HAIKU

HAIKU is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for HAIKU in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "HAIKU" answer was first appeared in "5 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Matsuo Basho work". It was authored by Rand H. Burns / Will Shortz. Recently, the "HAIKU" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "17-syllable verse". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. "HAIKU" appeared 28 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "HAIKU" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
19 Dec 2023 12D 17-syllable verse Seth Weitberg
5 Jul 2023 46D “What Richard Wright wrote” could be the first line of one Joe Deeney
24 Jul 2020 23D Bit of poetry with the same syllable count as this very clue Grant Thackray / Will Shortz
21 Oct 2019 9A “The west wind whispered, / And touched the eyelids of spring: / Her eyes, Primroses,” for a classic example Joe Deeney / Will Shortz
12 Aug 2018 17D Poem name whose singular and plural forms are the same Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz
6 Jan 2018 44A Writing form even more constrained than a tweet Peter Wentz / Will Shortz
21 Feb 2017 51D 5-7-5 verse Timothy Polin / Will Shortz
13 Feb 2017 13D Poem like “The swallow flies up / Into a blue evening sky, / Summer’s small herald” Brent Sverdloff and Michael Blake / Will Shortz
27 Apr 2016 14A Three-line work Jeff Stillman / Will Shortz
20 Mar 2016 77A One-stanza poem Joel Fagliano / Will Shortz
3 Jan 2015 5D Traditional three-liner Sam Ezersky / Will Shortz
13 Nov 2014 15A Exercise in brevity Tracy Gray / Will Shortz
11 Nov 2014 10D Three-line verse James Mulhern / Will Shortz
9 Oct 2014 52D “An old silent pond / A frog jumps into the pond / Splash! Silence again,” e.g. Joel Fagliano / Will Shortz
6 Jun 2011 31D Poem with exactly 17 syllables Gary Whitehead / Will Shortz
23 Nov 2010 32D Japanese verse form Richard Chisholm / Will Shortz
19 Jul 2008 47D One-stanza poem Todd McClary / Will Shortz
15 Mar 2006 49A Evocative three-line verse Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz
24 Oct 2005 48D Three-line poem Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz
22 Jul 2004 45D Three-line work Greg Staples / Will Shortz
11 Apr 2003 55A Epigrammatic verse Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
7 Oct 2002 14A Poem with 17 syllables Greg Staples / Will Shortz
3 Jul 2002 14A Japanese verse Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
24 Jul 2001 11D Japanese verse Gayle Dean / Will Shortz
29 May 2000 30D Japanese verse Randall J. Hartman / Will Shortz
28 Sep 1997 42D Eastern verse Robert H. Wolfe / Will Shortz
30 Jun 1997 25D 17-syllable poem Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
5 Feb 1994 4D Matsuo Basho work Rand H. Burns / Will Shortz

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