FEW is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for FEW in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "FEW" answer was first appeared in "5 Aug 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Small number". It was authored by Daniel R. Stark/Will Shortz. Recently, the "FEW" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Not a lot". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Small number". "FEW" appeared 52 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "FEW" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2023 | 60D | Not a lot | Seth Weitberg |
| 29 Nov 2023 | 17D | “Select” or “chosen” quantity | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 26 Jul 2023 | 34D | Not many | Mary Crane |
| 8 May 2023 | 28D | Not very many | Catherine Cetta |
| 4 Apr 2023 | 28D | ___ and far between | Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson |
| 26 Apr 2022 | 67A | Hardly any | Simon Marotte |
| 11 Mar 2022 | 50A | Smattering | Robyn Weintraub |
| 31 Dec 2021 | 53A | Sprinkling | Meghan Morris / Will Shortz |
| 15 Sep 2021 | 41D | Not many | Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz |
| 16 Apr 2021 | 56D | Quantity that sounds like an expression of relief | Tom Pepper / Will Shortz |
| 30 Dec 2020 | 57A | Adjective in a U.S. Marines ad | Kate Hawkins / Will Shortz |
| 22 May 2020 | 1D | Select ___ | Hal Moore / Will Shortz |
| 18 Mar 2020 | 42A | Small set | Ricky Cruz / Will Shortz |
| 29 Sep 2019 | 23D | Not many | Tom McCoy / Will Shortz |
| 19 Jul 2019 | 59A | Handful | Peter Wentz / Will Shortz |
| 19 Aug 2018 | 49A | Handful | Jacob Stulberg / Will Shortz |
| 21 Jun 2018 | 64D | Small number | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 30 Apr 2018 | 41D | Small bunch | Bruce Haight / Will Shortz |
| 7 Feb 2017 | 34A | “The ___, the Proud, the Marines” | Finn Vigeland / Will Shortz |
| 6 Nov 2015 | 36D | Not many | Ian Livengood / Will Shortz |
| 28 Aug 2015 | 52D | Couple or so | Samuel A. Donaldson / Will Shortz |
| 12 Mar 2014 | 60D | Not a lot | Jeff Chen / Will Shortz |
| 30 May 2013 | 44A | Small number | Julian Lim / Will Shortz |
| 4 Apr 2013 | 58D | Not many | Corey Rubin / Will Shortz |
| 8 Dec 2012 | 33A | How many are chosen? | Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz |
| 27 Sep 2012 | 57D | Small number | Joel Fagliano / Will Shortz |
| 8 Jan 2012 | 42A | Handful | Tony Orbach / Will Shortz |
| 10 Apr 2010 | 59D | Sprinkling | Kevin G. Der / Will Shortz |
| 5 May 2009 | 63D | Many’s opposite | Trip Payne / Will Shortz |
| 9 Mar 2009 | 67A | Small number | Betty Keller / Will Shortz |
| 4 Dec 2008 | 19D | Small number | Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz |
| 23 Sep 2007 | 40D | Small number | David Levinson Wilk / Will Shortz |
| 27 Aug 2007 | 48A | Small number | Steven Ginzburg / Will Shortz |
| 4 Jul 2007 | 46A | Not many | Patrick Blindauer / Will Shortz |
| 2 Apr 2006 | 41A | Sprinkling | Bob Klahn / Will Shortz |
| 15 Feb 2006 | 29A | “The ___, the proud, the Marines” | Byron Walden / Will Shortz |
| 15 Aug 2005 | 62D | Handful | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 14 Jun 2005 | 57D | Not very many | Sarah Keller / Will Shortz |
| 8 Feb 2004 | 7D | Elite group, with “the” | Randolph Ross / Will Shortz |
| 6 May 2003 | 20D | Not a lot | Karen M. Tracey / Will Shortz |
| 4 May 2003 | 112D | Description for the Marines | Tyler Hinman / Will Shortz |
| 23 Jun 2002 | 82D | “Chosen” number | Eric Berlin / Will Shortz |
| 31 Mar 2001 | 65D | “… let thy words be ___”: Eccl. | Rich Norris / Will Shortz |
| 13 May 2000 | 46D | Limited number | William S. Cotter / Will Shortz |
| 31 Dec 1999 | 27D | Oligarchical group | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 3 Feb 1999 | 41D | Small number | Glenn E. Sykes / Will Shortz |
| 20 Jul 1997 | 23D | Couple or so | Rich Norris / Will Shortz |
| 28 May 1996 | 41A | Select number | J. R. Bender / W. Shortz |
| 24 Sep 1995 | 53A | Chosen number | Randolph Ross/Will Shortz |
| 10 Sep 1995 | 45A | Small number | David J. Kahn/Will Shortz |
| 9 Sep 1994 | 39A | Chosen number? | Bob Klahn/Will Shortz |
| 5 Aug 1994 | 34D | Small number | Daniel R. Stark/Will Shortz |
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