ACE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ACE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ACE" answer was first appeared in "21 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "King’s superior". It was authored by Peter Gordon. Recently, the "ACE" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Biggest club in Vegas?". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Crackerjack (17)", "Whiz (23)", "Expert (12)", "Point of no return? (8)", "Big heart? (6)", "Hotshot (7)", "Virtuoso (7)", "King topper (6)". "ACE" appeared 438 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ACE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 | 34A | Biggest club in Vegas? | Jeremy Newton |
| 20 Nov 2023 | 23A | The “A” of 10-J-Q-K-A | Sam Ezersky |
| 6 Sep 2023 | 21A | Something that may be up one’s sleeve | Blake Slonecker |
| 5 Sep 2023 | 24A | King beater | Alan Siegel |
| 24 Aug 2023 | 49A | Very quick point | Robin Yu |
| 10 Aug 2023 | 29D | Flying ___ | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 3 Aug 2023 | 4A | Whip through, say | Simeon Seigel |
| 24 Jul 2023 | 58D | Card with a single spot on it | John Ewbank |
| 21 Jul 2023 | 35A | Example of exemplary service | Robyn Weintraub |
| 11 Jul 2023 | 32A | Maven | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 78D | Big diamond? | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 Jun 2023 | 8D | Top club in Vegas | Robyn Weintraub |
| 7 May 2023 | 110A | One-pip card | Will Nediger |
| 5 Apr 2023 | 64A | Crackerjack | Brandon Koppy |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 2D | One in the hand? | Robert Ryan |
| 27 Feb 2023 | 25D | Top card | David Rockow |
| 9 Feb 2023 | 6D | No soft serve | Alex Rosen |
| 1 Feb 2023 | 61D | One of a pair of “bullets,” in poker | Dan Caprera |
| 22 Jan 2023 | 21A | Nail, as a test | Garrett Chalfin |
| 7 Dec 2022 | 7D | Big name in hardware stores | Karen Steinberg |
| 23 Oct 2022 | 49A | Whiz | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 9 Oct 2022 | 114D | Either half of pocket rockets, in poker slang | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| 20 Sep 2022 | 27D | Part of 10-J-Q-K-A | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| 31 Jul 2022 | 47D | Wizard | Jesse Goldberg |
| 26 Jul 2022 | 34D | Virtuoso | Lillian Simpson |
| 24 Jul 2022 | 96A | Whiz | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| 21 Jul 2022 | 65A | Top of a deck | Anne Marie Crinnion and Eric Bornstein |
| 14 Jul 2022 | 56A | Valuable diamond | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 10 Jul 2022 | 121D | Excellent service? | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan |
| 2 Jul 2022 | 58D | Game 1 starter, typically | Evan Kalish |
| 6 Jun 2022 | 19A | “A” card in the deck | Michael Schlossberg |
| 15 May 2022 | 66D | High part of a deck | Daniel Mauer |
| 1 May 2022 | 112A | Flexible spade, say | Brandon Koppy |
| 4 Apr 2022 | 33A | Total pro | Derek J. Angell |
| 26 Feb 2022 | 30A | Wunderkind | Ori Brian |
| 21 Jan 2022 | 9D | Person of extraordinary skill | Kyle Dolan |
| 16 Jan 2022 | 114A | Big club in Las Vegas? | Derrick Niederman |
| 3 Dec 2021 | 51D | Pro | Claire Rimkus |
| 8 Nov 2021 | 44D | Blackjack card with two values | Carl Larson |
| 1 Nov 2021 | 49A | Score 100% on | Fiona Taylor |
| 31 Oct 2021 | 121A | Card in a royal flush | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 28 Oct 2021 | 19A | Virtuoso | Alan Massengill |
| 27 Oct 2021 | 42A | King or queen topper | Johanna Fenimore |
| 24 Oct 2021 | 62D | Crush, as a test | Katie Hale |
| 30 Sep 2021 | 60A | It’s often included in a good deal | Rich Proulx |
| 7 Sep 2021 | 31A | Versatile blackjack card | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 2 Sep 2021 | 64A | Expert | David W. Tuffs |
| 30 Aug 2021 | 34A | The “A” of A-K-Q-J | Brooke Husic |
| 10 Aug 2021 | 38D | Perfect serve | Anne Grae Martin |
| 9 Aug 2021 | 49A | Flexible blackjack card | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 4 Aug 2021 | 5D | Tennis feat | Brandon Koppy |
| 12 Jun 2021 | 50D | Asexual, informally | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| 31 May 2021 | 24D | There’s only one spot for this | Michael Lieberman |
| 30 May 2021 | 45D | Put one past | Adam Wagner |
| 28 Apr 2021 | 44D | Crackerjack | Hal Moore |
| 17 Apr 2021 | 41A | Crackerjack | Leslie Rogers |
| 4 Apr 2021 | 70D | Outstanding pitcher | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson |
| 3 Apr 2021 | 6D | Wizard | Peter A. Collins |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 21A | Virtuoso | Trenton Charlson |
| 4 Mar 2021 | 14A | Nail | Blake Slonecker |
| 20 Feb 2021 | 21A | Excellent | Ali Gascoigne |
| 3 Feb 2021 | 42D | Nail, as a test | Yacob Yonas |
| 21 Jan 2021 | 21A | Crush, as a test | Daniel Mauer |
| 14 Jan 2021 | 49A | Whiz | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| 30 Dec 2020 | 64D | Alternative to Lowe’s | Kate Hawkins |
| 27 Dec 2020 | 34D | A thing in poker? | Daniel Grinberg |
| 14 Dec 2020 | 23A | Top card | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| 6 Dec 2020 | 95D | Serve well? | Tony Orbach |
| 5 Nov 2020 | 23A | Expert | Jeremy Newton |
| 7 Sep 2020 | 59D | King beater | Gareth Bain |
| 5 Sep 2020 | 44D | A as in Atlantic City? | John Guzzetta |
| 19 Aug 2020 | 35D | Nail (it) | Brandon Koppy |
| 12 Aug 2020 | 59A | Tiptop | Adesina O. Koiki |
| 16 Jul 2020 | 13D | Number one starter | Evan Kalish |
| 10 Jul 2020 | 53A | Volleyball coup | John Lieb |
| 6 Apr 2020 | 45A | Blackjack card worth one or 11 points | Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas |
| 29 Mar 2020 | 53D | Expert | Ricky Cruz |
| 24 Mar 2020 | 19A | Point of no return? | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 14 Feb 2020 | 20A | 19-Across pitcher | Daniel Larsen |
| 12 Feb 2020 | 4D | Hole in one | Rich Proulx |
| 6 Feb 2020 | 18A | Wizard | Jake Halperin |
| 4 Feb 2020 | 4D | Nail, as a test | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 12 Jan 2020 | 5D | Nail | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| 3 Jan 2020 | 58A | Crackerjack | Will Treece |
| 2 Jan 2020 | 64A | Top gun | Ed Sessa |
| 18 Dec 2019 | 56D | High/low card | Margaret Saine |
| 23 Nov 2019 | 19A | Nail | Trenton Charlson |
| 31 Oct 2019 | 8D | Star pitcher | Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen |
| 6 Oct 2019 | 114A | Half of a blackjack | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| 10 Sep 2019 | 29A | Versatile blackjack card | Ethan Cooper |
| 1 Sep 2019 | 108D | Nickname for a buddy | Finn Vigeland |
| 5 Aug 2019 | 6D | Unreturned tennis serve | Tracy Gray |
| 13 May 2019 | 14A | Top card | Gary Larson |
| 10 May 2019 | 53A | So-called “bullet” | Andrew J. Ries |
| 26 Apr 2019 | 41A | Peak service? | Kyle Dolan |
| 20 Apr 2019 | 34A | Big heart? | Kevin Adamick |
| 7 Apr 2019 | 72D | Prized pitcher | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 Mar 2019 | 25A | Part of the upper deck? | Jules Markey |
| 6 Jan 2019 | 13D | Course rarity | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 28 Oct 2018 | 3D | Term in tennis, golf and baseball, all with different meanings | Erik Agard |
| 16 Oct 2018 | 42D | Quickest tennis point | Ed Sessa |
| 15 Oct 2018 | 54A | King topper | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 14 Oct 2018 | 35A | Standout | Ross Trudeau |
| 10 Sep 2018 | 4D | Crackerjack | Jacob Stulberg |
| 26 Aug 2018 | 31A | Point of no return? | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 4 Aug 2018 | 59A | Put something past? | Sam Trabucco |
| 6 Jun 2018 | 45A | Crackerjack | Richard F. Mausser |
| 10 Apr 2018 | 23A | King topper | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 7 Mar 2018 | 40A | Nail | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 27 Jan 2018 | 5D | Nickname for a pal | Mark Diehl |
| 23 Jan 2018 | 47A | It doesn’t get returned | Jim Hilger |
| 3 Oct 2017 | 60A | Master pilot | Chuck Deodene |
| 27 Sep 2017 | 38A | Near-impossibility on a par-4 hole | Jacob Stulberg |
| 25 Sep 2017 | 45D | Card that beats a king | Bruce Haight |
| 17 Aug 2017 | 61A | Crack | Peter A. Collins |
| 11 Aug 2017 | 26D | Potential Air Medal recipient | Hal Moore |
| 25 Jul 2017 | 7D | Fly through, as a test | Alex Vratsanos |
| 20 Jul 2017 | 48D | Big heart? | Randolph Ross |
| 27 May 2017 | 9D | Crush | Damon Gulczynski |
| 10 Apr 2017 | 16A | King topper | Lonnie Burton |
| 5 Mar 2017 | 112D | Big heart? | Timothy Polin |
| 31 Dec 2016 | 43A | Court coup | Jeff Chen |
| 12 Dec 2016 | 34A | High/low card | Mark McClain |
| 28 Nov 2016 | 12D | Hole in one | Kristian House |
| 27 Nov 2016 | 31A | Pro | Matt Ginsberg |
| 6 Nov 2016 | 112D | War hero | Joe DiPietro |
| 2 Nov 2016 | 30A | Golf or tennis coup | Andrew Kingsley |
| 20 Oct 2016 | 62D | Home Depot competitor | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 18 Oct 2016 | 7D | Top fighter pilot | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 12 Sep 2016 | 63D | Top of a royal flush | Victor Fleming and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 7 Sep 2016 | 15A | It’s not returned on the court | Kary Haddad |
| 2 Sep 2016 | 22A | Valuable diamond | David Liben-Nowell |
| 4 Jul 2016 | 57D | Expert | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| 26 Jun 2016 | 122D | A card? | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 15 Jun 2016 | 13D | One-hit wonder? | Jason Flinn |
| 7 Jun 2016 | 22A | Hero war pilot | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 May 2016 | 39A | Hole in 33-Across | James Tuttle |
| 5 Apr 2016 | 33A | Big name in bandages and hardware | Dan Schoenholz |
| 4 Apr 2016 | 15A | Point of no return? | David Kwong |
| 23 Mar 2016 | 2D | Bridge four-pointer | Alex Boisvert and Jeff Chen |
| 6 Mar 2016 | 100A | Mound great | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Feb 2016 | 58D | Star pitcher | Ron and Nancy Byron |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 35A | Master | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Aug 2015 | 38A | Pass with flying colors | Timothy Polin |
| 12 Aug 2015 | 57D | Hotshot | Tom McCoy |
| 6 Aug 2015 | 23A | One with perfect pitch? | Gary Cee |
| 7 Jul 2015 | 34A | Card that may be up one’s sleeve | Daniel Raymon |
| 2 Jul 2015 | 21A | Buddy | Timothy Polin |
| 28 Jun 2015 | 73D | Whiz-bang | Jeremy Newton |
| 21 May 2015 | 51A | Part of a “wheel” hand in poker | Peter A. Collins |
| 13 May 2015 | 60A | Result of rapid service? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 20 Apr 2015 | 60D | Hotshot | Tom McCoy |
| 29 Mar 2015 | 44D | ___ Hardware | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 22 Mar 2015 | 20A | One for war? | Jeremy Newton |
| 10 Mar 2015 | 11D | Team’s best pitcher | Allan E. Parrish |
| 17 Feb 2015 | 16A | Hero war pilot | Bruce Haight |
| 2 Feb 2015 | 49A | King or queen beater | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 17 Jan 2015 | 61D | Top gun | Josh Knapp |
| 30 Dec 2014 | 59A | Expert | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 7 Dec 2014 | 92A | Big pitcher | Jeff Chen |
| 28 Oct 2014 | 38A | Whiz | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 19 Oct 2014 | 74A | Whiz | David Phillips |
| 13 Aug 2014 | 65D | Big club? | Dan Schoenholz |
| 31 Jul 2014 | 12D | Strikeout star | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| 6 Jul 2014 | 77D | See 79-Down | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 1 Jun 2014 | 55A | Pass with flying colors | Tom McCoy |
| 20 May 2014 | 33D | Part of a soft hand in blackjack | Peter A. Collins |
| 26 Apr 2014 | 43A | Nail | Evan Birnholz |
| 24 Apr 2014 | 12D | Virtuoso | Stanley Newman |
| 17 Apr 2014 | 49A | Big club? | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| 20 Feb 2014 | 21D | Hotshot | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| 10 Feb 2014 | 47D | Fortunate card to have with a queen or king in blackjack | C. W. Stewart |
| 13 Jan 2014 | 60D | Snoopy, in his dreams | Lynn Lempel |
| 12 Jan 2014 | 109D | Whiz | Andrew Chaikin |
| 8 Dec 2013 | 4D | One-hit wonder? | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Dec 2013 | 101D | ___-high | Alan DerKazarian |
| 27 Nov 2013 | 45A | Not miss a thing on | Jules P. Markey |
| 22 Sep 2013 | 122A | Bullet, in poker | Mike Selinker |
| 27 Aug 2013 | 43A | Expert | Jacob McDermott |
| 21 Aug 2013 | 8D | Do superbly on | Jonathan Gersch |
| 20 Aug 2013 | 37D | Bandage brand | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| 30 Jul 2013 | 2D | Best pitcher on the team | Peter A. Collins |
| 11 May 2013 | 64D | Pal | Matt Ginsberg |
| 16 Apr 2013 | 56A | It may be high or low in blackjack | Peter Broda |
| 10 Apr 2013 | 2D | Star pitcher | Julian Lim |
| 26 Mar 2013 | 5A | Biggest diamond? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| 26 Feb 2013 | 29A | Pass perfectly | Gary Cee |
| 24 Jan 2013 | 61D | Pal | Michael Shteyman |
| 18 Jan 2013 | 3D | One in a pack | Tim Croce |
| 3 Jan 2013 | 32A | Single, slangily | Bruce Haight |
| 8 Dec 2012 | 4D | One in play? | Barry C. Silk |
| 7 Nov 2012 | 27A | Part of a 23-Across | George Fitzgerald and Nancy Salomon |
| 30 Sep 2012 | 13A | Dandy | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming |
| 29 Jul 2012 | 31A | Whiz | Kevin G. Der |
| 20 Jun 2012 | 19A | Get totally right | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 7 Jun 2012 | 9D | Pal | Joe Krozel |
| 15 May 2012 | 9D | Server’s wish | Susan Gelfand |
| 25 Apr 2012 | 40D | Crackerjack | Peter Wentz |
| 1 Apr 2012 | 17D | Whiz | Patrick Merrell |
| 26 Mar 2012 | 59D | One-spot card | Ray Fontenot |
| 20 Mar 2012 | 15A | Hole in one | Will Nediger |
| 8 Feb 2012 | 8D | Crackerjack pilot | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 Dec 2011 | 38D | Good card in blackjack | Julian Lim |
| 1 Dec 2011 | 19D | Bandage trademark | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 21 Nov 2011 | 15A | Pitching whiz | Peter A. Collins |
| 16 Nov 2011 | 5D | Breeze through | Gary Cee |
| 31 Oct 2011 | 34A | Star pitcher | Jeff Chen |
| 14 Aug 2011 | 54A | Perfect service | Paula Gamache |
| 9 Aug 2011 | 5D | Score 100% on | Tony Orbach |
| 24 Jul 2011 | 1A | Crackerjack | Kurt Mueller |
| 28 Jun 2011 | 32A | Sail through | Tom Baring |
| 4 Apr 2011 | 58A | Top-notch | Lynn Lempel |
| 30 Mar 2011 | 64D | Sleuth Ventura | Erik Wennstrom |
| 27 Feb 2011 | 36D | A-one service? | Peter A. Collins |
| 10 Feb 2011 | 13A | Buddy | Derek Bowman |
| 3 Feb 2011 | 61D | Von Richthofen, for one | Matt Ginsberg |
| 29 Dec 2010 | 14A | Expert | Patrick Merrell |
| 20 Dec 2010 | 40A | Hole in one | Donna Hoke |
| 10 Oct 2010 | 31A | Hold ’em bullet | Patrick Merrell |
| 16 Sep 2010 | 45A | Top-notch | Joey Weissbrot, Brown University ’11 |
| 10 Sep 2010 | 62D | Buddy | Peter Wentz |
| 12 Aug 2010 | 26A | Starting pitcher | Barry Boone |
| 7 Jul 2010 | 4D | Point of no return? | Will Nediger |
| 28 Jun 2010 | 33A | Card that may be “in the hole” | Joel Fagliano |
| 13 May 2010 | 39A | Top of a suit? | Patrick Merrell |
| 2 Feb 2010 | 25A | One in the hand? | Alex Fay |
| 20 Sep 2009 | 127A | Whiz | Michael Ashley |
| 7 Sep 2009 | 16A | Useful item accompanying a face card in blackjack | Andrea Carla Michaels and Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 26 Jul 2009 | 64A | Crackerjack | Kevin G. Der |
| 27 May 2009 | 54A | Sail through | Corey Rubin |
| 17 May 2009 | 38D | Whiz-bang | Oliver Hill |
| 9 Mar 2009 | 16A | One-spot | Betty Keller |
| 7 Jan 2009 | 54A | It has two values in blackjack | William Frank Macreery |
| 31 Dec 2008 | 36D | Dead man’s hand card | Tim Wescott |
| 16 Jun 2008 | 33A | Star pitcher | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| 20 May 2008 | 58D | 1 or 11, in twenty-one | Billie Truitt |
| 12 May 2008 | 55A | Excellent service? | Randall J. Hartman |
| 7 May 2008 | 46A | Air Force hero | Richard Silvestri |
| 3 May 2008 | 54A | Virtuoso | Patrick Berry |
| 18 Apr 2008 | 34A | Domino with one spot | Joe DiPietro |
| 3 Apr 2008 | 30D | It can never come back | Kevin G. Der |
| 13 Mar 2008 | 32D | Point of no return? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 4 Mar 2008 | 5D | Starting pitcher | Kevin Donovan |
| 20 Feb 2008 | 15A | Very close friend, in slang | Chuck Hamilton |
| 12 Nov 2007 | 32D | Hole-in-one | Harvey Estes |
| 22 Oct 2007 | 31A | Card that’s taken only by a trump | Lynn Lempel |
| 6 Oct 2007 | 34D | Buddy, in slang | Brendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot |
| 4 Oct 2007 | 65A | Bridge topper? | Sheldon Benardo |
| 30 Sep 2007 | 113A | Top-notch | Kelsey Blakley |
| 4 Sep 2007 | 53D | Crackerjack | Manny Nosowsky |
| 5 Aug 2007 | 27A | Crackerjack | Caroline Leong |
| 9 Jul 2007 | 33D | 1 or 11, in blackjack | Peter A. Collins |
| 6 Jul 2007 | 27A | Crack | Pete Mitchell |
| 24 Jun 2007 | 94A | Put one by | Eric Berlin |
| 7 May 2007 | 39D | Good card to have “in the hole” | Janet Bender |
| 25 Feb 2007 | 109A | Master | David J. Kahn |
| 29 Jan 2007 | 48A | Golf rarity | Fred Piscop |
| 4 Jan 2007 | 5D | Crackerjack | Alan Olschwang |
| 19 Dec 2006 | 59D | One-spot | Sarah Keller |
| 31 Oct 2006 | 60A | Unreturnable serve | Patrick Blindauer |
| 19 Oct 2006 | 36A | Good tennis score | Raymond C. Young |
| 17 Oct 2006 | 44D | Big name in hardware stores | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 26 Aug 2006 | 16A | Pro | Henry Hook |
| 30 Jul 2006 | 72A | Whiz | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry |
| 26 Jul 2006 | 39D | Air hero | Dave Mackey |
| 19 Jul 2006 | 13D | Top pitcher | Alison Donald |
| 14 Jun 2006 | 41A | Suit top? | Lisa Wiseman |
| 15 May 2006 | 53A | Trick winner, often | John R. Conrad |
| 8 May 2006 | 24A | Pitching star | Norm Guggenbiller |
| 29 Mar 2006 | 38D | Serve perfectly | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| 9 Mar 2006 | 37A | One on the links | John Farmer |
| 13 Jan 2006 | 32D | Whiz | Eric Berlin |
| 9 Jan 2006 | 42A | Leading pitcher | Allan E. Parrish |
| 22 Aug 2005 | 49A | 11-pointer, in blackjack | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 Jul 2005 | 57D | Excellent service, in 27-Down | Roy Leban |
| 18 Jul 2005 | 61D | High card | Randy Sowell |
| 20 Jun 2005 | 22A | Card that wins lots of tricks | Alison Donald |
| 9 Jun 2005 | 64D | Whiz | David J. Kahn |
| 16 May 2005 | 31A | Perfect tennis serve | Marc J. Gameroff |
| 23 Feb 2005 | 20A | Top of a suit? | Lee Glickstein |
| 15 Feb 2005 | 65A | Air hero | Gene Newman |
| 7 Feb 2005 | 22D | 11-pointer in blackjack | Gordon Seaberg |
| 30 Jan 2005 | 98A | Excellent service | Derrick Niederman |
| 17 Jan 2005 | 19A | Whiz | Alison Donald |
| 11 Dec 2004 | 56D | Pro | James E. Buell |
| 17 Nov 2004 | 31D | Trick taker, often | Richard Silvestri |
| 4 Nov 2004 | 2D | Prince of a guy | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Oct 2004 | 27A | The Red Baron, e.g. | Adam Cohen |
| 28 Sep 2004 | 25D | Air force hero | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 20 Aug 2004 | 12D | Rare driving result | Harvey Estes |
| 14 Aug 2004 | 35A | Buddy, in slang | Joe DiPietro |
| 28 Jul 2004 | 5D | Top-notch | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 6 Jul 2004 | 24D | One-spot | Matt Skoczen |
| 24 May 2004 | 51A | King topper | Frederick J. Healy |
| 21 Apr 2004 | 29A | Pitching star | Michael Shteyman |
| 26 Mar 2004 | 19A | Rare driving result | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 22 Jan 2004 | 14A | Put one past | Roy Leban |
| 4 Nov 2003 | 40D | Expert | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Oct 2003 | 45A | Unreturnable serve | Eric Berlin |
| 7 Aug 2003 | 29D | Big name in hardware | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Aug 2003 | 66D | It gets to the point quickly | Jim Page |
| 30 Jul 2003 | 7D | It isn’t returned | Alan J. Weiss |
| 24 Jun 2003 | 60D | Biggest diamond | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
| 23 Jun 2003 | 56A | Top flier | Raymond Hamel |
| 16 May 2003 | 54D | Suit’s bottom | Michael Shteyman |
| 10 Apr 2003 | 61D | High honor | Chuck Menning and Mitch Komro |
| 13 Mar 2003 | 38D | Deck feature | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Mar 2003 | 5D | War hero | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Feb 2003 | 1A | Whiz | Charles M. Deber |
| 12 Feb 2003 | 21A | Court feat | Ed Early |
| 29 Oct 2002 | 33D | Do well on | Richard Hughes |
| 12 Sep 2002 | 39A | Perform spectacularly on | Peter Abide |
| 8 Sep 2002 | 116D | Big heart? | Rich Norris |
| 4 Sep 2002 | 58D | Big serve | Eric Berlin |
| 7 Aug 2002 | 20A | Hole-in-one | Randolph Ross |
| 26 May 2002 | 59D | Top gun | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 May 2002 | 34A | Crackerjack | David J. Kahn |
| 6 May 2002 | 39A | Royal flush card | Peter Gordon |
| 10 Apr 2002 | 35A | Whiz | Gregory Casagrande |
| 7 Apr 2002 | 103A | Sail through | Nancy Salomon |
| 1 Mar 2002 | 11D | Leading club? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 Feb 2002 | 43D | Point of no return? | Peter Gordon |
| 3 Feb 2002 | 30D | Top club | Richard Silvestri |
| 5 Jan 2002 | 41A | Big heart? | Rich Norris |
| 13 Dec 2001 | 9A | Big club? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 13 Oct 2001 | 1A | Paperback publisher founded in 1953 | Jim Page |
| 11 Sep 2001 | 2D | Whiz | Joan Yanofsky |
| 11 Aug 2001 | 37A | Shooting star? | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Feb 2001 | 41A | Good thing to have in war | Frank A. Longo |
| 22 Dec 2000 | 55A | One in a suit | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 13 Dec 2000 | 7D | Champion | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Dec 2000 | 37D | It’s nonreturnable | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Nov 2000 | 67A | Something up the sleeve? | Richard Hughes |
| 26 Sep 2000 | 29D | Duffer’s dream | Bill Ballard |
| 14 Aug 2000 | 50A | Decorated war pilot | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 5 Aug 2000 | 52D | Whiz | Manny Nosowsky |
| 30 Jul 2000 | 80A | Big diamond | Randolph Ross |
| 23 Jun 2000 | 45A | Crackerjack | Noah Dephoure |
| 21 Jun 2000 | 41A | Whiz | Greg Staples |
| 10 Jun 2000 | 46A | Quite a shot | Glenton Petgrave |
| 24 May 2000 | 36D | Whiz | Chuck Deodene |
| 20 May 2000 | 19A | Big club | Rich Norris |
| 6 Apr 2000 | 42A | Major club | Manny Nosowsky |
| 29 Feb 2000 | 57D | Good service? | Peter Gordon |
| 20 Feb 2000 | 29A | It has a spot on it | Trip Payne |
| 13 Jan 2000 | 35A | Crack | A. J. Santora |
| 27 Oct 1999 | 49D | Sampras specialty | Chris Sallade |
| 21 Sep 1999 | 35D | Bandage brand | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 29 Aug 1999 | 81A | Phenom | Lou and Fran Sabin |
| 27 Aug 1999 | 40A | One in a suit | Joe DiPietro |
| 19 Aug 1999 | 50A | Crack | Cathy Millhauser |
| 15 Aug 1999 | 116D | First-class | David J. Kahn |
| 29 Jul 1999 | 63D | Whiz | David J. Kahn |
| 6 May 1999 | 50A | Standout pitcher | Matt Gaffney |
| 26 Apr 1999 | 30D | One-spot | Robert Dillman |
| 5 Apr 1999 | 7D | Hotshot | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Mar 1999 | 73A | First-rate | Cathy Allis Millhauser |
| 7 Feb 1999 | 61A | ___-high | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 10 Jan 1999 | 99A | Crackerjack | David J. Kahn |
| 7 Jan 1999 | 32A | Duffer’s dream | William I. Johnston |
| 31 Dec 1998 | 52A | Get one past | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Dec 1998 | 23A | Crackerjack | David J. Kahn |
| 13 Dec 1998 | 40A | Top gun | Richard Silvestri |
| 22 Nov 1998 | 112D | More than pass | Nelson Hardy |
| 2 Sep 1998 | 47A | Big name in bandages | Randall J. Hartman |
| 24 Aug 1998 | 43A | Aviation hero | Alan Jay Weiss |
| 15 Aug 1998 | 31A | First-rate | Rich Norris |
| 10 Aug 1998 | 54D | Smashing point? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 6 Jun 1998 | 32A | Two can take this | Rich Norris |
| 2 Jun 1998 | 35A | Power serve, perhaps | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 1 Jun 1998 | 11D | Serve that zings | Evie Eysenburg |
| 1 May 1998 | 7D | Unbeatable service | John Wolting |
| 30 Apr 1998 | 64D | Whiz | Kelly Clark |
| 19 Apr 1998 | 87D | Whiz | Rich Norris |
| 17 Apr 1998 | 9D | King of the skies | Matt Gaffney |
| 6 Mar 1998 | 10D | Hot shot | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 14 Dec 1997 | 96D | Hotshot | Nancy Salomon |
| 13 Dec 1997 | 57D | Suit topper | Richard Silvestri |
| 25 Nov 1997 | 47A | The Red Baron, for one | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Nov 1997 | 39A | Put one past | Nancy Salomon |
| 5 Nov 1997 | 55D | One-spot | A. J. Santora |
| 29 Oct 1997 | 12D | Air hero | Kelly Clark |
| 19 Oct 1997 | 79A | Superlative | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Sep 1997 | 64D | Serve like Sampras, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 7 Sep 1997 | 16D | Close friend, in slang | Randolph Ross |
| 21 Aug 1997 | 55D | Valuable diamond? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 5 Aug 1997 | 48A | The Red Baron was one | William Bernhardt |
| 20 Jul 1997 | 43D | Breeze through | Rich Norris |
| 27 Jun 1997 | 4D | One with perfect pitch? | Dean Niles |
| 20 Jun 1997 | 22A | Big heart? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 May 1997 | 60D | Crackerjack | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 27 Apr 1997 | 7D | Whiz | Matt Gaffney |
| 7 Mar 1997 | 33D | Expert | Jeff Herrington |
| 4 Mar 1997 | 10D | Expert | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Feb 1997 | 34A | Highest honor | R. Silvestri |
| 8 Jan 1997 | 23A | First-class service | J. D. Leavy |
| 22 Dec 1996 | 8D | It’s not returnable | F. Hansen |
| 7 Dec 1996 | 35D | Crack | R. H. Burns |
| 27 Oct 1996 | 32D | Point of no return? | N. N. Joline |
| 30 Sep 1996 | 37A | Card up the sleeve | F. Piscop |
| 2 Sep 1996 | 9D | King topper | F. Piscop |
| 31 Aug 1996 | 5D | Close friend, in slang | G. Petgrave |
| 14 Aug 1996 | 59D | Hole in one | G. E. Sykes |
| 17 Jul 1996 | 19D | One in the hand? | M. Nosowsky |
| 22 Jun 1996 | 45A | War hero | B. White |
| 5 May 1996 | 87A | Sampras objective | D. J. Kahn |
| 18 Apr 1996 | 25A | Pro | A. J. Santora |
| 6 Apr 1996 | 52A | Opposite of fail | R. Norris |
| 5 Apr 1996 | 42A | Bridge strength? | J. Page |
| 14 Mar 1996 | 44D | Cable award | R. Silvestri |
| 10 Feb 1996 | 34A | War hero | John R. Conrad |
| 9 Feb 1996 | 19A | Fine service | Rich Norris |
| 30 Jan 1996 | 27A | Eagle on a par 3 | M. Skolsky |
| 23 Nov 1995 | 50A | First-rate | Dorothy Elliott |
| 13 Aug 1995 | 5D | Hotshot | Nancy Salomon |
| 28 Jul 1995 | 26A | Put one past | Rich Norris |
| 29 Apr 1995 | 9D | Golf coup | Fred Piscop |
| 26 Feb 1995 | 79A | Duffer’s dream | Fred Piscop |
| 4 Feb 1995 | 47A | Cable TV’s Emmy | Manny Nosowsky |
| 2 Feb 1995 | 23D | Virtuoso | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| 8 Jan 1995 | 29A | Perfect shot | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 5 Jan 1995 | 8D | Top-flight | Harvey Estes |
| 24 Dec 1994 | 7D | Close friend, in slang | John Stanley |
| 16 Dec 1994 | 23A | Get high marks | A.J. Santora |
| 24 Oct 1994 | 14A | King topper | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 14 Sep 1994 | 46A | Expert | Harvey Estes |
| 9 Sep 1994 | 20A | Point of no return? | Bob Klahn |
| 1 Sep 1994 | 21A | Air hero | Manny Nosowsky |
| 20 Jul 1994 | 63D | Plane downer | Harvey Estes |
| 2 Jul 1994 | 38A | Service ___ | Bryant White |
| 30 May 1994 | 5D | Item up the sleeve | Raymond Hamel |
| 28 Apr 1994 | 59D | Virtuoso | Randy Sowell |
| 24 Apr 1994 | 108A | First-rate | Louis Sabin |
| 16 Jan 1994 | 47D | Good hole card | Ernst Theimer |
| 12 Dec 1993 | 125A | Expert | Cathy Millhauser |
| 5 Dec 1993 | 31A | Serve brilliantly | Manny Nosowsky |
| 24 Nov 1993 | 59D | Sizzling serve | Nancy S. Ross |
| 21 Nov 1993 | 117D | King’s superior | Peter Gordon |
Here you get ACE answered all clues with dates, Grid, and Author info. If ACE will be used in a new NYT Crossword, that will be updated here.