| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sun, Jan 01, 2023 | 69A | It lacks value | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa | Shortz |
| Mon, Sep 05, 2022 | 34A | Goose egg | Adam Simpson | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 29, 2022 | 58D | Bit of binary code | Jared Goudsmit | Shortz |
| Thu, Jan 06, 2022 | 64A | Net emissions target | Andrew Linzer | Shortz |
| Tue, Nov 23, 2021 | 52D | It doesn't mean a thing | Eric Bornstein | Shortz |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 3D | Goose egg | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 26D | Worst possible mark on a test | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 10, 2020 | 55D | Digit in binary code | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 12, 2019 | 10D | The "x" in Euler's Identity - eiπ + 1 = x | Jules Markey | Shortz |
| Fri, Mar 08, 2019 | 40A | Absolute nobody | David Steinberg | Shortz |
| Mon, Feb 25, 2019 | 37D | Any digit in a googol after the first one | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 08, 2017 | 102A | 32° Fahrenheit, in Celsius | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas | Shortz |
| Wed, Feb 22, 2017 | 66A | Home (in on) | Kyle Dolan | Shortz |
| Wed, Jan 18, 2017 | 64A | Abysmal score | Matthew Sewell | Shortz |
| Thu, Jun 30, 2016 | 59D | Loser, informally | Jonathan M. Kaye | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 28, 2015 | 14D | Nonentity | Samuel A. Donaldson | Shortz |
| Tue, May 19, 2015 | 12D | It's nothing | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 21, 2014 | 32A | "___ Dark Thirty" | John Lieb | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 07, 2014 | 43A | One minus one | Douglas Taillon | Shortz |
| Sat, Dec 07, 2013 | 39D | Open love? | James Mulhern | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 05, 2013 | 48A | Lowest of the low? | Byron Walden | Shortz |
| Sun, Jun 16, 2013 | 83A | Complete loser | Mel Rosen | Shortz |
| Thu, May 16, 2013 | 61A | Nonentity | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan | Shortz |
| Sun, Mar 17, 2013 | 19D | One goes after it | J. R. Leopold | Shortz |
| Wed, Sep 07, 2011 | 56A | Worthless sort | Jim Hilger | Shortz |
| Wed, Apr 27, 2011 | 1A | Sum of opposites | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
| Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 59D | 0 | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 10, 2010 | 38A | Complete bomb on a test | Mel Rosen | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 26, 2009 | 1A | Nobody | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
| Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | 50D | Absolute nobody | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | 47A | Number of calories in water | Anthony J. Salvia | Shortz |
| Mon, May 25, 2009 | 1A | Home (in on) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Tue, May 19, 2009 | 2D | Total loser | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
| Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | 66A | It turns a hundred into a thousand | Joey Weissbrot | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 05, 2008 | 49A | Much-repeated part of binary code | Karen M. Tracey | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | 61A | A round number ends in it | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 27, 2008 | 59D | "Beetle Bailey" soldier | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 27, 2007 | 20A | Home (in on) | Steven Ginzburg | Shortz |
| Thu, Nov 30, 2006 | 58D | Loser | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 04, 2006 | 3D | Complete drip | Adam Cohen | Shortz |
| Mon, Dec 12, 2005 | 21A | It's nothing at all | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
| Wed, Jun 22, 2005 | 64A | Abysmal grade | Verna Suit | Shortz |
| Thu, Mar 10, 2005 | 13D | Bubkes | Ed Early | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 09, 2005 | 18D | Part of binary code | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Thu, Dec 25, 2003 | 29D | Nil | John Underwood | Shortz |
| Mon, Dec 08, 2003 | 10D | Goose egg | Barry Silk | Shortz |
| Sun, Nov 16, 2003 | 82A | Reset figure | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Tue, Aug 26, 2003 | 12D | Round number? | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 13, 2003 | 106A | Cipher | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Thu, Jun 12, 2003 | 52D | Nobody, slangily | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Sun, May 25, 2003 | 8D | Hardly Mr. Personality | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Tue, Feb 25, 2003 | 55A | Nada | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 25, 2002 | 50A | Kind of tolerance | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 24, 2002 | 35D | Horrible grade on a test | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Wed, Feb 27, 2002 | 61D | Goose egg | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Mon, Jan 14, 2002 | 50D | Nil | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
| Tue, Aug 28, 2001 | 69A | Abysmal test score | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
| Tue, Jun 19, 2001 | 66A | Goose egg | Tyler Hinman | Shortz |
| Sun, May 06, 2001 | 58A | A definite F | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Sun, Mar 04, 2001 | 87A | Absolute twit | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 24, 2000 | 26A | Home (in on) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 12, 2000 | 70A | "Beetle Bailey" boob | Bill Zais | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 28, 1999 | 3D | Definitely a flunking score | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 13, 1999 | 25A | Zilch | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 06, 1999 | 20A | One of 50 | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 04, 1999 | 37A | Two before two? | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
| Sat, May 01, 1999 | 43A | Ground ___ | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Mon, May 04, 1998 | 36D | Worst possible test score | Hugh Davis | Shortz |
| Wed, Mar 11, 1998 | 53D | Round number | Bette Sue Cohen | Shortz |
| Tue, Feb 24, 1998 | 70A | Abysmal test score | Bill Ballard | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 15, 1997 | 60A | No-show's score | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 26, 1997 | 31A | Round number | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
| Tue, Jul 22, 1997 | 62A | Worst possible score | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Wed, Feb 05, 1997 | 34A | Japanese plane of W.W. II | J. Schmalzbach | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 29, 1996 | 34D | Today's dodo count | M. Reagle | Shortz |
| Thu, Jan 25, 1996 | 60A | Ground___ | D. Kahn | Shortz |
| Fri, Jun 16, 1995 | 7D | W.W. II Japanese plane | Thomas W. Schier | Shortz |
| Thu, Sep 29, 1994 | 12D | Close (in on) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 22, 1994 | 19A | Mr. Mostel | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
| Mon, Jun 06, 1994 | 53D | Mr. Mostel | Robert Zimmerman | Shortz |
| Tue, Mar 15, 1994 | 67A | Tevye portrayer on stage | David J. Kahn | Shortz |