PETS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for PETS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "PETS" answer was first appeared in "9 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Fido and Fluffy". It was authored by Mel Rosen. Recently, the "PETS" answer has been used for "12 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Some motel prohibitions (2)". It was authored by Garrett Chalfin. "PETS" appeared 76 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "PETS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2023 | 110D | Some motel prohibitions | Garrett Chalfin |
| 10 Jul 2023 | 26A | Belly rub recipients, often | Brad Wiegmann |
| 12 Jun 2023 | 5D | Animals treated by (and rhyming with) vets | Alice Liang |
| 25 May 2023 | 18A | – | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin |
| 19 May 2023 | 53D | Snoopy and Sylvester, e.g. | David Distenfeld |
| 22 Feb 2023 | 18A | Tamagotchis are digital ones | Adam Wagner |
| 15 Jan 2023 | 75A | Major and Commander, to Biden | Michael Schlossberg |
| 12 Sep 2022 | 34A | Animals that may be subject to an apartment restriction | Michael Lieberman |
| 19 Dec 2021 | 64A | No ___ (apartment policy) | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 9 Nov 2021 | 1D | Adoptees from the A.S.P.C.A. | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| 15 Sep 2021 | 28A | Four-footed friends | Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau |
| 6 Sep 2021 | 28A | Animals around the house | Joshua Rosenblatt |
| 27 Jun 2021 | 85D | Family members that get talked down to? | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| 27 Aug 2020 | 60A | Strokes | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 26 May 2020 | 31D | Cats and dogs | Neville Fogarty |
| 26 Apr 2020 | 88A | Beloved members of the family | Royce Ferguson |
| 14 Mar 2020 | 49A | Rewards for good behavior, maybe | Peter Wentz |
| 26 Dec 2019 | 16D | Vets’ charges | Trenton Charlson |
| 25 Dec 2019 | 59D | Favorites | Bruce Haight |
| 21 Nov 2019 | 70A | Black widow spiders make dangerous ones | Aimee Lucido |
| 22 Sep 2019 | 88D | They might get collared | Tracy Gray |
| 14 Apr 2019 | 105A | No-nos in many apartment buildings | Will Nediger |
| 2 Dec 2018 | 80D | Darlings | Paul Coulter |
| 8 Oct 2018 | 71A | Garfield and Odie, for two | Jacob Stulberg |
| 26 Jun 2018 | 9A | Adopt-a-thon adoptees | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 22 Apr 2018 | 109A | Subjects of an apartment restriction | Ross Trudeau |
| 26 Mar 2018 | 29D | Dogs, cats and gerbils | Andy Kravis |
| 26 Jul 2017 | 51A | Shelter rescues, e.g. | Brian Cox |
| 13 Dec 2016 | 1D | Parrots and ferrets | David Alfred Bywaters |
| 13 Jul 2016 | 60A | Favored ones | Tom McCoy |
| 26 Apr 2015 | 32D | They rarely have surnames | Patrick Berry |
| 27 May 2014 | 40D | Strokes … or ones getting stroked | James Tuttle |
| 25 Mar 2014 | 65A | Tamed animals | David Woolf |
| 18 Dec 2013 | 68A | Adopt-a-thon adoptees | Ed Sessa |
| 17 Sep 2012 | 19A | Cats and gerbils, e.g. | Adam G. Perl |
| 29 Jul 2012 | 85D | Some allergy sources | Kevin G. Der |
| 6 Jun 2012 | 43D | Animals with collars, often | Gary Cee |
| 1 May 2012 | 63A | Dogs, cats and gerbils | Zoe Wheeler and Aimee Lucido |
| 4 Feb 2012 | 55D | No ___ (store sign) | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison |
| 5 Jan 2011 | 23A | Subject of a hotel policy | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| 2 Sep 2010 | 64A | Penthouse pinups | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 21 Mar 2010 | 79D | Strokes | Adam Fromm |
| 22 Dec 2009 | 66A | Many adoptees | Robert A. Doll |
| 27 Aug 2009 | 70A | Guinea pigs, maybe | Derek Bowman |
| 15 Jun 2009 | 18D | No ___ Allowed (motel sign) | John Dunn |
| 6 Jan 2009 | 21A | Adoptees from shelters | John Greenman |
| 16 Dec 2008 | 22A | Some motel prohibitions | Gail Grabowski |
| 9 Dec 2008 | 13D | Strokes … or ones stroked | C. W. Stewart |
| 14 Apr 2008 | 41D | No ___ allowed (sign) | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 31 Dec 2007 | 31D | Four-footed friends | Lynn Lempel |
| 25 Jun 2007 | 29D | Consumers of Purina and Iams food | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 19 Apr 2006 | 5D | Strokes | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 21 Aug 2005 | 39D | Subject heading in a hotel brochure | Byron Walden |
| 5 Aug 2005 | 27A | Some shelter dwellers | David Ainslie Macleod |
| 9 Feb 2004 | 13D | Dogs, but rarely hogs | Robert Dillman |
| 25 Jul 2002 | 1A | Vets’ concerns | Michael Shteyman |
| 17 Jun 2002 | 28D | Beloved animals | Janice M. Putney |
| 16 Mar 2002 | 10A | Fondlings | Verna Suit |
| 10 Feb 2002 | 12D | Bad moods | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
| 13 Apr 2001 | 43A | Guinea pigs, maybe | Joe DiPietro |
| 7 Nov 2000 | 13D | No-nos in many hotels | David Levinson Wilk |
| 26 Apr 1999 | 35A | Furry companions | Robert Dillman |
| 28 Mar 1999 | 9A | Darlings | Cathy Allis Millhauser |
| 21 Jan 1999 | 10A | They may be collared | Randolph Ross |
| 1 Dec 1998 | 5A | Dogs and cats, e.g. | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 3 Aug 1998 | 65A | Teachers’ favorites | Nancy Salomon |
| 14 Jun 1998 | 23D | “No ___ allowed” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 24 Jul 1997 | 10A | Guinea pigs, maybe | Randall J. Hartman |
| 2 Jun 1996 | 114D | Apple polishers | R. Norris |
| 9 Jul 1995 | 29A | Socks and Millie, e.g. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 11 Feb 1995 | 23A | Dearies | Randolph Ross |
| 4 Dec 1994 | 51D | Strokes | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 18 May 1994 | 45A | Furry companions | Daniel R. Stark |
| 27 Jan 1994 | 64A | Home bodies? | Betty Jorgensen |
| 25 Jan 1994 | 27A | Darlings | Joel Davajan |
| 9 Jan 1994 | 72D | Fido and Fluffy | Mel Rosen |
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