NIT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for NIT in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "NIT" answer was first appeared in "22 May 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Mar. tourney". It was authored by Randolph Ross. Recently, the "NIT" answer has been used for "22 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "___ to pick". It was authored by Will Pfadenhauer. "NIT" appeared 126 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "NIT" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2023 | 52A | ___ to pick | Will Pfadenhauer |
| 5 Nov 2023 | 114D | Small problem | Rich Katz |
| 4 Nov 2023 | 22A | Appropriate word found scrambled in “pedantic” | David P. Williams |
| 1 Nov 2023 | 60D | Minor fault | Steve Weyer |
| 23 Jul 2023 | 106A | Something picked in an argument | Chandi Deitmer |
| 4 Jul 2023 | 8D | Minor quibble | Barbara Lin |
| 4 Nov 2022 | 57A | Cause of some head-scratching | Juliet Corless |
| 2 Oct 2022 | 56A | Baby louse | Kathy Bloomer |
| 21 Aug 2022 | 14D | Small fault | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| 17 Apr 2022 | 70D | Critic’s pick? | Emet Ozar |
| 15 Apr 2022 | 42A | Small grouse | Trenton Charlson |
| 27 Dec 2021 | 26A | Little criticism | Adam Aaronson |
| 25 Sep 2021 | 52D | Quibble | Adam Simon Levine |
| 10 Sep 2021 | 58D | Small grouse | Adrian Kabigting |
| 2 May 2021 | 13D | Little beef | Dan Schoenholz |
| 17 Apr 2021 | 3D | Annual coll. basketball event | Leslie Rogers |
| 11 Mar 2021 | 62D | Quibble | Leslie Rogers |
| 7 Mar 2021 | 119D | Picky person’s pick? | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen |
| 14 Feb 2021 | 99A | Quibble | Lisa Bunker |
| 22 Nov 2020 | 93A | Little louse | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 30 Sep 2020 | 64D | Trivial objection | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| 20 Aug 2020 | 4D | Tiny beef | Grant Thackray |
| 9 Jun 2020 | 29A | Tiny peeve | Freddie Cheng |
| 25 May 2020 | 61D | Small point to pick | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas |
| 21 Apr 2020 | 44A | Minor quibble | Andrew Kingsley |
| 17 Mar 2020 | 32D | Minor gripe | Ross Trudeau |
| 13 Mar 2020 | 43A | Annual hoops event, for short | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 1 Mar 2020 | 55A | Little thing to pick | Sam Trabucco |
| 2 Jan 2020 | 59A | Little peeve | Ed Sessa |
| 17 Nov 2019 | 110D | Tiny criticism | Randolph Ross |
| 28 Oct 2019 | 15A | Minor criticism | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 28 Aug 2019 | 44A | Quibble | Daniel Grinberg |
| 18 Aug 2019 | 31A | Small criticism | David Steinberg |
| 15 Aug 2019 | 10D | Little carp | Andrew Zhou |
| 16 May 2019 | 52D | Small carp | Jeff Chen |
| 2 Apr 2019 | 21D | It can be picked | Natasha Lyonne and Deb Amlen |
| 21 Mar 2019 | 42A | Collegiate basketball competition, for short | Christopher Adams |
| 26 Feb 2019 | 7D | Critical point? | Alex Vratsanos |
| 5 Feb 2019 | 35A | Something a pedant picks | Erik Agard |
| 15 Jun 2018 | 5D | Critic’s pick? | Sam Ezersky |
| 8 Apr 2018 | 14D | Quibble | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Jan 2018 | 32A | Small grouse | David J. Kahn |
| 22 Oct 2017 | 6D | Niggling detail | Tracy Gray |
| 20 Jul 2017 | 37D | Coll. hoops competition | Randolph Ross |
| 29 Oct 2016 | 11D | Small carp | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Jul 2016 | 80D | Hairsplitter’s objection | Patrick Berry |
| 4 Jun 2016 | 37A | ___ Season Tip-Off (annual hoops event) | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| 7 Mar 2016 | 67A | Trivial gripe | Damon Gulczynski |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 33A | Unimportant flaw | Patrick Berry |
| 24 Aug 2015 | 31A | Little issue to “pick” | Lynn Lempel |
| 1 Feb 2015 | 124D | Picayune quibble | David Steinberg |
| 8 Aug 2014 | 5D | Minute beef | Bruce Haight |
| 13 May 2014 | 28A | It may be picked by the picky | Tracy Gray |
| 24 Nov 2013 | 14D | Cavil | Gary Cee |
| 21 Aug 2013 | 58D | Minor complaint | Jonathan Gersch |
| 30 Jul 2013 | 62D | Point to pick | Peter A. Collins |
| 15 Mar 2013 | 38A | Small grouse | Joe Krozel |
| 11 Dec 2012 | 56A | Annual hoops event, for short | Gene Newman |
| 27 Aug 2012 | 60D | Annual coll. basketball competition | Michael Farabaugh |
| 28 Apr 2012 | 24A | Thing that’s picked | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 19 Mar 2012 | 45A | Pedantic quibble | Jeremy Horwitz |
| 22 Jan 2012 | 11D | A picky person may pick one | Adam Fromm |
| 21 Nov 2011 | 5D | Annual coll. hoops contest | Peter A. Collins |
| 3 Oct 2011 | 3D | Trivial complaint | Stanley Newman |
| 21 Aug 2011 | 120D | Annual b-ball event | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 13 Aug 2011 | 43D | Baby beef? | Tim Croce |
| 7 Apr 2011 | 12D | Minor criticism | Henry Hook |
| 13 Feb 2011 | 54D | Tiny complaint | Ian Livengood |
| 1 Jun 2010 | 16A | Thing to pick | Sarah Keller |
| 28 May 2010 | 46A | Little beef | Joe Krozel |
| 6 Feb 2009 | 7D | Small beef | Frederick J. Healy |
| 13 Oct 2008 | 36A | Annual coll. basketball competition | Anthony J. Salvia |
| 13 Aug 2008 | 35A | Annual coll. basketball contest | Victor Fleming |
| 20 Dec 2007 | 33A | Niggling criticism | Peter A. Collins |
| 18 Nov 2007 | 81A | Insect egg | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Oct 2007 | 42D | Have a ___ to pick | Robert Dillman |
| 23 Sep 2007 | 74D | Little complaint | David Levinson Wilk |
| 10 Sep 2007 | 50A | Louse-to-be | Edward M Sessa |
| 2 Sep 2007 | 43D | Petty peeve | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Jul 2007 | 33D | Thing to be picked | John R. Conrad |
| 8 Jul 2007 | 58A | Coll. hoops competition | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Jun 2007 | 40A | Tiny criticism to “pick” | Harriet Clifton |
| 9 Mar 2007 | 55D | Picked peeve | Randolph Ross |
| 22 Jan 2007 | 35D | Tiny criticism | C. W. Stewart |
| 29 Jun 2006 | 51A | Something to be picked | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 9 Jun 2006 | 52D | Insect egg | Manny Nosowsky |
| 4 Jun 2006 | 43D | Little louse | Patrick Blindauer |
| 9 Apr 2006 | 138D | Minor carp | Paula Gamache |
| 2 Aug 2005 | 21D | Annual b-ball shootout | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 31 Mar 2005 | 47A | Minor objection | David Liben-Nowell |
| 13 Sep 2004 | 60D | Annual hoops contest, for short | Jay Giess |
| 7 Jun 2004 | 22D | Tiny criticism | Lynn Lempel |
| 30 Apr 2004 | 1D | Small criticism, slangily | Kevin Hagen |
| 6 Jan 2004 | 22A | Louse-to-be | Kent Lorentzen |
| 4 Jan 2004 | 101A | Something that’s picked | Patrick Merrell |
| 5 Dec 2003 | 25D | Young parasite | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 11 Jun 2003 | 50A | Point to argue | Nancy Salomon |
| 22 May 2003 | 23A | Coll. hoops competition | Dan Reichert |
| 4 May 2003 | 28D | It may be picked | Tyler Hinman |
| 16 Feb 2003 | 119D | It may be picked | Charles M. Deber |
| 2 Feb 2003 | 113D | Lousy egg? | Mark Danna |
| 11 Sep 2002 | 56A | Tiny point to argue | A. J. Santora |
| 9 Sep 2002 | 42A | Louse-to-be | William I. Johnston |
| 3 May 2002 | 34D | Annual sports event: Abbr. | William I. Johnston |
| 20 Jan 2002 | 104A | Coll. hoops competition | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Nov 2001 | 32A | Annual B-ball championship | Jim Page |
| 7 Sep 2001 | 21A | Trivial pursuit | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Jul 2001 | 50A | Hoops competition, briefly | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 7 Feb 2001 | 23A | Something to pick | Kent Lorentzen |
| 14 Jan 2001 | 5D | N.Y.C. hoops contest | Nancy Salomon |
| 2 Dec 2000 | 61D | It may be picked | David J. Kahn |
| 23 May 2000 | 66D | Critic’s pick? | Monica Krausse |
| 7 Nov 1998 | 32A | Oldest U.S. hoops contest | Raymond Hamel |
| 30 May 1998 | 32D | Postseason contest, for short | Chuck Deodene |
| 6 Oct 1997 | 57D | Small point to criticize | Barbara Campitelli |
| 7 Sep 1997 | 113D | Tiny carp? | Randolph Ross |
| 31 Aug 1997 | 73A | Annual hoops event, familiarly | David J. Kahn |
| 3 May 1997 | 27A | Something to pick | Rich Norris |
| 28 Apr 1997 | 67D | Annual basketball event: Abbr. | Peter Gordon |
| 5 Oct 1996 | 47A | Louse-to-be | T. Payne |
| 12 Sep 1996 | 24A | Baby buggy? | K. Hodge |
| 1 Aug 1996 | 64A | Parasite’s egg | B. Lubbers |
| 23 Feb 1996 | 35A | Annual sports event at 47-Across | A. J. Santora |
| 14 Nov 1995 | 24A | Annual hoops contest: Abbr. | Gregory E. Paul |
| 26 Jun 1995 | 32A | It’s a little louse | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 22 May 1994 | 124D | Mar. tourney | Randolph Ross |
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