| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Fri, Jul 14, 2017 | 25D | Rostand who wrote about Cyrano | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 21, 2016 | 65A | Halley of Halley's comet | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Thu, Aug 11, 2016 | 21A | ___ Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 29, 2013 | 14A | Astronomer Halley | Norm Guggenbiller | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 08, 2013 | 25A | Hoyle of "Hoyle's Rules of Games" | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Fri, Nov 04, 2011 | 56A | Controversial one-act play by Mamet | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 14, 2010 | 49A | Astronomer Halley | Eshan Mitra, Brown University '12 | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 10, 2005 | 4D | Oscar winner O'Brien | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 29, 2003 | 38A | Actor O'Brien | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 01, 2003 | 7A | Dumas's Dantès | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Fri, Jun 28, 2002 | 62A | Dumas's Dantès | Charles E. Gersch | Shortz |
| Thu, May 08, 1997 | 34A | O'Brien of "The Barefoot Contessa" | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Tue, May 16, 1995 | 34A | Oklahoma city | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 28, 1993 | 31A | Actor O'Brien | Joanne W. Edwards | Shortz |