| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Wed, Dec 20, 2023 | 4D | Best effort | Brad Wiegmann | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 07, 2023 | 17A | Best competitive stuff | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 01, 2022 | 43D | Best effort | Natan Last | Shortz |
| Tue, Aug 30, 2022 | 23D | Best effort, informally | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
| Thu, Dec 23, 2021 | 12D | Good thing to bring to the field | Stephen McCarthy | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 22, 2021 | 117A | You should always bring it to a competition | Stephen McCarthy | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 26, 2021 | 18A | Best possible athletic performance | Eric and Lori Bornstein | Shortz |
| Wed, May 20, 2020 | 15A | Something an athlete should bring | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | Shortz |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2020 | 16A | Good thing for an athlete to bring | Erik Agard and Wyna Liu | Shortz |
| Wed, Mar 04, 2020 | 14A | Best competitive effort | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 13, 2019 | 109A | Best competitive performance, informally | Erik Agard | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 05, 2019 | 54D | Best effort, informally | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 27, 2015 | 36D | Best-effort performance | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2015 | 17D | Peak performance, informally | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 15, 2011 | 70A | Best competitive effort, informally | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
| Thu, Feb 25, 2010 | 14A | NPR's "Only ___" | Holden Baker | Shortz |
| Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | 5D | NPR's "Only ___" | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
| Fri, May 06, 2005 | 4A | "It's only ___" | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Sat, Jan 08, 2005 | 45D | "Only ___" (NPR program) | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 15, 2002 | 119A | "It's only ___!" | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 25, 1999 | 52D | "War's ___": Cowper | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Fri, Jan 01, 1999 | 34D | "It's only ___!" | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 11, 1997 | 17A | "This is ___ two can play!" | Rich Norris | Shortz |