HENS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for HENS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "HENS" answer was first appeared in "18 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "They peck at their food". It was authored by Manny Nosowsky. Recently, the "HENS" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Brooding bunch". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Layers (6)". "HENS" appeared 82 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "HENS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 65D | Brooding bunch | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 13 Jul 2023 | 62A | Brooding sorts | Hanh Huynh |
| 12 May 2023 | 5D | They rule the roost | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| 17 Apr 2023 | 52D | Birds in a coop | Katherine Baicker and Scott Earl |
| 1 Dec 2022 | 30A | Female lobsters | Daniel Mauer |
| 12 Aug 2022 | 29D | No cock-a-doodle-doo-ers | Trent H. Evans |
| 6 Feb 2022 | 38D | ___ teeth (proverbial rarity) | Stephen McCarthy |
| 19 Jan 2022 | 69A | Ones tending to brood? | Ori Brian |
| 19 Jul 2021 | 65A | Scarce as ___ teeth | Stephanie Lesser |
| 15 Jan 2021 | 24A | Nested layers? | Josh Knapp |
| 15 Dec 2020 | 57D | Female grouses | Adam Vincent |
| 14 Nov 2020 | 53D | ___ teeth (rarity) | Emily Carroll and Erik Agard |
| 23 Jul 2020 | 60D | Certain lawyers | Robyn Weintraub |
| 6 Apr 2020 | 14A | Roosters’ mates | Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas |
| 22 Oct 2019 | 22A | Lady birds | Saul Pink |
| 26 Sep 2019 | 56D | Ones sitting on eggs | Doug Peterson |
| 28 Jan 2019 | 9D | Roosters’ mates | Thomas van Geel |
| 13 May 2018 | 105A | Certain layers | Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard |
| 18 Aug 2017 | 12D | Farmyard females | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 2 Jul 2017 | 77D | ___ teeth | Patrick Blindauer |
| 31 Jan 2016 | 88A | Chick magnets? | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 25 Jul 2015 | 46D | ___ teeth | Kevin G. Der |
| 18 Jun 2015 | 7D | Roosters … or not roosters? | Jason Flinn |
| 7 Jun 2015 | 69A | They tend to brood | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 24 Jan 2014 | 25A | Birds in a clutch | Ian Livengood |
| 21 Jul 2013 | 15A | Female lobsters | Tracy Bennett |
| 1 May 2013 | 12D | Female fowl | Paula Gamache |
| 14 Oct 2012 | 111A | Farm fowl | Todd Gross |
| 23 Jul 2012 | 5D | “Cluck, cluck” makers | Lynn Lempel |
| 11 Mar 2012 | 101D | Brooding types | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| 12 Dec 2010 | 12D | Layers | Karen Young Bonin |
| 5 Dec 2010 | 10D | Coop group | Ben Pall |
| 16 Mar 2010 | 30D | Chickens that come home to roost | Paula Gamache |
| 21 May 2009 | 16A | Nest egg protectors | Patrick Blindauer |
| 14 May 2009 | 59D | Layers | David J. Kahn |
| 21 Dec 2008 | 72D | Three French ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 12 May 2008 | 35A | Egg layers | Randall J. Hartman |
| 31 Mar 2007 | 67A | Some lobsters | John Duschatko |
| 18 Jan 2007 | 1D | Layers | Randolph Ross |
| 29 Dec 2006 | 25D | Some lobsters | Seth A. Abel |
| 18 Nov 2006 | 51D | Nesters | Victor Fleming |
| 28 Sep 2006 | 55D | Nesters | Richard Chisholm |
| 31 May 2006 | 70A | Feathered females | Trip Payne |
| 31 Dec 2005 | 52D | Natural incubators | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 17 Dec 2005 | 33D | They’re inclined to brood | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Jun 2005 | 86A | Chicks follow them | Manny Nosowsky |
| 1 Jul 2004 | 65A | Setters | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 2 Nov 2003 | 92A | Cluckers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 22 Sep 2003 | 39D | Egg layers | Marjorie Berg |
| 17 Aug 2003 | 113D | ___ teeth | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 9 Mar 2003 | 20D | Fowl | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Oct 2002 | 8D | Some are cooped up | Susan Harrington Smith |
| 9 Oct 2001 | 54D | Nest egg protectors? | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Jun 2001 | 46A | Kind of teeth | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 9 Mar 2001 | 32A | Egg holders? | Mitch Komro |
| 2 Aug 2000 | 24A | Cluckers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 7 Jun 2000 | 58D | Some roasters | John Duschatko |
| 17 Jan 2000 | 48D | Coop group | Trip Payne |
| 9 Dec 1999 | 9D | Feathered layers | Chuck Deodene |
| 8 Dec 1999 | 69A | Coop group | Fred Piscop |
| 14 Jun 1999 | 8D | Egg producers | Norma Steinberg |
| 9 May 1999 | 15D | Egg containers | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 14 Mar 1999 | 32D | Female octopi | Martin Schneider |
| 25 Oct 1998 | 89A | Brooding sorts | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 4 May 1998 | 24A | Roosters’ mates | Hugh Davis |
| 5 Jan 1998 | 39D | Egg producers | Mark Moldowsky |
| 27 Nov 1996 | 14A | Layers | R. Hughes |
| 16 Sep 1996 | 25D | Roosters’ mates | R. J. Hartman |
| 10 Aug 1996 | 19A | Fusspots | R. Norris |
| 25 Jul 1996 | 15A | Layers | A. J. Santora |
| 18 Mar 1996 | 20A | Rooster’s mates | S. L. Robbins |
| 14 Feb 1996 | 17A | Cluckers | C. Lundberg |
| 4 Dec 1995 | 23D | Biddies | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 1 Oct 1995 | 89D | Some party attenders | Frank A. Longo |
| 27 Sep 1995 | 39D | Layers | David J. Kahn |
| 10 Apr 1995 | 40A | Biddies | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 31 Oct 1994 | 28A | Cluckers | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 30 Oct 1994 | 96D | Plymouth Rocks, e.g. | R. M. Hopkins |
| 8 Aug 1994 | 21A | Ones who brood | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 1 May 1994 | 69A | Female lobsters | Peter Gordon |
| 15 Feb 1994 | 10D | Chick watchers | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 18 Dec 1993 | 46D | They peck at their food | Manny Nosowsky |
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