Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun, Sep 15, 2024 | 56D | Bad person to confide in | Aimee Lucido | Fagliano |
Fri, Aug 02, 2024 | 27D | Plant with bugs, maybe | Kate Chin Park | Fagliano |
Tue, Jul 23, 2024 | 61D | Do some snooping | Sarah Sinclair and Amie Walker | Fagliano |
Wed, Apr 24, 2024 | 64D | Source of unwanted bugs? | Jeffrey Martinovic | Fagliano |
Sun, Apr 21, 2024 | 21D | Mole, e.g. | Michael Schlossberg | Fagliano |
Mon, Apr 15, 2024 | 5D | Intelligence collector | Amanda Winters | Fagliano |
Sun, Feb 25, 2024 | 119D | ___ vs. ___ (Mad strip) | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 05, 2023 | 96A | Snoop | Rich Katz | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 04, 2023 | 71A | Bond, for one | Gary Larson | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 02, 2023 | 9D | Mole … or a rat, maybe | Alexandria Mason | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 19, 2023 | 38D | Wiretapper, e.g. | Gia Bosko | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 04, 2023 | 31D | Secret agent | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 28, 2023 | 30A | Secret agent | Brian Callahan | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 14, 2023 | 45A | One who may bug you | Jonathan Kaufman | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 22, 2023 | 37D | One with secrets to tell | Michael Baker and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed, May 10, 2023 | 64D | John le Carré figure | Victor Barocas | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 18, 2023 | 42A | Mole that should definitely be removed? | Lindsay McBride | Shortz |
Sat, Jan 07, 2023 | 60A | Word on either side of "vs." | Adam Aaronson | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 25, 2022 | 108D | Catch sight of | John Martz | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 30, 2022 | 109A | One with an inside job | Addison Snell | Shortz |
Sat, Aug 13, 2022 | 26A | Lead-in to ware | John Westwig | Shortz |
Mon, May 30, 2022 | 1D | Intel employee? | Alexander Liebeskind | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 24, 2022 | 59D | Person with intelligence | Jess Shulman | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 27, 2022 | 112D | Who might bug you? | Sheldon Polonsky | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 26, 2022 | 20A | Cloak-and-dagger sort | Michael Schlossberg | Shortz |
Sat, Nov 13, 2021 | 37A | Monitor of a tap | Adam Aaronson | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 31, 2021 | 126A | Northern ___ (curiously named apple variety) | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 24, 2021 | 122A | One doing inside work | Katie Hale | Shortz |
Fri, May 14, 2021 | 19A | Bug expert? | Yacob Yonas | Shortz |
Sat, Mar 27, 2021 | 19A | One who's got the bug? | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 25, 2021 | 57D | One role for Harriet Tubman in the Civil War | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 24, 2021 | 35D | Only Stratego piece with a letter on it | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sat, Nov 21, 2020 | 14D | ___-fi | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 20, 2020 | 8D | Dangerous plant to have around? | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 07, 2020 | 42A | Invasive plant? | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sat, Aug 22, 2020 | 55D | Piece in Stratego | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 18, 2020 | 57D | International ___ Museum (Washington, D.C., attraction) | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Tue, May 05, 2020 | 61D | One lurking in the shadows | Lee Taylor | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 04, 2020 | 66D | Use a nanny cam, say | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 04, 2020 | 57D | 007, for one | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Fri, Dec 06, 2019 | 25D | One who bugs another person? | Andrew J. Ries | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 23, 2019 | 27A | One with a handler | Jennifer Nutt | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 01, 2019 | 66D | Do recon | Erik Agard | Shortz |
Fri, Aug 23, 2019 | 48D | Sleeper, perhaps | Evan Mahnken | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 22, 2019 | 62D | Someone not likely to show off intelligence? | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sat, Sep 29, 2018 | 11A | Invasive plant? | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 23, 2018 | 93D | Dangerous job | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
Fri, Mar 16, 2018 | 22A | Bug expert? | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Fri, Jan 19, 2018 | 33A | Wiretapper, e.g. | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 18, 2017 | 35A | Snoop (on) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 12, 2017 | 21D | Someone with intelligence? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 09, 2017 | 67A | Person using binoculars, maybe | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 22, 2017 | 90A | Double-O sort | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 11, 2017 | 4D | Person wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, stereotypically | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 14, 2017 | 22A | 007, for one | Rich Proulx | Shortz |
Sat, May 27, 2017 | 53D | Bug catcher, maybe | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Sat, May 13, 2017 | 24A | Nonnative plant? | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 13, 2017 | 5A | Peeper | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Fri, Mar 31, 2017 | 55D | One wearing sunglasses, stereotypically | David C. Duncan Dekker | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 28, 2016 | 33D | One with a phony passport, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 23, 2016 | 31D | Nathan Hale, for the Colonies | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 | 1D | One may bug you | Ned White | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 | 9D | Busybody, maybe | David Woolf | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 05, 2016 | 68A | James Bond, e.g. | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 17, 2016 | 13D | Secret admirer? | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 04, 2015 | 128A | Half of a classic Mad magazine feature | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 | 63D | 2015 Melissa McCarthy comedy | Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 31, 2015 | 22A | Authority on bugs? | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 | 34A | Austin Powers, e.g. | Todd Gross and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 | 11D | Invasive plant | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Sun, May 03, 2015 | 5D | Sleeper, maybe | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 | 68A | Expert on bugs? | Alex Vratsanos and Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 17, 2014 | 1D | James Bond, for one | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 20, 2014 | 60D | 007, for one | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 21, 2014 | 32D | Plant, maybe | Jules P. Markey | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 14, 2014 | 46A | James Bond, for one | MaryEllen Uthlaut | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 | 130A | Austin Powers, e.g. | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 | 29D | What was Caleb in the Bible? | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 | 72D | Secret collector | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun, May 18, 2014 | 30D | One who bugs people? | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu, May 08, 2014 | 61A | Stratego piece with a monocle | Matthew Lees | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 09, 2014 | 51A | Peep | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 09, 2013 | 55A | Jason Bourne, for one | Nina Rulon-Miller | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 14, 2013 | 31D | 007, for one | Zhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 31D | Plant, maybe | James Tuttle | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 03, 2013 | 14D | Bond, for one | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 | 126D | Dangerous job | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Fri, May 18, 2012 | 11A | Many a bugger | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 | 1A | Foe of 71-Across in Mad magazine | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 | 71A | Foe of 1-Across in Mad magazine | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 | 38D | Writer in cipher, maybe | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller | Shortz |
Fri, Dec 24, 2010 | 10D | 19-Down employee | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 12, 2010 | 49D | Passer of secret documents | Freddie Cheng | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 | 30A | "Mission: Impossible" figure | Brendan Emmett Quigley & Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | 66D | Word repeated in Mad magazine's "___ vs. ___" | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 22, 2010 | 41D | 007, for one | Steve Dobis | Shortz |
Fri, Jan 08, 2010 | 59D | Invisible ink user | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 10, 2009 | 62A | Bug planter | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | 13D | Nathan Hale, notably | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 06, 2009 | 15D | "Alias" type | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 | 27A | With 5-Down, snooping aid | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | 10A | Stratego piece | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | 36A | Cover girl, e.g.? | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 | 119A | Sneak a peek | John Farmer | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | 43D | Austin Powers, e.g. | Dave and Tracy Mackey | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 10, 2007 | 63D | Mata Hari, for one | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 08, 2007 | 52D | U-2 pilot, e.g. | Steve Kahn | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 | 13D | Mole, e.g. | David Levinson Wilk | Shortz |
Wed, May 23, 2007 | 39A | Person with a code name, maybe | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 31, 2007 | 56A | One who may bug you | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sat, Jan 27, 2007 | 34A | Notice | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 21, 2007 | 82A | Infiltrator | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 31, 2006 | 37D | 007, for one | Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 10, 2006 | 72A | Hush-hush job | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 | 111D | Person with intelligence | Ben and Mark Tausig | Shortz |
Wed, Jan 12, 2005 | 34D | Wire wearer | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Fri, Sep 24, 2004 | 24A | Tail, maybe | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 12, 2004 | 33D | Mole | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 06, 2004 | 33D | Sneak | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 16, 2003 | 97A | Seek intelligence | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 14, 2003 | 37D | Bug someone, e.g. | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 20, 2003 | 92A | Shadow, maybe | Bill Zais | Shortz |
Sat, Feb 08, 2003 | 57D | One with a cover | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Fri, Jan 31, 2003 | 33D | One may bug you | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Thu, Jan 23, 2003 | 50A | Spotter | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 12, 2003 | 52A | Telephoto lens user, maybe | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed, Sep 04, 2002 | 11D | Operative | Eric Berlin | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 29, 2001 | 41A | Microfilmer, maybe | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 12, 2001 | 9D | Snoop | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 29, 2001 | 64D | Snoop (on) | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Sat, Jun 02, 2001 | 23A | Bug someone, e.g. | Jim Page | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 15, 2001 | 59D | Good looker? | David Ainslie Macleod | Shortz |
Mon, Jan 15, 2001 | 29A | Finder of secrets | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 29, 2000 | 61D | Bond, for one | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 01, 2000 | 4D | Le Carré character | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun, May 21, 2000 | 32A | Dangerous job | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 15, 2000 | 62D | Plant, perhaps | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 23, 2000 | 94A | Stratego piece | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 10, 1999 | 44D | Le Carré staple | Joan Yanofsky | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 17, 1999 | 161D | Mole | Bob and Sharon Klahn | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 05, 1999 | 45A | Look in (on) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 19, 1998 | 22A | Peek in (on) | Alfio Micci | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 18, 1998 | 82D | Operative | Ed Early and Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Sat, Nov 08, 1997 | 41A | Kind of catcher | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 19, 1997 | 38D | Scout | B. Klahn | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 21, 1996 | 58D | Snoop (on) | J. Bender | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 22, 1996 | 44A | Mata Hari, e.g. | S. L. Robbins | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 19, 1996 | 26D | Le Carre figure | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Fri, May 31, 1996 | 44A | Shadow, with "on" | J. S. Marrone | Shortz |
Thu, May 30, 1996 | 57D | Peeper | N. S. Wizer | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 07, 1996 | 95D | Kind of satellite | Eric Albert | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 13, 1995 | 23A | Snoop | Norma Steinberg | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 24, 1995 | 23A | Mata Hari, e.g. | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 22, 1994 | 64D | Mata Hari, e.g. | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 14, 1994 | 20D | Bond, for one | Deborah Kathryn Trombley | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 02, 1994 | 33D | Nathan Hale, e.g. | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 30, 1994 | 121D | Rudolf Abel, e.g. | Alex K. Justin | Shortz |
Sat, Nov 27, 1993 | 22A | Cooper novel, with "The" | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |