Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed, Sep 20, 2023 | 53D | "This is ___ of the emergency ..." | Gina Turner | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 16, 2022 | 33A | Blast of the past, in brief | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
Wed, Sep 22, 2021 | 11D | "This is only ___" | Grant Boroughs | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 19, 2021 | 19A | 1940s nuclear event, for short | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 21, 2020 | 14A | Nuclear trial, informally | Andrew Kingsley | Shortz |
Sat, May 04, 2019 | 4D | Big bang source, informally | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Sat, Dec 23, 2017 | 44D | Arms race event, for short | Matthew Sewell | Shortz |
Sat, Oct 14, 2017 | 29A | Unnerving boom, of sorts | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 | 50D | Arms race event, briefly | David Woolf | Shortz |
Fri, Oct 24, 2014 | 26A | Remotely monitored event, informally | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 | 66A | Historic event on Bikini atoll, briefly | Pamela Klawitter | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 17, 2014 | 27D | 1945 Alamogordo event, informally | John Lieb | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 04, 2014 | 20D | "This is only ___" | Bruce Haight and Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 09, 2014 | 16D | Bikini blast, informally | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 12, 2013 | 7D | Banned event, informally | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 | 5D | "This is only ___" | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 10, 2012 | 9D | Big blast, informally | Xan Vongsathorn | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 13, 2011 | 72A | Mushroom maker, briefly | John Farmer | Shortz |
Sat, Mar 05, 2011 | 43D | Mushroom grower, for short? | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 10, 2010 | 121A | Bikini blast, briefly | Mel Rosen | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 | 105D | Secret event of '45 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | 49D | Event that could be seen as far away as Las Vegas in the '50s | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | 70A | Blast from the past | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | 1A | Bikini blast | Alex Boisvert | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 | 12D | Mushroom producer, for short | Barry Boone | Shortz |
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 | 56A | Big shock wave producer, briefly | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | 13D | "This is only ___" | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | 11D | Historic 1940s event, for short | Warren Biro | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | 42A | Bikini event | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | 42A | Mushroom maker, for short | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 | 80A | It might lead to a cloud formation, for short | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | 46A | Cold war-era blast, in headlines | David Kwong and Emily Halpern | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 | 28A | "This is only ___" | Gilbert H. Ludwig | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | 61A | Alamogordo trial | Billie Truitt | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 | 34D | "This is only ___" | Barry Boone | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | 50D | Event in 1940s-'50s headlines | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat, Jan 12, 2008 | 7D | Historically significant trial | Frederick J. Healy | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 | 52D | Bikini event, once | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 | 62A | 1940s Bikini blast, in brief | Steve Kahn | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 03, 2006 | 84A | Defense initiative, for short | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 18, 2005 | 52A | Controversial 50's event | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 22, 2005 | 32D | Treaty topic | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon, Jan 24, 2005 | 70A | "This is ___ ..." (radio announcement) | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 05, 2005 | 1A | Blast from the past? | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 20, 2004 | 20A | "This is only ___" | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 18, 2004 | 30A | Bikini blast, briefly | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 20, 2004 | 125A | Bomb trial | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 09, 2003 | 56D | Bikini event, in old headlines | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 26, 2003 | 98D | Onetime Marshall Isl. event | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat, Mar 22, 2003 | 66A | Blast from the past | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 22, 2002 | 75A | Nuclear event, in headlines | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 17, 2002 | 66A | 1948 event dubbed "Operation Sandstone" | Richard and Judith Martin | Shortz |
Fri, Jun 21, 2002 | 53D | Big bang source | Bob Peoples | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 25, 2001 | 14A | Alamogordo event | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 28, 2001 | 35D | Alamogordo event | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sat, Sep 08, 2001 | 26D | Bikini blast | Jim Page | Shortz |
Wed, May 30, 2001 | 42A | Alamogordo event | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Fri, May 26, 2000 | 9D | Boom source | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 08, 1997 | 63A | Alamogordo event | Gilbert H. Ludwig | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 22, 1997 | 46A | Alamogordo event | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Fri, Mar 14, 1997 | 34D | Controversial event | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 10, 1996 | 97A | Greenpeace concern | R. Hamel | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 31, 1996 | 43A | This may have fallout | J. Schmalzbach | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 26, 1995 | 27D | Bikini blast | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 06, 1995 | 14A | Alamogordo event | Chet Currier | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 04, 1995 | 12D | Controversial explosion | Bryant White | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 05, 1994 | 40A | Outlawed explosion | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Fri, Oct 07, 1994 | 49D | Bikini blowout in '46 | Bryant White | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 09, 1994 | 28D | Nuclear experiment | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 03, 1994 | 17D | 1946 Bikini event | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 30, 1993 | 32D | "This is only ___" | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 30, 1993 | 29D | Alamogordo event, 7/16/45 | Joel Davajan | Shortz |