COLA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for COLA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "COLA" answer was first appeared in "10 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Some kind of a nut". It was authored by Lois Sidway. Recently, the "COLA" answer has been used for "15 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "___ bottles (popular gummy candy)". It was authored by Alex Tomlinson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Pepsi, e.g. (8)". "COLA" appeared 108 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "COLA" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2023 | 58A | ___ bottles (popular gummy candy) | Alex Tomlinson |
| 5 Sep 2023 | 34D | Certain soda pop | Alan Siegel |
| 5 Mar 2023 | 32A | Pop option | John-Clark Levin |
| 2 Mar 2023 | 21A | Dark-colored drink | Malaika Handa |
| 15 Dec 2022 | 59D | Cherry ___ | Bruce Haight |
| 5 Dec 2022 | 1D | Pepsi or RC | Tracy Gray |
| 20 Oct 2022 | 40A | Bar mixer | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 26 Jun 2022 | 25A | RC, for one | Matthew Stock and Finn Vigeland |
| 19 May 2022 | 6D | Rum mixer | Alex Rosen |
| 24 Jun 2021 | 57D | Pop choice | Danny Lawson |
| 21 Apr 2021 | 33D | Pop variety | Brandon Koppy |
| 18 Sep 2020 | 4D | Fountain option | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| 10 Aug 2020 | 14A | Drink such as Pepsi | Lynn Lempel |
| 4 Aug 2020 | 25D | What a fountain may provide | Jacob Stulberg |
| 28 Mar 2020 | 26A | Flavor of some bottle-shaped gummies | Erik Agard |
| 29 Jan 2020 | 26D | Mixer option | Jeremy Newton |
| 27 Dec 2019 | 49D | Mixer option | Sam Trabucco |
| 16 Sep 2019 | 37A | Pepsi-___ | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| 17 Aug 2019 | 49D | Pop, maybe | Michael Hawkins |
| 15 Jul 2019 | 68A | Pepsi, for one | Ed Sessa |
| 14 May 2019 | 32A | Common bar mixer | Damon Gulczynski |
| 25 Jan 2019 | 57A | Pez flavor | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 4 Sep 2018 | 52A | Pepsi, e.g. | Bruce Haight |
| 2 Jul 2018 | 7D | ___ wars (longtime advertising battle) | Evan Kalish |
| 8 Apr 2018 | 73A | Ingredient in a Roy Rogers | Patrick Berry |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 58D | Pepsi, e.g. | Kevin G. Der |
| 10 Sep 2017 | 66A | RC, for one | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 29 Aug 2017 | 48D | RC, for one | Adam G. Perl |
| 12 Jul 2017 | 53D | Pop | Elayne Boosler and Patrick Merrell |
| 27 Feb 2017 | 35D | Pepsi, for one | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 19 Feb 2016 | 9A | It’s made with syrup | Jacob Stulberg |
| 23 Aug 2015 | 85D | ___ wars | Joel Fagliano |
| 4 Mar 2015 | 27D | Bar mixer | Jeff Stillman |
| 2 Feb 2015 | 53D | Pepsi-___ | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 9 Jun 2014 | 60D | Pepsi-___ | Tom McCoy |
| 11 May 2014 | 78A | Cuba libre ingredient | Peter A. Collins |
| 6 Apr 2014 | 85D | Slurpee flavor | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Dec 2013 | 1A | Coca-___ | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 11 Nov 2013 | 59A | Coca-___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Jul 2013 | 5D | See 43-Across | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 26 Jun 2013 | 24D | Common part of a Happy Meal | David Steinberg (16) and Bernice Gordon (99) |
| 15 Jun 2013 | 55D | Buzz on “The Simpsons,” e.g. | Ned White |
| 3 Feb 2013 | 58A | Soda fountain option | Dan Schoenholz |
| 8 Aug 2012 | 2D | Pepsi, e.g. | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 Jan 2012 | 50D | Mixer choice | Gareth Bain |
| 22 Jun 2011 | 1A | Aerated beverage | Tim Croce |
| 13 Jun 2011 | 55A | Pepsi-___ | Alex Vratsanos |
| 3 Apr 2011 | 101A | It’s no good when it’s flat | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| 4 Aug 2010 | 21A | RC, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Apr 2009 | 75D | Dark quaff | Trip Payne |
| 20 Mar 2009 | 14A | Cherry ___ | David Levinson Wilk |
| 4 Mar 2009 | 2D | Mixer | C. W. Stewart |
| 15 Oct 2008 | 12D | Caffeine source | Kevin G. Der |
| 11 Sep 2008 | 38A | ___ + grenadine + maraschino cherry = Roy Rogers cocktail | Caleb Madison |
| 9 May 2008 | 51D | Mixer option | Jim Page |
| 13 Apr 2008 | 35D | Popular pop | Cathy Millhauser |
| 6 Jan 2008 | 33D | Pay increase to keep up with inflation, in brief | Lynn Lempel |
| 8 Oct 2007 | 48D | Fast-food drink | Steve Kahn |
| 27 Mar 2007 | 62A | RC or Jolt | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 118A | Drink mixer | Patrick Merrell |
| 14 Aug 2006 | 40D | Pepsi, e.g. | Gene Newman |
| 29 May 2006 | 15A | Pepsi, but not 7-Up | Alex Boisvert |
| 17 Dec 2005 | 50D | Cuba libre ingredient | Patrick Berry |
| 4 Dec 2005 | 48D | Carbonated choice | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| 12 May 2005 | 12D | RC, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| 11 May 2005 | 18D | Fizzy drink | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin |
| 5 May 2005 | 49D | Bubbly drink | Chris Sallade |
| 4 Apr 2005 | 6A | Pepsi, for one | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 7 Jul 2004 | 7D | Cherry ___ | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 29 Jun 2004 | 12D | RC, for one | Jim Hyres |
| 29 Mar 2004 | 35A | Coke or Pepsi | Barry Silk |
| 20 Oct 2003 | 19A | Pepsi-___ | Lynn Lempel |
| 7 Feb 2003 | 48D | It may be decaffeinated | Michael Shteyman |
| 10 Jan 2003 | 47D | Float’s base, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| 17 Aug 2002 | 31A | With 13-Down, they may include taste tests | Frank Longo |
| 28 May 2002 | 27D | Drink with fast food | Ed Early |
| 3 Mar 2002 | 33A | What 7-Up isn’t | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Jul 2001 | 1A | Pepsi, e.g. | Peter Gordon |
| 16 Jun 2001 | 54A | Cuba libre ingredient | Dana Motley |
| 16 Apr 2001 | 1A | Pepsi or RC | Peter Gordon |
| 25 Dec 2000 | 14A | Coke, for one | Adam G. Perl |
| 11 Dec 2000 | 5A | Pepsi or RC | Myles Callum |
| 29 Oct 2000 | 81A | Cuba libre ingredient | Karen Hodge |
| 21 Jun 2000 | 61A | RC, e.g. | Greg Staples |
| 24 May 2000 | 42A | See 4-Down | Chuck Deodene |
| 27 Dec 1999 | 1D | Pepsi, for one | Gregory E. Paul |
| 3 Oct 1999 | 117A | Two-liter bottle contents | Fred Piscop |
| 31 Aug 1999 | 60A | Caffeine-yielding nut | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 31 May 1999 | 21D | 7-Up alternative | Joey Crumley |
| 24 May 1999 | 1D | Fizzy drink | Gregory E. Paul |
| 22 Oct 1998 | 14A | Cherry ___ | Chuck Deodene |
| 6 Sep 1998 | 117A | Snack bar drink | Rich Norris |
| 28 Jul 1998 | 17D | Pepsi, e.g. | Robert Dillman |
| 18 Dec 1997 | 28D | Caffeine source | Cathy Millhauser |
| 16 Nov 1997 | 65A | Teetotaler’s choice | Frank Longo |
| 28 Jul 1997 | 15A | Carbonated canful | Patrick Jordan |
| 17 Feb 1997 | 16A | Pepsi, for one | R. Hughes |
| 23 Oct 1996 | 14A | Fountain choice | R. Norris |
| 23 Apr 1996 | 25D | Soft drink | N. Steinberg |
| 7 Apr 1996 | 46D | Caffeine source | C. Millhauser |
| 15 Dec 1995 | 2D | Brown beverage | Harvey Estes |
| 17 Nov 1995 | 11D | Pop | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 26 Sep 1995 | 40A | Pepsi, e.g. | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel |
| 17 Aug 1995 | 10D | Drink type | Rand H. Burns |
| 31 Jul 1995 | 53D | Pepsi, e.g. | Elizabeth Gorski |
| 18 Jul 1995 | 55D | R.C., e.g. | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 11 Mar 1995 | 26D | Fizzy drink | Nancy Joline |
| 10 Mar 1994 | 58D | Some kind of a nut | Lois Sidway |
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