ALAN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ALAN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ALAN" answer was first appeared in "25 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Astronaut Shepard (8)". It was authored by Joy L. Wouk. Recently, the "ALAN" answer has been used for "2 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Non-Muppet owner of Hooper’s Store on “Sesame Street”". It was authored by Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Mathematician Turing (16)". "ALAN" appeared 222 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ALAN" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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2 Nov 2023 | 13A | Non-Muppet owner of Hooper’s Store on “Sesame Street” | Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson |
30 Jun 2023 | 53D | Menken who wrote the music for “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin” | Carly Schuna |
8 May 2023 | 2D | Mathematician Turing | Catherine Cetta |
17 Apr 2023 | 61A | Actor Alda or Arkin | Katherine Baicker and Scott Earl |
10 Mar 2023 | 3D | Page or Ameche of football | Claire Rimkus |
8 Mar 2023 | 19A | Chester Arthur’s middle name | Miranda Kany |
25 Jun 2022 | 7D | “Succession” co-star Ruck | Adam Aaronson |
30 May 2022 | 28D | Mathematician Turing | Alexander Liebeskind |
4 May 2022 | 30A | Computer scientist Turing | Eric Bornstein |
26 Feb 2022 | 45A | Philosopher Watts | Ori Brian |
29 Jan 2022 | 7D | Actor Ruck of HBO’s “Succession” | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid |
22 Sep 2021 | 29D | ___ Page, N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer turned justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court | Grant Boroughs |
24 Mar 2021 | 2D | ___ Kim, 7-year-old star of the Golden Globe-winning “Minari” | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
17 Dec 2020 | 25D | ___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term “rock ‘n’ roll” | Kathryn Ladner |
6 Oct 2020 | 9D | Late actor Rickman | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
26 May 2020 | 39D | Cryptanalyst Turing | Neville Fogarty |
26 Mar 2020 | 14A | Late Surrealist Turner | Alex Eaton-Salners |
18 Mar 2020 | 28D | Astronaut Shepard, first American in space | Ricky Cruz |
9 Dec 2019 | 2D | Actor Alda | Ellis Hay |
19 Oct 2019 | 26A | First name of two of the 12 astronauts who have walked on the moon | Byron Walden |
18 Oct 2019 | 49D | ___ Thicke, onetime late-night host | Jamey Smith |
13 Jul 2019 | 10D | Boy’s name that becomes a girl’s name if you move the first letter to the end | David Steinberg |
1 Jul 2019 | 49D | Computer science pioneer Turing | Damon Gulczynski |
4 May 2019 | 38A | Bean in space | Mark Diehl |
5 Mar 2019 | 21A | Jackson of country music | Joe Deeney |
18 Feb 2019 | 64A | Astronaut Shepard | Leslie Rogers and Andrea Carla Michaels |
29 Jan 2019 | 35A | Arkin of “Catch-22” | Benjamin Kramer |
14 Nov 2018 | 15A | Boy’s name that’s an anagram of 18-Across | Sam Trabucco |
16 Jan 2018 | 7D | Rickman of the Harry Potter films | David Steinberg |
4 Jan 2018 | 19D | Computer scientist Turing | Daniel Mauer |
27 Aug 2017 | 89D | Mathematician Turing | Jeff Chen |
2 Jul 2017 | 72D | Disc jockey Freed | Patrick Blindauer |
24 Jun 2017 | 19A | Bean in a pod? | Stu Ockman |
19 Jun 2017 | 14A | Mathematician Turing | Susan Gelfand |
15 May 2017 | 29A | Mathematician Turing who was the subject of “The Imitation Game” | Peter Gordon |
10 May 2017 | 55D | Shepard in space | Ned White |
7 May 2017 | 94D | Country star Jackson | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
2 Apr 2017 | 11D | King who spoke at Kennedy’s inaugural ball | Jerry Miccolis |
24 Jan 2017 | 45D | King of comedy | John R. O’Brien |
30 Oct 2016 | 29D | Astronaut Shepard | Caleb Madison |
7 Oct 2016 | 18A | Enigma machine decoder Turing | Robyn Weintraub |
29 Dec 2015 | 59A | Rickman of the Harry Potter films | Jeff Stillman |
3 Nov 2015 | 27D | Singer Jackson with 26 #1 country hits | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joel Fagliano |
21 Jun 2015 | 72D | Bean on the moon | Timothy Polin |
2 Feb 2015 | 29D | Turing who was portrayed in “The Imitation Game” | Jeffrey Wechsler |
4 Nov 2014 | 2D | Mathematician Turing | Joel Fagliano |
29 Oct 2014 | 13D | Ex-Fed head Greenspan | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
7 Aug 2014 | 35D | Jackson with 13 #1 country albums | Joe DiPietro |
10 Jun 2014 | 57A | Rickman of the Harry Potter films | Pamela Klawitter |
5 May 2014 | 14D | Political commentator Colmes | Lynn Lempel |
31 Mar 2014 | 41A | Actor Arkin | Robert Cirillo |
30 Jan 2014 | 27D | One of the men on “Two and a Half Men” | Dan Schoenholz |
19 Nov 2013 | 59D | Country singer Jackson | David J. Kahn |
15 Nov 2013 | 52D | Actor Rickman who played 32-Across | David Woolf |
4 May 2013 | 29D | Chiropractor on “Two and a Half Men” | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
9 Apr 2013 | 30D | Rickman of the Harry Potter films | Steve Blais |
29 Mar 2013 | 20A | Writer Moore or Moorehead | Josh Knapp |
19 Mar 2013 | 1D | Simpson of the Simpson-Bowles commission | Mike Buckley |
11 Mar 2013 | 30A | The “A” of Chester A. Arthur | Robert Fisher |
2 Sep 2012 | 84D | Moore who wrote “Watchmen” | Joel Fagliano |
12 Jun 2012 | 58D | Author Paton | Peter A. Collins |
26 Dec 2011 | 37D | One of the men on “Two and a Half Men” | Gary Cee |
16 Nov 2011 | 27D | ___ Freed, 1960s payola figure | Gary Cee |
5 Oct 2011 | 67A | ___ Turing, a founding father of computer science | Barry Boone |
14 Aug 2011 | 109D | Economist Greenspan | Paula Gamache |
8 Aug 2011 | 41A | Arkin of Hollywood | Ian Livengood |
7 Aug 2011 | 72D | Actor Rickman | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
8 Jun 2011 | 23A | Philosopher Watts | Peter A. Collins |
28 Mar 2011 | 15A | With 8-Down, “Shane” star | Robyn Weintraub |
23 Mar 2011 | 26A | Mathematician Turing | Will Nediger |
20 Mar 2011 | 84A | Political commentator Colmes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
10 Feb 2011 | 8D | Cumming of “Nicholas Nickleby” | Derek Bowman |
6 Jan 2011 | 18D | Actor Rickman of the Harry Potter films | Mike Nothnagel |
21 Dec 2010 | 3D | Shepard in space | Alan Arbesfeld |
19 Oct 2010 | 63A | Pioneering D.J. Freed | Fred Piscop |
5 Sep 2010 | 113D | Mathematician Turing | Will Nediger |
8 Mar 2010 | 53A | Chester Arthur’s middle name | Stanley Newman |
12 Feb 2010 | 48D | Lightman who wrote “Einstein’s Dreams” | Kevin G. Der |
5 Nov 2009 | 35D | Mathematician Turing | Patrick Blindauer |
23 Oct 2009 | 51D | Actor Ford of “Snatch” | Barry C. Silk |
5 Oct 2009 | 53D | Shepard who walked on the moon | Mark Feldman |
14 Jun 2009 | 77A | Mathematician Turing | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
26 Apr 2009 | 78A | Lyricist Bergman | Trip Payne |
21 Apr 2009 | 14A | The “A” in Chester A. Arthur | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
23 Mar 2009 | 56D | Astronaut Shepard or Bean | Randy Sowell |
12 Feb 2009 | 37D | Singer Jackson with more than 20 #1 country hits | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
26 Jan 2009 | 19A | Alda of “M*A*S*H” | Timothy Powell and Nancy Salomon |
21 Jan 2009 | 66A | Pundit Colmes | Fred Piscop |
30 Nov 2008 | 89D | Mathematician Turing | Richard Silvestri |
23 Jun 2008 | 65A | Lawyer Dershowitz | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
7 May 2008 | 2D | One of TV’s “Two and a Half Men” | Richard Silvestri |
20 Apr 2008 | 22A | King of comedy | John Farmer |
6 Jan 2008 | 7D | Bean who was the fourth man to walk on the moon | Lynn Lempel |
7 Dec 2007 | 9D | Playwright Ayckbourn | Patrick Berry |
3 Dec 2007 | 17A | Alda of “What Women Want” | Harvey Estes |
30 Sep 2007 | 41D | English playwright Ayckbourn | Kelsey Blakley |
5 Sep 2007 | 15A | ___ Turing, the Father of Computer Science | Richard Silvestri |
28 Aug 2007 | 12D | Chester Arthur’s middle name | Linda Schechet Tucker |
20 Jul 2007 | 35D | Poet Seeger | Barry C. Silk |
6 Jun 2007 | 18A | Broadway’s ___ Jay Lerner | Richard Silvestri |
21 May 2007 | 1A | Late bridge columnist Truscott | Allan E. Parrish |
17 Aug 2006 | 22A | ___ Freed, the so-called Father of Rock and Roll | Harvey Estes |
31 May 2006 | 49D | President Arthur’s middle name | Trip Payne |
11 Apr 2006 | 65A | Shepard in space | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
24 Mar 2006 | 39A | ___ Trammell, 1984 World Series M.V.P. | Manny Nosowsky |
12 Nov 2005 | 35A | Presidential middle name | Karen M. Tracey |
4 Sep 2005 | 11D | Presidential middle name | Richard Silvestri |
17 Aug 2005 | 59A | King or Shepard | Kyle Mahowald |
13 Jan 2005 | 61A | English actor Bates | Robert Zimmerman |
8 Jan 2005 | 19A | Religious philosopher Watts | David Levinson Wilk |
31 Oct 2004 | 14A | King of comedy | Patrick Merrell |
25 Aug 2004 | 66A | Rock radio pioneer Freed | Richard Silvestri |
10 Aug 2004 | 21A | An Arkin | Sarah Keller |
30 Jun 2004 | 51D | Actor Rickman | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
29 Apr 2004 | 54D | King of comedy | Steven Kahn |
8 Apr 2004 | 9D | The first “A” of A. A. Milne | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
10 Mar 2004 | 5D | Presidential middle name | Richard Silvestri |
9 Feb 2004 | 60A | Fed chairman Greenspan | Robert Dillman |
26 Jan 2004 | 60A | ___ Jay Lerner of Lerner & Loewe | Patrick Merrell |
9 Sep 2003 | 39A | Country star Jackson | Robert Zimmerman |
20 Aug 2003 | 11D | Broadway’s ___ Jay Lerner | Mel Taub |
25 Jul 2003 | 58A | With 31-Down, “Sweet Liberty” star | Michael Shteyman |
20 May 2003 | 15A | The Fed’s Greenspan | Peter Abide |
21 Apr 2003 | 12D | Broadway’s ___ Jay Lerner | Randall J. Hartman |
26 Mar 2003 | 63A | Astronaut Shepard | Randall J. Hartman |
12 Mar 2003 | 64A | Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Freed | Myles Callum |
10 Mar 2003 | 46D | Comedian King | Gail Grabowski |
2 Dec 2002 | 14A | The “A” in Chester A. Arthur | Gregory E. Paul |
9 Sep 2002 | 52D | Ladd or Greenspan | William I. Johnston |
10 Jul 2002 | 35D | Lyricist Lerner | Richard Silvestri |
9 Jun 2002 | 78D | Actor Young of TV’s “Mister Ed” | Randolph Ross |
21 May 2002 | 62A | Astronaut Shepard | Paula Gamache |
1 May 2002 | 16A | Commentator Keyes | Steve Jones |
22 Apr 2002 | 62A | The “A” in Chester A. Arthur | Peter Gordon |
8 Mar 2002 | 25A | Playwright Ayckbourn | David J. Kahn |
25 Dec 2001 | 18A | Harvard’s Dershowitz | Peter Gordon |
13 Dec 2001 | 9D | Computer scientist Turing | Manny Nosowsky |
25 Oct 2001 | 54D | Mathematician Turing | John Scott Marrone |
14 Oct 2001 | 47A | Actor Bates | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
24 Sep 2001 | 7D | Banking chief Greenspan | Norma Steinberg |
15 Aug 2001 | 61D | Author Paton | Karen Young Bonin |
17 Jul 2001 | 34D | Greenspan of the Fed | Fred Piscop |
20 Jun 2001 | 3D | Astronaut Bean | Jay Sullivan |
27 May 2001 | 80D | With 15-Down, “This Gun for Hire” star | Dana Motley |
22 May 2001 | 50D | Shepard in space | John D. Leavy |
17 Apr 2001 | 65A | Money guru Greenspan | Greg Staples |
4 Apr 2001 | 6D | Mathematician Turing | Alan Arbesfeld |
20 Mar 2001 | 54D | King of comedy | Peter Abide |
6 Feb 2001 | 10D | Fed chairman Greenspan | Sherry O. Blackard |
19 Dec 2000 | 28D | Conservative Keyes | Fred Piscop |
27 Nov 2000 | 52A | The “A” of Chester A. Arthur | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
5 Oct 2000 | 57D | Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Freed | Cathy Millhauser |
8 Aug 2000 | 59D | Ladd or Alda | Joy L. Wouk |
3 Jul 2000 | 37A | Money man Greenspan | Marjorie Berg |
18 May 2000 | 36D | Astronaut Bean | Patrick D. Berry |
7 May 2000 | 102A | Mathematician Turing | Patrick D. Berry |
28 Mar 2000 | 7D | Astronaut Shepard | Fred Piscop |
29 Feb 2000 | 18D | Fed head Greenspan | Peter Gordon |
26 Feb 2000 | 45D | “The Way We Were” writer Bergman | Bob Klahn |
4 Feb 2000 | 2D | Josephine Tey investigator ___ Grant | Dana Motley |
17 Oct 1999 | 67A | Pulitzer poet Dugan | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
22 Aug 1999 | 11A | Chester Arthur’s middle name | Raymond Hamel |
28 Jul 1999 | 61D | Mr. Greenspan | Manny Nosowsky |
23 Jun 1999 | 5D | With 17-Across, Hawkeye Pierce portrayer | Alan Olschwang |
3 Jun 1999 | 44A | Bridge expert Truscott | Frances Hansen |
27 May 1999 | 6D | Josephine Tey investigator ___ Grant | A. J. Santora |
5 May 1999 | 36A | Playwright Ayckbourn | Lois Sidway |
4 May 1999 | 28D | Comic King | Gayle Dean |
10 Feb 1999 | 32A | Money guru Greenspan | Nancy Salomon |
13 Jan 1999 | 48D | Rock-and-roll pioneer Freed | Richard Silvestri |
3 Dec 1998 | 13A | Football Hall-of-Famer ___ Page | Cathy Millhauser |
23 Sep 1998 | 55D | Lawyer Dershowitz | Michael S. Maurer |
18 Aug 1998 | 7D | Money guru Greenspan | Nancy Salomon |
11 Aug 1998 | 6D | Actor Alda | Randall J. Hartman |
7 Jul 1998 | 19A | Chester Arthur’s middle name | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
29 Jun 1998 | 12D | TV’s Thicke | Gregory E. Paul |
17 Jun 1998 | 57A | Mathematician Turing | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
15 Apr 1998 | 63A | A Ladd | Michael S. Maurer |
31 Mar 1998 | 16A | Chester Arthur’s middle name | Alan Arbesfeld |
22 Mar 1998 | 36A | King of comedy | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
1 Jan 1998 | 37D | Mr. Greenspan | Jim Page |
10 Oct 1997 | 54D | Economist Greenspan | Shannon Burns |
4 Oct 1997 | 32A | Ashby of the 80’s Astros | Rich Norris |
30 Jul 1997 | 60A | Novelist Paton | John D. Leavy |
16 Jul 1997 | 7D | Astronaut Shepard | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
12 Jun 1997 | 20A | Astronaut Shepard | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
23 Oct 1996 | 12D | Ex-Sen. Cranston | R. Norris |
17 Oct 1996 | 32A | Mathematician Turing | J. R. Conrad |
20 Sep 1996 | 45A | King of clubs? | J. Page |
15 Sep 1996 | 99A | Baseball’s Ashby | A. K. Justin |
4 Jul 1996 | 59A | Astronaut Bean | Joy L. Wouk |
2 Jul 1996 | 14A | Attorney Dershowitz | Bette Sue Cohen |
15 Jan 1996 | 13D | Novelist Paton | Gregory E. Paul |
22 Oct 1995 | 32A | Mathematician Turing | Matt Gaffney |
17 Oct 1995 | 39A | Comic King | Diane C. Baldwin |
15 Aug 1995 | 65A | Sen. Simpson | Randall J. Hartman |
18 Jul 1995 | 41A | Astronaut Bean | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
12 Jul 1995 | 7D | Author Paton | Robert Malinow |
10 Jun 1995 | 56D | Greenspan, for one | Daniel R. Stark |
17 Apr 1995 | 55D | Broadway’s ___ Jay Lerner | Kenneth Witte |
28 Mar 1995 | 34D | Paton of “Cry, the Beloved Country” fame | Christopher Page |
26 Mar 1995 | 64D | Josephine Tey investigator ___ Grant | Rich Norris |
20 Mar 1995 | 62A | Novelist Paton | Sidney L. Robbins |
26 Dec 1994 | 43D | A.A. Milne’s first name | Gregory E. Paul |
13 Nov 1994 | 82A | Arkin of “Catch-22” | Frank A. Longo |
25 Sep 1994 | 133A | Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Freed | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
20 Sep 1994 | 45D | Author Paton | Christopher Page |
7 Sep 1994 | 23A | Gatsby portrayer, with 36-Across | Cathy Millhauser |
6 Sep 1994 | 1D | Wyoming’s Simpson | Janet R. Bender |
28 Aug 1994 | 31A | King of comedy | Randolph Ross |
15 Aug 1994 | 14A | Lawyer Dershowitz | Fred Piscop |
17 Jun 1994 | 12D | Humorous King | Bryant White |
18 May 1994 | 22A | Alda of “M*A*S*H” | Daniel R. Stark |
17 May 1994 | 2D | Chester Arthur’s middle name | Harvey Estes |
7 Apr 1994 | 44A | Wyoming’s Simpson | Fred Piscop |
5 Apr 1994 | 10D | King of comedy | Harvey Estes |
30 Jan 1994 | 66A | Lawyer Dershowitz | Alex K. Justin |
21 Dec 1993 | 25A | Actor Young of TV’s 67-Across | Janie Lyons |
14 Dec 1993 | 12D | Hale of “Gilligan’s Island” | Joel Davajan |
12 Dec 1993 | 100A | A Bates | Cathy Millhauser |
27 Nov 1993 | 44A | President Arthur’s middle name | Manny Nosowsky |
25 Nov 1993 | 62A | Astronaut Shepard | Joy L. Wouk |
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