ELO is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ELO in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ELO" answer was first appeared in "3 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Xanadu” rock group (5)". It was authored by A.J. Santora. Recently, the "ELO" answer has been used for "16 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "English rock band with a string section, for short". It was authored by Paolo Pasco. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "“Evil Woman” grp. (9)", "“Evil Woman” band, for short (7)", "“Strange Magic” band, for short (6)", "“Do Ya” rock grp. (8)", "“Xanadu” grp. (6)", "“Xanadu” rock grp. (7)". "ELO" appeared 232 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ELO" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov 2023 | 19A | English rock band with a string section, for short | Paolo Pasco |
| 9 Aug 2023 | 21A | “Evil Woman” rock group, for short | Caryn Robbins and Matthew Stock |
| 1 Aug 2023 | 62D | “Xanadu” rock grp. | Kathryn Ladner |
| 1 Jul 2023 | 51D | Chess ranking system named for a Hungarian physicist | Ben Tolkin |
| 7 May 2023 | 120D | Scrabble rating system | Will Nediger |
| 14 Mar 2023 | 14A | “Telephone Line” band, to fans | Peter Gordon |
| 5 Oct 2022 | 13D | “Mr. Blue Sky” band, to fans | Jason Reich |
| 29 Sep 2022 | 39D | Grp. with the 1977 hit double album “Out of the Blue” | Jeremy Newton |
| 14 Sep 2022 | 30A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” band, in brief | Michael Dewey |
| 30 Jun 2022 | 68D | “Turn to Stone” band of 1977, for short | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| 31 May 2022 | 5D | Grp. with the 1975 hit “Evil Woman” | Sam Buchbinder and Brad Wilber |
| 30 Mar 2022 | 2D | Chess rating system | Jack Murtagh |
| 30 Aug 2021 | 42A | “Xanadu” grp. | Brooke Husic |
| 23 Jul 2021 | 31D | “Do Ya” band, informally | Michael Hawkins |
| 27 Jun 2021 | 92A | “Strange Magic” band, for short | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| 12 May 2021 | 44A | Grp. with the hits “Evil Woman” and “Do Ya” | Tracy Gray |
| 24 Feb 2021 | 40A | “Livin’ Thing” rock band, for short | Andrew J. Ries |
| 4 Feb 2021 | 2D | “Mr. Blue Sky” grp. | Derek Allen |
| 25 Oct 2020 | 99A | “Evil Woman” group, for short | Peter A. Collins |
| 8 Jun 2020 | 51A | 1970s-’80s band with the hit “Don’t Bring Me Down,” in brief | Kyle Dolan |
| 21 Mar 2020 | 40A | Inits. in 1970s-’80s rock | Damon Gulczynski |
| 9 Mar 2020 | 65A | Classic symphonic rock group, for short | John Lampkin |
| 21 Jan 2020 | 13D | “Mr. Blue Sky” band, for short | Carl Larson |
| 15 Oct 2019 | 29A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp., 1979 | Julie Bérubé |
| 25 Jun 2019 | 37D | Chess rating system | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 10 May 2019 | 4D | Arpad ___, eponymous creator of an international ratings system | Andrew J. Ries |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 93D | “Xanadu” band, briefly | Andrew J. Ries |
| 24 Sep 2018 | 58D | “Strange Magic” band, in brief | Michael Black |
| 10 Aug 2018 | 59A | “Do Ya” grp. | Damon Gulczynski |
| 30 Jul 2018 | 31A | Rock grp. with the 1977 song “Rockaria!” | Gary Cee |
| 21 Jul 2018 | 36D | ___ rating system (chess standard) | Jason Flinn |
| 29 Jun 2018 | 19A | “Telephone Line” band, informally | David Steinberg |
| 29 Dec 2017 | 57A | “Rockaria!” band, for short | David Steinberg |
| 10 Dec 2017 | 8D | “Mr. Blue Sky” band, for short | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| 8 Dec 2017 | 23A | Big ’70s-’80s band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 | Paolo Pasco |
| 4 Aug 2017 | 35A | Grp. with the 1976 platinum album “A New World Record” | Damon Gulczynski |
| 1 Aug 2017 | 32D | “Strange Magic” band, for short | Jay Kaskel |
| 6 Jun 2017 | 13D | “Do Ya” rock grp. | Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson |
| 5 Jun 2017 | 6D | “Xanadu” band, for short | Paul Coulter |
| 26 May 2017 | 48A | “Strange Magic” band, for short | Robyn Weintraub |
| 23 Jan 2017 | 59D | “Evil Woman” rock grp. | Bruce Haight |
| 22 Jan 2017 | 46A | “Mr. Blue Sky” band, for short | Dan Schoenholz |
| 3 Jan 2017 | 62D | Band with the 1977 hit “Telephone Line,” in brief | Michael Shteyman |
| 31 Jul 2016 | 9D | “Xanadu” group, for short | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 9 Jul 2016 | 6D | “Out of the Blue” group, for short | Josh Knapp |
| 24 Jun 2016 | 10D | Longtime band with the 2015 album “Alone in the Universe” | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Jan 2016 | 50D | “Rockaria!” band, briefly | Patrick Berry |
| 28 Dec 2015 | 57A | “Livin’ Thing” band, 1976, informally | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 16 Dec 2015 | 55D | Grp. that sang 18-Down | Paula Gamache |
| 18 Oct 2015 | 48D | Chess’s ___ ratings | Dan Schoenholz |
| 8 May 2015 | 55D | “A New World Record” grp., 1976 | Ian Livengood |
| 29 Mar 2015 | 113D | Jeff Lynne’s band, for short | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 1 Mar 2015 | 35A | “Roll Over Beethoven” group, briefly | Finn Vigeland |
| 5 Jan 2015 | 17D | “Evil Woman” grp. | John Guzzetta |
| 14 Oct 2014 | 21D | “Evil Woman” band, for short | Adam G. Perl |
| 21 Sep 2014 | 30A | ___ rating system (world chess standard) | Michael Ashley |
| 8 Dec 2013 | 25A | “Strange Magic” band, briefly | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Dec 2013 | 21D | ___ rating (chess skill-level measure) | James Mulhern |
| 27 Oct 2013 | 60A | Grp. with the platinum album “Out of the Blue” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 10 Oct 2013 | 59D | Band with the ’79 album “Discovery” | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 23 Sep 2013 | 31D | “Evil Woman” grp. | Susan Gelfand |
| 19 Aug 2013 | 6D | “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp. | Jean O’Conor |
| 4 Aug 2013 | 49D | “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” band, briefly | Steven Ginzburg |
| 1 Jul 2013 | 13D | “Evil Woman” band, for short | Patrick McIntyre |
| 1 May 2013 | 43A | “Do Ya” grp. | Paula Gamache |
| 28 Apr 2013 | 91A | See 27-Across | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Apr 2013 | 58A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp. | Steve Blais |
| 25 Oct 2012 | 61A | “Evil Woman” grp. | Caleb Rasmussen |
| 10 Sep 2012 | 27D | “Don’t Bring Me Down” rock group, for short | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 29 Aug 2012 | 40A | “Evil Woman” grp. | Tony Orbach |
| 13 Aug 2012 | 33D | “Livin’ Thing” rock grp. | Gareth Bain |
| 8 Apr 2012 | 65D | “Xanadu” group, for short | Daniel A. Finan |
| 19 Mar 2012 | 30A | “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” rock grp. | Jeremy Horwitz |
| 5 Mar 2012 | 41A | “Evil Woman” rock grp. | Mike Nothnagel |
| 12 Feb 2012 | 69D | Jeff Lynne’s band, for short | Kurt Mueller |
| 21 Jan 2012 | 16A | Grp. with the top 10 album “Face the Music” | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 18 Jan 2012 | 28A | “Do Ya” rock grp. | Chris Handman |
| 23 Oct 2011 | 14D | Inits. in ’70s and ’80s rock | Joe DiPietro |
| 19 Oct 2011 | 11D | “Rockaria!” band, for short | Patrick Berry |
| 20 Sep 2011 | 64D | “Xanadu” rock grp. | Daniel Raymon |
| 10 Aug 2011 | 49A | “A New World Record” grp. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Aug 2011 | 5D | “Don’t Bring Me Down” band, informally | Albert R. Picallo |
| 1 Jul 2011 | 22A | “Do Ya” band, for short | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| 26 Jun 2011 | 95A | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King” band, 1983 | David Levinson Wilk |
| 1 Jun 2011 | 10D | “Turn to Stone” grp. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 8 Jan 2011 | 45A | “Rockaria!” grp. | Will Nediger |
| 23 Dec 2010 | 19D | Grp. with the platinum album “Out of the Blue” | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| 18 Dec 2010 | 54A | “Last Train to London” grp. | Brad Wilber |
| 15 Nov 2010 | 15A | “Xanadu” grp. | Emily L. Lilly |
| 2 Nov 2010 | 13A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” band, for short | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 4 Sep 2010 | 16A | Group with the ’79 double-platinum album “Discovery” | Mark Diehl |
| 1 Sep 2010 | 21A | Grp. with the platinum record “A New World Record” | Michael Torch |
| 12 Jul 2010 | 47D | “Shine a Little Love” rock grp. | Freddie Cheng |
| 10 Jun 2010 | 24A | Rock grp. once promoted as “the English guys with the big fiddles” | Mike Nothnagel |
| 6 Jun 2010 | 121A | 1976 album “Olé ___” | Daniel A. Finan |
| 17 May 2010 | 29A | “Telephone Line” rock grp. | Jay Kaskel |
| 8 May 2010 | 6D | Grp. with the 1977 album “Out of the Blue” | Mark Diehl |
| 9 Feb 2010 | 31A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp. | Robert Cirillo |
| 27 Dec 2009 | 35A | “Livin’ Thing” band, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 17 Nov 2009 | 6D | “Do Ya” rock grp. | John Farmer |
| 18 Oct 2009 | 82A | “Eldorado” grp. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Sep 2009 | 2D | “Evil Woman” band, for short | Paula Gamache |
| 8 Jul 2009 | 8D | “Xanadu” band, for short | Tim Wescott |
| 8 Jun 2009 | 57D | “Do Ya” group, for short | Randy Sowell |
| 15 Apr 2009 | 14A | “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” grp. | Michael Vuolo |
| 2 Apr 2009 | 42A | Grp. with the 1979 hit “Don’t Bring Me Down” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 21 Feb 2009 | 22A | Grp. with the debut single “10538 Overture” | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| 20 Feb 2009 | 31A | “Livin’ Thing” group, in brief | Paula Gamache |
| 3 Jan 2009 | 32D | “Eldorado” grp. | Peter Wentz |
| 21 Nov 2008 | 5D | “Telephone Line” band, briefly | Patrick Berry |
| 28 Oct 2008 | 16A | “Xanadu” band, to fans | Allan E. Parrish |
| 11 Aug 2008 | 45D | “Xanadu” grp. | Thomas Heilman |
| 29 Jul 2008 | 23A | “Evil Woman” band, for short | David Kwong and Emily Halpern |
| 14 May 2008 | 33A | “Rockaria!” grp. | Doug Peterson |
| 20 Apr 2008 | 63A | “Roll Over Beethoven” band, for short | John Farmer |
| 4 Dec 2007 | 50A | “Evil Woman” band, for short | Alison Donald |
| 23 Sep 2007 | 93A | “Shine a Little Love” grp. | David Levinson Wilk |
| 8 Jul 2007 | 76A | “Evil Woman” grp. | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| 19 May 2007 | 41A | Band name heard in Morse code on its single “Secret Messages” | Byron Walden |
| 10 Mar 2007 | 28D | “Strange Magic” band, for short | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Jan 2007 | 60A | “Eldorado” rock grp. | Ed Early |
| 28 Dec 2006 | 34D | “Evil Woman” grp., 1975 | Ed Early |
| 24 Dec 2006 | 66D | Grp. with the 1977 hit “Do Ya” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 1 Oct 2006 | 16D | Grp. with the 1977 platinum album “Out of the Blue” | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 31 Aug 2006 | 8D | Pop grp. heard in “Xanadu” | Patrick Merrell |
| 13 Aug 2006 | 33D | “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp., 1979 | Derrick Niederman |
| 15 Jun 2006 | 57D | “Illusions in G Major” rock grp. | Adam Cohen |
| 17 May 2006 | 30A | Grp. with the 1976 hit “Livin’ Thing” | Patrick Blindauer |
| 27 Apr 2006 | 46A | “Evil Woman” grp. | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| 15 Mar 2006 | 57D | “Evil Woman” grp. | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Jan 2006 | 63D | “Strange Magic” grp. | Nancy Salomon |
| 16 Jan 2006 | 39D | “Roll Over Beethoven” grp. | Sarah Keller |
| 6 Jan 2006 | 63D | Inits. in 70’s-80’s rock | David Levinson Wilk |
| 3 Oct 2005 | 67A | “Xanadu” band, for short | Roy Leban |
| 4 Sep 2005 | 115D | “Evil Woman” band, for short | Richard Silvestri |
| 12 Jul 2005 | 23A | “Telephone Line” rock grp. | Nancy Salomon |
| 6 Jun 2005 | 27D | Jeff Lynne’s rock grp. | Raymond Hamel |
| 26 Mar 2005 | 64A | “Out of the Blue” rock grp. | Ed Early |
| 17 Mar 2005 | 28D | “Olé ___” (1976 hit album) | David Pringle |
| 23 Dec 2004 | 2D | “Telephone Line” rock grp. | Nancy Salomon |
| 14 Aug 2004 | 53D | “Olé ___” (1976 rock album) | Joe DiPietro |
| 2 Jun 2004 | 43D | “Telephone Line” grp. | Nancy Salomon |
| 26 Apr 2004 | 53A | “Hold On Tight” band | Merle Baker |
| 25 Apr 2004 | 109A | “Strange Magic” band, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 Feb 2004 | 62D | “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp. | Bob Peoples |
| 19 Feb 2004 | 46A | “Evil Woman” band, for short | Alfio Micci (1918-2004) |
| 8 Jan 2004 | 3D | “Xanadu” rock group | Michael Shteyman |
| 18 Nov 2003 | 22D | “Evil Woman” grp. | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| 8 Nov 2003 | 14A | “Turn to Stone” grp. | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 17 Aug 2003 | 65A | “Evil Woman” grp. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Jun 2003 | 2D | “Xanadu” rock grp. | Norma Johnson |
| 5 Jun 2003 | 49D | “All Over the World” grp. | David J. Kahn |
| 16 May 2003 | 38A | Inits. in 70’s-80’s rock | Michael Shteyman |
| 27 Mar 2003 | 35D | “Do Ya” grp. | David J. Kahn |
| 13 Mar 2003 | 14A | “Shine a Little Love” grp., 1979 | David J. Kahn |
| 6 Dec 2002 | 47A | Grp. with the 1976 platinum album “A New World Record” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 6 Jul 2002 | 61D | “Evil Woman” group, for short | Nancy Joline |
| 12 May 2002 | 83A | “Hold On Tight” grp. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 19 Apr 2002 | 48A | “Strange Magic” band, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 22 Mar 2002 | 46A | “Xanadu” grp. | Randall J. Hartman |
| 25 Feb 2002 | 58A | “Do Ya” rock grp. | Christina Houlihan |
| 28 Sep 2001 | 45A | “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” grp. | Peter Gordon |
| 22 Aug 2001 | 42A | “Do Ya” rock grp. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 5 Aug 2001 | 50D | “Hold On Tight” group | Peter Gordon |
| 5 Jul 2001 | 45A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp. | Peter Gordon |
| 3 May 2001 | 43A | Jeff Lynne group | Trip Payne |
| 11 Apr 2001 | 20A | “Telephone Line” grp. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 11 Mar 2001 | 60A | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King” rockers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Mar 2001 | 10D | “Xanadu” rock grp. | Cathy Millhauser |
| 7 Feb 2001 | 56A | “Xanadu” rock band | Kent Lorentzen |
| 2 Feb 2001 | 48A | “Shine a Little Love” grp. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 16 Jan 2001 | 44D | “Xanadu” grp. | Peter Gordon |
| 12 Jan 2001 | 6D | “Shine a Little Love” rock grp. | Mark Diehl |
| 7 Jan 2001 | 114D | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King” band | Manny Nosowsky |
| 24 Dec 2000 | 7D | “Do Ya” rock grp. | Bill Zais |
| 27 Oct 2000 | 49A | “Livin’ Thing” rock grp. | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Oct 2000 | 26A | “Calling America” band | Richard Silvestri |
| 5 Oct 2000 | 40A | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King” group | Cathy Millhauser |
| 4 Sep 2000 | 39D | “Telephone Line” rock grp. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Jul 2000 | 38D | “Xanadu” rock group, for short | Gene Newman |
| 6 Jul 2000 | 5D | “Rockaria!” rock group | Patrick Berry |
| 26 Apr 2000 | 56A | “Xanadu” band, for short | A. J. Santora |
| 5 Mar 2000 | 106A | Jeff Lynne’s grp. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 22 Jan 2000 | 10D | “Shine a Little Love” rock grp. | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Nov 1999 | 65D | Grp. that sang “Do Ya” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 11 Jun 1999 | 6D | “Do Ya” band | Jim Page |
| 9 Jun 1999 | 58D | 1980 rock inits. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Apr 1999 | 12D | “Xanadu” grp. | Adam Cohen |
| 4 Mar 1999 | 34A | “Shine a Little Love” rock grp. | Cathy Millhauser |
| 16 Feb 1999 | 28D | “Shine a Little Love” rock grp. | Randy Sowell |
| 4 Jan 1999 | 4D | “Xanadu” rock grp. | Gregory E. Paul |
| 4 Nov 1998 | 35A | “Hold On Tight” rock grp. | Rich Norris |
| 12 Aug 1998 | 64D | “Eldorado” rock grp. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 2 Aug 1998 | 85A | “Eldorado” rock group | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 26 Jul 1998 | 88A | “Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King” group | Richard Silvestri |
| 2 Jun 1998 | 2D | “Do Ya” group, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 19 May 1998 | 72A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” rock grp. | William S. Cotter |
| 17 May 1998 | 85A | 1976 album “Olé ___” | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
| 18 Apr 1998 | 28A | “Evil Woman” rock grp. | Frank Longo |
| 15 Mar 1998 | 123D | “Hold On Tight” group | Frank Longo |
| 20 Feb 1998 | 61D | “Ole ___” (1976 album) | Manny Nosowsky |
| 10 Jan 1998 | 20D | “Eldorado” rock grp. | Mark Diehl |
| 27 Dec 1997 | 9D | “Turn to Stone” grp. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 25 Aug 1997 | 33A | “Xanadu” rock grp. | Randall J. Hartman |
| 1 Aug 1997 | 33A | “Hold On Tight” group | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| 4 Jul 1997 | 11D | “Evil Woman” rock grp. | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 Jun 1997 | 56A | “Do Ya” rock grp. | Thomas W. Schier |
| 27 May 1997 | 56D | “Strange Magic” rock band | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 30 Apr 1997 | 8D | “Hold On Tight” rock band | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 19 Mar 1997 | 59A | “Hold On Tight” rock group | Trip Payne |
| 26 Jan 1997 | 101A | “Xanadu” rock group | S. Elliott |
| 10 Jan 1997 | 9D | Jeff Lynne’s rock grp. | A. J. Santora |
| 29 Sep 1996 | 62A | “Do Ya” rock grp. | M. Reagle |
| 20 Aug 1996 | 11D | “Hold On Tight” rock group | S. Spadaccini |
| 2 Mar 1996 | 4D | “Hold On Tight” rock group | N. Joline |
| 6 Dec 1995 | 62A | “Evil Woman” rock grp. | Chet Currier |
| 5 Nov 1995 | 43D | “Telephone Line” rock grp. | Dean Niles |
| 27 Oct 1995 | 9D | “Xanadu” band | Mark Diehl |
| 22 Oct 1995 | 120D | Jeff Lynne band | Matt Gaffney |
| 30 Sep 1995 | 19A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” rock grp. | Bryant White |
| 8 Aug 1995 | 61D | “Xanadu” group | Gregory E. Paul |
| 21 Jul 1995 | 31A | Jeff Lynne’s old rock band | Matt Gaffney |
| 13 Jun 1995 | 27A | “Xanadu” band | Trip Payne |
| 16 May 1995 | 38D | “Xanadu” rock group | David J. Kahn |
| 7 Feb 1995 | 10D | Jeff Lynne rock band | Matt Gaffney |
| 9 Nov 1994 | 39D | “Xanadu” band, for short | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 4 Aug 1994 | 38D | “Xanadu” rock grp. | Jim Page |
| 27 Jun 1994 | 22D | “Xanadu” musical grp. | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 7 Jun 1994 | 41A | “Don’t Bring Me Down” rock group | Ernie Furtado |
| 30 Apr 1994 | 48A | “Xanadu” rock group | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 26 Apr 1994 | 26D | “Don’t Bring Me Down” rock band | David Ellis Dickerson |
| 3 Feb 1994 | 62A | “Xanadu” rock group | A.J. Santora |
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