IRANI is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for IRANI in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "IRANI" answer was first appeared in "6 Apr 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Persian". It was authored by Ed Stein. Recently, the "IRANI" answer has been used for "3 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Many a Shiite (2)". It was authored by Tracy Bennett. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Tehran native (10)". "IRANI" appeared 97 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "IRANI" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2023 | 78D | Many a Shiite | Tracy Bennett |
| 23 Jun 2023 | 28D | Many a Zoroastrian | Kunal Nabar |
| 5 Feb 2023 | 14D | Many a Zoroastrian | Jeremy Newton |
| 5 Nov 2022 | 15A | Many a Zoroastrian | John Westwig |
| 27 Apr 2021 | 52D | Tehran native | Jeff McDermott |
| 3 Oct 2019 | 55D | Neighbor of a Pakistani | Ricky Cruz |
| 9 Jun 2019 | 111D | Shiraz native | Seth A. Abel |
| 2 May 2019 | 51D | Rial spender | Julie Bérubé |
| 27 Jun 2018 | 11D | Modern Persian | Ned White |
| 22 May 2017 | 59D | Tehran native | Gary Kennedy |
| 6 Jul 2016 | 7D | Kurd, perhaps | David Woolf |
| 4 Mar 2016 | 56A | Like the cities Yazd and Shiraz | Evans Clinchy |
| 10 Nov 2015 | 14A | Tehran resident | Will Treece |
| 26 Sep 2015 | 35D | Many a Shiite | David Woolf |
| 19 Sep 2015 | 48A | Hormuz habitant | Kevin Adamick |
| 22 May 2015 | 48A | Like some Pashto speakers | David Woolf |
| 19 Dec 2014 | 6D | Almost any character in Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater” | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| 30 Oct 2014 | 15D | Qom resident, e.g. | David Woolf |
| 18 Feb 2014 | 53D | Ayatollah Khomeini, for one | David Steinberg |
| 27 Jan 2014 | 33D | Resident of Tehran | James Tuttle |
| 20 Jan 2014 | 15A | Tehran native | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Jun 2013 | 29D | Hassan Rowhani, for one | Sean Dobbin |
| 3 Aug 2012 | 16A | One who comes from Qom | Jeff Chen |
| 5 Jun 2012 | 15A | Farsi speaker | Sharon Delorme |
| 3 May 2012 | 33A | Dinar spender | Neville Fogarty |
| 28 Feb 2012 | 19A | Modern Persian | Randall J. Hartman |
| 11 Dec 2011 | 118A | Neighbor of a Turkmen | Timothy Polin |
| 28 Nov 2011 | 31D | Tehran native | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 22 Aug 2011 | 42D | Tehran native | Milo Beckman |
| 2 Aug 2011 | 20A | Tabriz native | Albert R. Picallo |
| 23 May 2011 | 15A | Tehran native | Steve Salitan |
| 4 May 2011 | 26D | Khomeini, for one | Jeff Chen |
| 11 Jan 2011 | 10D | Farsi speaker | Sharon Delorme |
| 13 May 2009 | 25D | Certain Oriental rug maker | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 8 Nov 2008 | 44D | Meshed person | Byron Walden |
| 19 Feb 2008 | 2D | Tehran denizen | Victor Fleming |
| 17 Jan 2008 | 28D | Tabriz native | Matt Ginsberg |
| 13 Jan 2008 | 32A | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, e.g. | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 10 Jan 2008 | 42A | Citizen of Shiraz | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 Dec 2007 | 46D | Tehran resident | Gail Grabowski |
| 27 Sep 2007 | 43A | Present-day Persian | Peter Wentz |
| 3 Sep 2007 | 53A | Native of Tehran | Sarah Keller |
| 30 Jul 2007 | 37D | Tehran native | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 25 Mar 2007 | 34A | Qum native | Fred Piscop |
| 9 Jan 2007 | 15A | Tehran native | Ed Early |
| 10 Nov 2005 | 14A | Afghan’s neighbor | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| 29 Jul 2005 | 22D | Kharg Island resident | Kyle Mahowald |
| 26 Jan 2005 | 23A | Certain OPEC minister | Stanley Newman |
| 17 Jan 2005 | 14A | Tehran native | Alison Donald |
| 25 Sep 2004 | 9D | Kerman rug maker | Byron Walden |
| 22 Sep 2004 | 56D | Shiraz native | David J. Kahn |
| 13 Aug 2004 | 24A | Islamic Republic Day observer | Harvey Estes |
| 4 Jul 2004 | 122A | Shiraz native | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 14 Apr 2004 | 15A | Turk’s neighbor | Randolph Ross |
| 25 Feb 2004 | 16A | Shiraz native | Nancy S. Ross |
| 22 Feb 2004 | 106D | Farsi speaker | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 23 Jan 2004 | 28D | Kharg Island resident | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 8 Oct 2003 | 11D | Qom resident | Peter Sarrett |
| 7 Sep 2003 | 2D | Qum native | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Aug 2003 | 3D | Farsi speaker | Adam Cohen |
| 30 Jun 2003 | 10D | Tehran resident | Gregory E. Paul |
| 1 May 2003 | 50A | Dinar spender | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 8 Dec 2002 | 110D | Farsi speaker | Peter Gordon |
| 20 Aug 2002 | 18D | Farsi speaker | Bob Peoples |
| 15 Jul 2002 | 57A | Farsi speaker | John Leavy |
| 24 Jun 2002 | 26D | Citizen of Tehran | Trip Payne |
| 19 Jun 2002 | 14A | Farsi speaker | Janet R. Bender |
| 16 Dec 2001 | 66A | Farsi speaker | Fred Piscop |
| 13 Oct 2001 | 16A | Qom resident | Jim Page |
| 24 May 2001 | 31A | Neighbor of an Afghani | William I. Johnston |
| 1 May 2001 | 60A | Tabriz resident | Stanley Newman |
| 21 Feb 2000 | 18A | Tehran native | Randy Sowell |
| 6 Oct 1999 | 53D | Farsi speaker | Fred Piscop |
| 2 Oct 1999 | 39A | Farsi speaker | Rich Norris |
| 25 Apr 1999 | 5D | Mideasterner | Joe DiPietro |
| 25 Jan 1999 | 54D | Teheran native | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 26 Oct 1998 | 64A | Teheran resident | Robert Dillman |
| 22 Jan 1998 | 30D | Tabriz citizen | Patrick Jordan |
| 28 Dec 1997 | 81A | From Tabriz | Matt Gaffney |
| 3 Dec 1997 | 58A | Teheran native | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Oct 1997 | 26A | Azerbaijani neighbor | Cathy Millhauser |
| 9 Sep 1997 | 11D | Khomeini, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 12 Aug 1997 | 32D | Neighbor of an Afghani | Janet R. Bender |
| 26 Mar 1997 | 13A | Shiraz native | Richard Silvestri |
| 8 Jan 1997 | 16A | Khomeini, for one | J. D. Leavy |
| 8 Nov 1996 | 43D | From Esfahan | M. Gaffney |
| 21 Apr 1996 | 22A | Shiraz native | M. Gaffney |
| 26 Mar 1996 | 16A | Modern Persian | J. S. Marrone |
| 14 Jan 1996 | 41D | Afghani’s neighbor | C. Millhauser |
| 7 Jan 1996 | 57D | Mideasterner | Eric Albert |
| 9 Jul 1995 | 34A | Shiraz native | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 31 May 1995 | 58A | Rafsanjani, e.g. | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 1 Apr 1995 | 66A | Pahlavi, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
| 29 Nov 1994 | 2D | Shiraz native | Bernice Gordon |
| 23 Apr 1994 | 23D | Mideasterner | Manny Nosowsky |
| 10 Apr 1994 | 147A | Qum resident | Trip Payne |
| 6 Apr 1994 | 62A | Persian | Ed Stein |
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