| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun, Apr 14, 2024 | 7A | Hall-of-Fame QB John | John Rippe and Jeff Chen | Fagliano |
| Wed, Jan 24, 2024 | 62A | Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls | John-Clark Levin | Shortz |
| Wed, Jul 13, 2022 | 68A | QB John in the Pro Football Hall of Fame | Addison Snell | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 61A | Pro Football Hall-of-Fame QB John | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
| Tue, May 12, 2020 | 53A | Broncos Hall-of-Famer John | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 14, 2019 | 53D | QB-turned-football exec John | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 03, 2018 | 22A | Hall-of-Fame Broncos QB John | Trent H. Evans | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 10, 2017 | 28A | Nine-time Pro Bowler John | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 15, 2014 | 41A | Hall-of-Fame QB John | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 08, 2014 | 37A | Hall-of-Fame Broncos QB John | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 23, 2013 | 33A | Bronco great John | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | 96D | Stanford QB drafted #1 in 1983 | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | 27D | Former QB John | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
| Sat, May 02, 2009 | 40A | QB who was the Super Bowl XXXIII M.V.P. | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Wed, Dec 28, 2005 | 64A | John of the Broncos | Ernest Lampert | Shortz |
| Fri, Jun 06, 2003 | 16A | Super Bowl XXXIII M.V.P. | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Fri, Feb 23, 2001 | 49A | Super Bowl XXXIII M.V.P. | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 15, 1998 | 3D | Broncos QB John | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 22, 1995 | 84A | QB John | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |