ELM

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

This "ELM" answer was first appeared in "21 Apr 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "House shader". It was authored by Timothy S. Lewis. Recently, the "ELM" answer has been used for "23 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“A Nightmare on ___ Street” (5)". It was authored by Stella Zawistowski. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "American ___ (9)", "Stately tree (7)", "Slippery ___ (12)", "Shade tree (10)", "Common street name (8)", "Blight victim (6)". "ELM" appeared 210 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ELM" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
23 Oct 2023 4D “A Nightmare on ___ Street” Stella Zawistowski
11 Jul 2023 12D Stately tree Aaron M. Rosenberg
14 Apr 2023 34A American ___ Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock
20 Mar 2023 59A Durable wood that’s softer than oak Adam Vincent
14 Mar 2023 58A Wood used in cabinetry Peter Gordon
7 Mar 2023 23D National Mall tree Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
5 Mar 2023 106D Boston’s Liberty Tree, for one John-Clark Levin
28 Dec 2022 34D Stately tree Josh Goodman
22 Dec 2022 42A Blight victim David Steinberg
10 Oct 2022 36D Stately shade tree Byron Walden
31 Jul 2022 18D The Liberty Tree, e.g. Jesse Goldberg
11 Jul 2022 60D Stately tree Roy Greim
2 May 2022 18D Dutch ___ disease Erik Agard
21 Apr 2022 42A Common street name in suburbia Max Chen Lauring
16 Apr 2022 10D ___ borer (beetle) Hemant Mehta
22 Mar 2022 61D Stately tree Adam Wagner
22 Feb 2022 8D “Nightmare” street Jacob McDermott
17 Feb 2022 22A West ___ (furniture chain) Aaron M. Rosenberg
9 Nov 2021 16A Common street name in the Northeast Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson
29 Jul 2021 29D Bow-making choice Trenton Charlson
25 Jul 2021 86D Tree that lends its name to a programming language Chandi Deitmer
20 Jul 2021 23D Furniture wood Sam Buchbinder
14 Jun 2021 13D Street frequented by Freddy Krueger Andrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson
5 May 2021 31D Common street name in the Northeast Bryce Hwang, Rahul Sridhar and Akshay Ravikumar
3 May 2021 61D Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g. Ross Trudeau
9 Sep 2020 67A Tree with oval-shaped saw-toothed leaves Jakob Weisblat
3 Jul 2020 7D Victim of a bark beetle attack Hal Moore
14 Jun 2020 103D Major street through Yale’s campus Randolph Ross
18 May 2020 23D Stately tree Christina Iverson
14 May 2020 54A Towering tree Michael Schlossberg
3 May 2020 33D Tree that lines the Central Park Mall Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley
15 Dec 2019 124D Its seeds whirl to the ground Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen
19 Nov 2019 22A American ___ (beetle target) Ross Trudeau
10 Nov 2019 32A Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g. Peter Gordon
16 Sep 2019 60D Dutch ___ disease Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
22 Jul 2019 6D “Slippery” tree Lynn Lempel
2 Jun 2019 33A Furniture wood Erik Agard
25 May 2019 4D ___ City (sobriquet for New Haven) Paolo Pasco
17 Feb 2019 53A Host for a destructive beetle David Kwong
21 Jan 2019 56A “A Nightmare on ___ Street” Sean Biggins
14 Jun 2018 59D Common street name Joe Krozel
24 Feb 2018 6D The Liberty Tree, for one John Guzzetta
11 Feb 2018 71D Wood often used for bow-making Matt Ginsberg
3 Jan 2018 39A Tree with serrated leaves that taper to a point Bruce Haight
31 Dec 2017 53D Wand material in the Harry Potter books John Lampkin
13 Sep 2017 22A One throwing shade? Daniel Mauer
18 Jun 2017 37A With 73-Across, a symbol of Massachusetts Sam Trabucco
11 Jun 2017 10D Blight victim Charles M. Deber
1 Jun 2017 52A The Liberty Tree, for one Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller
6 Apr 2017 12D Word with Dutch or American Damon Gulczynski
30 Mar 2017 29D Wood resistant to splitting Lewis Rothlein
21 Mar 2017 20A ___ bark beetle George Barany and John D. Child
6 Dec 2016 38D Street of film fame Ed Sessa
6 Nov 2016 75A Common New England street name Joe DiPietro
26 Jun 2016 99A Wood in Lucius Malfoy’s wand Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen
23 May 2016 23A “A Nightmare on ___ Street” Ori Brian
14 Mar 2016 31D Victim of a bark beetle barrage Lynn Lempel
12 Feb 2016 22D Cabinetry material Brandon Hensley
15 Jan 2016 7D Classic vineyard tree Patrick Berry
27 Dec 2015 31A Street of film fame Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
13 Dec 2015 62D American ___ Tracy Gray and Andrea Carla Michaels
2 Aug 2015 63D Boston’s Liberty Tree, for one Matt Ginsberg
12 Jul 2015 44A Tree with samaras Patrick Berry
4 May 2015 40D With 32-Down, street shader Zhouqin Burnikel
3 May 2015 36D American ___ Dan Schoenholz
6 Apr 2015 19A “A Nightmare on ___ Street” Finn Vigeland
8 Mar 2015 63A Wood in Lucius Malfoy’s wand Tom McCoy
14 Jan 2015 44A American ___ Caleb Emmons
9 Jan 2015 10D Slippery ___ (herbal remedy source) Patrick Berry
4 Jan 2015 66D Good wood for cabinetmaking Finn Vigeland
30 Nov 2014 111D West ___ (upscale furniture store) Matt Ginsberg
23 Oct 2014 20A Common street name Patrick Blindauer
5 Oct 2014 28D TREE Samuel A. Donaldson
17 Sep 2014 32D Horror film street Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo
5 Sep 2014 22D Smooth-leaved ___ Joe Krozel
20 Jun 2014 30A Choice for bow-making Martin Ashwood-Smith
1 Jun 2014 77D The ___ City (New Haven) Tom McCoy
10 Jan 2014 33A Symbol of liberty in the French Revolution Patrick Berry
28 Nov 2013 8D Street shader Loren Muse Smith and Jeff Chen
27 May 2013 53A Stately 33-Down Doug Peterson
31 Jan 2013 20D Towering tree Mike Buckley
1 Jan 2013 62D Tree in many street names John Farmer
16 Dec 2012 99A Freddy Krueger’s street Matt Ginsberg
16 Oct 2012 7D Blight victim Bill Thompson
26 Jul 2012 56D American ___ Joel Fagliano
17 Jun 2012 9D American ___ Kyle T. Dolan
10 Feb 2012 47A Winged ___ Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
30 Jan 2012 1D Dutch ___ disease Francesco Trogu
4 Jan 2012 32A Wood used in making some dartboards Brendan Emmett Quigley
5 Nov 2011 12D Wahoo, for one Kurt Mueller
22 Sep 2011 29A ___ Street, main thoroughfare in “Peyton Place” Jeff Dubner
17 Jun 2011 10D The Liberty Tree, for one Paula Gamache
26 May 2011 18D Slippery ___ Ashish Vengsarkar
1 May 2011 46D Slippery ___ Xan Vongsathorn
18 Apr 2011 49D Tree with seeds that whirl like helicopter blades James Tuttle
13 Jan 2011 34D Golf course planting Elizabeth C. Gorski
14 Nov 2010 68D Massachusetts’ state tree Patrick Berry
6 Apr 2010 22A Bark beetle’s habitat Sarah Keller
25 Oct 2009 26A ___ bark beetle (pest) Brendan Emmett Quigley
16 Aug 2009 108D Hardwood source Randolph Ross
31 May 2009 95A Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g. Kelsey Blakley
14 May 2009 39D Slippery ___ David J. Kahn
10 Feb 2009 35A American ___ John Underwood
22 Dec 2008 31A Tree popular in street names Lynn Lempel
18 Dec 2008 65A Slippery one? Michael Vuolo
16 Nov 2008 72D Tree with serrate leaves Merl Reagle
12 Nov 2008 20A Freddy Krueger’s street Peter A. Collins
14 Aug 2008 7D State tree of Massachusetts Damon J. Gulczynski
20 Jul 2008 94D ___ beetle Barry C. Silk
22 Jun 2008 60A Sylvia Plath poem that begins “I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root” Pamela Amick Klawitter
4 Jun 2008 41A “Man’s the ___, and Wealth the vine, / Stanch and strong the tendrils twine”: Emerson Billie Truitt
29 May 2008 59D Hardwood source John Farmer
24 Feb 2008 86D “… as old as yonder ___”: James Joyce Nancy Nicholson Joline
21 Feb 2008 19A Word with red, white or rock Peter A. Collins
10 Feb 2008 9D Popular street name Bill Zais
25 Jan 2008 10D ___ bark beetle David Quarfoot
14 Dec 2007 11D Gypsy moth target Manny Nosowsky
3 Sep 2007 60D Shade tree Sarah Keller
3 Aug 2007 4D Hackberry relative Charles Barasch
6 Jul 2007 18D Dartboard material Pete Mitchell
24 Mar 2007 31A Dartboard wood Rich Norris
23 Jan 2007 51A Colonnade tree Timothy Powell
22 Jan 2007 59A Stately tree C. W. Stewart
19 Nov 2006 125D American ___ Tony Orbach
1 Oct 2006 107A Common street name Ashish Vengsarkar
21 Jun 2006 41D Massachusetts’ state tree Barry C. Silk
2 May 2006 5D Nightmarish street Peter A. Collins
3 Apr 2006 41A Fungus-ravaged tree type Lynn Lempel
22 Mar 2006 59D Slippery ___ Jim Hyres
23 Oct 2005 56D Popular street name David J. Kahn
3 Oct 2005 6D Nightmarish street, in film Roy Leban
15 Jun 2005 46D Shady street Richard Silvestri
3 May 2005 46A Stately tree Gary Steinmehl
8 Feb 2005 51A Shade tree Stephen Budiansky
12 Nov 2004 31D Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g. Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ethan Friedman
17 Oct 2004 73A Bite for a bark beetle Manny Nosowsky
23 Aug 2004 3D Shade tree Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald
2 Jun 2004 38A Nightmarish street Nancy Salomon
16 May 2004 9A Colonnade tree Patrick Berry
12 May 2004 40A Slippery ___ Allan E. Parrish
21 Apr 2004 34A Shady street’s name Michael Shteyman
11 Apr 2004 46A Blight victim Patrick Merrell
14 Mar 2004 99D Common street name Craig Kasper
28 Jan 2004 33A Slippery ___ Jim Hyres
11 Jun 2003 29D Nightmarish street Nancy Salomon
10 Jun 2003 44A Shade tree Elizabeth C. Gorski
24 Mar 2003 27D Shade tree Alison D. Donald
21 Jan 2003 60A “Slippery” tree Richard Chisholm
20 Aug 2002 64A Shade tree Bob Peoples
16 Jul 2002 67A Shade tree Ed Early
9 Jul 2002 42A Sturdy tree Robert Malinow
4 Jul 2002 32D White ___ tree Nathaniel Weiss
9 May 2002 10A One kind is slippery Cathy Millhauser
15 Apr 2002 10D “A Nightmare on ___ Street” James P. Sharp
14 Apr 2002 121D American ___ David J. Kahn
24 Mar 2002 84A It might have blight Con Pederson
3 Mar 2002 114A Oriole’s home Elizabeth C. Gorski
6 Jan 2002 33D One may be blighted Frank A. Longo
28 Dec 2001 49A Street shader Manny Nosowsky
9 Dec 2001 118D Street shader Cathy Millhauser
2 Dec 2001 88A Popular street name Nancy Nicholson Joline
13 Oct 2001 58D Symbol of Massachusetts Jim Page
27 Sep 2001 38A Street shadower Manny Nosowsky
5 Aug 2001 34A Popular street name Peter Gordon
1 Jul 2001 59A “I feel as old as yonder ___”: “Finnegans Wake” Manny Nosowsky
23 Jun 2001 33D Barrel hoop composition David J. Kahn
22 May 2001 8D Freddy Krueger’s street John D. Leavy
20 Dec 2000 10D Blight victim Alan Arbesfeld
13 Dec 2000 44D Popular street name Elizabeth C. Gorski
5 Oct 2000 21A New Haven, a k a ___ City Cathy Millhauser
28 Sep 2000 51A Kind of bark Frances Hansen
9 Jul 2000 5D Kind of beetle Manny Nosowsky
6 Jul 2000 13D Wood with a twisted, spiral grain Patrick Berry
15 Jun 2000 23D Bark beetle’s target Edgar R. Fontaine
14 Mar 2000 35A Stately shader Cynthia Joy Higgins
28 Sep 1999 43D Spreading tree Elizabeth C. Gorski
15 Jul 1999 20A Common street name Zack Butler
28 Jun 1999 7D Shade maker Ed Early
4 Jun 1999 4D Word after American or rock John Wolting
6 May 1999 6D Common street name Matt Gaffney
7 Apr 1999 42A Shade maker Rich Norris
14 Jan 1999 34D Hackberry’s kin Rand H. Burns
13 Sep 1998 28D Hard wood Cathy Millhauser
14 Jul 1998 20A Spreading tree Raymond Hamel
14 Jun 1998 15D Cedar ___ (lumber source) Manny Nosowsky
1 Jun 1998 30D Shade provider Evie Eysenburg
17 May 1998 138D “Nightmare” street David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn
17 Apr 1998 30A Favorite oriole home Matt Gaffney
15 Feb 1998 39D Common street name Rich Norris
21 Nov 1997 40A Kind of beetle Chuck Deodene
22 Sep 1997 13D Shade tree Gregory E. Paul
27 Jul 1997 15D ___ bark beetle June Boggs
3 Apr 1997 31A Common street name Richard Hughes
2 Mar 1997 53A Slippery ___ Harvey Estes
27 Feb 1997 45A Hackberry’s cousin Raymond C. Young
31 Jan 1997 42A Hardwood M. Gaffney
21 Nov 1996 23A Slippery ___ M. Ashwood-Smith
2 Oct 1996 34D Blight victim K. Hodge
20 Aug 1996 54A Sturdy tree S. Spadaccini
26 Mar 1996 35D Shade tree J. S. Marrone
28 Jan 1996 102A Street of film M. W. Perry
20 Sep 1995 9D Shade giver Randy Sowell
3 Aug 1995 38D Shade tree Wayne Robert Williams
21 May 1995 7A Slippery ___ Dean Niles
7 Mar 1995 45D Slippery ___ Gregory E. Paul
25 Dec 1994 106A Street of film Randolph Ross
14 Dec 1994 10D Slippery ___ Wayne Robert Williams
23 Oct 1994 121D Hackberry, for one Cathy Millhauser
27 Jun 1994 43D Slippery ___ Wayne Robert Williams
21 Apr 1994 19A House shader Timothy S. Lewis

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