ACTS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ACTS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ACTS" answer was first appeared in "9 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Book after John (7)". It was authored by Janie Lyons. Recently, the "ACTS" answer has been used for "5 Aug 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Play group". It was authored by John Guzzetta. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Follower of John (8)", "New Testament book (9)", "Play parts (7)", "Takes steps (6)", "___ of the Apostles (7)", "Book after John (7)". "ACTS" appeared 193 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ACTS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 2023 | 39A | Play group | John Guzzetta |
| 3 Aug 2023 | 13D | Book of the New Testament | Simeon Seigel |
| 2 Jul 2023 | 60A | Pantomimes, perhaps | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 1D | Isn’t oneself? | Carly Schuna |
| 8 Jan 2023 | 54D | Doesn’t just sit there | Wyna Liu |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 15A | Stage partitions? | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| 22 Dec 2022 | 68A | Has a role | David Steinberg |
| 20 Oct 2022 | 34D | Isn’t oneself? | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 6 Jul 2022 | 54D | Takes steps | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| 3 Jul 2022 | 83A | Gets busy | Tom McCoy |
| 24 Jun 2022 | 1A | Source of the quote “It is more blessed to give than to receive” | Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel |
| 6 Jun 2022 | 18D | “Macbeth” has five of these | Michael Schlossberg |
| 21 May 2022 | 5D | Isn’t oneself? | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| 23 Jan 2022 | 96D | Ballet sections | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 20 Jan 2022 | 7D | Deeds | Howard Barkin |
| 28 Dec 2021 | 23D | ___ of the Apostles | Kathy Wienberg |
| 19 Dec 2021 | 1A | They might be put on | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 18 Dec 2021 | 1A | Two things in Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen” | David Distenfeld |
| 9 Dec 2021 | 33A | Follower of John | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 8 Nov 2021 | 46A | Stops procrastinating | Carl Larson |
| 26 Oct 2021 | 55A | Has a part to play | Michael Schlossberg |
| 13 Jun 2021 | 12D | ___ of Parliament | Stephen McCarthy |
| 9 May 2021 | 99D | Book that’s the source of the line “It is more blessed to give than to receive” | Brad Wiegmann |
| 16 Apr 2021 | 26D | Follower of John | Tom Pepper |
| 23 Feb 2021 | 43A | Delays no more | Kate Hawkins |
| 29 Jan 2021 | 9D | Doesn’t hesitate | Robyn Weintraub |
| 26 Jan 2021 | 4A | Book after the Gospels | Peter Gordon |
| 24 Jan 2021 | 86D | Takes steps | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau |
| 7 Jan 2021 | 57A | Makes a scene? | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| 26 Oct 2020 | 57D | Headings in a playbill | Eric Bornstein |
| 13 Oct 2020 | 8D | Things separated by intermissions | Amanda Rafkin |
| 21 Jul 2020 | 1D | Circus routines | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 18 Mar 2020 | 25D | Fifth book of the New Testament | Ricky Cruz |
| 20 Jan 2020 | 10A | Plays a role | Evan Kalish |
| 5 Jan 2020 | 106D | Doesn’t just sit | Will Nediger |
| 5 Dec 2019 | 5A | Talent show entries | Neville Fogarty |
| 25 Oct 2019 | 29D | Follower of John | John Guzzetta |
| 25 Sep 2019 | 48D | Performs | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 18 Sep 2019 | 46D | Stops procrastinating | John Wrenholt |
| 6 Sep 2019 | 5D | Bills no more | Mark Diehl |
| 1 Aug 2019 | 44A | Doesn’t delay | Patrick Merrell |
| 29 Jul 2019 | 56D | Things passed in Congress | Bruce Haight |
| 25 Jun 2019 | 1A | Book of the Bible after John | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 5 Jun 2019 | 1A | Variety show lineup | Rich Proulx |
| 28 Mar 2019 | 10D | Doesn’t sit idly by | Damon Gulczynski |
| 20 Mar 2019 | 45A | Fifth book of the New Testament | Erik Agard, Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 13 Mar 2019 | 6A | Isn’t a bystander | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 17 Feb 2019 | 74D | Follower of the Gospels | David Kwong |
| 3 Feb 2019 | 97A | Plays charades, say | Natan Last |
| 25 Sep 2018 | 10A | Drama units | Ross Trudeau |
| 13 Jun 2018 | 7D | Book preceding Romans | Michael Hawkins |
| 4 Apr 2018 | 44D | Follower of John | Weird Al Yankovic and Eric Berlin |
| 6 Jan 2018 | 10A | Follower of John | Peter Wentz |
| 27 Nov 2017 | 36D | Lion taming and tightrope walking, for two | Kevin Christian |
| 1 Oct 2017 | 1D | New Testament book | Robert Fisher |
| 9 Jul 2017 | 1D | Doesn’t just sit there | Will Nediger |
| 25 Jun 2017 | 43D | Does something | Jacob Stulberg |
| 15 May 2017 | 38D | Divisions of a play | Peter Gordon |
| 2 Mar 2017 | 61A | Emulates Nicholson | Peter Gordon |
| 11 Dec 2016 | 74A | Source of the saying “It is more blessed to give than to receive” | Tom McCoy |
| 19 Oct 2016 | 6D | Doesn’t just talk | Tom Pepper |
| 16 Oct 2016 | 1D | Follower of John | Tom McCoy |
| 20 Sep 2016 | 1A | ___ of the Apostles | Tracy Bennett |
| 7 Mar 2016 | 50A | Does stage work | Damon Gulczynski |
| 25 Aug 2015 | 5A | ___ of the Apostles | John E. Bennett |
| 17 Jun 2015 | 59D | Pulls the trigger, so to speak | Molly Young and David J. Kahn |
| 7 May 2015 | 25D | Shticks | Tracy Gray |
| 26 Feb 2015 | 27D | Biblical source of the line “It is more blessed to give than to receive” | Caleb Emmons |
| 15 Sep 2014 | 6A | “Romeo and Juliet” has five of them | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 3 Feb 2014 | 1A | ___ of the Apostles | Sean Dobbin |
| 28 Dec 2013 | 48D | Talent show lineup | Frederick J. Healy |
| 9 Sep 2013 | 1A | Plays a part onstage | Gary Cee |
| 26 Aug 2013 | 58D | Stage presentations | Ian Livengood |
| 14 Jul 2013 | 14D | Source of the line “Thy money perish with thee” | Daniel A. Finan |
| 1 Jul 2013 | 38D | Parts of musicals | Patrick McIntyre |
| 7 Jan 2013 | 55D | Does stage work | Jim Peredo |
| 17 Oct 2012 | 25A | Stops procrastinating | Peter Koetters |
| 21 May 2012 | 18A | Performs in a play | Ian Livengood |
| 14 May 2012 | 23D | Each of Shakespeare’s plays has five | John Dunn |
| 20 Mar 2012 | 31D | Book after John | Will Nediger |
| 14 Feb 2012 | 7D | Takes steps | Paula Gamache |
| 15 Jul 2011 | 44A | Makes a scene? | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel |
| 15 May 2011 | 69D | New Testament book | Cathy Allis |
| 4 Apr 2011 | 51D | Is in a play | Lynn Lempel |
| 14 Feb 2011 | 6D | Every play of Shakespeare has five of them | Victor Fleming and Lynn Lempel |
| 5 Feb 2011 | 11D | Book that begins in Jerusalem | Mark Diehl |
| 3 Nov 2010 | 41D | “Hamlet” has five | Tracy Gray |
| 9 Aug 2010 | 23D | Is a cast member | David Poole |
| 12 Mar 2010 | 60D | Play set | Tim Croce |
| 11 Dec 2009 | 16A | Where the word “Christian” is first used in the Bible | Mike Nothnagel |
| 25 Nov 2009 | 33D | Bible book after John | Allan E. Parrish |
| 26 May 2009 | 55D | Romans preceder | Mike Nothnagel |
| 3 Feb 2009 | 1A | Delays no longer | Katie Yeager |
| 6 Jan 2009 | 27D | Takes steps | John Greenman |
| 8 Dec 2008 | 6D | Isn’t idle | Sarah Keller |
| 30 Nov 2008 | 42D | Variety show lineup | Richard Silvestri |
| 30 Aug 2008 | 22A | Play makers? | Michael Shteyman |
| 22 Jun 2008 | 15A | Isn’t idle | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 24 Apr 2008 | 23A | Predecessor of Romans | Michael Langwald |
| 18 Mar 2008 | 41A | Does something | David Pringle |
| 10 Feb 2008 | 7D | New Testament book | Bill Zais |
| 21 Aug 2007 | 2D | Play parts | Tom Heilman |
| 10 Aug 2007 | 4D | Congressional output | Patrick Berry |
| 2 Jul 2007 | 60A | Book after John | Peter A. Collins |
| 24 Jan 2007 | 56A | Book ascribed to Luke | Gary Steinmehl |
| 4 Nov 2006 | 47D | Follower of John | Rich Norris |
| 6 Sep 2006 | 53D | Whence the line “It is more blessed to give than to receive” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 14 Jul 2006 | 32D | Isn’t idle | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 4 Jul 2006 | 68A | Intolerable ___, one cause of the American Revolution | Ed Early |
| 21 Jun 2006 | 22A | Doesn’t dilly-dally | Barry C. Silk |
| 28 May 2006 | 112D | Makes a move | Timothy Powell |
| 24 Apr 2006 | 10A | Has a part on stage | Lynn Lempel |
| 13 Feb 2006 | 34A | Play divisions | Janet R. Bender |
| 12 Feb 2006 | 86D | Isn’t naturally | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Feb 2006 | 72A | See 71-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| 12 Jul 2005 | 22D | Does something | Nancy Salomon |
| 3 Jun 2005 | 10A | See 52-Down | Jim Hyres |
| 26 May 2005 | 1D | Isn’t passive | David J. Kahn |
| 18 Apr 2005 | 1D | ___ of the Apostles | Robert Dillman |
| 28 Mar 2005 | 1A | Is in a play | Elizabeth Babikan |
| 21 Mar 2005 | 29D | Deeds | Mike Torch |
| 29 Dec 2004 | 27D | Follower of John | Jay Giess |
| 12 Sep 2004 | 49A | Variety show fillers | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Aug 2004 | 23A | Play parts | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| 24 May 2004 | 7D | Intermissions separate them | Frederick J. Healy |
| 12 May 2004 | 27D | Does something | Allan E. Parrish |
| 1 Mar 2004 | 54A | Play parts | Gail Grabowski |
| 29 Jul 2003 | 57A | Play divisions | Ed Early |
| 9 Feb 2003 | 12D | ___ of Parliament | David J. Kahn |
| 8 Oct 2002 | 49D | Play makers? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 1 Apr 2002 | 10A | New Testament book | Roger Barkan |
| 1 Apr 2002 | 59D | Does stage work | Roger Barkan |
| 10 Dec 2001 | 26A | Book before Romans | Gregory E. Paul |
| 2 Dec 2001 | 70A | Exploits | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 2 Nov 2001 | 21A | Isn’t idle | Mary Jung |
| 23 Aug 2001 | 3D | New Testament book | Peter Gordon |
| 24 Jun 2001 | 20D | Book that includes the reign of Tiberius | Randolph Ross |
| 30 Apr 2001 | 18D | Opera parts | Peter Gordon |
| 24 Apr 2001 | 28D | New Testament book | Tyler Hinman |
| 10 Apr 2001 | 34D | Substitutes (for) | Kevin McCann |
| 12 Sep 2000 | 26D | “Hamlet” has five | Bill Zais |
| 14 Aug 2000 | 10A | Play parts | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 1 Aug 2000 | 1A | “Macbeth” quintet | Randall J. Hartman |
| 29 Feb 2000 | 25D | New Testament book | Peter Gordon |
| 7 Feb 2000 | 50A | Book before Romans | Gregory E. Paul |
| 29 Nov 1999 | 5A | Play segments | Richard Chisholm |
| 18 Oct 1999 | 1A | Play parts | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| 10 Oct 1999 | 97D | Takes steps | Cathy Millhauser |
| 3 Oct 1999 | 10A | Legislation | Fred Piscop |
| 29 Aug 1999 | 1A | Congressional matters | Lou and Fran Sabin |
| 17 Aug 1999 | 1A | Plays a part | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 9 Aug 1999 | 55D | “Macbeth” has five | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 May 1999 | 8D | New Testament book | A. J. Santora |
| 10 Apr 1999 | 26A | “Rigoletto” trio | A. J. Santora |
| 30 Mar 1999 | 10A | Play parts | Randy Sowell |
| 24 Mar 1999 | 38A | Makes a scene? | Nancy Salomon |
| 6 Mar 1999 | 51A | Gospels follower | Fred Piscop |
| 8 Feb 1999 | 27D | Book after John | Sidney L. Robbins (1909-97) |
| 15 Sep 1998 | 24D | Takes steps | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 28 Jun 1998 | 37D | “Hamlet” quintet | Fred Piscop |
| 31 May 1998 | 42D | “Rigoletto” has three | Cathy Millhauser |
| 20 Mar 1998 | 40A | Res gestae | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 23 Feb 1998 | 54D | Play parts | Mark Danna |
| 14 Jan 1998 | 33D | New Testament book | William Bernhardt |
| 11 Jan 1998 | 41D | “Hamlet” has five | Nancy Joline and Peg Conner |
| 15 Dec 1997 | 4D | Does film work | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 9 Sep 1997 | 60D | Plays the part | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 1 Sep 1997 | 55D | ___ of the Apostles | Gregory E. Paul |
| 10 Aug 1997 | 110A | Gospels follower | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 23 Jul 1997 | 1D | Groups on the program | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Dec 1996 | 85D | Is decisive | R. Ross |
| 11 Aug 1996 | 124D | “Julius Caesar” has five | M. Schneider |
| 26 Jun 1996 | 10A | Vaudeville segments | P. Jordan |
| 4 Jun 1996 | 33D | Doesn’t wait | E. Early |
| 4 Apr 1996 | 12D | Romans predecessor | M. Diehl |
| 16 Jan 1996 | 40A | Book after John | R. Hartman |
| 28 Dec 1995 | 12D | Ham bits | Cathy Millhauser |
| 21 Aug 1995 | 32D | Book after John | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 28 Jul 1995 | 53A | Appears | Rich Norris |
| 1 Jun 1995 | 46A | Legislation | Rich Norris |
| 9 Apr 1995 | 43A | Book with St. Paul’s story | Cathy Millhauser |
| 20 Mar 1995 | 10A | Plays on stage | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 27 Feb 1995 | 53A | Book after John | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 6 Feb 1995 | 55D | “Hamlet” has five of them | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Dec 1994 | 60D | Exploits | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 23 Oct 1994 | 82A | Stage doings | Cathy Millhauser |
| 27 Aug 1994 | 6D | It relates the conversion of St. Paul | Joy L. Wouk |
| 5 Aug 1994 | 5D | Romans preceder | Daniel R. Stark |
| 1 Aug 1994 | 46A | Nightclub bits | Thomas W. Schier |
| 17 Mar 1994 | 11D | ___ of the Apostles | Jim Page |
| 20 Feb 1994 | 36D | Statutes | Harvey Estes |
| 20 Jan 1994 | 10A | It follows the Gospels | Lois Sidway |
| 9 Dec 1993 | 54D | Book after John | Janie Lyons |
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