AYE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for AYE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "AYE" answer was first appeared in "15 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Parliament vote". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "AYE" answer has been used for "8 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Certain verbal agreement". It was authored by Robert Logan. "AYE" appeared 150 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "AYE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2023 | 28D | Certain verbal agreement | Robert Logan |
| 24 Sep 2023 | 7D | All-vowel avowal | Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson |
| 7 Aug 2023 | 40A | Sailor’s affirmation | Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness |
| 23 Jun 2023 | 6D | “___, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss”: Keats | Kunal Nabar |
| 17 Jun 2023 | 9D | Word said in passing? | Ryan McCarty |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 60A | Word of favor | Philip Koski |
| 29 Mar 2023 | 57D | Vote for | Ben Zoon |
| 27 Mar 2023 | 2D | Sailor’s “yes” | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| 6 Mar 2023 | 61A | Affirmative vote | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 Dec 2022 | 4D | “Yes, captain” | Jennifer Nutt |
| 17 Oct 2022 | 22D | Popeye’s assent | Caryn L. Robbins |
| 16 Oct 2022 | 95A | Scottish interjection | Paolo Pasco |
| 4 Oct 2022 | 22D | Vote for | Joe Deeney |
| 11 Mar 2022 | 26D | Agreement between mates | Robyn Weintraub |
| 23 Feb 2022 | 35A | Word in favor | Rose Conlon |
| 15 Nov 2021 | 45A | “Yes, cap’n” | Ian Rathkey |
| 9 Nov 2021 | 65A | “Yes, captain” | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| 2 Nov 2021 | 21A | Yes in the Senate | Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock |
| 2 Oct 2021 | 4D | Floor support | Wendy L. Brandes |
| 20 Sep 2021 | 20A | Nay’s opposite | Pao Roy |
| 28 Jan 2021 | 24A | Passing comment? | Steve Mossberg |
| 24 Jan 2021 | 66A | Response to an order | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau |
| 17 Nov 2020 | 40A | “Yes, captain!” | Kyle Dolan |
| 5 Nov 2020 | 66A | “I’m for it!” | Jeremy Newton |
| 2 Nov 2020 | 61D | Sailor’s “yes” | Luke Vaughn |
| 23 Jan 2020 | 59A | Vote heard on the floor … and at the end of 20-, 31-, 35- and 50-Across? | Barbara Lin |
| 25 Nov 2019 | 55D | “Yes, captain!” | Daniel Mauer |
| 3 Nov 2019 | 47D | All-vowel avowal | Kristian House |
| 7 Jun 2019 | 4D | Answer to one’s mate | Michael Hawkins |
| 7 Apr 2019 | 60D | Word said in passing? | Peter A. Collins |
| 30 Oct 2018 | 31A | Assent at sea | Jules Markey |
| 19 Sep 2018 | 37A | SÃ, at sea | Scot Ober and Jeff Chen |
| 12 Sep 2018 | 6D | “Roger” in the Navy | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 21 Jun 2018 | 25A | Mate’s consent | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |
| 26 Mar 2018 | 67A | “Yes, captain!” | Andy Kravis |
| 10 Feb 2018 | 37D | House call? | Finn Vigeland |
| 25 Oct 2017 | 21A | Response to “All in favor” | Jules P. Markey |
| 18 Jul 2017 | 48D | Affirmative vote | Michael Hawkins |
| 29 Jun 2017 | 8D | Yes, on board | Rich Proulx |
| 28 May 2017 | 116D | Response that’s often repeated | Andrew Zhou |
| 18 May 2017 | 31D | A raised hand might indicate it | Jacob Stulberg |
| 30 Apr 2017 | 30A | Naval agreement | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Feb 2017 | 107D | Parliamentary support | Lynn Lempel |
| 10 Feb 2017 | 26A | Assent for 61-Across | Kyle Mahowald |
| 26 Jan 2017 | 12D | Word of support | Hal Moore |
| 26 Dec 2016 | 7A | Reply to a captain | Jules P. Markey |
| 6 Nov 2016 | 51A | “___, captain!” | Joe DiPietro |
| 26 Oct 2016 | 39A | Roll call vote | Scott Yut |
| 19 Jun 2016 | 111D | Something said repeatedly on a ship | David Woolf |
| 5 Jun 2016 | 63D | What the pros say | Tom McCoy |
| 23 Apr 2016 | 60D | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that’s not in it | Paolo Pasco |
| 9 Mar 2016 | 21A | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end | John Guzzetta |
| 16 Nov 2015 | 42D | Vote in favor | Jim Holland |
| 5 Jul 2015 | 52A | Senate vote | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 21 May 2015 | 34A | Roll call call | Peter A. Collins |
| 8 Mar 2015 | 22A | Cry on the bridge | Tom McCoy |
| 21 Sep 2014 | 17D | Reply to a captain | Michael Ashley |
| 12 Aug 2014 | 8D | Yes | Robyn Weintraub |
| 23 Jun 2014 | 44D | Matey’s yes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Jun 2014 | 39D | Vote of support | Susan Gelfand |
| 5 Mar 2014 | 17A | Assent on the Hill | Evan Birnholz |
| 17 Feb 2014 | 37D | Captain’s affirmative | David Gray |
| 12 Feb 2014 | 37A | Roll-call call | Peter A. Collins |
| 27 Oct 2013 | 81D | “I agree” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 23 Apr 2013 | 4D | Sailor’s yes | Severin T. Nelson |
| 24 Feb 2013 | 31A | Floor vote | Joe DiPietro |
| 20 Jan 2013 | 95A | “Yes, Cap’n!” | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 21 Dec 2012 | 31D | Word often uttered with a salute | Zoe Wheeler |
| 4 Nov 2012 | 49D | 58-Down 29-Across | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 26 Aug 2012 | 73A | Word that keeps the same meaning if you move its first letter to the end | Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson |
| 2 Aug 2012 | 41A | Response that’s often doubled | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 18 Jul 2012 | 44A | Swabby’s affirmative | David Levinson Wilk |
| 23 Apr 2012 | 2D | Sailor’s affirmative | Michael David |
| 8 Feb 2012 | 45A | Mate’s approval | Lynn Lempel |
| 29 Nov 2011 | 43A | Thumbs-up vote | Aimee Lucido |
| 22 Nov 2011 | 64D | Agreement with the captain | Victor Fleming |
| 31 Oct 2011 | 29D | Affirmative vote | Jeff Chen |
| 14 Oct 2011 | 24A | Caucus call | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Class |
| 29 Jun 2011 | 8D | When repeated, a cry at sea | Tony Orbach |
| 11 Jan 2011 | 32D | Reply to a captain | Sharon Delorme |
| 12 Aug 2010 | 49A | Reply to Captain Kirk | Barry Boone |
| 10 Dec 2009 | 57A | Backer’s word | Trip Payne |
| 28 Jul 2009 | 61D | Floor vote | Tony Orbach |
| 11 May 2009 | 67D | Sailor’s assent | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Mar 2009 | 18D | Assembly call | David Levinson Wilk |
| 19 Oct 2008 | 117A | “Yes” | Joe DiPietro |
| 6 Oct 2008 | 55D | Affirmative at sea | Patrick Blindauer |
| 22 Apr 2008 | 41A | Yeoman’s agreement | Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Sep 2007 | 53A | Roll call call | Peter Wentz |
| 21 Sep 2007 | 6D | Vote for | Paula Gamache |
| 12 Aug 2007 | 118D | “___, captain!” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 8 Apr 2007 | 12D | Salt agreement? | Byron Walden |
| 18 Mar 2007 | 73D | Assent | Craig Kasper |
| 16 Sep 2006 | 13D | Always, in verse | Michael Shteyman |
| 7 Jul 2006 | 63A | When doubled, a familiar cry | Joe Krozel |
| 26 Feb 2006 | 108A | Word said with a salute | Randolph Ross |
| 3 Jan 2006 | 27D | Senate vote | Lynn Lempel |
| 24 Dec 2005 | 45A | Word of support | Byron Walden |
| 26 Sep 2005 | 50A | Vote in favor | Ethan Cooper |
| 8 Aug 2005 | 23A | Sailor’s affirmative | Harvey Estes |
| 1 Feb 2005 | 26A | Sailor’s affirmative | Kevan Choset |
| 17 Nov 2004 | 13D | “Certainly, captain!” | Richard Silvestri |
| 21 Apr 2004 | 44A | Roll-call call | Michael Shteyman |
| 8 Dec 2003 | 58D | Sailor’s yes | Barry Silk |
| 28 Jul 2003 | 35D | Favorable vote | Gregory E. Paul |
| 18 May 2003 | 84A | Always, archaically | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 8 May 2003 | 40D | Matey’s assent | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 Apr 2003 | 82D | “Check, mate” | Bill Zais |
| 3 Nov 2002 | 115A | The pros say it | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Mar 2002 | 38A | Voter’s choice | Dana Motley |
| 23 Oct 2001 | 43A | Reply to a captain | Leonard Williams |
| 16 Sep 2001 | 61D | Always, to Shakespeare | Bill Zais |
| 31 Jul 2001 | 35D | Yeoman’s yes | Sarah Keller |
| 25 Jun 2001 | 20A | Sailor’s assent | Stanley Newman |
| 6 May 2001 | 46D | Yes vote | Manny Nosowsky |
| 3 May 2001 | 23A | Word of agreement | Trip Payne |
| 4 Jan 2001 | 36D | “Yes, Scottie” | Nancy S. Ross |
| 15 Nov 2000 | 17A | Agreement at sea | Chuck Deodene |
| 6 Oct 2000 | 10D | With 31-Down, bosun’s reply | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Jun 2000 | 34D | Admiral’s affirmative | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 8 Jun 2000 | 23A | Old-fashioned agreement | Mark Diehl |
| 26 Oct 1999 | 26A | Sailor’s affirmative | Kevin McCann |
| 9 Oct 1999 | 46A | Word often accompanying 54-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Oct 1999 | 37A | Affirmative | Fred Piscop |
| 4 Aug 1999 | 23A | Salt’s “sÔ | Richard Silvestri |
| 15 Jun 1999 | 28D | Yachtie’s “yes” | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 28 Apr 1999 | 32D | Agreeable reply | Nancy Salomon |
| 15 Dec 1998 | 40A | “Sure thing, skipper!” | Patrick Jordan |
| 24 Sep 1997 | 8D | Nautical assent | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 8 Jun 1997 | 114A | Affirmative on board | Richard Silvestri |
| 4 Feb 1997 | 27D | Word of assent | G. R. Ferguson |
| 21 Jan 1997 | 21D | Parliamentary stand | T. W. Schier |
| 9 Jan 1997 | 41D | Alway | C. Millhauser |
| 18 Jun 1996 | 24A | Sailor’s assent | E. C. Gorski |
| 30 May 1996 | 46A | Sailor’s assent | N. S. Wizer |
| 11 Jul 1995 | 37A | Scot’s yes | Gregory E. Paul |
| 23 Jun 1995 | 4D | Parliamentary stand | Manny Nosowsky |
| 11 Jun 1995 | 110D | “Yes, sir!” | Coral Amende |
| 15 May 1995 | 13D | Yes, to Rob Roy | Ernie Furtado |
| 14 May 1995 | 39A | Sailor’s reply | Richard Silvestri |
| 23 Apr 1995 | 131A | Yeoman’s yes | Randolph Ross |
| 26 Nov 1994 | 55D | O.K. at sea | Manny Nosowsky |
| 23 Jul 1994 | 31D | Yes | Randolph Ross |
| 9 Jun 1994 | 7D | One vote | Charles B. Waffell |
| 13 Mar 1994 | 81D | Roll-call response | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 8 Mar 1994 | 33D | Word of support | Harvey Estes |
| 24 Jan 1994 | 46D | Certain vote | Janie Lyons |
| 9 Jan 1994 | 14A | Parliamentarian’s call | Mel Rosen |
| 24 Dec 1993 | 34A | “O.K., Ahab” | Merl H. Reagle |
| 15 Dec 1993 | 29D | Parliament vote | Fred Piscop |
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