Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri, Jul 19, 2024 | 20D | River traveled by passenger boats known as dahabeahs | Jacob McDermott | Fagliano |
Sun, Jun 30, 2024 | 98A | River in a classic dad joke | Ginny Too | Fagliano |
Mon, Apr 08, 2024 | 38D | Aswan Dam's river | Peter Gordon | Fagliano |
Fri, Feb 16, 2024 | 52A | Its tributaries have colorful names | Colin Adams | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 15, 2023 | 17A | River whose celestial mirror is the Milky Way, in ancient myths | David Harris | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 26, 2023 | 100D | Memphis's river | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Sat, Jan 28, 2023 | 3D | See 5-Down | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 19, 2022 | 37D | Cairo's river | Jennifer Nutt | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 02, 2022 | 53A | Setting for a classic Agatha Christie novel | Kathy Bloomer | Shortz |
Tue, May 31, 2022 | 40D | Its tributaries are Blue and White | Sam Buchbinder and Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Sat, May 14, 2022 | 55D | Shade of green | Ada Nicolle | Shortz |
Sat, Apr 09, 2022 | 7D | It turns red in Exodus | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | 58D | Home for many hippos | Aaron M. Rosenberg | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 13, 2021 | 69A | Where baby Moses was found | Tomas Spiers | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 22, 2021 | 12D | River on which Cleopatra cruised | Stella Zawistowski | Shortz |
Fri, Sep 10, 2021 | 51D | River personified by the god Hapi | Adrian Kabigting | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 13, 2021 | 50D | 4,100+ mile river that drains 11 countries | Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 11, 2020 | 116D | Where the infant Moses was found | Gary Larson | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 17, 2020 | 44D | View from Memphis | Rich Proulx | Shortz |
Mon, May 25, 2020 | 47D | "Blue" or "White" river | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 12, 2019 | 62A | River that's home to 1-Across | Gabrielle Friedman and Jakob Weisblat | Shortz |
Fri, Oct 25, 2019 | 46A | North-flowing river | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 24, 2019 | 36D | Shade of green | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 20, 2019 | 70D | Well, I'll be dammed! | Natan Last | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 22, 2019 | 2D | It flows past Memphis | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 21, 2019 | 62A | River draining 11 countries | Christopher Adams | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 11, 2018 | 26D | It flows past Giza | Keiran King | Shortz |
Fri, Mar 23, 2018 | 40A | One with a big mouth in Africa? | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 19, 2018 | 33D | Cairo's river | Michael Wiesenberg and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 12, 2018 | 12D | Stream near the Great Pyramids | Michael Black | Shortz |
Fri, Nov 10, 2017 | 41A | "Egypt was the gift of the ___": Herodotus | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 29, 2017 | 23A | It passes Luxor Temple | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 26, 2017 | 59D | River along which 56-Across is located | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 16, 2017 | 112D | River through ancient Nubia | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 28, 2017 | 43D | River that feeds Lake Nasser | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 25, 2017 | 14A | River that turned to blood in Exodus | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 | 54D | Elephantine Island is in it | Andrew Kingsley | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 | 3D | River that flows south to north | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 31, 2016 | 57A | One of its sources is Lake Tana | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Fri, Mar 25, 2016 | 3D | Water source for 11 countries | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 20, 2016 | 83A | Shade of blue or green | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 05, 2016 | 40A | Where baby Moses was found | Jim Holland | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 23, 2015 | 59A | Title river in a Christie mystery | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 22, 2015 | 11A | River near the Valley of the Kings | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 05, 2015 | 3D | Locale in Exodus | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 | 33A | Blue ___ | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 | 14A | Abu Simbel's waterway | Ned White | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 | 11D | World's longest river | Mike Buckley | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 01, 2015 | 17A | Site of cataracts | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 13, 2015 | 27D | Setting for a classic Agatha Christie mystery | Michael Blake | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 31, 2014 | 45D | West ___ virus | David Woolf | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 18, 2014 | 58D | Lotus-laden waterway | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 | 70D | River through two world capitals | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 08, 2013 | 85D | Khartoum's river | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 11, 2013 | 43D | River near the Pyramids | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 17, 2012 | 21A | River near the Pyramids | Elizabeth A. Long | Shortz |
Fri, Nov 16, 2012 | 45A | The Imbaba Bridge spans it | Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 | 53A | See 54-Across | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 | 50D | Locale of a Horatio Nelson victory | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 12, 2012 | 60A | 28-Across locale | Pawel Fludzinski | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 | 32A | Stream past Memphis | Tim Croce | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 | 45A | Blue ___ | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 26, 2012 | 26D | Cleopatra's river | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
Sat, Feb 25, 2012 | 13D | View from Memphis | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 04, 2011 | 20A | Cataract site | Kelsey Blakley | Shortz |
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 4D | Lord Nelson, the Hero of the ___ | Natan Last | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 68A | Setting for an Agatha Christie mystery | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 22, 2010 | 58D | River near the Great Pyramids | David Poole | Shortz |
Sat, Dec 05, 2009 | 23D | Where Aida sings "O patria mia" | Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 10, 2009 | 7D | Memphis's locale | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | 57D | Aswan's river | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | 56A | Setting for an Agatha Christie novel | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | 15A | Scene of classic flooding | Gary & Stephen Kennedy | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | 15A | Sahara irrigator | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | 18D | View from Abu Simbel | Michael Blake | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | 45A | River near the Sphinx | Billie Truitt | Shortz |
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 | 34A | "Where's my serpent of old ___?": "Antony and Cleopatra" | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 13, 2008 | 19D | Egyptian lifeline | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 | 48A | Memphis's locale | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 | 58D | With 66-Across, Egyptian agricultural area | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sat, Mar 24, 2007 | 28A | Shade of green | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 03, 2006 | 70A | Cataract site | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | 39D | 4,100-mile-long river | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Sat, Aug 05, 2006 | 30A | Course in African history | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 10, 2006 | 54D | Cairo's waterway | Gary J. Whitehead | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 13, 2006 | 60D | Alexandria's river | Bernice Gordon | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 12, 2006 | 38D | West ___ virus | Daniel C. Bryant | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 21, 2005 | 34D | Pharaoh's river | Wesley Johnson | Shortz |
Fri, Aug 26, 2005 | 56A | It went through Memphis | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu, May 12, 2005 | 47A | Home for hippopotamuses | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 16, 2005 | 61A | Shade of green | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 01, 2005 | 42D | River past Luxor | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Mon, Jan 31, 2005 | 3D | River with Blue and White tributaries | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 19, 2004 | 59A | River in an Agatha Christie title | Nancy Salomon and Kendall Twigg | Shortz |
Fri, Jun 18, 2004 | 5D | Sight in Memphis | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 08, 2004 | 60D | Cairo's river | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 01, 2003 | 58D | Cairo's waterway | John Greenman | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 22, 2003 | 59D | World's longest river | Marjorie Berg | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 18, 2003 | 56D | Green or blue shade | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 19, 2003 | 88A | Rosetta's locale | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 17, 2002 | 3D | Where young Moses was found | Richard and Judith Martin | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 | 18A | Christie's "Death on the ___" | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 19, 2002 | 13D | Christie setting | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 05, 2002 | 61A | Shade of green | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 12, 2002 | 63D | Blue or White follower | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 05, 2001 | 54A | World's longest river | Jenny Gutbezahl | Shortz |
Thu, May 31, 2001 | 20A | It rises in Lake Victoria | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Sat, May 19, 2001 | 48D | Sight in Memphis | Dana Motley | Shortz |
Wed, May 02, 2001 | 63A | "Cleopatra" backdrop | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Fri, Dec 08, 2000 | 18D | Christie murder setting | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 17, 2000 | 17A | River the Aswan Dam dams | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 16, 2000 | 30D | World's longest river | Mitch Komro | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 27, 2000 | 33D | Blue preceder or follower | Dana Motley | Shortz |
Sat, Aug 12, 2000 | 30A | Shade of blue | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 10, 2000 | 57A | "Blue" or "White" river | Gene Newman | Shortz |
Tue, May 16, 2000 | 69A | Khartoum's river | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 27, 2000 | 36D | Christie's "Death on the ___" | Dave and Diane Epperson | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 11, 2000 | 23A | Christie's "Death on the ___" | Fran and Lou Sabin | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 15, 1999 | 57A | Africa's longest river | Nick Grivas | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 19, 1999 | 22D | Literary death scene | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 07, 1999 | 44A | "Blue" or "White" river | Robert O. Dillman | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 21, 1999 | 16A | Site of annual floods | Mary E. Brindamour | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 27, 1999 | 63A | Rosetta's river | Leslie Billig | Shortz |
Mon, Jan 04, 1999 | 16A | "Cleopatra" backdrop | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 31, 1998 | 37D | Bank-washer in Cairo | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 15, 1998 | 29D | Aswan Dam locale | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 30, 1998 | 61A | Egypt's main water supply | Cynthia Joy Higgins | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 26, 1998 | 65A | Christie's "Death on the ___" | Robert Dillman | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 01, 1998 | 50D | Shade of blue | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 22, 1998 | 57D | Shade of green | Mark Elliot Skolsky | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 09, 1998 | 40A | Pharaohs' river | Robert Dillman | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 14, 1998 | 60D | World's longest river | William Bernhardt | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 18, 1997 | 18D | Cairo's river | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 05, 1997 | 28D | Blue ___ | Derrick Niederman | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 12, 1997 | 56D | Aswan's river | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 31, 1997 | 69A | Cleo's lane | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 07, 1997 | 62D | Longest river in the world | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 04, 1996 | 25D | Shade of green | M. E. Skolsky | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 11, 1996 | 28D | Cairo's river | S. Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 10, 1996 | 47A | River through Khartoum | M. Lees | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 17, 1996 | 79A | Kind of crocodile | Peter O'Gordon | McShortz |
Wed, Nov 29, 1995 | 62D | Shade of green | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 14, 1995 | 21D | Lake Nasser site | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 10, 1995 | 52D | Cairo's site | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 29, 1995 | 40D | "Cleopatra" setting | John R. Conrad | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 28, 1995 | 52D | Lake Nasser site | Roger H. Courtney | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 22, 1995 | 56D | "Cleopatra" locale | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Fri, Feb 24, 1995 | 39D | Lake Victoria outlet | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 08, 1994 | 7D | Memphis locale | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 30, 1994 | 58D | Cairo's river | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 08, 1994 | 19A | Home for some crocodiles | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sun, May 15, 1994 | 107D | Where Moses rafted | Charles M. Deber | Shortz |
Sun, May 08, 1994 | 3D | "Cleopatra" setting | Ralph G. Beaman | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 27, 1994 | 61A | Memphis's locale | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 06, 1994 | 104D | Christie murder locale | Arthur S. Verdesca | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 19, 1993 | 35A | Pale aqua | John M. Samson | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 05, 1993 | 28A | Kind of blue | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |