IDIOT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for IDIOT in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "IDIOT" answer was first appeared in "31 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Booby". It was authored by Janet R. Bender. Recently, the "IDIOT" answer has been used for "12 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Nincompoop". It was authored by Peter Gordon. "IDIOT" appeared 81 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "IDIOT" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2023 | 51D | Nincompoop | Peter Gordon |
| 28 Mar 2023 | 35A | Dostoyevsky novel about a “positively beautiful man,” with “The” | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| 29 Nov 2022 | 2D | Turkey | David Rockow |
| 29 Aug 2022 | 54D | Moron | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| 14 Jun 2022 | 32A | “It is a tale told by an ___, full of sound and fury”: Shak. | Robert Won |
| 2 Jun 2022 | 30A | Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” | Michael Lieberman |
| 23 Feb 2022 | 14A | Pinhead | Rose Conlon |
| 10 Oct 2021 | 91A | Dostoyevsky’s Prince Myshkin, so the book title declares | Brandon Koppy |
| 12 Sep 2021 | 17D | “Einstein,” sarcastically | Alex Rosen |
| 25 Jul 2021 | 52D | Buffoon | Chandi Deitmer |
| 23 Jun 2021 | 13A | Bozo | Kate Hawkins |
| 20 May 2021 | 18A | Doofus | Trenton Charlson |
| 11 Aug 2020 | 60A | Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| 4 Apr 2020 | 58A | Numbskull | Yacob Yonas |
| 19 Mar 2020 | 45D | Peabrain | Wayne Bergman and Gary Otting |
| 1 Nov 2019 | 42A | One who tells a tale full of sound and fury, per Macbeth | Robyn Weintraub |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 15A | Yo-yo | Damon Gulczynski |
| 2 May 2017 | 57D | Buffoon | David J. Kahn |
| 13 Dec 2016 | 52A | Numbskull | David Alfred Bywaters |
| 14 Oct 2016 | 9D | Birdbrain | Natan Last |
| 6 Jan 2016 | 48A | Dummkopf | Jules P. Markey |
| 20 Oct 2015 | 50A | Dodo | Sam Buchbinder |
| 12 Aug 2014 | 63A | Bonehead | Robyn Weintraub |
| 21 Jul 2014 | 23A | Dumb ox | Matt Fuchs |
| 22 Jun 2014 | 11D | Chowderhead | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 May 2014 | 51D | Numbskull | Tracy Gray |
| 7 Jan 2014 | 55D | Bonehead | Mark Bickham |
| 29 Oct 2013 | 7D | Moron | Robert Cirillo |
| 25 Feb 2013 | 2D | Birdbrain | Angela Olson Halsted |
| 2 May 2011 | 51D | Dum-dum | Caleb Madison |
| 18 Apr 2011 | 2D | Dodo | James Tuttle |
| 9 Nov 2010 | 15A | Bozo | Daniel A. Finan |
| 6 May 2010 | 29D | Numbskull | Dan Naddor |
| 14 Mar 2010 | 25D | Boob | Caleb Madison |
| 14 Feb 2010 | 12D | Teller of a tale “full of sound and fury,” per Macbeth | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 23 Jan 2010 | 62A | Goober | Karen M. Tracey |
| 29 Dec 2009 | 26D | ___-proof (easy to operate) | Peter A. Collins |
| 22 Dec 2009 | 50D | Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” | Robert A. Doll |
| 24 Jul 2008 | 37D | “You ___!” (cry while hitting oneself on the head) | Matt Ginsberg |
| 26 Dec 2007 | 37A | Yo-yo | Jim Page |
| 14 Sep 2007 | 55A | Jerk | John Farmer |
| 12 May 2007 | 57A | Fool | Rich Norris |
| 9 Apr 2007 | 11D | Moron | J. K. Hummel |
| 13 Mar 2007 | 53D | Birdbrain | Holden Baker |
| 6 Feb 2007 | 67A | Not exactly a brainiac | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 22 Aug 2006 | 37A | Half-wit | Michael J. Doran |
| 3 Jul 2006 | 2D | Doofus | Randall J. Hartman |
| 20 Feb 2006 | 64A | Chucklehead | Doug Peterson |
| 24 Dec 2005 | 49D | Dip | Byron Walden |
| 3 Dec 2005 | 16A | Dull type | Dana Motley |
| 20 Apr 2005 | 14A | Fool | Joe DiPietro |
| 18 Dec 2004 | 59A | A genius, no | Dana Motley |
| 2 Oct 2003 | 9D | Dunderhead | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 17 Sep 2003 | 11D | Real dope | Richard Silvestri |
| 7 Jul 2003 | 16A | Dunderhead | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 5 Jul 2003 | 45A | Word said with a head slap | David J. Kahn |
| 12 May 2003 | 53D | Dunderhead | Sarah Keller |
| 6 Mar 2003 | 14A | Kind of box | Cathy Millhauser |
| 23 Feb 2003 | 36D | Birdbrain | Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Feb 2003 | 21D | Dimwit | Myles Callum |
| 9 Jan 2003 | 30D | Dunderhead | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Aug 2002 | 31D | Dimwit | Manny Nosowsky |
| 30 Jan 2002 | 30D | Blockhead | Randall J. Hartman |
| 23 Oct 2001 | 16A | Bonehead | Leonard Williams |
| 1 Oct 2001 | 66A | Bonehead | Janice M. Putney |
| 28 Jun 2001 | 28D | No exemplar of erudition | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 18 Jun 2001 | 31A | Dummkopf | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 23 May 2001 | 51D | No-brainer? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 1 Feb 2001 | 26A | Dimwit | Frances Hansen |
| 24 Dec 2000 | 19A | Dunderpate | Bill Zais |
| 18 Dec 2000 | 51D | Pinhead | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 31 Aug 2000 | 24D | Blithering sort | Gene Newman |
| 21 Aug 2000 | 2D | Numbskull | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| 26 Apr 1998 | 20A | Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 19 May 1996 | 69D | Dolt | C. M. Deber |
| 5 Jul 1995 | 37A | Word before box or proof | Norman S. Wizer |
| 8 Jun 1995 | 13D | Blockhead | Chuck Deodene |
| 28 Mar 1995 | 52D | ___ savant | Christopher Page |
| 26 Nov 1994 | 47D | Dimwit | Manny Nosowsky |
| 19 Sep 1994 | 24D | Ninny | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 31 Jan 1994 | 57A | Booby | Janet R. Bender |
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