RIM is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for RIM in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "RIM" answer was first appeared in "29 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Canyon edge". It was authored by Harvey Estes. Recently, the "RIM" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Salted ___ (margarita option)". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Edge (8)". "RIM" appeared 127 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "RIM" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 113A | Salted ___ (margarita option) | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 9 Oct 2023 | 2D | Outer edge | Zachary David Levy |
| 19 Aug 2023 | 47D | Swish miss? | David P. Williams |
| 2 Jun 2023 | 19A | Brink | John Ewbank |
| 30 May 2023 | 57D | Crater’s edge | Kathryn Ladner |
| 15 Apr 2023 | 43D | Part of a crater | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 13 Mar 2023 | 54D | Basketball net holder | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| 3 Jan 2023 | 1A | Salted part of a margarita glass | Margaret Seikel |
| 2 Dec 2022 | 7D | Something salted at a Mexican restaurant | Scott Earl |
| 7 Sep 2022 | 31D | Grand Canyon viewpoint | Ekua Ewool |
| 4 Sep 2022 | 28A | What a net might attach to | Tracy Gray |
| 3 Aug 2022 | 17D | Part of a wheel | Daniel Bodily |
| 2 Jun 2022 | 53A | Glass part | Michael Lieberman |
| 17 May 2022 | 47A | Lip | Richard D. Allen |
| 23 Dec 2021 | 7D | ___ shot | Stephen McCarthy |
| 7 Nov 2021 | 13D | Lens holder | Sid Sivakumar |
| 20 Oct 2021 | 61D | Salted part of a margarita glass | David W. Tuffs |
| 19 Feb 2021 | 57A | Lip | Amanda Rafkin |
| 11 Feb 2021 | 36A | What a swish misses | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 29 Nov 2020 | 41D | Part of a glass … or glasses | Eric Berlin |
| 10 Oct 2020 | 53A | Corona, in an eclipse | Brian Thomas |
| 21 May 2020 | 37A | Lip | Andrew Kingsley |
| 26 Aug 2019 | 21A | Outer part of a crater | Erik Agard |
| 12 Jul 2019 | 29A | Word with Pacific or basketball | Evan Kalish |
| 28 May 2019 | 67A | Basket part grabbed after slam-dunking | Aimee Lucido |
| 7 Apr 2018 | 29A | Goaltending spot | Mark Diehl |
| 25 Feb 2018 | 84A | Basket part | Will Nediger |
| 23 Dec 2017 | 25A | Lip | Matthew Sewell |
| 18 Dec 2017 | 40A | Place for salt on a margarita glass | Bruce Haight |
| 22 Oct 2017 | 41D | Crater’s edge | Tracy Gray |
| 6 Jul 2017 | 36A | Part of a golf cup | Erik Agard |
| 2 Jul 2017 | 104D | Pacific ___ | Patrick Blindauer |
| 20 Jun 2017 | 1D | Volcano feature | Jason Flinn |
| 23 May 2017 | 33D | What an air ball misses | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 28 Mar 2017 | 47D | Pacific ___ | Ryan Milligan |
| 18 Sep 2016 | 40A | What swish shots miss | Jeremy Newton |
| 31 Aug 2016 | 52A | An air ball misses this | Ned White |
| 1 Jun 2016 | 57D | Backboard attachment | Wren Schultz |
| 6 Feb 2016 | 21A | Net support | David Steinberg |
| 1 Jan 2016 | 18D | Edge | David Steinberg |
| 8 Jul 2015 | 20A | Part of a golf cup | Ryan Milligan |
| 5 Jul 2015 | 1A | Monocle part | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Mar 2015 | 61A | Basketball net holder | Ian Livengood |
| 20 Sep 2014 | 35D | Part of a crater | Erik Agard |
| 20 Aug 2014 | 29D | Wheel part | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 4 Aug 2014 | 1D | Wheel’s edge | Joel Fagliano |
| 15 Jun 2014 | 106A | Basketball goaltending locale | Tony Orbach |
| 21 May 2014 | 19A | Grand Canyon part | Mike Buckley |
| 15 Apr 2014 | 19A | Wheel part | Gary Cee |
| 25 Dec 2013 | 8D | Backboard attachment | Jacob Stulberg |
| 31 Aug 2013 | 62A | Go around, but not quite go in | Josh Knapp |
| 29 Aug 2013 | 10D | Border | Timothy Polin |
| 17 Aug 2013 | 55D | Coin feature | Ed Sessa |
| 12 Nov 2012 | 23A | Viewing point at the Grand Canyon | Randall J. Hartman |
| 9 Oct 2012 | 1D | Air balls miss it | John Guzzetta |
| 3 Jun 2012 | 9D | Wheel part | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Mar 2012 | 44D | Not quite make the putt, with “out” | Tim Croce |
| 7 Dec 2011 | 54D | What a swish shot doesn’t touch | Julian Lim |
| 11 Oct 2011 | 11A | Tire holder | Ed Sessa |
| 27 Sep 2011 | 19A | Grand Canyon part | Peter A. Collins |
| 26 Sep 2010 | 25A | A lens fits in it | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 12 Jul 2010 | 31D | Edge | Freddie Cheng |
| 15 Mar 2010 | 28D | Salt’s place on a margarita glass | Fred Piscop |
| 4 Nov 2009 | 44D | Canyon area | Ricky Ini Liu |
| 24 Oct 2009 | 26A | Glass top | Paula Gamache |
| 12 Oct 2009 | 67A | Edge | Richard Chisholm |
| 9 Dec 2008 | 26D | Lens holder | C. W. Stewart |
| 8 Dec 2008 | 62D | What a “swish” basketball shot doesn’t touch | Sarah Keller |
| 16 Nov 2008 | 22D | Lip | Merl Reagle |
| 31 Jan 2008 | 35A | Canyon part | Paula Gamache |
| 6 Sep 2007 | 48A | Grand Canyon area | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 16 Aug 2007 | 11D | A dunker may grab it | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 10 Jun 2007 | 10D | Circular edge | Bob Klahn |
| 29 May 2007 | 57A | ___ shot (joke follow-up) | Jim Hyres |
| 23 Apr 2007 | 58D | Edge | David Pringle |
| 27 Jan 2007 | 19A | Volcano part | Karen M. Tracey |
| 1 Dec 2006 | 24D | Glass component | Mike Nothnagel |
| 22 Nov 2006 | 62D | Volcano feature | Edward Alch |
| 6 Oct 2006 | 48A | Drum part | Nancy Joline |
| 3 Oct 2006 | 31A | Cup part | Ed Stein |
| 25 May 2006 | 56D | Canyon feature | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 6 Jan 2006 | 65D | Net holder | David Levinson Wilk |
| 3 Nov 2005 | 35D | Canyon area | Byron Walden |
| 6 Jun 2005 | 30D | Place for a basketball net | Raymond Hamel |
| 25 Apr 2005 | 12D | Perimeter | Alison Donald |
| 21 Aug 2003 | 21D | Basket feature | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Jan 2003 | 22A | Barely miss, as the golf cup | James Rogers |
| 14 Sep 2002 | 51A | Net supporter | Bruce L. Bliven |
| 25 Aug 2002 | 70D | Grand Canyon spot | Randolph Ross |
| 22 Jul 2002 | 27A | The hoop in hoops | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 24 Jun 2002 | 25A | Basketball hoop | Trip Payne |
| 26 Jan 2002 | 42A | Grand Canyon feature | Mark Diehl |
| 24 Jan 2002 | 54A | Margin | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 21 Aug 2001 | 24A | What a tire fits around | Sarah Keller |
| 18 Jul 2001 | 12D | Edge | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Jul 2001 | 39A | What an air ball doesn’t touch | Peter Gordon |
| 19 Mar 2001 | 30D | Backboard attachment | Peter Gordon |
| 25 Jan 2001 | 31A | Court target | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 1 Jan 2001 | 24A | Edge | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 Aug 2000 | 4D | Pacific ___ | A. J. Santora |
| 11 Feb 2000 | 10D | Fringe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 1 Dec 1999 | 14A | Crater feature | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Oct 1999 | 26A | What a swish shot doesn’t touch | Gregory E. Paul |
| 27 Feb 1999 | 38D | Flange | John Scott Marrone |
| 7 Feb 1999 | 89D | Confines | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 28 Aug 1998 | 33A | Outer limit | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 4 Apr 1998 | 31D | Lip | Rich Norris |
| 15 Mar 1998 | 1D | Periphery | Frank Longo |
| 24 Jan 1998 | 25A | Pacific ___ | Randolph Ross |
| 25 Dec 1997 | 28D | Edge | A. J. Santora |
| 3 Dec 1997 | 57D | Pacific ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Oct 1997 | 30D | Basketball blackboard attachment | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Apr 1997 | 95D | Margin | Rich Norris |
| 15 Jan 1997 | 43D | Hoops target | C. Currier |
| 17 Aug 1996 | 33D | Goaltending concern | J. T. Paine |
| 17 May 1996 | 11D | Outer limit | J. DiPietro |
| 18 Jan 1996 | 1D | Lip | C. Deodene |
| 25 Sep 1995 | 22D | Edge | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Sep 1995 | 48A | Flange | Peter Gordon |
| 18 Aug 1995 | 28D | Lip | Manny Nosowsky |
| 31 Mar 1995 | 26A | Lip | Chuck Deodene |
| 26 Mar 1995 | 87D | Kind of shot | Rich Norris |
| 11 Dec 1994 | 112D | Hub’s opposite | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 25 Nov 1994 | 47A | Lip | Daniel R. Stark |
| 3 Jun 1994 | 31A | Wheel part | Norman S. Wizer |
| 9 Mar 1994 | 49A | Kind of shot | Norma Steinberg |
| 29 Dec 1993 | 30D | Canyon edge | Harvey Estes |
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