| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun, Feb 18, 2024 | 43A | Really hurt | Sid Sivakumar | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 11, 2023 | 13A | Was sore | Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 05, 2019 | 9A | Had a bad feeling | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 29, 2019 | 66D | Was sore | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 05, 2019 | 62A | Throbbed | Joe Deeney | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 16, 2018 | 58D | Hurt | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Thu, Feb 22, 2018 | 50A | Didn't feel like moving, maybe | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Thu, Dec 08, 2016 | 26A | Yearned | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Sat, Nov 19, 2016 | 67A | Had a bad feeling | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 06, 2016 | 2D | Was heartsick | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
| Sat, Feb 14, 2015 | 32A | Hankered | David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 14, 2012 | 1D | Needed a massage, say | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 23, 2011 | 9A | Yearned (for) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 24, 2010 | 7D | Hurt | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 01, 2009 | 7D | Needed a massage, maybe | Steven Ginzburg | Shortz |
| Mon, May 12, 2008 | 1D | Needed a chiropractor, say | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Sun, Mar 23, 2008 | 77D | Hurt so bad | Robert W. Harris | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 24, 2007 | 28D | Felt sore | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 29, 2007 | 101D | Suffered | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 06, 2006 | 10D | Needed to be kneaded, maybe | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 17, 2005 | 53D | Hurt | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 15, 2005 | 2D | Had a yen | Gail Grabowski | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 19, 2004 | 71D | Longed | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 06, 2004 | 88D | Hurt | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 02, 2004 | 9A | Longed | Charles Barasch | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 20, 2003 | 8D | Was sore | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 18, 2003 | 67A | Felt compassion (for) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Mon, Dec 10, 2001 | 50D | Was in pain | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 04, 2001 | 2D | Hurt | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sat, Sep 01, 2001 | 56A | Felt fluish | Dana Motley | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 09, 2001 | 51D | Was hurting | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 12, 2000 | 14D | Hurt | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Tue, Jul 11, 2000 | 13D | Longed (for) | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 18, 1999 | 14A | Felt (for) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 29, 1998 | 31A | Needed liniment | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 16, 1998 | 51A | Hurt plenty | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 27, 1998 | 31D | Hankered (for) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 25, 1997 | 50D | Hurt | John Scott Marrone | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 17, 1997 | 9A | Hurt | Karen Hodge | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 22, 1997 | 97A | Was in knots | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
| Wed, Apr 23, 1997 | 53D | Hurt | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 23, 1996 | 1D | Throbbed | R. Norris | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 19, 1996 | 3D | Felt (for) | G. Petgrave | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 26, 1995 | 78A | Hurt | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 20, 1995 | 1D | Yearned | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 13, 1995 | 16A | Was in pain | Norma Steinberg | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 29, 1995 | 12D | Needed liniment | Maura B. Jacobson | Shortz |
| Thu, Jul 28, 1994 | 1D | Hurt | Bryant White | Shortz |
| Mon, May 16, 1994 | 26A | Was sore | Ed Pegg Jr. | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 28, 1993 | 2D | Was sore | Joanne W. Edwards | Shortz |