ROTE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ROTE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ROTE" answer was first appeared in "14 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Mechanical memorization". It was authored by Joel Davajan/Will Shortz. Recently, the "ROTE" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Mechanical repetition". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Learning method". "ROTE" appeared 104 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ROTE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2023 | 4D | Mechanical repetition | Seth Weitberg |
| 29 Aug 2023 | 59A | Learning by memorization | Michèle Govier |
| 13 May 2021 | 45A | Memorization | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class / Will Shortz |
| 15 Jan 2021 | 39A | Mindless | Josh Knapp / Will Shortz |
| 26 Jan 2020 | 43D | Learn by ___ | Erik Agard / Will Shortz |
| 24 Mar 2019 | 4D | Mechanical | Trenton Charlson / Will Shortz |
| 29 Nov 2018 | 49D | Going over something again and again and again | Herre Schouwerwou / Will Shortz |
| 30 Jun 2018 | 7D | Mechanical | Andy Kravis / Will Shortz |
| 26 Oct 2016 | 52D | Tedious way to learn | Scott Yut / Will Shortz |
| 23 May 2016 | 70A | Boring way to learn | Ori Brian / Will Shortz |
| 20 Apr 2016 | 69A | Mechanical repetition | Tom McCoy / Will Shortz |
| 19 Jan 2016 | 65A | Repetitive means of learning | Byron Walden / Will Shortz |
| 29 Dec 2015 | 54D | Mechanical learning | Jeff Stillman / Will Shortz |
| 20 Sep 2015 | 17A | You can learn something by this | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen / Will Shortz |
| 27 Jul 2015 | 37D | Memorization | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz |
| 27 Apr 2015 | 51D | Repetitive learning | Johanna Fenimore / Will Shortz |
| 8 Apr 2015 | 13A | Monotonous learning | Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz |
| 20 Jul 2014 | 8A | *Turn, as a wheel | Eric Berlin / Will Shortz |
| 29 Apr 2014 | 13D | Memorization | Jules P. Markey / Will Shortz |
| 19 Aug 2013 | 26D | Learning by recitation | Jean O’Conor / Will Shortz |
| 31 Jul 2013 | 16A | Learn by ___ | H. David Goering / Will Shortz |
| 29 Jan 2013 | 59D | Tedious learning method | David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 12 May 2012 | 49D | Mechanical | Caleb Madison / Will Shortz |
| 13 Apr 2012 | 53D | Mindless | Tim Croce / Will Shortz |
| 24 Sep 2011 | 10D | Drills that can bore | Jeremy Horwitz / Will Shortz |
| 29 Aug 2011 | 16A | Learning by memorization | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake / Will Shortz |
| 27 Jun 2011 | 26D | Memorization | Joseph Samulak / Will Shortz |
| 1 Jun 2011 | 36D | Repetitive learning | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 1 Apr 2011 | 61A | Repetition | Elizabeth A. Long / Will Shortz |
| 9 Jan 2011 | 101A | Repetition | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 22 Nov 2010 | 16A | Tedious way to learn | David Poole / Will Shortz |
| 28 Oct 2010 | 52D | Learning method | David J. Kahn / Will Shortz |
| 13 Oct 2010 | 65A | Learning by flash cards, e.g. | Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz |
| 18 Jan 2010 | 46A | Repetitive learning technique | Adam Cohen / Will Shortz |
| 29 Jul 2009 | 15A | Repetitive routine | Tim Wescott / Will Shortz |
| 22 Mar 2009 | 114D | Mechanical | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera / Will Shortz |
| 30 Nov 2008 | 2D | Saying again and again | Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz |
| 29 Sep 2008 | 27D | Memorization method | Sharon Delorme / Will Shortz |
| 11 Sep 2008 | 35D | You might give a speech by this | Caleb Madison / Will Shortz |
| 27 Jun 2008 | 50A | Mechanical | Brad Wilber / Will Shortz |
| 25 Jan 2008 | 22A | Habit | David Quarfoot / Will Shortz |
| 5 Sep 2007 | 63D | Learning method | Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz |
| 27 Apr 2007 | 47D | Memory work | Randolph Ross / Will Shortz |
| 20 Dec 2006 | 7D | Memorization | Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz |
| 13 Nov 2006 | 16A | Education by memorization | Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz |
| 19 Jun 2006 | 7D | Repetitive process | Raymond Hamel / Will Shortz |
| 26 Mar 2006 | 36D | Fixed course | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 28 Dec 2005 | 15A | Some learning | Ernest Lampert / Will Shortz |
| 9 Oct 2005 | 64A | Old-fashioned education | Kyle Mahowald / Will Shortz |
| 16 Jul 2005 | 48D | School drills, say | Michael Shteyman / Will Shortz |
| 15 Jun 2005 | 59A | Learning method | Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz |
| 11 Feb 2005 | 21A | Unthinking | Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz |
| 27 Dec 2004 | 58D | Monotonous learning | Levi Denham / Will Shortz |
| 24 Jul 2004 | 2D | Learning may be done by it | Dana Motley / Will Shortz |
| 22 Jul 2004 | 42A | Memorization technique | Greg Staples / Will Shortz |
| 6 Jul 2004 | 35A | Learning style | Matt Skoczen / Will Shortz |
| 30 Mar 2004 | 31D | Classroom drudgery | Sarah Keller / Will Shortz |
| 14 Jan 2004 | 65A | Boring way to learn | Fred Piscop / Will Shortz |
| 30 Dec 2003 | 40A | Way to learn, after “by” | Nancy Kavanaugh / Will Shortz |
| 21 Oct 2003 | 6D | Uncreative education method | John Underwood / Will Shortz |
| 31 Aug 2003 | 76D | Some schoolwork | Fred Piscop / Will Shortz |
| 16 Jul 2003 | 67A | Uncreative learning method | Norm Guggenbiller / Will Shortz |
| 24 Jun 2003 | 62A | Classroom drills | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz |
| 6 May 2003 | 49D | Superficial teaching method | Karen M. Tracey / Will Shortz |
| 17 Mar 2003 | 61A | Repetitive learning method | David Ainslie Macleod / Will Shortz |
| 12 Mar 2003 | 31D | Classroom routine | Myles Callum / Will Shortz |
| 13 Jul 2002 | 34A | Uncreative response | Randolph Ross / Will Shortz |
| 5 Mar 2002 | 42A | Mindless repetition | Marjorie Richter / Will Shortz |
| 21 Nov 2001 | 15A | Uninspired teaching method | M. Francis Vuolo / Will Shortz |
| 27 Sep 2001 | 15A | Learning style | Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz |
| 23 Jul 2001 | 48D | Learning by flashcards, e.g. | Ethan Cooper / Will Shortz |
| 29 Apr 2001 | 101D | Automatic course | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 19 Feb 2001 | 8D | Memorization method | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 25 Nov 2000 | 47D | Mechanical course | Patrick D. Berry / Will Shortz |
| 7 Nov 2000 | 21A | Kind of memorization | David Levinson Wilk / Will Shortz |
| 18 Sep 2000 | 37D | Mechanical learning | Sherry O. Blackard and Lyell Rodieck / Will Shortz |
| 5 Jun 2000 | 33D | Learning system | William A. Ballard / Will Shortz |
| 22 Feb 2000 | 72A | Learning the times table, e.g. | Dorothy E. Donaldson / Will Shortz |
| 9 Jan 2000 | 32A | Habit | Charles M. Deber / Will Shortz |
| 7 Nov 1999 | 23A | Dull routine | Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz |
| 28 Sep 1999 | 33D | Kind of learning | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 16 Sep 1999 | 8D | Some learning | Bill Ballard / Will Shortz |
| 2 Aug 1999 | 3D | Uncreative education | Stephanie Spadaccini / Will Shortz |
| 6 Mar 1999 | 3D | Some schoolwork | Fred Piscop / Will Shortz |
| 23 Jan 1999 | 9D | School drills | Frank Longo / Will Shortz |
| 10 Nov 1998 | 18A | Learning method | Diane C. Baldwin / Will Shortz |
| 25 May 1997 | 37A | Mechanical method | Cathy Millhauser / Will Shortz |
| 16 Feb 1997 | 26A | Some learning | M. Gaffney / W. Shortz |
| 21 Nov 1996 | 16A | Old-style education | M. Ashwood-Smith / W. Shortz |
| 5 Oct 1996 | 30D | Alternative to the new math | T. Payne / W. Shortz |
| 18 Sep 1996 | 15A | Learning method | D. J. Kahn / W. Shortz |
| 13 May 1996 | 62A | Set system | S. L. Robbins / W. Shortz |
| 20 Apr 1996 | 26A | Mechanical, after “by” | R. Norris / W. Shortz |
| 3 Jul 1995 | 70A | Old-fashioned learning | Fred Piscop/Will Shortz |
| 30 Apr 1995 | 108A | Habitual procedure | Warren W. Reich / Will Shortz |
| 26 Mar 1995 | 41D | Uncreative education | Rich Norris / Will Shortz |
| 28 Feb 1995 | 61D | Learning method | Nancy S. Ross/Will Shortz |
| 9 Feb 1995 | 62A | Unthinking response | Richard Thomas/Will Shortz |
| 19 Sep 1994 | 6D | Old-fashioned learning method | Wayne Robert Williams/Will Shortz |
| 30 Aug 1994 | 61D | Dull routine | Jonathan Schmatzbach/Will Shortz |
| 13 Jul 1994 | 26D | Repetition | Jonathan Schmatzbach/Will Shortz |
| 4 May 1994 | 10D | Learning method | Louis Sabin/Will Shortz |
| 12 Mar 1994 | 33D | Some schoolwork | Rand H. Burns / Will Shortz |
| 14 Dec 1993 | 56A | Mechanical memorization | Joel Davajan/Will Shortz |
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