| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Wed, May 22, 2024 | 6A | Story that starts with the end? | Martin Schneider | Fagliano |
| Fri, Mar 01, 2024 | 9A | Written remembrance, for short | Julian Xiao | Shortz |
| Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 56D | Published remembrance, for short | Vasu Seralathan | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 11, 2023 | 46A | Death notice, in brief | Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 10, 2023 | 56D | In memoriam piece, informally | Brad Wiegmann | Shortz |
| Sat, Mar 25, 2023 | 45A | Departure announcement? | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 05, 2022 | 51D | Death notice, in brief | Adam Simpson | Shortz |
| Mon, May 09, 2022 | 17A | In memoriam piece | August Miller | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 12, 2022 | 57A | Story of one's life? | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Sat, Apr 09, 2022 | 40A | Deadlines? | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
| Thu, Dec 30, 2021 | 55D | Life after death? | John Ewbank | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 21, 2021 | 28D | Final words? | Daniel Okulitch | Shortz |
| Sat, Nov 21, 2020 | 56D | Last words? | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 16, 2020 | 21A | "In memoriam" piece | Jennifer Nutt | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 28, 2020 | 8D | Piece that often includes a D.O.B. | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 25, 2020 | 50D | Celebration of a life, for short | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 05, 2020 | 10A | Story of a lifetime, in brief | Michael Paleos | Shortz |
| Wed, Apr 08, 2020 | 2D | Dead space? | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
| Fri, Nov 29, 2019 | 11D | Piece of sad news | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 03, 2019 | 15A | Snippet with a funeral date | Ricky Cruz | Shortz |
| Wed, Jan 02, 2019 | 26A | Often-prewritten news article, for short | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 31, 2018 | 46A | Story of a lifetime, for short? | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
| Sat, Aug 04, 2018 | 54D | End note? | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
| Fri, Mar 23, 2018 | 31D | End piece? | Erik Agard | Shortz |
| Tue, Feb 27, 2018 | 41D | News item that its subject never reads | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Tue, Oct 31, 2017 | 56D | Newspaper piece that always starts at the end? | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 14, 2017 | 34D | Passing mention? | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 20, 2017 | 33D | Last words? | Ed Stein and Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 31, 2016 | 79A | Passing note? | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 03, 2016 | 33A | Passing mention? | David Woolf | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 07, 2015 | 102D | Life lines? | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
| Thu, May 14, 2015 | 21D | "Late" news item | Kameron Austin Collins | Shortz |
| Sat, Jan 03, 2015 | 22A | Notice after the expiration date? | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Mon, Dec 22, 2014 | 29A | Write-up on the recently deceased | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 28, 2014 | 81D | Dead reckoning? | Todd Gross | Shortz |
| Thu, Sep 18, 2014 | 59D | Life lines? | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 18, 2014 | 14A | Black-bordered news item | Amy Johnson | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 06, 2014 | 104D | Expiration notice | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 24, 2014 | 22A | News item of passing concern? | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 26, 2014 | 77D | Words of remembrance, briefly | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 16, 2013 | 53D | Exit lines? | Dana Motley | Shortz |
| Wed, Feb 27, 2013 | 21A | Solemn column | Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 10, 2013 | 100D | End note? | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Mon, Jan 07, 2013 | 24D | Black-bordered news item | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 28, 2012 | 41A | Facts of life? | Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 30, 2012 | 38D | Life after death? | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
| Fri, Dec 02, 2011 | 15A | End notes? | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 05, 2011 | 33A | Final words? | Barry Boone | Shortz |
| Tue, May 31, 2011 | 50D | Article often bordered in black | Nina Rulon-Miller | Shortz |
| Thu, May 19, 2011 | 4A | Departure announcement? | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 51A | Departure info? | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 51D | Black-bordered news item | David Hanson | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 19, 2010 | 56D | Something of yours you'll never see | Kevin G. Der | Shortz |
| Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 25D | End piece? | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 02, 2010 | 17A | Bye lines? | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
| Tue, May 25, 2010 | 34D | Article that may list survivors, in brief | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 03, 2010 | 123A | It has an expiration date | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 14, 2009 | 3D | News item listing surviving kin | Bernice Gordon | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 09, 2009 | 64A | News item that often has a person's age in the headline | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 18, 2009 | 110D | Passing notice | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | 31D | Passing notice | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | 28D | Death notice, for short | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 24, 2008 | 88D | Late news? | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | 5D | Life lines? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | 1A | Black-bordered news item | Ken Bessette | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 22, 2008 | 17A | Final notice? | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 08, 2008 | 3D | End piece? | Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | 7D | Sad news item | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | 10A | It might be found, appropriately, in a newspaper morgue | Bruce P. Douglas | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 17, 2006 | 109D | Passing mention? | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 28, 2006 | 26D | Newspaper notice | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 16, 2006 | 114A | Dying words? | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Wed, Jul 05, 2006 | 15A | Passing remarks? | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Thu, Apr 20, 2006 | 38A | Dying words | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 11, 2005 | 68D | Something of yours you can't see | Ben Tausig | Shortz |
| Wed, May 11, 2005 | 46D | "In memoriam" item | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 05, 2005 | 18A | Black-bordered news item | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 20, 2005 | 111D | Life story | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sat, Feb 19, 2005 | 22A | End notes? | Brad Wilber | Shortz |
| Mon, Oct 25, 2004 | 14A | Death notice | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 14, 2004 | 24D | Item of passing interest? | Mike Sikowitz | Shortz |
| Thu, Jul 01, 2004 | 7D | Final notice | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
| Sat, May 22, 2004 | 56D | Final farewell | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
| Sat, May 01, 2004 | 47A | Memorial announcer | Byron Walden | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 20, 2003 | 27A | Life lines? | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Mon, Oct 06, 2003 | 61A | Final notice | Barry Silk | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 06, 2003 | 10D | The last word | Jay Livingston | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 28, 2003 | 62A | Life sentences? | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 08, 2003 | 57D | News item often written in advance | Verna Suit | Shortz |
| Wed, Feb 12, 2003 | 28D | Final notice | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 05, 2003 | 16D | Life lines? | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 03, 2002 | 12D | Words in passing? | Tyler Hinman | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 06, 2002 | 23D | Final notice | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Fri, Oct 25, 2002 | 10A | End piece? | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Fri, Oct 18, 2002 | 29D | Write of passage? | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 16, 2002 | 37D | Final words | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 28, 2001 | 12D | Passing mention? | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Tue, Nov 06, 2001 | 49D | Passing notice | Denise Neuendorf | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 22, 2001 | 34A | "Bye" words? | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Thu, Jun 28, 2001 | 15A | A few words in passing? | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Tue, May 08, 2001 | 55D | Post mortem bio | Mark P. Sherwood | Shortz |
| Tue, May 01, 2001 | 25A | News item for a scrapbook | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 26, 1999 | 10D | Life preserver? | Greg Staples | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 16, 1999 | 1A | Passing mention? | M. Francis Vuolo | Shortz |
| Thu, Apr 08, 1999 | 14A | Last words? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Wed, Mar 24, 1999 | 2D | Parting words | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Wed, Mar 10, 1999 | 2D | Life preserver? | Wesley R. Johnson | Shortz |
| Mon, Jan 04, 1999 | 32A | Passing notice? | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 18, 1998 | 11D | Life sentences? | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 16, 1998 | 57D | Parting words? | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 02, 1998 | 57A | Final notice | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 08, 1998 | 14A | Passing notice | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Tue, Feb 03, 1998 | 55D | Passing notice | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Thu, Jan 08, 1998 | 57D | Notice in passing | Nancy S. Ross | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 29, 1996 | 87D | Passing piece | M. Reagle | Shortz |
| Thu, Jul 11, 1996 | 51A | Final say? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu, Jun 13, 1996 | 54A | Newspaper item | D. J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 14, 1996 | 119D | Last writes? | Henry Hook | Shortz |
| Wed, Feb 14, 1996 | 8D | Notice of departure | C. Lundberg | Shortz |
| Tue, Oct 10, 1995 | 56A | Final notice | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 19, 1995 | 10A | Biographer's item | Alfio Micci | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 12, 1995 | 21A | Final notice | Alex & Victoria Black | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 18, 1994 | 119D | Final notice | Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 23, 1994 | 9A | Back-of-paper news item | Susan Smith | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 28, 1994 | 49D | Sad news item | Robert Zimmerman | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 07, 1994 | 54A | Final words | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 11, 1994 | 57D | Final notice | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Thu, Mar 10, 1994 | 59D | Last writes? | Lois Sidway | Shortz |
| Fri, Feb 11, 1994 | 2D | Final copy | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Wed, Dec 29, 1993 | 45A | Last words | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Tue, Nov 30, 1993 | 54A | Final notice | Joel Davajan | Shortz |