ASHEN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ASHEN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ASHEN" answer was first appeared in "23 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Like the skies in “Ulalume”". It was authored by Lois Sidway. Recently, the "ASHEN" answer has been used for "12 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Very pale". It was authored by Peter Gordon. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Drained of color (6)", "Wan (11)", "Whitish (7)", "Pale (11)", "Pallid (7)", "Pale-faced (6)". "ASHEN" appeared 121 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ASHEN" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2023 | 13D | Very pale | Peter Gordon |
| 17 Oct 2023 | 16A | Deathly pale | Dominic Grillo |
| 17 Apr 2023 | 48D | Gray in the face | Katherine Baicker and Scott Earl |
| 6 Jan 2023 | 28D | Ghostlike, in a way | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| 27 Nov 2022 | 82D | Pallid | Adam Wagner |
| 28 Aug 2022 | 11D | Like a vampire’s face, stereotypically | Ori Brian |
| 30 Jun 2022 | 10D | Vampiric in appearance | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| 5 Oct 2021 | 2D | Pale | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| 20 Jul 2021 | 41A | Like a landscape after a volcanic eruption | Sam Buchbinder |
| 13 Jun 2021 | 70A | Pallid | Stephen McCarthy |
| 15 Apr 2021 | 54A | Pale as a ghost | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer |
| 20 Mar 2021 | 3D | Hardly rosy | Emily Carroll |
| 7 Jul 2020 | 9A | Pale | Kevin Patterson |
| 25 Aug 2019 | 117A | Wan | Matt Ginsberg |
| 12 May 2019 | 31A | Wan | Victor Barocas |
| 17 Dec 2018 | 57A | White-faced | Brian Thomas and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 15 Jul 2018 | 102A | Drained of color | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| 3 Jun 2018 | 82A | Ghostly | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Apr 2018 | 30A | White as a ghost | Lynn Lempel |
| 28 Nov 2017 | 1D | Wan | Andrew J. Ries |
| 26 Oct 2017 | 45A | Pale | Jacob Stulberg |
| 2 Aug 2017 | 32D | Pale with fright | Bruce Haight |
| 9 Apr 2017 | 55A | Drained of color | Byron Walden |
| 23 Mar 2017 | 53D | Wan | Sandy Ganzell |
| 3 Jan 2017 | 60A | Ghostly white | Michael Shteyman |
| 26 Mar 2016 | 31A | Unhealthily light | Damon Gulczynski |
| 13 Aug 2015 | 14A | Visibly terrified | Jim Hilger |
| 19 Jul 2015 | 14A | Wan | Tom McCoy |
| 11 Jan 2015 | 29D | Pale | Peter A. Collins |
| 11 Aug 2014 | 5D | Pale-faced | David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon |
| 6 Aug 2014 | 22A | Whitish | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 4 Jul 2014 | 41D | Pasty | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Jul 2014 | 63D | Colorless | Luke Vaughn |
| 6 Apr 2014 | 63D | Ghostly | Patrick Berry |
| 22 Dec 2013 | 1D | Gray | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 May 2013 | 69A | White from fright, say | Allan E. Parrish |
| 28 Apr 2013 | 76A | Drained of color | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Apr 2013 | 13D | Horror-struck, apparently | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 2 Dec 2012 | 32A | Pallid | Steven E. Atwood |
| 23 Jan 2012 | 27D | Drained of color | Sarah Keller |
| 18 Dec 2011 | 18A | Pasty | Patrick Merrell |
| 19 Jun 2011 | 2D | Lacking color | Patrick Berry |
| 27 Mar 2011 | 98D | More than pale | Kevin G. Der |
| 9 Jan 2011 | 71D | Drained of blood | Patrick Berry |
| 12 Dec 2010 | 1D | Extremely pale | Karen Young Bonin |
| 29 Nov 2009 | 108A | White as a sheet | Will Nediger |
| 8 Jul 2009 | 62A | Pale with fright | Tim Wescott |
| 18 Mar 2009 | 44A | Visibly frightened | Robert A. Doll |
| 4 Mar 2008 | 35A | Drained of color | Kevin Donovan |
| 30 Dec 2007 | 41A | Cadaverous | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Oct 2007 | 54D | Ghostly pale | Robert Zimmerman |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 22A | Almost white | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| 21 May 2007 | 1D | Pale-faced | Allan E. Parrish |
| 16 May 2007 | 50D | Blanched | Patrick Blindauer |
| 1 Apr 2007 | 58D | Pasty | Paula Gamache |
| 7 Mar 2007 | 39D | Beyond the pale? | Richard Silvestri |
| 24 Dec 2006 | 87A | Whitish | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 7 Oct 2006 | 26A | Doughy | David Quarfoot |
| 15 Aug 2006 | 49D | Pale with fright | David Sullivan |
| 15 Feb 2006 | 44D | Drained of color | Byron Walden |
| 1 Jan 2006 | 7D | Bloodless | Joe DiPietro |
| 20 Mar 2005 | 21A | Pasty | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Jul 2004 | 43A | Pale with fright | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 13 Jun 2004 | 69D | Beyond the pale? | Richard Silvestri |
| 30 May 2004 | 96A | Showing evidence of fright | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 May 2004 | 39D | Gray | Gregory E. Paul |
| 8 Apr 2004 | 39A | Pasty-faced | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 Mar 2004 | 51A | Whitish | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O’Donnell |
| 22 Feb 2004 | 62A | Far from florid | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 25 Jan 2004 | 18D | Visibly shaken | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Oct 2003 | 30D | White-faced | Richard Miller |
| 13 Sep 2003 | 27A | Washed-out | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 8 Sep 2003 | 13D | Whitish | Leslie H. Nicoll |
| 14 Jun 2003 | 8D | Pasty-looking | Manny Nosowsky |
| 30 May 2003 | 9D | Pallid | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Mar 2003 | 1D | Wan | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 2 Dec 2002 | 27A | Gray | Gregory E. Paul |
| 20 Sep 2002 | 39A | Hardly hale-looking | Kevin Hagen |
| 17 Sep 2002 | 6D | Pallid | Steven Dorfman |
| 19 Mar 2002 | 7D | White-faced | Louis Hildebrand |
| 17 Feb 2002 | 18D | Bloodless | Joe DiPietro |
| 10 Dec 2001 | 50A | Grayish | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Aug 2001 | 48A | Whitish | Bernice Gordon |
| 26 Jul 2001 | 6D | White as a sheet | Manny Nosowsky |
| 4 Jul 2001 | 25D | Pale | John Beck |
| 5 Nov 2000 | 28A | Doughy | Michael S. Maurer |
| 21 Sep 2000 | 52A | Chalk-colored | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 Jul 2000 | 39D | Pale-faced | Gregory E. Paul |
| 17 Jul 2000 | 45A | Whitish | Mitch Komro |
| 19 Mar 2000 | 40A | Pale | Greg Staples |
| 11 Nov 1999 | 40A | Visibly scared | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 15 Oct 1999 | 53D | Ghostlike | Mark Diehl |
| 17 Aug 1999 | 53D | Grayish | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 3 Jun 1999 | 4D | Visibly shocked | Frances Hansen |
| 12 May 1999 | 43A | Pale | Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Sep 1998 | 32D | Pale | Christopher Hurt |
| 19 May 1998 | 34D | Visibly frightened | William S. Cotter |
| 3 May 1998 | 2D | Wheyfaced | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 20 Dec 1997 | 50A | Terrified, perhaps | Rich Norris |
| 4 Nov 1997 | 27D | Visibly frightened | Thomas W. Schier |
| 26 Oct 1997 | 14D | Cinereous | Cathy Millhauser |
| 25 Dec 1996 | 26D | Pale | N. S. Ross |
| 13 Aug 1996 | 28D | Pale-faced | R. Hughes |
| 30 Jul 1996 | 32D | Wan | E. Gorski |
| 10 May 1996 | 46A | Pale | M. Gaffney |
| 24 Apr 1996 | 45A | Wan | G. Dean |
| 10 Mar 1996 | 90D | Looking scared | F. & L. Sabin |
| 19 Feb 1996 | 5D | Pale, as a face | T. W. Schier |
| 4 Dec 1995 | 45D | Wan | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 16 Oct 1995 | 27D | Pale-faced | Bernice Gordon |
| 7 Jun 1995 | 2D | Pallid | Martin Schneider |
| 6 Jun 1995 | 26A | Wan | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 13 Apr 1995 | 45A | Whitish | Glenn E. Sykes |
| 23 Oct 1994 | 8D | Pale | Cathy Millhauser |
| 14 Aug 1994 | 17D | Visibly frightened | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| 8 Aug 1994 | 6D | Wan | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 17 Jun 1994 | 43A | Hueless | Bryant White |
| 6 Jun 1994 | 31A | Pallid | Robert Zimmerman |
| 5 May 1994 | 2D | Pale-faced | Mel Taub |
| 3 May 1994 | 54D | Gray | Lois Sidway |
| 23 Nov 1993 | 16A | Like the skies in “Ulalume” | Lois Sidway |
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