| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Thu, Jan 05, 2023 | 45D | School board? | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 25, 2021 | 70A | School board? | Chase Dittrich | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 31, 2020 | 20A | Swing wildly back and forth | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Tue, Jan 21, 2020 | 2D | Go back and forth | Carl Larson | Shortz |
| Thu, Aug 22, 2019 | 73A | Vacillate wildly | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 20, 2019 | 29D | It's got its ups and downs | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 05, 2018 | 50A | Teeter-totter | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Fri, Feb 02, 2018 | 40D | Vacillate | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 20, 2017 | 8D | Like games with several lead changes | Hal Moore | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 09, 2015 | 15D | It takes two to do this | Melanie Miller | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 17, 2015 | 13A | Vacillate | Molly Young and David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 22, 2012 | 52D | Vacillate | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 23, 2011 | 60A | Go back and forth | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 28, 2010 | 51A | Plaything with a fulcrum | Robert A. Doll | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 17, 2010 | 9D | Plaything for two | Robert W. Harris | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 27, 2010 | 5A | Teeter-totter | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 04, 2010 | 31D | Oscillate | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
| Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | 27D | Board with a couple of seats | Victor Fleming | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 02, 2007 | 75D | Go one way, then the other | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Fri, Nov 17, 2006 | 19A | Fulcrum locale | Beth Hinshaw | Shortz |
| Fri, Jul 22, 2005 | 45D | Experience highs and lows | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 29, 2005 | 32D | Plaything for two | David Liben-Nowell | Shortz |
| Sun, May 22, 2005 | 17D | Vacillate | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
| Fri, Nov 26, 2004 | 32A | Go back and forth in deciding | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 01, 2004 | 105D | Lack equilibrium | Roy Leban | Shortz |
| Tue, Nov 25, 2003 | 49D | Playground equipment | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Wed, Dec 04, 2002 | 3D | Plaything for two | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
| Sun, Mar 17, 2002 | 108A | Lack stability | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 08, 2001 | 14D | Go up and down | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sat, Apr 21, 2001 | 26A | Recreation for two | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 02, 2000 | 127A | Vacillate | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Sat, May 01, 1999 | 45D | Show uncertainty | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 28, 1998 | 114A | Vacillate | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Sun, May 17, 1998 | 151A | It has its ups and downs | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu, Mar 19, 1998 | 49D | Go up and down | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 21, 1997 | 85D | It has its ups and downs | Mike Shenk | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 05, 1996 | 43A | Teeter-totter | F. Piscop | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 16, 1995 | 48A | Vacillate | Judith Perry | Shortz |
| Wed, Dec 28, 1994 | 14D | Playground apparatus | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 08, 1994 | 29A | Teeter | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 07, 1993 | 28A | It has its ups and downs | Eric Albert | Shortz |