LEAST is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LEAST in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LEAST" answer was first appeared in "26 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Not in the ___ (3)". It was authored by Kenneth Haxton. Recently, the "LEAST" answer has been used for "20 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“He is richest who is content with the ___”: Socrates". It was authored by Brad Wiegmann. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Minimal (7)". "LEAST" appeared 67 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LEAST" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2023 | 40D | “He is richest who is content with the ___”: Socrates | Brad Wiegmann |
| 12 Aug 2023 | 45D | Minimal | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
| 13 Jun 2021 | 53D | Part of L.C.D. | Stephen McCarthy |
| 25 Aug 2019 | 121A | ___ of all | Matt Ginsberg |
| 1 Jul 2019 | 15A | Absolute minimum | Damon Gulczynski |
| 27 Aug 2018 | 13D | Bare minimum | Susan Gelfand |
| 26 Aug 2018 | 49D | The “L” of L.C.D. | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 15 May 2018 | 61A | Smallest | Garry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| 10 Jan 2018 | 31D | ___ of one’s worries | Sen. Joe Donnelly and Michael S. Maurer |
| 5 Dec 2017 | 36A | Bare minimum | Harry Smith and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 14 Nov 2016 | 39A | Most’s opposite | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 22 Mar 2016 | 60A | Tiniest bit | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 28 Jun 2015 | 125A | Tiniest thing | Jeremy Newton |
| 15 Jun 2015 | 29A | Minimum amount | Mike Buckley |
| 29 Sep 2014 | 43A | Not in the ___ | Eric Sydney Phillips |
| 10 May 2013 | 23A | Closest to zero | Derek Bowman |
| 12 Feb 2013 | 30D | Absolute minimum | Dan Schoenholz |
| 3 Jun 2012 | 62D | Smallest | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Feb 2012 | 43A | Most negligible | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| 19 Sep 2011 | 23A | “It’s the ___ I can do” | Julian Lim |
| 18 Apr 2011 | 53A | Minimum | James Tuttle |
| 10 Nov 2010 | 5A | Bare minimum | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 2 Mar 2010 | 37A | Minimal amount | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Nov 2009 | 64A | Bare minimum | Paula Gamache |
| 20 Nov 2009 | 52D | Minimal | Alan Olschwang |
| 31 Jul 2009 | 12D | ___ of all | Mike Nothnagel |
| 15 May 2009 | 48D | Minimal | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 12 May 2009 | 67A | Smallest possible | Wayne and P. K. King |
| 1 Apr 2009 | 52A | Smallest | Ed Stein and Paula Gamache |
| 13 Feb 2009 | 19A | Closest to nil | Doug Peterson |
| 1 Dec 2008 | 14A | Minimum | Eric J. Platt |
| 27 Nov 2007 | 41D | Most trivial | Julie Ann Bowling |
| 15 Apr 2007 | 104D | Nadir amount | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 8 Mar 2006 | 68A | Bare minimum | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 11 Jul 2005 | 2D | “That’s the ___ I can do” | Janice M. Putney |
| 26 Jun 2004 | 20A | Mathematical extreme | Byron Walden |
| 6 Apr 2004 | 41A | Smallest | Tony Orbach |
| 2 Nov 2003 | 113A | Minimal | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 31 Oct 2003 | 13D | Not in the ___ | Earl L. Martin III |
| 9 Feb 2003 | 1A | Rock-bottom | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Jan 2003 | 23A | The “L” of L.C.D. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 19 Aug 2002 | 6D | Minimum | Lynn Lempel |
| 3 Jun 2002 | 31D | Opposite of most | Gregory E. Paul |
| 15 Apr 2002 | 68A | Minimal | James P. Sharp |
| 5 Jun 2001 | 37A | Lowest in importance | Peter Gordon |
| 3 May 2001 | 22A | Slightest | Trip Payne |
| 23 Apr 2001 | 66A | Fewest | Gregory E. Paul |
| 23 Feb 2001 | 14D | Kind of resistance? | Joe DiPietro |
| 23 Jan 2001 | 21A | What the booby prize winner scored | Nancy Salomon |
| 16 May 2000 | 29A | Smallest | Peter Gordon |
| 8 Feb 2000 | 66A | Most trifling | Fred Piscop |
| 2 Jan 2000 | 124A | Minimum | Rich Norris |
| 8 Nov 1999 | 10D | Minimum | Kent Lorentzen |
| 21 Jun 1998 | 83D | Minimal | Jim Page |
| 10 May 1998 | 43A | Minimum | Rich Silvestri |
| 29 Apr 1998 | 34D | Minimal | Gayle Dean |
| 12 Jan 1998 | 59A | “It was the ___ I could do” | John Greenman |
| 13 Jul 1997 | 58D | ___ squares (statistical method) | Fred Piscop |
| 8 Dec 1996 | 81A | Extreme amount | A. J. Santora |
| 7 Jul 1996 | 55A | Littlest | R. H. Wolfe |
| 26 Apr 1996 | 19A | ___squares (statistical method) | W. Johnson |
| 6 Nov 1995 | 63A | Minimum | Roger H. Courtney |
| 10 May 1995 | 7A | Minimum | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| 26 Mar 1995 | 93A | Slightest | Rich Norris |
| 28 Feb 1995 | 54D | Slightest | Nancy S. Ross |
| 23 Oct 1994 | 108D | Part of L.C.M. | Cathy Millhauser |
| 26 Jan 1994 | 66A | Not in the ___ | Kenneth Haxton |
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