| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Wed, Feb 14, 2024 | 17A | "Answer the simple question!" | Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 02, 2021 | 50A | Binary question | Jesse Goldberg | Shortz |
| Thu, Jan 21, 2021 | 36A | "Well, which is it?!" | Daniel Mauer | Shortz |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2020 | 43D | "Which is it going to be?" | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
| Tue, Jul 09, 2019 | 3D | "Give me a simple answer!" | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 08, 2017 | 43A | Simple choice | Joel Fagliano and Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
| Fri, Jan 24, 2014 | 37A | "What's it gonna be?" | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 04, 2012 | 124A | "What's it gonna be?" | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 04, 2011 | 90D | "What's it gonna be?" | Kelsey Blakley | Shortz |
| Thu, May 06, 2010 | 12D | "Don't evade the question!" | Dan Naddor | Shortz |
| Sun, Dec 16, 2007 | 60A | "Answer the question" | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun, Aug 05, 2007 | 100A | "Stop equivocating!" | Caroline Leong | Shortz |
| Sat, Mar 17, 2007 | 36D | What a politician often avoids saying | John Farmer | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | 44A | "Make up your mind!" | Doug Peterson | Shortz |
| Fri, Jun 04, 2004 | 55A | Definitive answer | Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 01, 2004 | 82D | "Decide already!" | Roy Leban | Shortz |
| Wed, Dec 03, 2003 | 9D | "Give me a straight answer!" | Bruce Adams | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 20, 2003 | 41D | "Don't evade the question!" | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Thu, Mar 20, 2003 | 20D | "Don't evade the question!" | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Mon, Mar 17, 2003 | 35A | Uncomplicated kind of question | David Ainslie Macleod | Shortz |
| Sat, Feb 15, 2003 | 24D | Ultimatum words | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 01, 2001 | 43D | Kind of question | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
| Sun, May 23, 1999 | 49D | "Give me your answer" | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Thu, Aug 24, 1995 | 26D | Choice from a cross-examiner | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |