EELS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for EELS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "EELS" answer was first appeared in "8 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Undulant ones". It was authored by Rand H. Burns. Recently, the "EELS" answer has been used for "20 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Delicacies for which Aveiro, Portugal, is known". It was authored by Brad Wiegmann. "EELS" appeared 173 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "EELS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2023 | 41A | Delicacies for which Aveiro, Portugal, is known | Brad Wiegmann |
| 11 Dec 2023 | 36D | Fish that are often prepared kabayaki-style | Luke K. Schreiber |
| 20 Sep 2023 | 33D | Creatures that are often catadromous, meaning they live in fresh water and breed in salt water | Gina Turner |
| 17 Aug 2023 | 32D | Sargasso Sea spawners | Erik Agard |
| 18 Jul 2023 | 48A | Reef wrigglers | Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| 15 May 2023 | 34A | Some snakelike fish | Tomas Spiers |
| 16 Mar 2023 | 36D | Creatures described as anguilliform | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 8 Mar 2023 | 1D | Their blood is toxic to humans | Miranda Kany |
| 5 Mar 2023 | 111A | They may be long and shocking | John-Clark Levin |
| 27 Jan 2023 | 31D | Slippery swimmers | Joe Deeney |
| 23 Jan 2023 | 24D | Jellied fish in some British pies | Adrian Johnson |
| 13 Jan 2023 | 21A | Symbols of slipperiness | Brad Wiegmann |
| 4 Sep 2022 | 118A | Unagi and anago, for two | Tracy Gray |
| 30 Jul 2022 | 50A | The ancient Egyptians believed they were created from the sun hitting the Nile | Lance Enfinger |
| 19 Jun 2022 | 48A | Reef predators | Jeremy Newton |
| 5 Jun 2022 | 53A | Sleek reef swimmers | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| 1 Jun 2022 | 18D | Some reef dwellers | Chase Dittrich |
| 17 Apr 2022 | 110A | Dragon roll ingredients | Emet Ozar |
| 21 Mar 2022 | 42A | Congers and morays | John Ewbank and Jeff Chen |
| 19 Aug 2021 | 69A | Some creatures in the ocean’s “midnight zone” | Oliver Roeder |
| 23 Jun 2021 | 28A | Flotsam and Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid” | Kate Hawkins |
| 1 Oct 2020 | 13D | Fish whose blood is toxic to humans | Adam Fromm |
| 26 Jul 2020 | 113D | Some are shockers | Trenton Charlson |
| 21 Jun 2020 | 77A | Creatures that can have two sets of jaws and teeth | Byron and Harrison Walden |
| 10 Apr 2020 | 5D | Fish in the order Anguilliformes | Byron Walden |
| 1 Apr 2020 | 62D | Serpentine swimmers | John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell |
| 23 Feb 2020 | 116D | Wrigglers | Sophia and David Maymudes |
| 17 Dec 2019 | 18D | Prey for barracudas | David Levinson Wilk |
| 11 Aug 2019 | 48D | Jellied delicacies | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 29 Jul 2019 | 41A | Fish that wriggle | Bruce Haight |
| 14 Jul 2019 | 112A | Flotsam and Jetsam, in “The Little Mermaid” | Caitlin Reid |
| 26 May 2019 | 118D | Slinky swimmers | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 12 Apr 2019 | 7D | Some bottom-dwellers | Howard Barkin |
| 28 Mar 2019 | 72A | Popular bait for catching striped bass | Damon Gulczynski |
| 25 Mar 2019 | 30A | Slippery fishes | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 14 Jan 2019 | 42A | Congers and others | Craig Stowe |
| 28 Oct 2018 | 93D | Sand-burrowing marine creatures | Erik Agard |
| 10 Oct 2018 | 25A | Sea cave dwellers | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 14 May 2018 | 66A | Fishes that may shock you | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 10 May 2018 | 52D | Certain reef dwellers | Caitlin Reid |
| 8 Mar 2018 | 61A | Sushi bar stock | Jim Quinlan |
| 20 Jan 2018 | 36A | Meals for seals | Alex Vratsanos |
| 17 Jan 2018 | 15A | Congers, e.g. | Jules Markey |
| 2 Jul 2017 | 115D | Congers and morays | Patrick Blindauer |
| 19 Apr 2017 | 63A | Slippery swimmers | Emanuel Ax and Brad Wilber |
| 5 Mar 2017 | 23D | Ingredients in some London pies | Timothy Polin |
| 21 Dec 2015 | 20A | Slithery fishes | Bruce Haight |
| 7 Dec 2015 | 33A | Morays and congers | Jason Mueller |
| 15 Oct 2015 | 3D | Slippery ones | Kevin G. Der |
| 11 Oct 2015 | 88A | Ambush predators of the sea | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Sep 2015 | 64A | Slippery fish | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen |
| 18 Aug 2014 | 38D | Morays, e.g. | Ian and Katie Livengood |
| 6 Apr 2014 | 80D | Mud ___ (bottom-dwelling fish) | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Mar 2014 | 55D | Reef dwellers | Alex Vratsanos |
| 1 Jan 2014 | 43A | Sleek swimmers | Peter A. Collins |
| 25 Dec 2013 | 63D | Sushi fish | Jacob Stulberg |
| 27 Oct 2013 | 99D | 88-Down, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 11 Oct 2013 | 58D | Some use electric organs | Peter A. Collins |
| 24 Jun 2013 | 4D | Fish caught in pots | Robert Seminara |
| 30 Mar 2013 | 34D | Ones unable to swim straight? | Gareth Bain |
| 11 Mar 2013 | 64A | Slithery fish | Robert Fisher |
| 27 Jan 2013 | 59A | 27-Down predators | Jeff Chen |
| 7 Sep 2012 | 8D | Fish caught in pots | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 20 Jul 2012 | 59A | Some nonkosher fish | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 25 Sep 2011 | 73D | Slender fish | Paul Hunsberger |
| 21 Aug 2011 | 32D | Slippery ones | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 18 Jun 2011 | 61A | Creatures with electrocytes | Joon Pahk |
| 15 Apr 2011 | 41A | Deep shockers | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Mar 2011 | 37A | They’re difficult to grasp | Jeremy Newton |
| 28 Oct 2010 | 32A | Coral reef dwellers | David J. Kahn |
| 22 Oct 2010 | 30D | Elusive types | Scott Atkinson |
| 22 Jul 2010 | 21A | Unagi sources | Jeremy Horwitz |
| 18 Jul 2010 | 90A | Aquatic shockers | Robert W. Harris |
| 17 Jul 2010 | 32A | Hydroelectricity providers? | Mark Diehl |
| 19 May 2010 | 35D | Snaky swimmers | Robert A. Doll |
| 13 May 2010 | 49A | Some jellied dishes | Patrick Merrell |
| 15 Aug 2009 | 21A | Sources of some leather | Matt Ginsberg |
| 31 Jul 2009 | 24D | They might store electric charges | Mike Nothnagel |
| 24 Jul 2009 | 15D | Fish that can move equally well forward and backward | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Jul 2009 | 40A | Fish with only minute fins | Lynn Lempel |
| 28 Jun 2009 | 88A | Spiny ___ (aquarium fish) | Barry C. Silk |
| 7 Apr 2008 | 26D | Morays, e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |
| 4 Apr 2008 | 8D | Catch in pots | David Quarfoot |
| 3 Jan 2008 | 8D | Sniggler’s take | Henry Hook |
| 3 Dec 2007 | 62A | Snaky swimmers | Harvey Estes |
| 30 Aug 2007 | 57D | Reef dwellers | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |
| 4 Apr 2007 | 13D | They’re caught in pots | Bette Sue Cohen |
| 20 Dec 2006 | 40A | Slippery swimmers | Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Dec 2006 | 56D | Often-smoked fish | Joe DiPietro |
| 12 Nov 2006 | 108D | Wrigglers | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Oct 2006 | 23D | Slithery fishes | Paula Gamache |
| 1 Oct 2006 | 44A | Jellied dishes in England | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 9 Sep 2006 | 36D | They may shock you | Bob Klahn |
| 31 Jul 2006 | 66A | Congers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 30 Jun 2006 | 4D | Seals’ meals | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Apr 2006 | 66A | Some sushi fare | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| 9 Mar 2006 | 46D | Catch in pots | John Farmer |
| 26 Feb 2006 | 45D | Elusive swimmers | Randolph Ross |
| 14 Dec 2005 | 25D | They’re caught in pots | James R. Leeds |
| 30 Nov 2005 | 65A | Fish caught in pots | Seth A. Abel |
| 7 Nov 2005 | 37A | Morays | Jay Livingston |
| 10 Aug 2005 | 53A | They’re caught in pots | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 31 Jul 2005 | 86D | Aquatic zappers | Mark Feldman |
| 12 Jun 2005 | 43A | Coral reef dwellers | Joe Bower |
| 31 May 2005 | 26A | Lengthy lurkers of the deep | Merl Reagle |
| 6 Apr 2005 | 27D | Slippery sorts | Michael Doran |
| 23 Feb 2005 | 29A | Pickled delicacies | Lee Glickstein |
| 1 Feb 2005 | 56D | Unagi, in a sushi bar | Kevan Choset |
| 13 Sep 2004 | 41A | Wriggling fishes | Jay Giess |
| 30 Jul 2004 | 29A | Kin of hagfish | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 May 2004 | 61D | Fish caught in pots | Richard Chisholm |
| 19 Apr 2004 | 38D | Lampreys, e.g. | Michael Doran |
| 21 Jan 2004 | 23A | Smoked delicacies | Barry Silk |
| 2 Oct 2003 | 52D | Denizens of the Sargasso Sea | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 30 Sep 2003 | 56D | Sushi fish | Kevan Choset |
| 22 Sep 2003 | 29D | Snakelike fish | Marjorie Berg |
| 27 Aug 2003 | 41A | Users of electrolocation | Manny Nosowsky |
| 23 Jul 2003 | 55D | Some are shockers | Ed Early |
| 20 Jul 2003 | 76D | Sinewy creatures | Patrick Merrell |
| 15 Jul 2003 | 50A | Snigglers’ prey | Harvey Estes |
| 29 May 2003 | 64A | Smoked fish | Jim Page |
| 10 Mar 2003 | 31D | Squiggly swimmers | Gail Grabowski |
| 19 Dec 2002 | 53D | Slender fish | Patrick Berry |
| 27 Nov 2002 | 13D | Snigglers’ catches | Ron O’Hair |
| 26 Sep 2002 | 62A | Swamp ___ (predatory fish) | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Sep 2002 | 12D | Sushi fish | Rich Norris |
| 9 Jul 2002 | 58A | “The Little Mermaid” baddies | Robert Malinow |
| 22 Apr 2002 | 66A | Snaky swimmers | Peter Gordon |
| 29 Mar 2002 | 8D | Unagi and anago, at a sushi bar | Kevin Hagen |
| 20 Jan 2002 | 52D | They may be charged in the water | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 25 Dec 2001 | 65A | Sushi fish | Peter Gordon |
| 16 Oct 2001 | 64A | Snakelike fish | Sarah Keller |
| 26 Jul 2001 | 57D | Fish captured in pots | Manny Nosowsky |
| 17 Jan 2001 | 3D | Fish lacking ventral fins | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Sep 2000 | 21D | Snakelike swimmers | Bill Zais |
| 23 Jul 2000 | 61A | Reef lurkers | Patrick Berry |
| 17 Jul 2000 | 19A | They may be smoked or pickled | Mitch Komro |
| 7 Jun 2000 | 70A | Wrigglers | John Duschatko |
| 28 Feb 2000 | 53D | Congers | Jerry E. Rosman |
| 31 Jan 2000 | 68A | Snaky fishes | Peter Gordon |
| 28 Nov 1999 | 111D | Congers and kin | Cathy Millhauser |
| 19 Sep 1999 | 34A | Japanese menu items | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 May 1999 | 115A | Grown-up elvers | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 13 Apr 1999 | 69A | Slippery critters | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Sep 1998 | 121A | Sushi supplies | Charles M. Deber |
| 11 Jul 1998 | 42A | Trattoria entree | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 28 Sep 1997 | 117A | Spawning fish | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 30 Mar 1997 | 29A | Sushi supplies | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 9 Dec 1996 | 33D | Wriggly fish | F. Piscop |
| 3 Dec 1996 | 28D | Congers | R. Hartman |
| 29 Oct 1996 | 38D | Wriggly fish | R. J. Hartman |
| 15 Oct 1996 | 13D | Lampreys | G. E. Paul |
| 29 Jul 1996 | 70A | Wriggly fish | F. Piscop |
| 8 Jul 1996 | 21A | Slippery ones | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 28 Apr 1996 | 12D | Collared or jellied dishes | D. C. Baldwin |
| 5 Feb 1996 | 51A | Members of a wriggly field? | Robert Katz |
| 23 Jan 1996 | 59D | Congers | B. Lubbers |
| 22 Jan 1996 | 13D | Wrigglers | E. Gorski |
| 4 Dec 1995 | 39A | Slippery customers | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 18 Nov 1995 | 55D | Mud ___ (salamanders) | Glenton Petgrave |
| 29 Sep 1995 | 28D | Sushi fare | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Jul 1995 | 11D | Sushi provisions | Rand H. Burns |
| 14 Jul 1995 | 27D | Moves via twists | Rich Norris |
| 30 Apr 1995 | 72D | Spitchcocks | Warren W. Reich |
| 23 Mar 1995 | 63A | Jellied delicacies | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 27 Feb 1995 | 4D | Slippery fish | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 5 Feb 1995 | 35D | Electricity generators | Frank A. Longo |
| 19 Jan 1995 | 37D | Grigs | Bryant White |
| 30 Jul 1994 | 5D | Sushi fare | Manny Nosowsky |
| 20 Jul 1994 | 70A | Grown-up grigs | Harvey Estes |
| 15 Jun 1994 | 52D | Sigmoid swimmers | Thomas W. Schier |
| 13 Feb 1994 | 50A | Sigmoid swimmers | Cathy Millhauser |
| 8 Jan 1994 | 57A | Undulant ones | Rand H. Burns |
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