ELK

ELK is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ELK in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "ELK" answer was first appeared in "6 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Benevolent guy". It was authored by Peter Gordon. Recently, the "ELK" answer has been used for "6 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Herd at Yellowstone (2)". It was authored by Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Antlered animal (25)". "ELK" appeared 185 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ELK" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
6 Dec 2023 39A Herd at Yellowstone Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight
21 Nov 2023 22D Mammal with a white rump Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
5 Nov 2023 12D Part of a Western herd Rich Katz
30 Oct 2023 30A Beast sighted in the Rockies Kenneth Cortes
12 Jul 2023 33A Rocky Mountain National Park sight Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas
18 Jun 2023 120D Beef alternative in burgers Joe DiPietro
15 Mar 2023 6D Sight at Rocky Mountain National Park Michael B. Berg
28 Feb 2023 52A Yellowstone herd animal Gia Bosko
8 Jan 2023 99A Rocky Mountain bugler Wyna Liu
29 Nov 2022 65A Forest ranger? David Rockow
16 Nov 2022 12D Big game John Hawksley
8 May 2022 56A Yellowstone sight Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer
10 Feb 2022 5D Game measured by its number of points August Miller
12 Jan 2022 5D Animal facing a moose on Michigan’s flag Adam Aaronson
10 Jan 2022 55D Antlered animal Lynn Lempel
18 May 2021 30D Cousin of a caribou Margaret Seikel
9 May 2021 11D Wyoming’s National ___ Refuge Brad Wiegmann
6 Jan 2021 37D Game with antlers Eric Bornstein
29 Dec 2020 41D Rocky Mountain National Park sighting Matthew Trout
17 Nov 2020 20A Bugler in the Rockies Kyle Dolan
4 May 2020 31D Animal at Yellowstone National Park Emily Carroll
4 Nov 2019 9D Antlered animal Trent H. Evans
3 Nov 2019 46D Wapiti Kristian House
21 Oct 2019 1D Antlered animal Joe Deeney
23 Sep 2019 4D Member of a benevolent order Andrea Carla Michaels
23 Jan 2019 25A Noncollegiate fraternity member Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
8 Oct 2018 22A Antlered animal Jacob Stulberg
3 Oct 2018 21D Herd at Yellowstone Jennifer Nutt
29 Sep 2018 58A Gang members David Steinberg
13 Jun 2018 45A Antlered beast Michael Hawkins
2 Jun 2018 48A Animal on the Michigan state flag Trenton Charlson
26 Mar 2018 20A Caribou kin Andy Kravis
15 Jan 2018 23A Lodge member Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel
25 Dec 2017 61D Animal with a rack Lynn Lempel
24 Dec 2017 34A Male that might be in a rut? Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
7 Dec 2017 42A Cougar prey Dan Schoenholz
23 Nov 2017 13D Higher-priced burger meat Howard Barkin
14 Nov 2017 54D Big game Jerry Miccolis and Jeff Chen
21 Oct 2017 11D Some deer Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber
24 Sep 2017 76D Yellowstone grazer Alan Arbesfeld
21 Jul 2017 53D They’re game Paolo Pasco
25 Jun 2017 18D Animal on Michigan’s flag Jacob Stulberg
12 May 2017 29D “Civic” animal Bill Clinton and Victor Fleming
20 Mar 2017 35D Certain fraternal order member Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels
28 Nov 2016 49D Majestic Yellowstone creature Kristian House
24 Sep 2016 19A Pennsylvania county named for an animal Mary Lou Guizzo
11 Sep 2016 7A Foal : horse :: calf : ___ Ned White and George Barany
28 Jun 2016 34D Antlered beast Alex Vratsanos
13 Jun 2016 48D Large deer Lynn Lempel
25 May 2016 42D “Benevolent” fraternity member Andrew J. Ries
21 Apr 2016 28A Venison source Alex Bajcz
18 Mar 2016 22A Banff wildlife Michael Wiesenberg
26 Jan 2016 42A Forest animal Sam Ezersky
23 Dec 2015 35D Yellowstone herd Jim Peredo
16 Dec 2015 7D Member of a fraternal group Paula Gamache
10 Dec 2015 30D Northern game Timothy Polin
27 Nov 2015 36A Logo for the Hartford Peter Wentz
18 Oct 2015 95A Rockies game Dan Schoenholz
14 May 2015 51D Member of an organization with an Exalted Ruler Kameron Austin Collins
12 May 2015 56D Big bugler Paul Hunsberger
8 May 2015 48A Official 18-Across of Utah Ian Livengood
28 Jan 2015 7A Popular game? Gary Cee
19 Dec 2014 17A Animal on the Michigan state flag Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson
30 Aug 2014 21D Pride : lion :: gang : ___ David Steinberg
13 Jul 2014 69D Certain ruminant Tom McCoy
22 Jun 2014 52A Game in a forest Elizabeth C. Gorski
13 May 2014 41A Animal that bugles Tracy Gray
16 Apr 2014 53D Yellowstone bugler Michael Dewey
10 Apr 2014 27D Alberta’s ___ Island National Park David Steinberg
31 Mar 2014 31A Antlered animal Robert Cirillo
24 Feb 2014 67A Antlered animal Adam G. Perl
15 Jan 2014 46A Rocky Mountain ___ Bernice Gordon
6 Jan 2014 41A Antlered animal Zhouqin Burnikel
13 Nov 2013 62A Bugling beast Jean O’Conor
14 Oct 2013 61D “Benevolent” club member Zhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols
3 Sep 2013 31D Yellowstone grazer Dan Schoenholz
25 Aug 2013 12D Bull or cow Victor Barocas
8 Jul 2013 1D Antlered animal Randy Sowell
24 May 2013 21A Some bulls Joe Krozel
30 Apr 2013 69A Animal roaming the Rockies Lynn Lempel
11 Feb 2013 47A Antlered animal Gary Cee
30 Nov 2012 4D Rotarian relative Gary Cee
2 Nov 2012 25A Leather variety Derek Bowman
12 Jul 2012 56D Utah state animal Pawel Fludzinski
24 Jun 2012 37A Antlered animal Elizabeth C. Gorski
26 Mar 2012 1A Antlered animal Ray Fontenot
29 Jan 2012 13D Utah’s state animal Ian Livengood
16 Nov 2011 9D Fraternal member Gary Cee
13 Sep 2011 60D Yellowstone beast Patrick McIntyre
20 Jun 2011 6D Fraternal lodge member Lynn Lempel
31 Mar 2011 1A Animal on the Michigan flag Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman
14 Mar 2011 13D Antlered animal Andrea Carla Michaels
8 Jan 2011 57D Buckskin source Will Nediger
19 Dec 2010 145D Forest game Kevin G. Der
13 Dec 2010 58A Antlered animal Patrick Blindauer
10 Aug 2010 34D Lodge member Peter A. Collins
26 Jun 2010 47D Pennsylvania’s ___ Mountain (skiing area) Robert H. Wolfe
18 Jun 2010 50A Game animal Karen M. Tracey
9 Mar 2010 27D Yellowstone roamer Jeffrey Wechsler
28 Dec 2009 20A Antlered animal Patrick Merrell
28 Sep 2009 7D Antlered animal Lynn Lempel
10 May 2009 31A Big game Patrick Berry
3 May 2009 76A Roar : lion :: bugle : ___ Caleb Madison
3 Apr 2009 8D Black ___ (Lakota visionary) John Farmer
2 Mar 2009 58D Antlered animal Lynn Lempel
21 Sep 2008 61A Fraternity member Brendan Emmett Quigley
18 Jul 2008 53A Redwood National Park sight Mike Nothnagel
1 Jul 2008 22A Antlered animal Ken Bessette
16 Jun 2008 40A Bull or cow in the forest Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron
24 Mar 2008 61D Antlered animal David J. Kahn
27 Feb 2008 2D Lodge member Lee Glickstein
17 Feb 2008 6D Variety of leather Henry Hook
3 Jul 2007 23A Benevolent fellow Norma Johnson
9 Jun 2007 55D Puma prey Karen M. Tracey
27 May 2007 26A Beast with a bugling call Patrick Berry
28 Mar 2007 28D Lodge member Burton Clemans
2 Mar 2007 59A Animal with a white rump Eric Berlin
22 Jan 2007 25D Lodge member C. W. Stewart
3 Jun 2006 23D Army of Hope member Brendan Emmett Quigley
22 May 2006 49A Horned animal Edgar R. Fontaine
19 May 2006 35A Cows and bulls Patrick Berry
9 May 2006 37D Lodge member Patrick Blindauer
28 Mar 2006 61D Lodge brother Jim Hyres
27 Feb 2006 21A Forest ranger? Ed Early
28 Nov 2005 55A Yellowstone Park animal Kevan Choset
20 Sep 2005 34D Caribou kin Harriet Clifton
2 Sep 2005 7D Tennessee River tributary Sherry O. Blackard
6 Apr 2005 22D Fraternal fellow Michael Doran
16 Mar 2005 64D Yellowstone herd member Holden Baker
28 Aug 2004 7D Forest ranger Dana Motley
22 Aug 2004 52A Lodge member Cathy Millhauser
16 Jul 2004 37A Head up North? Craig Kasper
16 May 2004 104A Largish deer Patrick Berry
13 Feb 2004 52A Canada’s ___ Island National Park Manny Nosowsky
22 Jan 2004 11D Member of an order Roy Leban
25 Sep 2002 38D Antlered animal Tyler Hinman
22 Sep 2002 52A Pride : lion :: gang : ___ Alan Arbesfeld
4 Jul 2002 5D Forest animal Nathaniel Weiss
19 Jun 2002 27A Cousin of a caribou Janet R. Bender
17 Apr 2002 4D Kiwanian colleague Richard Silvestri
19 Mar 2002 4D Lodge member Louis Hildebrand
3 Oct 2001 26A Pliable leather Lisa Bunker
23 Sep 2001 4D Civic supporter Randolph Ross
14 Aug 2001 70A Animal with horns Randall J. Hartman
13 Jun 2001 44D Animal that bugles Nick Grivas
22 Apr 2001 56D ___ Grove Village, Ill. Patrick Berry
11 Feb 2001 33D Wild bugler Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
6 Feb 2001 52A Antlered animal Sherry O. Blackard
31 Aug 2000 61D Cousin of a moose Gene Newman
7 Aug 2000 23D Lodge member Nick Grivas
18 Jul 2000 61A Wapiti Richard Silvestri
21 Jan 2000 5D American ___ John Wolting
11 Jan 2000 46A Lodge member Fran and Lou Sabin
3 Oct 1999 104A Hunter’s quarry Fred Piscop
12 Sep 1999 41D Pliable leather Nancy Scandrett Ross
22 Aug 1999 37D Source of a bugle call Raymond Hamel
5 Aug 1999 56D Deer kin A. J. Santora
28 Jun 1999 47A Antlered animal Ed Early
25 May 1999 63A Man in a lodge Philip Lew
19 May 1999 3D Hunter’s quarry Elizabeth C. Gorski
16 May 1999 144A Benevolent one Nancy Nicholson Joline
31 Mar 1999 9D ___ Grove Village, Ill. Patrick Jordan
23 Dec 1998 46D Caribou kin Christopher Hurt
19 Dec 1998 4D Soft leather Frank Longo and Dave Tuller
29 Nov 1998 96D Hunter’s quarry Matt Gaffney
7 Sep 1998 50D Antlered animal Gregory E. Paul
12 Aug 1998 6A Forest denizen Alan Arbesfeld
28 Feb 1998 57D Soft shoe leather David J. Kahn
20 Jan 1998 29D Lodge member Randall J. Hartman
19 Jan 1998 13D Big game animal Gregory E. Paul
28 Jun 1997 21A Tennessee tributary Bob Klahn
6 May 1997 8D Lodge member Brendan Emmett Quigley
15 Nov 1996 60D Wapiti R. Norris
21 Jul 1996 80A Tributary of the Tennessee D. Niles
12 Mar 1996 30D Cousin of the moose R. J. Hartman
15 Jan 1996 8D Antlered animal Gregory E. Paul
19 Mar 1995 51D Neigh:horse::bugle:___ Alex K. Justin
2 Jan 1995 31D Moose Sidney L. Robbins
19 Dec 1994 10D Antlered animal Sidney L. Robbins
17 Nov 1994 34D Wapiti Rich Norris
14 Nov 1994 43A Antlered animal Sidney L. Robbins
13 Nov 1994 7A Fraternal fellow Frank A. Longo
26 Oct 1994 12D Lodge member Rich Norris
11 Aug 1994 12A Fraternal one Bryant White
6 Dec 1993 41D Benevolent guy Peter Gordon

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