EPIC is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for EPIC in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "EPIC" answer was first appeared in "25 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Iliad,” e.g. (3)". It was authored by Harvey Estes. Recently, the "EPIC" answer has been used for "12 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Film with a huge cast". It was authored by Peter Gordon. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Grand (10)". "EPIC" appeared 216 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "EPIC" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2023 | 19D | Film with a huge cast | Peter Gordon |
| 20 Nov 2023 | 65A | Hu-u-uge | Sam Ezersky |
| 13 Nov 2023 | 62A | Story of heroes | Benjamin Fink |
| 12 Nov 2023 | 11D | Big, big, big | Garrett Chalfin |
| 5 Sep 2023 | 55D | Grand in scale | Alan Siegel |
| 14 Aug 2023 | 14A | The “Iliad,” for one | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| 27 Jul 2023 | 17A | For the ages | Guilherme Gilioli |
| 25 Jul 2023 | 21D | “Star Wars” or “Gladiator,” e.g. | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| 24 Jul 2023 | 37D | Large-scale | John Ewbank |
| 20 Jul 2023 | 23D | Greater than great | Drew Schmenner |
| 27 Feb 2023 | 6D | Grander than grand | David Rockow |
| 26 Feb 2023 | 10A | Really grand | Will Nediger |
| 1 Nov 2022 | 30A | Grand | Bruce Haight |
| 19 Sep 2022 | 44A | Heroic saga | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 20 Jul 2022 | 62A | Beyond great | Josh Kindler |
| 7 Mar 2022 | 2D | “The ___ of Gilgamesh” | Sam Acker |
| 4 Nov 2021 | 65A | “1917,” e.g. | David Steinberg |
| 12 Sep 2021 | 14D | ___ Games, company behind Fortnite | Alex Rosen |
| 29 Aug 2021 | 9A | Word with poetry or proportions | Dory Mintz |
| 12 Aug 2021 | 14A | To be remembered for all time | Jake Halperin |
| 8 Aug 2021 | 108A | Legendary | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| 8 Jun 2021 | 15A | ___ Games, maker of Fortnite | Christopher Adams |
| 31 May 2021 | 15A | The “Odyssey,” for one | Michael Lieberman |
| 28 May 2021 | 51A | More than outstanding | Andrew J. Ries |
| 11 May 2021 | 31D | “Lawrence of Arabia,” for one | Kevin Patterson |
| 28 Apr 2021 | 2D | The “Mahabharata” or the “Ramayana” | Hal Moore |
| 18 Mar 2021 | 21D | Derek Walcott’s “Omeros,” for one | Tom McCoy |
| 15 Feb 2021 | 65A | More than magnificent | Meconya Alford |
| 30 Jan 2021 | 27D | Earth-shattering | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 7 Dec 2020 | 36D | More than amazing | Barbara Lin |
| 3 Dec 2020 | 5A | Huger than huge | Jake Halperin |
| 13 Oct 2020 | 15A | The “Iliad” or the “Odyssey” | Amanda Rafkin |
| 1 Oct 2020 | 1A | Grand in scale | Adam Fromm |
| 22 Aug 2020 | 41D | Way cool | Trenton Charlson |
| 29 Jul 2020 | 7D | Greater than great | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 25 Jun 2020 | 11D | Completely amazing, in slang | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 13 May 2020 | 23D | For the ages | Benjamin Kramer |
| 8 May 2020 | 48D | Word before tale or fail | Daniel Larsen |
| 17 Feb 2020 | 31A | “Shogun” or “The Lord of the Rings” | Sally Hoelscher |
| 13 Feb 2020 | 45A | For the ages | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 9 Dec 2019 | 10A | Story of heroes | Ellis Hay |
| 20 Oct 2019 | 30A | Long narrative poem | Natan Last |
| 19 Jul 2019 | 47A | ___ Games, company behind Fortnite | Peter Wentz |
| 12 Feb 2019 | 13A | Totally awesome | Tom Pepper |
| 5 Nov 2018 | 64A | Grand-scale production | Roland Huget |
| 8 Oct 2018 | 52D | “Beowulf,” e.g. | Jacob Stulberg |
| 30 Sep 2018 | 77A | Grandiose | Natan Last |
| 12 Jul 2018 | 31A | “Awesome, dude” | Joe DiPietro |
| 8 Mar 2018 | 14A | To be remembered for a very long time | Jim Quinlan |
| 22 Feb 2018 | 5D | Way impressive | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 18 Nov 2017 | 24D | “The Last Emperor,” e.g. | Sam Trabucco |
| 18 Sep 2017 | 8D | Three-hour-plus movie, maybe | Tom McCoy |
| 2 Jul 2017 | 75D | Bigger than big | Patrick Blindauer |
| 19 Feb 2017 | 49D | Bigger than big | Bruce Haight |
| 7 Feb 2017 | 33D | Grander than grand | Finn Vigeland |
| 15 Jan 2017 | 52D | Grand | Joel Fagliano |
| 27 Nov 2016 | 79D | Absolutely awesome | Matt Ginsberg |
| 26 Nov 2016 | 55A | Longfellow’s “Evangeline,” e.g. | Paolo Pasco |
| 9 Nov 2016 | 36A | Many a Charlton Heston movie | John Lieb |
| 2 Nov 2016 | 32D | “The Divine Comedy,” e.g. | Andrew Kingsley |
| 20 Oct 2016 | 57D | It’s a long story | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 25 Sep 2016 | 98A | Long tale | Jim Holland and Jeff Chen |
| 17 Sep 2016 | 55A | For the ages | Andrew J. Ries |
| 19 Jul 2016 | 50A | Mind-blowing, in modern lingo | James Mulhern |
| 26 Apr 2016 | 23D | Filmdom’s “The Bible,” e.g. | Finn Vigeland |
| 4 Feb 2016 | 12D | Having immense implications | Jeff Chen |
| 23 Apr 2015 | 6A | Huger than huge | David Steinberg and Bruce Leban |
| 22 Apr 2015 | 48A | Huge in scope | Alex Vratsanos and Sam Ezersky |
| 18 Mar 2015 | 2D | “Ben-Hur,” for one | Timothy Polin |
| 15 Mar 2015 | 86D | “Gladiator,” for one | Dan Feyer |
| 10 Mar 2015 | 15A | Grander than grand | Allan E. Parrish |
| 1 Mar 2015 | 74D | Bigger than big | Finn Vigeland |
| 14 Dec 2014 | 65A | “Gilgamesh,” e.g. | Jim Peredo |
| 12 Nov 2014 | 43A | Like one for the ages | Daniel Landman |
| 28 Jan 2014 | 3D | Vast | Jeff Stillman |
| 7 Nov 2013 | 29A | Totally awesome | Alan DerKazarian |
| 29 Jul 2013 | 17A | More than awesome | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 9 Jun 2013 | 82A | “Ben-Hur,” for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Jun 2013 | 67D | “The Far Pavilions,” for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 1 Jun 2013 | 23D | Grand | Barry C. Silk |
| 27 Feb 2013 | 23D | Movie that might have a cast of thousands | Daniel Kantor |
| 29 Jan 2013 | 2D | Like some fails, in modern slang | David Steinberg |
| 22 Oct 2012 | 5D | Awesome, in slang | Joel Fagliano |
| 16 Aug 2012 | 8D | More awesome than awesome | Ethan Cooper |
| 31 May 2012 | 47A | Grand | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 Jan 2012 | 26D | Monumental | Chuck Deodene |
| 3 Nov 2011 | 62A | “The Lord of the Rings,” e.g. | Parker Lewis |
| 3 Oct 2011 | 24D | Grand-scale | Stanley Newman |
| 23 Sep 2011 | 50D | Grand | Mike Nothnagel |
| 12 Sep 2011 | 33D | Heroic tale | Keith Talon |
| 30 May 2011 | 32A | “Beowulf,” e.g. | Michael Barnhart |
| 29 May 2011 | 98A | Quite a tale | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| 8 Dec 2010 | 4D | Awesome | Mike Nothnagel |
| 27 Oct 2010 | 25D | Awesome, in slang | Jay Kaskel |
| 25 Oct 2010 | 57D | “Ben-Hur,” for one | Jonah Kagan |
| 17 Oct 2010 | 75D | Sweeping story | Patrick Blindauer |
| 14 Oct 2010 | 14A | Sweeping | Jim Hilger |
| 4 Oct 2010 | 21A | On a grand scale | Adam G. Perl |
| 26 Sep 2010 | 31A | Homeric genre | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 22 Sep 2010 | 7D | Like some battles | Peter A. Collins |
| 5 Jun 2010 | 40A | Sweeping | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 8 Mar 2010 | 35D | Of sweeping proportions | Stanley Newman |
| 6 Jul 2009 | 19D | Cast-of-thousands movie | Fred Piscop |
| 19 May 2009 | 28D | Huge in scope | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 18 May 2009 | 31D | The “Odyssey” or “Beowulf” | Billie Truitt |
| 15 May 2009 | 52D | “Beowulf,” for one | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 18 Mar 2009 | 58D | “Beowulf,” e.g. | Robert A. Doll |
| 22 Oct 2008 | 2D | Grand | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 29 Aug 2008 | 23D | It might have a lot of extras | Mike Nothnagel |
| 25 Jul 2008 | 37D | Grand | John Farmer |
| 26 Jun 2008 | 33A | “Paradise Lost,” e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| 25 Jun 2008 | 31A | “Beowulf,” e.g. | Rob Cook |
| 4 Jun 2008 | 6A | Ambitious in scope | Billie Truitt |
| 9 Apr 2008 | 1A | “The Divine Comedy,” for one | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| 30 Mar 2008 | 86A | DeMille output | Paula Gamache |
| 13 Nov 2007 | 8D | Cast-of-thousands film | Fred Piscop |
| 18 Sep 2007 | 30D | Like “Paradise Lost” | Chuck Deodene |
| 5 Aug 2007 | 101D | Sweeping | Caroline Leong |
| 29 May 2007 | 25A | Larger-than-life | Jim Hyres |
| 8 May 2007 | 25A | Many a sword-and-sandals film | Sarah Keller |
| 18 Feb 2007 | 17D | Anthony Mann’s “The Fall of the Roman Empire,” e.g. | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| 17 Jan 2007 | 3D | “Cleopatra,” for one | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 25A | Huge | Patrick Merrell |
| 6 Oct 2006 | 57D | Huge | Nancy Joline |
| 27 Jun 2006 | 48A | Cast-of-thousands film | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 27 Jun 2005 | 55D | Movie best seen on a wide screen | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 22 Apr 2005 | 27D | Grand | Myles Callum |
| 4 Feb 2005 | 51D | Grander than grand | Robert Bridges |
| 15 Dec 2004 | 20A | Long tale | Zach Jesse |
| 8 Dec 2004 | 1D | Bigger than big | Norm Guggenbiller |
| 3 Nov 2004 | 7D | Cast-of-thousands | Ed Early |
| 8 Aug 2004 | 1A | Quite a story | Bill Zais |
| 10 May 2004 | 57D | Like “The Lord of the Rings” | Joy M. Andrews |
| 10 Mar 2004 | 39D | Grist for DeMille? | Richard Silvestri |
| 22 Oct 2003 | 59A | Michener’s “Centennial,” e.g. | Judy Cole |
| 13 Oct 2003 | 41A | Hours-long film, perhaps | Eric Berlin |
| 2 Sep 2003 | 24D | DeMille production, e.g. | Ed Early |
| 12 Aug 2003 | 70A | No short story | Adam Cohen |
| 11 Aug 2003 | 3D | “Ben-Hur,” for one | Randall J. Hartman |
| 29 May 2003 | 20D | “Beowulf,” e.g. | Jim Page |
| 14 Apr 2003 | 12D | Homer’s “Iliad,” e.g. | Janet R. Bender |
| 18 Mar 2003 | 5D | Heroic saga | William Schaub |
| 12 Mar 2003 | 65A | Big story | Myles Callum |
| 26 Feb 2003 | 48A | “Paradise Lost,” e.g. | Greg Staples |
| 29 Oct 2002 | 14A | Majestic poem | Richard Hughes |
| 21 Oct 2002 | 19A | The “Iliad” or “Odyssey” | Peter Sarrett |
| 26 May 2002 | 24D | “Lawrence of Arabia,” for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Apr 2002 | 7D | Michael Jackson’s record label | Sarah Keller |
| 15 Apr 2002 | 46A | Many a Cecil B. DeMille film | James P. Sharp |
| 17 Feb 2002 | 95A | Grander than grand | Joe DiPietro |
| 3 Dec 2001 | 68A | “The Ten Commandments,” for one | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 10 Oct 2001 | 33A | Heroic tale | Richard Chisholm |
| 16 Aug 2001 | 12D | Big production | Joe DiPietro |
| 22 Jul 2001 | 9D | Large-scale | Patrick Berry |
| 12 Jun 2001 | 39D | “Beowulf,” for one | Alfio Micci |
| 10 Jun 2001 | 111D | “Titanic,” e.g. | Cathy Millhauser |
| 11 Mar 2001 | 102D | Like some proportions | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Feb 2001 | 55A | Like many a DeMille film | Norma Steinberg |
| 26 Sep 2000 | 1D | Colossal, filmwise | Bill Ballard |
| 24 Jul 2000 | 11D | Grand in scale | Gregory E. Paul |
| 25 Jun 2000 | 117D | Like “Star Wars” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 22 Jun 2000 | 53D | Like some struggles | Robert B. Baker |
| 16 Apr 2000 | 92A | Vast | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 14 Mar 2000 | 19D | Cast-of-thousands film | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| 6 Mar 2000 | 3D | “Ben-Hur,” e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
| 11 Jan 2000 | 7D | Sweeping story | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 13 Dec 1999 | 62D | Many a DeMille film | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| 14 Sep 1999 | 56D | “Ulysses,” for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 23 Aug 1999 | 59D | Like some proportions | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 1 Jun 1999 | 61A | Many a miniseries | Myles Callum |
| 23 May 1999 | 38D | Sweeping | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 2 May 1999 | 2D | Larger-than-life | Jim Page |
| 30 Mar 1999 | 36D | DeMille-type film | Randy Sowell |
| 24 Mar 1999 | 5A | Multigenerational story | Nancy Salomon |
| 6 Jan 1999 | 29A | “Gandhi,” for one | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| 8 Nov 1998 | 114D | Big story | Fred Piscop |
| 25 Oct 1998 | 99D | Sword-and-sandal flick | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 29 Sep 1998 | 55D | Colossal | Thomas W. Schier |
| 26 May 1998 | 65A | Kind of proportions | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 31 Jan 1998 | 45A | Majestic | Rich Norris |
| 5 Jan 1998 | 18D | Like the “Iliad” and “Odyssey” | Mark Moldowsky |
| 27 Oct 1997 | 55D | Grand, as an adventure | Mark Gottlieb |
| 20 Oct 1997 | 10A | “Iliad” or “Aeneid,” e.g. | Peter Gordon |
| 25 Sep 1997 | 21A | Sweeping | Mark Diehl |
| 18 Aug 1997 | 8D | Many a Cecil B. De Mille film | Joel D. Lafargue |
| 6 Jul 1997 | 24A | Grand | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 2 Jun 1997 | 28D | Kind of proportions | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 Mar 1997 | 9D | “Beowulf,” for one | Matt Gaffney |
| 8 Jan 1997 | 55D | “War and Peace,” e.g. | J. D. Leavy |
| 5 Jan 1997 | 41A | Monumental | W. R. Williams |
| 5 Nov 1996 | 65D | Quite a story | Jeremiah Farrell |
| 3 Nov 1996 | 121D | Stupendous | M. Nosowsky |
| 20 Oct 1996 | 76D | Of enormous import | R. Ross |
| 2 Oct 1996 | 2D | Kind of proportions | K. Hodge |
| 25 Sep 1996 | 11D | Miniseries, maybe | R. Norris |
| 22 Sep 1996 | 127A | Grand | C. Millhauser |
| 18 Jul 1996 | 48D | Big story | W. R. Williams |
| 28 Apr 1996 | 88A | Like some proportions | D. C. Baldwin |
| 16 Apr 1996 | 44A | “Paradise Lost,” e.g. | G. E. Paul |
| 15 Apr 1996 | 38A | Grand saga | S. L. Robbins |
| 8 Apr 1996 | 70A | “Iliad,” e.g. | S. B. Whitten |
| 18 Mar 1996 | 55A | Cecil B. DeMille work | S. L. Robbins |
| 24 Jan 1996 | 54D | “Iliad,” e.g. | J. Hess |
| 12 Dec 1995 | 60D | Not just an ordinary novel | Gregory E. Paul |
| 12 Nov 1995 | 39D | Miniseries, maybe | Randolph Ross |
| 26 Sep 1995 | 7D | Sweeping story | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel |
| 15 May 1995 | 46D | Grand story | Ernie Furtado |
| 21 Apr 1995 | 56A | Vast | Rand H. Burns |
| 20 Apr 1995 | 53D | Of majestic proportion | Raymond Hamel |
| 23 Feb 1995 | 61A | Hero’s tale | Daniel R. Stark |
| 25 Jan 1995 | 61D | DeMille genre | Norma Steinberg |
| 27 Dec 1994 | 9D | Of great size | Ernie Furtado |
| 29 Nov 1994 | 51D | Like Homer’s “Iliad” | Bernice Gordon |
| 4 Oct 1994 | 14A | Of grand proportions | Stanley B. Whitten |
| 24 Jun 1994 | 6A | “Paradise Lost,” for one | Mark Diehl |
| 25 Mar 1994 | 35D | “Iliad,” e.g. | Harvey Estes |
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