ERSE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ERSE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ERSE" answer was first appeared in "28 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Hebrides language (2)". It was authored by Ronald C. Hirschfield. Recently, the "ERSE" answer has been used for "19 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Language akin to Manx". It was authored by Colin Ernst. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Gaelic language (8)", "Gaelic tongue (18)", "European tongue (8)", "Gaelic (17)", "Highland tongue (7)", "Highlands tongue (7)". "ERSE" appeared 154 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ERSE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2023 | 59D | Language akin to Manx | Colin Ernst |
| 6 Aug 2023 | 84A | Gaelic tongue | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Feb 2023 | 18A | Gaelic tongue | Margaret Seikel and Sophia Maymudes |
| 4 Feb 2023 | 50A | Language in which “Dia dhuit!” is “Hello!” | Kate Hawkins |
| 29 Jan 2023 | 120A | Language of the Emerald Isle | Rich Katz |
| 22 Jan 2023 | 87D | Language in which “puzzle” is “puzal” | Garrett Chalfin |
| 18 Dec 2022 | 9D | Hebrides tongue | Ryan McCarty |
| 14 Dec 2022 | 17A | Gaelic language | Matthew Stock |
| 14 Nov 2022 | 59D | Gaelic language | Taylor Johnson |
| 31 Oct 2022 | 9D | Gaelic dialect | Emily Carroll |
| 10 Apr 2022 | 9D | Language that’s a letter off from 26-Across | David W. Tuffs |
| 14 Dec 2021 | 14A | Gaelic language | Tao Platt |
| 14 Nov 2021 | 120D | Gaelic tongue | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| 8 Aug 2021 | 13D | Language related to Manx | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| 12 Jan 2021 | 49D | Gaelic language | Ross Trudeau |
| 18 Dec 2020 | 58D | Source of the word “trousers” | Damon Gulczynski |
| 16 Dec 2020 | 28A | Gaelic language | Ed Salners and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 15 Oct 2020 | 21D | Language that gave us “spunk” and “slogan” | Lindsey Hobbs |
| 23 Jun 2020 | 11D | Gaelic tongue | Jeff Chen |
| 3 Apr 2020 | 6D | Language in which “Hello, how are you?” is “Halò, ciamar a tha thu?” | Joe Deeney |
| 26 Dec 2019 | 47A | Highland tongue | Trenton Charlson |
| 15 Sep 2019 | 89D | Highland language | Andrew Kingsley |
| 10 May 2018 | 42A | Gaelic language | Caitlin Reid |
| 4 Nov 2017 | 9D | Scot’s tongue | Michael Shteyman |
| 10 May 2017 | 62D | Gaelic tongue | Ned White |
| 27 Apr 2017 | 59D | Scots Gaelic | Todd Gross |
| 26 Mar 2017 | 58D | European language | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| 23 Feb 2017 | 18A | Highland tongue | Jeff Chen |
| 18 Feb 2017 | 5D | Cousin of Manx | Steve Overton |
| 13 Dec 2016 | 10A | Gaelic language | David Alfred Bywaters |
| 16 Aug 2016 | 71A | Celtic tongue of the British Isles | Lynn Lempel |
| 16 Sep 2015 | 59D | Old World language | Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland |
| 8 Sep 2015 | 68A | Gaelic tongue | Jacob Stulberg |
| 6 Jul 2015 | 65A | Irish Gaelic | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 Nov 2014 | 26A | Gaelic tongue | Jacob Stulberg |
| 29 Jun 2014 | 70D | Highland tongue | Byron Walden |
| 21 May 2014 | 56D | Language that gave us “smithereens” | Mike Buckley |
| 3 May 2014 | 4D | Source of the word “trousers” | Sam Ezersky |
| 7 Mar 2014 | 49A | Language that gave us “slogan,” originally meaning “battle cry” | Matt Ginsberg |
| 3 Mar 2014 | 60D | Scottish Gaelic | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| 26 Jan 2014 | 10D | Gaelic tongue | Daniel A. Finan |
| 23 Jul 2013 | 64A | Language spoken around Loch Ness | Jean O’Conor |
| 14 Apr 2013 | 105D | Scot’s language | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Nov 2012 | 111D | The language GÃ idhlig | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 27 Sep 2012 | 24A | Language for a 37-Down | Joel Fagliano |
| 23 Sep 2012 | 69D | Language from which “clan” comes | Matt Ginsberg |
| 18 Aug 2012 | 59A | “Plaid” and “spunk” derive from it | Dana Motley |
| 11 May 2012 | 65A | Language from which “hubbub” comes | Natan Last |
| 15 Feb 2012 | 69A | Scottish Gaelic | Peter A. Collins |
| 8 Sep 2011 | 34D | Language from which “spunk” is derived | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 4 Feb 2011 | 15D | Relative of Manx | Ashton Anderson |
| 18 Jan 2011 | 7D | Gaelic tongue | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 22 Nov 2010 | 40A | Scots Gaelic | David Poole |
| 8 Nov 2010 | 59D | Gaelic tongue | John Dunn |
| 20 Oct 2010 | 20A | European tongue | Finn Vigeland |
| 26 Sep 2010 | 42A | Relative of Manx | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 19 Sep 2010 | 24D | Highland tongue | Kevin G. Der |
| 18 Jul 2010 | 105D | Celtic tongue | Robert W. Harris |
| 19 Oct 2009 | 40D | Gaelic | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 May 2009 | 24D | Manx relative | Peter A. Collins |
| 23 Apr 2009 | 22A | European tongue | Steve Dobis |
| 18 Mar 2009 | 9D | Gaelic tongue | Robert A. Doll |
| 1 Feb 2009 | 115A | European tongue | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| 7 Jul 2008 | 65A | Highlands Gaelic | Bob Klahn |
| 28 Jun 2008 | 53D | Manx relative | Byron Walden |
| 5 Jun 2008 | 60A | Celtic language | James Sajdak |
| 6 Feb 2008 | 65A | Gaelic tongue | Larry Shearer |
| 30 Dec 2007 | 46D | Highlands tongue | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 12 Nov 2007 | 30A | Celtic dialect | Harvey Estes |
| 12 Jul 2007 | 26A | Gaelic tongue | Michael Shteyman |
| 12 Jun 2007 | 57D | Gaelic language | Jonathan Gersch |
| 14 Apr 2007 | 7D | It’s spoken in Stornoway | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 17 Oct 2006 | 73A | Gaelic | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 10 Feb 2006 | 48A | European tongue | Harvey Estes |
| 6 Feb 2006 | 68A | Gaelic | Sheldon Benardo |
| 15 Dec 2005 | 22A | Hebrides tongue | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Sep 2005 | 57D | European tongue | Ben Tausig |
| 3 Apr 2005 | 26A | It’s heard in the Highlands | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 31 Jan 2005 | 36A | Gaelic tongue | Randall J. Hartman |
| 14 Nov 2004 | 117A | Highlands tongue | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 15 Oct 2004 | 40A | It’s spoken in Stornoway | Eric Berlin |
| 11 Oct 2004 | 49D | Gaelic tongue | Jim Hyres |
| 23 Jun 2004 | 62A | Highlands tongue | Jim Goodsell |
| 18 Jun 2004 | 23A | Language from which “galore” comes | David Quarfoot |
| 17 Jun 2004 | 45D | European tongue | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 25 Mar 2004 | 55D | Language of the British Isles | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O’Donnell |
| 24 Mar 2004 | 9D | Gaelic tongue | Norma Johnson |
| 27 May 2003 | 72A | Gaelic | PAtrick MErrell |
| 21 Apr 2003 | 15A | Gaelic | Randall J. Hartman |
| 12 Mar 2003 | 8D | European language | Myles Callum |
| 13 Jan 2003 | 58D | Scots Gaelic | Gregory E. Paul |
| 24 Oct 2002 | 36D | Irish relative | Patrick Merrell |
| 5 Jun 2002 | 29D | Gaelic tongue | Richard Silvestri |
| 17 May 2002 | 58A | Goidelic tongue | Joe DiPietro |
| 14 May 2002 | 65A | Gaelic tongue | Barry Callahan |
| 15 Apr 2002 | 61D | Scottish Gaelic | James P. Sharp |
| 18 Mar 2002 | 8A | Scottish Gaelic | John Greenman |
| 3 Mar 2002 | 89D | Skye writing | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Jan 2002 | 61A | Gaelic | Zack Butler |
| 10 Jan 2002 | 64A | Highlander’s tongue | Alex Vaughn |
| 15 Nov 2001 | 52D | Gaelic | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 13 Jul 2001 | 21A | Talk of the Gaelic | Manny Nosowsky |
| 7 Jul 2001 | 62A | Manx tongue | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 27 Feb 2001 | 51D | Gael’s tongue | M. Preston Sherwood |
| 25 Feb 2001 | 122A | Celtic tongue | Greg Staples |
| 10 Jan 2001 | 32D | Limerick language | Richard Silvestri |
| 19 Dec 2000 | 63D | Irish Gaelic | Fred Piscop |
| 18 Oct 2000 | 67A | Old World language | Thomas W. Schier |
| 28 Apr 2000 | 61A | European language | Joe DiPietro |
| 2 Dec 1999 | 61D | Old World language | Mel Taub |
| 8 Oct 1999 | 55D | Highland tongue | Nancy Salomon |
| 12 Aug 1999 | 60A | European tongue | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 13 May 1999 | 68A | Gaelic | Rich Norris |
| 23 Feb 1999 | 60A | Highland dialect | Robert Zimmerman |
| 9 Feb 1999 | 71A | Scots Gaelic | Janet R. Bender |
| 14 Dec 1998 | 71A | Gaelic | Randy Sowell |
| 11 Nov 1998 | 8D | Irish language | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Sep 1998 | 6D | Language spoken in Stornoway | Hugh Davis |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 80D | Highlands tongue | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 26 Jul 1998 | 120A | Hebrides tongue | Richard Silvestri |
| 14 Jul 1998 | 1D | Highlands tongue | Raymond Hamel |
| 3 May 1998 | 52A | Limerick language | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 11 Apr 1998 | 52D | Relative of Manx | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| 30 Jan 1998 | 50D | Gael’s tongue | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 8 Dec 1997 | 58A | Irish offshoot | Mary E. Brindamour |
| 26 Oct 1997 | 123D | Highland tongue | Cathy Millhauser |
| 17 Aug 1997 | 45D | Irish offshoot | Cathy Millhauser |
| 10 Aug 1997 | 144D | Language that gave us the word “whisky” | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 2 Aug 1997 | 11D | Hebrides language | Ed Early |
| 8 Jun 1997 | 43A | Scots tongue | Richard Silvestri |
| 28 May 1997 | 29D | Gaelic | Ed Early |
| 3 Feb 1997 | 33D | Language spoken in Dingwall | M. E. Brindamour |
| 4 Oct 1996 | 36D | European language | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| 13 Sep 1996 | 53D | Talk of the Gaelic | M. Nosowsky |
| 12 Aug 1996 | 40A | Gaelic | J. R. Bender |
| 7 Jul 1996 | 121A | Gaelic | R. H. Wolfe |
| 24 Mar 1996 | 29A | Gaelic | J. K. Brill |
| 5 Nov 1995 | 43A | Scottish Gaelic | Dean Niles |
| 21 Jul 1995 | 60A | Relative of Manx | Matt Gaffney |
| 4 Jun 1995 | 87A | Highlands tongue | Bryant White |
| 17 May 1995 | 53D | European language | Ed Early |
| 16 May 1995 | 55D | Gaelic | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Apr 1995 | 12D | Highland Gaelic | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 11 Feb 1995 | 12D | Relative of Manx | Randolph Ross |
| 27 Nov 1994 | 55D | Gaelic | Jacques Liwer |
| 17 Nov 1994 | 13D | Gaelic | Rich Norris |
| 12 Nov 1994 | 1A | Highlands tongue | Bryant White |
| 31 Oct 1994 | 58A | Gaelic | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 28 Oct 1994 | 26D | Robert the Bruce’s tongue | Bryant White |
| 4 Sep 1994 | 41D | Highland tongue | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 14 Aug 1994 | 129D | Celtic tongue | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| 19 Jun 1994 | 114D | European tongue | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| 5 May 1994 | 65A | Scottish tongue | Mel Taub |
| 28 Dec 1993 | 45A | Hebrides language | Ronald C. Hirschfield |
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