PAR is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for PAR in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "PAR" answer was first appeared in "11 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Three strokes, perhaps". It was authored by Albert J. Klaus. Recently, the "PAR" answer has been used for "11 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Score to shoot for (2)". It was authored by Luke K. Schreiber. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Something to shoot for (12)". "PAR" appeared 195 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "PAR" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2023 | 6D | Score to shoot for | Luke K. Schreiber |
| 15 Nov 2023 | 26D | Course standard | Gary Larson |
| 24 Aug 2023 | 51A | Green standard | Robin Yu |
| 14 Aug 2023 | 38A | ___ for the course | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| 25 Jun 2023 | 110D | Course number | John Westwig |
| 20 Jun 2023 | 49A | 72, at Augusta National | Aimee Lucido |
| 5 Jun 2023 | 54A | It’s usually two or three in miniature golf | Eric Rollfing |
| 25 May 2023 | 63D | Course goal | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin |
| 11 Apr 2023 | 29A | Good number to shoot for | Taylor Johnson and Jeff Chen |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 102A | Something to aim for on a golf course | Robert Ryan |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 58A | A matter of course? | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| 8 Dec 2022 | 63D | Double eagle plus three | Grant Thackray |
| 11 Sep 2022 | 61D | The standard | Derrick Niederman |
| 19 Aug 2022 | 36D | Something to shoot for | Patrick John Duggan |
| 18 Jun 2022 | 12D | 6 is a rare one | Brooke Husic |
| 16 Jun 2022 | 15A | Round figure? | Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau |
| 5 Jan 2022 | 42A | Number it’s good to be under | Damon Gulczynski |
| 28 Nov 2021 | 106D | Course standard | Jeff Kremer |
| 29 Aug 2021 | 124A | Something to shoot for | Dory Mintz |
| 8 Aug 2021 | 97A | Course goal | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| 17 May 2021 | 40D | Number on a miniature golf card | Wren Schultz |
| 25 Apr 2021 | 66A | Nice round number? | Jeremy Newton |
| 20 Apr 2021 | 34A | Golfer’s target | Adam Wagner |
| 25 Oct 2020 | 61D | Good thing to make or break | Peter A. Collins |
| 17 Oct 2020 | 56D | Something to shoot for | Victor Barocas and Brad Wilber |
| 1 Oct 2020 | 2D | Course objective | Adam Fromm |
| 1 Sep 2020 | 49A | ___ for the course | David Steinberg |
| 23 Mar 2020 | 29D | Four, on many a golf hole | Ed Sessa |
| 21 Mar 2020 | 37A | Something to shoot for | Damon Gulczynski |
| 29 Oct 2019 | 31D | Listing on a scorecard | Evan Mahnken |
| 2 Oct 2019 | 7A | Value which for Apple stock is $0.00001 | Mangesh Ghogre |
| 15 Sep 2019 | 101A | Hole number | Andrew Kingsley |
| 13 Sep 2019 | 26A | Course number | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| 3 Sep 2019 | 7D | Standard based largely on hole length | Evan Kalish |
| 25 Mar 2019 | 29A | Golfer’s goal | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 1 Jan 2019 | 59D | Tee box sign info | Gary Cee |
| 3 Dec 2018 | 68A | 72, maybe, on a golf course | Lynn Lempel |
| 12 Aug 2018 | 100D | 3, 4 or 5, usually | Ross Trudeau |
| 4 Aug 2018 | 8D | Course number | Sam Trabucco |
| 22 Jun 2018 | 22A | What drivers try not to go over | Andrew Kingsley |
| 2 Apr 2018 | 62D | Golf course standard | Jason Mueller |
| 30 Jan 2018 | 39A | Something to shoot for | Emily Carroll |
| 17 Dec 2017 | 31D | It’s to be expected | Andrew J. Ries |
| 5 Nov 2017 | 46D | The usual | Natan Last |
| 27 Aug 2017 | 101A | What one will never be, in golf | Jeff Chen |
| 16 Aug 2017 | 45A | Course standard | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| 11 May 2017 | 36D | Something to shoot for | Timothy Polin |
| 30 Nov 2016 | 28A | Golf goal | Molly Young |
| 26 Sep 2016 | 65D | 72, for many golf courses | Timothy Polin |
| 14 Sep 2016 | 34D | 72, on many courses | Dan Schoenholz |
| 24 Aug 2016 | 43A | Duffer’s delight | Matthew Sewell |
| 12 Jun 2016 | 31A | 5 is a high one | Finn Vigeland |
| 11 Apr 2016 | 9D | 4, maybe, on a golf hole | Ron Toth and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 8 Mar 2016 | 53A | An eagle beats it | David Steinberg |
| 18 Jan 2016 | 1D | It’s not easy to shoot | Kathy Wienberg |
| 29 Dec 2015 | 39A | 72, at Augusta National Golf Club | Jeff Stillman |
| 7 Dec 2015 | 56D | Golfing standard | Jason Mueller |
| 2 Dec 2015 | 21A | Score to shoot for | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 27 Sep 2015 | 46D | Course standard | Tom McCoy |
| 2 Mar 2015 | 6A | Golf target | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 2 Jan 2015 | 11A | Green yardstick | David Steinberg |
| 21 Dec 2014 | 119D | It’s hard to shoot | Joel Fagliano |
| 27 Sep 2014 | 58D | Hole number | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| 24 Sep 2014 | 34A | It’s usually between 3 and 5 | Andy Kravis |
| 11 Sep 2014 | 52A | Excellent drivers often break it | Patrick Blindauer |
| 3 Jul 2014 | 36A | It’s not unusual | Luke Vaughn |
| 11 Feb 2014 | 16A | 3, 4 or 5 on a golf hole, typically | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen |
| 30 Dec 2013 | 30D | Score between a birdie and a bogey | David Steinberg |
| 8 Dec 2013 | 11D | Course listing | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Oct 2013 | 36A | Golf course target | Zhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols |
| 30 Sep 2013 | 60D | 3, 4 or 5 on a golf course | Ian Livengood |
| 5 Sep 2013 | 53A | Standard | Damon Gulczynski |
| 25 Aug 2013 | 109A | Three, for a short hole | Victor Barocas |
| 8 Jun 2013 | 9D | 6 is a rare one | David Quarfoot |
| 27 May 2013 | 17A | Score between birdie and bogey | Doug Peterson |
| 14 May 2013 | 45A | Golf standard | John Lieb |
| 5 May 2013 | 109D | What’s expected | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 2 Mar 2013 | 40D | One of nine numbers on a card | Barry C. Silk |
| 12 Feb 2013 | 57D | Standard for the course | Dan Schoenholz |
| 4 Feb 2013 | 23A | 2, 3 or 4, usually, in miniature golf | Randall J. Hartman |
| 27 Jan 2013 | 50D | Word often seen before 3, 4 or 5, but never 1 | Jeff Chen |
| 4 Jan 2013 | 6D | You may feel below it | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Nov 2012 | 62D | 40-Across’s concern | Victor Fleming |
| 5 Nov 2012 | 1D | Golfer’s goal | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 17 Oct 2012 | 22A | Something that’s good to break | Peter Koetters |
| 6 Jul 2012 | 54D | Shooter’s target | Peter Wentz |
| 11 Jun 2012 | 22A | Course guide? | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| 4 Mar 2012 | 103A | Average | David J. Kahn |
| 10 Jan 2012 | 54A | Not unusual | Gary Cee |
| 2 Nov 2011 | 12D | Score to aim for | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| 1 Sep 2011 | 60A | Bogey beater | Joel Fagliano |
| 22 Jul 2011 | 51D | Course objective | Todd McClary |
| 28 Jun 2011 | 25A | 72, at Pebble Beach | Tom Baring |
| 6 Apr 2011 | 5D | Links figure | Gareth Bain |
| 13 Feb 2011 | 93A | It’s bad to be over it | Ian Livengood |
| 4 Jan 2011 | 26A | Two, for many minigolf holes | David Hanson |
| 18 Jul 2010 | 56D | Hole number | Robert W. Harris |
| 1 Jul 2010 | 42A | See 34-Across and 45-Across | Clive Probert |
| 30 May 2010 | 72D | Target for certain athletes | Eric Berlin |
| 24 May 2010 | 51A | Number on a golf hole | Bob Johnson |
| 22 Feb 2010 | 12D | Number on a golf course | Steve Dobis |
| 26 Jan 2010 | 61D | 3, 4 or 5, usually, for a golf hole | Paula Gamache |
| 5 Dec 2009 | 62D | Acceptable shooting? | Brad Wilber |
| 3 Oct 2009 | 11D | 3, 4 or 5, but rarely 6 | Doug Peterson |
| 26 Aug 2009 | 7A | 3, 4 or 5, typically, in golf | Gary Cee |
| 14 Aug 2009 | 45A | Something to shoot for | Barry C. Silk |
| 11 Aug 2009 | 22D | Scorecard figure | Oliver Hill |
| 24 Dec 2008 | 6D | Three, four or five, commonly | Warren Biro |
| 13 Dec 2008 | 11D | Thing to shoot for | Frank Longo |
| 24 Sep 2008 | 36A | Course number | Lynn Lempel |
| 29 Apr 2008 | 45A | Bogey beater | Will Nediger |
| 16 Jan 2008 | 23A | Something to shoot for | Barry C. Silk |
| 25 Sep 2007 | 52D | 72, at Augusta | Randall J. Hartman |
| 27 May 2007 | 64D | Scorecard heading | Patrick Berry |
| 22 May 2007 | 13D | Average | Roger Wolff |
| 21 Nov 2006 | 30A | Figure to shoot for | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 1 Nov 2006 | 47A | It may not be easy to shoot | Paula Gamache |
| 5 Oct 2006 | 53A | Just average | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 Sep 2006 | 58D | Stock figure | Bob Klahn |
| 8 Jun 2006 | 42A | Kind of score | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 May 2006 | 6D | Good thing to break | Patrick Blindauer |
| 29 Apr 2006 | 4A | Course yardstick | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 28 Dec 2005 | 27A | It’s occasionally 5 | Ernest Lampert |
| 1 Nov 2005 | 35D | Scorecard number | Sarah Keller |
| 5 Sep 2005 | 41D | What a golfer might shoot | Lynn Lempel |
| 28 Jul 2005 | 24A | Something good to shoot | Eric Berlin |
| 5 Jun 2005 | 106D | Scorecard number | Patrick Merrell |
| 29 May 2005 | 67A | Course goal | Frank Longo |
| 13 Apr 2005 | 4D | Scorecard figure | Allan E. Parrish |
| 5 Apr 2005 | 53A | Hole number | Harvey Estes |
| 28 Jan 2005 | 37D | Hole stat | Eric Berlin |
| 26 Sep 2004 | 104D | Certain swingers try to make it | Joe DiPietro |
| 2 Sep 2003 | 2D | Something to try to shoot | Ed Early |
| 18 Aug 2003 | 46A | Duffer’s goal | Ed Early |
| 16 Mar 2003 | 102A | Hole number? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Jan 2003 | 65A | Something to shoot for | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| 8 Dec 2002 | 103A | Hole goal | Peter Gordon |
| 15 Jul 2002 | 40A | One over a birdie | John Leavy |
| 9 Jul 2002 | 40A | Standard | Robert Malinow |
| 5 Jul 2002 | 6A | By its location [see adjoining squares of answer], a birdie | Manny Nosowsky |
| 5 Jul 2002 | 58A | By its location [see adjoining squares of answer], a bogey | Manny Nosowsky |
| 23 Jun 2002 | 117D | Word before three, four or five, but not one | Eric Berlin |
| 19 Jun 2002 | 25A | When it’s broken, that’s good | Janet R. Bender |
| 29 Jan 2002 | 39D | Target score | Zack Butler |
| 11 Dec 2001 | 41D | Average | A. J. Santora |
| 15 Sep 2001 | 22A | Hole number | Michael Shteyman |
| 22 Aug 2001 | 19A | Good thing to break | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 28 Jul 2001 | 22A | Stock figure | Rich Norris |
| 23 Jul 2001 | 56D | Average | Ethan Cooper |
| 8 Jul 2001 | 94A | It’s usually 3, 4 or 5 | Michael S. Maurer |
| 22 Apr 2001 | 24D | Norm | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Apr 2001 | 58A | 72, often | Richard Silvestri |
| 5 Feb 2001 | 50A | What golfers try to break | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 26 Nov 2000 | 3D | Standard | Patrick Berry |
| 12 Jul 2000 | 50A | When it’s broken, that’s good | William A. Ballard |
| 3 Jun 2000 | 27A | Hole number | Patrick D. Berry |
| 7 May 2000 | 2D | Score that’s “saved” | Patrick D. Berry |
| 5 May 2000 | 14D | Normal | Roger Barkan |
| 9 Apr 2000 | 89D | What’s expected | Joe DiPietro |
| 7 Apr 2000 | 43A | Something to shoot for | Richard Silvestri |
| 23 Mar 2000 | 46D | Hole goal | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 23 Dec 1999 | 36A | Norm | Joe DiPietro |
| 15 Aug 1999 | 121D | 38-Down benchmark | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Jun 1999 | 20A | Bond’s base value | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 24 Mar 1999 | 6D | Hole number | Nancy Salomon |
| 19 Dec 1998 | 35D | Bond principal | Frank Longo and Dave Tuller |
| 16 Dec 1998 | 34A | Something to shoot for | Nancy Salomon |
| 14 Dec 1998 | 63D | Golfer’s goal | Randy Sowell |
| 12 Dec 1998 | 42A | Scorecard line | Rich Norris |
| 25 Nov 1998 | 8D | Expected result | Rich Norris |
| 17 Jul 1998 | 52D | Hole number | Randolph Ross |
| 28 Mar 1998 | 22D | The usual | David J. Kahn |
| 26 Jan 1998 | 25D | Golfer’s goal | Eileen Lexau |
| 14 Dec 1997 | 1D | Course number | Nancy Salomon |
| 16 Aug 1997 | 35D | It’s normal for 28-Down | Matt Gaffney |
| 31 Jul 1997 | 23A | It’s frequently 72 | Trip Payne |
| 18 Jun 1997 | 57A | Go for it | Stanley B. Whitten |
| 27 Apr 1997 | 36A | Get a 3 on a 3, e.g. | Matt Gaffney |
| 12 Mar 1997 | 43A | Something to shoot for | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 26 Dec 1996 | 48A | Standard | R. H. Burns |
| 14 Dec 1996 | 11D | Average | R. Norris |
| 23 Oct 1996 | 37A | Duffer’s goal | R. Norris |
| 14 Oct 1996 | 40D | Score to beat, in golf | R. White |
| 25 Apr 1996 | 11D | Figure to shoot for | W. Canine |
| 21 Nov 1995 | 33A | The usual | Thomas W. Schier |
| 8 Nov 1995 | 49A | Hole number | Glenn E. Sykes |
| 1 Oct 1995 | 24D | Shoot as expected on | Frank A. Longo |
| 18 Sep 1995 | 52D | Score to beat | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 1 Jun 1995 | 27A | Kind of stock | Rich Norris |
| 9 Apr 1995 | 46A | Average | Cathy Millhauser |
| 8 Jan 1995 | 52A | Equality | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 27 Aug 1994 | 25A | Hole number? | Joy L. Wouk |
| 30 Jul 1994 | 35A | Course average | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 Jun 1994 | 6D | Something to be up to | Charles B. Waffell |
| 11 Jan 1994 | 25A | Three strokes, perhaps | Albert J. Klaus |
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