TAP is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TAP in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TAP" answer was first appeared in "5 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Kind of dance (2)". It was authored by Chet Currier. Recently, the "TAP" answer has been used for "18 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Percussive dance style". It was authored by Joe Marquez. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Select (12)". "TAP" appeared 150 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TAP" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2023 | 52D | Percussive dance style | Joe Marquez |
| 4 Nov 2023 | 35A | Part of a mic check | David P. Williams |
| 9 Oct 2023 | 30A | Touch, as on the shoulder | Zachary David Levy |
| 11 Jul 2023 | 55D | Alternative to bottled | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| 29 Mar 2023 | 11A | Call upon, as for a position | Ben Zoon |
| 4 Jan 2023 | 27A | Dispenser of drafts | Laura Breiman and Tom Bachant |
| 18 Sep 2022 | 120D | Dance with a paradiddle step | Katie Hale |
| 23 Aug 2022 | 7D | Choose, as a running mate | Trey Mendez |
| 17 Aug 2022 | 53D | Like some water | Michael Paleos |
| 29 May 2022 | 101A | Choose | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 17 Mar 2022 | 31D | Select | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 12 Mar 2022 | 21A | Pick | Natan Last |
| 25 Jan 2022 | 6A | Gentle attention-getter | Ray Brunsberg and Ellen Brunsberg |
| 15 Nov 2021 | 25A | Dance with clicking sounds | Ian Rathkey |
| 24 Aug 2021 | 1D | Dance genre | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| 21 Jul 2021 | 59D | Restaurant water choice | Alex Vratsanos |
| 4 Jul 2021 | 7D | Pay with a chip-based credit card, perhaps | Howard Barkin |
| 7 Jun 2021 | 53A | Dance style for Bill Robinson or Gregory Hines | Erika Ettin |
| 20 May 2021 | 40D | Bug | Trenton Charlson |
| 15 Oct 2020 | 49A | Select | Lindsey Hobbs |
| 10 Sep 2020 | 8D | Choose | David J. Kahn |
| 14 Aug 2020 | 14D | Opposite of bottled | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 13 Jun 2020 | 58D | Dance genre | Trenton Charlson |
| 4 May 2020 | 61D | Spigot | Emily Carroll |
| 5 Feb 2020 | 46A | Keg necessity | Ross Trudeau |
| 2 Feb 2020 | 35A | Gentle attention-getter | Brian Herrick and Christopher Adams |
| 29 Jan 2020 | 63A | Part of a tavern | Jeremy Newton |
| 28 Oct 2019 | 61D | Light touch | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 2 Jun 2019 | 5D | Dance specialty | Erik Agard |
| 31 May 2018 | 1A | Kitchen drawer? | Dominick Talvacchio |
| 8 Apr 2018 | 116D | FISA warrant objective | Patrick Berry |
| 28 Jan 2018 | 15A | Select | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 14 Sep 2017 | 51D | Weak punch? | John Guzzetta |
| 14 Aug 2017 | 13D | Faucet | Rich Proulx |
| 14 Apr 2017 | 49A | Bud source, perhaps | Andrew Kingsley |
| 30 Dec 2016 | 32A | Make use of | Patrick Berry |
| 17 Nov 2016 | 53A | When repeated, testing of a mic | Timothy Polin and Joe Krozel |
| 26 Sep 2016 | 61D | “Singin’ in the Rain” dance style | Timothy Polin |
| 4 Sep 2016 | 67D | Word that becomes its own synonym when spelled backward | Tom McCoy |
| 28 Dec 2015 | 11A | Faucet | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 22 Nov 2015 | 62A | Dance class | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| 1 Oct 2015 | 49A | Percussive dance | John Guzzetta |
| 10 Sep 2015 | 69A | Barroom fixture | Tracy Gray |
| 22 Mar 2015 | 118A | Water source | Jeremy Newton |
| 10 Feb 2015 | 52A | Keg part | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 29 Sep 2014 | 63A | Dance often done with top hat and cane | Eric Sydney Phillips |
| 26 Jun 2014 | 23D | Dance genre | Pawel Fludzinski |
| 19 May 2014 | 63D | Faucet | Michael Hawkins |
| 8 Jan 2014 | 61D | Keg feature | Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming |
| 27 Apr 2013 | 31A | Flow controller | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| 21 Jan 2013 | 61D | Dance style with fancy footwork | Susan Gelfand |
| 4 Sep 2012 | 10A | Drafts may be served on it | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| 17 Aug 2012 | 48A | Bug | Peter Wentz |
| 26 Jul 2012 | 63A | See 62-Across | Joel Fagliano |
| 31 May 2012 | 49A | Water source | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Apr 2012 | 8D | Physical “Psst!” | Mike Nothnagel |
| 4 Mar 2012 | 110D | Select | David J. Kahn |
| 6 Jul 2011 | 31D | Shoe attachment | Peter Collins |
| 1 May 2011 | 110D | Pick | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 8 Jan 2011 | 55D | Shoe add-on | Will Nediger |
| 5 Jan 2011 | 29D | Dance like the Hines Brothers | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| 8 Nov 2010 | 70A | Touch on the shoulder, say | John Dunn |
| 13 Oct 2010 | 23A | Brew source | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 18 Sep 2010 | 42D | Minor hit | Natan Last, Brown University ’12 |
| 12 Sep 2010 | 121A | Object of many a court order | Paula Gamache |
| 9 May 2010 | 63D | Beer source | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Apr 2010 | 60D | Water source | Randolph Ross |
| 9 Dec 2009 | 37A | Beer may be on it | Peter A. Collins |
| 11 Nov 2009 | 65D | Draw upon | Kelsey Blakley |
| 24 Jul 2009 | 32A | Snooping aid | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Jun 2009 | 59D | Strike lightly | John Farmer |
| 24 Dec 2008 | 26A | Select | Warren Biro |
| 31 Aug 2008 | 113D | Select | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 24 Aug 2008 | 38A | Soft-shoe, e.g. | Kevin G. Der |
| 13 Aug 2008 | 40D | Make use of | Victor Fleming |
| 1 Jul 2008 | 61D | Access, as a resource | Ken Bessette |
| 27 May 2008 | 59D | Bill (Bojangles) Robinson’s forte | Adam G. Perl |
| 4 May 2008 | 91D | Dance specialty | Richard Silvestri |
| 21 Apr 2008 | 58D | Faucet | Janet R. Bender |
| 12 Mar 2008 | 10D | Choose | Larry Shearer |
| 29 Jan 2008 | 23A | Spy’s device | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
| 17 Aug 2007 | 42A | Beer may be on this | Roger Barkan |
| 5 Aug 2007 | 32D | Select | Caroline Leong |
| 20 Mar 2007 | 47D | Brewpub fixture | Laura A. Halper |
| 14 Mar 2007 | 23A | Keg necessity | Peter A. Collins |
| 27 Aug 2006 | 31A | Water source | Seth A. Abel |
| 19 Aug 2006 | 57A | Select | Bob Peoples |
| 6 Aug 2006 | 81A | Use as a resource | Mark Feldman |
| 3 May 2006 | 53A | Water source | Lisa Wiseman |
| 14 Apr 2006 | 22A | Make use of | James E. Buell |
| 7 Apr 2006 | 25A | Bug | Adam Cohen |
| 12 Jan 2006 | 5D | Send a message in Morse code, e.g. | Kyle Mahowald |
| 28 Aug 2005 | 56D | Cask control | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 25 Jul 2005 | 65D | Listening-in device | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 May 2005 | 51A | Keg opening | Tyler Hinman |
| 15 Feb 2005 | 63D | Utilize | Gene Newman |
| 8 Nov 2004 | 30A | Listening device | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 1 Aug 2004 | 130A | Call on | Randolph Ross |
| 2 Jun 2004 | 21A | Draft dispenser | Nancy Salomon |
| 28 May 2004 | 51A | Water gate? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 10 May 2004 | 22D | Punch out, as Morse code | Joy M. Andrews |
| 28 Sep 2003 | 96A | Select | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 4 Jul 2003 | 45A | Choose | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 May 2003 | 51A | Need for a keg | Todd McClary |
| 12 Feb 2003 | 54A | Beer may be on it | Ed Early |
| 10 Feb 2003 | 32A | Spigot | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 21 Jan 2003 | 21A | Make use of | Richard Chisholm |
| 15 Jan 2003 | 27A | Something to draw from | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 19 Nov 2002 | 60D | Dancer’s shoe attachment | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 31 Oct 2002 | 21D | Draft outlet | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| 21 Mar 2002 | 16D | Pick | Patrick Berry |
| 18 Mar 2002 | 28D | Spigot | John Greenman |
| 31 Dec 2001 | 28A | Light touch | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 24 Dec 2001 | 61D | Kind of dance | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| 23 Dec 2001 | 72A | Connect to secretly | Frances Hansen |
| 3 Nov 2001 | 47D | You may draw from it | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 2 Nov 2001 | 63D | Select | Mary Jung |
| 31 Aug 2001 | 54D | Whence water | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 5 May 2001 | 47D | Water source | Randolph Ross |
| 1 Feb 2001 | 21A | Choose | Frances Hansen |
| 16 Oct 2000 | 13D | Item on a dancer’s heel | Mitch Komro |
| 31 May 2000 | 31D | Cane’s sound | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 22 May 2000 | 23A | Faucet | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand |
| 31 May 1999 | 1A | Spigot | Joey Crumley |
| 22 Apr 1999 | 34A | Dance specialty | David J. Kahn |
| 21 Jan 1999 | 54D | Water source | Randolph Ross |
| 10 Jan 1999 | 109A | Draw from | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Jan 1999 | 19A | Select | Joe DiPietro |
| 28 Aug 1998 | 51A | Access, with “into” | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 23 Aug 1998 | 81A | Designate | Nelson Hardy |
| 29 Jun 1998 | 37A | Spigot | Gregory E. Paul |
| 27 Sep 1997 | 58D | It bugs people on the phone | Matt Gaffney |
| 27 Jun 1997 | 63D | Keep time | Dean Niles |
| 24 Jun 1997 | 43D | Strike lightly | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 10 Mar 1997 | 37A | Spigot | Gregory E. Paul |
| 27 Jan 1997 | 16A | Do some soft-shoe | F. Piscop |
| 23 Jan 1997 | 13D | Designate | F. Hansen |
| 29 Oct 1996 | 34D | Spigot | R. J. Hartman |
| 18 Jul 1996 | 6D | Choose | W. R. Williams |
| 26 Jun 1996 | 12D | Open, as a keg | P. Jordan |
| 23 Mar 1996 | 59D | Utilize | R. Norris |
| 24 Feb 1996 | 54A | Draw upon | M. Shenk |
| 15 Dec 1995 | 35A | On ___ (from the barrel) | Harvey Estes |
| 30 Sep 1995 | 63D | Select | Bryant White |
| 31 Aug 1995 | 52A | Designate | David J. Kahn |
| 6 Mar 1995 | 11D | Astaire specialty | Randall J. Hartman |
| 12 Sep 1994 | 62D | Spigot | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 6 Jun 1994 | 1A | Gregory Hines specialty | Robert Zimmerman |
| 14 Apr 1994 | 29A | Hearing aid? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 5 Jan 1994 | 55D | Kind of dance | Chet Currier |
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