BORE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for BORE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "BORE" answer was first appeared in "20 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Yawn producer (2)". It was authored by Joel Davajan. Recently, the "BORE" answer has been used for "3 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Snooze". It was authored by Tracy Bennett. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Make yawn (6)". "BORE" appeared 69 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "BORE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2023 | 28D | Snooze | Tracy Bennett |
| 10 Sep 2023 | 96D | Snoozefest | Adam Wagner |
| 4 Apr 2023 | 29D | Make yawn | Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson |
| 12 Mar 2023 | 44D | Tedious sort | David Tuffs |
| 6 Aug 2022 | 50A | Drip | Byron Walden |
| 27 Jun 2021 | 49D | Make yawn | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| 9 Jan 2021 | 34D | Put to sleep | Trenton Charlson |
| 23 Mar 2020 | 14A | Sleep-inducing pill? | Ed Sessa |
| 18 Nov 2019 | 15A | ___ someone to tears | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 11 Jun 2019 | 5A | Snoozefest | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Feb 2019 | 11D | Yawner | Erik Agard |
| 11 Feb 2018 | 2D | Induce ennui in | Matt Ginsberg |
| 23 Feb 2017 | 59D | Snoozer | Jeff Chen |
| 30 Jun 2016 | 19D | Gun measure | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 1 Mar 2016 | 57D | Snoozer | Freddie Cheng |
| 29 Aug 2015 | 15A | Do some drills? | Evan Birnholz |
| 20 May 2015 | 35D | Barrel diameter | Jacob Stulberg |
| 22 Mar 2015 | 63A | Drill (into) | Jeremy Newton |
| 15 Nov 2014 | 11D | Hollow out | Peter Wentz |
| 12 Sep 2014 | 23A | “A person who talks when you wish him to listen,” per Ambrose Bierce | Michael Wiesenberg |
| 29 Apr 2014 | 50A | Auger | Jules P. Markey |
| 15 Mar 2014 | 44D | “Zzz” inducer | Ed Sessa |
| 18 Dec 2013 | 4D | Tiresome sort | Ed Sessa |
| 13 Jul 2013 | 21A | “Every hero becomes a ___ at last”: Emerson | Byron Walden |
| 14 Nov 2011 | 55D | Make yawn | Mark Feldman |
| 26 Sep 2011 | 36D | Drill a hole | David Gray |
| 7 Feb 2011 | 15A | Snoozefest | Lynn Lempel |
| 27 Apr 2010 | 15A | One who talks only about himself, say | Oliver Hill |
| 22 Mar 2010 | 31A | Ho-hum sort | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 14 Feb 2010 | 72A | One who’s easier to pray for than to visit, according to C. S. Lewis | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 24 Nov 2009 | 58A | Droner, usually | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry |
| 22 Feb 2009 | 1A | Put to sleep | Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson |
| 6 Aug 2008 | 5A | Drone, e.g. | Caleb Madison |
| 15 Oct 2007 | 54D | Drill | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 6 Jul 2007 | 21A | Barrel statistic | Pete Mitchell |
| 16 Oct 2006 | 52D | Bloviator, often | Paula Gamache |
| 27 Jul 2006 | 46D | Had on one’s back | Ethan Friedman |
| 3 Jul 2006 | 59A | Make yawn | Randall J. Hartman |
| 12 May 2006 | 35D | Drag | David Quarfoot |
| 1 Mar 2006 | 54D | Ear bender | Richard Silvestri |
| 3 Oct 2005 | 40D | Yawn inducer | Roy Leban |
| 14 Sep 2005 | 63A | Yawn producer | David Elfman |
| 16 May 2005 | 3D | Make yawn | Marc J. Gameroff |
| 1 Sep 2004 | 15A | Crashing sort | Jim Conklin |
| 16 Apr 2004 | 54D | Schmo | Ed Early |
| 23 Feb 2004 | 43A | Wearisome one | Anne Garellick |
| 29 Jan 2004 | 40A | Drill | David J. Kahn |
| 25 May 2003 | 102D | Yawner | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Oct 2002 | 6D | Yawner | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 4 Aug 2002 | 61A | Yielded | Robert Malinow |
| 16 Mar 2002 | 34A | Put to sleep, maybe | Verna Suit |
| 13 Mar 2001 | 60A | Cause to yawn | Michael S. Maurer |
| 10 Feb 2001 | 51D | Gun stat | Rich Norris |
| 3 Sep 2000 | 103D | Unwanted guest | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Jul 2000 | 16A | Hardly the life of the party | Tyler Hinman |
| 29 Dec 1998 | 6D | Word with crashing or tidal | Susan Harrington Smith |
| 14 Oct 1998 | 1D | Use an auger | Jay Sullivan |
| 24 Feb 1998 | 59D | Reduce to tears, maybe | Bill Ballard |
| 9 Jan 1998 | 39A | Drill | Manny Nosowsky |
| 14 Feb 1997 | 24D | Brought forth | J. R. Conrad |
| 23 Oct 1996 | 7D | Crashing type? | R. Norris |
| 9 Oct 1996 | 51D | Drill | R. Hughes |
| 26 Jun 1996 | 65A | Barrel diameter | P. Jordan |
| 7 May 1996 | 19A | Make yawn | K. Hodge |
| 17 Mar 1996 | 62A | Drip | P. O’Gordon |
| 22 Aug 1994 | 38D | Yawn inducer | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 5 Aug 1994 | 10D | Dull fellow | Daniel R. Stark |
| 3 Jun 1994 | 49D | Endured | Norman S. Wizer |
| 20 Mar 1994 | 16D | Yawn producer | Joel Davajan |
Here you get BORE answered all clues with dates, Grid, and Author info. If BORE will be used in a new NYT Crossword, that will be updated here.