| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sat, Jun 22, 2024 | 50A | Just must | Hoang-Kim Vu | Fagliano |
| Mon, Jul 24, 2023 | 3D | Must, informally | John Ewbank | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 22, 2022 | 35A | Must, informally | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Fri, Dec 10, 2021 | 18A | "___ boogie!" | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Tue, Oct 20, 2020 | 42A | "___ run!" | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 30, 2020 | 5A | "___ Catch 'Em All" (Pokémon theme song) | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 11, 2020 | 9D | "I ___ Feeling" (2009 chart-topper) | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
| Thu, Jul 02, 2020 | 9D | "___ go!" | Yacob Yonas and Chad Horner | Shortz |
| Fri, Apr 17, 2020 | 6A | "___ go!" | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 15, 2019 | 48D | "___ run!" | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 08, 2019 | 55D | "___ go!" | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 29, 2018 | 95A | Must, informally | Will Nediger | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 29, 2016 | 44A | "Well, I ___ hand it to you ..." | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 22, 2015 | 51D | The Black Eyed Peas' "I ___ Feeling" | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 30, 2012 | 58D | "We ___ Get Out of This Place" | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 26, 2011 | 2D | Must, slangily | Milo Beckman | Shortz |
| Fri, Oct 30, 2009 | 9A | Must, informally | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 10, 2008 | 79D | Must, informally | Bill Zais | Shortz |
| Fri, Feb 16, 2007 | 29D | Stevie Wonder's "___ Have You" | Charles Barasch | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 03, 2006 | 55D | "___ go!" | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig | Shortz |
| Thu, Feb 10, 2005 | 24A | "___ go!" | Frank Longo | Shortz |
| Wed, Jan 26, 2005 | 41A | "I ___ Right to Sing the Blues" | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
| Fri, Jan 14, 2005 | 45A | Must, slangily | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 21, 2004 | 24D | With 15-Across, need, slangily | Kumar Balani | Shortz |
| Tue, Jun 29, 2004 | 53A | Must, slangily | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 17, 2003 | 1A | Spike Lee's "She's ___ Have It" | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Thu, Apr 04, 2002 | 34D | Spike Lee's "She's ___ Have It" | Trip Payne | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 03, 2001 | 3D | "___ go!" | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Sat, May 19, 2001 | 55A | Must, informally | Dana Motley | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 25, 1996 | 75A | "I've ___ Be Me" (1969 hit) | R. Silvestri | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 12, 1993 | 101A | Must, slangily | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Tue, Nov 23, 1993 | 47D | Must, slangily | Lois Sidway | Shortz |