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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