LAO is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LAO in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LAO" answer was first appeared in "9 Oct 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Film “7 Faces of Dr. ___”". It was authored by Bryant White. Recently, the "LAO" answer has been used for "9 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "People with a language of the same name (2)". It was authored by Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Philosopher ___-tzu (7)". "LAO" appeared 139 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LAO" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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9 Dec 2023 | 54D | People with a language of the same name | Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson |
12 Oct 2023 | 7D | Language in which the first five numbers are nung, song, sam, si, ha | John Nagamichi Cho |
24 Sep 2023 | 89D | Language in which “hello” is ສະàºàº²àºàºàºµ | Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson |
19 Sep 2023 | 14D | Language of Vientiane | Gia Bosko |
26 Jun 2023 | 57A | Language related to Thai | Taylor Johnson and Christina Iverson |
24 May 2023 | 59D | Dweller on the Mekong River | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
23 May 2023 | 9D | Language spoken west of 15-Across | Lee Taylor |
19 Apr 2023 | 21D | Mekong Valley language | Joe Deeney |
21 Mar 2023 | 7D | Southeast Asian language | Michael Lieberman |
10 Feb 2023 | 24D | Language spoken near the Thai region of Isan | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
22 Jan 2023 | 62A | Language in which “puzzle” is “pid sa” | Garrett Chalfin |
9 Jan 2023 | 29D | Language spoken in Vientiane | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian |
3 Mar 2022 | 27A | ___ People’s Democratic Republic | August Lee-Kovach |
12 Feb 2022 | 22A | People with a language of the same name | Mary Lou Guizzo |
11 Feb 2022 | 30A | Language spoken along the Mekong | Trenton Charlson |
8 Feb 2022 | 49A | Vientiane local | Adam Aaronson, Jack Joshi and Jackson Janes |
6 Jan 2022 | 62D | Language in which most words are monosyllabic | Andrew Linzer |
18 Nov 2021 | 13A | ___-tzu | Ori Brian |
24 Oct 2021 | 20A | Language in the Tai family | Katie Hale |
10 May 2021 | 8D | Language akin to Thai | Zhouqin Burnikel |
6 Apr 2021 | 25D | Language akin to Thai | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
15 Mar 2021 | 63D | Philosopher ___-tzu | Philip K. Chow |
14 Mar 2021 | 9D | Language not traditionally written with spaces between words | Jacob Stulberg |
9 Feb 2021 | 49A | Philosopher ___-tzu | Colin Ernst |
14 Oct 2020 | 10D | Language with more than 25 vowel sounds | Rich Proulx |
13 Sep 2020 | 20A | ___ People’s Democratic Republic | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
11 Sep 2020 | 42A | Sister language of Thai | Caitlin Reid and Erik Agard |
30 Aug 2020 | 91A | Southeast Asian language | Olivia Mitra Framke |
6 Aug 2020 | 42A | Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic | Derek Allen and Jeff Chen |
16 Apr 2020 | 47D | Thai neighbor | Alan Arbesfeld |
14 Mar 2020 | 34A | Thai neighbor | Peter Wentz |
22 Jan 2020 | 42A | Language akin to Thai | Alex Eaton-Salners |
1 Nov 2019 | 33A | Language in which “thank you” is “khob chai” | Robyn Weintraub |
10 Sep 2019 | 37D | Language related to Thai | Ethan Cooper |
15 Jun 2019 | 48D | Mostly monosyllabic language | Ryan McCarty |
8 Feb 2019 | 29A | Largely monosyllabic language | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
12 Aug 2018 | 38A | Vientiane native | Ross Trudeau |
20 Jul 2018 | 38D | Language similar to Thai | Robyn Weintraub |
17 Jun 2018 | 101A | Philosopher ___-tzu | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
28 May 2018 | 27A | Philosopher ___-tzu | Alex Eaton-Salners |
22 May 2018 | 38A | Language that becomes the name of where it’s spoken if you add an “s” | Jeff Stillman |
5 Apr 2018 | 65D | Dweller on the Mekong | David J. Kahn |
18 Mar 2018 | 121A | Indochinese language | Daniel Raymon |
12 Feb 2018 | 61D | “7 Faces of Dr. ___” (1964 film) | Michael Black |
14 Jan 2018 | 35D | Language with six tones | Joel Fagliano |
19 Oct 2017 | 60D | Vietnamese neighbor | Ned White |
7 Mar 2017 | 32D | Chinese philosopher ___-tzu | Freddie Cheng |
5 Mar 2017 | 66A | Language heard along the Mekong | Timothy Polin |
11 Feb 2017 | 27A | Language traditionally written without spaces between words | Frederick J. Healy |
23 Jan 2017 | 44D | Language in Vientiane | Bruce Haight |
22 Jan 2017 | 37A | Language akin to Thai | Dan Schoenholz |
21 Dec 2016 | 60D | Thai neighbor | Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman |
22 Feb 2016 | 26D | Mekong native | Ed Sessa |
2 Oct 2015 | 8D | Southeast Asian tongue | Patrick Berry |
27 Sep 2015 | 67D | Language in Southeast Asia | Tom McCoy |
21 Sep 2015 | 35D | Philosopher ___-tzu | Bruce Haight |
12 Aug 2015 | 42A | Southeast Asian language | Tom McCoy |
27 Jul 2015 | 30D | Vietnamese neighbor | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel |
12 Apr 2015 | 107A | Language along the Mekong | Jeff Chen |
8 Apr 2015 | 29A | Dweller along the Mekong | Zhouqin Burnikel |
18 Nov 2014 | 27D | Vientiane native | Jacob McDermott |
5 Nov 2014 | 28D | Vientiane native | Gareth Bain |
2 Sep 2014 | 6D | China’s ___-tzu | Ethan Cooper |
27 Jul 2014 | 73A | Pathet ___ (old revolutionary group) | Randolph Ross |
23 Jul 2014 | 60D | Mekong Valley native | Howard Barkin |
19 Mar 2014 | 66D | Mekong Valley native | Samuel A. Donaldson |
12 Jan 2014 | 110D | Vientiane native | Andrew Chaikin |
26 Nov 2013 | 42A | Asian language with no plural form | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
7 Oct 2013 | 66D | Philosopher ___-tzu | Amy Johnson |
18 Sep 2013 | 37A | Vientiane native | Paul Hunsberger |
13 Sep 2013 | 51D | Southeast Asian language | Patrick Berry |
19 May 2013 | 79A | Vientiane native | Jean O’Conor |
23 Apr 2013 | 66A | Dweller along the Mekong | Severin T. Nelson |
27 Feb 2013 | 36D | Southeast Asian tongue | Daniel Kantor |
30 Dec 2012 | 37A | Language that is mostly monosyllabic | Steve Savoy |
12 Nov 2012 | 57A | Mekong Valley native | Randall J. Hartman |
23 Aug 2012 | 44A | Cuisine whose staple food is sticky rice | Mark Feldman |
4 Jun 2012 | 42A | Chinese philosopher ___-tzu | John R. O’Brien |
26 Apr 2012 | 28A | Southeast Asian language | Julian Lim |
13 Mar 2010 | 12D | Language written with no spaces between words | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
31 Jan 2010 | 45D | Thai neighbor | Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels |
1 Jan 2010 | 26D | Mekong River native | Brad Wilber |
27 Dec 2009 | 84A | Thai’s neighbor | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
11 Nov 2009 | 25A | Neighbor of a Thai | Kelsey Blakley |
13 Jul 2009 | 60D | Thai neighbor | C. W. Stewart |
29 Oct 2008 | 34A | Southeast Asian | Steven L. Zisser |
22 Jun 2008 | 6D | Dweller along the Mekong | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
31 May 2008 | 57D | Mekong Buddhist | Robert H. Wolfe |
3 Jan 2008 | 59D | Seven-faced doctor of film | Henry Hook |
31 Dec 2007 | 59D | Neighbor of a Vietnamese | Lynn Lempel |
14 Sep 2007 | 53A | Kip spender | John Farmer |
6 Sep 2007 | 57A | Certain southeast Asian | Daniel C. Bryant |
5 Jun 2007 | 60D | Southeast Asian language | Barry C. Silk |
27 May 2007 | 22A | Language along the Mekong River | Patrick Berry |
13 May 2007 | 95D | ___-tzu | Jim Page |
14 Nov 2006 | 12D | Southeast Asian tongue | Sarah Keller |
1 Sep 2006 | 34A | Eastern language | David Quarfoot |
22 Jul 2006 | 52D | Mekong Delta dweller | Robert H. Wolfe |
7 Jul 2006 | 31A | Language that is mostly monosyllabic | Joe Krozel |
17 Dec 2005 | 22A | Language of Indochina | Patrick Berry |
21 Feb 2005 | 8D | Neighbor of a Vietnamese | Sherry O. Blackard |
23 Nov 2003 | 2D | Relative of Thai | Leonard Williams |
11 Aug 2003 | 25A | Philosopher ___-tzu | Randall J. Hartman |
6 Apr 2003 | 114D | Charles G. Finney’s “The Circus of Dr. ___” | Joe DiPietro |
29 Mar 2003 | 6D | Thai Buddhist | Michael Shteyman |
19 Jan 2003 | 70A | Indochinese language | Eric Berlin |
14 Jan 2003 | 51A | Pathet ___ | Adam G. Perl |
10 Jul 2002 | 50A | Thai’s neighbor | Richard Silvestri |
11 Feb 2002 | 53A | “7 Faces of Dr. ___” (1964 flick) | Peter Gordon |
4 Feb 2002 | 16A | ___-tzu (Taoism founder) | Gregory E. Paul |
3 Jul 2001 | 56D | Thai neighbor | Randall J. Hartman |
20 Jun 2001 | 35A | Thai relative | Jay Sullivan |
13 May 2001 | 92A | Indochinese language | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
6 Apr 2001 | 45D | “Dr.” in a 1964 film title | David J. Kahn |
21 Jan 2001 | 62D | Thai tongue | Con Pederson |
16 Jan 2001 | 21D | ___-tzu | Peter Gordon |
27 Sep 2000 | 41D | Southeast Asian | Fred Piscop |
21 May 2000 | 57A | Vietnamese neighbor | Matt Gaffney |
9 Aug 1999 | 22D | China’s ___-tse | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
2 Aug 1999 | 22A | ___-tse | Stephanie Spadaccini |
28 Jun 1999 | 8D | Vientiane native | Ed Early |
11 Jun 1999 | 21D | Pathet ___ | Jim Page |
3 Jan 1999 | 89A | Mekong native | Randolph Ross |
5 Apr 1998 | 83A | “7 Faces of Dr. ___” (1964 movie) | David J. Kahn |
16 Aug 1997 | 49A | Pathet ___ (Asian party) | Matt Gaffney |
16 Jul 1997 | 29D | Indochinese language | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
21 Feb 1997 | 23A | It’s spoken in Vientiane | C. E. Gersch |
25 Jan 1997 | 54D | Doctor in a 1964 movie | R. Norris |
10 Jul 1996 | 48A | ___tse, Chinese philosopher | Diane C. Baldwin |
22 May 1996 | 12D | Southeast Asian | R. Hughes |
11 May 1996 | 59D | Doctor of film | D. Niles |
20 Feb 1996 | 15A | Dweller on the Mekong River | D. Trombley |
21 Oct 1995 | 20A | Mekong Buddhist | Daniel R. Stark |
2 Oct 1995 | 2D | Vientiane native | Joy L. Wouk |
21 May 1995 | 118A | Dweller on the Mekong | Dean Niles |
16 Dec 1994 | 28D | Pathet ___ (Communist group) | A.J. Santora |
8 Dec 1994 | 33A | Charles G. Finney novel “The Circus of Dr. ___” | Randolph Ross |
27 Nov 1994 | 100A | Thai’s neighbor | Jacques Liwer |
9 Oct 1994 | 126D | Film “7 Faces of Dr. ___” | Bryant White |
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