ABBA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ABBA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ABBA" answer was first appeared in "11 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Palindromic pop group (4)". It was authored by Robert H. Wolfe. Recently, the "ABBA" answer has been used for "20 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Quartet that reunited in 2022 to “perform” as holograms". It was authored by Brad Wiegmann. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "“Dancing Queen” group (8)". "ABBA" appeared 172 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ABBA" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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20 Dec 2023 | 1A | Quartet that reunited in 2022 to “perform” as holograms | Brad Wiegmann |
5 Dec 2023 | 41A | “Dancing Queen” group | Nate Cardin |
19 Nov 2023 | 103D | Inspiration for the tribute band A*Teens | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
13 Nov 2023 | 5A | “Dancing Queen” band | Benjamin Fink |
7 Nov 2023 | 14A | Pop band with a palindromic name | Kevin Curry and Daniel Bodily |
30 Oct 2023 | 50D | Group with the hits “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” and “Money, Money, Money” | Kenneth Cortes |
7 Jul 2023 | 18A | ___ Voyage, long-running London-based holographic concert | Adrian Johnson |
6 Jul 2023 | 10A | Band whose jukebox musical led to a pair of films | Alison Perch |
29 Apr 2023 | 1A | “Voyage” group | David Steinberg |
14 Feb 2023 | 49D | “Mamma Mia” group | Ella Dershowitz |
30 Jan 2023 | 42A | Alphabetically first group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | David Steinberg |
28 Dec 2022 | 57A | Pop group whose name is also a rhyme scheme | Josh Goodman |
30 Aug 2022 | 1D | Pop group with the 1976 hit “Money, Money, Money” | Emily Carroll |
5 Jun 2022 | 59D | “Chiquitita” singing group | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
26 May 2022 | 1A | “The Winner Takes It All” group | Jonathan M. Kaye |
27 Apr 2022 | 49D | Group with the tribute band Björn Again | Alex Bajcz |
12 Feb 2022 | 45A | Group whose logo is a mirror ambigram | Mary Lou Guizzo |
23 Nov 2021 | 1A | “Money, Money, Money” group | Eric Bornstein |
4 Nov 2021 | 40D | Scandinavian pop group | David Steinberg |
26 Jul 2021 | 51A | First group with a #1 Billboard hit, alphabetically | Tommy Pauly |
6 Jul 2021 | 69A | Pop group with the hits 17-, 39- and 61-Across | Katie Hale |
27 Jun 2021 | 47A | Band whose “Gold: Greatest Hits” has sold over 30 million copies | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
16 Jun 2021 | 11A | Quatrain rhyme scheme | Finn Vigeland |
2 May 2021 | 6D | Pop group with a dedicated museum in Stockholm | Dan Schoenholz |
26 Apr 2021 | 25D | Alphabetically first group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | Eric and Lori Bornstein |
26 Mar 2021 | 55D | Group with a member-centric acronym | Daniel Larsen |
3 Jan 2021 | 75D | Group with the hits “Honey, Honey” and “Money, Money, Money” | Paolo Pasco |
14 Dec 2020 | 1A | Swedish group that once comprised two married couples | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
6 Dec 2020 | 36D | Band that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest | Tony Orbach |
24 Oct 2020 | 46D | “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” band, 1975 | Byron Walden |
29 Sep 2020 | 33D | “Mamma Mia” group | Ricky Cruz |
20 Jul 2020 | 62A | “Dancing Queen” group | Alex Eaton-Salners |
1 Jun 2020 | 5A | “Dancing Queen” group | Erik Agard |
24 Apr 2020 | 49A | Hebrew for “father” | John Guzzetta |
12 Apr 2020 | 51D | So-called “enclosed” rhyme scheme | Joel Fagliano |
31 Mar 2020 | 1A | Group consisting of Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau |
15 Mar 2020 | 1A | Palindromic band with the palindromic song title “SOS” | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
16 Feb 2020 | 36D | 1974 Eurovision winner that went on to international stardom | Sam Ezersky |
5 Nov 2019 | 1A | Pop group whose name is also a rhyme scheme | John Guzzetta |
3 Oct 2019 | 60D | “Take a Chance on Me” group | Ricky Cruz |
13 Jun 2019 | 9D | “Mamma Mia!” group | Michael Blake and Jeff Chen |
5 May 2019 | 65A | Pop group whose name derives from the initials of its members’ first names | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
11 Feb 2019 | 40D | Group that inspired “Mamma Mia!” | Howard Barkin |
16 Sep 2018 | 11A | Band whose songs are featured in a hit 2001 musical and 2018 movie | Joel Fagliano |
23 Aug 2018 | 24A | Biblical “father” | Kyle Dolan |
13 Jun 2018 | 1D | Group that inspired Broadway’s “Mamma Mia!” | Michael Hawkins |
21 May 2018 | 3D | Swedish pop quartet that won the 1974 Eurovision contest | Hannah Slovut |
6 May 2018 | 1D | Band with a symmetrical logo | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
22 Aug 2017 | 52D | Group with the hit “Waterloo” | Timothy Polin |
15 Mar 2017 | 28D | “Fernando” group | Bruce Haight |
12 Feb 2017 | 101A | “Waterloo” band | Lynn Lempel |
11 Dec 2016 | 29A | “Fernando” band | Tom McCoy |
17 Nov 2016 | 33A | Bishop’s title in the Coptic Church | Timothy Polin and Joe Krozel |
27 Sep 2016 | 39A | Palindromic band name | Robert Cirillo |
19 Jul 2016 | 1D | Pop group that broke through at the 1974 Eurovision contest | James Mulhern |
13 Aug 2015 | 25D | Group whose first U.S. hit was “Waterloo” | Jim Hilger |
30 Jul 2015 | 23D | “Rock Me” group, 1975 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
1 Apr 2015 | 59D | Group with the hit 1978 album “The Album” | Sharon Delorme |
9 Mar 2015 | 11D | Pop group with a backward “B” in its name | Debbie Ellerin |
20 Dec 2014 | 5D | Ones repeating “I do” in 1976? | Kevin G. Der and Ian Livengood |
27 Sep 2014 | 18A | Mideast pops? | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
19 Mar 2014 | 9D | Group featured in “Mamma Mia!” | Samuel A. Donaldson |
9 Feb 2014 | 8D | Eban of Israel | Charles M. Deber |
8 Dec 2013 | 1A | Palindromic band name | Patrick Berry |
6 Nov 2013 | 10A | Group that inspired “Mamma Mia!” | Jacob McDermott |
11 Oct 2013 | 5A | Group whose last Top 40 hit was “When All Is Said and Done” | Peter A. Collins |
23 Jan 2013 | 54D | “Mamma Mia!” group | Joel Fagliano |
8 May 2012 | 1D | Group whose music is heard in “Mamma Mia!” | Lynn Lempel |
20 Mar 2012 | 31A | “Take a Chance on Me” group | Will Nediger |
13 Mar 2012 | 42A | Singers of “Voulez-Vous” and “Waterloo” | Jeff Chen |
8 Nov 2011 | 1A | “Mamma Mia” singers | Scott Atkinson |
19 Sep 2011 | 53D | “Mamma Mia” group | Julian Lim |
10 Aug 2011 | 50D | “Fernando” group | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
13 Jul 2011 | 19A | 1970s-’80s group with a palindromic name | Joon Pahk |
29 Apr 2011 | 53D | Group whose name combines the first letters of its members’ names | David Quarfoot |
21 Mar 2011 | 20A | “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” group | Patrick Blindauer and Steve Salitan |
2 Mar 2011 | 11D | “Dancing Queen” group | David Poole |
24 Oct 2010 | 111A | Alphabetically first inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
1 Oct 2010 | 8D | Pop group whose first Top 40 album was, appropriately, “Arrival” | David J. Kahn |
15 Sep 2010 | 32A | “Take a Chance on Me” group | Zoe Wheeler, Brown University ’12 |
25 Aug 2010 | 57D | “SOS” band | Clive Probert |
18 May 2010 | 32A | “Dancing Queen” group | Peter A. Collins |
30 Apr 2010 | 1A | Inspiration for Björn Again | Natan Last |
21 Mar 2010 | 4D | “Chiquitita” group | Adam Fromm |
12 Jan 2010 | 57D | Pop group whose name is coincidentally a rhyme scheme | Patrick Blindauer and Rebecca Young |
11 Jan 2010 | 54D | “Dancing Queen” group | Ron and Nancy Byron |
2 Sep 2009 | 1A | Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit | Jim Hyres |
5 Aug 2009 | 10A | “Mamma Mia” quartet | Donna S. Levin |
21 May 2009 | 1D | “Money, Money, Money” band | Patrick Blindauer |
14 May 2009 | 43A | “___ Gold,” 1992 album that has sold 28 million copies worldwide | David J. Kahn |
16 Nov 2008 | 110A | Eban of Israel | Merl Reagle |
19 Sep 2008 | 44A | “Super Trouper” group, 1980 | Alex Boisvert |
24 Jun 2008 | 11D | “Waterloo” pop group | Barry C. Silk |
14 Jun 2008 | 11A | Pop group that inspired a 2001 Broadway musical | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
16 Jan 2008 | 10A | Pop group whose music was the basis of a hit 2001 Broadway musical | Barry C. Silk |
1 Jan 2008 | 1A | “Mamma Mia” group | Adam G. Perl |
16 Sep 2007 | 2D | “Voulez-Vous” pop group | Mike Nothnagel |
28 Aug 2007 | 59D | “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” group | Linda Schechet Tucker |
19 Feb 2007 | 4D | Alphabetically first pop group with a #1 hit | Andrea C. Michaels |
23 Jan 2007 | 61D | “Mamma Mia” pop group | Timothy Powell |
27 Dec 2006 | 25A | “Waterloo” quartet | Manny Nosowsky |
20 Aug 2006 | 1A | Pop group with a hit Broadway musical | Richard Silvestri |
27 Jun 2006 | 70A | “Dancing Queen” quartet | Damon J. Gulczynski |
13 Apr 2006 | 35D | Pop music acronym | Barry Silk |
15 Mar 2006 | 10A | “Take a Chance on Me” singers | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
20 Feb 2006 | 51D | “Mamma Mia” quartet | Doug Peterson |
25 Sep 2005 | 49D | Acronymic pop group name | Matt Skoczen |
8 Aug 2004 | 7D | “Fernando” group | Bill Zais |
21 Jun 2004 | 27D | “Mamma Mia” pop group | Craig Kasper |
16 Mar 2004 | 56D | “Chiquitita” quartet | Ron Sweet |
8 Mar 2004 | 31D | “Dancing Queen” quartet | Allan E. Parrish |
12 Feb 2004 | 2D | “Take a Chance on Me” group | Craig Kasper |
29 Dec 2003 | 61A | “Mamma Mia” group | Gregory E. Paul |
19 May 2003 | 44A | “Dancing Queen” quartet | Trip Payne |
4 Dec 2002 | 35D | “Waterloo” band | Richard Hughes |
16 Oct 2002 | 5A | “Mamma Mia!” group | Alan Arbesfeld |
18 Sep 2002 | 1A | Group behind a 2001 Broadway musical | David J. Kahn |
31 Dec 2001 | 10D | Palindromic pop group | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
29 May 2001 | 9A | “Dancing Queen” pop group | Frances Hansen |
2 Feb 2001 | 52A | Father, in the Bible | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
11 Dec 2000 | 32A | Quatrain rhyme scheme | Myles Callum |
7 Dec 2000 | 1A | “Chiquitita” quartet | Henry Hook |
26 Oct 2000 | 33D | “S.O.S.” band | Patrick Berry |
16 Jul 2000 | 39D | “Fernando” singers | David J. Kahn |
21 Jun 2000 | 53D | “SOS” pop group | Greg Staples |
15 May 2000 | 1D | “Waterloo” pop group | Gregory E. Paul |
13 Apr 2000 | 5A | “Mamma Mia” pop group | Matt Gaffney |
9 Mar 2000 | 10A | “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” group | Myles Callum |
6 Feb 2000 | 36D | Title for some bishops | Richard Hughes |
2 Dec 1999 | 28A | Biblical “father” | Mel Taub |
18 Nov 1999 | 42A | “Dancing Queen” group | Alan Arbesfeld |
13 Oct 1999 | 1D | “Dancing Queen” group | David Levinson Wilk |
1 Oct 1999 | 46A | Redondilla rhyme scheme | John Wolting |
30 Sep 1999 | 11D | “Fernando” singers | Matt Gaffney |
18 Sep 1999 | 19A | “Knowing Me, Knowing You” group | Joe DiPietro |
15 Jul 1999 | 10D | Quatrain pattern | Zack Butler |
3 Jun 1999 | 32A | “Dancing Queen” music group | Frances Hansen |
7 May 1999 | 1D | Title for some bishops | Dana Motley |
4 May 1999 | 52D | “S.O.S.” pop group | Gayle Dean |
16 Apr 1999 | 42A | Top-selling pop group of the 70’s | John Wolting |
11 Nov 1998 | 55A | “Fernando” group | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
29 Oct 1998 | 14A | Common rhyme scheme | Cathy Millhauser |
29 Sep 1998 | 14A | With 2-Down, “My People” author | Thomas W. Schier |
26 Sep 1998 | 45D | Coptic bishop’s title | Jerry Ferguson |
28 Jun 1998 | 34D | “SOS” singers | Fred Piscop |
7 Apr 1998 | 1D | 1970’s hitmakers from Sweden | Randy Sowell |
31 Mar 1998 | 52D | Palindromic pop group | Alan Arbesfeld |
3 Mar 1998 | 10A | Group with the 1976 hit “Fernando” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
4 Jan 1998 | 114A | Rhyme scheme | Mark Danna |
6 Oct 1997 | 28D | With 49-Down, former Israeli statesman | Barbara Campitelli |
27 Aug 1997 | 1A | Statesman Eban | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
28 Apr 1997 | 61D | Rhyme scheme for Mr. Eban? | Peter Gordon |
31 Dec 1996 | 55D | “Dancing Queen” pop group | A. S. Verdesca |
17 Dec 1996 | 10A | “Dancing Queen” pop group | G. E. Paul |
14 Nov 1996 | 1D | Eastern Church title | N. S. Ross |
6 Oct 1996 | 29D | With 45-Down, author of “My People” | R. Max Hopkins |
2 Sep 1996 | 6A | “Dancing Queen” pop group | F. Piscop |
27 Aug 1996 | 1A | “Waterloo” pop band | D. E. Donaldson |
24 Aug 1996 | 43A | Biblical invocation to God | J. Page |
1 Jul 1996 | 51D | “Dancing Queen” pop group | S. Spadaccini |
21 May 1996 | 47D | Father, in the Bible | J. Schmalzbach |
18 Feb 1996 | 46D | Group that did “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” | Norma Steinberg |
3 Dec 1995 | 1D | Pop group in “Muriel’s Wedding” | Martin Schneider |
20 Mar 1995 | 43A | “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” singers | Sidney L. Robbins |
2 Jan 1995 | 19A | Palindromic pop quartet | Sidney L. Robbins |
12 Oct 1994 | 1D | Palindromic pop group | Gregory E. Paul |
19 Jun 1994 | 83A | Group with the hit “Waterloo” | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
25 May 1994 | 9A | Palindromic name in pop music | Fred Piscop |
27 Mar 1994 | 48A | Israel’s Eban | Jeanette K. Brill |
15 Mar 1994 | 9A | “Dancing Queen” pop group | David J. Kahn |
6 Feb 1994 | 102D | Israel’s Eban | Arthur S. Verdesca |
11 Dec 1993 | 33D | Palindromic pop group | Robert H. Wolfe |
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