ELS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ELS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ELS" answer was first appeared in "28 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "City trains". It was authored by Joanne W. Edwards. Recently, the "ELS" answer has been used for "15 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Half full?". It was authored by Alex Tomlinson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Chicago trains (19)", "Golfer Ernie (17)", "Loop loopers (10)", "Loop transports (6)", "Chicago transports (6)", "Overhead trains (6)". "ELS" appeared 303 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ELS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2023 | 46A | Half full? | Alex Tomlinson |
| 22 Aug 2023 | 30A | Chicago trains | Jay Silverman |
| 27 Jun 2023 | 62D | Features of lollipops but not suckers? | Anthony Gisonda |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 33D | Rapid transit options | Philip Koski |
| 9 Jan 2023 | 27A | Chicago trains | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian |
| 30 Oct 2022 | 56D | Transports from Midway Airport to the Loop | Addison Snell |
| 18 Oct 2022 | 22A | Trains at a high level? | Dan Schoenholz |
| 7 Jul 2022 | 56A | Chicago trains | Philip Wolfe |
| 6 Jun 2022 | 69A | Chicago trains | Michael Schlossberg |
| 15 Apr 2022 | 60D | High rails | Trenton Charlson |
| 30 Jan 2022 | 63A | Loop trains | Ross Trudeau |
| 29 Jan 2022 | 45D | Local borders? | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid |
| 13 Oct 2021 | 3D | Chicago trains | Brianne McManis |
| 10 Oct 2021 | 10D | Two in a million? | Brandon Koppy |
| 2 Oct 2021 | 31D | Pair seen three times in “All’s Well That Ends Well” | Wendy L. Brandes |
| 19 Aug 2021 | 23D | Chicago conveyances | Oliver Roeder |
| 28 Mar 2021 | 15D | Hollow center? | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 21 Mar 2021 | 94A | Llama’s head? | Julian Kwan |
| 17 Mar 2021 | 58D | Loop loopers | Peter A. Collins |
| 27 Feb 2021 | 19A | A couple of dollars? | Yacob Yonas |
| 6 Feb 2021 | 51A | Many characters in “Kill Bill” | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 3 Feb 2021 | 60D | Chicago trains | Yacob Yonas |
| 26 Jan 2021 | 30D | Golfer Ernie | Peter Gordon |
| 31 Dec 2020 | 15D | Legal limits? | David J. Kahn |
| 8 Dec 2020 | 9D | They loop the Loop | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| 22 Nov 2020 | 38A | Golfer Ernie | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 13 Nov 2020 | 9D | They’re high up in Chi-Town | Sawyer Tabony and Ashton Anderson |
| 28 Oct 2020 | 42D | Chicago transports | Peter Gordon |
| 25 Sep 2020 | 26A | Local boundaries? | Rachel Fabi |
| 23 Sep 2020 | 4D | Chicago trains | Margit Christenson |
| 6 Sep 2020 | 52D | Golfer Ernie | David Kwong |
| 4 Sep 2020 | 39D | Letters typed with the right ring finger | Brian Thomas |
| 21 Aug 2020 | 56D | A couple of million? | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 11 Aug 2020 | 23A | Railways not on street level | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| 30 Jun 2020 | 12D | Golfer nicknamed “The Big Easy” | Zachary David Levy |
| 27 Jun 2020 | 42D | Pair of overalls? | Ryan Mccarty |
| 19 May 2020 | 36D | Golfer Ernie | Trent H. Evans |
| 10 May 2020 | 92A | Shapes made by thumbs and index fingers | Adam Fromm |
| 20 Apr 2020 | 33A | Trains like Chicago’s | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 Apr 2020 | 30A | Certain public transports | Evan Mahnken |
| 3 Mar 2020 | 65A | City railways not at street level | Lynn Lempel |
| 24 Jan 2020 | 40A | Volleyball quartet? | Scott Earl |
| 10 Dec 2019 | 21A | Chicago transports | Eric Berlin |
| 6 Nov 2019 | 53A | Loop trains | Ross Trudeau |
| 30 Aug 2019 | 43D | Two-time U.S. Open champ of the 1990s | Trent H. Evans |
| 21 Jul 2019 | 83A | Loopy cursive letters | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| 15 Feb 2019 | 51D | High lines | Wyna Liu |
| 30 Jan 2019 | 46D | They loop the Loop | Emily Carroll |
| 30 Oct 2018 | 21A | Golfer Ernie | Jules Markey |
| 8 Sep 2018 | 60A | 1994 U.S. Open champ | Andrew J. Ries |
| 29 Aug 2018 | 8D | Yellow belly? | Alex Bajcz |
| 17 Aug 2018 | 50A | Lines around Chicago | Jeff Chen |
| 6 Aug 2018 | 64A | High trains in Chicago | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
| 4 Jun 2018 | 64D | Golfer Ernie | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 7 May 2018 | 23D | Aboveground trains | Julie Bérubé |
| 1 May 2018 | 41D | Harlem sights | Jacob Stulberg |
| 24 Feb 2018 | 47D | High ways? | John Guzzetta |
| 19 Dec 2017 | 25D | See 17-Across | Andrew Kingsley |
| 31 Oct 2017 | 23A | Ernie of the World Golf Hall of Fame | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 27 Aug 2017 | 69D | Winner of four 1990s-2000s golf majors | Jeff Chen |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 37D | Golf Hall of Fame inductee of 2011 | Sam Trabucco |
| 30 Jul 2017 | 123A | Chicago rumblers | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| 12 Jul 2017 | 35A | South African golfing great | Elayne Boosler and Patrick Merrell |
| 22 Jun 2017 | 57D | Loop loopers | Ruth B. Margolin |
| 18 Jun 2017 | 90A | Golfer Ernie | Sam Trabucco |
| 13 Jun 2017 | 23A | Trains to Chicago’s Loop | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 May 2017 | 23A | High lines | David J. Kahn |
| 30 Apr 2017 | 108A | Two-time U.S. Open champ | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 29 Mar 2017 | 58D | C.T.A. transports | Jules P. Markey |
| 12 Feb 2017 | 45A | Swinging Ernie | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 Dec 2016 | 35A | Ernie in the World Golf Hall of Fame | Timothy Polin |
| 29 Sep 2016 | 34A | Lawful ends? | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 30 Aug 2016 | 18D | Old Third Ave. trains in New York City | Roland Huget |
| 11 Jul 2016 | 44A | Ernie who won the 2012 British Open | Freddie Cheng |
| 10 Jul 2016 | 88D | High rollers? | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Jun 2016 | 27D | He won the 1994 U.S. Open in a 20-hole playoff | Jason Flinn |
| 25 Apr 2016 | 23A | Ernie of the P.G.A. | Betty Keller |
| 21 Feb 2016 | 56D | Some people movers | Patrick Berry |
| 12 Jan 2016 | 10D | 1994 P.G.A. Tour Rookie of the Year | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 30 Dec 2015 | 12D | Center of excellence? | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| 13 Dec 2015 | 81D | Golfer Ernie | Tracy Gray and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 29 Nov 2015 | 80A | Golfer Ernie | Alex Vratsanos |
| 5 Nov 2015 | 47A | Logical extremes? | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 28 Oct 2015 | 18D | What can take people for a loop? | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| 12 Apr 2015 | 89D | Raised railroads | Jeff Chen |
| 5 Mar 2015 | 34D | Golfer nicknamed “The Big Easy” | Jim Peredo |
| 1 Feb 2015 | 7D | Chi-town circlers | David Steinberg |
| 18 Jan 2015 | 91A | Lines around Chicago | Joe Krozel |
| 4 Jan 2015 | 61A | Most IRT lines in the Bronx, e.g. | Finn Vigeland |
| 5 Dec 2014 | 62A | Causes of street rumbles? | Tim Croce |
| 21 Aug 2014 | 56A | Legal borders? | Jules P. Markey |
| 17 Aug 2014 | 103D | Loop loopers | Caleb Madison |
| 20 Jul 2014 | 63A | Raised transports | Eric Berlin |
| 16 Jul 2014 | 22D | N.Y.C.’s Third and Ninth Avenue lines, e.g. | Daniel Raymon |
| 7 Jul 2014 | 60A | Chicago trains | Lynn Lempel |
| 27 May 2014 | 64A | Windy City transports | James Tuttle |
| 1 May 2014 | 61D | Loop takers | Brandon Hensley |
| 16 Apr 2014 | 33A | Golf’s Ernie | Michael Dewey |
| 21 Mar 2014 | 11D | High rollers | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Feb 2014 | 23A | Chicago trains | Sean Dobbin |
| 27 Jan 2014 | 65D | Windy City trains | James Tuttle |
| 26 Jan 2014 | 13D | Lines to Wrigley Field | Daniel A. Finan |
| 12 Jan 2014 | 85A | Two-time U.S. Open champ | Andrew Chaikin |
| 5 Jan 2014 | 108D | High rails | Alan DerKazarian |
| 24 Sep 2013 | 28A | Golf’s Ernie | Kevin Christian |
| 11 Sep 2013 | 10A | Ernie known as “The Big Easy” | Patrick Blindauer |
| 18 Aug 2013 | 31A | Loop transports | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Jun 2013 | 65A | Trains in Chicago | Sean Dobbin |
| 5 May 2013 | 68A | Johannesburg-born golf champion | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 9 Mar 2013 | 63D | They have high stations | David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk |
| 31 Dec 2012 | 6D | Pro golfer Ernie | Jeffrey Harris |
| 11 Nov 2012 | 87A | Some Chi-town transportation | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Oct 2012 | 62D | Loop transports | Bill Thompson |
| 7 Oct 2012 | 34A | Windy City trains | Zoe Wheeler |
| 6 Oct 2012 | 20A | South African with two U.S. Open wins | Steve Salitan |
| 8 Sep 2012 | 37A | Player who followed in Player’s footsteps | Byron Walden |
| 3 Sep 2012 | 4D | Chicago trains | C. W. Stewart |
| 20 Jun 2012 | 40D | Loop transports | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 13 Apr 2012 | 9D | Urban rumblers | Tim Croce |
| 26 Mar 2012 | 63A | Chicago trains | Ray Fontenot |
| 12 Feb 2012 | 53D | Some trains | Kurt Mueller |
| 22 Jan 2012 | 76D | Overhead transports | Adam Fromm |
| 2 Dec 2011 | 11D | Hollow center? | Ed Sessa |
| 1 Dec 2011 | 65D | Loop loopers | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 20 Nov 2011 | 107D | Chicago trains | Trip Payne |
| 21 Sep 2011 | 18D | Trains to Wrigley | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Aug 2011 | 76A | High lines | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| 6 Apr 2011 | 41D | Golf’s Big Easy | Gareth Bain |
| 8 Feb 2011 | 59A | Ernie of the P.G.A. | Robert W. Harris |
| 24 Jan 2011 | 4D | Chicago trains | Fred Piscop |
| 9 Jan 2011 | 114A | Urban rollers | Patrick Berry |
| 29 Dec 2010 | 26A | They’re caught in Chicago | Patrick Merrell |
| 10 Dec 2010 | 9D | P.G.A. Tour Rookie of the Year two years before Woods | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 17 Nov 2010 | 5D | Chi-town rails | Robert W. Harris |
| 6 Nov 2010 | 32A | Commuting options | Brad Wilber |
| 18 Oct 2010 | 30A | Ernie on the links | Lynn Lempel |
| 8 Aug 2010 | 43D | P.G.A.’s Ernie | Pam Klawitter |
| 3 Aug 2010 | 67A | Ernie on a green | Paula Gamache |
| 14 Jun 2010 | 25A | Golf pro Ernie | Mark Feldman |
| 14 Apr 2010 | 61D | Chi-town trains | Jonah Kagan |
| 31 Jan 2010 | 84D | Loop loopers | Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 25 Dec 2009 | 57D | Chicago runners | Paula Gamache |
| 21 Nov 2009 | 24A | World Match Play Championship champ a record seven times | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 15 Aug 2009 | 51D | Lines up? | Matt Ginsberg |
| 3 Aug 2009 | 34D | See 64-Across | Janet R. Bender |
| 27 Jul 2009 | 49A | Ernie of golf fame | Allan E. Parrish |
| 1 Jul 2009 | 1D | Some urban rails | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Jun 2009 | 61D | 2002 British Open champ | Barry C. Silk |
| 6 Jun 2009 | 19A | High ways? | Doug Peterson |
| 21 May 2009 | 73A | P.G.A. Tour Rookie of the Year after Singh | Patrick Blindauer |
| 8 Feb 2009 | 124D | Dallas center? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 6 Feb 2009 | 26A | Transports near stairs | Frederick J. Healy |
| 21 Jan 2009 | 61D | Ways around Chi-town | Fred Piscop |
| 9 Jan 2009 | 24A | Local borders? | Paula Gamache |
| 30 Dec 2008 | 13D | Overhead RRs | Doug Peterson |
| 2 Nov 2008 | 36D | High ways? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 17 Sep 2008 | 64A | Ernie on the links | Edward Safran |
| 16 Sep 2008 | 24D | Loop transports | Michael Langwald |
| 3 Sep 2008 | 39D | Chicago carriers | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Aug 2008 | 30D | Raised lines | Natan Last |
| 3 Aug 2008 | 25D | 1994 and 1997 U.S. Open winner | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| 31 Jul 2008 | 58D | Golfer dubbed “the Big Easy” | Allan E. Parrish |
| 23 Jun 2008 | 47A | Chicago transports | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
| 19 Jun 2008 | 47D | Tennis champ Ernie | Joe Krozel |
| 8 Jun 2008 | 33D | South African who twice won the U.S. Open | Will Nediger |
| 18 Feb 2008 | 58D | Ernie of the 24-Down | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 Nov 2007 | 32D | Overhead trains | Larry Shearer |
| 31 Oct 2007 | 59D | Choices for Chicago commuters | Ken Stern |
| 17 Sep 2007 | 28A | See 52-Across | Sarah Keller |
| 9 Sep 2007 | 89D | Loop circlers | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Jul 2007 | 69A | Ernie of golf | Pete Muller |
| 20 Jun 2007 | 3D | Old N.Y.C. lines | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| 13 May 2007 | 14D | Mass transit choices | Jim Page |
| 31 Jan 2007 | 14D | Ways around Chi-town | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 5 Nov 2006 | 46A | Loop loopers | Derrick Niederman |
| 1 Oct 2006 | 11D | Urban carriers | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 31 Jul 2006 | 35A | Golfer Ernie | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 Jun 2006 | 72A | 2002 champion at 62-Across | Jim Page |
| 18 Jun 2006 | 92A | Commuting options | Ben and Mark Tausig |
| 6 Jun 2006 | 50D | Golfer Ernie | Barry C. Silk |
| 1 Jun 2006 | 32A | Urban transports | Ethan Cooper |
| 9 Apr 2006 | 139D | Noisy rollers | Paula Gamache |
| 3 Apr 2006 | 20A | Some urban railways | Lynn Lempel |
| 27 Mar 2006 | 42A | Overhead trains | Janice M. Putney |
| 27 Feb 2006 | 18D | Chicago trains | Ed Early |
| 11 Nov 2005 | 28A | Commuting choices | Eric Berlin |
| 2 Oct 2005 | 9D | Trains in Chicago | Randolph Ross |
| 28 Sep 2005 | 29D | Loop transports | Randall J. Hartman |
| 11 Sep 2005 | 113D | Commuter carriers | Patrick Berry |
| 31 Aug 2005 | 32D | Golfer called “the Big Easy” | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 23 Aug 2005 | 8D | Raised railroads | Holden Baker and Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Jul 2005 | 7D | Raised railways | Janice M. Putney |
| 29 Jun 2005 | 68A | Golfer Ernie | David Liben-Nowell |
| 28 Jun 2005 | 6D | Chicago transports | Jim Hyres |
| 6 May 2005 | 24A | Commuting options | Harvey Estes |
| 3 Feb 2005 | 35A | Urban transportation | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Nov 2004 | 41A | Athlete nicknamed “The Big Easy” | Byron Walden |
| 31 Oct 2004 | 86D | See 29-Down | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Aug 2004 | 73A | Loop transports | Bill Zais |
| 23 Jul 2004 | 18A | Raised rumblers | David Levinson Wilk |
| 22 Jul 2004 | 66A | 2002 British Open champion | Greg Staples |
| 18 Jul 2004 | 92D | Two-time U.S. Open champ | Seth A. Abel |
| 29 Jun 2004 | 65A | Golfer Ernie | Jim Hyres |
| 23 Jun 2004 | 37D | Some rails | Jim Goodsell |
| 24 May 2004 | 4D | Raised railroads | Frederick J. Healy |
| 23 Apr 2004 | 19A | Cab alternatives | Alan Olschwang |
| 7 Mar 2004 | 59A | Golfer called the Big Easy | Tyler Hinman |
| 22 Feb 2004 | 119D | Clattery trains | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 5 Feb 2004 | 47A | Two-time U.S. Open winner | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 3 Feb 2004 | 33D | Overhead trains | Joe Bower and Nancy Salomon |
| 30 Nov 2003 | 100A | Subway alternatives | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Nov 2003 | 42A | 1997 U.S. Open winner | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Oct 2003 | 25D | Noisy city transports | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Oct 2003 | 70A | Windy City trains | Fred Piscop |
| 7 Sep 2003 | 87D | 2002 British Open champion | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 29 Jul 2003 | 6D | Golfer Ernie | Ed Early |
| 13 Jul 2003 | 111A | Two-time U.S. Open champ | Randolph Ross |
| 10 Jul 2003 | 1D | Noisy transports | Michael Shteyman |
| 4 Jun 2003 | 49A | Loop sights | Kelly Katharine Delevan |
| 25 May 2003 | 35D | Two-time U.S. Open winner | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Feb 2003 | 22D | Chicago transports | Peter Sarrett |
| 19 Jan 2003 | 55A | Windy City transports | Eric Berlin |
| 4 Jan 2003 | 28A | Clattery transports | Patrick Berry |
| 31 Dec 2002 | 20A | Windy City trains | Gene Newman |
| 8 Dec 2002 | 39D | 1997 U.S. Open champ | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Dec 2002 | 33D | 2002 British Open champ | David J. Kahn |
| 13 Nov 2002 | 26A | Loop trains | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Aug 2002 | 34A | Subway relatives | William Schaub |
| 23 Mar 2002 | 23A | Urban transportation | Adam Cohen |
| 23 Dec 2001 | 8D | Cousins of monorails | Frances Hansen |
| 27 Oct 2001 | 25A | Bygone New York transports | Trip Payne |
| 27 Aug 2001 | 53A | Urban trains, for short | Holden Baker |
| 7 Jul 2001 | 55D | Loop loopers | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 30 Jun 2001 | 34D | N.Y.C. sights beginning in the 1870’s | Frank Longo |
| 3 Jun 2001 | 40A | Two-time U.S. Open champ | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| 12 May 2001 | 23A | High rollers? | Michael Shteyman |
| 1 May 2001 | 63D | Overhead trains | Stanley Newman |
| 1 Apr 2001 | 34A | Ernie of the P.G.A. | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Jan 2001 | 6A | Chicago sights | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 30 Oct 2000 | 56D | Overhead trains | Gregory E. Paul |
| 14 Oct 2000 | 60D | Old N.Y.C. sights | Rich Norris |
| 16 Sep 2000 | 24A | Chicago sights | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 14 Sep 2000 | 13D | Golfer Ernie | Joe DiPietro |
| 6 Aug 2000 | 88A | High rollers? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 29 Jul 2000 | 44A | Rare transports, nowadays | Rich Norris |
| 28 Jun 2000 | 33D | U.S. Open champ in ’94 and ’97 | Randy Sowell |
| 29 May 2000 | 42A | Trains that go clickety-clack | Randall J. Hartman |
| 7 May 2000 | 112D | Bygone Manhattan sights | Patrick D. Berry |
| 15 Mar 2000 | 36D | Chicago trains | Jim Page |
| 9 Mar 2000 | 6D | Commuting aids | Myles Callum |
| 24 Feb 2000 | 43A | High rollers? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 31 Jan 2000 | 11D | Chicago trains | Peter Gordon |
| 18 Jan 2000 | 1D | 1997 U.S. Open winner Ernie | Nancy Salomon |
| 26 Nov 1999 | 21A | High rollers? | Roger Phillips |
| 6 Oct 1999 | 68A | Loop loopers | Fred Piscop |
| 26 Sep 1999 | 79A | Loop loopers | Randolph Ross |
| 30 Aug 1999 | 8D | Chicago trains | Margaret Watson |
| 14 Jul 1999 | 13D | U.S. Open champ Ernie | Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Dec 1998 | 14D | Two-time U.S. Open winner | Rich Norris |
| 29 Oct 1998 | 56A | Noisy trains | Cathy Millhauser |
| 7 Sep 1998 | 42A | Trains to the Loop | Gregory E. Paul |
| 4 Aug 1998 | 12D | Golfer Ernie | Janet R. Bender |
| 17 May 1998 | 88A | Rattling trains | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
| 13 May 1998 | 47A | 1997 U.S. Open winner | Eileen Lexau |
| 30 Apr 1998 | 55A | Two-time U.S. Open winner | Kelly Clark |
| 24 Apr 1998 | 22D | Overhead lines | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 12 Apr 1998 | 73D | Loop runners | Randolph Ross |
| 23 Mar 1998 | 24D | Chicago trains | Randall J. Hartman |
| 3 Mar 1998 | 29A | Trains on high | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Jan 1998 | 39D | Some trains | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| 17 Dec 1997 | 30A | Noisy trains | Michael S. Maurer |
| 15 Dec 1997 | 50A | Golfer Ernie | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 27 Sep 1997 | 9D | Disappearing transports | Matt Gaffney |
| 16 Aug 1997 | 28D | Two-time U.S. Open winner | Matt Gaffney |
| 10 Aug 1997 | 112A | Commuters’ ways | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 20 Jul 1997 | 14D | 1997 U.S. Open champ | Rich Norris |
| 14 Apr 1997 | 13D | Overhead trains, for short | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 13 Apr 1997 | 54A | Two in a million? | Cathy Millhauser |
| 6 Mar 1997 | 27D | City rattlers | Shannon Burns |
| 2 Jan 1997 | 68A | Windy City sights | M. Gaffney |
| 28 May 1996 | 50D | Chicago transports | J. R. Bender |
| 24 Mar 1996 | 10D | Noisy transports | J. K. Brill |
| 26 Feb 1996 | 65D | Raised railways | N. Steinberg |
| 25 Feb 1996 | 34A | High ways? | D. Niles |
| 14 Jan 1996 | 65A | They loop the Loop | C. Millhauser |
| 10 Jan 1996 | 59D | Chicago trains | M. Gaffney |
| 14 Nov 1995 | 57A | C.T.A. trains | Gregory E. Paul |
| 16 Sep 1995 | 4D | They loop the Loop | Bryant White |
| 23 Apr 1995 | 33D | Loop loopers | Randolph Ross |
| 9 Apr 1995 | 98D | Chicago Loop group | Cathy Millhauser |
| 5 Mar 1995 | 64D | U.S. Open golf champion Ernie | A.J. Santora |
| 28 Feb 1995 | 53A | Overhead rails | Nancy S. Ross |
| 29 Jan 1995 | 89A | Ernie of the P.G.A. | Bryant White |
| 30 Dec 1994 | 49D | 1994 U.S. Open champ Ernie | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 26 Aug 1994 | 63D | Superways | Timothy S. Lewis |
| 7 Jul 1994 | 44A | 1994 U.S. Open golf champion | Ed Early |
| 24 May 1994 | 32D | Bygone trains | Arthur S. Ash |
| 7 May 1994 | 15D | Discontinued trains | Bryant White |
| 22 Mar 1994 | 7D | Overhead trains | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 19 Feb 1994 | 24A | Old trains | Charles E. Gersch |
| 27 Jan 1994 | 4D | High ways? | Betty Jorgensen |
| 5 Dec 1993 | 30D | Every lily has two | Manny Nosowsky |
| 28 Nov 1993 | 108A | City trains | Joanne W. Edwards |
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