ABS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ABS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ABS" answer was first appeared in "12 Jul 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Certain muscles, informally (2)". It was authored by Charles Arnold. Recently, the "ABS" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Obliques, e.g. (2)". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Tummy muscles (11)". "ABS" appeared 192 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ABS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 95D | Obliques, e.g. | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 28 Oct 2023 | 49D | Twists are good for them | Ryan McCarty |
| 1 Aug 2023 | 1D | Crunch muscles, for short | Kathryn Ladner |
| 21 Jul 2023 | 9D | Core group | Robyn Weintraub |
| 4 Jun 2023 | 29A | Core group | Rafael Musa |
| 2 Jun 2023 | 36A | Targets for crunches, informally | John Ewbank |
| 29 May 2023 | 30A | Six-pack units, in brief | Katie Hale and Zachary David Levy |
| 16 May 2023 | 1A | “Ripped” muscles | Katherine Baicker and Adam Wagner |
| 5 May 2023 | 33A | Muscles that stretch during pregnancy | Jacob McDermott |
| 12 Mar 2023 | 86A | “Washboard” features | David Tuffs |
| 19 Feb 2023 | 9D | Muscles targeted by planks | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 7D | Plank targets | Ella Dershowitz |
| 11 Jan 2023 | 13D | Muscles tightened by planking, in brief | Victor Barocas |
| 5 Jan 2023 | 20A | Pilates target | Emily Carroll |
| 19 Dec 2022 | 71A | “Washboard” muscles, informally | Jennifer Nutt |
| 14 Oct 2022 | 24D | They get harder the more you work out | David Steinberg |
| 10 Sep 2022 | 28D | Midsection, in brief | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 1 Aug 2022 | 25D | Situps tighten them | Garrett Chalfin |
| 22 Jun 2022 | 31D | They can be sculpted and chiseled | Kate Hawkins |
| 16 Jun 2022 | 25A | Core assets? | Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau |
| 7 Jun 2022 | 9D | Six-pack contents | Carly Schuna |
| 13 Feb 2022 | 38A | Plank targets | David Steinberg |
| 28 Oct 2021 | 23A | Core group | Alan Massengill |
| 1 Sep 2021 | 4A | Midsection section, informally | Sean Yamada-Hunter |
| 19 Aug 2021 | 63D | They’re used in a crunch | Oliver Roeder |
| 3 Aug 2021 | 6D | Body parts sometimes compared to steel | Trip Payne |
| 26 May 2021 | 6D | Prominent features on firefighter calendars | Will Nediger |
| 1 May 2021 | 36D | Focus of middle management? | Ryan McCarty |
| 17 Apr 2021 | 11D | Targets of leg raises, informally | Leslie Rogers |
| 14 Jan 2021 | 29A | Core features | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| 14 Dec 2020 | 50A | Parts of the body that are “crunched” | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| 8 Oct 2020 | 1D | Core components, for short | Francesca Goldston and Jeff Chen |
| 12 Aug 2020 | 23A | Auto safety feature preventing skidding, for short | Adesina O. Koiki |
| 3 Aug 2020 | 6A | Muscles that get “crunched” in crunches | Eric Bornstein |
| 22 Jun 2020 | 38A | Core muscles, in brief | Sid Sivakumar |
| 5 Jun 2020 | 29A | Focus for a core workout | John Wrenholt |
| 13 May 2020 | 33D | Ones feeling the crunch? | Benjamin Kramer |
| 11 May 2020 | 56A | Muscles that are targets of planking, informally | Ross Trudeau |
| 8 May 2020 | 4D | Gymgoer’s pride | Daniel Larsen |
| 5 May 2020 | 9D | “Six-pack” muscles | Lee Taylor |
| 29 Feb 2020 | 50D | Core part, informally | Andrew J. Ries |
| 3 Dec 2019 | 49A | “Six-pack” muscles | Ed Sessa |
| 1 Oct 2019 | 57D | Crunches work them | Erik Agard |
| 2 Sep 2019 | 30D | Muscles strengthened by belly dancing, for short | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 16 Jul 2019 | 52D | Targets of plank exercises | Ross Trudeau |
| 3 Jun 2019 | 4D | Midsection muscles, briefly | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 Feb 2019 | 31D | Midriff muscles, for short | David Alfred Bywaters |
| 4 Dec 2018 | 1D | “Washboard” muscles | Peter Gordon |
| 28 Oct 2018 | 7D | Midriff muscles, for short | Erik Agard |
| 25 Sep 2018 | 10D | Muscles in sit-ups, informally | Ross Trudeau |
| 10 Sep 2018 | 6A | Part of the body that crunches work | Jacob Stulberg |
| 15 Aug 2018 | 18D | Muscles used in a Russian twist, for short | Kathy Wienberg |
| 27 Jun 2018 | 30D | Core muscles | Ned White |
| 14 Jun 2018 | 5A | Some six-packs | Joe Krozel |
| 11 Apr 2018 | 1A | Tummy muscles | Keiran King |
| 3 Apr 2018 | 51A | “Six-pack” | Damon Gulczynski |
| 28 Jan 2018 | 112A | Auto safety feature to prevent skidding, for short | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 17 Dec 2017 | 16A | Things that people like to have ripped? | Andrew J. Ries |
| 14 Aug 2017 | 35D | Torso muscles, briefly | Rich Proulx |
| 27 Apr 2017 | 33A | Core parts | Todd Gross |
| 13 Feb 2017 | 59D | “Six-pack” muscles | Brent Sverdloff and Michael Blake |
| 4 Jan 2017 | 35A | Target of crunches | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 15 Dec 2016 | 47A | Chippendales dancers have nice ones | Jacob Stulberg |
| 24 Jul 2016 | 81A | The pack in a six-pack | David Steinberg |
| 19 May 2016 | 9D | Obliques, e.g. | Morton J. Mendelson |
| 24 Feb 2016 | 40A | “Six-pack” muscles | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 14 Feb 2016 | 111A | The pack in a six-pack | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 18 Dec 2015 | 56D | Core components | Andrew Zhou |
| 31 Oct 2015 | 37A | Planks work them | Peter Wentz |
| 21 Jul 2015 | 1A | Muscles that may be sculpted, informally | David Phillips |
| 20 Jul 2015 | 61D | Muscles that are crunched | John Westwig |
| 30 Jun 2015 | 21A | Toning targets, for short | Susan Gelfand |
| 7 May 2015 | 25A | Contents of some six-packs | Tracy Gray |
| 11 Mar 2015 | 30A | Crunch beneficiaries | David Steinberg |
| 14 Jan 2015 | 32D | Gym rat’s “six-pack” | Caleb Emmons |
| 4 Dec 2014 | 32A | Common workout target | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
| 27 Oct 2014 | 20A | Muscles that are crunched | Stanley Newman |
| 15 Sep 2014 | 10A | Stomach muscles, for short | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 11 Sep 2014 | 21A | Stomach muscles | Patrick Blindauer |
| 17 Jun 2014 | 61D | Things that exercisers crunch | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 6 Jun 2014 | 22A | Washboard parts | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 3 May 2014 | 11D | ___ of steel | Sam Ezersky |
| 23 Mar 2014 | 16D | Crunches crunch them | Ian Livengood |
| 12 Jan 2014 | 75A | Pilates targets | Andrew Chaikin |
| 20 Nov 2013 | 64D | Six-pack ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Oct 2013 | 37A | Belly muscles, for short | Amy Johnson |
| 29 Sep 2013 | 114D | They may improve in crunch time | Norm Guggenbiller |
| 8 Sep 2013 | 64A | Contents of some six-packs | Pete Muller and Sue Keefer |
| 30 Jul 2013 | 4D | Torso muscles, for short | Peter A. Collins |
| 28 Jul 2013 | 69A | Auto safety feature, for short | Andrew Reynolds |
| 19 Jul 2013 | 32D | Exercise target | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Jul 2013 | 45A | Six-pack muscles | Kurt Krauss |
| 2 Jul 2013 | 23A | Tummy muscles | Daniel Raymon |
| 1 Jul 2013 | 38A | Six-pack units | Patrick McIntyre |
| 20 May 2013 | 40D | Muscles that benefit from crunches | Tim Croce |
| 23 Mar 2013 | 12A | Focus of middle management? | David Steinberg |
| 11 Mar 2013 | 53A | Stomach muscles, informally | Robert Fisher |
| 14 Jan 2013 | 1A | They get crunched in gyms | Steve Salmon |
| 7 Nov 2012 | 54D | Crunch targets | George Fitzgerald and Nancy Salomon |
| 7 Oct 2012 | 97D | Things used during crunch time? | Zoe Wheeler |
| 6 Aug 2012 | 29D | Belly muscles | Lynn Lempel |
| 4 Jul 2012 | 56A | Washboard ___ | Caleb Madison |
| 16 Apr 2012 | 4D | Stomach muscles, for short | Lynn Lempel |
| 11 Mar 2012 | 113A | Bowflex target | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| 28 Sep 2011 | 60D | Gym rat’s “six-pack” | Steve Salitan |
| 22 Sep 2011 | 39A | Muscles covering some 32-Down | Jeff Dubner |
| 28 Aug 2011 | 32A | Ones crunched during crunch time? | Patrick Berry |
| 15 May 2011 | 69A | Car safety feature, for short | Cathy Allis |
| 10 May 2011 | 1A | Situps tone them | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 Feb 2011 | 51A | Six-pack set | Robert W. Harris |
| 5 Jan 2011 | 9D | Sit-up muscles | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| 18 Oct 2010 | 7D | “Washboard” muscles | Lynn Lempel |
| 9 Feb 2010 | 40A | Tummy muscles | Robert Cirillo |
| 8 Jan 2010 | 2D | Things used during crunch time? | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Dec 2009 | 40A | Tummy muscles | Ed Sessa |
| 12 Jul 2009 | 72D | They may be crunched | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 6 Jun 2009 | 9D | Some are sculpted | Doug Peterson |
| 17 May 2009 | 69A | Target of core workouts | Oliver Hill |
| 17 Mar 2009 | 31D | Tummy muscles | Richard Chisholm |
| 25 Jan 2009 | 1A | Objects of core workouts | Michael Torch |
| 2 Jan 2009 | 49A | They look better when they’re ripped | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 29 Nov 2008 | 59D | Trunk supporters | Barry C. Silk |
| 13 May 2008 | 58D | They may be crunched | Caleb Madison |
| 24 Sep 2007 | 61D | Muscles to crunch | Fred Piscop |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 63D | Midbody muscles | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| 4 Jun 2007 | 44D | Tummy muscles | Steve Kahn |
| 27 Feb 2007 | 11A | Belly muscles | Allan E. Parrish |
| 2 Jan 2007 | 37D | Crunched muscles | Sarah Keller |
| 20 Oct 2006 | 24A | Exerciser’s target | Ed Early |
| 9 Sep 2006 | 57D | Workout target, for short | Bob Klahn |
| 24 May 2006 | 25A | Sit-ups target | Adam G. Perl |
| 23 May 2006 | 36D | Tummy muscles | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 3 May 2006 | 67A | Situp targets | Lisa Wiseman |
| 30 Mar 2006 | 50A | Bodybuilder’s pride | Richard Silvestri |
| 5 Feb 2006 | 80D | Stomach muscles, for short | Eric Berlin |
| 19 Aug 2005 | 7D | Car safety feature, for short | David Liben-Nowell |
| 13 Jul 2005 | 30A | Belly muscles | Manny Nosowsky |
| 1 May 2005 | 33A | Workout target | Joe DiPietro |
| 31 Mar 2005 | 4D | They’re crunched | David Liben-Nowell |
| 17 Mar 2005 | 42A | Things to crunch | David Pringle |
| 6 Oct 2004 | 22D | Six-pack ___ | Adam Cohen |
| 9 Aug 2004 | 36A | Midsection muscles, for short | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 31 Jul 2004 | 28D | Exerciser’s pride | Byron Walden |
| 23 Jun 2004 | 24A | “Washboard” body parts | Jim Goodsell |
| 18 May 2004 | 40D | Middle manager’s focus? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 Apr 2004 | 90D | Sit-up target | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 1 Apr 2004 | 17A | Exerciser’s target | Byron Walden |
| 1 Mar 2004 | 9D | Middle muscles, for short | Gail Grabowski |
| 14 Aug 2003 | 6D | ___ of Steel (video classic) | Greg Staples |
| 25 Jun 2003 | 4D | Crunch targets | Leonard Williams |
| 30 Apr 2003 | 22D | Focus of stomach-crunching | Jerry E. Rosman |
| 1 Jan 2003 | 30D | They may be crunched in a gym | Ed Early |
| 8 Dec 2002 | 105D | Situps’ target | Peter Gordon |
| 5 Nov 2002 | 59D | Tummy muscles | Fred Piscop |
| 27 May 2002 | 3D | Stomach muscles, briefly | Norman Wizer |
| 13 May 2002 | 28A | Stomach muscles, for short | Patrick Merrell |
| 22 Nov 2001 | 28A | Washboard ___ | Richard Silvestri |
| 8 Jul 2001 | 128D | Exercise target | Michael S. Maurer |
| 30 Aug 2000 | 24A | Crunches tighten them | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 13 Jun 2000 | 22D | Stomach muscles, briefly | Peter Gordon |
| 18 Jan 2000 | 33A | New-car feature, for short | Nancy Salomon |
| 12 Jan 2000 | 11A | Muscles used in situps | Greg Staples |
| 18 Nov 1999 | 45D | Situps strengthen them | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 25 Oct 1999 | 10A | Midbody muscles | Philip Lew |
| 15 Aug 1999 | 68D | Muscles on 13-Down | David J. Kahn |
| 30 Apr 1999 | 29D | They may be chiseled | Pat M. Hugel |
| 22 Feb 1999 | 55D | Stomach muscles | Gregory E. Paul |
| 24 Dec 1998 | 25A | Pecs’ kin | Jim Page |
| 21 Dec 1998 | 41D | Not present: Abbr. | Fred Piscop |
| 3 Nov 1998 | 59D | Stomach muscles, for short | Ed Early |
| 19 Aug 1998 | 27A | Tummy muscles | Alfio Micci |
| 18 Jun 1998 | 64D | Exercise target | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 1 Jan 1998 | 30D | Certain muscles, informally | Jim Page |
| 2 Oct 1997 | 20A | Torso’s washboard | Christopher Hurt |
| 17 Sep 1997 | 9D | Tummy muscles | Karen Hodge |
| 1 Sep 1997 | 55A | Sit-ups firm these | Gregory E. Paul |
| 20 Jul 1997 | 38D | Sit-up benefactors | Rich Norris |
| 15 May 1997 | 7D | Bodybuilder’s pride | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 27 Jan 1997 | 11A | Stomach muscles, for short | F. Piscop |
| 26 Jan 1997 | 65D | Sit-ups strengthen them | S. Elliott |
| 11 Aug 1996 | 136D | Crunches work them | M. Schneider |
| 3 Jul 1996 | 11A | Stomach muscles, for short | F. Heaney |
| 14 Apr 1996 | 126A | Stomach muscles | Henry Hook |
| 8 Nov 1995 | 22A | New car offering, for short | Glenn E. Sykes |
| 17 Oct 1995 | 20A | Modern car feature: Abbr. | Diane C. Baldwin |
| 8 Oct 1995 | 141D | Report card abbr. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 24 Sep 1995 | 25A | Sits-up improve them | Randolph Ross |
| 13 Aug 1995 | 93D | Sit-ups tighten them | Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Jul 1995 | 61D | Stomach muscles, for short | Gregory E. Paul |
| 9 Apr 1995 | 1D | Tummy muscles | Cathy Millhauser |
| 5 Oct 1994 | 54A | Pumper’s pride | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 12 Jul 1994 | 11A | Certain muscles, informally | Charles Arnold |
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