GNU is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for GNU in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "GNU" answer was first appeared in "11 Apr 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Wildebeest (13)". It was authored by Martin Schneider. Recently, the "GNU" answer has been used for "8 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Serengeti grazer (3)". It was authored by Sid Sivakumar. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Bearded beast (13)". "GNU" appeared 114 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "GNU" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2023 | 89D | Serengeti grazer | Sid Sivakumar |
| 11 Aug 2023 | 62A | Horned one south of the Horn of Africa | John-Clark Levin |
| 24 Jul 2023 | 10A | African grazer | John Ewbank |
| 27 Mar 2023 | 21D | Bearded grazer | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| 17 Mar 2023 | 22A | Game from Africa | Carter Cobb |
| 27 Jan 2023 | 57D | Serengeti grazer | Joe Deeney |
| 19 Jan 2023 | 27D | Bearded grazer | Daniel Bodily |
| 21 Dec 2022 | 37D | Antelope with chin hair | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 8 Dec 2022 | 21D | Shaggy, horned beast | Grant Thackray |
| 30 Oct 2022 | 50A | Prey for a lion | Addison Snell |
| 7 Oct 2022 | 61D | Companion of a 1-Across, maybe | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| 6 Mar 2022 | 108D | Zoo animal whose name rhymes with “zoo” | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| 16 Dec 2021 | 20A | Grazer with a bushy beard | Trenton Charlson |
| 23 Aug 2021 | 9D | Wildebeest | Bruce Haight |
| 13 Jul 2021 | 60D | Prey for a lion | Bruce Haight |
| 24 May 2021 | 50A | Wildebeest | Adrienne Atkins |
| 9 May 2021 | 93A | Beast with a humped shoulder | Brad Wiegmann |
| 14 Mar 2021 | 92A | Stampede member in “The Lion King” | Jacob Stulberg |
| 4 Feb 2021 | 49D | Bearded beast | Derek Allen |
| 29 Mar 2020 | 48A | Bearded beast | Ricky Cruz |
| 4 Feb 2020 | 59D | Animal in a herd | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 22 Jan 2020 | 39A | Bearded beast | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 18 Jan 2020 | 28D | Old World grazer | Ryan McCarty |
| 25 Sep 2019 | 23A | African antelope | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 2 Aug 2019 | 49D | Animal that doesn’t have a sound coming out of its head? | Andrew J. Ries |
| 7 Apr 2019 | 43A | Bearded beast | Peter A. Collins |
| 1 May 2018 | 62A | African game | Jacob Stulberg |
| 3 Apr 2018 | 21A | Bearded beast | Damon Gulczynski |
| 21 Nov 2017 | 43A | Animal whose name sounds like a Greek letter | Brian Thomas |
| 20 Jun 2017 | 10D | Roamer of the Serengeti | Jason Flinn |
| 28 Mar 2017 | 39A | Lion’s prey | Ryan Milligan |
| 12 Feb 2017 | 34A | Bearded animal | Lynn Lempel |
| 28 Oct 2016 | 47A | Animal with horns | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| 9 Oct 2016 | 56D | Serengeti roamer | Michael Ashley |
| 23 Sep 2016 | 45A | Southern African game | Andrew Zhou |
| 24 Feb 2016 | 23D | Serengeti antelope | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 3 Nov 2015 | 44D | Prey for a lion | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joel Fagliano |
| 5 Oct 2015 | 25A | Young-sounding wildebeest | Mike Buckley |
| 15 Jun 2015 | 43D | Wildebeest | Mike Buckley |
| 14 May 2015 | 24D | Animal whose head makes no sound? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 24 Nov 2014 | 62D | African antelope | Robert Seminara |
| 9 Nov 2014 | 74A | Prey for a cheetah | Tom McCoy |
| 24 Nov 2013 | 58A | Bearded one | Gary Cee |
| 22 Aug 2013 | 32D | Animal whose young is a calf | Stu Ockman |
| 4 Jul 2013 | 35A | Cheetah’s prey | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| 3 Jun 2013 | 60A | African antelope | John Lampkin |
| 10 Feb 2013 | 24D | Animal whose head doesn’t make a sound? | Patrick Berry |
| 26 Dec 2012 | 38D | Bearded antelope | Dan Schoenholz |
| 23 Oct 2012 | 27D | Beast with a beard | Jules P. Markey |
| 12 Aug 2012 | 16D | Bearded beast | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Jan 2012 | 40A | Bearded beast of Africa | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 11 Jan 2012 | 42A | Serengeti herd member | Chuck Deodene |
| 27 Dec 2011 | 66A | Wildebeest | John Dunn |
| 7 Feb 2011 | 60D | Bearded African animal | Lynn Lempel |
| 9 Sep 2010 | 47A | Bearded beast | Kevin Wald |
| 6 May 2010 | 28D | Animal with a silent head? | Dan Naddor |
| 23 Feb 2010 | 50A | Wildebeest | Joanne Sullivan |
| 10 Feb 2010 | 63A | Animal whose name has a silent initial | Ed Sessa |
| 3 Jan 2010 | 97D | White-bearded Kenyan | Jeremy Newton |
| 20 Nov 2009 | 28A | Lions might score one | Alan Olschwang |
| 25 May 2009 | 42D | Bearded beast | Peter A. Collins |
| 19 Apr 2009 | 88A | Bearded beast | Will Nediger |
| 14 Nov 2008 | 57D | African with a white beard | Brad Wilber |
| 4 Aug 2008 | 63D | Wildebeest | Oliver Hill |
| 29 Jun 2008 | 27A | Animal with an onomatopoeic name | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| 15 Jun 2008 | 93A | Bearded beast | Jeremy Newton |
| 11 Mar 2008 | 44A | Bearded grazer | Eugene W. Sard |
| 11 Oct 2007 | 63D | Bearded beast | E. J. Platt |
| 12 Feb 2007 | 52D | Horned beast | Lynn Lempel |
| 24 Dec 2006 | 85D | Serengeti grazer | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 7 Sep 2006 | 11D | Beard wearer | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| 12 Jul 2006 | 25D | Bearded beast | Richard Chisholm |
| 7 Dec 2005 | 35A | Serengeti sighting | Manny Nosowsky |
| 30 Mar 2005 | 40D | Savanna sight | Richard Silvestri |
| 3 Jan 2005 | 23A | Wildebeest | Gregory E. Paul |
| 2 Nov 2004 | 29A | Wildebeest | Patrick Merrell |
| 5 Oct 2004 | 61A | Bearded animal | James R. Leeds |
| 1 Apr 2004 | 1A | One of a migrating herd | Byron Walden |
| 17 Dec 2003 | 4D | African grazer | Leonard Williams |
| 25 May 2003 | 140D | Bearded grazer | David J. Kahn |
| 22 May 2003 | 46A | Animal with a mane | Dan Reichert |
| 20 Apr 2003 | 85A | High-shouldered animal | Bill Zais |
| 13 Oct 2002 | 72A | Animal with curved horns | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 14 Sep 2002 | 56D | African with a mane | Bruce L. Bliven |
| 1 Jan 2002 | 68A | Safari animal | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Oct 2000 | 71D | Stocky antelope | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Jun 2000 | 29D | Bearded antelope | Peter Gordon |
| 17 May 2000 | 44A | Wildebeest | Michael S. Maurer |
| 6 May 2000 | 51A | Protected beast | Rich Norris |
| 5 Jan 2000 | 38D | Bearded antelope | D. J. DeChristopher |
| 12 Nov 1999 | 41A | It’s protected in South Africa | Joe DiPietro |
| 24 Oct 1999 | 85A | White-bearded grazer | Nancy Salomon |
| 29 Sep 1999 | 60A | Oxlike beast | Patrick D. Berry |
| 15 Aug 1999 | 118D | Safari sight | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Jun 1999 | 42D | Wildebeest | Ed Early |
| 19 Jul 1998 | 27A | African plains grazer | Nancy Salomon |
| 21 May 1998 | 39A | Hump-shouldered animal | Cathy Millhauser |
| 19 May 1998 | 38D | African antelope | William S. Cotter |
| 22 Feb 1998 | 101D | Hartebeest kin | Fred Piscop |
| 26 Apr 1997 | 37D | Beast of the genus Connochaetes | Frank Longo |
| 23 Mar 1997 | 77D | Lion’s prey | Bryant White |
| 4 Mar 1997 | 50D | Bearded creature | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Jan 1997 | 45A | Bearded beast | R. Hughes |
| 7 Dec 1996 | 60D | Brindled beast | R. H. Burns |
| 19 Oct 1996 | 10D | Veldt grazer | G. Petgrave |
| 7 Mar 1996 | 64D | Cousin of the eland | C. Millhauser |
| 8 Nov 1995 | 57D | African antelope | Glenn E. Sykes |
| 6 Sep 1995 | 67A | Bearded antelope | Peter Gordon |
| 18 Jul 1995 | 35A | African antelope | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 3 Jul 1995 | 39D | Wildebeest | Fred Piscop |
| 16 Apr 1995 | 46D | Endangered animal | Matt Gaffney |
| 12 Oct 1994 | 30D | Wildebeest | Gregory E. Paul |
| 4 Aug 1994 | 55A | Oxlike critter | Jim Page |
| 11 Apr 1994 | 22A | Wildebeest | Martin Schneider |
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