AHA

AHA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for AHA in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "AHA" answer was first appeared in "31 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Word associated with light bulbs". It was authored by Norman S. Wizer. Recently, the "AHA" answer has been used for "12 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Gotcha!” (21)". It was authored by Garrett Chalfin. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "“Eureka!” (22)", "“Now I get it!” (14)", "“Got it!” (13)", "___ moment (9)", "“So that’s it!” (15)", "“Now I see!” (12)", "“Gotcha!” (21)", "“Of course!” (6)", "“Bingo!” (6)", "“I’ve got it!” (6)", "“That’s it!” (8)", "“I get it!” (6)", "“Caught you!” (6)", "“I knew it!” (6)". "AHA" appeared 341 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "AHA" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
12 Nov 2023 13A “Gotcha!” Garrett Chalfin
22 Oct 2023 32D “Eureka!” Robert Ryan
14 Oct 2023 49A ___ moment Byron Walden
13 Oct 2023 2D “Eureka!” John-Clark Levin
16 Sep 2023 18A “Caught ya!” Jonathan Kaufman
10 Sep 2023 48A Cry stressed on its second syllable Adam Wagner
6 Aug 2023 39A “Eureka!” Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen
26 Jul 2023 20A “Now I get it!” Mary Crane
21 May 2023 61D Comprehensive report? Robert Ryan
30 Apr 2023 66D When you get it, you may say it Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
20 Mar 2023 2D “Eureka!” Adam Vincent
6 Mar 2023 32D “That’s brilliant!” Lynn Lempel
27 Dec 2022 32D “Now I see!” Lynn Lempel
24 Dec 2022 21D “Got it!” Trenton Charlson
8 Dec 2022 61A “So clever!” Grant Thackray
28 Nov 2022 31D “I’ve got it!” Chloe Revery
7 Nov 2022 20A “Now it makes sense!” Jill Singer
22 Sep 2022 10D “Got it!” Helen Chen
13 Aug 2022 57D “So that’s your game!” John Westwig
10 Aug 2022 51A “Got it!” Karen Lurie
7 Aug 2022 92D “Oh, I see!” Tina Labadie
26 Jul 2022 53A “Eureka!” Lillian Simpson
11 Jul 2022 2D “Eureka!” Roy Greim
14 Jun 2022 22A Exclamation of epiphany Robert Won
26 May 2022 63D “Why, that’s it!” Jonathan M. Kaye
24 May 2022 2D “Gotcha!” Ella Dershowitz
23 May 2022 31A “Now I get it!” Simon Marotte
19 May 2022 13A “That’s it!” Alex Rosen
5 May 2022 14A “Just as I suspected!” Adam Wagner
1 May 2022 1A You say it when you “get it” Brandon Koppy
1 Apr 2022 58D “I’ve got it!” Evan Mahnken
30 Mar 2022 11A Crossword solver’s cry Jack Murtagh
18 Aug 2021 62D Light bulb moment sound Alina Abidi
30 May 2021 79D “I’ve got it!” Adam Wagner
19 Apr 2021 31D “So it’s you!” Andrea Carla Michaels
12 Apr 2021 52A “Now I get it!” Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
11 Apr 2021 6D “Now I get it!” Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger
15 Mar 2021 7D “Bingo!” Philip K. Chow
11 Mar 2021 43D “Got it!” Leslie Rogers
30 Dec 2020 32D “Eureka!” Kate Hawkins
21 Dec 2020 52A “So that’s it!” Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman
10 Dec 2020 58D Clicking sound? Jack Murtagh
23 Oct 2020 29A Puzzle solver’s cry Robyn Weintraub
4 Oct 2020 87A Clicking sound? Sam Ezersky
27 Aug 2020 39A “Just like I told you!” Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
11 Aug 2020 16A “I figured it out!” Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
13 Apr 2020 54A “Now I’ve got it!” Evan Kalish
8 Apr 2020 30A “THERE you are!” Sam Buchbinder
7 Apr 2020 34D Sound of insight Trent H. Evans
6 Apr 2020 5D “Gotcha!” Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas
2 Apr 2020 40A “There it is!” Evan Mahnken
15 Mar 2020 13D “Of course!” Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
1 Mar 2020 61D “I knew it was you!” Sam Trabucco
18 Feb 2020 22A “Oh, now I get it!” John Guzzetta
3 Feb 2020 52A Cry of discovery Michael Schlossberg
12 Jan 2020 81A “There it is!” Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg
11 Dec 2019 39A Sound of a penny dropping? Jake Halperin
27 Nov 2019 62A “Eureka!” Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen
8 Nov 2019 37A ___ moment Peter Wentz
25 Oct 2019 21D “But of course!” John Guzzetta
1 Oct 2019 56A “Plot twist!” Erik Agard
30 Sep 2019 14A “Like I told you!” Lynn Lempel
29 Sep 2019 77A “I see it now” Tom McCoy
4 Sep 2019 38D “So that’s it!” Patrick Blindauer
2 Sep 2019 4A “Got it now!” Zhouqin Burnikel
25 Aug 2019 12D Nice crossword experience Matt Ginsberg
7 Aug 2019 64D “I’ve got it!” Jeff Chen
13 Jul 2019 53A “Brilliant!” David Steinberg
3 Jul 2019 45A “Of course!” Evan Mahnken
8 Jun 2019 55D ___ moment Andrew J. Ries
3 May 2019 11D Palindromic exclamation Trenton Charlson
21 Apr 2019 45A “There’s the catch!” Grant Thackray
10 Apr 2019 33D “Caught ya!” Alan Arbesfeld
23 Feb 2019 18A “Yes, that’s it!” Sam Ezersky
27 Jan 2019 43D “Bingo!” Randolph Ross
16 Dec 2018 21A ___ moment Sam Ezersky
5 Dec 2018 11D “Gotcha!” Alan Arbesfeld
14 Oct 2018 21D “Of course!” Ross Trudeau
4 Sep 2018 45D “Now I see!” Bruce Haight
6 Aug 2018 58A “So that’s your game!” Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl
2 Jul 2018 14D “Eureka!” Evan Kalish
30 May 2018 60D “I caught you!” Sande Milton and Jeff Chen
29 Apr 2018 71A “So obvious!” Peter Wentz
20 Apr 2018 7D “How clever!” Joel Fagliano
15 Mar 2018 66A ___ moment Joe DiPietro
2 Mar 2018 34D “Eureka!” Rachel Maddow and Joe DiPietro
2 Jan 2018 35A “Now I get it!” Zhouqin Burnikel
19 Dec 2017 56A “But of course!” Andrew Kingsley
1 Dec 2017 54D Exclamation sometimes spelled with a hyphen Lily Silverstein
2 Oct 2017 65D Cry upon getting a tough crossword clue Trenton Charlson
1 Oct 2017 98A “So that’s it!” Robert Fisher
22 Sep 2017 12D “Got it!” David Steinberg
5 Mar 2017 116D “Now I’ve got it!” Timothy Polin
14 Feb 2017 28D “Eureka!” Daniel Larsen
28 Jan 2017 34A “Gotcha” Damon Gulczynski
23 Jan 2017 10D “So THAT’s the story here!” Bruce Haight
10 Jan 2017 34D “Now I get it!” David Poole
17 Dec 2016 19A Pop group whose name is an exclamation Zhouqin Burnikel
29 Nov 2016 33D “How brilliant!” Jacob Stulberg
14 Sep 2016 52A “Bingo!” Dan Schoenholz
24 Jul 2016 106A Cry from the enlightened David Steinberg
22 Jun 2016 16A Cry with an epiphany Fred Piscop
14 Jun 2016 59D Epiphany word Tracy Gray
13 Apr 2016 14A “Of course!” Tony Orbach
30 Mar 2016 36D “Got it!” Andrew Reynolds
18 Feb 2016 35D “Now I see!” Bruce Haight
18 Oct 2015 114D “Got it!” Dan Schoenholz
27 Sep 2015 65D “So you admit it!” Tom McCoy
24 Sep 2015 38A “You are so busted!” Peter A. Collins
6 Jul 2015 10D “So that’s it!” Lynn Lempel
11 Jun 2015 53D Sudden understanding Lewis E. Rothlein
4 Jun 2015 22A “I see it now!” Joe Krozel
3 May 2015 70A Exclamation accented on the second syllable Dan Schoenholz
22 Apr 2015 61A ___ moment Alex Vratsanos and Sam Ezersky
5 Apr 2015 48D “I got it!” Tom McCoy
25 Mar 2015 26A “The plot thickens!” Jacob Stulberg
24 Mar 2015 21A “Now it all makes sense!” Robyn Weintraub
5 Mar 2015 37D Shout of success Jim Peredo
29 Jan 2015 12D “So it was you!” John Farmer
11 Jan 2015 89D ___ moment Peter A. Collins
5 Jan 2015 41A “Now I see!” John Guzzetta
28 Dec 2014 123D “I knew it!” Joe Krozel
26 Dec 2014 52D Sound of a light going on? Patrick Berry
11 Nov 2014 58D “Got it!” James Mulhern
11 Sep 2014 75A Exclamation of discovery Patrick Blindauer
12 Aug 2014 1A Cry after an epiphany Robyn Weintraub
24 Jun 2014 1A “Oh, so that’s it!” Heather Valadez
8 Jun 2014 19A Triumphant shout Patrick Berry
3 Jun 2014 14A “Now I get it!” Susan Gelfand
11 May 2014 94D “Now I remember!” Peter A. Collins
26 Mar 2014 64A ___ moment Alex Vratsanos
11 Mar 2014 50A Shout of inspiration Mel Rosen
24 Feb 2014 46D “I’ve got it!” Adam G. Perl
3 Feb 2014 62D “Oh, I see!” Sean Dobbin
1 Dec 2013 41D It might be heard when a light bulb goes on Alan DerKazarian
14 Nov 2013 49A Kind of moment Tom McCoy
16 Sep 2013 31A “Now I get it!” Ed Sessa
7 Jul 2013 125D What this puzzle may make you say Joel Fagliano
16 Jun 2013 68D It’s said when a light bulb goes on Mel Rosen
4 Jun 2013 44D “Gotcha!” Kristian House
29 Apr 2013 16A “Got it!” C. W. Stewart
13 Apr 2013 48A Realization vocalization Martin Ashwood-Smith
26 Mar 2013 54A Triumphant shout Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
2 Dec 2012 114D “That’s it!” Steven E. Atwood
26 Nov 2012 65D “I see it now!” Ed Sessa
23 Nov 2012 7D It may result from a discovery Patrick Berry
6 Oct 2012 12D “Bingo!” Steve Salitan
27 Aug 2012 2D “Eureka!” Michael Farabaugh
23 Aug 2012 62D Cry made with a raised index finger Mark Feldman
19 Aug 2012 95D Solution reaction Freddie Cheng
12 Jun 2012 29D “I got it!” Peter A. Collins
3 Jun 2012 81D “I suspected as much!” Patrick Berry
27 May 2012 43D Bingo alternative? Byron Walden
15 May 2012 1D Inventor’s cry Susan Gelfand
28 Apr 2012 61D Cry upon figuring out 66-Across Gary J. Whitehead
1 Apr 2012 62D “Caught you!” Patrick Merrell
20 Mar 2012 23A “That’s it!” Will Nediger
8 Jan 2012 96A “I knew it!” Tony Orbach
13 Nov 2011 53A “That’s it!” Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
8 Nov 2011 45A “Just as I suspected!” Scott Atkinson
19 Oct 2011 35D What a teacher likes to hear from a pupil Patrick Berry
12 Oct 2011 34D “So that’s it!” Gary Cee
12 Sep 2011 14A “So that’s it!” Keith Talon
22 Jul 2011 25A ___ moment Todd McClary
27 Jun 2011 30D “Eureka!” Joseph Samulak
11 May 2011 31A “Now I see!” Jonah Kagan
15 Apr 2011 25A Idea person’s cry Patrick Berry
20 Jan 2011 21D “Oh, I see” Michael Shteyman
8 Jan 2011 7D “Of course!” Will Nediger
10 Oct 2010 80D “I get it now” Patrick Merrell
5 Oct 2010 64D “I caught you!” Paula Gamache
26 Jun 2010 38D Brainstorm outburst Robert H. Wolfe
14 Jun 2010 5D Idea person’s exclamation Mark Feldman
5 Jun 2010 23A Triumphant shout Samuel A. Donaldson
9 May 2010 85D “Brilliant!” Elizabeth C. Gorski
22 Mar 2010 53D “That’s brilliant!” Andrea Carla Michaels
28 Feb 2010 107D “So that’s it!” Yaakov Bendavid
20 Jan 2010 21A “Now I see!” Trip Payne
12 Jan 2010 9D Cry of discovery Patrick Blindauer and Rebecca Young
20 Dec 2009 103A “Gotcha!” Alan Arbesfeld
14 Oct 2009 32A “Now I get it!” Richard Silvestri
4 Oct 2009 24D Brainstorming cry Todd McClary
30 Jun 2009 27A “Eureka!” Steve Dobis
28 Apr 2009 30A “Bingo!” Matt Ginsberg
5 Apr 2009 118A “Now I see!” Charles Deber
12 Mar 2009 19A Cry when seeing something for the first time David Chapus
24 Jan 2009 54A “I knew it!” Mark Diehl
2 Jan 2009 12D Word associated with a light bulb Martin Ashwood-Smith
29 Dec 2008 35D “Now I understand!” Kevin Donovan
18 Dec 2008 40A “Can’t fool me!” Michael Vuolo
14 Dec 2008 84D “The light has dawned!” Trip Payne
25 Aug 2008 30D “I get it!” Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake
16 Jul 2008 34A Cry interrupting a prank Joe Krozel
30 Jun 2008 44A “Now I get it!” Lynn Lempel
22 May 2008 59A Cry while pointing a finger Richard Silvestri
5 May 2008 53A Cry when a light bulb goes on Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
29 Jan 2008 8D “Got it!” C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel
27 Jan 2008 4D “Now it’s clear!” Mike Nothnagel
25 Nov 2007 86D “Oh, clever!” Trip Payne
24 Oct 2007 21D Cry before “It’s you!” Patrick Blindauer
25 Sep 2007 39D “So it’s you!” Randall J. Hartman
14 Sep 2007 29A Comment after getting something John Farmer
16 Feb 2007 44A “Of course!” Charles Barasch
15 Feb 2007 27D “So that’s it!” Elizabeth Rehfeld
31 Dec 2006 129D “I see!” Elizabeth C. Gorski
13 Dec 2006 21A Solver’s cry David Sullivan
29 Nov 2006 15A “Gotcha!” Barbara Olson
24 Sep 2006 93A Cry with eyes lit up Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann
10 Aug 2006 19A Sleuth’s cry Todd McClary
9 Aug 2006 10D “Gotcha!” Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
14 Jul 2006 19A Recognition response Brendan Emmett Quigley
27 Jun 2006 10D “Got it!” Damon J. Gulczynski
11 May 2006 23D “Just as I thought!” Joe DiPietro
13 Apr 2006 50D “I get it!” Barry Silk
1 Apr 2006 38D Opposite of “duh!” Kevan Choset and David Kwong
25 Feb 2006 19A Sleuth’s outburst Henry Hook
7 Feb 2006 34A Inventor’s cry Elizabeth C. Gorski
30 Jan 2006 19A “I have an idea!” Adam G. Perl
24 Jan 2006 52A “Now I see!” David Sullivan
31 Dec 2005 51A “I get it!” Robert H. Wolfe
19 Oct 2005 23D Brainstormer’s cry Levi Denham
22 Aug 2005 48A “So there!” Lynn Lempel
20 Jun 2005 22D “So that’s it!” Alison Donald
14 Jun 2005 28A Cry said while pointing Sarah Keller
12 Jun 2005 12D “Caught you!” Joe Bower
15 Apr 2005 48A “Now you’re making sense!” Brendan Emmett Quigley
31 Mar 2005 56A Sound of a epiphany David Liben-Nowell
9 Jan 2005 64D Cry when the lights come on Brendan Emmett Quigley
27 Dec 2004 27D “Now I see!” Levi Denham
19 Dec 2004 32A Code cracker’s comment Frances Hansen (1919-2004)
10 Dec 2004 7D Recognition response Frank Longo
28 Nov 2004 113D “So you’re the culprit!” Elizabeth C. Gorski
27 Nov 2004 26A “Got it!” Byron Walden
22 Nov 2004 49A “That’s it!” Gregory Paul
16 Nov 2004 48A “Now I see!” Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
25 Sep 2004 42A “That proves it!” Byron Walden
25 Aug 2004 53A Cry of insight Richard Silvestri
5 Aug 2004 57A “Eureka!” Seth Abel
1 Aug 2004 15D “Bingo!” Randolph Ross
7 Jul 2004 23A Cry after a thoughtful silence Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
26 Jun 2004 33A Revelation response Byron Walden
5 Jun 2004 53D Response when something hits you Byron Walden
15 Mar 2004 47A “I get it!” Patrick Merrell
4 Mar 2004 48A “Caught ya!” Patrick Merrell
2 Feb 2004 55A “I knew it!” Gregory E. Paul
5 Jan 2004 34A “I found it!” Allan E. Parrish
1 Jan 2004 58D “So that’s it!” Richard Silvestri
22 Dec 2003 35A “Eureka!” Joy C. Frank
19 Dec 2003 13A “I figured it out!” Elizabeth C. Gorski
25 Nov 2003 20A “Now I see!” Allan E. Parrish
27 Oct 2003 5A “Just as I thought!” Richard Miller
14 Oct 2003 14A “Gotcha!” Fred Piscop
18 Sep 2003 10A “So that’s it!” Elizabeth C. Gorski
3 Jul 2003 12D “Got it!” Cathy Millhauser
13 May 2003 27A “I know the answer!” Todd McClary
24 Feb 2003 37D “Eureka!” Gregory E. Paul
25 Dec 2002 70A What you may say when you crack the case Patrick Merrell
21 Dec 2002 49A Revelation response James E. Buell
27 Oct 2002 54D “Clever me!” Nancy Nicholson Joline
3 Oct 2002 1A Figuring-out shout Susan Harrington Smith
24 Sep 2002 36A “Now I get it!” Sherry O. Blackard
26 May 2002 74D “Well, well, well …” Elizabeth C. Gorski
21 May 2002 43A “Gotcha!” Paula Gamache
14 Apr 2002 92A “I get it!” David J. Kahn
6 Apr 2002 31A “So it’s you!” Brendan Emmett Quigley
16 Jan 2002 51A Triumphant cry Linda Bushman
3 Jan 2002 51A Gleeful cry Randolph Ross
5 Nov 2001 59D “Now I get it!” Jenny Gutbezahl
1 Jul 2001 43A “I’ve got it!” Manny Nosowsky
27 Mar 2001 36A “So that’s it!” Sherry O. Blackard
25 Mar 2001 93A “That’s it!” Trip Payne
15 Mar 2001 24A “Gotcha!” Cathy Millhauser
1 Jan 2001 56D “So that’s it!” Manny Nosowsky
29 Dec 2000 28A “There it is!” David J. Kahn
23 Dec 2000 30A “So it’s you!” Bob Klahn
13 Nov 2000 50A “I get it!” Peter Gordon
27 Oct 2000 31D “Gotcha!” Manny Nosowsky
1 Oct 2000 136D Student’s cry Nancy Nicholson Joline
2 Jul 2000 12D “Eureka!” Nancy Nicholson Joline
14 Jun 2000 32D “That’s it!” Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
12 Jun 2000 42D “I have an idea!” Andrea C. Michaels
22 May 2000 10D “Now I get it!” Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand
3 May 2000 2D It’s said when a light bulb goes on Nancy Salomon
15 Feb 2000 2D “Caught you!” Frances Hansen
14 Jan 2000 32D Puzzler’s shout Martin Ashwood-Smith
15 Oct 1999 41D “But of course!” Mark Diehl
12 Sep 1999 100A You might say it when you get it Nancy Scandrett Ross
9 Aug 1999 36D “There you are!” Elizabeth C. Gorski
1 Aug 1999 23D “Got ya!” Randolph Ross
29 Jul 1999 29D “There it is!” David J. Kahn
18 Jul 1999 12D “So that’s it!” Nancy Nicholson Joline
27 Jun 1999 54D “Gotcha!” Robert Malinow
27 May 1999 55D Cry upon discovering a puzzle theme? A. J. Santora
20 May 1999 50A “Eureka!” Zack Butler
4 May 1999 57A “Gotcha!” Gayle Dean
16 Mar 1999 6D “So, it’s YOU!” Fred Piscop
30 Dec 1998 24D “That’s it!” Manny Nosowsky
7 Aug 1998 36A Opposite of “huh?” Frank Longo
26 Jul 1998 31A “Oh, I see” Richard Silvestri
20 Jul 1998 17A “Gotcha!” Mary E. Brindamour
19 Jul 1998 41D “The light dawns!” Nancy Salomon
6 May 1998 29D “So that’s it!” Richard Hughes
18 Mar 1998 44A “Eureka!” Susan Smith
30 Dec 1997 58A “There you are!” Elizabeth C. Gorski
2 Dec 1997 27D “Yes, I see!” Alan Olschwang
24 Nov 1997 50A “So that’s what you meant!” Alex K. Justin
22 Nov 1997 62A Word teachers like to hear Matt Gaffney
16 Nov 1997 105A “Gotcha” Frank Longo
14 Oct 1997 24A “Eureka!” Robert Malinow
14 May 1997 44A “Gotcha!” Norman S. Wizer
6 May 1997 2D “Now I see!” Brendan Emmett Quigley
6 Apr 1997 56A “I knew it!” Rich Norris
5 Mar 1997 62D “I see!” Michael S. Maurer
23 Feb 1997 15D “Gotcha!” Nancy Nicholson Joline
7 Dec 1996 52A “Take On Me” pop trio R. H. Burns
6 Nov 1996 6D “Gotcha!” M. E. Skolsky
23 Aug 1996 45A Solver’s shout M. Ashwood-Smith
24 Jul 1996 35D Palindromic exclamation A. Micci
13 Jul 1996 52A Utterance of mockery Eli Wesoff
18 Jun 1996 33D “There you are!” E. C. Gorski
16 Apr 1996 56A “Caught ya!” G. E. Paul
28 Mar 1996 58D “There you are!” G. Petgrave
27 Feb 1996 58A “Caught you!” J.L. Beatty
13 Feb 1996 10D “Caught you!” G. Paul
4 Feb 1996 65D “So!” D. J. Kahn
31 Jan 1996 34D Detective’s cry M. Gaffney
13 Jul 1995 28D “So that’s what you mean!” A.J. Santora
16 Apr 1995 108A “Caught you!” Matt Gaffney
29 Mar 1995 55D “So that’s why!” Manny Nosowsky
26 Jan 1995 48A “Now I know why!” A.J. Santora
27 Dec 1994 57A Inventor’s cry Ernie Furtado
9 Dec 1994 59D “Now I get it!” Matt Gaffney
5 Dec 1994 23A “Eureka!” Sidney L. Robbins
3 Dec 1994 27D Response to a revelation Rich Norris
30 Nov 1994 8D “I knew it!” Joan Scott
19 Jul 1994 35D Cry of discovery Christopher Hurt
16 Jul 1994 61D “Gotcha!” Mark Diehl
21 Apr 1994 47D Sleuth’s cry Timothy S. Lewis
5 Jan 1994 58D “Great idea!” Chet Currier
4 Jan 1994 37A Detective’s cry David A. Rosen
31 Dec 1993 35A Word associated with light bulbs Norman S. Wizer

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