THAI is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for THAI in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "THAI" answer was first appeared in "22 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Popular cuisine (4)". It was authored by Morton B. Braun. Recently, the "THAI" answer has been used for "2 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "___ ginger, a.k.a. galangal". It was authored by Royce Ferguson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Bangkok native (11)". "THAI" appeared 117 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "THAI" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 2023 | 58A | ___ ginger, a.k.a. galangal | Royce Ferguson |
| 29 Nov 2023 | 58D | Language spoken along the Mekong | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 31 Oct 2023 | 2D | Southeast Asian cuisine | Kathy Lowden and Erik Piepenburg |
| 2 Oct 2023 | 6D | Cuisine with panang curry | Alexandria Mason |
| 25 Mar 2023 | 35A | Language whose alphabet was created by King Ramkhamhaeng | Robyn Weintraub |
| 9 Jan 2023 | 30A | Language spoken in Bangkok | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian |
| 14 Nov 2022 | 16A | Cuisine with tom yum gai | Taylor Johnson |
| 22 Aug 2022 | 13A | Language spoken in Bangkok | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 1 Aug 2022 | 52D | Cuisine with pad see ew | Garrett Chalfin |
| 29 May 2022 | 1D | Some Asian cuisine | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 20 Mar 2022 | 83A | Cuisine featuring som tam | Brad Wiegmann |
| 19 Feb 2022 | 5D | Language in which “thank you” is “khà awp khun” | Billy Bratton |
| 26 Oct 2021 | 61D | Kind of cuisine offering tom yung goong and tom kha kai | Michael Schlossberg |
| 8 Oct 2021 | 47D | Like the ancestry of 37-Across | Yacob Yonas |
| 5 Oct 2021 | 41D | Homophone of 35-Down | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| 21 Sep 2021 | 19D | Tom yung goong or tom kha kai cuisine | Daniel Okulitch |
| 13 Aug 2021 | 2D | Neighbor of a Malay | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| 8 Jul 2021 | 36A | Like tom yum soup | John Lampkin |
| 12 Apr 2021 | 20A | Person from Bangkok | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| 14 Sep 2020 | 57D | Bangkok native | John Guzzetta |
| 25 Jun 2020 | 43D | Language with five tones | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 15 Jun 2020 | 67A | From Bangkok, say | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 28 May 2020 | 52D | Popular takeout option | Tracy Bennett |
| 23 Mar 2020 | 42A | Cuisine featuring drunken noodles | Ed Sessa |
| 18 Mar 2020 | 56A | Like some spicy food | Ricky Cruz |
| 7 Feb 2020 | 51D | Muay ___ (martial art) | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| 22 Oct 2019 | 51D | Bangkok native | Saul Pink |
| 14 Jul 2019 | 41A | Some spicy fare | Caitlin Reid |
| 20 May 2019 | 25D | Language in Bangkok | Gary Cee |
| 18 Mar 2019 | 32D | Person from Bangkok | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 23 Dec 2018 | 113D | Like panang curry | David Alfred Bywaters |
| 21 Nov 2018 | 39A | Cuisine with tom yum soup | Brandon Koppy |
| 24 Jul 2018 | 46A | Cuisine with tom yum soup | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 23 Apr 2018 | 15A | Language of Bangkok | Lynn Lempel |
| 18 Oct 2017 | 52A | Pad see ew cuisine | John Lithgow and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 24 Aug 2017 | 7D | Cuisine with many curries | Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg |
| 15 Aug 2017 | 8D | Cuisine with tom kha gai soup | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 11 Aug 2017 | 29A | Language in which “seven” is “jet” | Hal Moore |
| 10 Oct 2016 | 11D | Bangkok resident | Patrick Merrell |
| 15 Aug 2016 | 64A | Bangkok native | Sam Trabucco |
| 14 Jul 2016 | 34A | Cuisine with curry | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Jun 2016 | 63A | Bangkok native | Jason Mueller |
| 26 Dec 2015 | 34D | Indian alternative | James Mulhern |
| 5 Jul 2015 | 9A | Many a Theravada Buddhist | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 May 2015 | 36A | Some spicy cuisine | Kevin G. Der |
| 18 Jan 2015 | 23A | Asian cuisine | Joe Krozel |
| 21 Dec 2014 | 45A | Pad ___ (noodle dish) | Joel Fagliano |
| 15 Dec 2014 | 7D | Bangkok native | Zhouqin Burnikel and Dennis Ryall |
| 19 Nov 2014 | 30A | Cuisine in which “phat mama” is a noodle dish | Jacob Stulberg |
| 20 Oct 2014 | 36D | From Bangkok | Patrick Blindauer |
| 6 Oct 2014 | 20A | Bangkok native | Robyn Weintraub |
| 6 May 2014 | 56A | Pad see ew cuisine | Alex Bajcz |
| 25 Nov 2013 | 4D | Spicy ethnic food | Kevin G. Der |
| 21 Oct 2013 | 4D | Spicy Southeast Asian cuisine | Gary Cee |
| 11 Oct 2013 | 52D | Whence the word “bong” | Peter A. Collins |
| 4 Sep 2013 | 11D | Cuisine with tom yum soup | Joel Fagliano |
| 27 Jun 2013 | 8D | Spicy cuisine | Sean Dobbin |
| 28 Apr 2013 | 104D | Cuisine with curry | Patrick Berry |
| 28 Oct 2012 | 125A | Its alphabet has 44 consonants | Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison |
| 26 Sep 2012 | 31A | Bangkok native | Peter A. Collins |
| 25 Jul 2012 | 55A | “Prik khing” cuisine | Daniel Raymon |
| 24 Feb 2012 | 1A | Cuisine featuring nam prik | Patrick Berry |
| 29 Nov 2011 | 20A | Spicy cuisine | Aimee Lucido |
| 28 Feb 2011 | 52D | Bangkok citizen | Mike Buckley |
| 19 Feb 2011 | 31A | Language with 44 consonants | Tim Croce |
| 20 Dec 2010 | 19A | Spicy Asian cuisine | Donna Hoke |
| 28 Nov 2010 | 140D | Cuisine with pad see ew noodles | Jeremy Newton |
| 21 Nov 2010 | 14D | Like some spicy food | Clive Probert |
| 5 Jul 2010 | 56D | Southeast Asian cuisine | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| 2 Jun 2010 | 63A | Cuisine that includes pad see ew | Adam Cohen |
| 22 Oct 2009 | 22D | Cuisine with sen yai noodles | Joel Fagliano |
| 6 Jun 2009 | 37D | Resident near the Isthmus of Kra | Doug Peterson |
| 22 Oct 2008 | 54D | Asian cuisine | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 27 Apr 2008 | 77A | Spicy cuisine | Oliver Hill |
| 16 Mar 2008 | 69A | Ang Thong resident | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Mar 2007 | 5A | Spicy cuisine | Craig Kasper |
| 5 Feb 2007 | 49A | Bangkok native | Joy C. Frank |
| 11 Sep 2006 | 37D | Spicy Asian cuisine | Lynn Lempel |
| 28 Jun 2006 | 52D | Eastern cuisine | Myles Callum |
| 19 May 2006 | 3D | Like kickboxing, originally | Patrick Berry |
| 18 Oct 2005 | 57D | Bangkok native | Jay Leatherman |
| 4 Aug 2005 | 56D | Ethnic cuisine | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 1 Jun 2005 | 53A | Spicy cuisine | Nick Grivas |
| 28 Nov 2004 | 110D | Pad ___ (noodle dish) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 28 Aug 2004 | 50D | Alternative to Chinese or Indian | Dana Motley |
| 23 Aug 2004 | 30A | Bangkok native | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| 13 Apr 2004 | 34D | Spicy cuisine | Bill Ballard |
| 17 Dec 2003 | 39D | King Bhumibol Adulyadej, e.g. | Leonard Williams |
| 29 Nov 2003 | 15A | Ethnic cuisine | Randolph Ross |
| 8 Jan 2003 | 35A | Like some noodle dishes | James Rogers |
| 22 Dec 2002 | 101D | Popular cuisine | Frances Hansen |
| 11 Sep 2002 | 38D | Asian cuisine | A. J. Santora |
| 5 Sep 2002 | 7D | Hot cuisine | Michael Shteyman |
| 7 Apr 2002 | 41D | Asian tongue | Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Mar 2002 | 114D | Spicy cuisine | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Aug 2001 | 59A | Siamese | Karen Young Bonin |
| 16 Jun 2001 | 63A | Asian tongue | Dana Motley |
| 8 Dec 2000 | 29A | Cuisine that’s big on noodles | Bob Klahn |
| 16 Jun 2000 | 3D | Ethnic cuisine | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Aug 1999 | 1D | Popular cuisine | Richard Hughes |
| 22 Aug 1999 | 68D | Language with mostly monosyllabic words | Raymond Hamel |
| 6 Jun 1999 | 75D | Tangy ethnic food | David J. Kahn |
| 3 Dec 1998 | 27D | Spicy cuisine | Cathy Millhauser |
| 23 Sep 1998 | 63A | Chiang Mai native | Michael S. Maurer |
| 23 Aug 1998 | 44D | Spicy cuisine | Nelson Hardy |
| 17 Jun 1998 | 56D | Spicy cuisine | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Apr 1998 | 56D | Neighbor of a Laotian | Gayle Dean |
| 18 Dec 1997 | 42A | Cambodian’s neighbor | Cathy Millhauser |
| 26 Aug 1997 | 60D | Siamese, now | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 23 Jan 1997 | 53D | Cuisine choice | F. Hansen |
| 5 Sep 1996 | 57A | Spicy cuisine | C. Millhauser |
| 25 Jul 1996 | 6A | Popular cuisine | A. J. Santora |
| 25 Feb 1996 | 33A | Certain cuisine | D. Niles |
| 5 Dec 1995 | 32D | Bangkok native | Robert Katz |
| 28 Jan 1995 | 43A | Cuisine type | Randolph Ross |
| 12 Aug 1994 | 55D | Language akin to Shan | Norman S. Wizer |
| 22 Dec 1993 | 50D | Popular cuisine | Morton B. Braun |
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