LESS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LESS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LESS" answer was first appeared in "29 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Not so much (15)". It was authored by Sidney L. Robbins. Recently, the "LESS" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "What a haggler hopes to pay". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Minus (31)". "LESS" appeared 150 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LESS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 128A | What a haggler hopes to pay | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 29 Oct 2023 | 30A | Without | Alina Abidi |
| 2 Jul 2023 | 21D | Minus | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| 9 Mar 2023 | 1A | What slackers do vis-Ã -vis non-slackers | Simeon Seigel |
| 25 Feb 2023 | 21A | “Stand a little ___ between me and the sun” (reputed words from Diogenes to Alexander) | Trent H. Evans |
| 6 Nov 2022 | 128A | Counterpart of -ful | Michael Lieberman |
| 4 Jul 2022 | 31A | More’s opposite | Bruce Haight |
| 20 Jun 2022 | 13D | Word sometimes used incorrectly for “fewer” | Christopher Youngs |
| 13 May 2022 | 51D | – | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| 4 May 2022 | 42D | Without | Eric Bornstein |
| 25 Apr 2022 | 67A | “And I – I took the one ___ traveled by”: Robert Frost | Li Ding |
| 8 Jan 2022 | 44A | Taking off | Freddie Cheng |
| 2 Dec 2021 | 41D | Word often confused with “fewer” | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 9 Aug 2021 | 52D | Not so much | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 22 Jun 2021 | 64D | More, as the saying goes | Matt Frederick |
| 17 Jan 2021 | 125A | What’s more, it’s said | Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper |
| 22 Aug 2020 | 51D | Off | Trenton Charlson |
| 26 Mar 2020 | 1A | Amount to make do with | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 8 Mar 2020 | 106D | Not so much | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 1 Mar 2020 | 118A | Subtracting | Sam Trabucco |
| 12 Oct 2019 | 46D | Minimalist’s desire | Andrew J. Ries |
| 22 Mar 2019 | 57A | Minus | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 9 Feb 2019 | 42A | Off | Ryan McCarty |
| 28 Aug 2018 | 33D | What frugal people make do with | Brian Thomas |
| 8 May 2018 | 69A | Minus | Ori Brian |
| 7 May 2018 | 13D | Not so much | Julie Bérubé |
| 5 Apr 2018 | 70A | Not as | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Feb 2018 | 54D | Not so great | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 30 Jul 2017 | 104A | More limited | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| 27 Jun 2017 | 23A | Minus | John Guzzetta |
| 13 Jun 2017 | 5A | To a smaller degree | Lynn Lempel |
| 12 Jun 2017 | 56D | What 1 is to 2 and 2 is to 3 | Dan Margolis |
| 26 May 2017 | 44A | Taking away | Robyn Weintraub |
| 18 Nov 2016 | 53A | Take away | Peter Wentz |
| 14 Jul 2016 | 33D | Diminished by | David J. Kahn |
| 13 Jul 2016 | 49A | Not so much | Tom McCoy |
| 24 Apr 2015 | 10D | What irregulars go for | Joe Krozel |
| 13 Mar 2015 | 19A | Lower | Victor Fleming |
| 24 Apr 2014 | 69A | A reduced state | Stanley Newman |
| 16 Mar 2014 | 12D | Not so great | Jeremy Newton |
| 10 Feb 2013 | 21D | Minus | Patrick Berry |
| 24 Oct 2012 | 63A | Dieter’s amount | Ian Livengood |
| 11 Sep 2012 | 69A | Minus | Kenneth Leeser |
| 4 Aug 2012 | 51D | Off, pricewise | Jim Page |
| 2 Jul 2012 | 65A | “___ is more” | Bernice Gordon |
| 17 Jun 2012 | 107D | With 34-Across, what “<” means | Kyle T. Dolan |
| 2 Feb 2012 | 21A | Not so great | Stu Ockman |
| 20 Nov 2011 | 118A | – | Trip Payne |
| 1 Sep 2011 | 31D | Off | Joel Fagliano |
| 11 Jul 2011 | 13D | Minus | Ellen Leuschner |
| 19 Jun 2011 | 118A | Amount that’s settled for | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Jun 2011 | 56D | Not including | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 12 Dec 2010 | 18D | Subtracting | Karen Young Bonin |
| 17 Oct 2010 | 57A | Subtracting | Patrick Blindauer |
| 31 Aug 2010 | 60D | Minus | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| 5 Jul 2010 | 67A | More’s opposite | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| 29 Jun 2010 | 62D | Minus | Peter A. Collins |
| 16 May 2010 | 38A | Minus | Matt Ginsberg |
| 17 Sep 2009 | 44A | More limited | Arthur Schulman |
| 3 Jun 2009 | 8D | More, in a saying | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 28 May 2009 | 24A | Nothing ___ | Gary Cee |
| 15 Dec 2008 | 71A | Minus | Susan Gelfand |
| 8 Dec 2008 | 13D | Subtracted by | Sarah Keller |
| 1 Jun 2008 | 77A | Minus | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Feb 2008 | 53D | Much ___ | Barry C. Silk |
| 17 Feb 2008 | 107A | Not including | Henry Hook |
| 6 Mar 2007 | 53D | Minus | Paula Gamache |
| 8 Jan 2007 | 18A | Not so much | Harriet Clifton |
| 17 Sep 2006 | 65A | Discounted by | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 27 Jun 2006 | 73A | Minus | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 24 Jun 2006 | 62A | What dieters eat | Harvey Estes |
| 23 Jun 2006 | 18A | Sale word | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily |
| 4 Jun 2006 | 24D | Marked down | Patrick Blindauer |
| 1 May 2006 | 60D | Not so much | Mike Torch |
| 9 Apr 2006 | 30A | Reduced by | Paula Gamache |
| 12 Mar 2006 | 116D | Minus | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 10 Oct 2005 | 26A | Not as much | Holden Baker |
| 9 Jul 2005 | 59A | To a smaller degree | Patrick Berry |
| 16 May 2005 | 29D | Minus | Marc J. Gameroff |
| 12 May 2005 | 35A | Take away | Manny Nosowsky |
| 20 Apr 2005 | 63A | Reduced by | Joe DiPietro |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 37A | Not so much | Robert Malinow |
| 10 Dec 2004 | 27A | Taking off | Frank Longo |
| 22 Nov 2004 | 21A | Marked down | Gregory Paul |
| 17 Sep 2004 | 46D | Lacking | Manny Nosowsky |
| 16 Sep 2004 | 65A | Not as much | Paula Gamache |
| 4 May 2004 | 46A | With a discount of | Eric Berlin |
| 16 Feb 2004 | 42A | More’s opposite | Charles Barasch |
| 6 Feb 2004 | 10D | Off | Joe DiPietro |
| 20 Jan 2004 | 4A | Minus | Eric Berlin |
| 10 Jan 2004 | 41D | Exhibiting greater moderation | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 2 Dec 2003 | 8D | Not as much | Harvey Estes |
| 25 Sep 2003 | 46A | Subtracting | Patrick Merrell |
| 25 Nov 2002 | 73A | More or ___ | Randall J. Hartman |
| 28 Sep 2002 | 70A | Not so much | Raymond Hamel |
| 20 Apr 2002 | 63A | Not as | Dana Motley |
| 15 Oct 2001 | 58D | Minus | Holden Baker |
| 3 Sep 2001 | 33D | Not as much | Peter Gordon |
| 8 Jul 2001 | 9D | Nothing ___ | Michael S. Maurer |
| 26 Jun 2001 | 72A | Result of downsizing | Stephen Windheim |
| 13 Jun 2001 | 68A | Subtracted by | Nick Grivas |
| 5 May 2001 | 39A | Discounted | Randolph Ross |
| 2 Apr 2001 | 29D | Not so much | Peter Gordon |
| 24 Jan 2001 | 9D | Minus | David Ainslie Macleod |
| 24 Nov 2000 | 59D | Lacking | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 25 Oct 2000 | 64D | Minus | Nick Grivas |
| 30 Sep 2000 | 61A | Lower | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 17 Sep 2000 | 49D | On sale | Nelson Hardy |
| 19 Jun 2000 | 44A | Not so much | Manny Nosowsky |
| 23 Apr 2000 | 83D | Minus | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 16 Feb 2000 | 47D | More, in a saying | Gene Newman |
| 20 Nov 1999 | 55D | Not so great | A. J. Santora |
| 20 Sep 1999 | 11D | More or ___ | Gregory E. Paul |
| 24 May 1999 | 13D | Sale-priced | Gregory E. Paul |
| 22 Mar 1999 | 1A | Not so much | Gregory E. Paul |
| 17 Mar 1999 | 42A | Discounted by | Myles Callum |
| 7 Mar 1999 | 92D | Discounted by | Randolph Ross |
| 11 Jan 1999 | 53D | More or ___ | Randall J. Hartman |
| 23 Nov 1998 | 55A | Amount to make do with | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Oct 1998 | 28D | Nothing ___ | Bob Klahn |
| 28 Aug 1998 | 15D | Amount to make do with | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 9 Aug 1998 | 67A | A reduced state | Christopher Hurt |
| 6 Aug 1998 | 57A | With a discount of | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 1 Jul 1998 | 15A | Diminished by | Fred Piscop |
| 16 May 1998 | 34A | “Nothing ___” (bargainer’s demand) | Jim Page |
| 23 Mar 1998 | 13D | Minus | Randall J. Hartman |
| 24 Nov 1997 | 57A | Not so much | Alex K. Justin |
| 28 Oct 1997 | 30D | Minus | Bernice Gordon |
| 25 Oct 1997 | 56D | Reduced by | John Scott Marrone |
| 1 Mar 1997 | 34A | Comparative form of little | Jim Page |
| 17 Jun 1996 | 23A | Not so much | S. L. Robbins |
| 17 Feb 1996 | 62A | Reduced | Bob Sefick |
| 31 Dec 1995 | 47D | Off | Bob Klahn |
| 11 Sep 1995 | 54D | Minus | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 3 Sep 1995 | 124A | “Make do” amount | Ernie Furtado |
| 4 Aug 1995 | 68A | Minus | Chuck Deodene |
| 2 Jul 1995 | 119A | Discounted by | Alex K. Justin |
| 11 Jun 1995 | 12D | Take away, in a way | Coral Amende |
| 17 May 1995 | 65A | Minus | Ed Early |
| 25 Apr 1995 | 26D | Not so much | Gregory E. Paul |
| 15 Apr 1995 | 53D | Subtracting | Bob Klahn |
| 14 Sep 1994 | 58A | What you pay at sales | Harvey Estes |
| 13 Sep 1994 | 7D | Minus | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 Aug 1994 | 18A | Off | Randolph Ross |
| 12 Jun 1994 | 84A | Minus | Frances Hansen |
| 26 Apr 1994 | 71A | Minus | David Ellis Dickerson |
| 7 Mar 1994 | 11D | Decreasingly | Alex K. Justin |
| 24 Dec 1993 | 13D | Minus | Merl H. Reagle |
| 5 Dec 1993 | 37D | Minus | Manny Nosowsky |
| 29 Nov 1993 | 75A | Not so much | Sidney L. Robbins |
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