SWAN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SWAN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SWAN" answer was first appeared in "12 Mar 1995" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Ugly Duckling, actually". It was authored by Charles M. Deber. Recently, the "SWAN" answer has been used for "14 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "The ugly duckling’s mother". It was authored by Esha Datta. "SWAN" appeared 66 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SWAN" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2023 | 15A | The ugly duckling’s mother | Esha Datta |
| 25 Apr 2023 | 42D | Word with song or dive | Grant Boroughs |
| 27 Apr 2022 | 30A | Cygnus constellation, with “the” | Alex Bajcz |
| 3 Apr 2022 | 15A | Graceful bird | Byron Walden |
| 13 Dec 2021 | 36A | Bird symbolizing grace | Tomas Spiers |
| 15 May 2021 | 5D | Lead-in to son or song | Sam Trabucco |
| 9 Apr 2021 | 25D | ___ song | Jamey Smith |
| 15 Dec 2020 | 63A | The ugly duckling, eventually | Adam Vincent |
| 27 Apr 2020 | 1D | Former ugly duckling, in story | Ed Sessa |
| 10 Nov 2019 | 90D | Equine : horse :: cygnine : ___ | Peter Gordon |
| 23 Apr 2019 | 44A | Bird that usually mates for life | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 28 Feb 2018 | 18D | Lake or dive preceder | Peter A. Collins |
| 23 Jul 2017 | 79D | ___ song | Caleb Madison |
| 13 Feb 2017 | 65A | What the Ugly Duckling became | Brent Sverdloff and Michael Blake |
| 30 May 2016 | 70A | The Ugly Duckling, actually | David Woolf |
| 11 May 2016 | 44A | A cygnet is a baby one | Pawel Fludzinski |
| 20 Jul 2015 | 67A | Graceful avian swimmer | John Westwig |
| 12 May 2015 | 16A | Word before dive or song | Paul Hunsberger |
| 30 Dec 2014 | 72A | Bird in a Hans Christian Andersen tale | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 16 Sep 2014 | 64A | Ugly Duckling, eventually | Gary Cee |
| 11 Jun 2014 | 10A | Pen, e.g. | Ian Livengood |
| 20 Apr 2014 | 17D | Graceful trumpeter | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Sep 2013 | 42D | Pavlova portrayed one over 4,000 times | Peter A. Collins |
| 21 Nov 2011 | 25D | Pond swimmer | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Aug 2011 | 84D | Zeus’ disguise when fathering Helen of Troy | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| 28 Jul 2011 | 10A | “___ Lake” | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 26 Jul 2011 | 60D | Bird in a bevy | Michael Black |
| 2 Sep 2010 | 34D | Constellation next to the Dragon, with “the” | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 20 Jul 2010 | 58D | Trumpeting bird | Ed Sessa |
| 25 Jul 2009 | 28A | Trumpeter with a prominent neck | Victor Fleming |
| 24 May 2008 | 24D | Kind of song | Charles Barasch |
| 7 Jan 2008 | 36A | Graceful swimmer | Lynn Lempel |
| 7 Oct 2007 | 82D | Park lake denizen | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 6 Aug 2007 | 50D | Ugly duckling, eventually | Allan E. Parrish |
| 24 Feb 2007 | 51A | Symbol of gracefulness | Byron Walden |
| 2 Dec 2006 | 5D | Sweet ___ of Avon (epithet for Shakespeare) | Bob Klahn |
| 2 Sep 2006 | 44D | Pen, e.g. | Mel Rosen |
| 24 Apr 2006 | 32D | “___ Lake” | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 May 2005 | 18A | Zeus, in another form | Harvey Estes |
| 18 Apr 2005 | 54D | Bird on a lake | Robert Dillman |
| 3 Mar 2005 | 33A | Epitome of grace | Byron Walden |
| 2 Feb 2005 | 1A | Exemplar of grace | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon |
| 15 Jun 2004 | 45D | Long-necked bird | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 11 May 2004 | 20A | Ugly Duckling, in reality | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 30 Jan 2004 | 28D | Pen with eggs | Manny Nosowsky |
| 5 Oct 2003 | 113A | Pavlova portrayal | Richard Silvestri |
| 25 Sep 2003 | 14A | Bird in a bevy | Patrick Merrell |
| 10 Aug 2003 | 112D | Whooper, e.g. | Cathy Millhauser |
| 5 Aug 2003 | 52D | E. B. White’s “The Trumpet of the ___” | D. J. DeChristopher |
| 26 Sep 2001 | 65A | Trumpeter in the park | Stephen Budiansky |
| 14 Apr 2001 | 51A | Lohengrin, the Knight of the ___ | Rich Norris |
| 10 Apr 2001 | 58D | Park lake denizen | Kevin McCann |
| 27 Sep 2000 | 63D | Ugly Duckling, eventually | Fred Piscop |
| 9 Apr 2000 | 79D | Kind of song | Joe DiPietro |
| 5 Mar 2000 | 107A | Exemplar of grace | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 30 Aug 1999 | 52D | Beautiful swimmer | Margaret Watson |
| 3 Aug 1999 | 33D | Kind of dive | Dave Tuller |
| 6 Feb 1999 | 56D | Certain trumpeter | Bob Klahn and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 1 Feb 1999 | 28A | Graceful bird | Dorothy Smitonick |
| 8 Oct 1998 | 53A | Majestic swimmer | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 30 Oct 1997 | 34D | Pen that swims | Cathy Millhauser |
| 14 Jun 1997 | 18A | “I will play the ___, and die in music”: Emilia | A. J. Santora |
| 1 Apr 1996 | 37D | Ugly duckling, ultimately | F. Piscop |
| 23 Jul 1995 | 68A | Northern constellation, with “the” | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 14 Mar 1995 | 50A | Gottfried, in “Lohengrin” | Bob Klahn |
| 12 Mar 1995 | 32D | Ugly Duckling, actually | Charles M. Deber |
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