| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun, May 10, 2015 | 101A | First word of Dante's "Inferno" | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
| Sat, Nov 06, 2010 | 21D | "Regnava ___ silenzio" (Donizetti aria) | Brad Wilber | Shortz |
| Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | 4D | "___ mezzo del cammin di nostra vita": Dante | Joey Weissbrot, Brown University '11 | Shortz |
| Thu, Mar 11, 2010 | 58D | "Volare (___ Blu Dipinto di Blu)" | John Farmer | Shortz |
| Fri, Dec 18, 2009 | 22A | Bellini's "___ furor delle tempeste" | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Fri, Oct 12, 2007 | 50D | "Tutte ___ cor vi sento" (Mozart aria) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 24, 2007 | 113D | First word of Dante's "Inferno" | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 08, 2006 | 42A | "___ Blu Dipinto di Blu" | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Wed, May 10, 2006 | 8D | First word of Dante's "Inferno" | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
| Wed, May 03, 2006 | 63D | In the: Italian | Lisa Wiseman | Shortz |
| Fri, Apr 07, 2006 | 44A | "Laggiù ___ Soledad" (Puccini aria) | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
| Thu, Jul 07, 2005 | 4D | First word of Dante's "Inferno" | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
| Sat, May 03, 2003 | 37D | First word of Dante's "Inferno" | John Scott Marrone | Shortz |
| Fri, Apr 11, 2003 | 46A | "Volare (___ Blu, Dipinto Di Blu)" | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Fri, Jan 18, 2002 | 55D | "___ Blu, Dipinto di Blu" | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sat, Nov 11, 2000 | 56A | First word of Dante's "Inferno" | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 29, 1995 | 77A | 1958 song "___ Blu, Dipinto di Blu" | Bryant White | Shortz |