AXE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for AXE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "AXE" answer was first appeared in "1 May 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Chop (3)". It was authored by Peter Gordon. Recently, the "AXE" answer has been used for "9 Jul 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Prop in “The Shining”". It was authored by Christina Iverson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Firefighter’s tool (12)", "Lumberjack’s tool (16)", "Send packing (8)", "Can (14)", "Let go (8)", "Fire (10)", "Chopper (9)", "Pink-slip (10)". "AXE" appeared 235 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "AXE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 2023 | 22A | Prop in “The Shining” | Christina Iverson |
| 3 Jun 2023 | 2D | Chopper | John Westwig |
| 13 Apr 2023 | 55A | Big feller? | Robin Yu |
| 25 Mar 2023 | 36A | Certain hacker | Robyn Weintraub |
| 20 Mar 2023 | 56D | Lumberjack’s implement | Adam Vincent |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 43A | Lumberjill’s feller? | Ella Dershowitz |
| 10 Nov 2022 | 54A | Big feller? | Dan Caprera |
| 21 Sep 2022 | 40A | Cancel | Matthew Stock |
| 1 Aug 2022 | 13D | Lumberjack’s tool | Garrett Chalfin |
| 31 Jul 2022 | 40A | Can | Jesse Goldberg |
| 30 Jun 2022 | 2D | Big name in body sprays | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| 22 May 2022 | 28A | Get rid of | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| 19 Apr 2022 | 68A | Firefighter’s tool | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 24 Feb 2022 | 60D | Eliminate | Jake Halperin |
| 14 Feb 2022 | 36D | Body spray brand | Alan Siegel |
| 1 Feb 2022 | 59D | Tool on a fire truck | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 27 Jan 2022 | 51A | Chopper | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| 5 Jan 2022 | 15A | Firefighter’s tool | Damon Gulczynski |
| 14 Dec 2021 | 60A | Chopper | Tao Platt |
| 28 Sep 2021 | 69A | Bit of firefighting equipment | Meghan Morris |
| 27 Sep 2021 | 4D | Lumberjack’s tool | Zachary David Levy |
| 16 Aug 2021 | 62D | Cancel, as a show | Freddie Cheng |
| 5 Aug 2021 | 44A | Apt rhyme for “lumberjacks” | Adam Wagner |
| 11 May 2021 | 4D | Log splitter | Kevin Patterson |
| 1 Mar 2021 | 61A | Jack Nicholson’s weapon in “The Shining” | Michael Lieberman |
| 9 Oct 2020 | 11D | ___ throwing (faddish sport) | Sam Buchbinder |
| 27 Sep 2020 | 40D | A tool or a spray | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 24 Aug 2020 | 34D | It can chop a tree down … and then chop a tree up | David Alfred Bywaters |
| 26 Jul 2020 | 58D | The king of diamonds carries one | Trenton Charlson |
| 18 Jun 2020 | 41A | Terminate | Ricky Cruz |
| 5 Apr 2020 | 61A | Weapon associated with the film quote “Here’s Johnny!” | Jim Peredo |
| 31 Mar 2020 | 9D | Item in a box marked “In case of fire …” | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau |
| 8 Mar 2020 | 52A | Big feller? | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 17 Dec 2019 | 55D | Firefighter’s tool | David Levinson Wilk |
| 9 Nov 2019 | 32D | Get rid of | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| 10 Sep 2019 | 58D | Lumberjack’s tool | Ethan Cooper |
| 31 Jul 2019 | 37A | Marauder’s tool | Dan Caprera |
| 8 Apr 2019 | 9D | Lumberjack’s tool | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| 20 Mar 2019 | 28A | Firefighter tool | Erik Agard, Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 14 Mar 2019 | 10D | Can | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 26 Feb 2019 | 11D | Green Knight’s weapon in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” | Alex Vratsanos |
| 15 Jan 2019 | 7D | Pink-slip | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 16 Nov 2018 | 10D | Big name in men’s deodorant | Kyle Dolan |
| 18 Sep 2018 | 11D | Word after fire … or a synonym of fire | Greg Johnson |
| 19 Aug 2018 | 114D | Hack | Jacob Stulberg |
| 14 Aug 2018 | 27D | Guitar, in slang | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| 16 Jun 2018 | 7D | Paleolithic relic | Sam Trabucco |
| 6 Feb 2018 | 5D | Dismiss abruptly | Bruce Haight |
| 15 Jan 2018 | 22D | Tree toppler | Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 24 Dec 2017 | 67A | Terminate | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Nov 2017 | 44A | Sack | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
| 24 Oct 2017 | 45A | Firefighter’s tool | Damon Gulczynski |
| 17 Oct 2017 | 8D | Body spray brand | Jeff Chen |
| 24 Jul 2017 | 61D | Firefighter’s tool | Peter Gordon |
| 4 Jul 2017 | 13D | Firefighter’s tool | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 4 Apr 2017 | 57D | Hacker, but not on a computer | Timothy Polin |
| 19 Mar 2017 | 92A | Cut | Grant Thackray |
| 15 Mar 2017 | 70A | Item held by the king of diamonds | Bruce Haight |
| 2 Mar 2017 | 38D | Tool for a lumberjack | Peter Gordon |
| 17 Feb 2017 | 56D | Hacker’s tool | David Steinberg |
| 3 Aug 2016 | 23A | Chopper | Neville Fogarty |
| 16 Jul 2016 | 24D | Kill | Byron Walden |
| 1 Jun 2016 | 16A | Fire truck accessory | Wren Schultz |
| 24 May 2016 | 23A | Get rid of | Jonathan Gersch |
| 22 Mar 2016 | 43D | Timber feller | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 25 Nov 2015 | 36A | Big feller? | Duncan Kimmel and Clara Williamson |
| 19 Oct 2015 | 30D | Firefighter’s tool | Bruce Venzke and Victor Fleming |
| 29 Aug 2015 | 1A | Dump | Evan Birnholz |
| 10 Aug 2015 | 56D | Paul Bunyan’s tool | C. W. Stewart |
| 22 Jul 2015 | 53A | Send packing | Peter A. Collins |
| 4 Jul 2015 | 51A | Pink slip | Sam Ezersky |
| 20 May 2015 | 60D | Send packing | Jacob Stulberg |
| 11 Apr 2015 | 16A | Jungle swinger? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 7 Apr 2015 | 12D | Log splitter | David J. Lieb |
| 3 Mar 2015 | 59D | Give the boot | Kristian House |
| 29 Jan 2015 | 56D | Grooming brand for “helping guys get the girl” | John Farmer |
| 21 Jan 2015 | 68D | Hacker’s need | Jim Hilger |
| 20 Jan 2015 | 14A | Lumberjack’s tool | Susan Gelfand |
| 23 Nov 2014 | 6D | Medieval battle weapon | Patrick Berry |
| 31 Jul 2014 | 54A | Fire truck item | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| 17 Mar 2014 | 12D | Lumberjack’s tool | John Lieb |
| 24 Dec 2013 | 32D | Log chopper | David J. Kahn |
| 19 Nov 2013 | 9D | Log cutter | David J. Kahn |
| 11 Sep 2013 | 61D | Swinger in the woods? | Patrick Blindauer |
| 4 Aug 2013 | 63A | Fire | Steven Ginzburg |
| 21 Jul 2013 | 27A | Firefighter’s need, maybe | Tracy Bennett |
| 11 Jul 2013 | 40A | Fire | Henry Hook |
| 29 Mar 2013 | 14A | Pointy-headed sort? | Josh Knapp |
| 16 Jan 2013 | 30D | Let go | Michael David |
| 5 Nov 2012 | 35D | Lumberjack’s tool | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 2 Oct 2012 | 59D | Guitar, slangily | Ethan Cooper |
| 28 Aug 2012 | 16A | Can | Lou Borenstein |
| 17 Aug 2012 | 35A | Split, in a way | Peter Wentz |
| 13 Jun 2012 | 6D | Wood splitter | Susan Gelfand |
| 5 Mar 2012 | 44A | Lumberjack’s tool | Mike Nothnagel |
| 1 Jan 2012 | 88D | Kick out | Patrick Berry |
| 17 Dec 2011 | 19A | Sack | Tom Heilman |
| 30 Nov 2011 | 45A | Send packing | Rolf Hamburger |
| 27 Nov 2011 | 82A | Dismiss | Jeff Chen |
| 9 Oct 2011 | 22A | Ice climber’s tool | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 26 May 2011 | 34D | Can | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 17 Feb 2011 | 21D | Let go | Mike Nothnagel |
| 24 Jan 2011 | 38A | Lumberjack’s tool | Fred Piscop |
| 5 Jan 2011 | 16A | Hew | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| 22 Sep 2010 | 11D | Tool used by Hansel and Gretel’s father | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 Aug 2010 | 14A | Headbanger’s instrument | Barry Boone |
| 8 Aug 2010 | 25A | Can | Pam Klawitter |
| 23 Jun 2010 | 59D | Send packing | Alex Boisvert |
| 10 Feb 2010 | 14A | Fire truck item | Ed Sessa |
| 24 Jan 2010 | 91D | Fire | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| 21 Dec 2009 | 16A | Firefighter’s tool | Sarah Keller |
| 5 Jun 2009 | 55D | Bad ___, Mich. (seat of Huron County) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 27 May 2009 | 39D | Pink-slip | Corey Rubin |
| 16 Dec 2008 | 40A | Firefighter’s tool | Gail Grabowski |
| 8 Nov 2008 | 23A | Innovation of the Paleolithic period | Byron Walden |
| 13 Oct 2008 | 64A | Firefighter’s tool | Anthony J. Salvia |
| 3 Oct 2008 | 61D | Hacker’s aid | Harvey Estes |
| 2 Sep 2008 | 59A | It might be stuck in a log | Stanley Newman |
| 20 Aug 2008 | 58A | Guitar, in slang | Allan E. Parrish |
| 18 Jun 2008 | 6D | Pink-slip | Adam Fromm |
| 29 May 2008 | 32A | Let go | John Farmer |
| 21 May 2008 | 23D | Send packing | Dave Mackey |
| 16 May 2008 | 50A | It can be double-sided | Kevin G. Der |
| 14 May 2008 | 68A | Rail-splitter’s tool | Doug Peterson |
| 4 Mar 2008 | 41A | Guitarist’s guitar | Kevin Donovan |
| 24 Feb 2008 | 114D | Fire | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 12 Feb 2008 | 4D | Give the boot | Deb Amlen |
| 8 Nov 2007 | 57D | Sturdy feller? | Paula Gamache |
| 17 Sep 2007 | 11D | Firefighter’s tool | Sarah Keller |
| 12 Sep 2007 | 11D | Send packing | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 1 Aug 2007 | 64D | Chopper | David J. Kahn |
| 22 Jul 2007 | 95A | Chop | David Levinson Wilk |
| 5 Jun 2007 | 6D | Firefighter’s tool | Barry C. Silk |
| 28 May 2007 | 35A | Tool that’s swung | John Underwood |
| 23 Apr 2007 | 41A | Lumberjacking tool | David Pringle |
| 16 Mar 2007 | 15A | Let go | Eric Berlin |
| 10 Nov 2006 | 19A | Let go | Lynn Lempel |
| 10 Aug 2006 | 58A | What the king of diamonds holds | Todd McClary |
| 8 Aug 2006 | 14A | Tool that’s swung | Ed Early |
| 31 Jul 2006 | 58D | Logger’s tool | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 May 2006 | 45A | Hacker | Bob Klahn |
| 23 Mar 2006 | 20A | Dismiss | Ethan Cooper |
| 23 Feb 2006 | 11A | Can | Todd McClary |
| 21 Feb 2006 | 33A | Lumberjack’s tool | Lisa Wiseman |
| 11 Nov 2005 | 44A | Dismiss | Eric Berlin |
| 25 Jul 2005 | 57D | Tree feller | Lynn Lempel |
| 30 Mar 2005 | 61D | Fire truck accessory | Richard Silvestri |
| 14 Jul 2004 | 11D | Send packing | A. J. Santora |
| 5 Jul 2004 | 46A | Lumberjack’s tool | Patrick Merrell |
| 12 Jun 2004 | 56D | Fire | Henry Hook |
| 6 Jun 2004 | 111D | Feller | Patrick Merrell |
| 26 Apr 2004 | 26D | Paul Bunyan’s tool | Merle Baker |
| 10 Mar 2004 | 11D | What Carry Nation carried | Richard Silvestri |
| 3 Jan 2004 | 12D | Brutally destroy | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| 23 Nov 2003 | 64D | Fire truck equipment | Leonard Williams |
| 30 Sep 2003 | 36A | The Tin Man’s prop | Kevan Choset |
| 20 Jul 2003 | 59D | Cutter | Patrick Merrell |
| 4 May 2003 | 50A | Let go | Tyler Hinman |
| 19 Mar 2003 | 13D | Fire | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 23 Feb 2003 | 116D | Hacker | Nancy Salomon |
| 4 Dec 2002 | 53A | See 60-Down | Richard Hughes |
| 31 Oct 2002 | 33A | Get rid of | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| 10 Oct 2002 | 63D | Guitar, slangily | Richard Silvestri |
| 19 Sep 2002 | 37D | Can | Randolph Ross |
| 20 Aug 2002 | 59D | Woodcutter’s tool | Bob Peoples |
| 25 Jul 2002 | 7D | Pink-slip | Michael Shteyman |
| 5 May 2002 | 78A | Get rid of | Patrick Berry |
| 3 May 2002 | 32D | Fire truck item | William I. Johnston |
| 12 Apr 2002 | 37A | What a feller needs | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Aug 2001 | 35A | Send packing | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| 19 Jul 2001 | 13D | Good hacker | Marjorie Richter |
| 11 Jul 2001 | 60D | Let go | Richard Silvestri |
| 21 Jun 2001 | 69A | Pink-slip | Peter Abide |
| 18 Apr 2001 | 2D | Jungle swinger? | A. J. Santora |
| 26 Feb 2001 | 4D | Paul Bunyan’s tool | Norma Steinberg |
| 30 Jan 2001 | 2D | Feller in a forest | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Oct 2000 | 38A | Sharp feller | Cathy Millhauser |
| 25 Jul 2000 | 62D | Chopper | Patrick Jordan |
| 21 May 2000 | 49A | Sharp feller | Matt Gaffney |
| 18 May 2000 | 5D | Fire truck item | Patrick D. Berry |
| 7 May 2000 | 76D | Feller | Patrick D. Berry |
| 2 Mar 2000 | 57A | Fire truck item | Frances Hansen |
| 16 Nov 1999 | 13D | Can | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 8 Nov 1999 | 61D | Tree feller | Kent Lorentzen |
| 15 Aug 1999 | 96D | Fire | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Aug 1999 | 77D | Can | Randolph Ross |
| 28 Jun 1999 | 16A | Tree-felling tool | Ed Early |
| 22 Jun 1999 | 31D | Bough breaker | Nancy Salomon |
| 20 Jun 1999 | 35D | Can | Manny Nosowsky |
| 17 Jun 1999 | 16A | Hacker | Richard Silvestri |
| 12 Jun 1999 | 59A | Hacker | Matt Gaffney |
| 6 Jun 1999 | 154A | Can | David J. Kahn |
| 3 May 1999 | 41D | Lizzie Borden used one | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 6 Feb 1999 | 60D | Feller | Bob Klahn and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 5 Feb 1999 | 20A | Can | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Nov 1998 | 20A | Instrument, in jazz lingo | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 1 Nov 1998 | 71D | Let go | Robert Malinow |
| 31 Aug 1998 | 10D | Pink-slip | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Aug 1998 | 9D | Woodsman’s tool | Nancy Salomon |
| 12 Jul 1998 | 123A | Fire | Henry Hook |
| 19 Jun 1998 | 62A | Good feller | A. J. Santora |
| 18 Jun 1998 | 62D | Can | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 7 Jun 1998 | 17D | Fire | Randolph Ross |
| 28 May 1998 | 58A | Chopper | Patrick Jordan |
| 7 Apr 1998 | 20A | Chop down | Randy Sowell |
| 13 Mar 1998 | 18A | Cut | Shannon Burns |
| 18 Feb 1998 | 23A | Bunyan’s tool | Thomas W. Schier |
| 30 Nov 1997 | 49D | Pink-slip | Charles Deber |
| 5 Nov 1997 | 2D | Pink-slip | A. J. Santora |
| 27 Oct 1997 | 24A | Lumberjack’s tool | Mark Gottlieb |
| 7 Oct 1997 | 28D | It’s swung in forests | Richard Hughes |
| 4 Sep 1997 | 59D | Dismiss | Richard Silvestri |
| 24 Aug 1997 | 49A | Brutally dismiss | Michael S. Maurer |
| 15 Jul 1997 | 54A | Wood splitter | Frank Longo |
| 23 Jun 1997 | 54D | Chop | Shannon Burns |
| 2 Jan 1997 | 24D | Borden weapon | M. Gaffney |
| 6 Nov 1996 | 65D | Fire | M. E. Skolsky |
| 21 Oct 1996 | 2D | Lumberjack’s tool | J. Bender |
| 26 Jun 1996 | 63D | It may swing in the jungle | P. Jordan |
| 2 May 1996 | 61D | Chopper | D. J. Kahn |
| 19 Feb 1996 | 29A | Lumberjack’s tool | T. W. Schier |
| 24 Dec 1995 | 99A | Oviform : egg :: dolabriform : ___ | Frances Hansen |
| 17 Dec 1995 | 119D | Pink-slip | Dean Niles |
| 6 Dec 1995 | 41A | Bad ___, Mich. | Chet Currier |
| 11 Nov 1995 | 61D | Dismiss | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 16 May 1995 | 11D | Fireman’s equipment | David J. Kahn |
| 30 Dec 1994 | 48A | Chopper | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 28 Nov 1994 | 63A | Lumberjack’s tool | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 20 Nov 1994 | 114D | Can | Matt Gaffney |
| 5 Oct 1994 | 52A | Give the boot | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 15 Aug 1994 | 53A | Lumberjack’s tool | Fred Piscop |
| 12 Jun 1994 | 8D | Bad ___, Mich. | Frances Hansen |
| 9 Jun 1994 | 35A | Hack | Charles B. Waffell |
| 5 Jun 1994 | 4D | Jack’s tool | Dean Niles |
| 1 May 1994 | 91D | Chop | Peter Gordon |
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