ACED is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ACED in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ACED" answer was first appeared in "20 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Passed easily (2)". It was authored by Harvey Estes. Recently, the "ACED" answer has been used for "5 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Crushed (it)". It was authored by Rich Katz. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Nailed (10)", "Breezed through (6)", "Scored 100 on (12)", "Got 100 on (11)", "Passed with flying colors (6)". "ACED" appeared 135 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ACED" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2023 | 69A | Crushed (it) | Rich Katz |
| 25 Sep 2023 | 69A | Passed with flying colors | Lynn Lempel |
| 26 Jul 2023 | 57A | Nailed | Mary Crane |
| 4 Jul 2023 | 12D | Passed with flying colors | Barbara Lin |
| 20 Apr 2023 | 5A | Served flawlessly? | Simeon Seigel |
| 31 Mar 2023 | 55D | Crushed | Rich Norris |
| 20 Jun 2022 | 1D | Got 100% on | Christopher Youngs |
| 29 May 2022 | 43D | Nailed | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 14 Dec 2021 | 59D | Got an A on | Tao Platt |
| 1 Sep 2021 | 12D | Performed very well on | Sean Yamada-Hunter |
| 21 Jul 2021 | 25A | Got an A+ on | Alex Vratsanos |
| 28 May 2021 | 38D | Didn’t just excel on | Andrew J. Ries |
| 16 Nov 2020 | 2D | Got an A on | Jennifer Nutt |
| 31 Mar 2020 | 59D | Got 100% on | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau |
| 17 Mar 2020 | 38D | Completed perfectly | Ross Trudeau |
| 14 Jan 2020 | 10A | Scored 100 on | Jim Peredo |
| 26 Sep 2019 | 26D | Scored 100 on | Doug Peterson |
| 16 Jul 2019 | 11D | Got 100 on | Ross Trudeau |
| 21 May 2019 | 54D | Did an amazing job on | Evan Kalish |
| 27 Aug 2018 | 63A | Got a perfect score on | Susan Gelfand |
| 24 Apr 2018 | 64A | Passed with flying colors | Peter Gordon |
| 12 Apr 2018 | 57D | Nailed | Jules Markey |
| 28 Dec 2017 | 3D | Sailed through | Gary Larson |
| 26 Nov 2017 | 112A | Got 100 on | Jeff Chen |
| 28 Jun 2017 | 33D | Got completely correct | David Kwong |
| 25 Feb 2017 | 47D | Slipped one by, in a way | Mark Diehl |
| 13 Oct 2016 | 23A | Crushed, as a test | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 30 Jun 2016 | 56D | Nailed | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 24 Apr 2016 | 49D | Served well? | Kathy Wienberg |
| 30 Mar 2016 | 6A | Got one’s serve past | Andrew Reynolds |
| 28 Mar 2016 | 63A | Scored 100 on | Gary Cee |
| 3 Mar 2016 | 54A | Got nothing back from? | Andrew Zhou |
| 20 Jan 2016 | 55A | Passed with ease | Herre Schouwerwou |
| 26 Dec 2015 | 10D | Didn’t get a return from | James Mulhern |
| 9 Nov 2015 | 16A | Got a hole in one on | Pawel Fludzinski |
| 15 Jun 2015 | 12D | Scored 100 on | Mike Buckley |
| 1 Sep 2014 | 14A | Achieved a perfect score on | Allan E. Parrish |
| 1 Feb 2014 | 28D | Made no mistakes on | Will Nediger |
| 23 Nov 2013 | 32A | Got a 41-Across on | Frederick J. Healy |
| 21 Nov 2013 | 28D | Killed, as a test | Jules P. Markey |
| 1 Sep 2013 | 67A | Waltzed through | John Farmer |
| 29 Aug 2013 | 8D | Easily passed | Timothy Polin |
| 20 Apr 2013 | 4D | Blasted through | David Steinberg |
| 15 Apr 2013 | 1A | Scored 100 on, as a test | Gayle Dean |
| 19 Mar 2013 | 58D | Served a ball past | Mike Buckley |
| 9 Aug 2012 | 10D | Whizzed through | Joe Krozel |
| 5 Feb 2012 | 53D | Passed easily | Charles M. Deber |
| 11 Dec 2011 | 102A | Killed, as a test | Timothy Polin |
| 29 Jun 2011 | 26D | Breezed through | Tony Orbach |
| 9 Jun 2011 | 1A | Nailed | Joon Pahk |
| 15 Jan 2011 | 22D | Nailed | Barry C. Silk |
| 31 Oct 2010 | 8D | Breezed through | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Sep 2010 | 69D | Didn’t just pass | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 23 Mar 2010 | 27D | Got a perfect score on | Kurt Krauss |
| 14 Nov 2009 | 58A | Didn’t bomb at all | Joe Krozel |
| 4 Nov 2009 | 67A | Sailed through | Ricky Ini Liu |
| 7 Oct 2009 | 17A | Served as well as possible | Tim Wescott |
| 8 Sep 2009 | 40A | Hit a serve past | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 9 Aug 2009 | 88D | Passed with flying colors | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 12 Jun 2009 | 1A | Served well | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Dec 2008 | 1A | Nailed | Jim Page |
| 3 Nov 2008 | 1D | Scored perfectly on | Susan Gelfand |
| 20 Oct 2008 | 33D | Scored 100% on | Daniel Raymon |
| 27 Sep 2008 | 27A | Got a 15-Across on | Karen M. Tracey |
| 27 Jun 2008 | 51A | Nailed | Brad Wilber |
| 9 Apr 2008 | 10D | Nailed, as a test | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| 20 Mar 2008 | 17A | Served to perfection? | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| 12 Feb 2008 | 59D | Got 100 on | Deb Amlen |
| 26 Dec 2007 | 30D | Nailed | Jim Page |
| 13 Dec 2007 | 10D | Provided unbeatable service? | John Farmer |
| 27 Oct 2007 | 52A | Shot one on | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Oct 2007 | 24D | Breezed through | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| 14 Oct 2007 | 112D | Opposite of blew | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 7 Aug 2007 | 3D | Nailed | Daniel Kantor |
| 13 Feb 2007 | 14A | Got 100 on | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 23 Jan 2007 | 36A | Scored 100% on | Timothy Powell |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 11A | Easily passed | Patrick Merrell |
| 6 Oct 2006 | 52A | Breezed through | Nancy Joline |
| 5 Mar 2006 | 116A | Served past | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| 25 Dec 2005 | 60D | Breezed through | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 22 May 2005 | 121D | Handled perfectly | A. J. Santora |
| 22 Feb 2005 | 55D | Served past | Ed Early |
| 31 Jan 2005 | 72A | Scored 100 on | Randall J. Hartman |
| 29 Aug 2004 | 114D | Scored very well on | Manny Nosowsky |
| 10 Aug 2004 | 31D | Passed with flying colors | Sarah Keller |
| 14 Mar 2004 | 56A | Zipped through | Craig Kasper |
| 13 Jan 2004 | 20A | Got 100 on | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 17 Sep 2003 | 23A | Served perfectly | Richard Silvestri |
| 31 Aug 2003 | 84A | Caught flat-footed on a tennis serve, maybe | Fred Piscop |
| 7 May 2003 | 62A | Sailed through | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 16 Apr 2003 | 52A | Scored on serve | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 15 Apr 2003 | 10A | Breezed through, as a test | Adam G. Perl |
| 1 Feb 2003 | 57D | Didn’t just pass | Rich Norris |
| 18 Dec 2002 | 57D | Breezed through | Merle Baker |
| 29 Aug 2002 | 8D | Did perfectly | William Schaub |
| 23 Oct 2001 | 60A | Like a poor tennis player, frequently | Leonard Williams |
| 2 Jul 2001 | 26D | Scored 100 on | Sarah Keller |
| 16 May 2001 | 55A | Scored on serve | Richard Silvestri |
| 6 Mar 2001 | 22A | Got 100 on | Ed Early |
| 28 Feb 2001 | 45A | Sailed through | A. J. Santora |
| 25 Apr 2000 | 7D | Sailed through | Randall J. Hartman |
| 26 Oct 1999 | 7A | Put past? | Kevin McCann |
| 3 Aug 1999 | 38A | Got 100% on | Dave Tuller |
| 28 Jul 1999 | 55D | Zipped through | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Jun 1999 | 12D | Got 100 on | Fred Piscop |
| 16 May 1999 | 101D | Whizzed through | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 24 Jan 1999 | 10A | Put one past? | Robert Malinow |
| 4 Dec 1998 | 21D | More than passed | John Wolting |
| 11 Sep 1998 | 2D | Shot one | Harvey Estes |
| 15 Jun 1998 | 53D | Scored 100 on | Nancy Salomon |
| 5 May 1998 | 33A | Got 100 on, as a test | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 1 Jul 1997 | 35D | Passed with flying colors | Fred Piscop |
| 24 Jun 1997 | 36A | Got 100 on | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 18 Apr 1997 | 37A | Made a great point | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 9 Dec 1996 | 61A | Scored 100 on | F. Piscop |
| 16 Oct 1996 | 1D | Completed effortlessly | B. Gordon |
| 13 Oct 1996 | 5D | Easily passed | W. R. Williams |
| 31 Jul 1996 | 18A | Scored 100 on | J. Schmalzbach |
| 25 Jun 1996 | 20A | Got no return from | Randall J. Hartman |
| 7 Apr 1996 | 14A | Put one past | C. Millhauser |
| 21 Mar 1996 | 39A | Passed beautifully | H. Estes |
| 1 Jan 1996 | 5A | Served perfectly, in tennis | A. Klaus |
| 17 Dec 1995 | 108D | Scored 100 on | Dean Niles |
| 3 Dec 1995 | 9A | Finished perfectly | Martin Schneider |
| 14 Aug 1995 | 64A | Passed with ease | Ben Wheelock |
| 9 Jul 1995 | 74D | Got a top mark on | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 5 Jul 1995 | 36A | Opposite of flunked | Norman S. Wizer |
| 13 Mar 1995 | 44A | Did better than a B | Ernie Furtado |
| 24 Jan 1995 | 57D | Scored a hole-in-one | Richard Hughes |
| 8 Dec 1994 | 36A | Served well | Randolph Ross |
| 30 Aug 1994 | 4D | Scored on a serve | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 31 Jul 1994 | 78A | Opposite of flunked | Richard Silvestri |
| 27 May 1994 | 7D | Handled perfectly | Chet Currier |
| 8 Apr 1994 | 3D | Didn’t just pass | David A. Rosen |
| 20 Feb 1994 | 94D | Passed easily | Harvey Estes |
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