IAN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for IAN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "IAN" answer was first appeared in "30 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Golfer Woosnam (12)". It was authored by A.J. Santora. Recently, the "IAN" answer has been used for "5 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Actor McKellen who played Gandalf". It was authored by Nate Cardin. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Actor McKellen (14)", "Writer Fleming (14)", "McKellen who played Gandalf (6)", "Golfer Woosnam (12)", "Author Fleming (11)", "Singer Janis (7)", "Actor Holm (7)", "Publisher Ballantine (6)". "IAN" appeared 238 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "IAN" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec 2023 | 28A | Actor McKellen who played Gandalf | Nate Cardin |
| 20 Aug 2023 | 48A | Actor Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries” | Michael Schlossberg |
| 28 Jul 2023 | 39A | Janis ___, Grammy-winning folk singer | Rafael Musa and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 5D | Writer Fleming | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 26A | Actor McShane | Michael Schlossberg |
| 9 Apr 2023 | 40A | Writer/humorist Frazier | John Ewbank |
| 9 Nov 2022 | 41D | Actor McKellen | David Tuffs |
| 26 Sep 2022 | 49A | Janis ___, “Mean Girls” sidekick | Margaret Seikel |
| 4 Jul 2022 | 63A | Suffix with Egypt or Paris | Bruce Haight |
| 3 Jul 2022 | 8D | ___ Malcolm, Jeff Goldblum’s role in “Jurassic Park” | Tom McCoy |
| 27 Jun 2022 | 61D | Actor McKellen | Drew Schmenner |
| 15 Jun 2022 | 65D | Actor McShane | Rob Baker |
| 24 May 2022 | 39A | McKellen or McEwan | Ella Dershowitz |
| 22 May 2022 | 17A | Janis ___, main role in “Mean Girls” | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| 19 Apr 2022 | 28A | ___ Fleming, British naval intelligence officer-turned-writer | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 27 Mar 2022 | 117D | Writer Fleming | August Lee-Kovach |
| 7 Mar 2022 | 40D | McKellen who played Gandalf | Sam Acker |
| 6 Oct 2021 | 55A | John of Scots | Jules Markey |
| 1 Sep 2021 | 25A | McKellen who played Gandalf | Sean Yamada-Hunter |
| 14 Aug 2021 | 46D | Janis with the 1975 hit “At Seventeen” | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 13 Apr 2021 | 34D | Fleming who created James Bond | Michael Lieberman |
| 16 Mar 2021 | 19A | English novelist McEwan | Lindsey Hobbs |
| 7 Mar 2021 | 90A | Actor Somerhalder | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen |
| 17 Feb 2021 | 61A | Actor McKellen | David Harris and Evan Kalish |
| 16 Jan 2021 | 53D | Man’s name that’s also a suffix | Sam Ezersky |
| 23 Nov 2020 | 33A | Fleming who created 007 | Stanley Newman |
| 6 Sep 2020 | 16A | Evan : Welsh :: ___ : Scottish | David Kwong |
| 25 Jun 2020 | 32A | Golfer Poulter with three P.G.A. Tour wins | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 21 May 2020 | 38D | Actor McKellen | Andrew Kingsley |
| 14 Apr 2020 | 67A | 007 creator Fleming | Joe Hansen |
| 18 Feb 2020 | 55A | Novelist McEwan | John Guzzetta |
| 19 Jan 2020 | 118D | First name in spy literature | Victor Barocas |
| 26 Dec 2019 | 63D | Swimming gold medalist Thorpe | Trenton Charlson |
| 5 Sep 2019 | 6D | Actor McKellen | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 4 Aug 2019 | 84A | English novelist McEwan | Will Nediger |
| 25 Mar 2019 | 21A | Fleming who created James Bond | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 24 Mar 2019 | 6D | Janis ___, singer of the 1975 hit “At Seventeen” | Trenton Charlson |
| 10 Mar 2019 | 5D | Follower of Christ? | Adam Fromm |
| 13 Feb 2019 | 43D | McKellen who played Gandalf | Ross Trudeau |
| 8 Dec 2018 | 43A | John, overseas | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| 3 Dec 2018 | 32D | Knighted actor McKellen | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 Dec 2018 | 58D | “At Seventeen” singer Janis ___ | Paul Coulter |
| 14 Oct 2018 | 100A | Novelist McEwan | Ross Trudeau |
| 3 Oct 2018 | 65D | English novelist McEwan | Jennifer Nutt |
| 20 Jul 2018 | 5D | Janis with the 1975 hit “At Seventeen” | Robyn Weintraub |
| 13 Jun 2018 | 43A | English novelist McEwan | Michael Hawkins |
| 12 Apr 2018 | 38A | Actor McShane of “Deadwood” | Jules Markey |
| 28 Mar 2018 | 29D | McKellen of “The Hobbit” | Peter Gordon |
| 23 Mar 2018 | 33A | Scottish John | Erik Agard |
| 10 Dec 2017 | 97A | Scottish form of John | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| 29 Oct 2017 | 4D | McKellen who played Gandalf | Ross Trudeau |
| 22 Sep 2017 | 42A | Actor Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries” | David Steinberg |
| 17 Sep 2017 | 70D | Author Rankin | Mark MacLachlan |
| 5 Sep 2017 | 19D | McKellen of “The Hobbit” | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen |
| 22 Jul 2017 | 6D | Actor Hunter or singer Hunter | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 8 Jun 2017 | 57D | John, in Scotland | David Steinberg |
| 15 Apr 2017 | 47D | Swimmer Thorpe with five Olympic gold medals | Peter Wentz |
| 2 Apr 2017 | 56D | Actor Holm | Jerry Miccolis |
| 25 Dec 2016 | 119D | Name whose Italian equivalent is Giovanni | Kevin G. Der |
| 21 Dec 2016 | 64A | Baseball’s ___ Desmond, three-time Silver Slugger Award winner | Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman |
| 19 Dec 2016 | 47D | Fleming who created James Bond | Jason Mueller |
| 2 Dec 2016 | 24D | Scottish “John” | Andrew Kingsley |
| 28 Nov 2016 | 25A | McKellen who played Gandalf | Kristian House |
| 19 Oct 2016 | 41A | With 10-Down, lead vocalist and flutist for rock’s Jethro Tull | Tom Pepper |
| 26 Sep 2016 | 33A | Actor McKellen | Timothy Polin |
| 17 Sep 2016 | 20A | Christ’s end? | Andrew J. Ries |
| 8 Aug 2016 | 32A | 007 creator Fleming | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| 3 Jul 2016 | 101A | Suffix with Darwin | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 1 Mar 2016 | 29D | Sir ___ McKellen (Gandalf portrayer) | Freddie Cheng |
| 24 Jan 2016 | 97A | Scottish John | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Jan 2016 | 39A | McKellen of “The Hobbit” | David Woolf |
| 28 Nov 2015 | 36A | John, abroad | Ned White |
| 18 Nov 2015 | 14A | Actor McKellen | Zachary Spitz |
| 1 Sep 2015 | 8D | Hotelier Schrager who co-founded Studio 54 | Michael Torch |
| 11 Aug 2015 | 8D | Fleming who created 007 | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| 31 Jul 2015 | 31A | Ziering of “Sharknado” | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| 29 Mar 2015 | 92D | Novelist McEwan | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 1 Feb 2015 | 6D | Golfer Woosnam | David Steinberg |
| 27 Nov 2014 | 19A | Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries” | Stanley Newman |
| 1 Sep 2014 | 53A | McKellen who played Magneto in the “X-Men” films | Allan E. Parrish |
| 16 Aug 2014 | 51A | “Pretty Little Liars” actor Harding | Peter Broda |
| 16 Jul 2014 | 29A | Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries” | Daniel Raymon |
| 22 Jun 2014 | 117D | Actor McKellen | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 Jun 2014 | 28D | Crime writer Rankin | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 22 Feb 2014 | 57A | 2012 baseball All-Star Kinsler | Evan Birnholz |
| 27 Jan 2014 | 62D | Suffix with Dickens | James Tuttle |
| 26 Dec 2013 | 1D | Golfer Baker-Finch, winner of the 1991 British Open | Tim Croce |
| 7 Nov 2013 | 27A | Johannes : German :: ___ : Scottish | Alan DerKazarian |
| 10 Oct 2013 | 30A | Actor McShane | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 11 Sep 2013 | 20A | Humorist Frazier frequently found in The New Yorker | Patrick Blindauer |
| 5 Sep 2013 | 30D | Sir ___ Holm | Damon Gulczynski |
| 1 Aug 2013 | 43D | Golfer Poulter | Timothy Polin |
| 13 Apr 2013 | 58D | Rankin who created Inspector Rebus | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 9 Apr 2013 | 21A | McKellen of “X-Men” | Steve Blais |
| 31 Dec 2012 | 20A | Scottish form of “John” | Jeffrey Harris |
| 10 Dec 2012 | 59A | Writer Fleming | Michael David |
| 2 Dec 2012 | 36D | Writer Fleming | Steven E. Atwood |
| 30 May 2012 | 41D | Actor McShane | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Feb 2012 | 58D | N.H.L.’s Laperriere | Stu Ockman |
| 4 Jan 2012 | 36D | Actor McKellen | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 13 Dec 2011 | 32A | Author Fleming | Jonathan Gersch |
| 16 Nov 2011 | 30A | Nationality suffix | Gary Cee |
| 12 Nov 2011 | 40D | Form of “John” | Barry C. Silk |
| 24 Oct 2011 | 42A | Sir ___ McKellen | Lynn Lempel |
| 30 Sep 2011 | 40A | “Chariots of Fire” co-star Charleson | Joe Krozel |
| 21 Sep 2011 | 16A | “Atonement” author McEwan | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 Sep 2011 | 9D | Novelist Fleming | Keith Talon |
| 8 Aug 2011 | 46A | 007 creator Fleming | Ian Livengood |
| 13 Mar 2011 | 112D | Novelist McEwan | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Mar 2011 | 66A | Writer Fleming | Mike Torch |
| 23 Feb 2011 | 26A | Actor McShane of “Deadwood” | Barry C. Silk |
| 6 Feb 2011 | 91A | Actor McKellen | David J. Kahn |
| 24 Dec 2010 | 52D | Ziering of “90210” | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| 13 Nov 2010 | 53A | Actor Somerhalder of “Lost” | Mark Diehl |
| 1 Nov 2010 | 54D | Author Fleming or McEwan | Holden Baker |
| 12 Oct 2010 | 35D | Actor Holm | José Chardiet |
| 18 May 2010 | 25A | Suffix with Orwell | Peter A. Collins |
| 11 Mar 2010 | 34D | Janis who sang “At Seventeen” | John Farmer |
| 11 Feb 2010 | 25A | ___ Hunter, leader of rock’s Mott the Hoople | Peter A. Collins |
| 19 Jan 2010 | 59D | McEwan or McKellen | Zoe Wheeler |
| 8 Dec 2009 | 23A | Author Fleming | Joe Krozel |
| 8 Oct 2009 | 39A | Golden Globe-winning English actor McShane | Scott Atkinson |
| 4 Sep 2009 | 45D | Publisher Ballantine | Joe Krozel |
| 18 May 2009 | 39A | Bond creator Fleming | Billie Truitt |
| 19 Mar 2009 | 58A | ___ Thorpe, 2000 and 2004 Olympic swimming sensation | Laura Sternberg |
| 7 Mar 2009 | 36A | “Lost” Emmy nominee Henry ___ Cusick | Joe Krozel |
| 16 Feb 2009 | 61D | Writer Fleming | David Kwong |
| 13 Nov 2008 | 22D | McKellen who played Gandalf | Allan E. Parrish |
| 13 Oct 2008 | 4D | Suffix with Freud | Anthony J. Salvia |
| 23 Sep 2008 | 61D | Author McEwan | Richard Chisholm |
| 28 Jun 2008 | 22A | “Lost” actor Somerhalder | Byron Walden |
| 14 May 2008 | 14A | “Atonement” author McEwan | Doug Peterson |
| 4 Apr 2008 | 21A | Producer/director ___ MacNaughton of Monty Python | David Quarfoot |
| 12 Jan 2008 | 54D | Golfer Woosnam | Frederick J. Healy |
| 19 Dec 2007 | 59A | Janis ___, with the 1975 hit “At Seventeen” | Victor Fleming |
| 7 Nov 2007 | 35D | Novelist Fleming | Richard Chisholm |
| 16 Sep 2007 | 109D | Singer Janis | Mike Nothnagel |
| 29 Aug 2007 | 36A | Author Fleming | Jayne and Alex Boisvert |
| 20 May 2007 | 119A | McKellen of “The Lord of the Rings” | Seth A. Abel |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 38A | Actor Charleson of “Chariots of Fire” | Patrick Merrell |
| 17 Sep 2006 | 36A | Missing from 22-Across | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 13 Aug 2006 | 68A | Folk duo ___ & Sylvia | Derrick Niederman |
| 7 Aug 2006 | 31D | Singer Janis | Lynn Lempel |
| 24 Jul 2006 | 10D | Fleming who created 007 | Richard Chisholm |
| 14 Jun 2006 | 37D | Author Fleming | Lisa Wiseman |
| 9 Apr 2006 | 128A | Singer Anderson of Jethro Tull | Paula Gamache |
| 19 Dec 2005 | 23A | Author Fleming | Richard Hughes |
| 28 Nov 2005 | 44A | Fleming who created 007 | Kevan Choset |
| 12 Oct 2005 | 66D | Actor McKellen | Paul Guttormsson |
| 2 Aug 2005 | 24A | Writer Fleming | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 22 Feb 2005 | 59A | Writer Fleming | Ed Early |
| 5 Dec 2004 | 10D | Writer Fleming | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Sep 2004 | 25A | Fleming of 007 fame | A. J. Santora |
| 5 Jul 2004 | 61D | Writer Fleming | Patrick Merrell |
| 5 May 2004 | 34A | Tony winner McKellen | Nancy Salomon |
| 2 May 2004 | 47A | Singer Janis | Derrick Niederman |
| 24 Apr 2004 | 32A | Holm who played Bilbo Baggins | Patrick Berry |
| 20 Jan 2004 | 22D | Actor Holm | Eric Berlin |
| 21 Dec 2003 | 27A | Fleming or Hunter | Frances Hansen |
| 14 Dec 2003 | 43D | “At Seventeen” singer Janis | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 12 Nov 2003 | 42D | Singer Janis | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 Oct 2003 | 35D | Actor McKellen | Peter Sarrett |
| 20 Aug 2003 | 44D | Hunter of old movies | Mel Taub |
| 13 Feb 2003 | 53D | Golfer Woosnam | Joe DiPietro |
| 28 Nov 2002 | 19A | Golfer Woosnam | Patrick Merrell |
| 25 Oct 2002 | 40A | Publisher Ballantine | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Sep 2002 | 49A | Holm of stage and screen | David J. Kahn |
| 8 Jun 2002 | 56D | Publisher Ballantine | Fred Piscop |
| 29 May 2002 | 46D | Writer Fleming | Alan Olschwang |
| 8 Apr 2002 | 30D | James Bond creator Fleming | Richard Chisholm |
| 22 Jan 2002 | 65D | Bond creator Fleming | Richard Chisholm |
| 6 Nov 2001 | 63A | 007 creator Fleming | Denise Neuendorf |
| 25 Jul 2001 | 42A | Ballantine of Ballantine Books | Richard Hughes |
| 12 May 2001 | 60A | Olympic swimmer Thorpe | Michael Shteyman |
| 16 Jan 2001 | 59D | Actor Ziering | Peter Gordon |
| 12 Nov 2000 | 76A | Opera singer Bostridge | Joe DiPietro |
| 27 Sep 2000 | 42D | Golfer Woosnam | Fred Piscop |
| 13 Apr 2000 | 23A | “Jurassic Park” mathematician ___ Malcolm | Matt Gaffney |
| 1 Mar 2000 | 29A | Actor McKellen | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 16 Feb 2000 | 62A | Follower of Christ? | Gene Newman |
| 26 Dec 1999 | 83D | Singer Janis | Greg Staples |
| 19 Dec 1999 | 86A | Suffix with Christ | Frances Hansen |
| 13 Dec 1999 | 10D | Fleming of 007 novels | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| 22 Sep 1999 | 32D | Knighted actor McKellen | Manny Nosowsky |
| 19 Aug 1999 | 66A | Follower of Christ? | Cathy Millhauser |
| 10 Jul 1999 | 56A | Actor Holm | Rich Norris |
| 26 Jun 1999 | 35D | Ziering of “Beverly Hills 90210” | John Wolting |
| 24 Jun 1999 | 43A | “Jurassic Park” mathematician ___ Malcolm | Jim Page |
| 13 Jun 1999 | 95A | Publisher Ballantine | Rich Norris |
| 6 May 1999 | 62A | Golfer Woosnam | Matt Gaffney |
| 25 Apr 1999 | 9D | Actor Charleson of “Chariots of Fire” | Joe DiPietro |
| 17 Mar 1999 | 57D | Bond’s Fleming | Myles Callum |
| 12 Mar 1999 | 15A | “At Seventeen” singer Janis | A. J. Santora |
| 15 Dec 1998 | 39D | Author Fleming | Patrick Jordan |
| 29 Nov 1998 | 108D | Golfer Woosnam | Matt Gaffney |
| 6 Oct 1998 | 33A | “At Seventeen” singer Janis | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Oct 1998 | 48D | Charleson of “Chariots of Fire” | John Wolting |
| 5 Aug 1998 | 40A | 007’s creator Fleming | Patrick Jordan |
| 13 Jun 1998 | 51A | Highland John | Richard Silvestri |
| 19 May 1998 | 66A | Holm of “Chariots of Fire” | William S. Cotter |
| 29 Apr 1998 | 54D | Actor McShane | Gayle Dean |
| 29 Mar 1998 | 27A | Charleson of “Chariots of Fire” | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 22 Feb 1998 | 124D | Author Fleming | Fred Piscop |
| 9 Nov 1997 | 69A | Woosnam of the P.G.A. | Rich Norris |
| 7 Oct 1997 | 38D | Author Fleming | Richard Hughes |
| 19 Sep 1997 | 40A | 1981 Tony winner McKellen | Rich Norris |
| 28 Apr 1997 | 57A | Writer Fleming | Peter Gordon |
| 28 Mar 1997 | 29A | “At Seventeen” singer | Jim Page |
| 2 Mar 1997 | 98A | Singer Janis | Harvey Estes |
| 23 Feb 1997 | 117D | Golfer Woosnam | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 16 Feb 1997 | 15D | Actor Holm | M. Gaffney |
| 12 Jan 1997 | 67A | Singer Janis | M. Rosen |
| 28 Dec 1996 | 56A | Mathematics writer ___ Stewart | N. Joline |
| 22 Nov 1996 | 58D | Actor Holm | A. K. Justin |
| 19 Oct 1996 | 58D | Publisher Ballantine | G. Petgrave |
| 24 Jun 1996 | 21D | ___Fleming | M. Schneider |
| 12 Jun 1996 | 35A | Golf’s Woosnam | D. C. Baldwin |
| 3 Jun 1996 | 67D | Author Fleming | S. L. Robbins |
| 17 Mar 1996 | 69A | Paisley of Northern Ireland | P. O’Gordon |
| 4 Feb 1996 | 60A | “At Seventeen” singer Janis | D. J. Kahn |
| 1 Feb 1996 | 1A | Anderson of rock’s Jethro Tull | L. Sidway |
| 5 Nov 1995 | 115D | Author Fleming | Dean Niles |
| 10 Oct 1995 | 23A | Golfer Woosnam | Janet R. Bender |
| 26 Sep 1995 | 21D | Writer Fleming | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel |
| 15 Sep 1995 | 37A | Ziering of “Beverly Hills 90210” | Matt Gaffney |
| 12 Sep 1995 | 38A | Northern Ireland’s ___ Paisley | Gregory E. Paul |
| 29 Aug 1995 | 37D | Author Fleming | John R. Conrad |
| 16 Jun 1995 | 39A | Publisher Ballantine | Thomas W. Schier |
| 21 Feb 1995 | 35A | Writer Fleming | Martin Schneider |
| 14 Feb 1995 | 49A | Golfer Woosnam | Randy Sowell |
| 9 Jul 1994 | 34D | Writer Buruma | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| 22 Apr 1994 | 41A | Actor Holm | A.J. Santora |
| 15 Apr 1994 | 52A | She sang “At Seventeen” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 30 Mar 1994 | 52A | Writer Buruma | Eileen Lexau |
| 8 Mar 1994 | 47A | “Society’s Child” singer Janis ___ | Harvey Estes |
| 5 Mar 1994 | 2D | Golfer Woosnam | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 Jan 1994 | 43A | Actor McKellen | Kenneth Haxton |
| 30 Dec 1993 | 54D | Golfer Woosnam | A.J. Santora |
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