OCEAN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OCEAN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OCEAN" answer was first appeared in "26 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Vast expanse (2)". It was authored by Kenneth Haxton. Recently, the "OCEAN" answer has been used for "18 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Charybdis’ milieu". It was authored by Hoang-Kim Vu. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Atlantic or Pacific (9)". "OCEAN" appeared 136 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OCEAN" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2023 | 3D | Charybdis’ milieu | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| 13 Sep 2023 | 54A | View from a periscope | Guilherme Gilioli |
| 8 Sep 2023 | 31A | “How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when clearly it is ___”: Arthur C. Clarke | Rachel Fabi and Ken Stern |
| 25 Jul 2023 | 5D | It goes from coast to coast | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 32D | Atlantic or Pacific | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 25 Apr 2023 | 14A | Terrain of which less than 10% has been mapped | Grant Boroughs |
| 18 Jan 2023 | 20A | Feature of Jupiter’s moon Europa | Lindsay McBride |
| 27 Sep 2022 | 10D | See 9-Down | Peter Koetters |
| 26 Sep 2022 | 61A | Rhode Island, the ___ State | Margaret Seikel |
| 23 Sep 2022 | 14A | Setting for “Life of Pi” | Erik Agard |
| 21 Jul 2022 | 52D | Continental divide? | Anne Marie Crinnion and Eric Bornstein |
| 8 Sep 2021 | 51D | Body resting in bed? | Lee Taylor |
| 9 Aug 2021 | 46D | Atlantic or Pacific | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 27 Jul 2021 | 45D | View from a beach resort | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| 4 Jun 2021 | 19A | What’s always found in bed? | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 24 May 2021 | 27D | Roughly 71% of the earth’s surface | Adrienne Atkins |
| 16 Sep 2020 | 53D | Vast expanse | Paul Coulter |
| 8 Aug 2020 | 13A | Setting for much of “Life of Pi” | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| 10 Jul 2020 | 48D | Drink, so to speak | John Lieb |
| 22 May 2020 | 51A | Vast quantity | Hal Moore |
| 13 Apr 2020 | 66A | Massive body of water | Evan Kalish |
| 5 Apr 2020 | 18A | It has a very big bed | Jim Peredo |
| 25 Jul 2019 | 26A | Deep | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| 9 Apr 2019 | 35D | Indian ___ | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 19 Oct 2018 | 31A | Deep blue | Trenton Charlson |
| 11 Sep 2018 | 42A | Poseidon’s realm | Timothy Polin |
| 2 Jul 2018 | 13A | Atlantic or Pacific | Evan Kalish |
| 5 Jan 2018 | 58A | ___ State (Rhode Island nickname) | Ned White |
| 19 Nov 2017 | 41A | Large amount | Tom McCoy |
| 10 Apr 2017 | 12D | Most of our planet’s surface | Lonnie Burton |
| 15 Jan 2017 | 81D | “That deep, blue, bottomless soul,” per Melville | Joel Fagliano |
| 1 Nov 2016 | 48D | Indian ___ | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 16 Sep 2016 | 2D | School zone? | Patrick Berry |
| 29 Mar 2016 | 63A | Indian ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| 24 Sep 2015 | 65A | Much of a world map | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Aug 2015 | 30A | It goes from shore to shore | Peter Wentz |
| 1 May 2015 | 28D | Body resting in bed? | David Steinberg |
| 13 Jan 2015 | 5A | Huge amount | Michael Blake |
| 21 Dec 2014 | 110A | Where the big buoys are? | Joel Fagliano |
| 14 Dec 2014 | 37D | Blue expanse | Jim Peredo |
| 23 Mar 2014 | 5D | View that may cost you extra | Ian Livengood |
| 7 Dec 2013 | 50A | Key setting | James Mulhern |
| 25 Mar 2013 | 25D | Atlantic or Pacific | Adam Prince |
| 25 Sep 2012 | 22D | The Atlantic, e.g. | Ian Livengood |
| 17 Jul 2012 | 26D | Indian ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| 3 Feb 2012 | 8D | Large quantity | Joel Kaplow |
| 21 Aug 2011 | 20A | Huge quantity | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 5 Jul 2011 | 64A | Arctic, for one | Andrea Carla Michaels and Johanna Fenimore |
| 19 Jun 2011 | 26D | Great body | Patrick Berry |
| 25 Apr 2011 | 44D | Atlantic or Pacific | Joon Pahk |
| 29 Dec 2010 | 2D | Jersey Shore county, appropriately | Patrick Merrell |
| 13 Sep 2010 | 2D | Separator of continents | Aimee Lucido, Brown University ’13 |
| 23 Aug 2010 | 32A | Atlantic or Pacific | Oliver Hill |
| 18 Oct 2009 | 20A | Westernmost avenue in Santa Monica, Calif. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Jul 2009 | 42D | Davy Jones’s locker | Kevin G. Der |
| 15 Jul 2009 | 14A | Deep blue | Joon Pahk |
| 12 May 2009 | 64A | Neptune’s realm | Wayne and P. K. King |
| 24 Apr 2009 | 20D | Big drink | Barry C. Silk |
| 31 Mar 2009 | 50D | Great blue expanse | Allan E. Parrish |
| 19 Mar 2009 | 62A | Environs for Galatea, in myth | Laura Sternberg |
| 9 Mar 2009 | 12D | Atlantic or Pacific | Betty Keller |
| 11 Feb 2009 | 14A | Key location | Richard Silvestri |
| 2 Feb 2009 | 50D | Where a hurricane develops | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 8 Dec 2008 | 54D | Neptune’s realm | Sarah Keller |
| 16 Jun 2008 | 15A | Arctic ___ | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| 5 Jun 2008 | 11D | Place to use an echograph | James Sajdak |
| 20 May 2008 | 62A | Continental divide? | Billie Truitt |
| 21 Jan 2008 | 39D | Atlantic or Pacific | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 27 Dec 2007 | 37D | Triton’s realm | Jim Leeds |
| 24 Sep 2007 | 60A | Atlantic or Pacific | Fred Piscop |
| 7 Aug 2007 | 54A | Continent separator | Daniel Kantor |
| 21 May 2007 | 52D | Surfing spot | Allan E. Parrish |
| 25 Feb 2007 | 84D | Davy Jones’s locker | David J. Kahn |
| 18 Feb 2007 | 72D | Where an echograph is used in measuring | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| 12 Feb 2007 | 54A | About 71% of the earth’s surface | Lynn Lempel |
| 30 Jan 2007 | 36A | Neptune’s realm | Nancy Salomon |
| 14 Jan 2007 | 19A | Drink | Harvey Estes |
| 26 Jul 2006 | 12D | Poseidon’s place | Dave Mackey |
| 4 Jun 2006 | 14D | Thalassographer’s study | Patrick Blindauer |
| 8 Apr 2006 | 20D | Current location? | Patrick Berry |
| 21 Mar 2006 | 51D | ___ crossing | Levi Denham |
| 17 Jan 2006 | 36D | Bounding main | Nancy Salomon |
| 1 Dec 2005 | 58A | Great deal | Randolph Ross |
| 17 Jun 2005 | 4D | Drink | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Jan 2005 | 66A | Rivers’ destination | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Oct 2004 | 43D | Current locale | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Aug 2004 | 6D | Continental divide? | Sarah Keller |
| 1 Jul 2004 | 28D | Main | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 25 Mar 2004 | 23A | Blue part of a map | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O’Donnell |
| 16 Sep 2003 | 33A | Birthplace of a hurricane | Michael Doran |
| 20 Jul 2003 | 22A | Continental divide? | Patrick Merrell |
| 14 May 2003 | 14A | The bounding main | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 12 May 2003 | 56D | Where the waves are | Sarah Keller |
| 11 Mar 2003 | 33A | Big drink? | Janice M. Putney |
| 24 Jan 2003 | 43A | It goes coast-to-coast | Manny Nosowsky |
| 21 Nov 2002 | 53D | Limitless quantity | Joe DiPietro |
| 20 Aug 2002 | 63A | Continental divide? | Bob Peoples |
| 12 May 2002 | 11D | Main | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 Dec 2001 | 18A | Slew | Rich Norris |
| 22 Aug 2001 | 31D | Arctic ___ | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Aug 2001 | 24D | Swell area | Rich Norris |
| 8 Aug 2001 | 2D | Indian ___ | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| 6 Feb 2001 | 54D | “Wavy waste,” to Thomas Hood | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 8 Jan 2001 | 19A | Place for a beach | Gregory E. Paul |
| 21 Nov 2000 | 69A | Continent separator | Robert Zimmerman |
| 20 Sep 2000 | 14A | It has a floor but no ceiling | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| 29 Aug 2000 | 48D | Indian ___ | Peter Gordon |
| 5 Jun 2000 | 60A | The Atlantic, e.g. | William A. Ballard |
| 9 Apr 2000 | 110D | Three quarters of the earth, basically | Joe DiPietro |
| 19 Mar 2000 | 21A | Drink | Greg Staples |
| 31 Dec 1999 | 2D | Liner locale | Peter Gordon |
| 26 Dec 1999 | 3D | Drink, so to speak | Greg Staples |
| 16 Mar 1999 | 48D | Neptune’s realm | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Feb 1999 | 51D | Most of the world | Dave Tuller |
| 18 Nov 1998 | 17A | Indian ___ | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 2 Sep 1998 | 22A | Neptune’s realm | Randall J. Hartman |
| 21 Jul 1998 | 6D | Continental divide? | Hugh Davis |
| 30 Apr 1998 | 63A | Vastness | Kelly Clark |
| 7 Apr 1998 | 24D | Indian, e.g. | Randy Sowell |
| 16 Feb 1998 | 8D | Pacific, for one | Peter Gordon |
| 26 Jan 1998 | 17A | Arctic or Indian, e.g. | Eileen Lexau |
| 30 Nov 1997 | 12D | Kind of liner | Charles Deber |
| 2 Nov 1997 | 96D | Milieu for Queen Elizabeth II | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 3 Aug 1997 | 82A | Briny | Peter Gordon |
| 25 May 1997 | 42D | Wide expanse | Cathy Millhauser |
| 8 Nov 1996 | 9D | Great quantity | M. Gaffney |
| 4 Nov 1996 | 62A | Arctic, for one | P. Wilson |
| 18 May 1995 | 18A | “Loverboy” singer Billy | Chuck Deodene |
| 6 May 1995 | 10D | Continental divider | Randolph Ross |
| 12 Oct 1994 | 26D | Indian, for one | Gregory E. Paul |
| 23 Sep 1994 | 53A | The deep | Bryant White |
| 23 Jul 1994 | 34A | Main | Randolph Ross |
| 30 May 1994 | 37A | Arctic, for one | Raymond Hamel |
| 26 Feb 1994 | 29D | Main | Bob Klahn |
| 18 Feb 1994 | 49D | Symbol of vastness | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 Jan 1994 | 35D | Vast expanse | Kenneth Haxton |
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