ALIT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ALIT in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ALIT" answer was first appeared in "6 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Got off (10)". It was authored by Arthur S. Verdesca. Recently, the "ALIT" answer has been used for "3 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Landed (19)". It was authored by Tracy Bennett. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Came down (20)", "Landed (19)", "Touched down (21)", "Settled (on) (8)", "Set down (9)", "Settled (9)", "Dismounted (12)", "Settled down (7)", "Got off (10)", "Landed (on) (6)", "Came down to earth (6)", "Got down (8)", "Came to earth (6)". "ALIT" appeared 200 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ALIT" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2023 | 67D | Landed | Tracy Bennett |
| 21 Oct 2023 | 19A | Settled | Kelly Morenus |
| 5 Jul 2023 | 18D | Came down | Joe Deeney |
| 9 Jun 2023 | 20A | Settled (on) | Robyn Weintraub |
| 5 Mar 2023 | 53D | Landed | John-Clark Levin |
| 15 Dec 2022 | 19D | Came down | Bruce Haight |
| 25 Nov 2022 | 60A | Came down | Simon Marotte |
| 20 Nov 2022 | 102D | Came down | Joe Deeney |
| 18 Nov 2022 | 7D | Hit the ground | Robyn Weintraub |
| 28 Oct 2022 | 46D | Came down | Will Nediger |
| 10 Sep 2022 | 39A | Settled (on) | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 9 Aug 2022 | 53D | Touched down | Bruce Haight |
| 21 May 2022 | 22A | Settled down | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| 3 Jan 2022 | 33D | Landed, as on a wire | Beth Rubin and Trent H. Evans |
| 15 Dec 2021 | 34A | Landed | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| 6 Oct 2021 | 59D | Made a touchdown | Jules Markey |
| 26 Sep 2021 | 11D | Settled (on) | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| 2 Aug 2021 | 61A | Came down, as to earth | Kyra Wilson |
| 16 Feb 2021 | 4D | Landed | Johanna Fenimore |
| 17 Dec 2020 | 35A | Landed | Kathryn Ladner |
| 14 May 2020 | 59D | Dismounted | Michael Schlossberg |
| 27 Oct 2019 | 5D | Stopped a flight | Michael Paleos |
| 22 Jun 2019 | 35A | Touched the ground | Joe Deeney |
| 10 Jun 2019 | 27A | Touched down | Brad Wilber |
| 2 Jun 2019 | 39A | Came down to earth | Erik Agard |
| 13 May 2019 | 28D | Came down to earth | Gary Larson |
| 3 Feb 2019 | 99A | Set down | Natan Last |
| 6 Jan 2019 | 111D | Came from on high | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 25 Nov 2018 | 37D | Came down | Joon Pahk |
| 13 Oct 2018 | 51D | Came to roost | Kevin G. Der |
| 30 Jun 2018 | 51D | Set down | Andy Kravis |
| 17 Dec 2017 | 25D | Came down | Andrew J. Ries |
| 14 Aug 2017 | 34D | Landed | Rich Proulx |
| 17 Jul 2017 | 35A | Landed, as on a branch | Tom McCoy |
| 21 Oct 2016 | 51D | Hit the ground | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 12 Aug 2016 | 47D | Settled | Kelly Clark |
| 9 May 2016 | 63A | Landed | Dan Schoenholz |
| 16 Apr 2016 | 55A | Stopped winging it? | Andrew Zhou |
| 7 Feb 2016 | 2D | Settled (on) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 27 Jan 2016 | 31D | Touched down | Adam G. Perl |
| 9 Sep 2015 | 20A | Came to rest | Michael Hawkins |
| 26 Apr 2015 | 73A | Dismounted | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Apr 2015 | 44A | Settled down | David Phillips |
| 13 Feb 2015 | 55A | Came down | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Feb 2015 | 53A | Landed | Lynn Lempel |
| 16 Jan 2015 | 46D | Got off | Michael Wiesenberg |
| 4 Dec 2013 | 16A | Touched down | Daniel Raymon |
| 11 Mar 2013 | 47A | Came down on a branch, say | Robert Fisher |
| 9 Mar 2013 | 25A | Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters | David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk |
| 18 Dec 2012 | 10D | Came down | Adam G. Perl |
| 3 Dec 2012 | 43A | Disembarked | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 30 Nov 2012 | 16A | Detrained, e.g. | Gary Cee |
| 4 Oct 2012 | 16A | Settled | Bill Thompson |
| 19 Aug 2012 | 2D | Settled down | Freddie Cheng |
| 31 Oct 2011 | 9D | Came down to earth | Jeff Chen |
| 11 Sep 2011 | 70A | Settled down | Kay Anderson |
| 5 Sep 2011 | 16A | Landed | Patrick Merrell |
| 3 Aug 2011 | 16A | Touched down | Paul Guttormsson |
| 16 Mar 2011 | 23A | Came down | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 13 Feb 2011 | 51A | Settled (on) | Ian Livengood |
| 31 Jan 2011 | 16A | Came to earth | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 6 Nov 2010 | 5D | Put down | Brad Wilber |
| 26 Sep 2010 | 112D | Came to earth | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 8 Sep 2010 | 14A | Came to rest | Tracy Gray |
| 24 Jul 2010 | 29D | Settled | David J. Kahn |
| 17 Jul 2010 | 2D | Put down | Mark Diehl |
| 27 Jun 2010 | 47D | Got off | Michael J. Doran |
| 14 Jun 2010 | 2D | Touched down | Mark Feldman |
| 11 Apr 2010 | 76D | Settled on a branch | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Feb 2010 | 11D | Touched down | Kristian House |
| 2 Nov 2009 | 7D | Disembarked | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton |
| 16 Sep 2009 | 1A | Dismounted | Maura B. Jacobson |
| 10 Aug 2009 | 55A | Came to earth | Paula Gamache |
| 14 Jul 2009 | 12D | Landed | Donna S. Levin |
| 22 Jun 2009 | 55D | Touched down | Fred Piscop |
| 21 Apr 2009 | 2D | Touched down | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| 13 Feb 2009 | 5D | Set down | Doug Peterson |
| 1 Dec 2008 | 36A | Came to the ground | Eric J. Platt |
| 11 Jul 2008 | 5D | Put down | Barry C. Silk |
| 29 Jun 2008 | 50D | Settled (on) | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| 23 Jun 2008 | 2D | Disembarked | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
| 30 Mar 2008 | 73D | Touched down | Paula Gamache |
| 26 Mar 2008 | 1A | Came down (on) | Michael Langwald |
| 16 Jan 2008 | 37A | Deplaned, e.g. | Barry C. Silk |
| 2 Oct 2007 | 11D | Dismounted | Oliver Hill |
| 30 Sep 2007 | 47D | Came down | Kelsey Blakley |
| 1 Sep 2007 | 3D | Set down | Karen M. Tracey |
| 6 Jun 2007 | 1D | Found a perch | Richard Silvestri |
| 20 Apr 2007 | 16A | Set down | David Quarfoot |
| 14 Jan 2007 | 43D | Made a touchdown | Harvey Estes |
| 4 Dec 2006 | 61A | Landed (on) | Richard Chisholm |
| 20 Nov 2006 | 65A | Landed (on) | Bernice Gordon |
| 20 Oct 2006 | 32D | Hopped off | Ed Early |
| 11 Sep 2006 | 26D | Landed (on) | Lynn Lempel |
| 14 Feb 2006 | 62A | Settled (on) | Kevan Choset |
| 20 Dec 2005 | 32A | Landed | Nancy and Holden Baker |
| 2 Nov 2005 | 7D | Came to rest on a wire, e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |
| 24 Sep 2005 | 45A | Came down from one’s high horse? | Byron Walden |
| 8 Sep 2005 | 23D | Set down | Ben Tausig |
| 26 Jun 2005 | 48D | Dismounted | Joe DiPietro |
| 10 May 2005 | 7D | Set down | Nancy Salomon |
| 18 Feb 2005 | 52D | Settled down | Harvey Estes |
| 16 Jan 2005 | 67D | Touched down | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 6 Dec 2004 | 7D | Landed (on) | Barry C. Silk |
| 1 Dec 2004 | 54D | Landed | Roy Leban |
| 24 Oct 2004 | 55D | Got off | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Oct 2004 | 29D | Hit the roof? | Dana Motley |
| 20 Sep 2004 | 58A | Landed (on) | A. J. Santora |
| 15 Sep 2004 | 63A | Came down | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 Sep 2004 | 17A | Got down | Steve Jones |
| 30 Jul 2004 | 22A | Got down | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Jul 2004 | 8D | Settled | Seth A. Abel |
| 15 Jul 2004 | 60A | Came down | Roy Leban |
| 8 Jun 2004 | 2D | Touched down | Ed Early |
| 22 Apr 2004 | 30D | Settled | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 29 Jan 2004 | 54A | Came down | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Nov 2003 | 23A | Hit the ground | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 1 Sep 2003 | 33D | Touched down | Barry Silk |
| 10 Feb 2003 | 51D | Hit the ground | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 29 Dec 2002 | 124A | Set down | Richard Silvestri |
| 22 Dec 2002 | 77A | Came down | Frances Hansen |
| 11 Nov 2002 | 29D | Dismounted | Gregory E. Paul |
| 31 Jul 2002 | 30A | Touched down | Jerry E. Rosman |
| 17 Jun 2002 | 16A | Touched down | Janice M. Putney |
| 5 May 2002 | 23A | Got down | Patrick Berry |
| 28 Mar 2002 | 1D | Came to earth | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Mar 2002 | 67A | Reached ground | John Greenman |
| 26 Jan 2002 | 49A | Came down | Mark Diehl |
| 3 Jan 2002 | 53A | Settled down | Randolph Ross |
| 11 Sep 2001 | 7D | Landed | Joan Yanofsky |
| 21 Aug 2001 | 17A | Dismounted | Sarah Keller |
| 9 May 2001 | 54D | Detrained | Ethan Cooper |
| 27 Feb 2001 | 7D | Touched down | M. Preston Sherwood |
| 8 Dec 2000 | 57D | Hit the ground | Bob Klahn |
| 30 Jul 2000 | 101D | Settled | Randolph Ross |
| 23 Jul 2000 | 57A | Got off | Patrick Berry |
| 11 Jun 2000 | 60D | Touched ground | Nelson Hardy |
| 28 May 2000 | 5D | Deplaned | Richard Silvestri |
| 16 Apr 2000 | 72A | Piled out | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 Apr 2000 | 65A | Dismounted | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| 10 Apr 2000 | 64A | Landed | Ed Early |
| 4 Apr 2000 | 53D | Came to rest | D. J. DeChristopher |
| 28 Mar 2000 | 56D | Touched down | Fred Piscop |
| 24 Mar 2000 | 1D | Got out (from) | Manny Nosowsky |
| 10 Mar 2000 | 19A | Dismounted | Chuck Deodene |
| 9 Feb 2000 | 59D | Touched down | Charles E. Gersch |
| 4 Feb 2000 | 14A | Got off the bus | Dana Motley |
| 19 Oct 1999 | 7D | Came to rest | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Jun 1999 | 54D | Got off | Manny Nosowsky |
| 4 May 1999 | 62A | Got off | Gayle Dean |
| 5 Apr 1999 | 40A | Detrained, e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
| 22 Mar 1999 | 37A | Came to a perch | Gregory E. Paul |
| 10 Mar 1999 | 16A | Got down | Wesley R. Johnson |
| 8 Mar 1999 | 49D | Came down to earth | Gregory E. Paul |
| 4 Mar 1999 | 58A | Hit the helipad | Cathy Millhauser |
| 22 Feb 1999 | 21A | Deplaned | Gregory E. Paul |
| 30 Nov 1998 | 37D | Came down | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| 5 Oct 1998 | 2D | Came down to earth | Peter Gordon |
| 3 Oct 1998 | 52D | Settled (on) | Rich Norris |
| 11 Aug 1998 | 15A | Settled down | Randall J. Hartman |
| 8 Jun 1998 | 19A | Landed (on) | Mark Danna |
| 28 Apr 1998 | 52A | Reached terra firma | Manny Nosowsky |
| 12 Apr 1998 | 6D | De-bused, e.g. | Randolph Ross |
| 28 Mar 1998 | 24A | Dismounted | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Jan 1998 | 14A | Touched down | Mark Gottlieb |
| 20 Dec 1997 | 19A | Set down | Rich Norris |
| 2 Dec 1997 | 2D | Came down to earth | Alan Olschwang |
| 13 Sep 1997 | 53D | Made it to the ground | Dave Tuller |
| 26 Aug 1997 | 3D | Got down | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 11 Aug 1997 | 6D | Dismounted | Daniel Halfen |
| 8 Jun 1997 | 97A | Touched the tarmac | Richard Silvestri |
| 6 Jun 1997 | 46D | Settled | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| 13 May 1997 | 24D | Dismounted | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Apr 1997 | 73A | Settled, as on a perch | Peter Gordon |
| 15 Mar 1997 | 31A | Settled, in a way | Daniel R. Stark |
| 18 Oct 1996 | 29D | Got down | M. Gaffney |
| 30 Sep 1996 | 32A | Landed | F. Piscop |
| 29 Jul 1996 | 28D | Landed | F. Piscop |
| 2 May 1996 | 7D | Descended | D. J. Kahn |
| 19 Apr 1996 | 58A | Settled | A. Micci |
| 1 Apr 1996 | 14A | Came to ground | F. Piscop |
| 22 Feb 1996 | 52D | Stepped down | C. Deodene |
| 12 Dec 1995 | 56D | Touched down | Gregory E. Paul |
| 2 Sep 1995 | 1A | Got off | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Jul 1995 | 54D | Came down | David J. Kahn |
| 11 Jun 1995 | 102D | Got off | Coral Amende |
| 6 Jun 1995 | 2D | Landed | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 8 May 1995 | 15A | Came to earth | Deborah Trombley |
| 10 Apr 1995 | 57A | Came to earth | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 9 Apr 1995 | 28A | Got down | Cathy Millhauser |
| 9 Mar 1995 | 56D | Touched down | Alex Vaughn |
| 17 Feb 1995 | 11D | Got down | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 22 Jan 1995 | 73A | Came down | Frances Hansen |
| 5 Jan 1995 | 56D | Landed | Harvey Estes |
| 27 Nov 1994 | 86A | Landed | Jacques Liwer |
| 8 Oct 1994 | 37A | Returned to earth | Rand H. Burns |
| 22 Jun 1994 | 31D | Got off | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 30 May 1994 | 67A | Came down | Raymond Hamel |
| 18 Apr 1994 | 7D | Parted company with a horse | Nancy Joline |
| 6 Feb 1994 | 60A | Got off | Arthur S. Verdesca |
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