ASIA

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

This "ASIA" answer was first appeared in "3 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Part of SEATO (5)". It was authored by Sidney L. Robbins. Recently, the "ASIA" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Green region on a Risk board". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "___-Pacific (7)", "___ Minor (12)", "The East (11)", "China setting (6)", "Atlas section (6)". "ASIA" appeared 313 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ASIA" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
10 Dec 2023 116A Green region on a Risk board Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen
29 Sep 2023 48D Birthplace of the world’s major religions Malaika Handa
22 Sep 2023 48A Largest in a septet Rafael Musa and Michael Lieberman
30 Aug 2023 66A bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and Alex Eaton-Salners
7 Aug 2023 10A Home of Mongolia and Myanmar Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness
6 Aug 2023 6D Section of an atlas Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen
12 May 2023 37D ___ Minor Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
8 Mar 2023 41D ___ Minor Miranda Kany
7 Nov 2022 63A Where India is Jill Singer
15 Jun 2022 67A Home of 66-Across Rob Baker
11 May 2022 8A Home to about 60% of the world’s population Michael Paleos
10 May 2022 7D The East Lou Weiss
2 May 2022 10D China’s continent Erik Agard
13 Apr 2022 62A Mt. Fuji setting Rebecca Goldstein
23 Mar 2022 24D Home to more than 2,300 languages Barbara Lin
20 Mar 2022 68A ___-Pacific Brad Wiegmann
24 Feb 2022 42A Home for the Himalayas Jake Halperin
6 Feb 2022 65A Locale of the 2002 and 2022 World Cups Stephen McCarthy
17 Jan 2022 60D Home to the Hang Seng and Nikkei 225 indexes Evan Mahnken
27 Dec 2021 53D Home of seven -stans Adam Aaronson
12 Oct 2021 28A Region traveled by 63-Across Conor Sefkow
8 Aug 2021 20A China holder? Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen
22 Jul 2021 22A Land of plenty? John Guzzetta
22 May 2021 1D Home to 41-Down Sid Sivakumar and Matthew Stock
9 Feb 2021 26D Home to more than 4.5 billion Colin Ernst
19 Jan 2021 14D Difficult area to maintain control of in the game Risk Olivia Mitra Framke
14 Jan 2021 17A Home of Baikal, the world’s deepest lake Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
5 Jan 2021 27D Locale of both the highest and lowest points on the earth’s surface Amy Schecter and Christina Iverson
1 Dec 2020 58D Singapore setting Byron Walden
16 Sep 2020 10D Polo grounds? Paul Coulter
2 Sep 2020 56D Home of 60% of the world’s people Margaret Seikel
21 Aug 2020 14A It has 12 territories in Risk Alex Eaton-Salners
20 Jul 2020 5A Largest continent Alex Eaton-Salners
23 Jun 2020 9D Source of a big percentage of U.S. auto imports Jeff Chen
4 Jun 2020 30A ___-Pacific Barbara Lin
13 May 2020 37D Big part of a Risk board Benjamin Kramer
11 May 2020 53A The East, to the West Ross Trudeau
27 Apr 2020 5A Largest continent Ed Sessa
23 Apr 2020 42A Java setting Yacob Yonas and Erik Agard
17 Apr 2020 47D Home to zero winners of the FIFA World Cup, surprisingly Robyn Weintraub
31 Mar 2020 38A Where the four most widely practiced religions all originated Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau
19 Mar 2020 16A Where dogs are believed to have been domesticated 10,000+ years ago Wayne Bergman and Gary Otting
27 Feb 2020 41A Locale of the 2018, 2020 and 2022 Olympics Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb
31 Dec 2019 6A Home to seven “-stan” countries Evan Kalish
23 Sep 2019 53D Home to more than 4.5 billion Andrea Carla Michaels
20 Sep 2019 7D Home of yaks and zebus Luke Vaughn
20 Aug 2019 39D Home of the Himalayas Evan Kalish
8 Aug 2019 58A Home of about 25% of U.N. member states Timothy Polin
11 Jun 2019 42A Only continent larger than Africa David J. Kahn
7 Jun 2019 53D Land east of the Suez Canal Michael Hawkins
14 Mar 2019 55D ___-Pacific Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
31 Jan 2019 29D Section of The Economist Peter A. Collins
19 Jan 2019 46A What one of the five Olympic rings stands for Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco
23 Nov 2018 33D Where the Olympics were held for the first time in 1964 Temple Brown
20 Aug 2018 42A Home to the majority of earthlings Peter Gordon
13 Jun 2018 46D It’s west of the Pacific Michael Hawkins
27 May 2018 29A Where the Bactrian camel is native Andrew Chaikin
23 Apr 2018 28D Home to 48 countries Lynn Lempel
13 Feb 2018 48D Locale of both the 2018 and 2020 Olympics Bruce Haight
5 Feb 2018 45A ___-Pacific (geopolitical region) Alan Arbesfeld
31 Jan 2018 6D Area traversed by Marco Polo Josh Radnor and Jeff Chen
2 Jan 2018 62D Where most Buddhists reside Zhouqin Burnikel
25 Dec 2017 23D Landmass bounded by a mountain chain and three oceans Lynn Lempel
11 Dec 2017 23A Where Siberia is Brian Thomas
26 Oct 2017 50A 17+ million square miles of the earth Jacob Stulberg
7 Oct 2017 50D The East Byron Walden
16 Sep 2017 46A Area worth the most bonus troops in the game Risk Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
20 Aug 2017 54D China setting Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
3 Jul 2017 53D Himalayas setting Randall J. Hartman
30 May 2017 16A Where Nepal is Neville Fogarty
28 May 2017 38D It spans 11 time zones Andrew Zhou
26 Apr 2017 60D It’s on one side of the Urals Trenton Charlson
31 Jan 2017 34A One side of the Pacific Neil Padrick Wilson
22 Jan 2017 62A ___ Minor Dan Schoenholz
3 Nov 2016 16A Self-titled debut album of 1982 Mel Rosen
31 Jul 2016 114A One side of the Bosporus strait Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
21 Jun 2016 13D Where the 27-Down is Julie Bérubé
17 Apr 2016 80D See 68-Down Howard Barkin
13 Jan 2016 61D It’s west of the Pacific Jeremy Newton
9 Dec 2015 62A Locale of many emerging markets Jacob Stulberg
5 Nov 2015 15A Where many emerging markets can be found Samuel A. Donaldson
26 Oct 2015 63D Home of about 60% of the world’s population Bruce Haight
30 Aug 2015 71D Part of SEATO Lee Taylor
20 Aug 2015 64A One of a geographical septet Jules P. Markey
15 Jun 2015 2D Home of India and Indonesia Mike Buckley
29 Apr 2015 8D ___-Pacific Daniel Landman
27 Feb 2015 3D Where the “tiger cub economies” are Julian Lim
22 Dec 2014 14A Where China and India are Lynn Lempel
23 Nov 2014 95A Turkey’s place, in large part Patrick Berry
19 Oct 2014 108D Where the World Cup has been held only once David Phillips
1 Sep 2014 68A Where Vietnam is Allan E. Parrish
28 Aug 2014 53A Where most of Russia is Ned White
7 Aug 2014 16A China setting Joe DiPietro
8 Jun 2014 12D Big holding in Risk Patrick Berry
27 May 2014 39D Home to the Himalayas James Tuttle
30 Apr 2014 27D Home to most 11-Down Zhouqin Burnikel
15 Apr 2014 2D Where Kyrgyzstan is Gary Cee
27 Feb 2014 37D Locale of three Summer Olympics Stanley Newman
12 Jan 2014 105D The East Andrew Chaikin
25 Dec 2013 15A It’s east of Europe Jacob Stulberg
25 Nov 2013 58A Where Tibet is Kevin G. Der
24 Aug 2013 36A Place for tiger woods? Frederick J. Healy
4 Aug 2013 20A Where woolly mammoths once roamed Steven Ginzburg
26 May 2013 84D Where the world’s 100 tallest mountains are found Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz
31 Mar 2013 86A It’s west of the International Date Line Caleb Madison
27 Mar 2013 19A Where 36-Down is David J. Kahn
6 Feb 2013 60A Part of 39-Down Peter A. Collins
9 Oct 2012 19A Wall Street Journal ___ John Guzzetta
30 Sep 2012 79A Home for a 123-Across Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming
29 Jul 2012 1A One of six World Cup qualifying zones Kevin G. Der
17 Jun 2012 70A See 67-Across Kyle T. Dolan
14 May 2012 60A Where the Himalayas are John Dunn
5 May 2012 55D ___-Pacific Ned White
24 Apr 2012 52D Where Indians live Adam G. Perl
21 Feb 2012 56D Most of Turkey is in it Caleb Madison
7 Feb 2012 6A ___ Minor Mike Buckley
21 Dec 2011 38D Home to billions Ron and Nancy Byron
6 Dec 2011 10A The “A” in SEATO Steven E. Atwood
16 Nov 2011 58D See 35-Down Gary Cee
2 Nov 2011 63A Part of Georgia is in it Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
1 Nov 2011 31A Altogether it’s worth the most bonus troops in Risk Kristian House
26 Sep 2011 3D It’s north of the Indian Ocean David Gray
23 Aug 2011 41A Part of the Old World Michael Farabaugh
17 Jul 2011 2D See 96-Down Daniel A. Finan
11 Jul 2011 68A Where the Himalayas are Ellen Leuschner
29 Jun 2011 39A ___-Pacific Tony Orbach
17 Apr 2011 47D ___ Minor Matt Ginsberg
5 Mar 2011 45D Land shared by Iraq and Iran Randolph Ross
5 Feb 2011 57A Band whose self-titled 1982 album was #1 for nine weeks Mark Diehl
22 Dec 2010 15A Land west of the Pacific Michael Sharp
28 Sep 2010 2D Large part of a world atlas Michael Torch
20 Sep 2010 58A Mongols’ home Bernice Gordon
18 Sep 2010 36A Area worth the most bonus troops in the game Risk Natan Last, Brown University ’12
15 Sep 2010 66A ___ Minor Zoe Wheeler, Brown University ’12
27 Aug 2010 33D Java setting Corey Rubin
1 Jun 2010 2D Province of ancient Rome Sarah Keller
1 May 2010 10D Polo setting Paula Gamache
29 Mar 2010 27D Part of Istanbul is in it John Dunn
13 Feb 2010 11D It’s west of the Sea of Okhotsk Ashish Vengsarkar
7 Feb 2010 81A Big holding in Risk Patrick Berry
28 Jan 2010 35A It’s not Occidental Raymond C. Young
14 Sep 2009 49D It’s east of Europe Bernice Gordon
20 Jul 2009 65A Marco Polo crossed it Pancho Harrison
16 Jun 2009 62A Vietnam’s continent Paula Gamache
30 Apr 2009 56A ___-Pacific Greg Kaiser and Steven Ginzburg
8 Apr 2009 58D Indian’s home Joey Weissbrot
30 Mar 2009 2D Where India is Andrea Carla Michaels
22 Feb 2009 116A One edition of the Wall Street Journal Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson
1 Feb 2009 22A 1980s hit-makers with a geographical name Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg
13 Jan 2009 69A ___ Minor Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel
19 Dec 2008 18A Minor area? Natan Last
18 Dec 2008 25D Part of a famous septet Michael Vuolo
16 Nov 2008 71A Everest setting Merl Reagle
23 Oct 2008 22D Home to some elephants Patrick Blindauer
16 Jun 2008 33D Home to more than half the world’s population Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron
8 May 2008 2D Spanner of 11 time zones Harvey Estes
29 Apr 2008 15A Mongolia’s home Will Nediger
4 Apr 2008 36A Silk Road locale David Quarfoot
18 Mar 2008 15A Home to most Turks David Pringle
18 Feb 2008 53D Where most of Russia is Lynn Lempel
24 Jan 2008 14D Largest of a septet Matt Ginsberg
16 Dec 2007 97A Part of the Old World David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn
6 Nov 2007 54D Home to most Turks John Underwood
10 Sep 2007 14A Korea’s continent Edward M Sessa
4 Sep 2007 49A Big atlas section Manny Nosowsky
16 Jul 2007 40D Land east of the Urals Elizabeth A. Long
10 Apr 2007 14A Western edge of the Pacific Rim Kevan Choset
27 Mar 2007 11D Where Marco Polo explored Lucy Gardner Anderson
26 Mar 2007 56A Where 6-Down is Eric Fischer
11 Feb 2007 7D It touches three oceans Mark Feldman
1 Feb 2007 25A Largest of seven Michael S. Maurer
28 Sep 2006 1A Newspaper foreign news desk Richard Chisholm
15 Aug 2006 46A Largest continent David Sullivan
10 Jul 2006 7D Continent explored by 9-Across Randall J. Hartman
2 Jun 2006 34A Where tigers roam Jim Page
5 Feb 2006 100D Three oceans touch it Eric Berlin
16 Oct 2005 68D Toucher of the Pacific Rim Con Pederson
30 Jul 2005 34D “Prometheus Unbound” character Sherry O. Blackard
19 Jul 2005 41D Where Tibet is Trip Payne
26 Jun 2005 36A Big atlas section Joe DiPietro
16 Jun 2005 37A Locale for two Summer Olympics to date Elizabeth C. Gorski
6 Apr 2005 49D See 6-Down Michael Doran
1 Apr 2005 32A A big chunk of an atlas David Pringle
18 Feb 2005 49D Indian’s home Harvey Estes
15 Feb 2005 58D Largest of seven Gene Newman
30 Aug 2004 22D See 45-Across Jeffrey Harris
23 Aug 2004 54A Where the Himalayas are Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald
16 Aug 2004 8D Where Nepal is Joy C. Frank
31 May 2004 8D India’s locale Gregory E. Paul
19 May 2004 7D ___ Minor Alan Arbesfeld
19 Apr 2004 6D One side of the Urals Michael Doran
10 Mar 2004 44A Largest of seven Richard Silvestri
3 Mar 2004 18A Atlas section Mark Diehl
2 Mar 2004 63A ___ Minor Charles Barasch
13 Feb 2004 16A Fertile Crescent’s place Manny Nosowsky
24 Dec 2003 35A Where the Ob and Indus flow Steve Jones
23 Sep 2003 43D Laos’s locale Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski
1 Aug 2003 2D Home of ancient Chaldea Manny Nosowsky
24 Jul 2003 58A Where many Indians live Rich Norris
16 Jul 2003 1D Where SARS originated Norm Guggenbiller
2 Jul 2003 18D Where pomelos grow Barbara Olson
24 Jun 2003 36A The East Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon
11 Apr 2003 39A Polo grounds? Elizabeth C. Gorski
9 Apr 2003 11D Tibet’s environs Greg Staples
30 Mar 2003 31A One side of the Bering Strait Alan Arbesfeld
9 Mar 2003 11D Largest of seven Patrick Berry
13 Jan 2003 17A Large section in an atlas Gregory E. Paul
9 Jan 2003 7D Sri Lanka’s locale David J. Kahn
30 Oct 2002 17A Where Sikkim is Kumar Balani
21 Oct 2002 64A Where Korea is Peter Sarrett
30 Sep 2002 60D China’s continent Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
5 Sep 2002 66A Spanner of 11 time zones Michael Shteyman
6 Aug 2002 65A Korea’s home Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman
23 May 2002 34D *Eastern … vast … Marco Polo John Underwood
31 Mar 2002 33A 32-Across is part of it Lynn Lempel
9 Mar 2002 19A Indian’s home Dana Motley
19 Dec 2001 6D Where Marco Polo traveled Don West
17 Dec 2001 52A Siberia’s locale Christina Houlihan
30 Nov 2001 6D Java is in it Elizabeth C. Gorski
27 Nov 2001 14A Home to billions Ed Early
6 Nov 2001 25D Where 37-Down is Denise Neuendorf
5 Nov 2001 14A Land east of the Urals Jenny Gutbezahl
5 Sep 2001 34D ___ Minor Lyell Rodieck
25 Aug 2001 5D Java is in it Frank Longo
16 Aug 2001 54D What one of the five Olympic rings stands for Joe DiPietro
14 Aug 2001 24D Nepal’s locale Randall J. Hartman
22 Jul 2001 118A ___ Minor Patrick Berry
24 Jun 2001 32A Where Alexander the Great conquered Randolph Ross
3 May 2001 7D China setting Trip Payne
14 Mar 2001 27D Home to most Turks Greg Staples
4 Mar 2001 105D Polo field? Cathy Millhauser
27 Dec 2000 34D 17 1/2 million square miles Michael S. Maurer and Bonnie Prystowsky
15 Dec 2000 54A See 23-Down Joe DiPietro
6 Dec 2000 3D Part of SEATO Mel Taub (and crossword class)
20 Nov 2000 40A Where Indians live Randall J. Hartman
23 Oct 2000 56A Marco Polo crossed it Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg
5 Sep 2000 68A About 30% of the earth’s land Chris Sallade
3 Sep 2000 31A Flu source David J. Kahn
16 Jun 2000 6A One flu source Manny Nosowsky
1 May 2000 58D Where Japan is Gregory E. Paul
14 Apr 2000 59A One of the Oceanides, in Greek myth Martin Ashwood-Smith
12 Apr 2000 54D China setting Peter Gordon
24 Jan 2000 40D Where India is Randall J. Hartman
28 Nov 1999 47D SEATO part Cathy Millhauser
22 Nov 1999 31A Where China is Frances Hansen
8 Nov 1999 30D It’s east of the Urals Kent Lorentzen
2 Nov 1999 52D Where 62-Across is Bernice Gordon
29 Sep 1999 15A The Kara Sea touches it Patrick D. Berry
12 Sep 1999 19A Flu source Nancy Scandrett Ross
25 Aug 1999 17A The biggest of seven Richard Hughes
12 Jun 1999 40A Home to some elephants Matt Gaffney
5 May 1999 38A Marco Polo crossed it Lois Sidway
5 Jan 1999 54A The Urals are west of it Lyell Rodieck
17 Dec 1998 58D Where Myanmar is David J. Kahn
1 Oct 1998 16A Concern for 90’s investors Manny Nosowsky
22 Aug 1998 53D Southeast ___ David J. Kahn
19 Jul 1998 113D Three oceans touch it Nancy Salomon
25 Jun 1998 18A Atlas section Stanley B. Whitten
4 Jun 1998 61A Source of much West Coast trade Frances Hansen
29 Apr 1998 8D The East Gayle Dean
26 Apr 1998 57A Area east of the Bosporus Fran and Lou Sabin
23 Apr 1998 58D Atlas section Cathy Millhauser
11 Apr 1998 31D The Kara Sea is on its north Gerald R. Ferguson
11 Feb 1998 2D The East Nancy S. Ross
28 Jan 1998 29D Atlas section Mark Gottlieb
20 Jan 1998 5D Home of 3.5 billion Randall J. Hartman
13 Jan 1998 8D Where the Gobi is Stanley B. Whitten
4 Nov 1997 14A Pacific Rim locale Thomas W. Schier
3 Nov 1997 66A Marco Polo crossed it Stephanie Spadaccini
22 Oct 1997 67A The East John D. Leavy
16 Sep 1997 27D Part of SEATO Christopher Page
20 Aug 1997 32A The East Chuck Deodene
10 Aug 1997 66D Populous place Nancy Nicholson Joline
5 Aug 1997 19A Where India is William Bernhardt
2 Jul 1997 50A Largest of seven Richard Hughes
14 Jun 1997 60A Daughter of Oceanus A. J. Santora
20 May 1997 33D Pacific Rim region Elizabeth C. Gorski
26 Mar 1997 48A China setting Richard Silvestri
10 Mar 1997 3D Where China is Gregory E. Paul
5 Feb 1997 58A ___ Minor J. Schmalzbach
19 Jan 1997 46A China setting B. Klahn
12 Jan 1997 45D Polo grounds? M. Rosen
9 Jan 1997 23A Globe part C. Millhauser
22 Dec 1996 76A It has a Minor part F. Hansen
7 Dec 1996 10D One of seven big things R. H. Burns
14 Nov 1996 26D Bhutan’s locale N. S. Ross
20 Oct 1996 104A Home to billions R. Ross
18 Jul 1996 14A About 30 (percent) of the earth W. R. Williams
26 Jun 1996 14A Atlas section P. Jordan
14 Feb 1996 63A Land east of the Urals C. Lundberg
13 Feb 1996 19A Siberia’s site G. Paul
22 Jan 1996 57D Pacific rim region E. Gorski
9 Jan 1996 34D The East B. Gordon
14 Dec 1995 15A Where most people live Matt Gaffney
6 Nov 1995 6A Where Mongolia is Roger H. Courtney
25 Sep 1995 11D Part of SEATO Gregory E. Paul
19 Aug 1995 58A Area named after a Greek nymph Bryant White
28 Jun 1995 33D Atlas section Roger H. Courtney
2 Mar 1995 15A Polo ground? Raymond Hamel
10 Feb 1995 13A “Heat of the Moment” rock group Raymond Hamel
4 Feb 1995 44A The East Manny Nosowsky
11 Jan 1995 16A Gobi Desert site Stanley B. Whitten
6 Jan 1995 7D One of the Oceanides Fran & Lou Sabin
5 Dec 1994 21A Pacific Rim locale Sidney L. Robbins
11 Oct 1994 4D 30% of the world Bernice Gordon
11 Sep 1994 2D Minor place Louis Sabin
10 Jul 1994 71D 30% of the world’s land Alvin Chase
5 Jul 1994 13A Nepal’s location Raymond Hamel
21 Jun 1994 52D Siberia’s site Betty Jorgensen
15 Feb 1994 32A The East Jonathan Schmatzbach
17 Jan 1994 32A Where Marco Polo traveled Sidney L. Robbins
6 Jan 1994 17A About 17 million square miles Arthur W. Palmer
3 Jan 1994 21A Part of SEATO Sidney L. Robbins

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