CON is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for CON in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "CON" answer was first appeared in "13 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Scam (2)". It was authored by Nancy Nicholson Joline. Recently, the "CON" answer has been used for "22 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Downside (4)". It was authored by Robert Ryan. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Pro’s opposite (7)". "CON" appeared 108 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "CON" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2023 | 114A | Downside | Robert Ryan |
| 22 Aug 2023 | 13A | Disadvantage | Jay Silverman |
| 25 Jul 2023 | 38A | Downside | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| 3 May 2023 | 24D | Comic-___ | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 26 Mar 2023 | 42A | Downside | David Karp |
| 20 Mar 2023 | 3D | Pro’s opposite | Adam Vincent |
| 12 Mar 2023 | 59D | Grift | David Tuffs |
| 20 Oct 2022 | 47A | Non-pro | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 3 Jul 2022 | 100A | Fool | Tom McCoy |
| 17 Jun 2022 | 41A | Pro’s opponent | Pao Roy |
| 8 Jun 2022 | 8D | Fool | Bruce Haight |
| 27 Apr 2022 | 20A | Hornswoggle | Alex Bajcz |
| 2 Mar 2022 | 28D | Pro’s counterpart | Dylan Schiff |
| 12 Nov 2021 | 6D | Fan gathering, informally | Patrick John Duggan |
| 22 Aug 2021 | 17D | One side in a debate | Stephen McCarthy |
| 1 Aug 2021 | 5D | Hoodwink | Matthew Stock |
| 23 Jul 2021 | 28D | Swindle | Michael Hawkins |
| 7 Apr 2021 | 23D | Reason against | Adrian Johnson |
| 30 Nov 2020 | 34D | Opposite of pro | Emma Craven-Matthews |
| 1 Oct 2020 | 45A | Voting no | Adam Fromm |
| 26 Jun 2020 | 37D | Kind of artist who’s not very good? | Robyn Weintraub |
| 20 Jun 2020 | 23A | Suffix for a fan gathering | Stella Zawistowski |
| 18 Jan 2020 | 27D | Flimflammer | Ryan McCarty |
| 27 Oct 2019 | 37D | Non-pro | Michael Paleos |
| 16 Oct 2019 | 32A | Reason why not | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 May 2019 | 60A | One side of an argument | Victor Barocas |
| 18 Feb 2018 | 84D | Against | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 17 Jan 2018 | 2D | One side of a debate | Jules Markey |
| 29 Aug 2017 | 20A | Event name suffix | Adam G. Perl |
| 12 Jun 2017 | 21D | See 13-Down | Dan Margolis |
| 26 Jun 2016 | 97D | Downside | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 17 Mar 2016 | 43A | Minus | David Woolf |
| 15 Dec 2015 | 31D | Dupe | David Levinson Wilk |
| 29 Jul 2015 | 63A | Hoodwink | David J. Lieb |
| 27 Jul 2015 | 3D | Hoodwink | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 6 Jul 2015 | 62D | Pro’s opposite | Lynn Lempel |
| 12 Apr 2015 | 97D | Drawback | Jeff Chen |
| 4 May 2014 | 122D | Bamboozle | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 23 Apr 2014 | 58A | Caller on a cell phone? | David J. Kahn |
| 12 Apr 2014 | 55A | Fleece | Mel Rosen |
| 10 Feb 2014 | 63D | Swindle | C. W. Stewart |
| 2 Feb 2014 | 67A | Dupe | Dick Shlakman and Jeff Chen |
| 27 Dec 2013 | 61D | Bilk | Ian Livengood & J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 21 Nov 2013 | 1A | Pen denizen | Jules P. Markey |
| 16 Nov 2013 | 49A | Anti | David Steinberg |
| 1 Apr 2013 | 41D | Fool | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 28 Feb 2013 | 7A | See 1-Across | Joe Krozel |
| 22 Oct 2012 | 44A | Pro’s opposite | Joel Fagliano |
| 13 Aug 2012 | 37D | Jailbird | Gareth Bain |
| 6 Aug 2012 | 35D | Pro’s opposite | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 May 2012 | 10D | Reason not to do something | Paula Gamache |
| 5 Feb 2012 | 34A | Swindle | Charles M. Deber |
| 26 Aug 2011 | 26A | Yardbird | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 28 May 2011 | 59D | One found in a pen | David Quarfoot |
| 2 Aug 2010 | 29A | Swindle | Diane Baker van Hoff |
| 30 Apr 2010 | 22A | Nonpro? | Natan Last |
| 16 Mar 2010 | 39A | Bamboozle | Paula Gamache |
| 27 Sep 2009 | 82D | Flimflam | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Jul 2009 | 9D | Side opposite 30-Down | Joe Krozel |
| 22 Sep 2008 | 49D | Scam | Peter A. Collins |
| 5 Mar 2008 | 65A | Sting | Steven Ginzburg |
| 31 Dec 2007 | 41A | Bamboozle | Lynn Lempel |
| 8 Oct 2007 | 56D | Bamboozle | Steve Kahn |
| 15 Jun 2007 | 62D | Yardbird | Nancy Joline |
| 19 Feb 2007 | 35D | Pro’s opposite | Andrea C. Michaels |
| 15 Feb 2007 | 29D | Hoodwink | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| 11 Jun 2006 | 97D | Shell game | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| 26 Mar 2006 | 112D | Yardbird | Patrick Berry |
| 17 Jan 2006 | 42A | Bamboozle | Nancy Salomon |
| 24 Nov 2005 | 12D | Swindle | Michael Shteyman |
| 15 Aug 2005 | 34D | Voting “nay” | Lynn Lempel |
| 5 Jun 2005 | 1A | Pen filler | Patrick Merrell |
| 16 Apr 2005 | 28A | Pro’s opposite | Gary Steinmehl |
| 11 May 2004 | 43D | Bamboozle | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 8 Oct 2003 | 38A | One side of an issue | Peter Sarrett |
| 18 Aug 2003 | 67D | Jailbird | Ed Early |
| 12 Jun 2003 | 63A | Time server | Patrick Merrell |
| 6 Feb 2003 | 36D | Bunko game | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Dec 2002 | 40A | One in a pen | Peter Gordon |
| 21 Aug 2002 | 38D | Bamboozle | Joel Kaplow |
| 5 May 2002 | 73A | One kept in the cooler | Patrick Berry |
| 22 Nov 2001 | 23A | Specialty of some artists | Richard Silvestri |
| 31 Aug 2001 | 33D | Take in | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 Jul 2001 | 10D | Hoodwink | Gayle Dean |
| 4 Jul 2001 | 46D | Jailbird | John Beck |
| 20 Jan 2001 | 48A | Anti body? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 13 Nov 2000 | 10D | Prisoner | Peter Gordon |
| 14 Oct 2000 | 19A | Ruse | Rich Norris |
| 16 Jul 2000 | 11D | Jailbird | David J. Kahn |
| 22 Jun 2000 | 37A | Opposing | Robert B. Baker |
| 9 Feb 2000 | 7D | Bamboozle | Charles E. Gersch |
| 25 Oct 1999 | 19A | Pro’s opposite | Philip Lew |
| 1 Feb 1999 | 48D | Jailbird | Dorothy Smitonick |
| 23 Sep 1998 | 24A | Take in | Michael S. Maurer |
| 26 Jun 1998 | 4D | Cell sojourner | Frank Longo |
| 24 May 1998 | 56D | Bamboozle | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Feb 1998 | 22D | Swindle | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 6 Jan 1998 | 27A | Sing Sing inhabitant | Ed Early |
| 6 Apr 1997 | 23D | Trick | Rich Norris |
| 18 Dec 1996 | 9D | Debate side | M. W. Perry |
| 1 Dec 1996 | 100D | Persuade by trickery | D. J. Kahn |
| 4 Jun 1996 | 8D | Kind of artist | E. Early |
| 23 Jun 1995 | 32D | Jailer’s charge | Manny Nosowsky |
| 2 Dec 1994 | 25D | Hornswoggle | Bob Klahn |
| 2 Nov 1994 | 48A | One in the cooler | Harvey Estes |
| 9 Oct 1994 | 101A | ___ amore (with love) | Bryant White |
| 7 Oct 1994 | 5D | Snooker | Bryant White |
| 13 Mar 1994 | 57A | Scam | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
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