LEO is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LEO in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LEO" answer was first appeared in "22 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Name of 13 popes (2)". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "LEO" answer has been used for "4 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Summer zodiac sign (3)". It was authored by Sean Ziebarth. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Sign of summer (14)". "LEO" appeared 230 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LEO" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 2023 | 38A | Summer zodiac sign | Sean Ziebarth |
| 22 Nov 2023 | 20D | Constellation whose mane and shoulders are known as “the Sickle” | Will Pfadenhauer |
| 28 Aug 2023 | 63D | One of three fire signs, with Aries and Sagittarius | Brian Callahan |
| 10 Aug 2023 | 40A | Anyone born in late July or early August | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 8 Feb 2023 | 15A | One of the fire signs | Chase Dittrich |
| 5 Dec 2022 | 17A | Only three-letter zodiac sign | Tracy Gray |
| 15 Oct 2022 | 57D | “Titanic” co-star, familiarly | John Hawksley |
| 9 Oct 2022 | 111D | Soccer star Messi, familiarly | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| 19 May 2022 | 55A | Constellation next to Ursa Major | Alex Rosen |
| 8 May 2022 | 90A | Certain summer baby | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| 20 Mar 2022 | 70D | Soccer star Messi, to fans | Brad Wiegmann |
| 13 Feb 2022 | 63A | Fifth sign | David Steinberg |
| 31 Oct 2021 | 55D | One of the fire signs | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 7 May 2021 | 24A | Constellation that Regulus is part of | Brooke Husic |
| 15 Mar 2021 | 2D | Zodiac sign before Virgo | Philip K. Chow |
| 6 Feb 2021 | 1A | First name in Russian literature | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 22 Dec 2020 | 60D | Sign before Virgo | Amy Yanni and Jeff Chen |
| 16 Nov 2020 | 15A | Writer Tolstoy | Jennifer Nutt |
| 8 Nov 2020 | 103A | Sign of summer | Evan Kalish and Caitlin Reid |
| 29 Oct 2020 | 26A | Sign before Virgo | Kurt Weller |
| 19 Aug 2020 | 23A | Passionate sort, it’s said | Brandon Koppy |
| 26 Jul 2020 | 37A | Regulus is its brightest star | Trenton Charlson |
| 24 Jun 2020 | 65A | Jed’s adviser on “The West Wing” | Joe Deeney |
| 8 Jun 2020 | 34A | Only three-letter sign of the zodiac | Kyle Dolan |
| 9 Dec 2019 | 8D | Sign before Virgo | Ellis Hay |
| 14 Oct 2019 | 37A | August 1 birth, astrologically | Gary Cee |
| 9 Oct 2019 | 41A | Constellation whose brightest star is Regulus | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 24 Jul 2019 | 13D | Person born in late July | Jake Halperin |
| 28 Jun 2019 | 36A | Any of 13 popes | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
| 21 May 2019 | 4D | July-August sign | Evan Kalish |
| 15 Apr 2019 | 35A | Summer zodiac sign | Patrick Blindauer and Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 7 Apr 2019 | 116D | The Lion | Peter A. Collins |
| 29 Jan 2019 | 30A | Lion in the heavens | Benjamin Kramer |
| 6 Jan 2019 | 76A | Bill Clinton or Barack Obama | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 19 Dec 2018 | 36A | Warm, action-oriented sort, they say | Seth A. Abel |
| 4 Dec 2018 | 32D | Summer zodiac sign | Peter Gordon |
| 28 Nov 2018 | 66D | Sign of summer | David J. Kahn |
| 27 Sep 2018 | 37A | Sign of summer | Daniel Kantor |
| 10 Sep 2018 | 53A | Only three-letter zodiac sign | Jacob Stulberg |
| 11 Aug 2018 | 25A | Proud, passionate type, supposedly | Ryan McCarty |
| 26 Jun 2018 | 60D | Summer sign | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 23 May 2018 | 31D | Writer Tolstoy | David Steinberg |
| 22 May 2018 | 41D | Zodiac constellation | Jeff Stillman |
| 3 Apr 2018 | 17A | “Seinfeld” uncle | Damon Gulczynski |
| 7 Mar 2018 | 32A | Emmy- and Oscar-winning Melissa | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 15 Feb 2018 | 11A | One of the fire signs | Peter Gordon |
| 11 Feb 2018 | 25A | Zodiac feline | Matt Ginsberg |
| 28 Jan 2018 | 44D | Fifth sign | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 16 Jan 2018 | 23A | Only three-letter astrological sign | David Steinberg |
| 15 Jan 2018 | 29A | The lion in summer? | Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 7 Dec 2017 | 56A | Sign of summer | Dan Schoenholz |
| 7 Nov 2017 | 62D | One of 13 popes | Greg Poulos |
| 25 Oct 2017 | 15A | MGM roarer | Jules P. Markey |
| 16 Oct 2017 | 18A | Writer Tolstoy | Jennifer Nutt |
| 27 Sep 2017 | 6D | Durocher in the Baseball Hall of Fame | Jacob Stulberg |
| 26 Sep 2017 | 21A | Lion observed at night | Joy Behar and Lynn Lempel |
| 9 Aug 2017 | 31A | Soccer’s Messi, informally | Adam G. Perl |
| 23 Jul 2017 | 58D | Certain fire sign | Caleb Madison |
| 5 Jun 2017 | 11D | Sign between Cancer and Virgo | Paul Coulter |
| 4 Jun 2017 | 93A | Bill Clinton or Barack Obama | Tom McCoy |
| 28 Mar 2017 | 34A | DiCaprio, to fans | Ryan Milligan |
| 19 Mar 2017 | 59D | Regulus’s constellation | Grant Thackray |
| 1 Feb 2017 | 20D | Passionate, outgoing sort, astrologically | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| 4 Jan 2017 | 27D | Barack Obama, astrologically | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 6 Dec 2016 | 34D | MGM lion | Ed Sessa |
| 7 Nov 2016 | 41A | Sign before Virgo | Bruce Haight |
| 28 Jun 2016 | 38D | Obama, astrologically | Alex Vratsanos |
| 30 May 2016 | 48A | Zodiac lion | David Woolf |
| 6 Apr 2016 | 61D | “The Revenant” star, to fans | Timothy Polin |
| 29 Mar 2016 | 60D | Many an August birth | Peter A. Collins |
| 28 Feb 2016 | 75D | Astral lion | Timothy Polin |
| 27 Feb 2016 | 62D | “The Wolf of Wall Street” star, familiarly | Julian Lim |
| 26 Jan 2016 | 50D | Shortest zodiac sign, lexically | Sam Ezersky |
| 19 Jan 2016 | 37D | Sign before Virgo | Byron Walden |
| 19 Dec 2015 | 33A | Regulus’s constellation | Damon Gulczynski |
| 25 Nov 2015 | 24D | DiCaprio, in tabloids | Duncan Kimmel and Clara Williamson |
| 22 Sep 2015 | 64A | DiCaprio, to friends | Victor Barocas and Tom Pepper |
| 20 Aug 2015 | 5D | “Seinfeld” uncle | Jules P. Markey |
| 25 Jun 2015 | 61D | Sign of summer | David Poole |
| 11 Jun 2015 | 23A | One of 13 popes | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| 21 Apr 2015 | 10A | July-August sign | Gerry Wildenberg |
| 20 Apr 2015 | 42D | DiCaprio, in tabloids | Tom McCoy |
| 26 Mar 2015 | 30A | White House chief of staff on “The West Wing” | Byron Walden |
| 24 Mar 2015 | 5D | Sign of summer | Robyn Weintraub |
| 2 Mar 2015 | 64D | Sign between Cancer and Virgo | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 21 Feb 2015 | 25A | Constellation near Ursa Major | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| 28 Jan 2015 | 19D | Barack Obama, astrologically | Gary Cee |
| 4 Jan 2015 | 9D | Enthusiastic, sociable, confident type, it’s said | Finn Vigeland |
| 28 Dec 2014 | 53A | Sign of summer | Joe Krozel |
| 24 Nov 2014 | 37D | Only three-letter zodiac sign | Robert Seminara |
| 7 Oct 2014 | 59D | Fierce sort, astrologically | Matt Skoczen and Victor Fleming |
| 26 Aug 2014 | 13D | Guitarist Kottke | Victor Fleming |
| 22 Jul 2014 | 61D | Fierce, loyal sort, it’s said | Joel Fagliano |
| 25 Jun 2014 | 21D | Baseball’s Durocher … or his astrological sign | Patrick Merrell |
| 1 May 2014 | 39A | Confident, ambitious, loyal sort, supposedly | Brandon Hensley |
| 22 Apr 2014 | 44D | Lion constellation | Ed Sessa |
| 5 Jan 2014 | 65A | MGM symbol | Alan DerKazarian |
| 23 Sep 2013 | 10D | Novelist Tolstoy | Susan Gelfand |
| 16 Sep 2013 | 21A | Sign before Virgo | Ed Sessa |
| 7 Sep 2013 | 22A | Guitar maker Fender | Julian Lim |
| 10 Jul 2013 | 36A | A fire sign | Ed Sessa |
| 7 Jul 2013 | 17D | ___ McGarry, chief of staff on “The West Wing” | Joel Fagliano |
| 27 Jun 2013 | 16A | Barack Obama, for one | Sean Dobbin |
| 14 May 2013 | 40D | Virgo preceder | John Lieb |
| 21 Apr 2013 | 106D | Rex of the jungle | Jonah Kagan |
| 11 Feb 2013 | 66D | Sign between Cancer and Virgo | Gary Cee |
| 5 Jan 2013 | 54D | Constellation that looks like a bent coat hanger | Barry C. Silk |
| 14 Dec 2012 | 53A | It’s a sign | Paula Gamache |
| 16 Oct 2012 | 31A | ___ the Lip (major-league nickname) | Bill Thompson |
| 10 Oct 2012 | 60D | DiCaprio, to pals | Pete Muller |
| 27 Sep 2012 | 6D | 48-Down follower | Joel Fagliano |
| 28 Aug 2012 | 34A | Classic actor ___ G. Carroll | Lou Borenstein |
| 10 Aug 2012 | 43A | Many a summer baby | John Lampkin |
| 3 Jun 2012 | 21A | A fire sign | Patrick Berry |
| 23 May 2012 | 54A | MGM roarer | Eric Williams |
| 14 Feb 2012 | 38A | Sign before Virgo | Paula Gamache |
| 8 Jan 2012 | 7D | Constellation whose brightest star is Regulus | Tony Orbach |
| 1 Jan 2012 | 112D | Sort who’s a natural leader, supposedly | Patrick Berry |
| 26 Nov 2011 | 49D | Fender of Fender guitars | Brad Wilber |
| 2 Aug 2011 | 6D | 1-Across’s roarer | Albert R. Picallo |
| 26 Jun 2011 | 61A | Summer sign | David Levinson Wilk |
| 15 Jun 2011 | 25D | Actor Gorcey | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 16 May 2011 | 6A | Zodiac lion | Ian Livengood |
| 21 Nov 2010 | 70D | MGM symbol | Clive Probert |
| 27 Oct 2010 | 21D | Fierce sort, astrologically | Jay Kaskel |
| 28 Feb 2010 | 104D | “The West Wing” chief of staff ___ McGarry | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 18 Jan 2010 | 41A | Sign before Virgo | Adam Cohen |
| 4 Dec 2009 | 4D | One may be conceived on Veterans Day | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 9 Aug 2009 | 119D | One of 13 popes | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 14 Jun 2009 | 90A | Jerry’s uncle on “Seinfeld” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Mar 2009 | 61A | A fire sign | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 31 Dec 2008 | 6D | “Bus 9 to Paradise” author Buscaglia | Tim Wescott |
| 28 Oct 2008 | 37A | MGM’s lion | Allan E. Parrish |
| 8 Aug 2008 | 39A | Jed’s first chief of staff on “The West Wing” | Mike Nothnagel |
| 20 Mar 2008 | 35A | Cheerful, proud, powerful sort, it’s said | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| 10 Mar 2008 | 26A | Sign before Virgo | Ken Bessette |
| 14 Feb 2008 | 32A | Uncle ___ of “Seinfeld” | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Nov 2007 | 59D | Zodiac beast | Larry Shearer |
| 12 Nov 2007 | 37D | Virgo’s predecessor | Harvey Estes |
| 9 Oct 2007 | 35A | Sign before Virgo | Timothy Powell |
| 18 Sep 2007 | 63D | Fierce type, astrologically | Chuck Deodene |
| 4 Aug 2007 | 31D | Olympics theme composer Arnaud | Byron Walden |
| 11 Jun 2007 | 6D | Fierce type, astrologically | Harriet Clifton |
| 20 Feb 2007 | 6D | Preceder of Virgo | Jonathan Gersch |
| 22 Aug 2006 | 28D | The MGM lion | Michael J. Doran |
| 30 Jul 2006 | 119A | Constellation near Cancer | Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry |
| 16 Jul 2006 | 106D | August person | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 1 Jun 2006 | 29D | Bill Clinton, to the stars? | Ethan Cooper |
| 23 Mar 2006 | 39A | Regulus’s constellation | Ethan Cooper |
| 15 Mar 2006 | 5D | Assertive type | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Dec 2005 | 26A | Florida’s Saint ___ University | Henry Hook |
| 4 Dec 2005 | 54D | Writer Rosten | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| 29 Nov 2005 | 36A | Sign before Virgo | Adam Cohen |
| 6 Oct 2005 | 65A | Late July birth | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 13 Sep 2005 | 60D | Late July baby | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 14 Aug 2005 | 117D | Late July delivery | Patrick Merrell |
| 18 Jul 2005 | 58A | August 1 sign | Randy Sowell |
| 14 Jul 2005 | 37D | “Seinfeld” uncle | Kevan Choset |
| 12 May 2005 | 8D | Generous, creative, but bossy type, so it’s said | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 May 2005 | 59D | Zodiac lion | Jim Hyres |
| 1 Mar 2005 | 26A | Roarer in film intros | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 9 Feb 2005 | 28D | Bossy but generous type, supposedly | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 27 Dec 2004 | 64A | Sign after Cancer | Levi Denham |
| 16 Oct 2004 | 58D | Home to Regulus | Dana Motley |
| 30 Sep 2004 | 23A | Bert Lahr, astrologically | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 18 Feb 2004 | 15A | “Seinfeld” uncle | Mitch Komro |
| 9 Jan 2004 | 13D | Regulus is in it | Bob Peoples |
| 6 Aug 2003 | 45A | Sign of summer | Jay Livingston |
| 11 Jul 2003 | 19A | Sign of summer | Patrick Berry |
| 17 Dec 2002 | 7D | Celestial feline | Tyler Hinman |
| 28 Oct 2002 | 31D | Sign before Virgo | Randy Sowell |
| 30 May 2002 | 26A | Cancer follower | Peter Gordon |
| 29 May 2002 | 10D | Charlemagne’s crowner | Alan Olschwang |
| 8 May 2002 | 63A | Natural leader, in astrology | Fred Piscop |
| 7 Feb 2002 | 26A | Regulus’s constellation | Patrick Berry |
| 6 Feb 2002 | 2D | Writer Rosten | Joe DiPietro |
| 1 Feb 2002 | 60D | The Sickle is in it | Pat M. Hugel |
| 8 Jan 2002 | 42D | Sign of summer | Janet R. Bender |
| 30 Oct 2001 | 28A | Summer sign | Barbara Olson |
| 17 Apr 2001 | 22A | August 1 birth | Greg Staples |
| 30 Jan 2001 | 51A | Fifth sign of the zodiac | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Jan 2001 | 44A | Durocher, astrologically(!) | Nancy S. Ross |
| 24 Dec 2000 | 98A | Combative sort, they say | Bill Zais |
| 28 Nov 2000 | 5D | Gorcey of the Dead End Kids | Richard Hughes |
| 15 Oct 2000 | 13D | Papal name | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Oct 2000 | 22D | Prideful one, astrologically | Frances Hansen |
| 27 Aug 2000 | 2D | ___ Minor (northern constellation) | Dana Motley |
| 8 Jun 2000 | 22A | What DiCaprio isn’t, astrologically | Mark Diehl |
| 24 May 2000 | 33D | DiCaprio, to fans | Chuck Deodene |
| 21 May 2000 | 48D | Where Regulus is | Matt Gaffney |
| 12 Apr 2000 | 59D | Many an August birth | Peter Gordon |
| 25 Feb 2000 | 58D | Fierce type, astrologically | William S. Cotter |
| 14 Feb 2000 | 66D | Virgo’s predecessor | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 17 Oct 1999 | 84A | Summer house? | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| 2 Aug 1999 | 52D | Durocher or DiCaprio | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 11 Jan 1999 | 24A | DiCaprio, to fans | Randall J. Hartman |
| 11 Dec 1998 | 5D | Regulus’s constellation | Joe DiPietro |
| 3 May 1998 | 80A | Name of 13 popes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 25 Dec 1997 | 35D | Bill Clinton, astrologically | A. J. Santora |
| 3 Oct 1997 | 3D | Constellation near Hydra | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 28 Sep 1997 | 72A | One of 13 Popes | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 26 Sep 1997 | 38D | Roarer | Chuck Deodene |
| 17 Aug 1997 | 10D | Guitar designer Fender | Cathy Millhauser |
| 20 Jun 1997 | 29A | Energetic, strong-willed type, supposedly | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Apr 1997 | 47D | Sign of summer | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 6 Mar 1997 | 52D | King’s name | Shannon Burns |
| 22 Dec 1996 | 35D | Sign of summer | F. Hansen |
| 6 Oct 1996 | 2D | Composer Delibes | R. Max Hopkins |
| 23 Sep 1996 | 39A | One born in early August | S. L. Robbins |
| 15 Jul 1996 | 22D | Author Buscaglia | S. Spadaccini |
| 24 Apr 1996 | 8D | Constellation with the star Regulus | G. Dean |
| 10 Mar 1996 | 35A | Generous and strong-willed one, supposedly | F. & L. Sabin |
| 28 Jan 1996 | 22A | Early August arrival | M. W. Perry |
| 1 Oct 1995 | 114D | Sign of a leader, it is said | Frank A. Longo |
| 20 Aug 1995 | 55A | Bert Lahr’s sign | Cathy Millhauser |
| 4 Jun 1995 | 32A | One of a dozen | Bryant White |
| 28 May 1995 | 34D | Felis ___ (lion) | Matt Gaffney |
| 15 May 1995 | 24A | Sign before Virgo | Ernie Furtado |
| 16 Apr 1995 | 120A | Turn-of-the-century Pope | Matt Gaffney |
| 11 Apr 1995 | 43D | Sign after Cancer | Gregory E. Paul |
| 4 Apr 1995 | 40A | August birth, most likely | David J. Kahn |
| 21 Feb 1995 | 64D | Pope who excommunicated Martin Luther | Martin Schneider |
| 19 Jan 1995 | 55D | Singer Sayer | Bryant White |
| 16 Jan 1995 | 47A | Writer Rosten | Walter Covell |
| 15 Jan 1995 | 117D | One of 13 popes | Ernie Furtado |
| 21 Mar 1994 | 28D | Mr. Durocher | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 31 Jan 1994 | 48A | Sign of summer | Janet R. Bender |
| 13 Dec 1993 | 25A | Sign of summer | Thomas W. Schier |
| 9 Dec 1993 | 53D | The M-G-M lion | Janie Lyons |
| 22 Nov 1993 | 41D | Name of 13 popes | Fred Piscop |
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