DYE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for DYE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "DYE" answer was first appeared in "20 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Recolor (3)". It was authored by Norma Steinberg. Recently, the "DYE" answer has been used for "26 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Do or ___ (hair salon name)". It was authored by John Donegan. "DYE" appeared 144 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "DYE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2023 | 13D | Do or ___ (hair salon name) | John Donegan |
| 10 Sep 2023 | 114D | Stain, maybe | Adam Wagner |
| 4 Sep 2023 | 39A | Easter egg coloring | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 11 Jul 2023 | 13D | Do away with gray, say | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| 19 May 2023 | 57D | What might address a gray area | David Distenfeld |
| 26 Feb 2023 | 72A | Holi powder | Will Nediger |
| 15 Dec 2022 | 33D | Some food coloring | Bruce Haight |
| 25 Oct 2022 | 30D | Henna, e.g. | Ashleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard |
| 14 Oct 2022 | 26D | Wigmaker’s supply | David Steinberg |
| 10 Oct 2022 | 65A | Paintball filler | Byron Walden |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 64A | Henna, for one | Helen Chen |
| 10 Sep 2022 | 55D | What gray is usually not | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 12 Aug 2022 | 24D | Curl Up and ___ (punnily named hair salon) | Trent H. Evans |
| 25 Jul 2022 | 38D | Work on, as a summer camp T-shirt | Michael T. Buerke |
| 4 May 2022 | 65A | Turn red, maybe | Eric Bornstein |
| 2 May 2022 | 7D | Easter egg colorer | Erik Agard |
| 29 Jun 2021 | 27D | Batik, e.g. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 25 Apr 2021 | 64A | Turn red, say | Jeremy Newton |
| 21 Mar 2021 | 58D | Recolor | Julian Kwan |
| 25 Jan 2021 | 46A | Cover gray, perhaps | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 22 Jan 2021 | 35A | Do or ___ (punny hair salon name) | Daniel Larsen |
| 11 Jan 2021 | 60D | Easter egg colorer | Martha Kimes |
| 4 Nov 2020 | 14D | Stock at a salon | Jack Murtagh |
| 2 Jul 2020 | 30A | Rug maker’s supply | Yacob Yonas and Chad Horner |
| 11 Mar 2020 | 24D | Requirement for pink hair | Erik Agard |
| 8 Mar 2020 | 84D | Agent of change | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 4 Nov 2019 | 5D | Easter egg coloring | Trent H. Evans |
| 20 Aug 2019 | 36A | Ingredient in jelly beans and M&M’s | Evan Kalish |
| 1 Aug 2019 | 24A | Change clothes? | Patrick Merrell |
| 23 Jul 2019 | 24A | See 20-Across | Kyle Dolan |
| 9 Jun 2019 | 97D | Go green, say | Seth A. Abel |
| 21 May 2019 | 41A | Red 40 or Yellow 6 | Evan Kalish |
| 7 Jan 2019 | 65D | Henna, for one | Andrew Kingsley |
| 6 Dec 2018 | 46A | Ingredient in many a breakfast cereal | Sophia Maymudes |
| 1 Dec 2018 | 57D | Make blue, say | Ryan McCarty |
| 14 Sep 2018 | 54A | Change the locks? | John Guzzetta |
| 23 Aug 2018 | 12D | Curl Up and ___ (punny salon name) | Kyle Dolan |
| 25 Jun 2018 | 64D | Clothes colorer | Kathy Wienberg |
| 25 Apr 2018 | 34D | Indigo, e.g. | Adam G. Perl |
| 28 Jan 2018 | 24D | Color changer | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 27 Dec 2017 | 59D | Salon job | David Kwong |
| 12 Dec 2017 | 68A | Colorant | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Dec 2017 | 63A | It stains | Harry Smith and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 25 Oct 2017 | 57A | Batiking need | Jules P. Markey |
| 13 Mar 2017 | 68A | Just for Men offering | Alan DeLoriea |
| 11 Mar 2017 | 41D | Red ___ | Natan Last |
| 17 Feb 2017 | 41A | The Romans obtained a purple one from snails | David Steinberg |
| 1 Feb 2017 | 52D | Clairol product | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| 13 Jun 2016 | 67D | Easter egg embellisher | Lynn Lempel |
| 21 Apr 2016 | 47A | Frosting ingredient, often | Alex Bajcz |
| 5 Apr 2016 | 45D | Bottleful at a salon | Dan Schoenholz |
| 1 Feb 2016 | 32D | Easter egg coating | Gary Cee |
| 17 Nov 2014 | 46D | Easter egg need | Tom McCoy |
| 15 Sep 2014 | 19A | Color, as Easter eggs | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 9 Jul 2014 | 65D | Food factory supply | Bruce Haight |
| 24 Dec 2013 | 21D | L’Oréal product | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Sep 2013 | 19A | Shade provider? | Damon Gulczynski |
| 6 Aug 2013 | 16A | It makes gray go away | Lynn Lempel |
| 21 Jul 2013 | 92A | Easter purchase | Tracy Bennett |
| 8 Apr 2013 | 9D | Go from blond to brunet, say | Janet R. Bender |
| 25 Jan 2013 | 56A | Change a shade? | Joe DiPietro |
| 23 Dec 2012 | 94A | Turn blue, say | Joe DiPietro |
| 27 Oct 2012 | 34D | Make the highlights? | Joon Pahk |
| 9 Aug 2012 | 46A | Turn blue, maybe | Joe Krozel |
| 15 Mar 2012 | 62A | Nice ‘n Easy product | Kristian House |
| 22 Aug 2011 | 13D | Change from brunette to blonde, say | Milo Beckman |
| 9 Jan 2011 | 118A | Batiking need | Patrick Berry |
| 8 Dec 2010 | 42D | Hair salon stock | Mike Nothnagel |
| 3 Oct 2010 | 29A | Turn red, say | Daniel A. Finan |
| 22 Aug 2010 | 96D | Indian mulberry product | Patrick Berry |
| 16 May 2010 | 91D | Change the locks? | Matt Ginsberg |
| 14 Mar 2010 | 140D | Coloring | Caleb Madison |
| 23 Feb 2010 | 21D | Tint | Joanne Sullivan |
| 4 Jan 2010 | 62D | It may have made a blonde blonde | Paula Gamache |
| 5 May 2009 | 62D | Hide the gray, say | Trip Payne |
| 23 Apr 2009 | 41A | Do colorful work | Steve Dobis |
| 13 Jan 2009 | 45D | Secret of many a redhead | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| 18 Dec 2008 | 8D | Alter, in a way | Michael Vuolo |
| 20 Oct 2008 | 43A | Easter egg coloring | Daniel Raymon |
| 24 Sep 2008 | 54A | Easter egg brightener | Lynn Lempel |
| 22 Jul 2008 | 13D | Artificial color | Lynn Lempel |
| 14 Feb 2008 | 7D | Cyanine, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| 6 Jan 2008 | 118D | Food additive | Lynn Lempel |
| 16 Dec 2007 | 120A | Red ___ #2 | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn |
| 4 Dec 2007 | 60A | Batiking need | Alison Donald |
| 16 Aug 2007 | 48A | Salon supply | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 6 Aug 2007 | 69A | Go blonde, say | Allan E. Parrish |
| 8 Jul 2007 | 65D | It won’t run if it’s fast | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| 21 Jun 2007 | 44A | Turn blue, e.g. | John Sheehan |
| 11 Jan 2007 | 42A | Do stuff? | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 29 Oct 2006 | 81D | Turn red or yellow, say | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 22 Jul 2006 | 50D | Violet, maybe | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 23 Nov 2005 | 9D | Salon item | Levi Denham |
| 27 Apr 2005 | 51A | Salon supply | Lyell Rodieck |
| 30 Jan 2005 | 114D | ___ job | Derrick Niederman |
| 23 Aug 2004 | 32D | Color, as an Easter egg | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| 12 Aug 2004 | 32D | Change from bland to blond? | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Jul 2004 | 35A | Salon application | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 9 Sep 2003 | 9D | Just for Men, e.g. | Robert Zimmerman |
| 4 Sep 2003 | 33D | Food additive | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| 7 Aug 2003 | 33D | Textile company purchase | Patrick Berry |
| 7 May 2003 | 63D | It may be red | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 14 Mar 2003 | 22A | Stuff in a robber-foiling pack | Kevin Hagen |
| 11 Nov 2002 | 73A | Just for Men product | Gregory E. Paul |
| 21 Oct 2002 | 44A | Hair colorer | Peter Sarrett |
| 16 Oct 2002 | 67D | Do colorful work | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 Sep 2002 | 121A | Turn red, maybe | Rich Norris |
| 18 Apr 2002 | 23A | Chromotrope | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Apr 2002 | 34D | Turn black, maybe | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 3 Feb 2002 | 56A | Turn green? | Richard Silvestri |
| 25 Dec 2001 | 52A | Batiking need | Peter Gordon |
| 13 Dec 2001 | 54D | Turn blue? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 7 Nov 2001 | 31D | Purchase for a disguise | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 8 Oct 2001 | 22D | Go blond, perhaps | Monica Krausse |
| 30 Jul 2001 | 24A | Colorant | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 2 Jun 2001 | 47A | Turn black, maybe | Jim Page |
| 1 May 2001 | 45A | Easter egg application | Stanley Newman |
| 3 Mar 2001 | 9D | Turn green, maybe | Fraser Simpson |
| 8 Dec 2000 | 21A | Litmus, for one | Bob Klahn |
| 27 Aug 2000 | 112D | Turn red, perhaps | Dana Motley |
| 17 Jul 2000 | 44D | Blonde’s secret, maybe | Mitch Komro |
| 19 Dec 1999 | 19D | Batiking need | Frances Hansen |
| 31 Aug 1999 | 20A | Easter egg need | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 28 Aug 1999 | 45A | It may be used for highlighting | Frank Longo |
| 7 Sep 1998 | 63D | Hair coloring | Gregory E. Paul |
| 24 May 1998 | 30A | Roots may need this | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 11 May 1998 | 37D | Recolor | Gregory E. Paul |
| 5 Apr 1998 | 85A | Salon stuff | David J. Kahn |
| 30 Dec 1997 | 20A | Blonde’s secret, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 Dec 1997 | 10D | Coloring | A. J. Santora |
| 18 Nov 1997 | 58D | Hair coloring | Peter Gordon |
| 28 Jul 1997 | 5D | Hair coloring | Patrick Jordan |
| 20 Oct 1996 | 70D | Processed food additive | R. Ross |
| 19 Jul 1996 | 9D | Magenta, e.g. | D. Niles |
| 22 Oct 1995 | 30D | Colorant | Matt Gaffney |
| 4 Oct 1995 | 23A | Hide the gray, maybe | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 30 Sep 1995 | 47A | Kind of bath | Bryant White |
| 25 Aug 1995 | 50A | Naphthol, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| 7 Oct 1994 | 48A | Go blonde | Bryant White |
| 17 Jul 1994 | 5D | Give a new hue | Cathy Millhauser |
| 22 Mar 1994 | 42D | Salon selection | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 5 Feb 1994 | 59D | Chromotrope | Rand H. Burns |
| 25 Dec 1993 | 20A | “Does she or doesn’t she?” mystery | Rand H. Burns |
| 20 Dec 1993 | 4D | Recolor | Norma Steinberg |
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