| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Tue, Jul 12, 2022 | 21A | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A., for short | Karen Steinberg | Shortz |
| Mon, Dec 06, 2021 | 54A | Spartans' sch. | Emily Rourke | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 01, 2021 | 9D | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. | Sean Yamada-Hunter | Shortz |
| Tue, May 04, 2021 | 27D | The Spartans of the Big Ten, in brief | Nina Sloan | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 23, 2021 | 5D | East Lansing school, in brief | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Fri, Jan 22, 2021 | 29A | Big Ten football powerhouse, for short | Daniel Larsen | Shortz |
| Sat, Nov 21, 2020 | 59D | Big Sky Conference sch. | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 20, 2018 | 36D | Spartans of the Big Ten Conf. | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
| Mon, Jan 15, 2018 | 32D | East Lansing sch. | Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 27, 2016 | 42A | Big Ten sch. | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
| Mon, Jun 06, 2016 | 6D | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. | Mary Lou Guizzo | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 04, 2015 | 100A | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 07, 2015 | 21D | East Lansing sch. | David J. Lieb | Shortz |
| Tue, Feb 17, 2015 | 48D | Spartans' sch. | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
| Wed, Apr 23, 2014 | 65D | Where Magic Johnson played college ball, for short | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 04, 2013 | 42A | East Lansing sch. | John Lieb | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 23, 2013 | 11D | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. | Severin T. Nelson | Shortz |
| Mon, Dec 24, 2012 | 60A | East Lansing sch. | Michael Sharp | Shortz |
| Thu, May 03, 2012 | 60D | The Spartans, briefly | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
| Wed, Mar 16, 2011 | 9D | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Sun, May 23, 2010 | 55A | Home of the N.C.A.A. Spartans | Yaakov Bendavid | Shortz |
| Wed, May 14, 2008 | 4D | East Lansing sch. | Doug Peterson | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 22, 2007 | 118D | Big Ten sch. | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 11, 2007 | 74A | East Lansing sch. | Mark Feldman | Shortz |
| Sat, Nov 25, 2006 | 32D | Spartans' sch. | Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
| Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | 26A | Home of the N.C.A.A. Spartans | Bruce P. Douglas | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 11, 2006 | 57D | Big Ten sch. | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 06, 2005 | 32A | E. Lansing school | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Fri, Oct 14, 2005 | 61D | East Lansing sch. | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 25, 2005 | 56D | Big Ten inits. | Matt Skoczen | Shortz |
| Thu, Dec 23, 2004 | 66A | E. Lansing school | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 07, 2003 | 7D | E. Lansing school | Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
| Tue, Aug 28, 2001 | 52A | E. Lansing campus | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Sun, Mar 18, 2001 | 69D | U.S.C. defeater in the 1988 Rose Bowl | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 09, 1996 | 9D | East Lansing sch. | R. Hughes | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 23, 1994 | 85A | East Lansing sch. | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |