CHAR is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for CHAR in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "CHAR" answer was first appeared in "22 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "House cleaner, in England". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "CHAR" answer has been used for "23 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Grill past perfection, say". It was authored by Vasu Seralathan. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Blacken (20)". "CHAR" appeared 79 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "CHAR" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Nov 2023 | 9A | Grill past perfection, say | Vasu Seralathan |
| 9 Nov 2023 | 40D | Toast | Simeon Seigel |
| 6 Nov 2023 | 23D | Leave too long on the grill, maybe | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 79D | More than singe | Michael Schlossberg |
| 2 Jun 2023 | 20A | Arctic food fish | John Ewbank |
| 26 Feb 2023 | 69A | Blacken | Will Nediger |
| 19 Dec 2022 | 23A | Scorch | Jennifer Nutt |
| 11 Oct 2022 | 26D | Burn slightly | Ailee Yoshida |
| 30 Jun 2022 | 47A | Burn a bit | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| 26 Jun 2022 | 72D | Burn a little | Matthew Stock and Finn Vigeland |
| 2 Jun 2022 | 15A | Blacken | Michael Lieberman |
| 14 Jan 2022 | 13A | Burn | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| 4 Nov 2020 | 69A | Singe | Jack Murtagh |
| 19 Sep 2020 | 15D | Get burnt | Robyn Weintraub |
| 15 Apr 2020 | 38A | Burn black | John-Clark Levin and Jeff Chen |
| 28 Jul 2019 | 21A | Blacken on the barbecue | Christopher Adams |
| 18 Feb 2018 | 15D | Burn a little | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 10 Feb 2018 | 7D | Scorch | Finn Vigeland |
| 23 Jan 2018 | 51A | Make black, in a way | Jim Hilger |
| 29 Oct 2017 | 59D | A fish … or to cook it, in a way | Ross Trudeau |
| 23 Oct 2017 | 23A | Blacken, as by fire | Timothy Polin |
| 23 Apr 2017 | 7D | Arctic food fish | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 2 Nov 2016 | 5D | Blacken on a grill | Andrew Kingsley |
| 29 Apr 2015 | 62A | Give a grilling? | Daniel Landman |
| 11 Nov 2014 | 65A | Blacken on a grill | James Mulhern |
| 31 Oct 2013 | 52D | Scorch | David Kwong |
| 14 Oct 2012 | 46D | Not burn completely | Todd Gross |
| 25 Sep 2012 | 19A | Blacken, in cooking | Ian Livengood |
| 9 Jul 2012 | 54D | Blacken on the grill | C.W. Stewart |
| 12 Jan 2012 | 10A | Blacken | Gareth Bain |
| 22 Feb 2011 | 9D | Blacken | Ian Livengood |
| 9 Oct 2010 | 1D | Not just brown | Joe Krozel |
| 11 Aug 2010 | 41D | Blacken | Edward Sessa |
| 1 Nov 2009 | 38D | Blacken | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 6 Sep 2009 | 111A | Blacken | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 14 Jul 2009 | 1D | Scorch | Donna S. Levin |
| 16 May 2009 | 41A | More than brown | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| 6 May 2009 | 1D | Burn on the grill | Michael Callaway Barnhart |
| 11 Nov 2008 | 70A | Blacken | Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer |
| 17 Jun 2008 | 35D | Blacken | Steven Ginzburg |
| 29 Apr 2008 | 26A | Blacken on the barbecue | Will Nediger |
| 11 Dec 2007 | 23A | Blacken | Gail Grabowski |
| 10 Nov 2007 | 56A | Red-bellied trout | Dana Motley |
| 25 Oct 2007 | 30D | Scorch | Susan Harrington Smith |
| 3 Nov 2005 | 9A | Singe | Byron Walden |
| 26 Oct 2005 | 48D | Reduce to carbon | Adam G. Perl |
| 21 Aug 2005 | 9D | Blacken | Byron Walden |
| 19 Jun 2005 | 72A | Dover domestic | Manny Nosowsky |
| 10 Feb 2005 | 46A | Toast | Frank Longo |
| 26 Jan 2005 | 51D | Scorch | Stanley Newman |
| 22 Sep 2004 | 47D | Blacken | David J. Kahn |
| 11 Feb 2004 | 48D | Scorch | Ethan Friedman |
| 6 Nov 2003 | 48A | Blacken | Joe DiPietro |
| 21 Oct 2003 | 1A | Tea, to Brits | John Underwood |
| 29 Aug 2003 | 54D | Variety of trout | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 20 Jul 2003 | 105D | Blacken | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Jan 2003 | 10A | Coventry cleaner | James Rogers |
| 5 Sep 2002 | 64D | Burn | Michael Shteyman |
| 8 Aug 2002 | 56D | Overcook | Patrick Merrell |
| 10 May 2002 | 30D | Burn | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Mar 2002 | 56D | Blacken | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| 10 Dec 2001 | 38D | Burn | Gregory E. Paul |
| 24 Jul 2001 | 10A | Burn a bit | Gayle Dean |
| 8 Jan 2001 | 61A | Blacken | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Sep 2000 | 17A | Blacken | Frances Hansen |
| 20 Sep 2000 | 45A | Burn slightly | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| 20 Jul 2000 | 54D | Blacken | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
| 6 Dec 1999 | 32A | Blacken | Gregory E. Paul |
| 29 Oct 1998 | 24D | Flat cleaner | Cathy Millhauser |
| 21 Jun 1998 | 43A | Blacken, as steak | Jim Page |
| 7 Oct 1997 | 26A | Turn to cinders | Richard Hughes |
| 7 Dec 1996 | 2D | Burn | R. H. Burns |
| 6 May 1996 | 34A | Burn | N. Steinberg |
| 1 Mar 1996 | 52D | Scorch | Charles E. Gersch |
| 1 Jul 1995 | 19A | Brit cleaner | Eileen Lexau |
| 27 Jan 1995 | 45A | Blacken | Chuck Deodene |
| 8 Dec 1994 | 41D | Mayfair hotel employee | Randolph Ross |
| 4 Jul 1994 | 41A | Scorch | Joel Davajan |
| 22 Feb 1994 | 20A | House cleaner, in England | Fred Piscop |
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