SSN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SSN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SSN" answer was first appeared in "14 Apr 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Nine-digit ID: Abbr. (2)". It was authored by Manny Nosowsky. Recently, the "SSN" answer has been used for "18 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "ID with two hyphens (3)". It was authored by Joe Marquez. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Nine-digit ID (17)". "SSN" appeared 200 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SSN" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2023 | 12D | ID with two hyphens | Joe Marquez |
| 9 Nov 2023 | 32D | Doubly hyphenated fig. | Simeon Seigel |
| 19 Oct 2023 | 37D | You might provide the “last four” of this, in brief | Colin Ernst |
| 10 Oct 2023 | 47D | Nine-digit ID | Nate Cardin |
| 8 Oct 2023 | 67D | Fig. created by F.D.R.’s New Deal | Sid Sivakumar |
| 10 Sep 2023 | 72A | Taxpayer’s ID | Adam Wagner |
| 27 Aug 2023 | 5D | Info that’s often only partly revealed: Abbr. | Rich Katz |
| 6 Aug 2023 | 130A | Nine digits on an I-9 | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| 22 Jul 2023 | 40A | 001-01-0001, for one: Abbr. | Robert Logan |
| 12 Jul 2023 | 63D | Application info, often | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 60D | ID since the Great Depression | Simeon Seigel |
| 2 May 2023 | 32A | I.R.S. identifier, for short | Aimee Lucido |
| 30 Apr 2023 | 7A | ID that’s never reused | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| 23 Apr 2023 | 111D | Tax ID | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| 9 Apr 2023 | 86D | Bit of redacted info, for short | John Ewbank |
| 1 Apr 2023 | 9D | Fig. with two hyphens | Wyna Liu and Joel Fagliano |
| 26 Mar 2023 | 103A | You might need just the “last four” of it: Abbr. | David Karp |
| 21 Jan 2023 | 9D | ID on a filing | David Distenfeld |
| 15 Jan 2023 | 16A | 000-00-0002, for Mr. Burns on “The Simpsons”: Abbr. | Michael Schlossberg |
| 9 Jan 2023 | 6A | Nine-digit ID | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian |
| 4 Jan 2023 | 32A | Nine-digit ID | Laura Breiman and Tom Bachant |
| 18 Aug 2022 | 69A | Fig. whose first three digits were geographically based until 2011 | Adam Wagner |
| 6 Aug 2022 | 49D | ID since 1935 | Byron Walden |
| 10 Jul 2022 | 61A | Personal ID | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan |
| 6 Jul 2022 | 20A | Fig. with two hyphens | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| 19 May 2022 | 12D | Only four-ninths of it is usually shown: Abbr. | Alex Rosen |
| 13 May 2022 | 12D | W-2 ID | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| 29 Apr 2022 | 9D | Bit of info for an accountant: Abbr. | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| 15 Mar 2022 | 13D | Govt.-issued ID | Michael Lieberman |
| 28 Feb 2022 | 71A | ID in the form xxx-xx-xxxx | Zach Sherwin and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 8 Jan 2022 | 18A | Certain acct. info | Freddie Cheng |
| 9 Dec 2021 | 71A | Govt.-issued ID | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 4 Dec 2021 | 9D | Digits on a paper card, for short | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 9 Oct 2021 | 56A | Fig. often written with X’s | August Lee-Kovach |
| 26 Sep 2021 | 91D | Phishing target, for short | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| 17 Sep 2021 | 23A | Twice-hyphenated ID | Matthew Stock |
| 10 Jul 2021 | 49A | Doubly hyphenated fig. | Trenton Charlson |
| 2 Jul 2021 | 19A | Piece of sensitive info, for short | Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle |
| 19 Jun 2021 | 25A | Phisher’s “catch,” for short | Sophia Maymudes |
| 16 Jun 2021 | 36D | Job app ID | Finn Vigeland |
| 27 May 2021 | 12D | ID theft target | Barbara Lin |
| 28 Apr 2021 | 1D | I.R.S. ID | Hal Moore |
| 18 Apr 2021 | 113A | Personal datum: Abbr. | Johan Vass |
| 15 Apr 2021 | 25D | ID datum | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer |
| 11 Apr 2021 | 122D | Phishing target, for short | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 67D | Nine-digit ID, in brief | Trenton Charlson |
| 1 Mar 2021 | 9D | Nine-digit government ID | Michael Lieberman |
| 7 Feb 2021 | 12D | I.R.S. ID | Katie Hale and Christina Iverson |
| 21 Oct 2020 | 64A | W-2 fig. | Dory Mintz |
| 13 Oct 2020 | 43A | Requirement for a background check, for short | Amanda Rafkin |
| 3 Aug 2020 | 8D | Info in a data breach: Abbr. | Eric Bornstein |
| 7 Jun 2020 | 105D | W-2 ID | Andy Kravis |
| 24 Apr 2020 | 13D | 1040 fig. | John Guzzetta |
| 23 Apr 2020 | 56D | Target for an ID thief | Yacob Yonas and Erik Agard |
| 1 Jan 2020 | 24A | Fig. in the form XXX-XX-XXXX | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Dec 2019 | 57D | Target of an ID thief | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 21 Nov 2019 | 4D | Often-memorized string: Abbr. | Aimee Lucido |
| 22 Sep 2019 | 94D | Form 1099 fig. | Tracy Gray |
| 28 May 2019 | 39D | I.R.S. digits: Abbr. | Aimee Lucido |
| 6 Apr 2019 | 17A | Employment form info, for short | Ned White |
| 26 Mar 2019 | 33A | Tax ID | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 28 Feb 2019 | 25D | Private info, for short | Randolph Ross |
| 22 Jan 2019 | 61D | Nine-digit ID | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
| 18 Jan 2019 | 54D | 1040 abbr. | Andrew J. Ries |
| 17 Jan 2019 | 35A | Govt. ID | Ross Trudeau |
| 26 Nov 2018 | 23D | Nine-digit ID | Evan Kalish |
| 22 Oct 2018 | 59A | Figure in the form 123-45-6789, e.g.: Abbr. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 19 Sep 2018 | 66A | W-2 datum: Abbr. | Scot Ober and Jeff Chen |
| 6 Sep 2018 | 35A | Phishing target, for short | Jeff Chen |
| 17 Jul 2018 | 55A | W-2 ID | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 15 Jul 2018 | 73D | ID card fig. | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| 28 Jun 2018 | 66A | Scammer’s ID target | Jeff Chen |
| 20 Jun 2018 | 43A | Important ID | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 29 May 2018 | 22A | Payroll ID, for short | John Lieb |
| 25 May 2018 | 25A | Tax ID | Jeff Chen |
| 19 Apr 2018 | 27A | Tax ID | Todd Gross |
| 14 Mar 2018 | 36D | 123-45-6789, on a sample doc. | Jeff Chen |
| 16 Nov 2017 | 50A | Application fig. | Alex Eylar |
| 8 Aug 2017 | 5D | I.R.S. digits: Abbr. | Dan Flanagan |
| 7 Aug 2017 | 23A | XXX-XX-XXXX fig. | Kevin Christian |
| 27 Jul 2017 | 10D | Figure kept in the head, usually: Abbr. | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 28 Jun 2017 | 45A | Target of ID theft: Abbr. | David Kwong |
| 20 Jun 2017 | 3D | Phishing target: Abbr. | Jason Flinn |
| 17 May 2017 | 30A | Fig. on a W-9 | Paul Hunsberger |
| 16 May 2017 | 58A | Phishing target: Abbr. | Bruce Haight |
| 28 Apr 2017 | 13D | Application fig. | David Steinberg |
| 15 Mar 2017 | 25D | Form 1040 ID | Bruce Haight |
| 14 Feb 2017 | 41D | Fig. on an application | Daniel Larsen |
| 12 Feb 2017 | 85A | Entry on an I.R.S. form: Abbr. | Lynn Lempel |
| 11 Dec 2016 | 65A | Personal datum: Abbr. | Tom McCoy |
| 25 Oct 2016 | 9D | Personal identifier, for short | John E. Bennett |
| 23 Oct 2016 | 84D | Application datum: Abbr. | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Jul 2016 | 29A | Cybercrime target, for short | David Steinberg |
| 13 Jul 2016 | 5D | Nine-digit ID | Tom McCoy |
| 4 Jun 2016 | 64A | Doubly hyphenated ID | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| 2 May 2016 | 27A | Tax form ID | Paula Gamache |
| 24 Jan 2016 | 7D | Tax ID | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 17 Jan 2016 | 64A | Application info | Jeff Chen |
| 10 Jan 2016 | 67A | Bank acct. info | Patrick Merrell |
| 17 Dec 2015 | 60D | W-4 entry: Abbr. | David Kwong |
| 11 Oct 2015 | 129A | Frequent target of ID thieves | David J. Kahn |
| 29 Jul 2015 | 72A | Hyphenated ID | David J. Lieb |
| 16 Jun 2015 | 65A | I.R.S. datum | Peter A. Collins |
| 31 May 2015 | 110A | Hyphenated fig. | Tom McCoy |
| 24 Mar 2015 | 65D | Fig. supplied on a 64-Down form | Robyn Weintraub |
| 8 Mar 2015 | 88A | It never starts with 666: Abbr. | Tom McCoy |
| 5 Jan 2015 | 12D | Nine-digit ID | John Guzzetta |
| 4 Jan 2015 | 128A | Application info: Abbr. | Finn Vigeland |
| 5 Nov 2014 | 32A | ID thief’s target | Gareth Bain |
| 20 Oct 2014 | 63A | 555-55-5555, e.g.: Abbr. | Patrick Blindauer |
| 13 Oct 2014 | 58D | Fig. in the form XXX-XX-XXXX | Greg Johnson |
| 9 Aug 2014 | 7D | Fig. on some shredded documents | Josh Knapp |
| 12 Jul 2014 | 58A | It’s double-hyphenated: Abbr. | Tim Croce and Alex Vratsanos |
| 20 Jun 2014 | 19A | FICA fig. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 11 May 2014 | 67A | ID digits | Peter A. Collins |
| 16 Mar 2014 | 27A | Dashed ID | Jeremy Newton |
| 13 Feb 2014 | 28D | Nine-digit ID | Daniel Landman |
| 24 Jan 2014 | 55D | Frequent form request: Abbr. | Ian Livengood |
| 13 Jan 2014 | 9D | Nine-digit fig. | Lynn Lempel |
| 13 Oct 2013 | 114A | Personal digits: Abbr. | Jeff Chen |
| 25 Mar 2013 | 20A | Govt.-issued ID | Adam Prince |
| 18 Mar 2013 | 9D | Taxpayer’s ID | Daniel Landman |
| 22 Feb 2013 | 25A | Phishing string: Abbr. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 20 Jan 2013 | 105D | Govt.-issued ID | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 4 Dec 2012 | 22A | Govt.-issued ID | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 5 Jul 2012 | 1D | Identity theft target: Abbr. | Ian Livengood |
| 10 Jun 2012 | 83D | Job application fig. | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 5 Apr 2012 | 60A | Govt.-issued ID | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Feb 2012 | 20A | Nine-digit ID | Ellen Leuschner and Victor Fleming |
| 8 Dec 2011 | 45A | Sequence with two hyphens: Abbr. | Daniel A. Finan |
| 13 Nov 2011 | 55D | Dashed fig. | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| 29 Oct 2011 | 8D | Subj. of the Privacy Act of 1974 | Barry C. Silk |
| 20 Aug 2011 | 24A | Until June 25, 2011, its first three digits had geographical significance: Abbr. | Byron Walden |
| 10 Jul 2011 | 119D | Govt. ID | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
| 4 Jul 2011 | 59A | Info entered on an I.R.S. form | Paul Johnson |
| 13 May 2011 | 55D | Passport application datum: Abbr. | Joe Krozel |
| 24 Apr 2011 | 113A | FICA fig. | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 2 Dec 2010 | 44A | Tax form datum: Abbr. | Joe Krozel |
| 1 Nov 2010 | 61A | ID on an I.R.S. form | Holden Baker |
| 15 Sep 2010 | 26A | Nine-digit ID | Zoe Wheeler, Brown University ’12 |
| 24 Aug 2010 | 52A | ID on I.R.S. forms | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 4 Aug 2010 | 25A | ID entered on every I.R.S. form | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 Jul 2010 | 9D | 1040 datum: Abbr. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 13 Apr 2010 | 34A | ID with two hyphens | Alex Boisvert |
| 24 Mar 2010 | 31D | Govt.-issued ID | Peter A. Collins |
| 11 Mar 2010 | 27A | Nine-digit ID | John Farmer |
| 2 Mar 2010 | 45A | Govt. ID | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 28 Feb 2010 | 29D | W-2 datum: Abbr. | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 21 Jan 2010 | 57D | Application datum: Abbr. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Dec 2009 | 64A | ID with two hyphens | Peter A. Collins |
| 9 Aug 2009 | 47D | I.R.S. ID | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 16 Jul 2009 | 62A | Govt. ID | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 9 Jul 2009 | 42A | 1040 ID | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 21 Jun 2009 | 111A | Nine-digit ID | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 2 May 2009 | 9D | Job application info: Abbr. | Peter A. Collins |
| 16 Mar 2009 | 23A | Info on a W-2 form: Abbr. | Lynn Lempel |
| 31 Aug 2008 | 84A | Payroll fig. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 21 Jun 2008 | 30A | Line on an appl. form | Tyler Lewis Hinman |
| 16 Dec 2007 | 62D | ID theft target | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn |
| 2 Sep 2007 | 12D | W-2 info: Abbr. | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 22 Jul 2007 | 80A | Application datum: Abbr. | David Levinson Wilk |
| 15 Jul 2007 | 121A | Datum sought by identity thieves: Abbr. | Patrick Berry |
| 14 May 2007 | 43D | Tax ID | Paula Gamache |
| 16 Mar 2007 | 45A | Hirer’s request: Abbr. | Eric Berlin |
| 2 Nov 2006 | 49A | Tax form ID | John Farmer |
| 1 Nov 2006 | 61A | One form of ID | Paula Gamache |
| 3 Oct 2006 | 53A | ID for the I.R.S. | Ed Stein |
| 27 Aug 2006 | 105A | Form W-9 datum: Abbr. | Seth A. Abel |
| 24 Jul 2006 | 36A | Nine-digit ID | Richard Chisholm |
| 5 Jul 2006 | 46A | Nine-digit ID | Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Apr 2006 | 10D | Certain ID info | Kevan Choset |
| 19 Feb 2006 | 105A | It has nine figures: Abbr. | Joe DiPietro |
| 6 Mar 2005 | 52A | W-2 ID | John Greenman |
| 4 Nov 2004 | 62D | Form 1040 ID | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 5 Aug 2004 | 8D | Form W-9 info: Abbr. | Seth Abel |
| 11 Apr 2004 | 101A | Nine digits: Abbr. | Patrick Merrell |
| 29 Feb 2004 | 11A | Application datum: Abbr. | Patrick Merrell |
| 26 Feb 2004 | 55D | Fig. in identity theft | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Feb 2004 | 114D | Nine-digit ID | Derrick Niederman |
| 1 Feb 2004 | 16D | An ID | Roy Leban |
| 31 Aug 2003 | 52D | Fig. with two dashes | Fred Piscop |
| 29 Aug 2002 | 46A | Common ID | William Schaub |
| 4 May 2002 | 39D | It has two dashes: Abbr. | Rich Norris |
| 5 Apr 2002 | 13D | W-2 info: Abbr. | Peter Gordon |
| 26 Mar 2002 | 65D | Tax form datum: Abbr. | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 10 Feb 2002 | 18D | 1040 info: Abbr. | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
| 3 Dec 2001 | 1D | Taxpayer’s ID | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 1 Jul 2001 | 110D | Nine-digit ID | Manny Nosowsky |
| 21 Jan 2001 | 14D | W-2 info | Con Pederson |
| 20 Jan 2001 | 46A | Application info: Abbr. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 3 Mar 2000 | 30A | Application request: Abbr. | Joe DiPietro |
| 17 Apr 1999 | 57D | 1040 ID | Jim Page |
| 6 Dec 1998 | 45D | Bank acct. datum | Marjorie Richter |
| 1 Nov 1998 | 7D | Application datum: Abbr. | Robert Malinow |
| 24 Jun 1997 | 57D | ID digits | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 23 Nov 1996 | 38A | Common ID | R. Silvestri |
| 25 May 1996 | 61D | Nine-digit ID | F. Piscop |
| 13 Dec 1994 | 55A | 123-45-6789, e.g.: Abbr. | Jon Delfin |
| 18 Jun 1994 | 28A | Nine-digit ID: Abbr. | Randolph Ross |
| 14 Apr 1994 | 13D | Nine-digit ID: Abbr. | Manny Nosowsky |
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