YAM is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for YAM in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "YAM" answer was first appeared in "6 Oct 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Sweet spud". It was authored by Richard Silvestri. Recently, the "YAM" answer has been used for "15 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Purple ___, Hawaiian crop". It was authored by Alex Tomlinson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Thanksgiving side dish (8)". "YAM" appeared 68 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "YAM" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2023 | 54A | Purple ___, Hawaiian crop | Alex Tomlinson |
| 13 Nov 2023 | 58D | Sweet potato | Benjamin Fink |
| 31 Aug 2023 | 20A | Food item that may be candied | Freddie Cheng |
| 5 Jan 2023 | 31D | Agricultural item that Nigeria produces more of than the rest of the world combined | Emily Carroll |
| 3 Sep 2022 | 30D | Sometimes-purple tuber | David Distenfeld |
| 19 Jun 2022 | 81D | Starchy vegetable | Jeremy Newton |
| 24 Apr 2022 | 114D | Thanksgiving dinner offering | Sam Ezersky |
| 9 Apr 2022 | 54A | Chinese ___, food also called nagaimo | Sam Buchbinder |
| 17 Nov 2021 | 58D | Major vegetable export of Nigeria (nearly 70% of the world’s total) | Anne Grae Martin |
| 23 Sep 2021 | 33A | Food item that may be candied | Simeon Seigel |
| 10 Feb 2021 | 60D | Crop item grown in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” | Kate Hawkins |
| 1 Feb 2021 | 5A | Thanksgiving vegetable | Soleil Saint-Cyr |
| 7 Sep 2020 | 51A | Thanksgiving side dish | Gareth Bain |
| 16 Dec 2019 | 1D | Orange root vegetable | Howard Barkin and Kevin Christian |
| 15 Oct 2018 | 31A | Candied Thanksgiving dish | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 6 May 2018 | 76A | Thanksgiving serving | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 10 Sep 2017 | 31D | Nonstandard verb from Popeye | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 29 Jul 2017 | 37A | Orange side | Erik Agard |
| 25 Oct 2015 | 31A | Side dish that’s sometimes mashed | Bill Zais |
| 4 May 2015 | 44D | Sweet potato | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 25 Dec 2014 | 1A | Cassava lookalike | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 13 Oct 2014 | 14D | Candied Thanksgiving food | Greg Johnson |
| 5 Oct 2014 | 124A | Sweet potato | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 6 Apr 2014 | 101A | West African vegetable | Patrick Berry |
| 6 Oct 2013 | 50A | Common ingredient in Nigerian cuisine | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Sep 2013 | 59D | Starchy vegetable | Michael Blake |
| 15 Jul 2013 | 48A | Candied vegetable at Thanksgiving | Jeff Chen and Angela Olson Halsted |
| 14 May 2013 | 57A | Thanksgiving staple | John Lieb |
| 28 Jan 2013 | 26A | Thanksgiving side dish | Jaime Hutchison and Victor Fleming |
| 24 Sep 2012 | 10D | Thanksgiving vegetable | John Dunn |
| 27 Jun 2012 | 6D | Verb from Popeye | Mike Buckley |
| 23 Jun 2012 | 33D | Nigerian food staple | Laura Sternberg |
| 13 Mar 2012 | 33A | Thanksgiving side dish | Jeff Chen |
| 28 Aug 2011 | 69D | Starchy staple of Africa | Patrick Berry |
| 6 Dec 2010 | 55A | Thanksgiving side dish | Richard Chisholm |
| 17 Aug 2010 | 11A | Thanksgiving side dish | Michael Sharp |
| 13 Apr 2010 | 9D | Sweet potato | Alex Boisvert |
| 21 Dec 2008 | 61A | Candied holiday serving | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 3 Jan 2008 | 36A | Candied side dish | Henry Hook |
| 2 Sep 2007 | 123D | Candied vegetable | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 22 Jul 2007 | 105D | Starchy food | David Levinson Wilk |
| 25 Apr 2007 | 26A | Part of the verb “to be,” to Popeye | John Farmer |
| 5 Feb 2007 | 63D | Thanksgiving side dish | Joy C. Frank |
| 18 Sep 2005 | 57D | Often-candied vegetable | Joe DiPietro |
| 14 Sep 2005 | 25A | Thanksgiving side dish | David Elfman |
| 13 Mar 2005 | 122D | Verb for Popeye | Patrick Merrell |
| 14 Feb 2005 | 54D | Thanksgiving side dish | Janet R. Bender |
| 26 Nov 2004 | 63D | Orange dish | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Jul 2003 | 41D | Starchy food | Michael Grudzielanek |
| 15 Apr 2003 | 61D | Candied vegetable | Adam G. Perl |
| 18 Mar 2003 | 18A | Starchy tuber | William Schaub |
| 6 Oct 2002 | 65A | November dish | Myles Callum |
| 10 May 2002 | 25D | Tasty tuber | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Aug 2000 | 29D | Edible 6-Down | Joy L. Wouk |
| 20 Jul 2000 | 59D | Verb for Popeye | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
| 18 Aug 1999 | 1D | Thanksgiving serving | Nancy Salomon |
| 1 Feb 1999 | 25A | Sweet potato | Dorothy Smitonick |
| 11 Aug 1998 | 28A | Starchy tuber | Randall J. Hartman |
| 2 Jan 1997 | 4A | Thanksgiving dish | M. Gaffney |
| 18 Dec 1996 | 55A | Sweet potato | M. W. Perry |
| 13 Feb 1996 | 63D | Sweet potato | G. Paul |
| 14 Dec 1995 | 59D | Starchy dish | Matt Gaffney |
| 21 Nov 1995 | 59D | Thanksgiving vegetable | Thomas W. Schier |
| 6 Sep 1995 | 45A | Thanksgiving tuber | Peter Gordon |
| 3 Jul 1995 | 5D | Sweet potato | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Mar 1995 | 47D | Sweet potato | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 2 Nov 1994 | 12D | Orange vegetable | Harvey Estes |
| 6 Oct 1994 | 23A | Sweet spud | Richard Silvestri |
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