EMU is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for EMU in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "EMU" answer was first appeared in "15 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Cassowary kin". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "EMU" answer has been used for "13 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Runner with vestigial wings". It was authored by John-Clark Levin. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Prey for a dingo (6)", "Relative of an ostrich (8)", "Big bird (18)", "Down Under bird (9)", "Outback runner (9)", "Outback bird (7)". "EMU" appeared 268 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "EMU" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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13 Oct 2023 | 59D | Runner with vestigial wings | John-Clark Levin |
6 Jul 2023 | 39A | Bird with a bluish neck and green eggs | Alison Perch |
20 Jun 2023 | 3D | Feathered creature in Liberty Mutual ads | Aimee Lucido |
29 May 2023 | 6D | Down Under bird | Katie Hale and Zachary David Levy |
4 Apr 2023 | 14A | Feathered Australian | Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson |
19 Feb 2023 | 113D | Image on Australia’s coat of arms | Rebecca Goldstein |
2 Feb 2023 | 12D | Prey for a dingo | Elise Corbin |
25 Jan 2023 | 12D | Outback bird | Nancy Serrano-Wu |
16 Jan 2023 | 44A | Bird that has calf muscles | Michael Paleos |
27 Dec 2022 | 16A | Relative of an ostrich | Lynn Lempel |
14 Dec 2022 | 40A | Cousin of a cassowary | Matthew Stock |
25 Nov 2022 | 56D | Creature frequently depicted in Indigenous Australian art | Simon Marotte |
13 Nov 2022 | 119D | Source of big green eggs | Samuel A. Donaldson |
6 Nov 2022 | 10D | The Tasmanian one has been extinct since the 19th century | Michael Lieberman |
3 Oct 2022 | 14A | Down Under bird | Sarah Sinclair |
27 Sep 2022 | 60A | Outback bird | Peter Koetters |
5 Sep 2022 | 56A | Outback bird that can go two months without food | Adam Simpson |
26 Aug 2022 | 58D | Layer of green eggs | Robert Logan |
12 Jul 2022 | 60D | Bird related to the cassowary | Karen Steinberg |
1 Jun 2022 | 6D | Only living creature in the genus Dromaius | Chase Dittrich |
30 May 2022 | 8D | Australian bird that’s a vowel change from 7-Down | Alexander Liebeskind |
16 May 2022 | 40A | Big bird in Liberty Mutual ads | Lynn Lempel |
12 May 2022 | 48A | Six-footer Down Under | Ross Trudeau |
28 Mar 2022 | 21D | Bird that can sprint up to 30 m.p.h. | Leslie Rogers |
20 Mar 2022 | 97A | Outback speedster | Brad Wiegmann |
15 Mar 2022 | 42A | Bird in Liberty Mutual ads | Michael Lieberman |
10 Feb 2022 | 47A | Bird found in the mud? | August Miller |
26 Jan 2022 | 62D | Member of the ratite pack? | Michael Schlossberg |
20 Dec 2021 | 19D | Outback bird | Anne Rowley |
14 Dec 2021 | 36D | Second-tallest bird on earth | Tao Platt |
28 Nov 2021 | 5D | Outback sight | Jeff Kremer |
25 Nov 2021 | 64D | Land-bound bird | Chase Dittrich |
6 Nov 2021 | 50A | Creature whose male incubates the eggs, during which it won’t eat, drink or defecate for 50+ days | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
13 Sep 2021 | 62D | Relative of an ostrich | A. Tariq |
8 May 2021 | 58A | It can lay a one-and-a-half-pound egg | David Steinberg |
6 May 2021 | 15A | Bird that’s the source of Kalaya oil | Ed Sessa |
23 Apr 2021 | 8D | Creature that can fill the blank in L___R to make another creature | Robyn Weintraub |
21 Feb 2021 | 42A | Bird whose males incubate the eggs | Matthew Stock |
19 Feb 2021 | 12A | Depiction on the Australian coat of arms | Amanda Rafkin |
29 Jan 2021 | 34A | Creature in Liberty Mutual ads | Robyn Weintraub |
28 Oct 2020 | 47A | Liberty Mutual commercial mascot | Peter Gordon |
11 Oct 2020 | 69D | Only bird with calf muscles | Gary Larson |
21 Sep 2020 | 10D | Bird in Liberty Mutual ads | Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class |
9 Sep 2020 | 16A | Bird able to run faster than the fastest human | Jakob Weisblat |
29 Jul 2020 | 30A | Sch. in Ypsilanti | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
28 Jul 2020 | 58D | Fast runner Down Under | Ross Trudeau |
26 Jul 2020 | 76A | Bird in Liberty Mutual commercials | Trenton Charlson |
7 Apr 2020 | 46D | Big bird Down Under | Trent H. Evans |
4 Mar 2020 | 44D | Goose : gaggle :: ___ : mob | Tracy Gray |
1 Mar 2020 | 9D | Bird Down Under | Sam Trabucco |
1 Dec 2019 | 1A | Bird growing up Down Under | Patrick Merrell |
14 Oct 2019 | 67D | Bird that can run up to 30 m.p.h. | Gary Cee |
15 May 2019 | 36D | Cousin of a cassowary | Zhouqin Burnikel |
1 May 2019 | 7D | Down Under bird | Joel Fagliano |
11 Mar 2019 | 63D | Relative of an ostrich | Trent Evans |
18 Feb 2019 | 20A | Australia’s unofficial national bird | Leslie Rogers and Andrea Carla Michaels |
23 Jan 2019 | 48D | Land-bound bird | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
11 Jan 2019 | 29A | Layer of dark green eggs | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
24 Nov 2018 | 58D | Member of a crossword aviary? | David Steinberg |
26 Oct 2018 | 19A | Prey for a dingo | Evan Kalish |
15 Aug 2018 | 30A | Bird that can hardly get off the ground | Kathy Wienberg |
7 Aug 2018 | 44D | Runner with wings | Alex Eaton-Salners |
11 Jul 2018 | 57D | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti | Michael Hawkins |
3 Jul 2018 | 42A | Avian runner Down Under | Christopher Adams |
13 Jun 2018 | 51D | Avian sprinter | Michael Hawkins |
27 Feb 2018 | 42A | National bird of Australia | Ross Trudeau |
19 Feb 2018 | 5D | Six-foot bird | Bruce Haight |
24 Jan 2018 | 24A | Member of a crossword zoo? | Kathy Wienberg |
18 Jan 2018 | 32A | Bird that has one long talon on each foot for fighting | Ryan McCarty and Alan Southworth |
30 Dec 2017 | 10D | ___ oil, ingredient in some health care products | Damon Gulczynski |
18 Dec 2017 | 4D | Large egg producer | Bruce Haight |
25 Oct 2017 | 51A | Bird raised on a ranch, perhaps | Jules P. Markey |
25 Sep 2017 | 15A | It hatches from a big egg | Bruce Haight |
9 Aug 2017 | 23A | Bird on Australia’s coat of arms | Adam G. Perl |
20 Jul 2017 | 18D | It’ll never get off the ground | Randolph Ross |
10 May 2017 | 65D | Avian source of red meat | Ned White |
24 Apr 2017 | 65D | Down Under bird | Gary Cee |
21 Apr 2017 | 4D | Producer of a deep drumming call | Damon Gulczynski |
25 Mar 2017 | 63A | Exotic jerky meat | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
9 Feb 2017 | 42A | Bird whose wings are used as stabilizers, not for flying | Ross Trudeau |
25 Jan 2017 | 15A | Bird with a potent kick | Tracy Gray |
15 Jan 2017 | 9D | Outback animal | Joel Fagliano |
18 Dec 2016 | 86A | This does not fly | Derrick Niederman |
13 Jul 2016 | 23A | Bird with large green eggs | Tom McCoy |
30 Jun 2016 | 9D | One of the 10-Down birds in the world | Jonathan M. Kaye |
20 May 2016 | 4D | Prey for a dingo | Kristian House |
27 Mar 2016 | 56A | Creature on the Australian coat of arms | Patrick Blindauer |
3 Mar 2016 | 13D | Ypsilanti sch. whose initials name a bird | Andrew Zhou |
16 Feb 2016 | 2D | Bird that can run up to 30 m.p.h. | Ron and Nancy Byron |
21 Dec 2015 | 64A | Big bird of Australia | Bruce Haight |
28 Nov 2015 | 58D | Source of jumbo eggs | Ned White |
12 Jul 2015 | 58A | Prey for a dingo | Patrick Berry |
2 Jul 2015 | 69D | Big bird | Timothy Polin |
17 Jun 2015 | 69D | Bird with calf muscles | Molly Young and David J. Kahn |
18 May 2015 | 1A | Ostrichlike bird | Gene Newman |
11 May 2015 | 44A | Bird on the Australian coat of arms | Joe DiPietro |
26 Apr 2015 | 115D | ___ oil (Australian folk medicine) | Patrick Berry |
11 Mar 2015 | 46D | Avian sprinter | David Steinberg |
10 Jan 2015 | 36D | Dingo dodger | Joe Krozel |
15 Dec 2014 | 38A | Relative of an ostrich | Zhouqin Burnikel and Dennis Ryall |
10 Dec 2014 | 2D | Avian source of red meat | Tom McCoy |
14 Aug 2014 | 25A | Big bird | Jason Flinn |
29 Jun 2014 | 42A | Lean meat source | Byron Walden |
8 Jun 2014 | 114D | Ostrich lookalike | Patrick Berry |
15 Apr 2014 | 16A | Dingo’s avian prey | Gary Cee |
23 Mar 2014 | 15D | Outback native | Ian Livengood |
9 Feb 2014 | 96D | Prey for a dingo | Charles M. Deber |
31 Dec 2013 | 61D | Australia’s national bird | Tracy Gray |
21 Nov 2013 | 66A | Part of the Australian coat of arms | Jules P. Markey |
2 Sep 2013 | 29D | Down Under bird | Jim Peredo |
27 Apr 2013 | 27D | Source of 13-Down eggs | Chris A. McGlothlin |
11 Mar 2013 | 22D | Relative of an ostrich | Robert Fisher |
24 Feb 2013 | 117D | Native of Australia | Joe DiPietro |
1 Feb 2013 | 9D | Source of extra-large eggs | Josh Knapp |
17 Oct 2012 | 6A | Big bird | Peter Koetters |
11 Sep 2012 | 32D | Ostrich’s cousin | Kenneth Leeser |
10 Sep 2012 | 41D | Aussie bird | Andrea Carla Michaels |
5 Sep 2012 | 26A | Outback runner | Paula Gamache |
14 May 2012 | 26A | Outback bird | John Dunn |
3 May 2012 | 40D | Prey for a dingo | Neville Fogarty |
4 Apr 2012 | 56A | Cousin of an ostrich | Zoe Wheeler |
4 Mar 2012 | 114D | Australian runner | David J. Kahn |
31 Jan 2012 | 45D | Ostrich look-alike | Doug Peterson |
28 Dec 2011 | 19D | Grounded avian | Louis Zulli |
19 Nov 2011 | 33D | Noted six-foot runner | Allan E. Parrish |
16 Nov 2011 | 45A | Avian source of red meat | Gary Cee |
11 Nov 2011 | 31D | Layer of green eggs | Alex Vratsanos |
14 Oct 2011 | 49A | Cousin of the cassowary | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Class |
19 Sep 2011 | 22A | Big bird Down Under | Julian Lim |
22 Aug 2011 | 68A | Big Australian bird | Milo Beckman |
11 Aug 2011 | 4D | Bird whose name is a Midwest school’s initials | Parker Lewis |
21 Jul 2011 | 61A | Australian sprinter | Michael Sharp |
30 Mar 2011 | 3D | Creature on Australia’s 50-cent coin | Erik Wennstrom |
10 Mar 2011 | 9D | Prey of wild dogs and crocodiles | Matt Ginsberg |
10 Oct 2010 | 113D | Bird in New South Wales | Patrick Merrell |
16 Aug 2010 | 35A | Cousin of an ostrich | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
4 Jul 2010 | 37A | Bird with meat high in protein | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
20 May 2010 | 47A | Bird with two sets of eyelids | Jim Hilger |
16 May 2010 | 63A | Aboriginal food source | Matt Ginsberg |
15 Feb 2010 | 9D | Australia’s unofficial national bird | Lynn Lempel |
21 Jan 2010 | 41A | Brevipennate bird | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
14 Jan 2010 | 29A | South Australia’s ___ Bay | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
29 Nov 2009 | 42A | It came up from Down Under | Will Nediger |
4 Nov 2009 | 61D | Cousin of a cassowary | Ricky Ini Liu |
11 Oct 2009 | 68A | Six-footer from Australia | Randolph Ross |
5 Sep 2009 | 21A | It’s classified by the U.S.D.A. as red meat under cooking guidelines and as poultry under inspection standards | Mike Nothnagel |
6 Apr 2009 | 12D | Cousin of an ostrich | Dustin Foley |
29 Mar 2009 | 79D | Swift-running bird | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
10 Feb 2009 | 21D | Part of the Australian coat of arms | John Underwood |
13 Jan 2009 | 2D | Outback runner | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
30 Sep 2008 | 30A | Outback bird | Allan E. Parrish |
4 Jun 2008 | 58D | Australian runner | Billie Truitt |
24 Apr 2008 | 50A | It’ll never fly | Michael Langwald |
14 Feb 2008 | 36A | Australian ranch pest | David J. Kahn |
29 Jan 2008 | 63D | Rhea relative | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
21 Nov 2007 | 11D | Outback runner | Kelsey Blakley |
18 Nov 2007 | 85A | Tridactyl bird | Patrick Berry |
19 Aug 2007 | 18D | Swift-running bird | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
18 Jun 2007 | 46A | Big bird of the outback | Randall J. Hartman |
31 May 2007 | 4D | Avian leather source | William F. Stephens |
28 Mar 2007 | 28A | Cousin of a cassowary | Burton Clemans |
20 Feb 2007 | 50D | Relative of an ostrich | Jonathan Gersch |
11 Jan 2007 | 48A | Noted Australian sprinter | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
31 Dec 2006 | 74A | Avian meat | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
23 Dec 2006 | 26D | Image on Australia’s coat of arms | Myles Callum |
20 Sep 2006 | 14A | Big bird | Joe DiPietro |
29 Aug 2006 | 5D | Big bird | David Pringle |
15 Aug 2006 | 4D | Cousin of a cassowary | David Sullivan |
19 Jul 2006 | 11D | Australian runner | Alison Donald |
2 Jul 2006 | 81A | Big bird | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
15 Jun 2006 | 14A | Creature on Australia’s coat of arms | Adam Cohen |
2 May 2006 | 32A | Ypsilanti sch. | Peter A. Collins |
6 Feb 2006 | 31D | Bird more than five feet tall | Sheldon Benardo |
12 Oct 2005 | 20A | Big bird | Paul Guttormsson |
31 Aug 2005 | 59A | Avian source of red meat | Alan Arbesfeld |
15 Jul 2005 | 50A | Lean meat | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
30 Apr 2005 | 61D | It’ll never fly | Nancy Salomon |
23 Mar 2005 | 16A | Outback runner | Mike Shenk |
10 Mar 2005 | 53A | It’ll never fly | Ed Early |
7 Feb 2005 | 35A | Cousin of an ostrich | Gordon Seaberg |
21 Dec 2004 | 57A | Big bird | Kurt Mengel |
13 Dec 2004 | 11D | Flightless Australian bird | Sarah Keller |
8 Dec 2004 | 58D | Grounded Aussie | Norm Guggenbiller |
26 Sep 2004 | 103D | Lean meat source | Joe DiPietro |
2 Aug 2004 | 32A | Down Under bird | Holden Baker |
9 May 2004 | 8D | It runs Down Under | Charles M. Deber |
14 Apr 2004 | 20A | Big bird | Randolph Ross |
24 Feb 2004 | 5D | Swift bird on foot | Alan Arbesfeld |
23 Feb 2004 | 8D | Cousin of an ostrich | Anne Garellick |
16 Feb 2004 | 16A | Down Under bird | Charles Barasch |
21 Oct 2003 | 63D | It doesn’t fly | John Underwood |
13 Aug 2003 | 27A | Swift avian | Charles E. Gersch |
19 May 2003 | 2D | Relative of an ostrich | Trip Payne |
8 May 2003 | 68A | Outback runner | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
18 Aug 2002 | 9D | Six-foot runner | Michael Ashley |
1 Jul 2002 | 59D | Big bird | Allan E. Parrish |
25 May 2002 | 57D | Low-fat meat | Frank Longo |
13 May 2002 | 22D | Earthbound bird | Patrick Merrell |
27 Apr 2002 | 61D | It’ll never fly | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
3 Mar 2002 | 97D | This may never get off the ground | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
26 Jan 2002 | 26A | Low-fat meat | Mark Diehl |
15 Jan 2002 | 6D | Aussie runner | Kelly Clark |
27 Dec 2001 | 10D | Big bird | Patrick Berry |
10 Dec 2001 | 7D | National bird of Australia | Gregory E. Paul |
25 Oct 2001 | 57D | Big bird | John Scott Marrone |
13 Sep 2001 | 4D | Meat that tastes like chicken | Robert H. Wolfe |
24 May 2001 | 8D | Source of lean red meat | William I. Johnston |
9 Apr 2001 | 15A | Relative of an ostrich | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
14 Mar 2001 | 37A | Outback runner | Greg Staples |
16 Oct 2000 | 12D | Ostrich’s cousin | Mitch Komro |
26 Sep 2000 | 37D | Outback runner | Bill Ballard |
27 Jul 2000 | 33A | It’s grounded | Joe DiPietro |
31 May 2000 | 42D | It’ll never get off the ground | M. Francis Vuolo |
2 Feb 2000 | 39A | Outback runner | Richard Chisholm |
31 Jan 2000 | 66A | Australian bird | Peter Gordon |
29 Jan 2000 | 58D | Easily domesticated bird | Rich Norris |
14 Jan 2000 | 5D | Poultry that tastes like beef | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
25 Dec 1999 | 36D | Easily tamed bird | John Scott Marrone |
6 Dec 1999 | 36D | Down Under bird | Gregory E. Paul |
23 Oct 1999 | 23A | Trendy meat | Frank Longo and Brendan Quigley |
9 Oct 1999 | 50D | Tall runner | Manny Nosowsky |
1 Sep 1999 | 24D | Tall bird | Alan Arbesfeld |
9 Aug 1999 | 33A | Ostrich’s kin | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
27 Jul 1999 | 9D | Ostrich’s kin | Alfio Micci |
17 Jul 1999 | 25D | It’ll never get off the ground | Rand H. Burns |
13 Jul 1999 | 53A | Big bird | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
8 Dec 1998 | 58D | Cassowary’s cousin | Frances Hansen |
28 Oct 1998 | 61A | Relative of a rhea | Alan Arbesfeld |
11 Oct 1998 | 45A | Easily tamed bird | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
23 Apr 1998 | 65D | It’s out in the Outback | Cathy Millhauser |
20 Feb 1998 | 39D | Outback denizen | Manny Nosowsky |
25 Jan 1998 | 112D | Somewhat exotic meat | Dave Tuller |
26 Dec 1997 | 2D | Bird that lays dark green eggs | Bob Sefick |
7 Dec 1997 | 73A | Big bird | Randolph Ross |
2 Dec 1997 | 38A | Swift bird | Alan Olschwang |
15 Oct 1997 | 8D | Feathered six-footer | Randall J. Hartman |
2 Oct 1997 | 6A | Crosswordy ratite | Christopher Hurt |
8 Sep 1997 | 58D | Ostrich kin | Robert Goldberg |
12 Aug 1997 | 39D | Big bird | Janet R. Bender |
5 Aug 1997 | 45D | Grounded bird | William Bernhardt |
22 Jul 1997 | 48A | Feather source | Fred Piscop |
15 Jul 1997 | 64D | Big bird | Frank Longo |
10 Jul 1997 | 49A | Australian runner | Matt Gaffney |
18 May 1997 | 101D | Six-foot runner? | Frances Hansen |
14 May 1997 | 66D | Big bird | Norman S. Wizer |
30 Apr 1997 | 10D | Aussie bird | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
20 Mar 1997 | 23A | Six-foot Australian | A. J. Santora |
13 Mar 1997 | 57D | Big bird | Matt Gaffney |
30 Dec 1996 | 50A | Zoo bird | C. F. Murray |
18 Jul 1996 | 60A | Flightless bird | W. R. Williams |
10 Jul 1996 | 8D | Outback bird | Diane C. Baldwin |
14 Jun 1996 | 30A | Five-foot runner | R. Norris |
3 Apr 1996 | 40A | Aussie bird | M. Gaffney |
28 Feb 1996 | 40D | Zoo bird | F. A. Longo |
2 Feb 1996 | 39A | Outback runner | R. Hamel |
15 Jan 1996 | 23D | Down Under bird | Gregory E. Paul |
15 Oct 1995 | 113A | Southern Australia’s ___ Bay | Mel Rosen |
31 Jul 1995 | 39A | Flightless bird | Elizabeth Gorski |
5 Apr 1995 | 8D | Cassowary look-alike | Wayne Robert Williams |
1 Feb 1995 | 57A | Outback egg-layer | Chet Currier |
16 Jan 1995 | 37D | Outback bird | Walter Covell |
17 Dec 1994 | 32A | Prized feather source | Chuck Deodene |
28 Aug 1994 | 30A | Flightless bird | Randolph Ross |
30 May 1994 | 52A | Ostrich’s cousin | Raymond Hamel |
12 Feb 1994 | 21D | Outback denizen | Rand H. Burns |
22 Jan 1994 | 24D | Crossword bird | Raymond Hamel |
9 Jan 1994 | 117D | Bird in a herd | Mel Rosen |
15 Dec 1993 | 40D | Cassowary kin | Fred Piscop |
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