BEST is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for BEST in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "BEST" answer was first appeared in "12 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Insurance writer A.M.___". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "BEST" answer has been used for "11 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Word in most Academy Award titles". It was authored by Luke K. Schreiber. "BEST" appeared 83 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "BEST" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2023 | 58D | Word in most Academy Award titles | Luke K. Schreiber |
| 5 Oct 2023 | 20A | Lead-in to “by” or “Buy” | Daniel Bodily |
| 2 Oct 2023 | 12D | Word etched on most Oscar statuettes | Alexandria Mason |
| 20 Sep 2023 | 35D | Top | Gina Turner |
| 2 Jun 2022 | 1D | Outdo | Michael Lieberman |
| 1 Jun 2022 | 47D | “Yours truly” alternative | Chase Dittrich |
| 22 Feb 2022 | 63A | “___ in Show” | Jacob McDermott |
| 10 Jan 2022 | 9A | Word before Actor and Actress at the Oscars | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 Oct 2021 | 16A | Top | Ross Trudeau |
| 26 Sep 2021 | 121A | Tops | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| 12 Oct 2020 | 1A | Winning a blue ribbon | Joe Hansen |
| 21 Jul 2020 | 59D | Top-of-the-line | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 20 Jul 2020 | 65A | ___ in show (canine award) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 13 Jul 2020 | 21D | Superlative | Erik Agard |
| 28 May 2020 | 7D | Alternative to “Yours truly” | Tracy Bennett |
| 10 Feb 2020 | 64A | ___ Picture (Oscars category) | Bruce Haight |
| 1 Oct 2019 | 74A | Part of BFF | Erik Agard |
| 25 Sep 2019 | 29A | Defeat | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 1 Apr 2019 | 52D | Common email sign-off word | Joel Fagliano |
| 14 Mar 2019 | 9D | Worst in a competition | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 8 Sep 2018 | 31A | One-up | Andrew J. Ries |
| 22 Jun 2018 | 31D | Sunday ___ | Andrew Kingsley |
| 7 Jun 2018 | 35D | Top | Bruce Haight |
| 7 May 2017 | 120A | Award category word | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 9 Apr 2017 | 72D | Overcome | Byron Walden |
| 29 Jan 2017 | 40A | Top-shelf | Jim Hyres and David Steinberg |
| 15 Jan 2017 | 93A | Top | Joel Fagliano |
| 22 Nov 2016 | 64A | Casual sign-off in a letter | Andrew Zhou |
| 19 Jun 2016 | 53A | Finish ahead of | David Woolf |
| 6 Apr 2016 | 1D | Outduel, e.g. | Timothy Polin |
| 25 Jan 2016 | 57D | A+++ | Ian Livengood |
| 14 Sep 2015 | 11D | Cream of the crop | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 26 May 2015 | 1A | First word in every Academy Award category | Gareth Bain |
| 10 Jul 2013 | 45A | Start of the title for every Oscar | Ed Sessa |
| 29 May 2013 | 24A | With “in” and 25-Down, blue ribbon earner | Gary Cee |
| 1 May 2012 | 55D | Outdo | Zoe Wheeler and Aimee Lucido |
| 6 Feb 2012 | 45A | Second to none | Tom Pepper |
| 3 Jan 2012 | 63A | A-number-one | Allan E. Parrish |
| 30 Apr 2011 | 47D | With 10-Down, favored the most | Frederick J. Healy |
| 9 Feb 2011 | 64A | Optimal | Victor Barocas |
| 26 Apr 2010 | 67A | Crème de la crème | Lynn Lempel |
| 3 Jun 2009 | 20A | Letter sign-off | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 21 Aug 2008 | 57D | Oscar superlative | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 7 Aug 2007 | 31A | ___ in Show (Westminster prize) | Daniel Kantor |
| 14 Jan 2007 | 32A | Tops | Harvey Estes |
| 12 Dec 2006 | 57D | Primo | Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming |
| 8 Oct 2006 | 67D | Oscar title starter | Fred Piscop |
| 30 Apr 2006 | 107D | Trump | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 14 Apr 2006 | 1A | Eclipse | James E. Buell |
| 15 Dec 2005 | 50D | Informal letter closing | Patrick Merrell |
| 17 Aug 2005 | 67A | Tops | Kyle Mahowald |
| 13 Jun 2005 | 60D | Top spot | Earl W. Reed |
| 11 Jun 2005 | 4D | Overcome | Patrick Merrell |
| 16 Nov 2004 | 1A | Rating a blue ribbon | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 12 Jan 2004 | 71A | Taking the blue ribbon | Kurt Mengel |
| 23 Jul 2003 | 8D | First-place | Ed Early |
| 18 Apr 2003 | 34A | With 47-Across, Academy Award category | Tyler Hinman |
| 29 Dec 2002 | 1D | Oscar word | Richard Silvestri |
| 13 Nov 2002 | 68A | Sunday ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Jun 2002 | 103D | Top of the line | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Apr 2002 | 69A | Superlative | James P. Sharp |
| 14 Jan 2002 | 46D | Tops | Michael Shteyman |
| 16 Sep 2001 | 22A | Vanquish | Bill Zais |
| 12 Dec 2000 | 23D | Numero uno | Nick Grivas |
| 25 Jun 2000 | 14A | Whip | Cathy Millhauser |
| 29 May 2000 | 62A | Brief letter sign-off | Randall J. Hartman |
| 7 May 2000 | 87A | Informal letter signoff | Patrick D. Berry |
| 3 Feb 2000 | 13D | Bet or buy lead-in | Thomas W. Schier |
| 2 Dec 1999 | 29D | Outdo | Mel Taub |
| 27 Mar 1999 | 23A | Top | Rich Norris |
| 12 Jan 1999 | 71A | Crème de la crème | Nancy Salomon |
| 22 Sep 1998 | 45A | Numero uno | Nancy Salomon |
| 5 Aug 1998 | 65A | Top-quality | Patrick Jordan |
| 29 Jan 1998 | 68A | Vanquish | Frances Hansen |
| 11 Jan 1998 | 111A | Whip | Nancy Joline and Peg Conner |
| 6 Nov 1997 | 36A | Top of the heap | Nancy Salomon |
| 22 Oct 1997 | 56D | A+ | John D. Leavy |
| 17 Sep 1997 | 59A | Cream of the crop | Karen Hodge |
| 30 Apr 1996 | 21D | Defeat | G. E. Paul |
| 24 Nov 1995 | 4D | Tiptop | Bob Klahn |
| 4 Oct 1995 | 1D | Unsurpassed | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 24 Feb 1994 | 62A | Letter closing | Stanley Newman |
| 12 Jan 1994 | 38D | Insurance writer A.M.___ | Fred Piscop |
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