DENSE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for DENSE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "DENSE" answer was first appeared in "14 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Slow on the uptake (5)". It was authored by Nancy Joline. Recently, the "DENSE" answer has been used for "19 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Mentally slow". It was authored by Colin Ernst. "DENSE" appeared 70 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "DENSE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2023 | 53D | Mentally slow | Colin Ernst |
| 3 Sep 2023 | 91D | Slow to catch on | Dylan Schiff |
| 27 Aug 2023 | 37D | Like flourless cake | Rich Katz |
| 21 Aug 2023 | 70A | Opposite of sparse | Jennifer Nutt |
| 24 Mar 2023 | 32D | Like the element osmium | Blake Slonecker |
| 9 Feb 2023 | 54D | Like a neutron star | Alex Rosen |
| 21 Dec 2022 | 42A | Like flourless cake | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 27 Nov 2022 | 96A | Like dumbbells | Adam Wagner |
| 15 Nov 2022 | 63A | Slow on the uptake | Sandy Ganzell |
| 23 Nov 2021 | 32D | Tightly packed | Eric Bornstein |
| 23 Jul 2021 | 14D | Junglelike | Michael Hawkins |
| 25 Feb 2021 | 71A | Impenetrable | Dylan Schiff |
| 13 Nov 2020 | 51D | Like some forests and fog | Sawyer Tabony and Ashton Anderson |
| 29 Sep 2020 | 19A | Tightly packed | Ricky Cruz |
| 9 Sep 2019 | 22A | Thickheaded | Dan Schoenholz |
| 30 Mar 2018 | 43A | Stupid | Sam Trabucco |
| 12 Apr 2017 | 26D | Not too quick on the uptake | Emily Carroll |
| 2 Jan 2017 | 55D | Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree | Chuck Deodene |
| 19 Jun 2016 | 30A | Blockheaded | David Woolf |
| 31 Jan 2016 | 91A | Unable to get it, say | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 6 Jan 2016 | 62A | Slow on the uptake | Jules P. Markey |
| 11 Jan 2015 | 124A | Like a neutron star | Peter A. Collins |
| 16 Dec 2014 | 12D | Thickheaded | Joel D. Lafargue |
| 17 Sep 2014 | 24A | Dumb as a box of rocks | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| 24 Aug 2013 | 58A | Not at all sharp | Frederick J. Healy |
| 8 Nov 2012 | 51D | Like a copse | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 30 Sep 2012 | 63D | Like dunderheads | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming |
| 27 Jul 2012 | 35A | Not getting it | Joe Krozel |
| 20 Oct 2011 | 45D | Packed with ideas, as an essay | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Oct 2011 | 28A | Like depleted uranium | Joon Pahk |
| 14 Aug 2011 | 34A | Like a black hole | Paula Gamache |
| 20 Apr 2011 | 69A | Slow on the uptake | Michael Farabaugh |
| 29 Dec 2010 | 3D | None too swift | Patrick Merrell |
| 3 Oct 2008 | 27D | Not very sharp | Harvey Estes |
| 12 Aug 2008 | 67A | Not the sharpest pencil in the box | Ray Fontenot |
| 7 Feb 2008 | 62A | Obtuse | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| 13 Jan 2008 | 77D | None too bright | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 22 Feb 2007 | 64A | Packed | Mike Nothnagel |
| 16 Jun 2006 | 46D | Concentrated | Alan Olschwang |
| 8 May 2006 | 69A | Thick | Norm Guggenbiller |
| 23 Feb 2005 | 22A | Hardly suited for Mensa | Lee Glickstein |
| 30 May 2004 | 16D | Doltish | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 29 Feb 2004 | 41D | Like osmium, more than any other known element | Patrick Merrell |
| 24 Jan 2004 | 28D | Packed | Mark Diehl |
| 30 Oct 2003 | 13D | Slow on the uptake | Patrick Berry |
| 24 Sep 2003 | 13D | Thickheaded | Sheldon Benardo |
| 3 Aug 2003 | 120A | Blockheaded | Jim Page |
| 25 Jul 2003 | 14D | Short on sharpness | Michael Shteyman |
| 28 Sep 2002 | 22D | Unintelligent | Raymond Hamel |
| 24 Jan 2002 | 51D | Doltish | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 31 Jul 2001 | 40D | Not the brightest bulb on the tree | Sarah Keller |
| 17 Oct 2000 | 42A | Thickheaded | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Jul 2000 | 45A | Blockish | Rich Norris |
| 18 Jun 1999 | 13D | Packed tight | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 5 Apr 1999 | 43D | Crowded | Gregory E. Paul |
| 27 Dec 1998 | 104A | Not too swift | Rich Norris |
| 12 Oct 1998 | 45D | Impenetrable | Richard Chisholm |
| 30 Aug 1998 | 31A | None too brainy | John Wolting |
| 1 Jul 1998 | 20D | None too brainy | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Jan 1998 | 26D | Thickheaded | Randall J. Hartman |
| 15 Dec 1997 | 6D | Thick | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 22 Oct 1997 | 55D | None too bright | John D. Leavy |
| 19 Oct 1996 | 50D | Not very swift | G. Petgrave |
| 29 Apr 1996 | 47D | Thick | S. L. Robbins |
| 28 Jan 1996 | 48D | Compact | M. W. Perry |
| 24 Oct 1995 | 13D | Tightly packed | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 13 Mar 1995 | 68A | Crowded | Ernie Furtado |
| 26 Jun 1994 | 29A | Impenetrable | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 22 Jun 1994 | 46D | Stupid | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 14 Feb 1994 | 53D | Slow on the uptake | Nancy Joline |
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