NEPAL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for NEPAL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "NEPAL" answer was first appeared in "27 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Neighbor of Tibet (2)". It was authored by Bette Sue Cohen. Recently, the "NEPAL" answer has been used for "14 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Only country with a nonrectangular flag (2)". It was authored by Esha Datta. "NEPAL" appeared 80 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "NEPAL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2023 | 21A | Only country with a nonrectangular flag | Esha Datta |
| 7 May 2022 | 21A | Birthplace of Buddha | Rachel Fabi |
| 29 Aug 2021 | 108D | Home of many Sherpas | Dory Mintz |
| 5 Feb 2021 | 28D | Home of many a Sherpa | Erik Agard |
| 23 Aug 2020 | 113A | Land in the so-called “Roof of the World” | Barbara Lin |
| 23 Feb 2020 | 57D | One side of Mount Everest | Sophia and David Maymudes |
| 17 Apr 2018 | 50D | Home to Tenzing-Hillary Airport | Wren Schultz |
| 11 Mar 2018 | 27A | High land | Matthew Sewell |
| 28 Aug 2017 | 20A | Kathmandu’s land | Dan Margolis |
| 30 Apr 2017 | 124A | Where “ho” and “hoina” mean “yes” and “no” | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 22 Nov 2016 | 50D | Himalayan land | Andrew Zhou |
| 15 Nov 2016 | 11D | Country whose capital is more than 4,500 feet above sea level | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Oct 2016 | 30A | Kathmandu’s land | Sam Buchbinder |
| 3 Jul 2016 | 54D | Only country with a nonrectangular flag | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 7 Apr 2016 | 41A | Ambitious climbers’ mecca | John Lieb |
| 29 Oct 2015 | 32A | Locale for snow leopards | Sam Trabucco |
| 25 Jul 2015 | 43D | Traditional birthplace of Buddhism | Kevin G. Der |
| 18 May 2015 | 25D | 2015 earthquake locale | Gene Newman |
| 4 Apr 2015 | 14D | It’s west of Sikkim | Ned White |
| 2 Apr 2015 | 5D | Landlocked land with only two neighbors | Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin |
| 17 Jan 2015 | 57A | “Into Thin Air” setting | Josh Knapp |
| 30 Nov 2014 | 117A | Where Indiana Jones reunites with Marion | Matt Ginsberg |
| 24 Aug 2014 | 75D | High country | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Jun 2014 | 50D | Katmandu’s nation | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 23 Mar 2014 | 73A | Birthplace of Buddha, now | Ian Livengood |
| 29 Sep 2013 | 100D | Mountainous land | Norm Guggenbiller |
| 27 Mar 2013 | 36D | Land abutting Tibet | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Jun 2012 | 39A | Country on the south side of Mount Everest | John R. O’Brien |
| 16 Apr 2012 | 52D | Country with Mount Everest on its border | Lynn Lempel |
| 21 Jan 2012 | 11D | Seti River setting | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 12 May 2011 | 52D | Kingdom until 2008 | Patrick John Duggan |
| 7 Nov 2010 | 23D | Kingdom overthrown in 2008 | Will Nediger |
| 25 Oct 2010 | 52D | Country with Sherpas | Jonah Kagan |
| 21 May 2010 | 5D | So-called “Land of the Gods” | Patrick Berry |
| 20 May 2010 | 13D | Neighbor of China | Jim Hilger |
| 24 Jan 2009 | 32A | Land where the air is thin | Mark Diehl |
| 17 Apr 2008 | 52A | Country with a five-sided flag | Byron Walden |
| 28 Jan 2008 | 16A | Katmandu’s land | Michael Blake |
| 11 Jun 2007 | 16A | Himalayan kingdom | Harriet Clifton |
| 18 Dec 2006 | 33D | View from Mount Everest | Donna Levin |
| 25 Nov 2006 | 29A | High kingdom | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 1 Aug 2006 | 35A | Himalayan kingdom | David Sullivan |
| 2 Apr 2006 | 50A | Country with a pentagonal flag | Bob Klahn |
| 4 Sep 2005 | 39D | Where the so-called “Roof of the World” is | Richard Silvestri |
| 20 Aug 2005 | 23D | Nation with a pentangular flag | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Jun 2005 | 34A | Katmandu’s land | Earl W. Reed |
| 20 Apr 2005 | 45D | It abuts Tibet | Joe DiPietro |
| 23 Dec 2004 | 24D | High land | Nancy Salomon |
| 1 Aug 2004 | 32D | High country | Randolph Ross |
| 14 Aug 2003 | 18D | Sherpa’s land | Greg Staples |
| 16 May 2003 | 22D | Setting in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” | Michael Shteyman |
| 15 Sep 2002 | 9D | Gurkha’s land | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Jun 2002 | 37D | Where to spend rupees | Charles E. Gersch |
| 19 May 2002 | 28A | High land | Cathy Millhauser |
| 10 Nov 2001 | 30A | High land | William I. Johnston |
| 9 Oct 2001 | 28D | Country with a five-sided flag | Peter Gordon |
| 2 Oct 2001 | 3D | Climbers’ vacation spot | Richard Hughes |
| 1 Apr 2001 | 17D | Buddha’s reputed birthplace | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| 21 Feb 2001 | 21D | Sherpa’s home | Karen Hodge |
| 2 Jan 2001 | 68A | Katmandu’s land | Sarah Keller |
| 16 Aug 2000 | 53A | Sherpa’s home | David Levinson Wilk |
| 28 May 2000 | 73A | High land | Richard Silvestri |
| 13 Apr 2000 | 22D | “Raiders of the Lost Ark” locale | Matt Gaffney |
| 27 Mar 2000 | 60A | Mt. Everest locale | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| 3 Jan 2000 | 9A | Land with half of Mount Everest | Hugh Davis |
| 1 Sep 1999 | 52D | Sherpa’s home | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 22 Nov 1998 | 97D | Gurkha’s home | Nelson Hardy |
| 19 Oct 1998 | 32D | Where Everest is | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 17 Jan 1998 | 28A | Where the Gurkha reigned | Rich Norris |
| 9 May 1997 | 58A | Buddha’s birthplace | Richard Hughes |
| 30 Mar 1997 | 5D | Only U.N. member whose flag is not rectangular | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Mar 1997 | 70A | Himalayan kingdom | Richard Silvestri |
| 29 May 1996 | 10D | Katmandu’s land | R. Norris |
| 4 Jan 1996 | 24D | Asian kingdom | F. & L. Sabin |
| 12 Dec 1995 | 43A | Mt. Everest locale | Gregory E. Paul |
| 5 May 1995 | 37A | Neighbor of Tibet | Harvey Estes |
| 9 Mar 1995 | 52D | Katmandu’s kingdom | Alex Vaughn |
| 17 Jan 1995 | 45A | Katmandu’s land | Gregory E. Paul |
| 4 Sep 1994 | 123A | Himalayan kingdom | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 27 Feb 1994 | 81D | Neighbor of Tibet | Bette Sue Cohen |
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