IDEAL

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

This "IDEAL" answer was first appeared in "12 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Perfect (26)". It was authored by Cathy Millhauser. Recently, the "IDEAL" answer has been used for "26 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Best-case". It was authored by Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Perfect (26)". "IDEAL" appeared 120 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "IDEAL" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
26 Nov 2023 60D Best-case Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman
7 Sep 2023 57D Dream Ryan Patrick Smith
25 May 2023 16A ___ gas law (pV = nRT) Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin
25 Mar 2023 1A Like Camelot, where “the snow may never slush upon the hillside” Robyn Weintraub
7 Feb 2023 71A Optimal Ellen Leuschner
1 Feb 2023 48D Unbeatable Dan Caprera
4 Dec 2022 35A Like a dream scenario Gustie Owens
26 Jun 2022 104D Perfect Matthew Stock and Finn Vigeland
7 Mar 2022 23D As good as it gets Sam Acker
14 Nov 2021 83D Perfect Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
9 Nov 2021 31A Best possible Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson
7 Jun 2021 47D Perfect Erika Ettin
18 Jan 2021 31A Utopian Jeff Stillman
20 Dec 2020 17A Something to shoot for Randolph Ross
16 Mar 2020 11D Perfect Gary Cee
25 Aug 2019 75D Perfect Matt Ginsberg
1 Jun 2019 41D As good as it gets Ari Richter
29 Mar 2019 14A Apotheosis Martin Ashwood-Smith
29 Jan 2019 61A Paragon Benjamin Kramer
18 Dec 2018 8D It can’t be improved upon Ross Trudeau
8 Nov 2018 54D It doesn’t get any better than this Sam Ezersky
16 Oct 2017 11D Like a five-star Yelp review Jennifer Nutt
3 Oct 2017 8D Something to strive for Chuck Deodene
19 Jul 2017 47A 10 out of 10 Michael S. Maurer and Pawel Fludzinski
16 Jul 2017 94D As good as it gets Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller
6 Apr 2017 27D Model Damon Gulczynski
22 Dec 2016 50A Perfect Mark MacLachlan
27 Nov 2016 15D Unimprovable Matt Ginsberg
31 Oct 2016 52D Perfect Peter A. Collins
27 Mar 2016 80D Best Patrick Blindauer
31 Jan 2016 13D 10, say Yaakov Bendavid
7 Dec 2015 22A Perfect Jason Mueller
17 Sep 2015 61A Opposite of dystopian Timothy Polin
5 May 2015 66A Toy company that once made the Magic 8 Ball Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels
26 Feb 2015 14A Utopian Caleb Emmons
24 Feb 2015 33A Best possible Elizabeth A. Long
18 Jan 2015 68D Toy company that made Betsy Wetsy Joe Krozel
12 Oct 2014 18D World peace, e.g. Pawel Fludzinski
13 Sep 2014 55A Toy company that introduced Rubik’s Cube Josh Knapp
3 Jan 2014 60A Perfect Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
17 Jul 2013 28D Rating a 10, say Robyn Weintraub
25 Feb 2013 14A Perfect Angela Olson Halsted
1 Nov 2012 27D Model George Barany and Victor Barocas
22 Aug 2012 66A Worth a 10 Peter A. Collins
16 Aug 2012 62A Unbeatable Ethan Cooper
8 Jan 2012 18D Model Tony Orbach
14 Oct 2009 7D Standard of perfection Richard Silvestri
28 Jul 2009 62A Perfect Tony Orbach
8 Jul 2009 15A “In an ___ world …” Tim Wescott
30 Mar 2009 30D Like a score of 10 for 10 Andrea Carla Michaels
26 Nov 2008 46A Nonpareil Harvey Estes
24 Nov 2008 52D Just right Billie Truitt
26 Oct 2008 50A Beau ___ Daniel C. Bryant
1 Jul 2008 3D Unimprovable Ken Bessette
13 May 2008 1A Perfect Caleb Madison
12 May 2008 39A Like a score of 10 of a possible 10 Randall J. Hartman
18 Apr 2008 12D Best Joe DiPietro
10 Feb 2008 27A Toy company that launched Rubik’s Cube Bill Zais
4 Feb 2008 5A Like a score of 10 out of 10 Dave and Tracy Mackey
23 Apr 2007 48D Perfect David Pringle
28 Mar 2007 52D Old toy company that made Rubik’s Cube Burton Clemans
20 May 2006 10A Goal Bob Klahn
13 Apr 2006 16A Model Barry Silk
17 Oct 2005 26D Perfect Gregory E. Paul
13 Jun 2005 50D Perfect Earl W. Reed
2 Feb 2005 51D Ultimate goal Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon
31 Jan 2005 33D Perfect Randall J. Hartman
17 Jan 2005 15A Perfect Alison Donald
29 Nov 2004 31D Standard of perfection Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon
15 Nov 2004 1D Perfect Alison Donald
19 Oct 2004 15A 10 out of 10, e.g. Adam Cohen
13 Sep 2004 40D Rarely-met goal Jay Giess
3 May 2004 32D Perfect Gregory E. Paul
24 Nov 2003 17A Perfect Nancy Kavanaugh
19 Jun 2003 35A Something to shoot for Randolph Ross
16 Dec 2002 40D Perfect Jim Hyres
9 Aug 2002 18A Model Martin Ashwood-Smith
6 Aug 2002 37A Most suitable Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman
2 Aug 2002 39A Best Elizabeth C. Gorski
3 May 2002 40D Thumbelina doll maker William I. Johnston
31 Jan 2002 16A Something to shoot for Bruce F. Adams
19 Jun 2001 44A Like a 10 Tyler Hinman
4 Mar 2001 114A Classic toy company Cathy Millhauser
3 Jan 2001 54D Worth a ten Fred Piscop
17 Dec 2000 71D Epitomic Frances Hansen
25 Apr 2000 21A Rating a 10, say Randall J. Hartman
28 Feb 2000 22D Rating a 10 Jerry E. Rosman
29 Sep 1999 16A Suitable in every way Patrick D. Berry
28 Feb 1999 61D Model Dave Tuller
25 Jan 1999 16A Best Fran and Lou Sabin
17 Sep 1998 18A Perfectionist’s aim Robert H. Wolfe
19 Jul 1998 80A 10, in a way Nancy Salomon
22 Jun 1998 19A Perfect Shannon Burns
19 Mar 1998 41A 10 out of 10 Manny Nosowsky
1 Mar 1998 30A Objective Cathy Millhauser
28 Jan 1998 15A 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Mark Gottlieb
24 Nov 1997 48A Perfect Alex K. Justin
20 Feb 1997 24A Miss America, to some D. J. Kahn
16 Feb 1997 60D The best M. Gaffney
26 Jan 1997 95A Consummate S. Elliott
5 Nov 1996 58D 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Jeremiah Farrell
22 Jul 1996 17A Perfect S. L. Robbins
3 Apr 1996 22A Best M. Gaffney
4 Mar 1996 54D Perfect S. B. Whitten
12 Dec 1995 19A Old toy company Gregory E. Paul
21 Aug 1995 43A Having no drawbacks Sidney L. Robbins
15 Aug 1995 43A Perfection Randall J. Hartman
30 Jul 1995 51D Nonpareil Charles M. Deber
13 Jul 1995 50A Rubik’s Cube company A.J. Santora
20 Mar 1995 14A Perfection Sidney L. Robbins
26 Feb 1995 21A Ne plus ultra Fred Piscop
30 Oct 1994 53D Flawless R. M. Hopkins
24 Aug 1994 15A Paradigm Robert Herrig
7 Aug 1994 20A Ne plus ultra Dean Niles
29 May 1994 3D Pinnacle Janet R. Bender
8 Mar 1994 47D Model Harvey Estes
25 Feb 1994 32D Standard Bob Lubbers
16 Feb 1994 35D Exemplar John Greenman
25 Jan 1994 31A Old toy company Joel Davajan
12 Dec 1993 108D Perfect Cathy Millhauser

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