GENE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for GENE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "GENE" answer was first appeared in "16 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Kind of pool (5)". It was authored by Ernst Theimer. Recently, the "GENE" answer has been used for "12 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Heredity unit (5)". It was authored by Peter Gordon. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Kind of therapy (6)". "GENE" appeared 149 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "GENE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2023 | 44A | Heredity unit | Peter Gordon |
| 8 Jul 2023 | 7D | Holder of very small blueprints | Brandon Koppy |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 21A | Target of CRISPR editing | Matt Fuchs and Victor Sloan |
| 21 Jun 2023 | 27D | It may be passed down from parent to child | Jimmy Peniston |
| 5 Apr 2023 | 13D | Splicing target | Brandon Koppy |
| 22 Jan 2023 | 30A | It’s in your blood | Garrett Chalfin |
| 30 Nov 2022 | 1A | Target of modern splicing | Addison Snell |
| 3 Jun 2022 | 3D | Tiny inheritance | Robyn Weintraub |
| 24 Apr 2022 | 30A | A small part of who you are | Sam Ezersky |
| 22 Apr 2022 | 24A | Part of a pool | Daniel Sheremeta |
| 27 Mar 2022 | 30D | Pass it on | August Lee-Kovach |
| 19 Mar 2022 | 44D | Good name for a biologist? | Ryan McCarty |
| 25 Jun 2021 | 53D | Splicing target | Scott Earl |
| 17 Dec 2020 | 45D | Something editable using CRISPR technology | Kathryn Ladner |
| 28 Nov 2020 | 43D | Good name for a biology teacher? | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 28 Aug 2020 | 64A | Kind of therapy | Kate Hawkins |
| 3 Jul 2020 | 52D | ___ therapy | Hal Moore |
| 31 May 2020 | 95A | DNA carrier | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| 5 Apr 2020 | 72A | ___ Roddenberry, first TV writer on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Jim Peredo |
| 21 Jan 2020 | 17A | Subject of interest to a 23andMe user | Carl Larson |
| 5 Jan 2020 | 74A | Code part | Will Nediger |
| 17 Dec 2019 | 44D | Wilder who played Willy Wonka | David Levinson Wilk |
| 14 Aug 2019 | 51A | Tiny inheritance? | David J. Kahn |
| 26 Jul 2019 | 35A | Target of some therapy | Trenton Charlson |
| 21 Jun 2019 | 35A | “Dominant” thing | Robyn Weintraub |
| 21 May 2019 | 64A | Chromosome component | Evan Kalish |
| 20 Apr 2019 | 28D | Something in a pool | Kevin Adamick |
| 1 Jan 2019 | 14A | Transmitter of freckles or blond hair | Gary Cee |
| 31 Dec 2018 | 57D | Bit of inheritance? | Brian Thomas |
| 24 Nov 2018 | 15D | Good name for someone tracing family history? | David Steinberg |
| 1 Oct 2018 | 59A | DNA sequence | Chuck Deodene |
| 11 Apr 2018 | 22A | Wilder who played Willy Wonka | Keiran King |
| 20 Feb 2018 | 63A | Target of splicing | Joel Fagliano |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 52D | One with a feature role? | Sam Trabucco |
| 19 Jun 2017 | 13D | Trait transmitter | Susan Gelfand |
| 12 Feb 2017 | 12D | With 42-Down, “Frosty the Snowman” singer | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 Jan 2017 | 59A | It’s made up of DNA | Chuck Deodene |
| 24 Nov 2016 | 40A | Allele, e.g. | Brian J. MacDonald |
| 14 Nov 2016 | 38A | Heredity transmitter | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 12 Nov 2016 | 43D | Code part | David J. Kahn |
| 3 Sep 2016 | 57A | Means of inheritance | Damon Gulczynski |
| 30 Aug 2016 | 50A | Part of a family inheritance | Roland Huget |
| 12 Jun 2016 | 58A | Element of one’s inheritance | Finn Vigeland |
| 3 May 2016 | 23A | Controversially patented thing | John Westwig |
| 2 Apr 2016 | 19A | What you might have for bad eyesight | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| 3 Mar 2016 | 26D | Kind of pool | Andrew Zhou |
| 16 Jan 2016 | 30D | Something passed down the line | Sean Dobbin |
| 12 Jan 2016 | 74A | Trait origin | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 26 Dec 2015 | 27A | Character builder? | James Mulhern |
| 6 Nov 2015 | 38A | ___ therapy | Ian Livengood |
| 3 Aug 2015 | 60A | Hereditary unit | David Steinberg |
| 10 Nov 2014 | 65A | Heredity unit | Bruce Haight |
| 22 Aug 2014 | 57D | Replicator, e.g. | Sam Ezersky |
| 20 Jul 2014 | 90D | *Not rough | Eric Berlin |
| 21 Oct 2013 | 58D | Trait transmitter | Gary Cee |
| 3 Aug 2013 | 48D | Mapped item | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| 8 Jul 2013 | 62A | Chromosome component | Randy Sowell |
| 3 Jul 2013 | 66A | Pool item? | Pamela Klawitter |
| 12 Jun 2013 | 28D | Pulitzer-winning journalist Weingarten | Todd Gross |
| 5 Jun 2013 | 55D | Blood type determinant | Mark Bickham |
| 10 Mar 2013 | 96A | Means of inheritance | Finn Vigeland |
| 22 Feb 2013 | 53D | Characteristic dictator | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 20 Jan 2013 | 53A | Part of one’s inheritance | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 16 Oct 2012 | 27D | There’s one for curly hair | Bill Thompson |
| 18 Jun 2012 | 45A | Heredity unit | Peter A. Collins |
| 24 Apr 2012 | 61A | Part of a pool | Adam G. Perl |
| 27 Jan 2012 | 60A | Part of some pools | Joe Krozel |
| 24 Sep 2011 | 46A | Characteristic governor | Jeremy Horwitz |
| 19 Jun 2011 | 13D | One that’s passed along | Patrick Berry |
| 14 May 2011 | 47D | Means of inheritance | Mike Nothnagel |
| 22 Apr 2011 | 40D | Family hand-me-down? | Ashton Anderson |
| 28 Mar 2011 | 54D | Chromosome part | Robyn Weintraub |
| 9 Jan 2011 | 69A | Part of a code | Patrick Berry |
| 25 Sep 2010 | 44A | There might be one for depression | Patrick Berry |
| 2 Aug 2010 | 52D | DNA element | Diane Baker van Hoff |
| 8 Aug 2009 | 57A | With 44-Across, Champion rider | Karen M. Tracey |
| 19 Nov 2008 | 70A | Chromosome carrier | Peter A. Collins |
| 29 Sep 2008 | 42A | Chromosome part | Sharon Delorme |
| 4 Sep 2007 | 3D | Subject of modern “mapping” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 1 May 2007 | 58D | “The Match Game” host Rayburn | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Apr 2007 | 55D | Trait carrier | Kevan Choset |
| 13 Dec 2006 | 37D | Trait carrier | David Sullivan |
| 7 Dec 2006 | 9D | Intron and exon site | Kelly Clark |
| 4 Dec 2006 | 64A | Heredity unit | Richard Chisholm |
| 10 Sep 2006 | 113D | It may be given from father to son | Joe DiPietro |
| 1 Jul 2006 | 34A | Component of some pools | Jim Page |
| 17 Jan 2006 | 34D | Chromosome constituent | Nancy Salomon |
| 7 Oct 2005 | 25A | Hereditary ruler? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 23 Aug 2005 | 41A | Pool part? | Holden Baker and Nancy Salomon |
| 13 Aug 2005 | 29A | Filial inheritance | Bob Peoples |
| 8 May 2005 | 56D | It might make the hair blond | Jim Page |
| 5 Mar 2005 | 30D | It has a code | Bob Peoples |
| 3 Feb 2005 | 17A | Characteristic carrier | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 30 Dec 2004 | 65A | Good name for a DNA expert | Kyle Mahowald |
| 1 Jul 2004 | 41D | Characteristic carrier | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 15 Jun 2004 | 41A | Heredity unit | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 28 Apr 2004 | 3D | Spliced item | John Underwood |
| 1 Dec 2003 | 12D | Heredity carrier | John Greenman |
| 21 Sep 2003 | 92D | It may be dominant | Randolph Ross |
| 21 Jul 2003 | 64A | Heredity carrier | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 7 Apr 2003 | 4D | Hackman of Hollywood | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 15 Feb 2003 | 51A | It has a code | Rich Norris |
| 6 Jan 2003 | 14A | Characteristic carrier | Sarah Keller |
| 28 Dec 2002 | 20A | Pool member | Rich Norris |
| 1 Oct 2002 | 14A | DNA carrier | Michael Shteyman |
| 22 Sep 2002 | 82A | Provider of coded instructions | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Sep 2002 | 1A | Kind of therapy | Peter Abide |
| 5 May 2002 | 42D | ___ pool | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Sep 2001 | 119A | Part of an inheritance? | Bill Zais |
| 24 Jul 2001 | 62A | Inheritance factor | Gayle Dean |
| 25 Jun 2001 | 39A | ___ splicing | Stanley Newman |
| 2 Sep 2000 | 27D | Part of a code | Rich Norris |
| 30 Jun 2000 | 51D | Kind of therapy | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 2 Nov 1999 | 45A | Blue eyes producer, maybe | Bernice Gordon |
| 6 Jul 1999 | 56D | Trait carrier | Arthur P. Stoliar |
| 28 Jun 1999 | 49D | Heredity transmitter | Ed Early |
| 17 Jun 1999 | 12D | Something to splice | Richard Silvestri |
| 15 Apr 1999 | 58D | Item in a pool | Cathy Millhauser |
| 13 Apr 1999 | 22A | Trait determinant | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Mar 1999 | 97D | Kind of therapy | Cathy Allis Millhauser |
| 3 Mar 1999 | 38A | Kind of therapy | Rich Norris |
| 12 Feb 1999 | 54D | Hair coloring carrier | Joe DiPietro |
| 27 Oct 1998 | 57D | Kind of pool | Peter Gordon |
| 19 May 1998 | 60D | Biological trait carrier | William S. Cotter |
| 19 Mar 1998 | 61D | It may be dominant | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 Nov 1997 | 85A | Character builder? | Rich Norris |
| 14 Oct 1997 | 8D | Trait carrier | Robert Malinow |
| 10 Jul 1997 | 56D | Subject of passing concern? | Matt Gaffney |
| 8 Jan 1997 | 4D | Kind of pool | J. D. Leavy |
| 14 Aug 1996 | 37A | Actor Wilder | G. E. Sykes |
| 28 Jul 1996 | 74D | Barry of “Bat Masterson” | N. S. Wizer |
| 28 May 1996 | 36A | It helps build character | J. R. Bender |
| 19 Apr 1996 | 61A | Means of inheritance | A. Micci |
| 12 Apr 1996 | 6D | It may be dominant | M. Nosowsky |
| 27 Mar 1996 | 21A | Appearance determinant | R. J. Hartman |
| 17 Jan 1996 | 60A | An Autry | L. Sidway |
| 28 Dec 1995 | 61A | 20’s heavyweight Tunney | Cathy Millhauser |
| 18 Dec 1995 | 59D | Hereditary factor | Randall J. Hartman |
| 15 Nov 1995 | 72A | Subject of some engineering | Matt Gaffney |
| 15 Jul 1995 | 56D | Allele | Rand H. Burns |
| 7 Jul 1995 | 16A | ___ mapping (modern science effort) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 2 Jul 1995 | 53D | It builds character | Alex K. Justin |
| 16 May 1995 | 62A | DNA component | David J. Kahn |
| 11 May 1995 | 65A | Molecular biology topic | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 1 Mar 1995 | 32A | Mr. McCarthy, familiarly | Lois Sidway |
| 11 Dec 1994 | 108D | Kind of therapy | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 30 Oct 1994 | 86D | Personality determinant | R. M. Hopkins |
| 16 Oct 1994 | 40D | Kind of pool | Raymond Hamel |
| 16 Jan 1994 | 121A | Kind of pool | Ernst Theimer |
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