | David Hanson |
| 25 Nov 2010 | 58D | Calif. neighbor | Bill Thompson |
| 21 Nov 2010 | 78A | Bauxite, e.g. | Clive Probert |
| 12 Oct 2010 | 53A | Lode deposit | José Chardiet |
| 28 Sep 2010 | 33A | Shipment to a smeltery | Michael Torch |
| 27 Aug 2010 | 34A | See 46-Down | Corey Rubin |
| 4 Jul 2010 | 92D | What’s mined to keep? | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| 23 Jun 2010 | 61D | Miner’s find | Alex Boisvert |
| 13 Jun 2010 | 114D | Mine find | Francis Heaney |
| 6 Jun 2010 | 60D | Garnierite, for nickel | Daniel A. Finan |
| 31 May 2010 | 24A | Metal in a mountain | Oliver Hill |
| 26 May 2010 | 55A | Metalliferous rock | Anna Shechtman |
| 16 May 2010 | 113D | Pitchblende, for one | Matt Ginsberg |
| 16 Apr 2010 | 57A | It may lie in a bed | Eric Berlin |
| 11 Apr 2010 | 92A | It’s lode-bearing | Patrick Berry |
| 2 Apr 2010 | 57D | Stuff in a bank | Alan Olschwang |
| 28 Feb 2010 | 94A | Mountain treasure | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 1 Dec 2009 | 6A | Mine treasure | Jonah Kagan and Victor Fleming |
| 23 Nov 2009 | 63A | Metal on its way to a refinery | Ben Pall |
| 15 Nov 2009 | 57A | Uranium source, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 8 Oct 2009 | 22A | Pay dirt | Scott Atkinson |
| 27 Sep 2009 | 29A | Vein contents | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Aug 2009 | 27A | Danish coin | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 1 Aug 2009 | 46A | It might hold gold | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 16 Jul 2009 | 21D | Lead from a mountain? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 8 Jun 2009 | 39A | Bauxite or galena | Randy Sowell |
| 26 May 2009 | 16A | Vein contents | Mike Nothnagel |
| 22 May 2009 | 55D | 100ths of a krona | Manny Nosowsky |
| 21 May 2009 | 66D | Prospector’s prize | Patrick Blindauer |
| 12 May 2009 | 26D | Rich rock | Wayne and P. K. King |
| 5 Apr 2009 | 134D | It’s major for miners | Charles Deber |
| 18 Mar 2009 | 41A | ___-Ida (Tater Tots maker) | Robert A. Doll |
| 13 Mar 2009 | 50A | Extraction target | Joon Pahk |
| 21 Feb 2009 | 4D | Elementary stuff | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| 15 Feb 2009 | 27A | Iron ___ | Jim Leeds |
| 5 Feb 2009 | 2D | It’s found in veins | David J. Kahn |
| 29 Jan 2009 | 32A | 1/100 of a krone | Barry C. Silk |
| 12 Nov 2008 | 31D | It may be picked | Peter A. Collins |
| 19 Oct 2008 | 58D | Nugget holder | Joe DiPietro |
| 19 Aug 2008 | 49A | Lode load | Harriet Clifton |
| 9 Jun 2008 | 64D | Valuable rocks | Paula Gamache |
| 31 May 2008 | 8D | Bank deposit, of sorts | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 10 Apr 2008 | 13D | Tram contents | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Mar 2008 | 14D | Blast furnace input | Patrick Berry |
| 5 Mar 2008 | 62D | Ida. neighbor | Steven Ginzburg |
| 3 Mar 2008 | 66A | Metalliferous rock | C. W. Stewart |
| 11 Feb 2008 | 60D | Metal from a mine | Ken Bessette |
| 27 Jan 2008 | 84D | Bauxite, e.g. | Mike Nothnagel |
| 5 Dec 2007 | 61A | Assayer’s stuff | Allan E. Parrish |
| 20 Nov 2007 | 57D | Seam material | Larry Shearer |
| 25 Oct 2007 | 43A | Norwegian coin | Susan Harrington Smith |
| 18 Sep 2007 | 24D | Prospecting find | Chuck Deodene |
| 2 Sep 2007 | 48D | Buried treasure | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 26 Aug 2007 | 88D | Blast furnace material | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| 25 Aug 2007 | 42D | Nugget holder | Myles Callum |
| 12 Jul 2007 | 29A | Cinnabar, e.g. | Michael Shteyman |
| 18 Jun 2007 | 21D | Valuable rock | Randall J. Hartman |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 21A | Source of wealth | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| 3 Jun 2007 | 79A | It needs refining | Kelsey Blakley |
| 12 May 2007 | 19A | It’s extracted | Rich Norris |
| 1 May 2007 | 21A | Raw resource | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| 13 Mar 2007 | 48A | Miner’s find | Holden Baker |
| 5 Mar 2007 | 8D | Smelter input | Fred Piscop |
| 2 Mar 2007 | 10A | Penny : pound :: ___ : krone | Eric Berlin |
| 15 Feb 2007 | 49A | Mining target | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| 17 Jan 2007 | 19A | Ida. neighbor | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 26 Dec 2006 | 36D | It needs refinement | C. W. Stewart |
| 10 Dec 2006 | 122D | It’s found in seams | David J. Kahn |
| 25 Nov 2006 | 55D | Something to pick | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 14 Nov 2006 | 63D | It needs refining | Sarah Keller |
| 27 Oct 2006 | 35D | It may have a lead part | Lisa Bunker |
| 21 Aug 2006 | 28D | Miner’s load | Elayne Cantor |
| 9 Aug 2006 | 39A | Vein contents | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| 7 Aug 2006 | 14A | Mine find | Lynn Lempel |
| 23 Jul 2006 | 66A | Source of iron | Fred Piscop |
| 10 Jul 2006 | 28D | Lode load | Randall J. Hartman |
| 5 Jul 2006 | 22D | Lode load | Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Jun 2006 | 43A | Source of iron | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 2 May 2006 | 57D | Valuable rock | Peter A. Collins |
| 18 Apr 2006 | 26A | Mined rock | Pete Muller |
| 3 Mar 2006 | 52A | Swedish coins | Tyler Hinman |
| 2 Mar 2006 | 21D | Mineral source | Patrick Merrell |
| 1 Mar 2006 | 40A | Something to slag | Richard Silvestri |
| 31 Jan 2006 | 47A | Valuable rock | Patrick Merrell |
| 23 Jan 2006 | 57D | Mine find | Mark T. Milhet |
| 2 Jan 2006 | 33A | Miner’s find | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| 25 Oct 2005 | 67A | Refinable rock | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 12 Oct 2005 | 21A | Source of iron | Paul Guttormsson |
| 5 Oct 2005 | 13D | Load from a lode | Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Sep 2005 | 70D | Smelter input | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Sep 2005 | 34D | Swedish coin | David J. Kahn |
| 22 Aug 2005 | 16A | Lode deposit | Lynn Lempel |
| 16 Aug 2005 | 46A | “-ite” compound, often | Randall J. Hartman |
| 1 Aug 2005 | 29A | Miner’s discovery | Kendall Twigg |
| 21 Jul 2005 | 62D | Vein contents | Patrick Blindauer |
| 5 Jul 2005 | 62D | Miner’s find | Beth Hinshaw |
| 19 Jun 2005 | 78A | It may be found in a pocket | Manny Nosowsky |
| 14 Jun 2005 | 58D | Assayer’s stuff | Sarah Keller |
| 8 Jun 2005 | 49A | Beryl, e.g. | Richard Chisholm |
| 15 May 2005 | 25D | Prospector’s interest | Patrick Berry |
| 4 May 2005 | 59D | Miner matter | Victor Fleming |
| 20 Apr 2005 | 28A | Lead ___ | Joe DiPietro |
| 18 Mar 2005 | 35D | Graphite, e.g. | Ed Early |
| 6 Mar 2005 | 69D | Rush attraction | John Greenman |
| 28 Feb 2005 | 7D | Source of iron or lead | Marjorie Berg |
| 21 Feb 2005 | 38A | Metal in rocks | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 11 Feb 2005 | 6D | Seamy matter | Manny Nosowsky |
| 7 Feb 2005 | 58D | It’s north of Calif. | Gordon Seaberg |
| 28 Jan 2005 | 51A | It’s picked | Eric Berlin |
| 19 Jan 2005 | 2D | It’s extracted | Leonard Williams |
| 24 Dec 2004 | 51D | Underground wealth | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 21 Dec 2004 | 47A | Iron or gold source | Kurt Mengel |
| 29 Sep 2004 | 23A | Bonanza find | Verna Suit |
| 27 Sep 2004 | 24A | Calif.’s northern neighbor | Gregory Paul |
| 24 Sep 2004 | 5D | Bucket conveyor’s load | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Sep 2004 | 20A | Mine find | Sarah Keller |
| 24 Aug 2004 | 58D | Vein contents | Lynn Lempel |
| 23 Aug 2004 | 65D | Mine find | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| 27 Jun 2004 | 49A | It can be picked out | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn |
| 9 May 2004 | 123D | Bank deposit | Charles M. Deber |
| 27 Apr 2004 | 22D | Smelter input | Janet R. Bender |
| 31 Mar 2004 | 28D | Metallurgist’s material | Randy Sowell |
| 25 Feb 2004 | 58D | Bonanza find | Nancy S. Ross |
| 15 Feb 2004 | 60A | Bauxite, e.g. | Derrick Niederman |
| 1 Jan 2004 | 41D | Smeltery input | Richard Silvestri |
| 15 Dec 2003 | 19A | Assayer’s material | Sarah Keller |
| 20 Oct 2003 | 54D | Miner’s load | Lynn Lempel |
| 30 Sep 2003 | 60D | Pay dirt | Kevan Choset |
| 20 Jul 2003 | 64D | Find for 8-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| 23 Jun 2003 | 58D | Prospector’s prize | Raymond Hamel |
| 5 Jun 2003 | 61D | Kind of deposit | David J. Kahn |
| 6 Apr 2003 | 41A | Iron ___ | Joe DiPietro |
| 2 Apr 2003 | 64D | Mine find | Kelly Clark |
| 19 Feb 2003 | 11D | Lode load | Sarah Keller |
| 12 Jan 2003 | 8D | Tramcar load | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Jan 2003 | 65D | Vein find | Ed Early |
| 24 Dec 2002 | 58A | Metal container | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 9 Dec 2002 | 61D | Mine find | Sarah Keller |
| 3 Dec 2002 | 40D | Excavation find | Tyler Hinman |
| 18 Nov 2002 | 16A | Smeltery input | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| 12 Nov 2002 | 37A | A load off one’s mine? | Adam Cohen |
| 11 Nov 2002 | 5D | Metallic rock | Gregory E. Paul |
| 10 Nov 2002 | 54A | Mesabi range find | Cathy Millhauser |
| 7 Oct 2002 | 66D | Source of iron | Greg Staples |
| 18 Sep 2002 | 18D | Mined-over matter? | David J. Kahn |
| 30 Aug 2002 | 10D | Rush attraction | Patrick Merrell |
| 9 Jun 2002 | 64D | Can you dig it? | Randolph Ross |
| 1 Jun 2002 | 28A | Bank deposit? | Rich Norris |
| 27 Apr 2002 | 11D | It might be found in a rush | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 8 Apr 2002 | 12D | See 11-Down | Richard Chisholm |
| 6 Feb 2002 | 37D | It’s picked out | Joe DiPietro |
| 20 Jan 2002 | 18D | It may be sought in a rush | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 6 Jan 2002 | 77D | Part of a krone | Frank A. Longo |
| 19 Dec 2001 | 24D | You can dig it | Don West |
| 18 Dec 2001 | 28D | Mine find | Sarah Keller |
| 7 Dec 2001 | 35A | It may be in a bed | Joe DiPietro |
| 22 Aug 2001 | 39A | Scandinavian currency | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 5 Jul 2001 | 63A | It might be picked apart | Peter Gordon |
| 3 Jul 2001 | 8D | Bauxite or magnetite | Randall J. Hartman |
| 19 Jun 2001 | 13D | Hematite, for one | Tyler Hinman |
| 20 May 2001 | 25A | Subject of testing | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 May 2001 | 40A | Bauxite, e.g. | Mark P. Sherwood |
| 2 Apr 2001 | 43A | Miner’s quest | Peter Gordon |
| 14 Mar 2001 | 64D | Pay dirt | Greg Staples |
| 15 Feb 2001 | 13D | It’s fine for a refinery | David Ainslie Macleod |
| 3 Jan 2001 | 37A | Tram filler | Fred Piscop |
| 29 Dec 2000 | 9D | Valuable deposit | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Nov 2000 | 60D | Seam content | Chuck Deodene |
| 21 Oct 2000 | 29A | Buried treasure | Bob Klahn |
| 24 Sep 2000 | 16D | You can dig it | Randolph Ross |
| 16 Sep 2000 | 60D | Contents of 28-Across | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 13 Sep 2000 | 31D | Load from a lode | Jim Morton |
| 11 Sep 2000 | 21A | Mine extraction | Gregory E. Paul |
| 18 Jul 2000 | 22D | Refinable rock | Richard Silvestri |
| 15 Jul 2000 | 23A | Scandinavian money | David J. Kahn |
| 11 Jul 2000 | 31D | Pay dirt | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon |
| 4 Jun 2000 | 34A | Parts of a krona | Martin Schneider |
| 16 May 2000 | 42A | Miner’s find | Peter Gordon |
| 12 May 2000 | 5D | Objective for 25-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 May 2000 | 7D | Seam contents | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 5 Apr 2000 | 64D | Vein pursuit | Frances Hansen |
| 3 Apr 2000 | 43A | Shipment to a mill | Gregory E. Paul |
| 15 Mar 2000 | 15A | It may be reached by tunnel | Jim Page |
| 24 Feb 2000 | 66D | Bauxite, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| 17 Feb 2000 | 16A | Metallurgist’s subject | Matt Gaffney and David Bianco |
| 2 Jan 2000 | 45D | It’s found in banks | Rich Norris |
| 30 Dec 1999 | 61D | Sourdough’s find | Alan Jay Weiss |
| 1 Dec 1999 | 64A | It may have a silver lining | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| 30 Nov 1999 | 42A | Source of iron | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 21 Nov 1999 | 77D | Miner’s quarry | Patrick D. Berry |
| 17 Oct 1999 | 162D | Vein glory? | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| 23 Sep 1999 | 59D | Sourdough’s find | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 20 Aug 1999 | 42D | It’s pursued in vein | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Jul 1999 | 14A | It’s found in the ground | Alfio Micci |
| 14 Jul 1999 | 33D | Where Salem is: Abbr. | Nancy Salomon |
| 12 Jul 1999 | 23A | Mine diggings | Carol R. Blumenstein |
| 11 Jul 1999 | 82A | Rough stuff | Nancy Salomon |
| 24 May 1999 | 60D | Smelter input | Gregory E. Paul |
| 8 May 1999 | 60D | Riches from ditches | Richard Hughes |
| 27 Apr 1999 | 56A | Prospector’s find | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Mar 1999 | 121D | Paydirt | Cathy Allis Millhauser |
| 16 Mar 1999 | 61D | Assayer’s specimen | Fred Piscop |
| 19 Jan 1999 | 3D | Dig it | Kelly Clark |
| 11 Jan 1999 | 32A | Metal to be refined | Randall J. Hartman |
| 3 Jan 1999 | 121D | Tramload | Randolph Ross |
| 13 Dec 1998 | 91A | Profitable extraction | Richard Silvestri |
| 23 Nov 1998 | 43A | It’s found in the ground | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Oct 1998 | 116D | Valuable rocks | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Oct 1998 | 27A | Some can dig it | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Sep 1998 | 52A | It lacks refinement | Robert Dillman |
| 22 Sep 1998 | 41A | Mine find | Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Aug 1998 | 28D | Change from a krone | Randy Sowell |
| 11 Aug 1998 | 37D | Bauxite or hematite | Randall J. Hartman |
| 8 Jul 1998 | 5D | Band of gold? | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| 24 Jun 1998 | 61D | Comstock output | Richard Silvestri |
| 17 Apr 1998 | 27D | It’s found in banks | Matt Gaffney |
| 9 Apr 1998 | 37A | Neighbor of Ida. | Betty Jorgensen |
| 27 Feb 1998 | 9D | Iron man’s quest? | Kevin McCann |
| 25 Feb 1998 | 45D | Sourdough’s find | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 5 Feb 1998 | 48A | Bonanza find | Cathy Millhauser |
| 4 Feb 1998 | 65A | You can dig it | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Jan 1998 | 44A | Mine find | Mark Gottlieb |
| 21 Jan 1998 | 44A | Dig it! | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Nov 1997 | 28D | Mine metal | Peter Gordon |
| 30 Sep 1997 | 19A | Mined metal | Nancy Schuster |
| 14 Sep 1997 | 27A | Hard rock, maybe | Frank Longo |
| 28 Aug 1997 | 63A | Stuff of mine | Shannon Burns |
| 23 Aug 1997 | 32A | Nickel in a pocket, say? | Rich Norris |
| 16 Aug 1997 | 61A | Mined-over matter | Matt Gaffney |
| 28 May 1997 | 13A | Mine product | Ed Early |
| 6 Apr 1997 | 72A | Norwegian coin | Rich Norris |
| 17 Mar 1997 | 52A | Wash. neighbor | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 10 Mar 1997 | 45A | Great Lakes cargo | Gregory E. Paul |
| 15 Feb 1997 | 30A | Fissure filler | J. Clonick |
| 31 Jan 1997 | 23A | Get a lode of this! | M. Gaffney |
| 16 Jan 1997 | 16A | Smeltery pile | W. R. Williams |
| 2 Dec 1996 | 20A | Smeltery input | D. L. Wilk |
| 22 Nov 1996 | 8D | It runs in veins | A. K. Justin |
| 13 Nov 1996 | 35A | It’s unsmelted | M. Nosowsky |
| 10 Nov 1996 | 23D | Cuprite, e.g. | R. Hamel |
| 24 Sep 1996 | 21A | Mine material | S. Spadaccini |
| 12 Jul 1996 | 46A | Smelter input | Chuck Deodene |
| 15 May 1996 | 4D | Tram cargo | A.J. Santora |
| 13 May 1996 | 8D | Silver container | S. L. Robbins |
| 12 May 1996 | 51A | You can dig it | R. Silvestri |
| 25 Apr 1996 | 13D | Bauxite, e.g. | W. Canine |
| 17 Apr 1996 | 46A | It might need refining | F. Heaney |
| 16 Mar 1996 | 60D | Nev. neighbor | G. R. Ferguson |
| 9 Feb 1996 | 65D | Tramful, maybe | Rich Norris |
| 7 Feb 1996 | 41A | Lode load | Frank A. Longo |
| 29 Jan 1996 | 11D | Metal to be refined | G. Paul |
| 31 Dec 1995 | 31A | It’s of miner concern | Bob Klahn |
| 20 Nov 1995 | 20D | Silver container | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 17 Nov 1995 | 49A | Dolomite, e.g. | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 10 Oct 1995 | 30D | Miner’s quest | Janet R. Bender |
| 1 Sep 1995 | 37D | Pay dirt | Thomas W. Schier |
| 27 Aug 1995 | 5D | Can you dig it? | Martin Schneider |
| 3 Aug 1995 | 67D | It needs refinement | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 24 Jul 1995 | 44A | Mine metal | Amy Goldstein & Julian Ochrymowych |
| 12 Jul 1995 | 19A | Mill shipment | Robert Malinow |
| 3 May 1995 | 61A | Smelter input | Chuck Deodene |
| 23 Apr 1995 | 46A | Bank deposit? | Randolph Ross |
| 2 Apr 1995 | 66A | Pay dirt | Norman S. Wizer |
| 16 Feb 1995 | 40D | Return on a deposit? | Christopher Hurt |
| 18 Dec 1994 | 93D | Get a lode of this | Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn |
| 28 Nov 1994 | 24D | Refinery shipment | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 20 Nov 1994 | 109A | Swedish cents | Matt Gaffney |
| 7 Nov 1994 | 20A | Mine yield | Randall J. Hartman |
| 2 Nov 1994 | 59D | Wash. neighbor | Harvey Estes |
| 24 Oct 1994 | 47A | Mine output | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 3 Oct 1994 | 28A | Metal-in-the-rough | Stanley Newman |
| 25 Sep 1994 | 83A | Galena, e.g. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 27 Aug 1994 | 3D | Hematite, e.g. | Joy L. Wouk |
| 23 Jul 1994 | 2D | Bank deposit | Randolph Ross |
| 16 Jun 1994 | 18A | Dig it! | Jim Page |
| 12 Jun 1994 | 77A | Pay dirt | Frances Hansen |
| 21 Apr 1994 | 28A | Dig this | Timothy S. Lewis |
| 11 Apr 1994 | 36A | Mine find | Martin Schneider |
| 4 Apr 1994 | 43A | It’s north of Calif. | Betty Jorgensen |
| 16 Mar 1994 | 56D | Tram contents | Fred Piscop |
| 23 Feb 1994 | 53D | Ferriferous rock | Joel Davajan |
| 11 Feb 1994 | 53A | Tram load | Harvey Estes |
| 21 Jan 1994 | 40A | Mine-car load | A.J. Santora |
| 20 Dec 1993 | 61A | Prospector’s find | Norma Steinberg |
| 9 Dec 1993 | 64D | Vein find | Janie Lyons |
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