SAMOA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SAMOA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SAMOA" answer was first appeared in "6 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Island group near Fiji". It was authored by Peter Gordon. Recently, the "SAMOA" answer has been used for "10 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Apia’s country". It was authored by Nate Cardin. "SAMOA" appeared 89 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SAMOA" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2023 | 4D | Apia’s country | Nate Cardin |
| 14 Sep 2023 | 1D | Nation that switched from right- to left-hand traffic in 2009 | Vasu Seralathan |
| 5 Sep 2023 | 1A | Island group that straddles the International Date Line | Alan Siegel |
| 6 May 2023 | 26A | Nation that moved east of the International Date Line in 1892 and west of it in 2011 | Carter Cobb |
| 9 Apr 2023 | 62D | Its largest islands are Savai’i and Upolu | John Ewbank |
| 6 Mar 2023 | 38A | Pago Pago’s land | Lynn Lempel |
| 11 Feb 2023 | 50D | Where “talofa” and “tofa” mean “hello” and “goodbye” | Sam Ezersky |
| 19 Dec 2022 | 66A | Island nation in Polynesia | Jennifer Nutt |
| 2 Aug 2022 | 49D | “Survivor” locale in the South Pacific | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| 31 Jul 2022 | 60A | Coconut-covered cookie | Jesse Goldberg |
| 16 May 2022 | 49D | American ___ (U.S. Pacific territory) | Lynn Lempel |
| 8 Apr 2022 | 22D | Where lavalava skirts are worn | Caitlin Reid |
| 6 Oct 2020 | 18A | Girl Scout cookie with toasted coconut | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 3 Aug 2020 | 1A | Home of Pago Pago | Eric Bornstein |
| 20 May 2020 | 30D | Girl Scout cookie variety | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 15 Nov 2019 | 46D | Cookie topped with toasted coconut, caramel and chocolate | Debbie Ellerin |
| 11 Jun 2019 | 44A | Repeated “Survivor” setting | David J. Kahn |
| 20 May 2019 | 66A | Girl Scout cookie with a geographical name | Gary Cee |
| 3 Apr 2019 | 35A | Where Apia is found | Ross Trudeau |
| 1 Nov 2018 | 46A | Neighbor of Tonga | Matt Ginsberg |
| 29 Oct 2018 | 21A | Home of Pago Pago | Peter Gordon |
| 18 Nov 2017 | 19A | Setting for several “Survivor” seasons | Sam Trabucco |
| 30 Oct 2016 | 91A | American ___ | Caleb Madison |
| 5 Oct 2016 | 48D | Pago Pago’s locale | Michael Dewey |
| 22 May 2016 | 85A | Part of Polynesia | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| 25 Jul 2015 | 9D | Home to the so-called “happy people” | Kevin G. Der |
| 22 Jun 2015 | 15A | Island home of Pago Pago | Joel Fagliano |
| 18 Jan 2015 | 63D | Pago Pago locale | Joe Krozel |
| 21 Aug 2014 | 15A | American ___ | Jules P. Markey |
| 10 Jun 2014 | 34D | Girl Scout cookie with toasted coconut | Pamela Klawitter |
| 12 Jan 2014 | 60D | Striped Girl Scout cookie | Andrew Chaikin |
| 20 Oct 2013 | 48A | It’s ENE of Fiji | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Oct 2013 | 51D | About 7% of it is American | Bruce R. Sutphin |
| 21 Mar 2013 | 61A | Western ___ | Jeff Chen |
| 30 Sep 2012 | 61D | About 90% of its land is owned communally | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming |
| 17 Aug 2012 | 30D | Navigator Islands, now | Peter Wentz |
| 6 Mar 2012 | 38A | Pago Pago’s place | Wesley Johnson |
| 5 Dec 2011 | 55A | Pago Pago whereabouts | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| 1 May 2011 | 41A | Where lavalava skirts are worn | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 18 Feb 2011 | 9A | 2009 “Survivor” setting | Patrick Berry |
| 4 Aug 2010 | 11D | Part of the U.S. south of the Equator | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 May 2010 | 31D | Caramel-coconut Girl Scout cookie | Josh Knapp |
| 2 May 2010 | 26A | 2009 “Survivor” locale | Kelsey Blakley |
| 15 Apr 2010 | 10D | Margaret Mead’s “Coming of Age in ___” | Brendan Emmett Quigley & Joon Pahk |
| 25 Sep 2009 | 50A | Robert Louis Stevenson setting | Robert A. Doll |
| 28 Apr 2009 | 14A | Pacific archipelago nation | Matt Ginsberg |
| 24 Sep 2008 | 20A | Polynesian land | Lynn Lempel |
| 15 Sep 2008 | 19A | Pago Pago’s home | Sharon E. Petersen |
| 22 Jun 2008 | 10A | Where houses traditionally have no walls | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 27 Feb 2008 | 20A | Mead study locale | Lee Glickstein |
| 21 Jan 2008 | 48A | Pago Pago’s locale | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 10 Jan 2008 | 45D | It was split into two parts by the 1899 Treaty of Berlin | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 Oct 2007 | 39A | Big exporter of coconut cream and coconut oil | E. J. Platt |
| 1 Mar 2007 | 52D | Part of Oceania | Steven E. Atwood |
| 10 Dec 2006 | 71D | Where “yes” is “ioe,” pronounced in three syllables | David J. Kahn |
| 12 Nov 2006 | 26D | Setting of Margaret Mead’s first book | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Apr 2006 | 5D | Locale of Margaret Mead study | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 22 Jan 2006 | 87A | Country north of Tonga | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| 10 Jan 2006 | 23A | Site of Margaret Mead studies | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Aug 2005 | 43A | Where Pago Pago is | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 9 Mar 2005 | 45A | Margaret Mead study site | Rob Richardson |
| 2 Sep 2004 | 14A | Major exporter of coconut oil | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Aug 2004 | 6D | Pago-Pago’s land | Joy C. Frank |
| 29 Feb 2004 | 92A | South Seas monarchy | Patrick Merrell |
| 15 Nov 2003 | 47D | The Navigator Islands, today | Patrick Berry |
| 27 May 2003 | 63A | Pago Pago’s locale | PAtrick MErrell |
| 25 Jun 2002 | 41A | Pago Pago’s place | Kelly Clark |
| 3 Oct 2001 | 53A | Margaret Mead research site | Lisa Bunker |
| 29 Sep 2001 | 8A | Part of it belongs to the U.S. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 27 Aug 2001 | 15A | Where Pago-Pago is | Holden Baker |
| 5 Apr 2001 | 32D | Navigators Islands, today | Cathy Millhauser |
| 25 Jul 2000 | 8D | Pago Pago’s place | Patrick Jordan |
| 25 Oct 1999 | 39D | Pago Pago site | Philip Lew |
| 4 Aug 1999 | 43D | Mead subject | Richard Silvestri |
| 12 Oct 1998 | 14A | Where Pago Pago is | Richard Chisholm |
| 5 Oct 1998 | 30D | Neighbor of Fiji | Peter Gordon |
| 6 Jul 1998 | 15D | Pago Pago’s land | Sheldon Benardo |
| 22 May 1998 | 9D | Site of Margaret Mead study | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 29 Oct 1997 | 10D | Navigators’ Islands, today | Kelly Clark |
| 25 Mar 1996 | 27D | Mead’s “Coming of Age in___” | F. & L. Sabin |
| 16 Dec 1995 | 41A | Its official flower is the ula-fala | Bryant White |
| 10 Dec 1995 | 103D | Navigators Islands, today | Jim Page |
| 2 Apr 1995 | 19A | “Coming of Age” locale | Norman S. Wizer |
| 14 Jul 1994 | 21D | Site of a Margaret Mead study | Daniel R. Stark |
| 6 May 1994 | 20D | Southernmost U.S. point | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Apr 1994 | 19A | Robert Louis Stevenson home | Rich Norris |
| 21 Dec 1993 | 27D | Fiji neighbor | Janie Lyons |
| 14 Dec 1993 | 58A | Mead research site | Joel Davajan |
| 6 Dec 1993 | 62A | Island group near Fiji | Peter Gordon |
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