AGAR is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for AGAR in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "AGAR" answer was first appeared in "1 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Seaweed derivative (2)". It was authored by Tap Osborn. Recently, the "AGAR" answer has been used for "21 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Gelatin made from seaweed". It was authored by Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Food thickener (22)". "AGAR" appeared 158 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "AGAR" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2023 | 44A | Gelatin made from seaweed | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 4 Sep 2023 | 9A | Biology lab gel | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 3 May 2023 | 59D | Vegan substitute for gelatin | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 26 Mar 2023 | 82A | Vegan alternative to gelatin | David Karp |
| 5 Mar 2023 | 5D | Lab culture medium | John-Clark Levin |
| 20 Jan 2023 | 7D | Petri dish medium | Robert S. Greenfield |
| 17 Jan 2023 | 45A | Substance in a petri dish | Erika Ettin |
| 4 Dec 2022 | 49A | Food thickener | Gustie Owens |
| 4 Sep 2022 | 14A | Thickener used in desserts | Tracy Gray |
| 12 Apr 2022 | 7D | Petri dish filler | Dan Schoenholz |
| 18 Sep 2021 | 7D | Bio lab supply | Ryan McCarty |
| 6 Aug 2021 | 5A | Culture medium | Seth A. Abel |
| 28 Jan 2021 | 32D | Food thickener | Steve Mossberg |
| 27 Jan 2021 | 14A | Vegetarian substitute for gelatin | Mike Knobler |
| 2 Jan 2020 | 50A | Bio lab medium | Ed Sessa |
| 19 Oct 2019 | 50D | Ice cream thickener | Byron Walden |
| 23 Sep 2019 | 12D | Culture medium in a lab | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 1 Jul 2019 | 57A | Petri dish medium | Damon Gulczynski |
| 15 Jun 2019 | 51A | Substance made from seaweed | Ryan McCarty |
| 8 Apr 2019 | 39A | Gelatin substitute made from seaweed | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| 25 Mar 2019 | 58D | Food thickener | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 24 Mar 2019 | 93A | Vegetarian gelatin substitute | Trenton Charlson |
| 27 Feb 2019 | 7D | Soup thickener | Will Nediger |
| 17 Apr 2018 | 64A | Food-thickening agent | Wren Schultz |
| 13 Feb 2018 | 57D | Lab medium | Bruce Haight |
| 28 Dec 2017 | 8D | Food thickener | Gary Larson |
| 23 Oct 2017 | 40D | Food-thickening agent | Timothy Polin |
| 6 Sep 2017 | 51D | Gelatin substitute | Daniel Raymon |
| 9 Apr 2017 | 110A | Food thickener | Byron Walden |
| 5 Jan 2016 | 6A | Food thickener | Jim Holland |
| 13 Aug 2015 | 33D | Chef’s thickening agent | Jim Hilger |
| 27 Feb 2015 | 50D | Culture medium | Julian Lim |
| 27 Jan 2015 | 65A | Food thickener | James Tuttle |
| 23 Dec 2014 | 10D | Lab culture medium | Bruce Haight |
| 20 Dec 2014 | 10D | Stabilizing kitchen supply | Kevin G. Der and Ian Livengood |
| 24 Nov 2014 | 58D | Culture medium in a 59-Down | Robert Seminara |
| 2 Oct 2014 | 63A | Soup thickener | David Woolf |
| 19 Jul 2014 | 7D | Seaweed derivative | Barry C. Silk |
| 16 Jun 2014 | 45D | Food thickener | Bruce Haight |
| 6 Mar 2014 | 30A | Ingredient in many Asian desserts | Daniel Raymon |
| 2 Mar 2014 | 79D | Food thickener | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 31 Dec 2013 | 54D | Petri dish gel | Tracy Gray |
| 8 Oct 2013 | 54D | With 54-Down, food gelling agent | Tim Croce |
| 27 Sep 2013 | 54A | Vegan gelatin substitute | Peter A. Collins |
| 16 Sep 2013 | 4D | Medium in bio labs | Ed Sessa |
| 16 Jun 2013 | 111A | Journalist/writer Herbert | Mel Rosen |
| 29 Jul 2012 | 22A | Gelatin substitute | Kevin G. Der |
| 2 Jul 2012 | 42D | Actor John of “Sands of Iwo Jima” | Bernice Gordon |
| 18 Oct 2011 | 7D | Petri dish gel | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Jul 2011 | 2D | Food thickener | Mark Feldman |
| 29 Apr 2011 | 12D | Culture medium | David Quarfoot |
| 8 Mar 2011 | 4D | Petri dish gel | Paul Hunsberger |
| 23 Dec 2010 | 24D | Lab gel | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| 8 Dec 2010 | 54D | Food thickener | Mike Nothnagel |
| 11 Nov 2010 | 32A | Food thickener | Andrew Zhou |
| 29 Sep 2010 | 33A | Gelatinous ingredient in desserts | Charles Gersch |
| 2 Sep 2010 | 15D | John who co-starred in “Sands of Iwo Jima” | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 18 Jul 2010 | 68D | Food thickener | Robert W. Harris |
| 14 May 2010 | 6D | Clarifying agent in brewing | Barry C. Silk |
| 20 Apr 2010 | 54A | Food thickener | Paula Gamache |
| 10 Jan 2010 | 35D | Gel made from seaweed | Mel Rosen |
| 5 Dec 2009 | 40D | Environment for multiplication, of sorts | Brad Wilber |
| 17 Nov 2009 | 26A | Petri dish gel | John Farmer |
| 18 Aug 2009 | 16D | Biology lab supply | Tony Orbach |
| 15 Aug 2009 | 49D | Bacteriologist’s base | Matt Ginsberg |
| 14 Aug 2009 | 3D | Food stabilizer | Barry C. Silk |
| 19 Jul 2009 | 39D | Culture medium | Lynn Lempel |
| 6 Jul 2009 | 38D | Petri dish gel | Fred Piscop |
| 17 Feb 2009 | 2D | Petri dish stuff | Kristian House |
| 20 Dec 2008 | 12D | It helps a culture advance | Brad Wilber |
| 15 Jul 2008 | 64A | Lab medium | Leonard Williams |
| 2 Jul 2008 | 51D | Gelatin substitute | Daniel Kantor |
| 19 May 2008 | 54D | Food thickener | Mike Nothnagel |
| 26 Feb 2008 | 3D | Food thickener | Sarah Keller |
| 29 Nov 2007 | 28A | Petri dish gel | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Sep 2007 | 5A | Seaweed product | Manny Nosowsky |
| 3 May 2007 | 51D | Culture medium | Richard Chisholm |
| 10 Jan 2007 | 7D | Food thickener | Curtis Yee |
| 6 Dec 2006 | 27D | Food thickener | Levi Denham |
| 5 Nov 2006 | 114A | Thickening agent | Derrick Niederman |
| 24 Aug 2006 | 17A | Lab gel | Gary Steinmehl |
| 24 May 2006 | 3D | Lab medium | Adam G. Perl |
| 11 Apr 2006 | 57D | Culture content | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 12 Feb 2006 | 15A | Germ jelly | Manny Nosowsky |
| 4 Jan 2006 | 66A | Food thickener | John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon |
| 28 Dec 2005 | 3D | Thickening agent | Ernest Lampert |
| 14 Sep 2005 | 17A | Petri dish filler | David Elfman |
| 10 Apr 2005 | 23A | Lab gel | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 28 Mar 2005 | 37D | Ice cream thickening agent | Elizabeth Babikan |
| 25 Jan 2005 | 56D | Thickening agent | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 16 Jan 2005 | 113D | Biology lab supply | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 4 Nov 2004 | 6A | Herbert who won a Pulitzer for “The People’s Choice” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 23 Oct 2004 | 3D | Ice cream ingredient | James E. Buell |
| 23 Aug 2004 | 53A | Petri dish filler | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| 4 Jul 2004 | 40A | Gel in a lab | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 Jun 2004 | 51D | What E. coli eat | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Jun 2004 | 39D | Food thickener | Patrick Merrell |
| 12 May 2004 | 18A | Ice cream thickener | Allan E. Parrish |
| 23 Dec 2003 | 25D | Petri dish filler | Mike Torch |
| 18 Dec 2003 | 62A | Thickening agent in food | John Underwood |
| 29 Oct 2003 | 11D | Staph dining area? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Sep 2003 | 35A | Ice cream additive | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 Aug 2003 | 44A | Gelatin substitute | Patrick Berry |
| 24 May 2003 | 26A | Cultural aid? | Rich Norris |
| 23 Mar 2003 | 19A | Lab gel | Con Pederson |
| 20 Oct 2002 | 107D | Thickening agent | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Apr 2002 | 59D | Seaweed substance | Richard Silvestri |
| 18 Nov 2001 | 88A | Seaweed extract | Jim Page |
| 29 Jul 2001 | 17D | Chinese gelatin | Michael Ashley |
| 16 May 2001 | 27D | Seaweed substance | Richard Silvestri |
| 6 May 2001 | 54A | Culture contents | Manny Nosowsky |
| 1 Mar 2001 | 53D | Thickening agent | Nancy S. Ross |
| 28 Jan 2001 | 69A | Germs may grow in it | Jim Page |
| 11 Dec 2000 | 32D | Gel made from seaweed | Myles Callum |
| 6 Dec 2000 | 6D | Where bacteria may flourish | Mel Taub (and crossword class) |
| 9 Nov 2000 | 56D | Seaweed substance | Richard Silvestri |
| 9 Oct 2000 | 55D | Gelatinlike base | Teresa M. Hackett |
| 23 Jun 2000 | 50A | Biology lab supply | Noah Dephoure |
| 23 May 2000 | 34D | Petri dish filler | Monica Krausse |
| 13 May 2000 | 1D | Food thickening agent | William S. Cotter |
| 4 May 2000 | 62A | “Fort Apache” actor, 1948 | Richard Hughes |
| 24 Mar 2000 | 22A | So-called “Chinese gelatin” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 3 Jan 2000 | 3D | Actor John of “Sands of Iwo Jima” | Hugh Davis |
| 21 Nov 1999 | 63D | Algae product | Patrick D. Berry |
| 7 Jul 1999 | 16A | Mold medium | Richard Silvestri |
| 20 Apr 1999 | 14A | It makes things gel | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Apr 1999 | 3D | Lab gel | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Mar 1999 | 19A | Germs might grow in it | Chuck Deodene |
| 23 Feb 1999 | 3D | Food thickener | Robert Zimmerman |
| 3 Oct 1998 | 52A | Seaweed product | Rich Norris |
| 27 Aug 1998 | 11D | 1934 Pulitzer winner Herbert | Henry Hook |
| 21 May 1998 | 24D | “The People’s Choice” historian Herbert | Cathy Millhauser |
| 14 Oct 1997 | 17A | Actor John, once married to Shirley Temple | Robert Malinow |
| 25 Sep 1997 | 33D | Gelatin substitute | Mark Diehl |
| 19 Aug 1997 | 63A | 1934 Pulitzer writer Herbert | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 3 May 1997 | 59D | Ice cream thickener | Rich Norris |
| 22 Nov 1996 | 10A | 1934 Pulitzer author Herbert | A. K. Justin |
| 6 Nov 1996 | 69A | Ice cream thickener | M. E. Skolsky |
| 23 Sep 1996 | 15A | Seaweed product | S. L. Robbins |
| 5 Sep 1996 | 19A | Culture site | C. Millhauser |
| 26 Aug 1996 | 47A | Lab culture | G. E. Paul |
| 4 Aug 1996 | 68A | Ice cream thickener | D. Tuller |
| 17 Apr 1996 | 49D | Food thickening agent | F. Heaney |
| 12 Apr 1996 | 35D | Petri dish contents | M. Nosowsky |
| 26 Jan 1996 | 27A | Pulitzer author Herbert | M. Nosowsky |
| 22 Jan 1996 | 15A | Food gelling agent | E. Gorski |
| 9 Jun 1995 | 33A | Food thickener | A.J. Santora |
| 5 Apr 1995 | 38A | Culture base | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 25 Feb 1995 | 33A | John of “Sands of Iwo Jima” | Bob Klahn |
| 19 Feb 1995 | 100D | Emulsifying agent | Alfio Micci |
| 8 Nov 1994 | 60A | Pulitzer-winning author Herbert | Richard Hughes |
| 6 Oct 1994 | 7D | Seaweed substance | Richard Silvestri |
| 27 Aug 1994 | 18D | Petri dish contents | Joy L. Wouk |
| 20 Jul 1994 | 7D | Actor John | Harvey Estes |
| 21 Feb 1994 | 49A | Actor John | Harvey Estes |
| 21 Dec 1993 | 54A | Seaweed product | Janie Lyons |
| 19 Dec 1993 | 141A | “Miracle Mile” star | John M. Samson |
| 1 Dec 1993 | 3D | Seaweed derivative | Tap Osborn |
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