Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sat, Oct 21, 2023 | 26D | City with the oldest metro system in Africa | Kelly Morenus | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 27, 2023 | 19A | Capital of Egypt | David Rockow | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 18, 2022 | 53A | Capital on the Nile | Phoebe Gordon | Shortz |
Sun, May 23, 2021 | 6D | Boutros Boutros-Ghali's home city | Jennifer Nebergall | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 14, 2021 | 71A | North African capital | Lisa Bunker | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 | 5A | Egypt's capital | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Fri, Oct 02, 2020 | 14A | City near Memphis | Debbie Ellerin | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 28, 2020 | 53D | Capital near the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that's still largely intact | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 04, 2020 | 25A | So-called "City of a Thousand Minarets" | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 30, 2020 | 14A | "The City of a Thousand Minarets" | Caitlin Reid | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 28, 2019 | 32D | City near the Great Sphinx | Daniel Grinberg | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 18, 2018 | 47D | See 43-Across | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 13, 2017 | 59A | "Raiders of the Lost Ark" destination | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 12, 2016 | 37A | Egypt's capital | Mark McClain | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 | 33A | Egypt's capital | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 | 15A | Capital on the Nile | Todd Gross and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 | 87A | The City of a Thousand Minarets | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 | 20A | City near the only remaining wonder of the ancient world | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 60A | World capital whose name means "victorious" | Pete Muller | Shortz |
Sun, May 05, 2013 | 103A | Arab League headquarters | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 | 18A | City where 13-Across debuted | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 | 51D | Egypt's capital | Michael David | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 | 30D | Tahrir Square's locale | Dave Sarpola | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 11, 2011 | 126A | 2011 revolution locale | Kay Anderson | Shortz |
Sat, Feb 19, 2011 | 2D | City of a Thousand Minarets | Tim Croce | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 | 66A | Arafat's birthplace | Eshan Mitra, Brown University '12 | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 20, 2009 | 37D | Home of the mask of King Tutankhamen | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 01, 2009 | 1A | City near the Great Sphinx | Jonah Kagan and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | 3D | Egypt's capital | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 24, 2009 | 52A | Africa's largest city | Pancho Harrison | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 25, 2008 | 30D | The City of a Thousand Minarets | Eric Tentarelli | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | 54D | Africa's most populous city | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 07, 2007 | 11D | Where "Aida" premiered | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 | 37A | Where "Aida" premiered | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais | Shortz |
Sun, May 06, 2007 | 29A | Site of Napoleon's invasion of 1798-1801 | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 17, 2006 | 113A | Arab capital | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri, Aug 18, 2006 | 35A | Where "Aida" debuted | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 11, 2006 | 48A | Home of the Ramses Hilton | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 16, 2005 | 46D | African capital of 11 million | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 21, 2005 | 48D | Yasir Arafat's birthplace | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 28, 2005 | 52D | Egypt's capital | Elizabeth Babikan | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 11, 2005 | 44A | W.W. II conference site | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 31, 2004 | 48D | Home of Al-Azhar University | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 11, 2004 | 26A | Egypt's capital | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
Sat, Jan 17, 2004 | 25D | 1943 conference site | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 01, 2002 | 121A | W.W. II conference site | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 30, 2002 | 10D | Egypt's capital | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 27, 2002 | 31D | So-called "City of Victory" | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 13, 2002 | 45D | Where "Aida" premiered | Ed Early | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 26, 2002 | 51D | Nile city | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 23, 2001 | 27D | City on the Nile | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 17, 2001 | 10D | View from Giza | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 26, 2000 | 20A | Where "Aïda" premiered | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 04, 1999 | 103D | Where the Mississippi meets the Ohio | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 29, 1999 | 39A | Delta city | Arthur S. Verdesca | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 20, 1998 | 53D | Capital near Alexandria | John D. Leavy | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 08, 1997 | 15A | Nile capital | Robert Goldberg | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 28, 1996 | 1D | Where "Aida" premiered | B. Klahn | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 29, 1996 | 107A | Southernmost city in Illinois | M. Reagle | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 05, 1996 | 51D | Africa's most populous city | G. R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 22, 1995 | 25A | Saladin's citadel site | Richard Thomas | Shortz |