| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Fri, Jun 14, 2024 | 21A | ___ Island | Robyn Weintraub | Fagliano |
| Sun, Jun 02, 2024 | 13D | The "S" of New York City's SIR train line | Luke K. Schreiber | Fagliano |
| Thu, Sep 01, 2022 | 32D | ___ Island | John Wrenholt | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 27, 2021 | 46D | ___ Island (part of New York City) | Zachary David Levy | Shortz |
| Thu, Jan 02, 2020 | 47D | College of ___ Island (CUNY school) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
| Sun, May 15, 2016 | 4D | ___ Island (home of Wagner College) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 01, 2015 | 108D | New York's ___ Island | David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 17, 2013 | 65D | New York's ___ Island | Julian Lim | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 01, 2012 | 53D | New York's ___ Island | George Barany and Victor Barocas | Shortz |
| Tue, Aug 07, 2012 | 9D | New York's ___ Island | Mike Buckley | Shortz |
| Thu, May 19, 2011 | 71A | ___ Island | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Fri, Mar 12, 2010 | 45A | Verenigde ___ (America, in Amsterdam) | Tim Croce | Shortz |
| Sat, Aug 16, 2008 | 27A | ___ Island, birthplace and longtime home of Cornelius Vanderbilt | Byron Walden | Shortz |
| Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | 28A | New York City's ___ Island | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Thu, Mar 27, 2008 | 5D | ___ Island, N.Y. | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Sat, Apr 29, 2006 | 20A | ___ Island, home for part of the Gateway National Recreation Area | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 20, 2005 | 38D | New York's ___ Island | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Thu, Dec 09, 2004 | 10D | ___ Island, N.Y. | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 10, 2002 | 13D | ___ Island | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Thu, Jan 20, 2000 | 31D | ___ Island, N.Y. | Jeremy Thomas Paine | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 22, 1999 | 10D | ___ Island Ferry | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | 31A | New York's ___ Island | A. S. Verdesca | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 28, 1995 | 45D | New York Bay's ___ Island | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 06, 1994 | 72D | ___ Island ferry | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 29, 1994 | 47A | New York's ___ Island | Mary Derderian Brown | Shortz |
| Sat, Feb 19, 1994 | 54A | New York island | Charles E. Gersch | Shortz |