Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri, Mar 24, 2023 | 47D | "Would ___?" | Blake Slonecker | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 19, 2022 | 65A | Tennis pro Nastase, the first athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Sat, Apr 25, 2020 | 30D | Nastase of tennis | Andrew J. Ries | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 20, 2020 | 26D | Nastase of 1970s tennis | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 08, 2019 | 7D | 1970s tennis champ Nastase | Ned White | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 25, 2019 | 62D | Nastase of tennis | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 05, 2018 | 20A | 1982 Loretta Lynn song with the lyric "It's not easy to deceive you" | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 25, 2017 | 55D | 1970s tennis champ Nastase | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 05, 2017 | 61A | Nastase of tennis fame | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat, Jun 17, 2017 | 37A | "Would ___?" | Ryan McCarty | Shortz |
Sun, May 21, 2017 | 115A | "Would ___?" | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 13, 2016 | 69A | "Would ___?" | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 16, 2015 | 12D | "Would ___?" | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 | 16A | Tennis's Nastase | Mary Lou Guizzo | Shortz |
Sat, Mar 14, 2015 | 54D | First name in the International Tennis Hall of Fame | James Mulhern | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 07, 2014 | 6D | "Would ___ to you?" | Matt Skoczen and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 | 67A | "Would ___ to you?" | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Fri, May 16, 2014 | 14A | Paradoxical assertion, perhaps | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 10, 2014 | 2D | Nastase of tennis | Kelly Clark | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 04, 2014 | 14A | Tennis's Nastase | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 12, 2013 | 58D | Tennis's Nastase | Daniel Raymon | Shortz |
Sat, May 18, 2013 | 58D | First name in '70s tennis | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 02, 2012 | 55A | Tennis's Nastase | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 11, 2011 | 44A | "Would ___ to you?" | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 24, 2010 | 25D | Tennis's Nastase | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 | 15A | Tennis's Nastase | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 08, 2010 | 34A | Tennis's Nastase | Pam Klawitter | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 | 55D | First name in 1970s tennis | Mel Rosen | Shortz |
Mon, May 31, 2010 | 34A | Tennis's Nastase | Oliver Hill | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 13, 2010 | 54D | Netman Nastase | Alex Boisvert | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 07, 2010 | 56A | Nastase of tennis | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 13, 2009 | 70D | Netman Nastase | Mike Shenk | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | 55D | "Would ___?" | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | 56D | 1976 loser to Bjorn at Wimbledon | Gary J. Whitehead | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | 27D | "Would ___?" | Ian Tullis | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 | 82D | "Why would ___?" | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 | 48D | Tennis's Nastase | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 09, 2008 | 35A | "Would ___ to You?" (1985 Eurythmics hit) | John Farmer | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | 2D | Tennis champ Nastase | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 | 32D | "Would ___?" | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 | 24A | "Lo, here ___, / Never to rise again": "Hamlet" | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Wed, May 30, 2007 | 54D | Tennis's Nastase | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Mon, May 07, 2007 | 14A | Nastase of tennis | Janet Bender | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 | 3D | "Would ___?" | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 14, 2007 | 111A | Tennis's Nastase | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sat, Oct 28, 2006 | 53D | Arthur lost to him at the 1972 U.S. Open | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 12, 2006 | 14A | Tennis's Nastase | Curtis Yee | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 06, 2005 | 44A | Nastase of tennis | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 30, 2005 | 96D | Tennis's Nastase | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. | Shortz |
Fri, Sep 30, 2005 | 51D | "Would ___?" | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 | 19A | First name in Romanian tennis | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 08, 2005 | 14A | 1970's tennis champ Nastase | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 | 81D | "Would ___?" | Joe Bower | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 08, 2005 | 51D | "Would ___?" | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 30, 2005 | 8D | Rival of Bjorn | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 27, 2005 | 83D | Court rival of Bjorn | Con Pederson | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 10, 2004 | 15A | "Would ___ to you?" | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 16, 2003 | 115A | Bjorn rival | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 15, 2003 | 49D | Tennis's Nastase | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 05, 2003 | 54D | Tennis great Nastase | D. J. DeChristopher | Shortz |
Sat, May 10, 2003 | 48A | "Would ___?" | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 03, 2003 | 49D | Tennis champ Nastase | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 04, 2002 | 57D | Court foe of Bjorn | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 25, 2002 | 7D | Tennis's Nastase | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 14, 2002 | 28A | "Would ___?" | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 27, 2002 | 63A | First name in 1970's tennis | James R. Leeds | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 14, 2001 | 41D | "Would ___ to you?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 11, 2001 | 59A | "Would ___?" | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 21, 2001 | 16A | Arthur's onetime court rival | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 11, 2001 | 43A | Netman Nastase | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sat, Mar 10, 2001 | 33D | First name in 70's tennis | Charles E. Gersch | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 28, 2001 | 104A | Tennis's Nastase | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 19, 2000 | 41A | Rival of Bjorn | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 01, 2000 | 16A | Netman Nastase | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 10, 2000 | 73A | He beat Arthur at the 1972 U.S. Open | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 23, 2000 | 52D | Tennis's Nastase | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 09, 2000 | 86A | Tennis's Nastase | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 26, 1999 | 33D | Tennis's Nastase | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 25, 1999 | 52D | Tennis's Nastase | Philip Lew | Shortz |
Tue, Jul 20, 1999 | 56D | Netman Nastase | Joy L. Wouk | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 18, 1998 | 110D | Onetime rival of Bjorn | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Wed, May 13, 1998 | 35A | Netman Nastase | Eileen Lexau | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 05, 1997 | 33A | Tennis's Nastase | Derrick Niederman | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | 31A | "Would ___?" (sleazeball's question) | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 07, 1997 | 16A | "In a cowslip's bell ___": "The Tempest" | J. Schmalzbach | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | 47D | Tennis's Nastase | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 10, 1996 | 21D | Rival of Bjorn | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 16, 1996 | 108A | Contemporary of Bjorn | N. N. Joline | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 21, 1996 | 92A | Tennis's Nastase | M. Gaffney | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 08, 1996 | 37D | Nastase of tennis | S. B. Whitten | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 05, 1996 | 61D | Tennis's Nastase | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 11, 1996 | 56D | Nasty, formally | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 26, 1995 | 35D | Nasty at court | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 09, 1995 | 50A | First name in tennis | Bob Sefick | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 08, 1995 | 3D | Nastase of tennis | Glenn E. Sykes | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 19, 1995 | 60A | Netman Nastase | Lois Sidway | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 23, 1995 | 23A | Colleague of Jimmy and Bjorn | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 26, 1995 | 78D | Netman Nastase | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 07, 1995 | 57A | Mr. Nastase | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 18, 1994 | 9D | Nasty racket operator? | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 15, 1994 | 50D | Opponent of Jimmy and Arthur | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 03, 1994 | 33A | Nastase of tennis | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Fri, May 06, 1994 | 4D | Tennis hothead | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 20, 1994 | 29D | Netman Nastase | Joel Davajan | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 22, 1994 | 34A | Netman Nastase | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Fri, Jan 07, 1994 | 14A | First name in tennis | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 04, 1994 | 53D | Coach Nastase | David A. Rosen | Shortz |