KEEL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for KEEL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "KEEL" answer was first appeared in "21 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Hull attachment". It was authored by Peter Gordon. Recently, the "KEEL" answer has been used for "5 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Ship’s backbone (3)". It was authored by Nate Cardin. "KEEL" appeared 55 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "KEEL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec 2023 | 24A | Ship’s backbone | Nate Cardin |
| 1 Mar 2022 | 69A | Ship’s backbone | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| 11 Oct 2021 | 48A | Tip (over) | Ben Pall |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 63D | Topple (over) | Trenton Charlson |
| 16 Jan 2021 | 20D | It’s below belowdecks | Sam Ezersky |
| 17 Mar 2020 | 58A | On an even ___ (steady) | Ross Trudeau |
| 13 Aug 2019 | 53A | Backbone of a boat | Lynn Lempel |
| 26 Jul 2019 | 51D | Balance beam? | Trenton Charlson |
| 26 May 2018 | 23A | Bottom of the sea? | Peter Wentz |
| 21 Jul 2017 | 40A | Place for barnacles | Paolo Pasco |
| 4 Sep 2016 | 41D | Ocean bottom? | Tom McCoy |
| 2 Jun 2016 | 21A | Something often described as “even” | Susan Gelfand |
| 19 Feb 2016 | 19A | Something a scow lacks | Jacob Stulberg |
| 7 Jul 2015 | 9D | What’s even on a ship? | Daniel Raymon |
| 18 Mar 2015 | 33D | What a ship’s ribs are connected to | Timothy Polin |
| 17 Aug 2014 | 124A | Shipbuilder’s starting point | Caleb Madison |
| 13 Aug 2013 | 43D | Topple (over) | Joel Fagliano |
| 23 Jun 2013 | 101A | Beam from one end to the other | Patrick Berry |
| 9 May 2013 | 9D | Start for a shipbuilder | Patrick Merrell |
| 13 Jan 2013 | 115D | Bow attachment | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Apr 2012 | 60D | Boat’s backbone | Steven Riley |
| 19 Feb 2012 | 70D | Bottom of the ocean? | James F. C. Burns |
| 18 Jan 2010 | 12D | Nautical bottom | Adam Cohen |
| 22 Apr 2009 | 25A | F-G | Daniel A. Finan |
| 30 Dec 2007 | 76D | Fall (over) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Nov 2007 | 89A | It should be even | Bob Klahn |
| 17 May 2007 | 39A | Nautical stabilizer | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 7 May 2007 | 4D | Part of a hull | Janet Bender |
| 5 Mar 2007 | 47D | It runs from stem to stern | Fred Piscop |
| 31 Dec 2005 | 18A | Ship, to a poet | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 14 Nov 2004 | 113A | Ship part | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 19 Oct 2004 | 1A | Fall (over) | Adam Cohen |
| 22 Aug 2004 | 38D | Frigate part | Cathy Millhauser |
| 15 Feb 2004 | 13D | Stem-to-stern item | Derrick Niederman |
| 2 Jul 2003 | 63D | Ship’s backbone | Barbara Olson |
| 17 Dec 2002 | 29A | Fall (over) | Tyler Hinman |
| 11 Dec 2002 | 36D | It goes from stem to stern | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 19 May 2002 | 16D | Hull part | Cathy Millhauser |
| 15 Jun 2001 | 55A | The constellation Carina | Manny Nosowsky |
| 22 Apr 2001 | 64A | Nautical centerpiece | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Jan 2001 | 33A | Hull projection | Peter Gordon |
| 3 Jan 2001 | 59D | Boat’s backbone | Fred Piscop |
| 11 May 2000 | 8D | Fall (over) | Peter Abide |
| 15 Apr 1998 | 68A | Longitudinal boat timber | Michael S. Maurer |
| 30 Sep 1997 | 58A | Ship’s spine | Nancy Schuster |
| 24 Dec 1996 | 8D | Ship’s central beam | E. C. Gorski |
| 25 Apr 1996 | 24A | Ship, in poesy | W. Canine |
| 11 Mar 1996 | 13D | Boat’s bottom | R. Zimmerman |
| 1 Nov 1995 | 52D | Fall (over) | D. J. DeChristopher |
| 27 Jun 1995 | 44A | Fall in a faint, with “over” | Diane C. Baldwin |
| 11 Jun 1995 | 104A | It should be even | Coral Amende |
| 29 Nov 1994 | 43A | “Dallas” actor Howard | Bernice Gordon |
| 20 Jul 1994 | 1A | It goes from stem to stern | Harvey Estes |
| 1 Jun 1994 | 40A | Boat’s backbone | Bob Lubbers |
| 21 Nov 1993 | 36D | Hull attachment | Peter Gordon |
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