SAD is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SAD in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SAD" answer was first appeared in "30 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Triste". It was authored by Alex K. Justin. Recently, the "SAD" answer has been used for "8 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Pitiful (3)". It was authored by Robert Logan. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Down (22)", "Blue (26)", "Sorry (10)", "Bummed (6)", "Regrettable (6)", "Pathetic (6)". "SAD" appeared 206 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SAD" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2023 | 15A | Pitiful | Robert Logan |
| 29 Aug 2023 | 32D | In low spirits | Michèle Govier |
| 13 Aug 2023 | 51A | Down | Manaal Mohammed |
| 24 Jul 2023 | 66A | Down in the dumps | John Ewbank |
| 23 Jul 2023 | 14A | Sorry | Chandi Deitmer |
| 8 May 2023 | 8D | Pathetic | Catherine Cetta |
| 14 Mar 2023 | 27A | Down in the dumps | Peter Gordon |
| 26 Jan 2023 | 42D | Crestfallen | Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez |
| 3 Jan 2023 | 59A | Glum | Margaret Seikel |
| 28 Aug 2022 | 26A | Crestfallen | Ori Brian |
| 3 Feb 2022 | 4D | Hurl, say | Adam Wagner |
| 13 Jan 2022 | 2D | Word before case or sack | Karen Lurie |
| 12 Dec 2021 | 45D | Blue | Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson |
| 8 Feb 2021 | 67A | Unhappy | Portia Lundie |
| 26 Jan 2021 | 67A | Dejected | Peter Gordon |
| 23 Nov 2020 | 56A | Forlorn | Stanley Newman |
| 22 Aug 2020 | 60A | In need of a lift? | Trenton Charlson |
| 21 Aug 2020 | 44A | Showing signs of tear? | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 19 May 2020 | 31D | Low-spirited | Trent H. Evans |
| 5 Mar 2020 | 44A | Down in the dumps | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 24 Dec 2019 | 14D | In need of cheering up | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 23 Dec 2019 | 43D | “You hate to see it” | Timothy Polin |
| 3 Dec 2019 | 6A | In a funk | Ed Sessa |
| 15 Nov 2019 | 8D | Blue | Debbie Ellerin |
| 8 Oct 2019 | 12D | Bummed | Ross Trudeau |
| 6 Oct 2019 | 88A | The so-called “winter blues,” for short | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| 11 Sep 2019 | 5D | Elegiac | Ned White |
| 15 Jul 2019 | 63D | Unhappy | Ed Sessa |
| 26 Jun 2019 | 70A | Down | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 30 Mar 2019 | 27A | Not up | Greg Johnson |
| 18 Mar 2019 | 23D | Melancholy | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 31 Jan 2019 | 75A | Dispirited | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 Oct 2018 | 57D | Bummed | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight |
| 15 Jul 2018 | 103D | Crestfallen | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| 12 May 2018 | 6D | Bummed | Alex Eylar |
| 1 Apr 2018 | 38D | Pathetic | Sam Ezersky |
| 28 Feb 2018 | 59D | Like this emoticon: 🙠| Peter A. Collins |
| 4 Feb 2018 | 76A | Regrettable | David Levinson Wilk |
| 28 Jan 2018 | 72A | Blue | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 7 Jan 2018 | 100A | Disappointing | David Steinberg |
| 28 Dec 2017 | 21D | End of many a Trump tweet | Gary Larson |
| 20 Oct 2017 | 39A | Down | Peter Wentz |
| 12 Oct 2017 | 48A | Blew | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 21 Aug 2017 | 12A | Unhappy | Tom McCoy |
| 15 Jul 2017 | 25A | Deplorable | Zachary Spitz |
| 20 Jun 2017 | 65A | Pitiful | Jason Flinn |
| 16 Jun 2017 | 41A | Blue | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 11 Mar 2017 | 39A | Tearing up, say | Natan Last |
| 27 Feb 2017 | 52A | Feeling blue | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 18 Feb 2017 | 42A | Lame | Steve Overton |
| 11 Oct 2016 | 64D | ___ sack | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| 29 Sep 2016 | 54D | Down | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 25 Sep 2016 | 15A | Down | Jim Holland and Jeff Chen |
| 16 Aug 2016 | 8D | Heartsick | Lynn Lempel |
| 22 Jul 2016 | 4D | Blue | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| 10 Jul 2016 | 47A | In the doldrums | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Jun 2016 | 1D | Melancholy | Lynn Lempel |
| 8 May 2016 | 76D | In a blue state | David J. Kahn |
| 24 Apr 2016 | 52A | Low | Kathy Wienberg |
| 5 Mar 2016 | 29A | Unfortunate | Roland Huget |
| 3 Feb 2016 | 45D | Down | Tom McCoy |
| 31 Jan 2016 | 63A | Blue | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 16 Nov 2015 | 35D | What this means: 🙠| Jim Holland |
| 9 Apr 2015 | 45A | Down | Jacob Stulberg |
| 31 Dec 2014 | 1D | Pathetic | David Woolf |
| 28 Dec 2014 | 129A | “How pathetic” | Joe Krozel |
| 4 Nov 2014 | 5D | Down | Joel Fagliano |
| 18 Aug 2014 | 51A | Feeling blue | Ian and Katie Livengood |
| 4 May 2014 | 44D | “How ___” | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 5 Mar 2014 | 40A | Bummed out | Evan Birnholz |
| 26 Feb 2014 | 49A | Like one texting 🙠| Ruth B. Margolin |
| 26 Jan 2014 | 67A | In need of a lift | Daniel A. Finan |
| 21 Dec 2013 | 33D | Poor, as an excuse | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| 31 Oct 2013 | 41D | Glum | David Kwong |
| 10 Oct 2013 | 1A | Full of tears, say | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 11 Aug 2013 | 48A | Plaintive | Dan Schoenholz |
| 9 Jun 2013 | 64D | Sorry | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 May 2013 | 24A | Glum | Doug Peterson |
| 12 Apr 2013 | 24A | Out of spirits | Patrick Berry |
| 2 Apr 2013 | 5D | Unfortunate | Ian Livengood |
| 15 Jan 2013 | 23A | Melancholy | Peter A. Collins |
| 14 Jun 2012 | 1A | Blue | Tracy Gray |
| 3 Jun 2012 | 5D | Unfortunate | Patrick Berry |
| 14 May 2012 | 52A | Dispirited | John Dunn |
| 16 Apr 2012 | 70A | Feeling blue | Lynn Lempel |
| 8 Apr 2012 | 64D | What a texter of “:-(” might be | Daniel A. Finan |
| 21 Mar 2012 | 33A | Bummed | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| 6 Dec 2011 | 50D | Down | Steven E. Atwood |
| 29 Nov 2011 | 9D | Downcast | Aimee Lucido |
| 19 Oct 2011 | 31D | Piteous | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Nov 2010 | 53A | Bummed out | Kristian House |
| 27 Oct 2010 | 66A | Down | Jay Kaskel |
| 6 Sep 2010 | 56D | Down in the dumps | Randall J. Hartman |
| 12 Jul 2010 | 41A | Depressed | Freddie Cheng |
| 11 Jul 2010 | 39A | Down | Ed Sessa |
| 24 Feb 2010 | 23A | Singing the blues | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| 10 Feb 2010 | 36A | Bummed out | Ed Sessa |
| 7 Oct 2009 | 22D | Blue | Tim Wescott |
| 13 Jun 2009 | 42A | Needing buoying | Barry C. Silk |
| 13 Feb 2009 | 22A | Wretched | Doug Peterson |
| 31 Dec 2008 | 28D | “___ but true” | Tim Wescott |
| 30 Nov 2008 | 85D | In the dumps | Richard Silvestri |
| 15 Oct 2008 | 50A | Needing a 53-Across | Kevin G. Der |
| 1 Oct 2008 | 53A | Blue | Barry Boone |
| 26 Aug 2008 | 49A | Moping | Nancy Salomon |
| 22 Jul 2008 | 11A | Woebegone | Lynn Lempel |
| 4 Jul 2008 | 25A | Blue | John Underwood |
| 21 May 2008 | 11A | Inferior, as excuses go | Dave Mackey |
| 27 Jan 2008 | 28A | Dejected | Mike Nothnagel |
| 27 Nov 2007 | 70A | In a funk | Julie Ann Bowling |
| 13 Nov 2007 | 42D | Bummed out | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Oct 2007 | 68D | Deplorable | Ben Tausig |
| 24 Aug 2007 | 59A | Sorry | Patrick Berry |
| 5 Jan 2007 | 45A | Regrettable | Paula Gamache |
| 27 Dec 2006 | 60D | Sorry | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 Dec 2006 | 24A | Blue | C. W. Stewart |
| 6 Oct 2006 | 11D | Sorry | Nancy Joline |
| 24 Sep 2006 | 26A | Blue | Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann |
| 15 Sep 2006 | 39A | In need of a lift | Harvey Estes |
| 19 Jul 2006 | 12D | Bummed | Alison Donald |
| 3 Jun 2006 | 45A | Needing a lift | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Apr 2006 | 56D | Sorry | Bob Peoples |
| 23 Nov 2005 | 54A | Down | Levi Denham |
| 26 Sep 2005 | 33D | Unhappy | Ethan Cooper |
| 12 Aug 2005 | 18A | Sorry | Manny Nosowsky |
| 13 Jan 2005 | 42D | Elegiac | Robert Zimmerman |
| 21 Nov 2004 | 105D | Depressing | Kumar Balani |
| 7 Nov 2004 | 1A | Woeful | Con Pederson |
| 29 May 2004 | 31A | Regrettable | Patrick Berry |
| 20 May 2004 | 61D | Blue | Greg Staples |
| 21 Apr 2004 | 63D | Blue | Michael Shteyman |
| 21 Mar 2004 | 82A | Down | Roy Leban |
| 22 Feb 2004 | 77A | “Mr. Dieingly ___” (1966 Critters hit) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 6 Jul 2003 | 26A | Sorry | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 29 Jun 2003 | 101A | Blue | Rich Norris |
| 28 May 2003 | 9D | In a blue funk | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 27 May 2003 | 28A | Dejected | PAtrick MErrell |
| 3 Jan 2003 | 35A | Down | Jim Page |
| 19 Dec 2002 | 47A | Blue | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Dec 2002 | 65D | Sorry | David J. Kahn |
| 11 Aug 2002 | 64D | Blue | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 31 May 2002 | 37A | Low | Patrick Berry |
| 8 Mar 2002 | 9D | Like some commentary | David J. Kahn |
| 10 Sep 2001 | 1D | Jerry Lewis movie “The ___ Sack” | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| 16 May 2001 | 60A | Down in the dumps | Richard Silvestri |
| 28 Feb 2001 | 58D | Bummed | A. J. Santora |
| 21 Dec 2000 | 26A | Woebegone | Manny Nosowsky |
| 12 Nov 2000 | 62A | Kind of story | Joe DiPietro |
| 1 Nov 2000 | 45A | In the doldrums | Peter Gordon |
| 9 Aug 2000 | 25A | Frowning | Kelly Clark |
| 6 Aug 2000 | 102D | Regrettable | Manny Nosowsky |
| 10 May 2000 | 30A | Blue | Zack Butler |
| 11 Apr 2000 | 23A | In a funk | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| 29 Feb 2000 | 39A | Blue | Peter Gordon |
| 8 Feb 2000 | 23A | In a funk | Fred Piscop |
| 25 Dec 1999 | 58D | Down | John Scott Marrone |
| 21 Nov 1999 | 29A | Down | Patrick D. Berry |
| 24 Sep 1999 | 10A | Blue | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 1 Sep 1999 | 33A | Dispirited | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 31 Aug 1999 | 8D | Bummed out | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 2 Jun 1999 | 42A | Regrettable | Nancy Salomon |
| 18 Apr 1999 | 110D | Down | Frank Longo |
| 4 Feb 1999 | 4A | Insufficient, as an excuse | Rich Norris |
| 3 Dec 1998 | 9D | Blue | Cathy Millhauser |
| 26 Nov 1998 | 49A | Unfortunate | David J. Kahn |
| 21 Nov 1998 | 61D | Regrettable | Joe DiPietro |
| 11 Oct 1998 | 44D | Deplorably poor | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| 2 Jun 1998 | 61A | Frowning | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 8 Apr 1998 | 39A | Singing the blues | Nancy S. Ross |
| 23 Mar 1998 | 45D | In low spirits | Randall J. Hartman |
| 25 Jan 1998 | 111D | Down | Dave Tuller |
| 31 Dec 1997 | 54D | Woeful | Alfio Micci |
| 18 Dec 1997 | 43A | Long-faced | Cathy Millhauser |
| 28 Sep 1997 | 34A | Deplorable | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 19 Aug 1997 | 41D | Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Jun 1997 | 43A | Lugubrious | David J. Kahn |
| 8 Jun 1997 | 24D | Down | Richard Silvestri |
| 5 Jun 1997 | 59D | Blue | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Mar 1997 | 74A | Blue | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Mar 1997 | 57D | Not up | Daniel R. Stark |
| 6 Mar 1997 | 44A | Down | Shannon Burns |
| 8 Nov 1996 | 25A | Glum | M. Gaffney |
| 2 Aug 1996 | 38A | Pitiful | J. Herrington |
| 4 Jun 1996 | 51A | Down | E. Early |
| 3 Apr 1996 | 13D | Pathetic | M. Gaffney |
| 17 Mar 1996 | 63A | Blue | Peter O’Gordon |
| 26 Nov 1995 | 30A | Heartsick | Harvey Estes |
| 15 Oct 1995 | 36A | Pathetic | Mel Rosen |
| 21 Jul 1995 | 27D | Pathetic | Matt Gaffney |
| 14 Jul 1995 | 12D | Inferior, as an excuse | Rich Norris |
| 15 Apr 1995 | 7D | Crushed | Bob Klahn |
| 3 Apr 1995 | 27A | Blue | Randall J. Hartman |
| 11 Feb 1995 | 26A | Sorry | Randolph Ross |
| 24 Jan 1995 | 48A | In low spirits | Richard Hughes |
| 23 Jan 1995 | 40A | Despondent | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 29 Dec 1994 | 4D | Long-faced | Jim Page |
| 4 Sep 1994 | 14D | Blue | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 2 Sep 1994 | 36D | Down, so to speak | Bryant White |
| 16 Aug 1994 | 1A | Forlorn | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 3 Aug 1994 | 39A | Plaintive | Richard Thomas |
| 26 Jun 1994 | 32A | Kind of sack | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 1 May 1994 | 118A | Lugubrious | Peter Gordon |
| 13 Apr 1994 | 60D | Rueful | Jim Page |
| 13 Mar 1994 | 74A | Like McCuller’s cafe | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 4 Feb 1994 | 55D | Downcast | Joe Clonick |
| 30 Jan 1994 | 129D | Triste | Alex K. Justin |
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