CIS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for CIS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "CIS" answer was first appeared in "5 Nov 1995" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Successor to the U.S.S.R.". It was authored by Dean Niles. Recently, the "CIS" answer has been used for "1 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Lead-in to gender (6)". It was authored by Jem Burch. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Lead-in to gender (6)". "CIS" appeared 35 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "CIS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 2023 | 28A | Lead-in to gender | Jem Burch |
| 25 Nov 2023 | 29D | Modern descriptor with man or woman | Jeff Stillman |
| 12 Nov 2023 | 92D | Lead-in to gender | Garrett Chalfin |
| 6 Sep 2023 | 22D | Prefix with gender | Blake Slonecker |
| 20 Jul 2023 | 40A | Lead-in to gender | Drew Schmenner |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 18D | Counterpart of trans, in gender identity terminology | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 29 Oct 2022 | 47A | Certain gender identity, informally | Daniel Okulitch |
| 27 Oct 2022 | 45A | Identity prefix | Barbara Lin |
| 26 Jul 2021 | 25A | Lead-in to gender | Tommy Pauly |
| 2 Jul 2021 | 40D | Lead-in to male or female | Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle |
| 1 Dec 2020 | 63D | Prefix with gender | Byron Walden |
| 5 Oct 2020 | 13D | Opposite of trans, in gender studies | Evan Mahnken |
| 15 Aug 2020 | 24A | Lead-in to gender | Joe DiPietro |
| 13 Nov 2018 | 45D | Modern prefix with gender | John Ciolfi |
| 5 Jun 2018 | 27A | Lead-in to gender | Peter Gordon |
| 16 Nov 2017 | 33A | Prefix with gendered | Alex Eylar |
| 16 Sep 2017 | 31A | Prefix with gender | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 12 Apr 2017 | 23A | Opposite of trans-, with respect to gender | Emily Carroll |
| 7 Jun 2016 | 5D | Modern prefix with gender | Peter A. Collins |
| 19 May 2016 | 59D | Modern prefix with gender | Morton J. Mendelson |
| 30 Aug 2013 | 59D | Org. created right after the cold war | David Steinberg |
| 16 Oct 2011 | 55D | “___ for Cookie” (“Sesame Street” song) | Joel Fagliano |
| 18 Sep 2011 | 48A | “___ for Cookie” (“Sesame Street” song) | Josh Knapp |
| 14 Mar 2011 | 47A | “___ for Cookie” (“Sesame Street” song) | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 3 Dec 2009 | 62D | U.S.S.R.’s successor | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 3 Apr 2009 | 55D | Post-cold war inits. | John Farmer |
| 29 Mar 2009 | 75A | Sue Grafton’s “___ for Corpse” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Aug 2006 | 124A | U.S.S.R. successor | Seth A. Abel |
| 14 Jul 2005 | 50A | Successor org. to the U.S.S.R. | Kevan Choset |
| 19 Mar 2004 | 31D | U.S.S.R. successor | Manny Nosowsky |
| 11 May 1997 | 118D | U.S.S.R., today | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 27 Apr 1997 | 91A | U.S.S.R. successor | Matt Gaffney |
| 31 Jan 1997 | 27A | U.S.S.R. successor | M. Gaffney |
| 22 Mar 1996 | 4D | U.S.S.R.’s successor | F. A. Longo |
| 5 Nov 1995 | 1D | Successor to the U.S.S.R. | Dean Niles |
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