| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Tue, May 28, 2024 | 61A | Beat by just a bit | Chris Leatherberry | Fagliano |
| Thu, Feb 22, 2024 | 8D | Barely defeated | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 26, 2023 | 32D | Moved cautiously | Will Nediger | Shortz |
| Wed, Mar 31, 2021 | 23D | Sidled (along) | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 14, 2020 | 51A | Two-___ sword | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
| Sun, May 03, 2020 | 38A | Beat out by a hair | Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 29, 2019 | 99D | Beat by a hair | Andrew Chaikin | Shortz |
| Fri, Oct 25, 2019 | 63A | Defeated, but barely | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
| Tue, Aug 06, 2019 | 69A | Defeated by a hair | Jon Olsen | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 18, 2018 | 54A | Barely beat (out) | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 15, 2018 | 14D | Beat after a buzzer beater | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden | Shortz |
| Mon, Oct 28, 2013 | 28D | Sidled (along) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 08, 2013 | 51D | Sharp-___ | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Wed, Jul 18, 2012 | 52D | Just beat | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 22, 2011 | 6D | Barely beaten | Milo Beckman | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 23, 2011 | 59A | Double-___ | Tom Heilman | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 20, 2010 | 11D | Just beat | Todd Gross and Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Thu, Apr 08, 2010 | 13D | Beaten (out) | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
| Wed, Dec 26, 2007 | 39A | Just beat | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Thu, Apr 12, 2007 | 64A | Beat (out) | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 18, 2006 | 57D | Barely beaten | Pete Muller | Shortz |
| Wed, Jan 04, 2006 | 33D | Barely beat | John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 01, 2006 | 19D | Just beat | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Sun, May 01, 2005 | 81D | Beat by one, say | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 22, 2005 | 4A | Nosed (out) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun, May 09, 2004 | 35A | Cutting, as a remark | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 19, 2004 | 51D | Nosed (out) | Michael Doran | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 01, 2003 | 27A | Sharp, as a razor | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Fri, Apr 11, 2003 | 21D | Beaten (out) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 13, 2001 | 30D | Sharp-___ | Jim Page | Shortz |
| Thu, Jun 21, 2001 | 31D | Sharpened | Peter Abide | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 02, 2000 | 31D | Barely defeated | Henry Hook | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 13, 1999 | 42A | Beat by a whisker | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 02, 1999 | 53D | Bordered | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
| Sat, Jan 30, 1999 | 49D | Double-___ | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 15, 1997 | 21D | Made a border | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 25, 1997 | 30D | Put on a border | Elizabeth Gorski | Shortz |
| Thu, May 22, 1997 | 18D | Nosed (out) | Rose White | Shortz |
| Sun, May 19, 1996 | 65A | Beat by a nose | C. M. Deber | Shortz |
| Wed, Jan 24, 1996 | 30D | Nosed (out) | J. Hess | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 10, 1995 | 35D | Won by a nose, with "out" | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |