| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Fri, Mar 15, 2013 | 23D | Comets' head | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Thu, Aug 23, 2012 | 21D | ___ Joel Osment of "The Sixth Sense" | Mark Feldman | Shortz |
| Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | 46D | See 14-Across | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 18, 2004 | 68A | "Roots" writer | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham | Shortz |
| Fri, Jul 09, 2004 | 26A | "The Wizard of Oz" co-star | David Liben-Nowell | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 22, 2003 | 78A | "The Wizard of Oz" actor | John Duschatko | Shortz |
| Thu, May 24, 2001 | 42A | "Shake, Rattle and Roll" singer | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 15, 1997 | 22A | Author with a book subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 14, 1997 | 49D | Alex who wrote "Roots" | Mark Elliot Skolsky | Shortz |
| Fri, May 03, 1996 | 26D | "R-O-C-K" singer, 1956 | H. Estes | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 12, 1995 | 21D | Malcolm X biographer | Christopher Hurt | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 23, 1995 | 22A | 50's rocker Bill | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
| Wed, Dec 22, 1993 | 26D | The Tin Man portrayer | Morton B. Braun | Shortz |