SALEM is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SALEM in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SALEM" answer was first appeared in "26 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Days of Our Lives” town (3)". It was authored by Bob Klahn. Recently, the "SALEM" answer has been used for "14 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Setting of “The Crucible” (2)". It was authored by Esha Datta. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "“The Crucible” setting (10)". "SALEM" appeared 99 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SALEM" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2023 | 7D | Setting of “The Crucible” | Esha Datta |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 47D | Capital on the Willamette River | Joe DiPietro |
| 7 Nov 2022 | 7D | Witch trials locale | Jill Singer |
| 2 May 2022 | 9A | Capital of Oregon | Erik Agard |
| 3 Apr 2022 | 89D | “The Crucible” setting | Byron Walden |
| 11 Jan 2022 | 63A | Site of a Massachusetts tourist shop named “Witch Way Gifts” | Ross Trudeau |
| 6 Nov 2021 | 9D | Boston exurb | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| 30 Oct 2021 | 41A | City name on both the East and West Coast | Michael Hawkins |
| 12 Sep 2021 | 56D | City whose police cars are adorned with a witch logo | Alex Rosen |
| 20 Feb 2020 | 48A | Town that inspired “The House of the Seven Gables” | Joe Deeney |
| 25 Oct 2019 | 8A | City name in both East and West Coast states | John Guzzetta |
| 12 Jul 2019 | 43A | State capital known as the Cherry City | Evan Kalish |
| 20 Jun 2019 | 32A | “The Crucible” locale | Trenton Charlson |
| 27 May 2019 | 51D | Site of 1690s witch trials | Bruce Haight |
| 16 Oct 2018 | 31D | Westernmost state capital in the contiguous United States | Ed Sessa |
| 6 Jul 2018 | 21D | State capital that was a boyhood home of Herbert Hoover | Robyn Weintraub |
| 4 Dec 2017 | 57A | Capital of Oregon | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Mar 2016 | 47D | Home of the real-life House of the Seven Gables | Josh Knapp |
| 3 Oct 2015 | 32A | Infamous trial site | Barry C. Silk |
| 2 Aug 2015 | 26D | Capital on the Willamette River | Matt Ginsberg |
| 18 Jun 2015 | 28D | It “refreshes naturally,” in old ads | Jason Flinn |
| 8 Jun 2015 | 36A | Witch trials city | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Dec 2014 | 73A | City in which “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is set | Jeff Chen |
| 9 Nov 2014 | 103D | Beaver State capital | Tom McCoy |
| 16 Oct 2014 | 6D | “Days of Our Lives” town | John Farmer |
| 16 Feb 2014 | 67A | Setting of “The Crucible” | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 21 Dec 2013 | 44D | R. J. Reynolds brand | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| 5 Aug 2013 | 50D | Oregon’s capital | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 31 Jan 2013 | 15D | “The House of the Seven Gables” locale | Mike Buckley |
| 2 Oct 2012 | 64A | Witchcraft trials city | Ethan Cooper |
| 17 Sep 2012 | 8D | Oregon’s capital | Adam G. Perl |
| 12 Aug 2012 | 78A | Peabody Essex Museum city | Patrick Berry |
| 6 Mar 2012 | 35D | House of the Seven Gables locale | Wesley Johnson |
| 2 Oct 2011 | 59D | “The Crucible” locale | Eric Berlin |
| 11 Jun 2011 | 41A | East Coast city where tourism peaks in October | Gary Cee |
| 28 May 2011 | 31D | Western capital | David Quarfoot |
| 4 Dec 2010 | 66A | “Days of Our Lives” town | Doug Peterson |
| 6 Nov 2010 | 51A | Capital near Green Peter Lake | Brad Wilber |
| 10 Nov 2008 | 70A | Capital of Oregon | Gail Grabowski |
| 27 Oct 2008 | 22D | 1690s Massachusetts witch hunt locale | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| 27 Oct 2007 | 47A | Parliament rival | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 20 Aug 2007 | 1A | Town known for witch trials | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 May 2006 | 27D | “The Crucible” setting | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Dec 2005 | 23D | Hawthorne’s home | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 26 Feb 2005 | 60A | “Days of Our Lives” setting | Jim Page |
| 22 Nov 2004 | 25A | The City of Witches | Gregory Paul |
| 4 Nov 2004 | 1A | Hawthorne’s birthplace | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Oct 2004 | 34D | “The Crucible” setting | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 31 Aug 2004 | 69A | 1692 witch trials city | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 22 Sep 2003 | 25D | Oregon’s capital | Marjorie Berg |
| 29 Jun 2003 | 37D | Capital on the Willamette | Rich Norris |
| 22 Apr 2003 | 9A | Witch trials site | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 22 Mar 2003 | 61A | Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan | Rich Norris |
| 15 Mar 2003 | 28D | Capital nicknamed the Cherry City | Adam Cohen |
| 12 Mar 2003 | 1A | “The Crucible” setting | Myles Callum |
| 16 Feb 2003 | 29A | ___ State College, in Massachusetts | Charles M. Deber |
| 8 Feb 2003 | 49D | New England town name that means “peace” in Hebrew | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Oct 2002 | 27D | Oregon’s capital | Nancy Salomon and Nancy T. Shack |
| 25 Sep 2002 | 15A | “The Crucible” setting | Tyler Hinman |
| 15 Apr 2002 | 1A | 1692 witch trials setting | James P. Sharp |
| 12 Mar 2002 | 68A | “The House of the Seven Gables” locale | Sarah Keller |
| 28 Dec 2001 | 7D | Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan | Manny Nosowsky |
| 16 Dec 2001 | 104D | “The Crucible” setting | Fred Piscop |
| 26 Nov 2001 | 1A | Oregon’s capital | Bette Sue Cohen |
| 3 Feb 2001 | 10D | House of Seven Gables site | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 14 Jan 2001 | 95A | “The Crucible” setting | Nancy Salomon |
| 19 Oct 2000 | 30A | Stephen King novel setting | Patrick Jordan |
| 8 Oct 2000 | 61D | Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan | Richard Silvestri |
| 21 May 2000 | 24A | Capital on the Willamette | Matt Gaffney |
| 2 Apr 2000 | 29D | “The Crucible” setting | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 31 Oct 1999 | 148A | R. J. Reynolds brand | Frank A. Longo |
| 7 Oct 1999 | 31A | House of the Seven Gables site | Kelly Clark |
| 28 Jun 1999 | 44D | Witchcraft trials city | Ed Early |
| 22 Jun 1999 | 23A | R. J. Reynolds brand | Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Jan 1999 | 1A | Where Hawthorne wrote “The Scarlet Letter” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 9 Dec 1998 | 5A | Capital on the Willamette River | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 Oct 1998 | 39A | R. J. Reynolds brand | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 5 Oct 1998 | 42A | Oregon’s capital | Peter Gordon |
| 29 Jul 1998 | 39A | Trial town | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 May 1998 | 52A | R. J. Reynolds brand | Jim Page |
| 27 Mar 1998 | 27D | Capital on the Willamette | Alan Jay Weiss |
| 8 Dec 1997 | 39A | House of the Seven Gables site | Mary E. Brindamour |
| 22 Oct 1997 | 3D | City on the Willamette | John D. Leavy |
| 5 Jul 1997 | 28D | “The Crucible” setting | Rich Norris |
| 12 Nov 1996 | 34D | Oregon’s capital | E. Lexau |
| 6 Oct 1996 | 55D | “The Crucible” locale | R. Max Hopkins |
| 31 Mar 1996 | 3D | Peabody Museum site | J. Savage |
| 30 Jan 1996 | 63A | Northwestern capital | M. Skolsky |
| 25 Sep 1995 | 18A | “The Crucible” locale | Gregory E. Paul |
| 1 Sep 1995 | 1A | Williamette University site | Thomas W. Schier |
| 22 Dec 1994 | 10D | Western capital | Stanley Newman |
| 19 Dec 1994 | 4D | City of witch hunts | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 24 Nov 1994 | 26D | “The Crucible” setting | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 19 Oct 1994 | 19A | Oregon’s capital | D.J. Listort |
| 6 Sep 1994 | 26D | Western capital | Janet R. Bender |
| 26 Aug 1994 | 52D | 1692 trial site | Timothy S. Lewis |
| 14 Aug 1994 | 25A | House of the Seven Gables site | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| 3 Jul 1994 | 89A | Hawthorne locale | A.J. Santora |
| 26 Feb 1994 | 11D | “Days of Our Lives” town | Bob Klahn |
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