| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Mon, Oct 17, 2022 | 33A | John who wrote the sonnet "Death Be Not Proud" | Caryn L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 13, 2022 | 50D | Poet who originated the phrase "For whom the bell tolls" | Lewis Rothlein | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 26, 2021 | 52D | John who wrote "No man is an island" | Eric and Lori Bornstein | Shortz |
| Fri, Feb 26, 2021 | 44D | "Go, and catch a falling star" poet | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
| Sun, Mar 01, 2020 | 34A | Poet who wrote "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love" | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 25, 2019 | 43D | Poet who wrote "To His Mistress Going to Bed" | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 13, 2016 | 71A | "Death be not proud" poet | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Sat, Aug 22, 2015 | 21D | "Stay, O Sweet" writer | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 01, 2013 | 106D | "Meditation XVII" writer | John Farmer | Shortz |
| Fri, Sep 30, 2011 | 37A | "Nature's lay idiot, I taught thee to love" penner | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Sun, May 16, 2010 | 40A | "What if this present were the world's last night?" poet | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 26D | "Death Be Not Proud" poet | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | 37A | "Go, and catch a falling star" poet | Ian Tullis | Shortz |
| Fri, Apr 18, 2008 | 13D | "Holy Sonnets" poet | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Tue, Feb 26, 2008 | 4D | John who wrote "Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies" | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 10, 2006 | 93D | "Go, and catch a falling star" poet | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Sat, Apr 23, 2005 | 37A | "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love" poet | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Sat, Jan 15, 2005 | 56A | "The Bait" poet | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Tue, May 25, 2004 | 15A | "Death, Be Not Proud" poet | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 02, 2004 | 71A | "Death Be Not Proud" poet John | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 08, 2002 | 4D | "No man is an island" writer | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 23, 2001 | 19D | "Death be not proud" writer | Ethan Cooper | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 06, 2000 | 75D | Clergyman/poet John | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 03, 1998 | 61A | "No man is an island" poet John | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Fri, Jan 02, 1998 | 11D | "Holy Sonnets" poet | Alex K. Justin | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 01, 1997 | 40A | "Go and catch a falling star" poet | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Mon, Jun 30, 1997 | 36A | "Death Be Not Proud" poet | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | 104D | "Death, Be Not Proud" poet | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 12, 1995 | 48A | "Death Be Not Proud" poet | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 20, 1994 | 68D | "Death Be Not Proud" poet | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
| Mon, Oct 03, 1994 | 2D | "No man is an island" writer | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
| Fri, May 27, 1994 | 30D | "Twicknam Garden" poet | Chet Currier | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 30, 1994 | 34D | "Go and Catch a Falling Star" poet | Alex K. Justin | Shortz |