EPIC

EPIC is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for EPIC in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "EPIC" answer was first appeared in "25 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Iliad,” e.g. (3)". It was authored by Harvey Estes. Recently, the "EPIC" answer has been used for "12 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Film with a huge cast". It was authored by Peter Gordon. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Grand (10)". "EPIC" appeared 216 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "EPIC" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
12 Dec 2023 19D Film with a huge cast Peter Gordon
20 Nov 2023 65A Hu-u-uge Sam Ezersky
13 Nov 2023 62A Story of heroes Benjamin Fink
12 Nov 2023 11D Big, big, big Garrett Chalfin
5 Sep 2023 55D Grand in scale Alan Siegel
14 Aug 2023 14A The “Iliad,” for one Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart
27 Jul 2023 17A For the ages Guilherme Gilioli
25 Jul 2023 21D “Star Wars” or “Gladiator,” e.g. Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
24 Jul 2023 37D Large-scale John Ewbank
20 Jul 2023 23D Greater than great Drew Schmenner
27 Feb 2023 6D Grander than grand David Rockow
26 Feb 2023 10A Really grand Will Nediger
1 Nov 2022 30A Grand Bruce Haight
19 Sep 2022 44A Heroic saga Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels
20 Jul 2022 62A Beyond great Josh Kindler
7 Mar 2022 2D “The ___ of Gilgamesh” Sam Acker
4 Nov 2021 65A “1917,” e.g. David Steinberg
12 Sep 2021 14D ___ Games, company behind Fortnite Alex Rosen
29 Aug 2021 9A Word with poetry or proportions Dory Mintz
12 Aug 2021 14A To be remembered for all time Jake Halperin
8 Aug 2021 108A Legendary Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen
8 Jun 2021 15A ___ Games, maker of Fortnite Christopher Adams
31 May 2021 15A The “Odyssey,” for one Michael Lieberman
28 May 2021 51A More than outstanding Andrew J. Ries
11 May 2021 31D “Lawrence of Arabia,” for one Kevin Patterson
28 Apr 2021 2D The “Mahabharata” or the “Ramayana” Hal Moore
18 Mar 2021 21D Derek Walcott’s “Omeros,” for one Tom McCoy
15 Feb 2021 65A More than magnificent Meconya Alford
30 Jan 2021 27D Earth-shattering Nam Jin Yoon
7 Dec 2020 36D More than amazing Barbara Lin
3 Dec 2020 5A Huger than huge Jake Halperin
13 Oct 2020 15A The “Iliad” or the “Odyssey” Amanda Rafkin
1 Oct 2020 1A Grand in scale Adam Fromm
22 Aug 2020 41D Way cool Trenton Charlson
29 Jul 2020 7D Greater than great Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
25 Jun 2020 11D Completely amazing, in slang Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
13 May 2020 23D For the ages Benjamin Kramer
8 May 2020 48D Word before tale or fail Daniel Larsen
17 Feb 2020 31A “Shogun” or “The Lord of the Rings” Sally Hoelscher
13 Feb 2020 45A For the ages Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
9 Dec 2019 10A Story of heroes Ellis Hay
20 Oct 2019 30A Long narrative poem Natan Last
19 Jul 2019 47A ___ Games, company behind Fortnite Peter Wentz
12 Feb 2019 13A Totally awesome Tom Pepper
5 Nov 2018 64A Grand-scale production Roland Huget
8 Oct 2018 52D “Beowulf,” e.g. Jacob Stulberg
30 Sep 2018 77A Grandiose Natan Last
12 Jul 2018 31A “Awesome, dude” Joe DiPietro
8 Mar 2018 14A To be remembered for a very long time Jim Quinlan
22 Feb 2018 5D Way impressive Zhouqin Burnikel
18 Nov 2017 24D “The Last Emperor,” e.g. Sam Trabucco
18 Sep 2017 8D Three-hour-plus movie, maybe Tom McCoy
2 Jul 2017 75D Bigger than big Patrick Blindauer
19 Feb 2017 49D Bigger than big Bruce Haight
7 Feb 2017 33D Grander than grand Finn Vigeland
15 Jan 2017 52D Grand Joel Fagliano
27 Nov 2016 79D Absolutely awesome Matt Ginsberg
26 Nov 2016 55A Longfellow’s “Evangeline,” e.g. Paolo Pasco
9 Nov 2016 36A Many a Charlton Heston movie John Lieb
2 Nov 2016 32D “The Divine Comedy,” e.g. Andrew Kingsley
20 Oct 2016 57D It’s a long story Alan Arbesfeld
25 Sep 2016 98A Long tale Jim Holland and Jeff Chen
17 Sep 2016 55A For the ages Andrew J. Ries
19 Jul 2016 50A Mind-blowing, in modern lingo James Mulhern
26 Apr 2016 23D Filmdom’s “The Bible,” e.g. Finn Vigeland
4 Feb 2016 12D Having immense implications Jeff Chen
23 Apr 2015 6A Huger than huge David Steinberg and Bruce Leban
22 Apr 2015 48A Huge in scope Alex Vratsanos and Sam Ezersky
18 Mar 2015 2D “Ben-Hur,” for one Timothy Polin
15 Mar 2015 86D “Gladiator,” for one Dan Feyer
10 Mar 2015 15A Grander than grand Allan E. Parrish
1 Mar 2015 74D Bigger than big Finn Vigeland
14 Dec 2014 65A “Gilgamesh,” e.g. Jim Peredo
12 Nov 2014 43A Like one for the ages Daniel Landman
28 Jan 2014 3D Vast Jeff Stillman
7 Nov 2013 29A Totally awesome Alan DerKazarian
29 Jul 2013 17A More than awesome Andrea Carla Michaels
9 Jun 2013 82A “Ben-Hur,” for one Elizabeth C. Gorski
2 Jun 2013 67D “The Far Pavilions,” for one Elizabeth C. Gorski
1 Jun 2013 23D Grand Barry C. Silk
27 Feb 2013 23D Movie that might have a cast of thousands Daniel Kantor
29 Jan 2013 2D Like some fails, in modern slang David Steinberg
22 Oct 2012 5D Awesome, in slang Joel Fagliano
16 Aug 2012 8D More awesome than awesome Ethan Cooper
31 May 2012 47A Grand Elizabeth C. Gorski
11 Jan 2012 26D Monumental Chuck Deodene
3 Nov 2011 62A “The Lord of the Rings,” e.g. Parker Lewis
3 Oct 2011 24D Grand-scale Stanley Newman
23 Sep 2011 50D Grand Mike Nothnagel
12 Sep 2011 33D Heroic tale Keith Talon
30 May 2011 32A “Beowulf,” e.g. Michael Barnhart
29 May 2011 98A Quite a tale Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
8 Dec 2010 4D Awesome Mike Nothnagel
27 Oct 2010 25D Awesome, in slang Jay Kaskel
25 Oct 2010 57D “Ben-Hur,” for one Jonah Kagan
17 Oct 2010 75D Sweeping story Patrick Blindauer
14 Oct 2010 14A Sweeping Jim Hilger
4 Oct 2010 21A On a grand scale Adam G. Perl
26 Sep 2010 31A Homeric genre Pamela Amick Klawitter
22 Sep 2010 7D Like some battles Peter A. Collins
5 Jun 2010 40A Sweeping Samuel A. Donaldson
8 Mar 2010 35D Of sweeping proportions Stanley Newman
6 Jul 2009 19D Cast-of-thousands movie Fred Piscop
19 May 2009 28D Huge in scope Damon J. Gulczynski
18 May 2009 31D The “Odyssey” or “Beowulf” Billie Truitt
15 May 2009 52D “Beowulf,” for one Xan Vongsathorn
18 Mar 2009 58D “Beowulf,” e.g. Robert A. Doll
22 Oct 2008 2D Grand Gary J. Whitehead
29 Aug 2008 23D It might have a lot of extras Mike Nothnagel
25 Jul 2008 37D Grand John Farmer
26 Jun 2008 33A “Paradise Lost,” e.g. David J. Kahn
25 Jun 2008 31A “Beowulf,” e.g. Rob Cook
4 Jun 2008 6A Ambitious in scope Billie Truitt
9 Apr 2008 1A “The Divine Comedy,” for one Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel
30 Mar 2008 86A DeMille output Paula Gamache
13 Nov 2007 8D Cast-of-thousands film Fred Piscop
18 Sep 2007 30D Like “Paradise Lost” Chuck Deodene
5 Aug 2007 101D Sweeping Caroline Leong
29 May 2007 25A Larger-than-life Jim Hyres
8 May 2007 25A Many a sword-and-sandals film Sarah Keller
18 Feb 2007 17D Anthony Mann’s “The Fall of the Roman Empire,” e.g. David Kwong and Kevan Choset
17 Jan 2007 3D “Cleopatra,” for one Nancy Kavanaugh
3 Dec 2006 25A Huge Patrick Merrell
6 Oct 2006 57D Huge Nancy Joline
27 Jun 2006 48A Cast-of-thousands film Damon J. Gulczynski
27 Jun 2005 55D Movie best seen on a wide screen Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
22 Apr 2005 27D Grand Myles Callum
4 Feb 2005 51D Grander than grand Robert Bridges
15 Dec 2004 20A Long tale Zach Jesse
8 Dec 2004 1D Bigger than big Norm Guggenbiller
3 Nov 2004 7D Cast-of-thousands Ed Early
8 Aug 2004 1A Quite a story Bill Zais
10 May 2004 57D Like “The Lord of the Rings” Joy M. Andrews
10 Mar 2004 39D Grist for DeMille? Richard Silvestri
22 Oct 2003 59A Michener’s “Centennial,” e.g. Judy Cole
13 Oct 2003 41A Hours-long film, perhaps Eric Berlin
2 Sep 2003 24D DeMille production, e.g. Ed Early
12 Aug 2003 70A No short story Adam Cohen
11 Aug 2003 3D “Ben-Hur,” for one Randall J. Hartman
29 May 2003 20D “Beowulf,” e.g. Jim Page
14 Apr 2003 12D Homer’s “Iliad,” e.g. Janet R. Bender
18 Mar 2003 5D Heroic saga William Schaub
12 Mar 2003 65A Big story Myles Callum
26 Feb 2003 48A “Paradise Lost,” e.g. Greg Staples
29 Oct 2002 14A Majestic poem Richard Hughes
21 Oct 2002 19A The “Iliad” or “Odyssey” Peter Sarrett
26 May 2002 24D “Lawrence of Arabia,” for one Elizabeth C. Gorski
16 Apr 2002 7D Michael Jackson’s record label Sarah Keller
15 Apr 2002 46A Many a Cecil B. DeMille film James P. Sharp
17 Feb 2002 95A Grander than grand Joe DiPietro
3 Dec 2001 68A “The Ten Commandments,” for one Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
10 Oct 2001 33A Heroic tale Richard Chisholm
16 Aug 2001 12D Big production Joe DiPietro
22 Jul 2001 9D Large-scale Patrick Berry
12 Jun 2001 39D “Beowulf,” for one Alfio Micci
10 Jun 2001 111D “Titanic,” e.g. Cathy Millhauser
11 Mar 2001 102D Like some proportions Elizabeth C. Gorski
26 Feb 2001 55A Like many a DeMille film Norma Steinberg
26 Sep 2000 1D Colossal, filmwise Bill Ballard
24 Jul 2000 11D Grand in scale Gregory E. Paul
25 Jun 2000 117D Like “Star Wars” Cathy Millhauser
22 Jun 2000 53D Like some struggles Robert B. Baker
16 Apr 2000 92A Vast Elizabeth C. Gorski
14 Mar 2000 19D Cast-of-thousands film Cynthia Joy Higgins
6 Mar 2000 3D “Ben-Hur,” e.g. Gregory E. Paul
11 Jan 2000 7D Sweeping story Fran and Lou Sabin
13 Dec 1999 62D Many a DeMille film Dave and Diane Epperson
14 Sep 1999 56D “Ulysses,” for one Elizabeth C. Gorski
23 Aug 1999 59D Like some proportions Nancy Kavanaugh
1 Jun 1999 61A Many a miniseries Myles Callum
23 May 1999 38D Sweeping Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
2 May 1999 2D Larger-than-life Jim Page
30 Mar 1999 36D DeMille-type film Randy Sowell
24 Mar 1999 5A Multigenerational story Nancy Salomon
6 Jan 1999 29A “Gandhi,” for one Sam Bellotto Jr.
8 Nov 1998 114D Big story Fred Piscop
25 Oct 1998 99D Sword-and-sandal flick Nancy Nicholson Joline
29 Sep 1998 55D Colossal Thomas W. Schier
26 May 1998 65A Kind of proportions Jonathan Schmalzbach
31 Jan 1998 45A Majestic Rich Norris
5 Jan 1998 18D Like the “Iliad” and “Odyssey” Mark Moldowsky
27 Oct 1997 55D Grand, as an adventure Mark Gottlieb
20 Oct 1997 10A “Iliad” or “Aeneid,” e.g. Peter Gordon
25 Sep 1997 21A Sweeping Mark Diehl
18 Aug 1997 8D Many a Cecil B. De Mille film Joel D. Lafargue
6 Jul 1997 24A Grand Robert H. Wolfe
2 Jun 1997 28D Kind of proportions Gregory E. Paul
13 Mar 1997 9D “Beowulf,” for one Matt Gaffney
8 Jan 1997 55D “War and Peace,” e.g. J. D. Leavy
5 Jan 1997 41A Monumental W. R. Williams
5 Nov 1996 65D Quite a story Jeremiah Farrell
3 Nov 1996 121D Stupendous M. Nosowsky
20 Oct 1996 76D Of enormous import R. Ross
2 Oct 1996 2D Kind of proportions K. Hodge
25 Sep 1996 11D Miniseries, maybe R. Norris
22 Sep 1996 127A Grand C. Millhauser
18 Jul 1996 48D Big story W. R. Williams
28 Apr 1996 88A Like some proportions D. C. Baldwin
16 Apr 1996 44A “Paradise Lost,” e.g. G. E. Paul
15 Apr 1996 38A Grand saga S. L. Robbins
8 Apr 1996 70A “Iliad,” e.g. S. B. Whitten
18 Mar 1996 55A Cecil B. DeMille work S. L. Robbins
24 Jan 1996 54D “Iliad,” e.g. J. Hess
12 Dec 1995 60D Not just an ordinary novel Gregory E. Paul
12 Nov 1995 39D Miniseries, maybe Randolph Ross
26 Sep 1995 7D Sweeping story Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel
15 May 1995 46D Grand story Ernie Furtado
21 Apr 1995 56A Vast Rand H. Burns
20 Apr 1995 53D Of majestic proportion Raymond Hamel
23 Feb 1995 61A Hero’s tale Daniel R. Stark
25 Jan 1995 61D DeMille genre Norma Steinberg
27 Dec 1994 9D Of great size Ernie Furtado
29 Nov 1994 51D Like Homer’s “Iliad” Bernice Gordon
4 Oct 1994 14A Of grand proportions Stanley B. Whitten
24 Jun 1994 6A “Paradise Lost,” for one Mark Diehl
25 Mar 1994 35D “Iliad,” e.g. Harvey Estes

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