KISS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for KISS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "KISS" answer was first appeared in "26 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Smack (4)". It was authored by Kenneth Haxton. Recently, the "KISS" answer has been used for "27 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Slight contact, on a pool table". It was authored by Adrian Johnson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Smooch (8)". "KISS" appeared 56 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "KISS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2023 | 25A | Slight contact, on a pool table | Adrian Johnson |
| 11 Sep 2023 | 59A | Smooch | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| 9 Aug 2023 | 37D | Bit of conical-shaped candy | Caryn Robbins and Matthew Stock |
| 9 Jul 2023 | 35D | Peck | Christina Iverson |
| 28 May 2023 | 4D | One meaning of “X” | Chandi Deitmer and Taylor Johnson |
| 23 May 2023 | 49A | Lock lips | Lee Taylor |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 42D | Postnuptial response to glass-clinking | Ella Dershowitz |
| 13 Dec 2022 | 63A | Smooch | Julietta Gervase |
| 21 Dec 2021 | 5A | Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio | Guilherme Gilioli |
| 6 Sep 2021 | 59D | Candy item in foil | Joshua Rosenblatt |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 49A | Culmination of a wedding ceremony | Christopher Adams and Adam Aaronson |
| 10 Jun 2021 | 6D | X in XXX, maybe | Sheldon Polonsky |
| 27 Oct 2020 | 1A | Hershey’s foiled confection | Luci Bresette and David Steinberg |
| 16 Apr 2020 | 33A | With 35-Across, Cole Porter musical | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 26 Mar 2020 | 34A | Smack | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 28 Jul 2019 | 44A | Bite-size chocolate candy | Christopher Adams |
| 6 Nov 2018 | 19D | Meet face to face? | Alan Southworth and Yacob Yonas |
| 4 Nov 2018 | 26A | Give mouth-to-mouth to? | Patrick Berry |
| 12 Sep 2016 | 67A | What a lipstick print signifies | Victor Fleming and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 24 Jun 2015 | 1A | “Rock and Roll All Nite” band | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 3 Feb 2015 | 21A | SWA* | Joe Krozel |
| 25 Jan 2013 | 47D | Give lip to? | Joe DiPietro |
| 27 Dec 2012 | 10A | French ___ | Julian Lim |
| 26 Jul 2012 | 32D | Meet face-to-face? | Joel Fagliano |
| 13 May 2012 | 76A | Smack | Ben Tausig |
| 15 Sep 2011 | 23A | X | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 31 May 2011 | 18D | X, on a greeting card | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| 18 Mar 2010 | 33A | Request of a frog in a fairy tale | Daniel A. Finan |
| 27 Dec 2009 | 16D | New Year’s Eve action | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Apr 2009 | 55D | Smooch | Natan Last |
| 31 Jan 2009 | 54D | It’s often planted | Ken Bessette |
| 4 Dec 2007 | 35A | Hershey confection | Alison Donald |
| 28 Feb 2005 | 53A | Smooch | Marjorie Berg |
| 7 Jun 2004 | 10A | Smooch | Lynn Lempel |
| 23 Sep 2003 | 32D | Part of S.W.A.K. | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| 3 Aug 2003 | 52D | Rodin sculpture, with “The” | Jim Page |
| 4 Jul 2003 | 58D | Meeting of heads? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Oct 2002 | 56D | Barely touch, on a pool table | Richard Silvestri |
| 15 Aug 2000 | 45A | Lip service? | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| 13 Jan 1999 | 3D | It’s sometimes stolen | Richard Silvestri |
| 2 Sep 1998 | 46A | What X may represent | Randall J. Hartman |
| 3 Mar 1998 | 18A | Smack | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 Aug 1997 | 21D | Smooch | Daniel Halfen |
| 18 Sep 1996 | 23D | Rodin sculpture, with “The” | D. J. Kahn |
| 10 Jun 1996 | 10D | Smooch | S. Spadaccini |
| 8 Mar 1996 | 19A | Donne’s “last lamenting” thing | R. Ross |
| 11 Oct 1995 | 1A | Rodin sculpture, with “The” | Mary E. Brindamour |
| 18 May 1995 | 43A | Smooch | Chuck Deodene |
| 12 Feb 1995 | 16D | 1930 hit “The ___ Waltz” | Alex & Victoria Black |
| 9 Feb 1995 | 25D | Rodin work with “The” | Richard Thomas |
| 20 Aug 1994 | 57A | Rodin work, With “The” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 17 Jul 1994 | 115A | Stolen item that’s often returned | Cathy Millhauser |
| 25 Mar 1994 | 41D | One method of sealing | Harvey Estes |
| 30 Jan 1994 | 91D | Philematologist’s study | Alex K. Justin |
| 28 Jan 1994 | 39A | Conical candy | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 Jan 1994 | 58A | Smack | Kenneth Haxton |
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