SWAB is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SWAB in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SWAB" answer was first appeared in "24 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Nurse’s stick". It was authored by Janie Lyons. Recently, the "SWAB" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Lowly deckhand". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Q-tip, e.g. (9)". "SWAB" appeared 67 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SWAB" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 | 108D | Lowly deckhand | Jeremy Newton |
| 19 Jun 2023 | 7A | Q-tip, e.g. | David Liben-Nowell |
| 24 May 2023 | 50D | Home test kit component | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| 10 Apr 2023 | 30D | Q-tip, e.g. | Gia Bosko |
| 22 Dec 2022 | 33A | Stick with a soft tip | David Steinberg |
| 9 Dec 2022 | 21D | Makeup corrector | Brooke Husic and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| 8 Dec 2021 | 1A | Sample collector | Philip Koski |
| 19 Nov 2021 | 54A | Clean, as decks | John Hawksley |
| 17 Jul 2020 | 1A | Clear, as the deck | Rich Proulx |
| 27 Apr 2020 | 1A | Q-tip, e.g. | Ed Sessa |
| 23 Sep 2019 | 33D | Q-tip tip | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 31 Aug 2019 | 7D | Clear the decks? | Brian Thomas |
| 23 Aug 2019 | 10A | DNA collector | Evan Mahnken |
| 9 Aug 2019 | 29D | Stick in a cabinet, say | John Guzzetta |
| 11 Jul 2019 | 5A | Deckhand | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 8 Jun 2019 | 51D | Tar | Andrew J. Ries |
| 28 Oct 2018 | 111D | Mop | Erik Agard |
| 1 Oct 2018 | 10A | Q-tip, e.g. | Chuck Deodene |
| 18 Jun 2018 | 38A | Q-tip, for one | Ross Trudeau |
| 13 Oct 2017 | 31D | Lowly navy person | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 4 May 2017 | 27A | Make shipshape, as a ship | Loren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray |
| 10 Feb 2017 | 9A | Navy enlistee, informally | Kyle Mahowald |
| 16 Nov 2016 | 41D | Mop, as a deck | Jim Peredo |
| 2 Aug 2015 | 71A | One standing on deck | Matt Ginsberg |
| 12 Apr 2015 | 1A | Crime lab tool | Jeff Chen |
| 11 Oct 2014 | 29A | Aid for collecting some samples | Evans Clinchy |
| 17 Aug 2014 | 9A | Mop | Caleb Madison |
| 5 Apr 2013 | 50D | Q-tip, e.g. | Peter Wentz |
| 19 Feb 2013 | 52D | Deck washer | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| 17 Jun 2012 | 13A | Tar | Kyle T. Dolan |
| 24 Nov 2010 | 33D | Q-tip, e.g. | Allan E. Parrish |
| 23 Nov 2010 | 42D | Mop | Richard Chisholm |
| 25 Aug 2010 | 59D | Shipboard mop | Clive Probert |
| 30 Dec 2009 | 1D | DNA collector, perhaps | Adam Cohen |
| 7 Oct 2009 | 1A | Sailor | Tim Wescott |
| 11 May 2008 | 118D | Seaborne lackey | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| 23 May 2007 | 6A | Q-Tip, e.g. | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily |
| 1 May 2007 | 49A | Tidy up topside | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| 9 Jan 2007 | 10A | Deck cleaner | Ed Early |
| 4 Apr 2006 | 56D | What tars do to decks | Robert Dillman |
| 30 Apr 2005 | 53D | Tar | Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Apr 2005 | 29A | Do a salt’s job | Lyell Rodieck |
| 5 Oct 2004 | 42D | Gun barrel cleaner | James R. Leeds |
| 22 Apr 2004 | 55D | Tar | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 10 Nov 2003 | 6D | Q-tip, e.g. | Gail A. MacLean |
| 29 May 2003 | 52D | Forensic evidence collector | Jim Page |
| 20 Dec 2002 | 8D | Culture transferer | Manny Nosowsky |
| 17 Mar 2002 | 118A | Mop | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Jul 2001 | 104D | Matey | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Jun 2001 | 55D | Do the deck | Richard Silvestri |
| 20 May 2001 | 85A | Medium for a medical sample | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 9 Apr 2001 | 32D | Sailor’s mop | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| 27 Jul 2000 | 35D | Clear the deck? | Joe DiPietro |
| 5 Apr 2000 | 1A | Nurse’s item | Frances Hansen |
| 19 Nov 1999 | 5D | Q-Tip | Manny Nosowsky |
| 17 Aug 1999 | 50A | Use a mop | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 20 Apr 1999 | 34D | Q-Tip, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 9 Jul 1998 | 50D | Tar | Norman S. Wizer |
| 19 Oct 1997 | 91D | Med lab specimen | David J. Kahn |
| 17 Sep 1997 | 70A | Q-Tip | Karen Hodge |
| 20 Feb 1996 | 31D | Hit the deck? | D. Trombley |
| 26 Aug 1995 | 45A | Mop up | Joe DiPietro |
| 1 Mar 1995 | 57D | Clear the decks? | Lois Sidway |
| 28 Nov 1994 | 44A | Q-tip, e.g. | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 12 Oct 1994 | 10A | Sailor, informally | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Mar 1994 | 96D | Sailor | Frances Hansen |
| 24 Jan 1994 | 5A | Nurse’s stick | Janie Lyons |
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