IDEA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for IDEA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "IDEA" answer was first appeared in "23 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Creative input". It was authored by Richard Silvestri. Recently, the "IDEA" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Brainstorm (28)". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Notion (24)", "Brainstorm (28)", "“The very ___!” (10)", "Inkling (11)", "Brainchild (8)", "“I had no ___!” (6)", "Concept (8)", "Inspiration (6)", "Conception (7)", "Bright thought (7)", "Think tank nugget (6)". "IDEA" appeared 365 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "IDEA" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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17 Dec 2023 | 105D | Brainstorm | Jeremy Newton |
6 Dec 2023 | 67A | “Here’s an ___ ⦔ | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
9 Nov 2023 | 24A | “The very ___!” | Simeon Seigel |
26 Oct 2023 | 21D | Inkling | John Donegan |
17 Oct 2023 | 14A | It’s just a thought | Dominic Grillo |
2 Oct 2023 | 48D | Bit of inspiration | Alexandria Mason |
4 Sep 2023 | 35D | Brainchild | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel |
6 Aug 2023 | 112A | Light bulb, in comics | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
17 Apr 2023 | 55D | Brainstorming product | Katherine Baicker and Scott Earl |
31 Mar 2023 | 52A | Something to think about | Rich Norris |
15 Mar 2023 | 14A | Brainchild | Michael B. Berg |
9 Mar 2023 | 59D | Brain spark | Simeon Seigel |
1 Mar 2023 | 55D | It’s just a thought | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
16 Jan 2023 | 11D | Brainstorming product | Michael Paleos |
1 Dec 2022 | 60A | The wheel was a good one | Daniel Mauer |
20 Nov 2022 | 69A | Nugget from a noggin | Joe Deeney |
21 Oct 2022 | 16A | Head light? | Rafael Musa |
12 Oct 2022 | 14A | “I have no ___” | Drew Schmenner |
30 Sep 2022 | 40A | Brain wave | David Karp |
29 Sep 2022 | 32D | Starting point for a plan | Jeremy Newton |
25 Sep 2022 | 35D | “The very ___!” | Meghan Morris |
20 Sep 2022 | 57D | “The faintest” thing | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
29 Jul 2022 | 26D | Impression | Robyn Weintraub |
12 Jun 2022 | 117A | Word implied in “I haven’t the foggiest” | Will Nediger |
2 Jun 2022 | 6D | “You have no ___” | Michael Lieberman |
13 May 2022 | 48D | One may be floated or rough | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
5 Apr 2022 | 64A | It’s a thought | Bruce Haight |
14 Mar 2022 | 64A | Notion | Stephen Hiltner |
28 Feb 2022 | 67A | One may be half-baked or brilliant | Zach Sherwin and Andrea Carla Michaels |
23 Jan 2022 | 4D | Creative springboard | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
20 Jan 2022 | 20A | Spark of a sort | Howard Barkin |
18 Jan 2022 | 40D | “What’s the big ___?” | Kate Schutzengel |
17 Jan 2022 | 35D | Bit of inspiration | Evan Mahnken |
13 Jan 2022 | 64A | Thought | Karen Lurie |
12 Jan 2022 | 14A | Cause for an aha | Adam Aaronson |
7 Dec 2021 | 55D | Starting place for an inventor | Margaret Seikel |
6 Dec 2021 | 58D | Notion | Emily Rourke |
29 Nov 2021 | 56D | “What’s the big ___?” | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
26 Nov 2021 | 66A | See 60-Down | Kate Hawkins |
14 Oct 2021 | 59D | Bit of creativity | Matt Fuchs |
30 Aug 2021 | 37D | Something that might pop into your head | Brooke Husic |
29 Jul 2021 | 11D | Gist | Trenton Charlson |
22 Jul 2021 | 41A | “Where’d you get that ___?” | John Guzzetta |
9 Jul 2021 | 51A | Piece of mind? | Robyn Weintraub |
1 Jun 2021 | 53D | It’s a thought | Finn Vigeland |
23 Apr 2021 | 52D | “The right” thing | Robyn Weintraub |
11 Apr 2021 | 117D | “The slightest” or “the foggiest” thing | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
7 Apr 2021 | 63A | Mental spark | Adrian Johnson |
10 Mar 2021 | 44D | It might occur to you | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
3 Jan 2021 | 97A | “The very ___!” | Paolo Pasco |
26 Nov 2020 | 30D | It’s a thought | Neville Fogarty |
10 Nov 2020 | 60A | Concept | Robert Fisher |
26 Oct 2020 | 55A | Brainstorming output | Eric Bornstein |
24 Sep 2020 | 14A | Creative nugget | Trenton Charlson |
9 Aug 2020 | 76A | Theory | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
30 May 2020 | 9D | What a germ may become | Brian Thomas |
13 Apr 2020 | 19A | Brainstorm | Evan Kalish |
6 Feb 2020 | 34D | “Here’s an ___ …” | Jake Halperin |
5 Dec 2019 | 15A | Brainstorming result | Neville Fogarty |
17 Nov 2019 | 92D | Conception | Randolph Ross |
9 Nov 2019 | 28D | It might be put in your head | Neil Padrick Wilson |
23 Sep 2019 | 11D | What a light bulb represents in the comics | Andrea Carla Michaels |
18 Jun 2019 | 19A | Mental flash | Jeff Stillman |
17 Jun 2019 | 28D | Brainchild | Erik Agard and Yacob Yonas |
23 May 2019 | 24D | Flash of genius, say | Alex Vratsanos |
2 May 2019 | 69A | It can be bounced off someone | Julie Bérubé |
30 Apr 2019 | 15A | “The very ___!” | Erik Agard |
13 Mar 2019 | 22A | Patent preceder | Jeffrey Wechsler |
10 Mar 2019 | 82D | Notion | Adam Fromm |
4 Mar 2019 | 51A | Brainstorm | Ellis Hay |
22 Feb 2019 | 18A | Patent prerequisite | Daniel Nierenberg |
1 Feb 2019 | 2D | Entrepreneur’s start | Ori Brian |
29 Nov 2018 | 27A | Start of creation? | Herre Schouwerwou |
25 Nov 2018 | 82D | “Any ___?” | Joon Pahk |
23 Oct 2018 | 35D | Brainstorm | Kathy Wienberg |
19 Jul 2018 | 2D | “You have no ___” | Mike Knobler |
17 Jul 2018 | 38D | Notion | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
2 Jul 2018 | 51D | What a light bulb indicates in cartoons | Evan Kalish |
16 Apr 2018 | 14A | Creative start | David Woolf |
14 Jan 2018 | 7D | Now there’s a thought! | Joel Fagliano |
18 Nov 2017 | 54D | Unpatentable thing | Sam Trabucco |
24 Oct 2017 | 16A | Spark, so to speak | Damon Gulczynski |
20 Oct 2017 | 6D | Conception | Peter Wentz |
14 Oct 2017 | 54D | It’s just in your head | Sam Ezersky |
12 Oct 2017 | 5A | Cents | Alex Eaton-Salners |
4 Oct 2017 | 33A | What a cartoon light bulb represents | Evan Mahnken |
22 Aug 2017 | 62A | “The very ___!” | Timothy Polin |
15 May 2017 | 65A | Notion | Peter Gordon |
16 Apr 2017 | 10A | Inspiration | Timothy Polin |
5 Mar 2017 | 69D | Think piece? | Timothy Polin |
22 Jan 2017 | 56D | Think tank product | Dan Schoenholz |
11 Jan 2017 | 68A | “I had no ___!” | Peter A. Collins |
15 Nov 2016 | 14A | What you may think of | David J. Kahn |
22 Oct 2016 | 31A | Suspicion | James Mulhern |
6 Oct 2016 | 15A | Clue | Timothy Polin |
6 Sep 2016 | 16A | “What’s the big ___?” | Timothy Polin |
29 Apr 2016 | 21A | It comes to a head | Andrew Kingsley |
27 Apr 2016 | 28D | What comes to mind | Jeff Stillman |
14 Apr 2016 | 63A | Noodle concoction? | Jason Flinn |
14 Mar 2016 | 28D | Notion | Lynn Lempel |
13 Mar 2016 | 117A | One that’s out of one’s head? | Tom McCoy |
21 Feb 2016 | 100D | Impression | Patrick Berry |
8 Feb 2016 | 48A | Brainstorm | Paolo Pasco |
1 Feb 2016 | 54D | Notion | Gary Cee |
27 Nov 2015 | 17A | “Paris is always a good ___” (line from the film “Sabrina”) | Peter Wentz |
4 Oct 2015 | 7D | It might begin with a “What if …?” | Jeremy Newton |
28 Aug 2015 | 49D | Bean sprout? | Samuel A. Donaldson |
22 Aug 2015 | 1D | One may get carried out | Barry C. Silk |
6 Jul 2015 | 49D | Brainchild | Lynn Lempel |
1 May 2015 | 50D | Noodle product | David Steinberg |
23 Apr 2015 | 8D | Something talked about in a TED talk | David Steinberg and Bruce Leban |
16 Oct 2014 | 27D | “Whose ___ was this?” | John Farmer |
21 Aug 2014 | 19D | Bean product? | Jules P. Markey |
5 Aug 2014 | 56A | Inkling | Lynn Lempel |
1 Jun 2014 | 30A | Start of something big? | Tom McCoy |
11 Mar 2014 | 16A | It may be just a hunch | Mel Rosen |
5 Mar 2014 | 24D | It may be bounced off someone | Evan Birnholz |
3 Mar 2014 | 54D | Notion | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
26 Nov 2013 | 24D | Inkling | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
26 Sep 2013 | 16A | Potential solution | Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas |
18 Sep 2013 | 12D | Writer’s block buster | Paul Hunsberger |
11 Aug 2013 | 59A | Fancy | Dan Schoenholz |
18 Jun 2013 | 38D | The thought that counts? | Tim Croce |
2 Jun 2013 | 25A | Thought | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
21 Apr 2013 | 79D | “What’s the big ___?” | Jonah Kagan |
10 Feb 2013 | 3D | Skull session result | Patrick Berry |
23 Dec 2012 | 111A | “No ___” (“Don’t ask me”) | Joe DiPietro |
9 Dec 2012 | 84D | Suspicion | Patrick Berry |
16 Nov 2012 | 60D | A good one is often carried out | Victor Fleming |
9 Oct 2012 | 62A | The thought that counts? | John Guzzetta |
4 Oct 2012 | 66A | It begins at conception | Bill Thompson |
19 Aug 2012 | 111D | Spark, so to speak | Freddie Cheng |
5 Aug 2012 | 61A | Think about it | Patrick Merrell |
12 Apr 2012 | 25A | It’s a thought | Michael Shteyman |
14 Mar 2012 | 12D | Word exclaimed after “no” or “good” | Dave Sarpola |
10 Mar 2012 | 50A | Possible solution | Patrick Berry |
13 Feb 2012 | 32D | Brainstorm | Ellen Leuschner and Victor Fleming |
10 Nov 2011 | 4D | Dome light? | Tim Croce |
30 Oct 2011 | 109D | Theory | Andrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer |
26 Oct 2011 | 31D | Noodle product? | Milo Beckman |
16 Oct 2011 | 81D | “You have no ___” | Joel Fagliano |
16 Aug 2011 | 17A | Brainstorm | David Steinberg |
5 Jul 2011 | 56D | Notion | Andrea Carla Michaels and Johanna Fenimore |
27 Jun 2011 | 42A | “You have no ___!” | Joseph Samulak |
7 Jun 2011 | 53D | Glimmering | David Liben-Nowell |
2 Jun 2011 | 29A | “Drawing is putting a line round an ___”: Henri Matisse | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
17 Apr 2011 | 104D | Something that can’t be patented | Matt Ginsberg |
20 Mar 2011 | 41D | “If at first, the ___ is not absurd, then there is no hope for it”: Einstein | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
3 Feb 2011 | 62A | — | Matt Ginsberg |
26 Sep 2010 | 110D | Notion | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
6 Sep 2010 | 59A | It’s just a thought | Randall J. Hartman |
31 Aug 2010 | 33D | Invention starter | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
1 Jun 2010 | 30A | Comic-strip light bulb | Sarah Keller |
4 Apr 2010 | 7D | Brain matter? | Bob Klahn |
16 Mar 2010 | 10D | It’s a thought | Paula Gamache |
26 Jan 2010 | 15A | Child of invention? | Paula Gamache |
18 Dec 2009 | 23A | Think piece? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
24 Nov 2009 | 12D | Inkling | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry |
22 Nov 2009 | 5D | Start of a plan | Patrick Merrell |
24 Sep 2009 | 14A | Noodle product? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
16 Sep 2009 | 3D | Mental flash | Maura B. Jacobson |
8 Jul 2009 | 5D | “Aha!” elicitor | Tim Wescott |
14 May 2009 | 31D | Head light? | David J. Kahn |
5 Mar 2009 | 27A | Coconut yield? | David J. Kahn |
18 Feb 2009 | 13A | It may be bright | Susan Gelfand |
21 Jan 2009 | 63A | Trial balloon, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
30 Dec 2008 | 29D | “What’s the big ___?” | Doug Peterson |
25 Dec 2008 | 35A | “No ___” (“Beats me”) | Eric Tentarelli |
9 Nov 2008 | 62A | Imagine that | Paula Gamache |
10 Jun 2008 | 50D | Something to think about | Barry C. Silk |
26 Feb 2008 | 64A | Mental flash | Sarah Keller |
24 Feb 2008 | 63D | Inspiration | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
27 Nov 2007 | 3D | Brainchild | Julie Ann Bowling |
11 Nov 2007 | 50A | Inkling | Alan Arbesfeld |
30 Oct 2007 | 36A | Theory’s start | Gary Steinmehl |
18 Oct 2007 | 41D | “The very ___!” | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
8 Oct 2007 | 14A | Think tank nugget | Steve Kahn |
13 Sep 2007 | 15D | Bean sprout? | Joe Krozel & Victor Fleming |
27 Jun 2007 | 35D | It pops into the head | Barbara Olson |
27 May 2007 | 21A | Reason to shout “Eureka!” | Patrick Berry |
14 May 2007 | 34D | Notion | Paula Gamache |
19 Apr 2007 | 49D | Fancy | Henry Hook |
1 Apr 2007 | 109D | Guess | Paula Gamache |
25 Jan 2007 | 35D | Fantasy | Manny Nosowsky |
5 Dec 2006 | 16A | “I had no ___!” | Kenneth J. Berniker |
27 Nov 2006 | 56D | Notion | Marlon R. Howell |
24 Oct 2006 | 21D | Think tank nugget | Gail Grabowski |
16 Sep 2006 | 54D | What comes to mind | Michael Shteyman |
19 Jul 2006 | 36D | Think about it | Alison Donald |
26 Jun 2006 | 35A | Notion | Randy Sowell |
16 Jun 2006 | 6A | What a germ may become | Alan Olschwang |
8 May 2006 | 56D | “You have no ___” | Norm Guggenbiller |
15 Feb 2006 | 14A | Cranial bulb? | Byron Walden |
2 Feb 2006 | 59D | Conception | Byron Walden |
23 Jan 2006 | 3D | Conception | Mark T. Milhet |
18 Dec 2005 | 123A | “Good ___!” | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
21 Nov 2005 | 30D | Genesis of an invention | Wesley Johnson |
21 Sep 2005 | 19A | Prelude to a solution | Anne Garellick |
14 Sep 2005 | 66A | “The very ___!” | David Elfman |
25 Aug 2005 | 55D | Just think of it | Manny Nosowsky |
16 Aug 2005 | 51D | Think tank nugget | Randall J. Hartman |
29 Jul 2005 | 59A | Piece of mind? | Kyle Mahowald |
21 Jun 2005 | 47A | Abstraction | Nancy Kavanaugh |
6 Apr 2005 | 14A | Trial balloon, e.g. | Michael Doran |
7 Feb 2005 | 53D | “I had no ___!” | Gordon Seaberg |
24 Jan 2005 | 21D | Bright thought | Sarah Keller |
24 Nov 2004 | 22A | Think tank nugget | Adam Cohen |
10 Nov 2004 | 17A | Noodle concoction? | David J. Kahn |
18 Oct 2004 | 37A | Concept | Steve Kahn |
25 Aug 2004 | 18A | Mental flash | Richard Silvestri |
13 Aug 2004 | 9D | Noodle product? | Harvey Estes |
2 Aug 2004 | 37D | Inkling | Holden Baker |
20 Jun 2004 | 72D | What comes to mind | Manny Nosowsky |
10 Jun 2004 | 61A | Inspiration | Paula Gamache |
29 Mar 2004 | 59A | Think tank output | Barry Silk |
24 Mar 2004 | 59A | Bean concoction? | Norma Johnson |
1 Mar 2004 | 11D | Brainstorm | Gail Grabowski |
29 Feb 2004 | 30A | Thesis basis | Patrick Merrell |
2 Feb 2004 | 12D | Notion | Gregory E. Paul |
15 Jan 2004 | 57D | What a germ may become | Patrick Merrell |
25 Dec 2003 | 38A | It comes to mind | John Underwood |
11 Dec 2003 | 8D | It has a germ | Ed Early |
11 Nov 2003 | 45A | Creative spark | M. Francis Vuolo |
19 Sep 2003 | 16A | It comes to mind | Manny Nosowsky |
17 Sep 2003 | 16A | Mental flash | Richard Silvestri |
11 Aug 2003 | 58D | Brainstorm | Randall J. Hartman |
30 Jun 2003 | 3D | “The very ___!” | Gregory E. Paul |
10 Jun 2003 | 58D | Bean product? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
12 Feb 2003 | 11D | Brainchild | Ed Early |
4 Feb 2003 | 14A | Notion | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
5 Jan 2003 | 76D | Head piece? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
2 Jan 2003 | 58D | Guess | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
17 Dec 2002 | 55D | Light bulb’s signification, in cartoons | Tyler Hinman |
4 Dec 2002 | 64A | Inventor’s start | Richard Hughes |
5 Nov 2002 | 56D | Creative spark | Fred Piscop |
30 Sep 2002 | 64A | Start of an invention | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
26 Sep 2002 | 25A | Matter for the gray matter | Manny Nosowsky |
23 Sep 2002 | 29D | Brainstorm | Peter Gordon |
15 Aug 2002 | 53D | Proposal | Manny Nosowsky |
13 Aug 2002 | 39A | Possible solution | Robert Malinow |
24 Jul 2002 | 50A | “What’s the ___?!” | Eric Berlin |
22 Jul 2002 | 63A | Brain wave | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
11 Jun 2002 | 55D | Creative spark | Nancy Kavanaugh |
22 Apr 2002 | 60A | Brain wave | Peter Gordon |
19 Feb 2002 | 21A | Inventor’s starting point | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
5 Feb 2002 | 3D | Inspiration | Alan J. Weiss |
24 Oct 2001 | 34A | Plan of action | Sarah Keller |
16 Sep 2001 | 14D | Just a thought | Bill Zais |
3 Sep 2001 | 57D | Clever thought | Peter Gordon |
21 Aug 2001 | 67A | Think tank nugget | Sarah Keller |
15 Aug 2001 | 33A | Glimmering | Karen Young Bonin |
30 Jul 2001 | 65A | Inkling | Nancy Kavanaugh |
10 May 2001 | 31A | Matter for the gray matter | Manny Nosowsky |
9 May 2001 | 64A | Edison product | Ethan Cooper |
1 May 2001 | 29D | Flash of inspiration | Stanley Newman |
9 Apr 2001 | 12D | “I had no ___!” | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
3 Apr 2001 | 58A | Brain wave | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
13 Mar 2001 | 8D | Notion | Michael S. Maurer |
8 Feb 2001 | 58A | Bit of planning | Manny Nosowsky |
8 Jan 2001 | 51A | Bright thought | Gregory E. Paul |
11 Dec 2000 | 14A | Brainstorm | Myles Callum |
10 Dec 2000 | 110D | Concept | Rich Norris |
24 Nov 2000 | 27D | Piece of one’s mind? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
30 Sep 2000 | 16A | Think about it | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
29 Sep 2000 | 13D | Noodle concoction | Bob Klahn |
13 Sep 2000 | 65A | Inkling | Jim Morton |
5 Sep 2000 | 67A | Notion | Chris Sallade |
28 Aug 2000 | 28D | Concept | Richard Hughes |
20 Aug 2000 | 127D | The light bulb, to Edison | Charles M. Deber |
15 Aug 2000 | 18A | Brain wave | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
1 Aug 2000 | 25D | Brainstorm | Randall J. Hartman |
18 Jul 2000 | 38D | Concept | Richard Silvestri |
12 Jul 2000 | 16A | Sneaking suspicion | William A. Ballard |
15 Jun 2000 | 26A | Brain popper | Edgar R. Fontaine |
7 May 2000 | 20A | Flash | Patrick D. Berry |
10 Apr 2000 | 42D | Brainstorm | Ed Early |
22 Feb 2000 | 31D | Light bulb, figuratively | Dorothy E. Donaldson |
14 Feb 2000 | 67A | Notion | Nancy Kavanaugh |
31 Jan 2000 | 65A | Notion | Peter Gordon |
26 Jan 2000 | 17A | Sneaking suspicion | Dan Reichert |
19 Jan 2000 | 14A | Patent prerequisite | Arthur S. Verdesca |
21 Dec 1999 | 37D | Notion | Richard Hughes |
20 Dec 1999 | 16A | “I had no ___!” | Nancy Salomon |
8 Dec 1999 | 26D | Inkling | Fred Piscop |
23 Nov 1999 | 30A | Bright thought | Nancy Salomon |
6 Nov 1999 | 61A | Fancy | Joan Bayer Williamson |
27 Sep 1999 | 12D | Inkling | Ed Early |
21 Sep 1999 | 15A | Conception | Stephanie Spadaccini |
20 Sep 1999 | 62A | Brainstorm | Gregory E. Paul |
14 Sep 1999 | 67A | “I had no ___!” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
25 Aug 1999 | 58D | Brainwave | Richard Hughes |
28 Jul 1999 | 69A | Start of something big? | Manny Nosowsky |
12 Apr 1999 | 33D | Concept | Diane C. Baldwin |
24 Mar 1999 | 7D | Inspiration | Nancy Salomon |
4 Mar 1999 | 35A | Designer’s need | Cathy Millhauser |
12 Jan 1999 | 14A | Brainstorm | Nancy Salomon |
18 Dec 1998 | 16A | Something to think about | Manny Nosowsky |
7 Dec 1998 | 58A | Inventive thought | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
16 Nov 1998 | 14A | Inspiration | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
27 Oct 1998 | 5D | Brainstorm | Peter Gordon |
17 Oct 1998 | 14A | It may be fixed | Bryant White |
27 Jul 1998 | 30A | It might make you say “Aha!” | Steven Picus |
29 Jun 1998 | 11D | The very notion | Gregory E. Paul |
21 May 1998 | 12D | Fancy | Cathy Millhauser |
30 Mar 1998 | 15A | Brainstorm | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
11 Mar 1998 | 51D | Think tank product | Bette Sue Cohen |
10 Mar 1998 | 58A | Concept | Patrick Jordan |
19 Jan 1998 | 56D | Notion | Gregory E. Paul |
28 Nov 1997 | 51D | Essay’s basis | Ed Pegg Jr. |
28 Oct 1997 | 57D | Bright thought | Bernice Gordon |
1 Oct 1997 | 17A | Brainstorm | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
16 Jul 1997 | 40A | Game plan | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
10 Jun 1997 | 54D | Brainstorm | Fred Piscop |
28 May 1997 | 12D | Brainstorm | Ed Early |
3 Apr 1997 | 17A | Think of it! | Richard Hughes |
11 Mar 1997 | 63A | Conception | Alan Arbesfeld |
26 Feb 1997 | 6D | Bright thought | Glenn E. Sykes |
24 Feb 1997 | 39A | Light bulb, in cartoons | Derek Allen |
9 Jan 1997 | 47A | Think of it! | C. Millhauser |
11 Nov 1996 | 64A | Brainstorm | S. Spadaccini |
7 Nov 1996 | 14A | Sneaking suspicion | G. R. Ferguson |
24 Sep 1996 | 9D | Brainstorm | S. Spadaccini |
18 Sep 1996 | 12D | “Good ___!” | D. J. Kahn |
7 Sep 1996 | 52D | Glimmering | B. White |
2 Sep 1996 | 67A | Brainstorm | F. Piscop |
5 Aug 1996 | 50A | Bright thought | F. Piscop |
29 Jul 1996 | 24D | “What’s the big___?” | F. Piscop |
28 Jul 1996 | 109A | Impression | N. S. Wizer |
23 Jul 1996 | 42A | Think tank output | G. E. Paul |
17 Jun 1996 | 54D | Bright thought | S. L. Robbins |
4 Jun 1996 | 58A | Brainstorm | E. Early |
27 May 1996 | 47D | Brainstorm | N. Steinberg |
17 Apr 1996 | 58A | Creative start | F. Heaney |
29 Mar 1996 | 54A | Meaning | C. Millhauser |
27 Mar 1996 | 56D | Brainchild | R. J. Hartman |
23 Jan 1996 | 14A | Brainstorm | B. Lubbers |
4 Dec 1995 | 3D | Thought | Sidney L. Robbins |
3 Oct 1995 | 66A | Stars : pain :: light bulb : ___ | Alan Arbesfeld |
7 Sep 1995 | 66A | Notion | Rich Norris |
7 Aug 1995 | 3D | Brainstorm | Sidney L. Robbins |
4 Aug 1995 | 36A | Think tank nugget | Chuck Deodene |
17 Jul 1995 | 10A | Notion | Kenneth Witte |
30 May 1995 | 33D | Think about it | Richard Hughes |
29 Jan 1995 | 58D | “The very ___!” | Bryant White |
28 Jan 1995 | 33D | Impression | Randolph Ross |
26 Dec 1994 | 56D | Notion | Gregory E. Paul |
14 Dec 1994 | 61A | Something to think about | Wayne Robert Williams |
14 Nov 1994 | 6A | Start of an invention | Sidney L. Robbins |
16 Oct 1994 | 96D | Inkling | Raymond Hamel |
13 Oct 1994 | 56A | Flash | Manny Nosowsky |
16 Sep 1994 | 40A | Imagine that! | Randolph Ross |
30 Aug 1994 | 62A | Concept | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
10 Aug 1994 | 5A | Sneaking suspicion | Ernie Furtado |
13 Jul 1994 | 64A | Conception | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
16 Jun 1994 | 9D | “The very ___!” | Jim Page |
11 May 1994 | 11D | Bit of brainwork | Harvey Estes |
8 May 1994 | 26A | Think of it! | Ralph G. Beaman |
11 Apr 1994 | 53D | Brainstorm | Martin Schneider |
5 Apr 1994 | 21D | “I have no ___!” | Harvey Estes |
13 Mar 1994 | 109A | Brainchild | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
25 Feb 1994 | 40A | Fancy | Bob Lubbers |
18 Feb 1994 | 15A | “The ___!” (hmmph!) | Manny Nosowsky |
8 Feb 1994 | 5A | Impression | Peter Gordon |
31 Jan 1994 | 54D | Madison Avenue product | Janet R. Bender |
23 Dec 1993 | 12D | Creative input | Richard Silvestri |
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