CLEO is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for CLEO in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "CLEO" answer was first appeared in "9 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Singer Laine". It was authored by Norma Steinberg/Will Shortz. Recently, the "CLEO" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Egyptian ruler from 51 to 30 B.C., familiarly". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. "CLEO" appeared 76 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "CLEO" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2023 | 41A | Egyptian ruler from 51 to 30 B.C., familiarly | Seth Weitberg |
| 23 Oct 2022 | 36A | Hockey | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 25 Sep 2022 | 82A | Letters to ___ (rock group) | Meghan Morris |
| 13 Sep 2022 | 14A | Last pharaoh of Egypt, informally | Adam Wagner |
| 28 Jun 2022 | 28D | Title role for Liz Taylor, in brief | Scott Graham |
| 13 Jun 2022 | 20A | Egyptian queen, for short | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| 13 May 2022 | 35D | Jazz great Laine | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| 8 May 2022 | 112D | Miss ___, famed dial-a-psychic | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| 19 Dec 2021 | 92A | ___ Finch, “ER” doctor | Laura Taylor Kinnel / Will Shortz |
| 4 Oct 2021 | 11D | Queen of the Nile, informally | Christina Iverson and Andrea Carla Michaels / Will Shortz |
| 10 Feb 2021 | 26D | Miss ___, famed TV psychic | Kate Hawkins / Will Shortz |
| 23 Dec 2020 | 55D | Royal role for Liz | Juliana Tringali Golden / Will Shortz |
| 2 Jun 2020 | 30A | Egyptian queen, for short | John Guzzetta / Will Shortz |
| 6 May 2020 | 56A | Legendary ruler of Egypt, informally | Ali Gascoigne / Will Shortz |
| 8 Dec 2019 | 6D | Former TV psychic Miss ___ | Emily Carroll / Will Shortz |
| 6 Sep 2019 | 44D | Title female role in Shakespeare, informally | Mark Diehl / Will Shortz |
| 29 Jun 2019 | 10D | Role for Liz Taylor | Kameron Austin Collins / Will Shortz |
| 28 Dec 2018 | 18A | Queen who styled herself as Isis, familiarly | David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 8 Dec 2018 | 5D | Last Ptolemaic ruler, informally | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 5 Dec 2018 | 19D | Jazz singer Laine | Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz |
| 17 Mar 2018 | 5D | Role for Liz in ’63 | Roland Huget / Will Shortz |
| 26 Jul 2017 | 8D | Queen of the Nile, briefly | Brian Cox / Will Shortz |
| 22 Jul 2017 | 15D | Big role for Liz Taylor | Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz |
| 20 Feb 2017 | 62A | Marc Antony’s lover, informally | Ed Stein and Paula Gamache / Will Shortz |
| 30 Oct 2016 | 28D | Miss ___ (late TV psychic) | Caleb Madison / Will Shortz |
| 29 Aug 2016 | 58D | Queen killed by an asp, familiarly | David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 20 Jun 2016 | 20A | Queen of the Nile, informally | Jason Mueller / Will Shortz |
| 25 Dec 2015 | 51D | Classic role for Liz Taylor | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen / Will Shortz |
| 16 Feb 2014 | 73A | Elizabeth Taylor role of ’63 | Yaakov Bendavid / Will Shortz |
| 8 Jan 2013 | 18A | Laine of jazz fame | Allan E. Parrish / Will Shortz |
| 16 Apr 2012 | 24D | Royal role for Liz Taylor | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 10 Jan 2012 | 22D | ’63 Liz Taylor role | Gary Cee / Will Shortz |
| 29 Jul 2011 | 1A | Lethally poisoned ruler, familiarly | Paula Gamache / Will Shortz |
| 21 Oct 2010 | 63A | 1963 role for Liz | Dan Naddor / Will Shortz |
| 16 Jun 2010 | 14A | Elizabeth Taylor role, in brief | Joe Krozel / Will Shortz |
| 17 Apr 2010 | 35D | Fatally poisoned royal, for short | Tim Croce / Will Shortz |
| 15 Feb 2010 | 34D | Egypt’s last ruling Ptolemy, familiarly | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 4 Nov 2009 | 38D | ’63 role for Liz | Ricky Ini Liu / Will Shortz |
| 17 Jun 2009 | 45D | ’63 Liz Taylor role | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel / Will Shortz |
| 24 May 2009 | 72A | Jazzy Laine | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 21 Mar 2009 | 55D | Last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, informally | Robert H. Wolfe / Will Shortz |
| 20 Jan 2009 | 8D | Nile queen, informally | Tim Wescott / Will Shortz |
| 22 Dec 2008 | 25D | Queenly role for Liz | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 24 Nov 2008 | 29D | Queen of the 45-Across, for short | Billie Truitt / Will Shortz |
| 21 Oct 2008 | 30A | Jazz singer Laine | Randall J. Hartman / Will Shortz |
| 20 Oct 2008 | 18A | Nile queen, informally | Daniel Raymon / Will Shortz |
| 22 Sep 2007 | 41A | “Pinocchio” character voiced by Mel Blanc | Mark Diehl / Will Shortz |
| 9 Sep 2007 | 41D | Jazz singer Laine | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 26 Nov 2006 | 5D | Classic Liz Taylor part | Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz |
| 20 Oct 2006 | 48A | Goldfish in “Pinocchio” | Ed Early / Will Shortz |
| 6 Jul 2005 | 36A | Disney goldfish | Raymond Hamel / Will Shortz |
| 15 Apr 2005 | 44A | Claudette Colbert title role, in brief | Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz |
| 2 Nov 2004 | 65A | Marc Antony’s love, for short | Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz |
| 8 Oct 2003 | 38D | 1963 role for Liz | Peter Sarrett / Will Shortz |
| 15 Jan 2003 | 59D | 1963 role for Liz | Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz |
| 22 Dec 2002 | 45A | 1917 Theda Bara role, informally | Frances Hansen / Will Shortz |
| 12 Aug 2002 | 60A | Egyptian queen, for short | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 12 Jun 2002 | 19A | 1963 role for Liz | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais / Will Shortz |
| 5 Jun 2002 | 3D | Laine of jazz | Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz |
| 15 May 2002 | 18A | 900-line psychic Miss ___ | Kumar Balani / Will Shortz |
| 23 Dec 2001 | 17D | 1917 role for 30-Down, informally | Frances Hansen / Will Shortz |
| 11 Nov 2001 | 69A | TV psychic Miss ___ | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 27 Oct 2001 | 21D | One of the Staple Singers | Trip Payne / Will Shortz |
| 12 Nov 2000 | 95A | Splashy 1963 film title role, for short | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 10 Nov 2000 | 43A | Memorable 1964 Florida hurricane | Bob Klahn / Will Shortz |
| 22 Oct 2000 | 38D | Role for Liz | Henry Hook / Will Shortz |
| 17 Dec 1999 | 21A | Bitten one, for short | Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz |
| 6 Nov 1999 | 57D | 1963 role for Liz | Joan Bayer Williamson / Will Shortz |
| 1 Apr 1999 | 62A | 1963 Liz Taylor role | Kelly Clark / Will Shortz |
| 28 Sep 1998 | 67A | Nile queen, informally | Robert Dillman / Will Shortz |
| 13 Oct 1997 | 2D | Nile queen, informally | Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz |
| 19 Nov 1995 | 75A | Role for Liz in ’63 | Cathy Millhauser/Will Shortz |
| 20 Nov 1994 | 69D | Singer Laine | Matt Gaffney/Will Shortz |
| 19 Sep 1994 | 69A | Nile queen, for short | Wayne Robert Williams/Will Shortz |
| 22 Jun 1994 | 33A | Singer Laine | Arthur S. Verdesca/Will Shortz |
| 9 Mar 1994 | 34D | Singer Laine | Norma Steinberg/Will Shortz |
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