LIE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LIE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LIE" answer was first appeared in "1 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Links position". It was authored by Tap Osborn. Recently, the "LIE" answer has been used for "19 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Risky thing to do in an affidavit". It was authored by Colin Ernst. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Golfer’s concern (12)". "LIE" appeared 291 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LIE" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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19 Oct 2023 | 7D | Risky thing to do in an affidavit | Colin Ernst |
14 Sep 2023 | 61D | What an impostor tries to sell | Vasu Seralathan |
23 Jul 2023 | 72D | Many do this on the beach | Chandi Deitmer |
18 Jun 2023 | 24D | What many people do on their dating profiles | Joe DiPietro |
21 Feb 2023 | 54A | Word often confused with “lay” | Daniel Raymon |
9 Dec 2022 | 19A | “We ___ the loudest when we ___ to ourselves”: Eric Hoffer | Brooke Husic and Hoang-Kim Vu |
9 Nov 2022 | 18D | One might be bald-faced | David Tuffs |
7 Nov 2022 | 57A | What hips don’t do, per a Shakira hit | Jill Singer |
6 Nov 2022 | 44A | “Not gonna ___ …” | Michael Lieberman |
13 Oct 2022 | 41A | Bluff, say | Lewis Rothlein |
12 Jul 2022 | 42A | That’s not true | Karen Steinberg |
25 Jun 2022 | 41D | Bit of mendacity | Adam Aaronson |
12 Jun 2022 | 39A | State fiction as fact | Will Nediger |
8 Jun 2022 | 41A | Golf variable | Bruce Haight |
30 May 2022 | 64D | Political fact-checker’s verdict, maybe | Alexander Liebeskind |
5 May 2022 | 19A | Many people do this about their height | Adam Wagner |
11 Jan 2022 | 24A | Tricky thing to get caught in | Ross Trudeau |
5 Jan 2022 | 30A | “Thanks, it’s just what I’ve always wanted,” often | Damon Gulczynski |
18 Nov 2021 | 20A | Bit of baloney | Ori Brian |
14 Nov 2021 | 86A | Bit of fiction | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
26 Oct 2021 | 64D | “Tuesday is the hardest crossword of the week,” e.g. | Michael Schlossberg |
4 Oct 2021 | 16A | Serve up a whopper | Christina Iverson and Andrea Carla Michaels |
2 Sep 2021 | 16A | “I was stuck in traffic,” maybe | David W. Tuffs |
22 Aug 2021 | 57D | Don’t believe it! | Stephen McCarthy |
1 Aug 2021 | 82A | “I promise I won’t laugh,” often | Matthew Stock |
5 Jun 2021 | 27A | Palter | Peter Wentz |
28 May 2021 | 39A | Golfer’s concern | Andrew J. Ries |
18 May 2021 | 34D | Tell a whopper | Margaret Seikel |
28 Mar 2021 | 34D | Be on the level? | Olivia Mitra Framke |
21 Mar 2021 | 13D | Create an account? | Julian Kwan |
12 Mar 2021 | 7D | Be flat | Peter Wentz |
3 Mar 2021 | 24A | A white one might be excused | Ann Shan |
12 Feb 2021 | 13D | “No ___!” | Grant Thackray |
22 Dec 2020 | 25D | Take a risk when taking a polygraph test | Amy Yanni and Jeff Chen |
28 Nov 2020 | 24D | “Not gonna ___” | Nam Jin Yoon |
19 Nov 2020 | 58D | “No ___ can live forever”: Martin Luther King Jr. | Derek J. Angell |
27 Oct 2020 | 48A | “Nothing fools you better than the ___ you tell yourself”: Teller | Luci Bresette and David Steinberg |
25 Oct 2020 | 65A | “Of course I remember you!,” often | Peter A. Collins |
21 Oct 2020 | 11A | “We ___ loudest when we ___ to ourselves”: Eric Hoffer | Dory Mintz |
24 Sep 2020 | 24A | “I’ll be there in five minutes,” often | Trenton Charlson |
6 Sep 2020 | 88A | Dealers do this | David Kwong |
12 Aug 2020 | 9D | Don’t believe it! | Adesina O. Koiki |
15 Jun 2020 | 65D | Tell whoppers | Olivia Mitra Framke |
2 Jun 2020 | 16A | Big fib | John Guzzetta |
1 Jun 2020 | 24A | Falsehood | Erik Agard |
15 May 2020 | 26A | Golfer’s consideration | Christopher Adams |
23 Dec 2019 | 49D | Falsehood | Timothy Polin |
3 Dec 2019 | 15A | Piece of fiction | Ed Sessa |
18 Nov 2019 | 27D | Falsehood | Alan Arbesfeld |
31 Oct 2019 | 6D | Whopper | Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen |
16 Oct 2019 | 20A | Golfer’s concern | Peter A. Collins |
4 Oct 2019 | 38A | Something fabulous | Matthew Sewell |
22 Sep 2019 | 115D | Many an alibi | Tracy Gray |
14 Sep 2019 | 21A | Golfer’s concern | Peter A. Collins |
2 Sep 2019 | 62D | Make up a cover story, say | Zhouqin Burnikel |
26 Aug 2019 | 51A | Falsehood | Erik Agard |
1 Aug 2019 | 7D | Concoction | Patrick Merrell |
20 May 2019 | 16A | Made-up story | Gary Cee |
29 Apr 2019 | 55A | Pinocchio’s undoing | Andrew Kingsley |
7 Apr 2019 | 68A | Be prone | Peter A. Collins |
19 Feb 2019 | 8D | Recline | David Alfred Bywaters |
10 Dec 2018 | 15A | Whopper (but not the Burger King kind) | Alex Eylar |
31 Oct 2018 | 53D | Be horizontal | Bruce Haight |
26 Oct 2018 | 4D | That can’t be right | Evan Kalish |
23 Sep 2018 | 81A | Falsity | Andrew Zhou |
3 Sep 2018 | 23D | It can be white or boldfaced | Trent H. Evans |
12 Aug 2018 | 53A | Fabrication | Ross Trudeau |
10 Jul 2018 | 59D | “This is not the last clue in this puzzle,” e.g. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
17 Jun 2018 | 111A | Something ratable by number of Pinocchios | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
3 Jun 2018 | 119A | Not be straight | David J. Kahn |
15 May 2018 | 18A | Fib | Garry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
27 Apr 2018 | 41A | Stand’s opposite … or a bad thing to do on the stand | David Steinberg |
13 Mar 2018 | 23A | Some do it through their teeth | Carl Worth |
23 Feb 2018 | 29A | “No ___ can live forever”: Martin Luther King Jr. | Trenton Charlson |
21 Jan 2018 | 79D | Be flat | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
6 Nov 2017 | 63A | Fib | Max Lauring and Benjamin Lauring |
31 Oct 2017 | 15A | Tell a tall tale | Alex Eaton-Salners |
27 Sep 2017 | 65A | Risk a perjury rap | Jacob Stulberg |
3 Sep 2017 | 59A | Remain | Andrew Zhou |
31 Aug 2017 | 61A | “This puzzle is relatively easy,” say | Zachary Spitz |
2 Jul 2017 | 69A | Whopper | Patrick Blindauer |
21 May 2017 | 86D | Golfer’s concern | Randolph Ross |
24 Apr 2017 | 12D | Fib | Gary Cee |
21 Apr 2017 | 60D | Get down, in a way | Damon Gulczynski |
20 Mar 2017 | 32A | “Bald-faced” thing | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels |
17 Mar 2017 | 38D | Be idle | Jacob Stulberg |
9 Mar 2017 | 34D | Bit of fake news | Jeremy Newton |
7 Mar 2017 | 5D | Emulate Pinocchio | Freddie Cheng |
27 Dec 2016 | 61D | More than a fib | Herre Schouwerwou |
20 Nov 2016 | 38A | Bit of fiction | Ed Sessa |
24 Sep 2016 | 57D | “I already have other plans,” often | Mary Lou Guizzo |
6 Sep 2016 | 32D | It’s not the truth | Timothy Polin |
21 Aug 2016 | 82D | PolitiFact finding | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
18 Aug 2016 | 56D | Be on the level? | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen |
24 Jun 2016 | 47D | Misrepresentation | Patrick Berry |
6 Jun 2016 | 14A | Prevaricate | Mary Lou Guizzo |
8 May 2016 | 48D | Be prone | David J. Kahn |
26 Apr 2016 | 7D | Bit of fiction | Finn Vigeland |
16 Apr 2016 | 47A | “Your table will be ready in five minutes,” possibly | Andrew Zhou |
7 Mar 2016 | 45A | Tell a whopper | Damon Gulczynski |
12 Feb 2016 | 37D | Cover for someone, say | Brandon Hensley |
10 Feb 2016 | 18D | It’s not true | John Guzzetta |
27 Jan 2016 | 18A | Club selection factor | Adam G. Perl |
1 Jan 2016 | 51A | Stretch out | David Steinberg |
31 Dec 2015 | 47A | Tall one | Ben Tausig |
28 Sep 2015 | 35D | Falsehood | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen |
29 Jul 2015 | 67D | Polygraph detection | David J. Lieb |
31 May 2015 | 99D | Fiction | Tom McCoy |
9 Mar 2015 | 37A | Polygraph detection | Debbie Ellerin |
15 Feb 2015 | 16D | Rough position? | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
4 Feb 2015 | 36A | Prevarication | Julian Lim |
18 Jan 2015 | 32A | Tell a story | Joe Krozel |
19 Nov 2014 | 37D | Factor in club selection | Jacob Stulberg |
18 Nov 2014 | 4D | Perjurious statement | Jacob McDermott |
2 Nov 2014 | 123A | “Well, I’d love to keep talking …,” probably | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
26 Oct 2014 | 15D | Sleep (with) | Caleb Emmons |
21 Sep 2014 | 39D | Not be straight | Michael Ashley |
25 Aug 2014 | 50A | “The dog ate my homework,” probably | Greg Johnson |
6 Jul 2014 | 80D | Bit of flimflam | Daniel C. Bryant |
30 Jun 2014 | 24A | Tell tall tales | Ed Sessa |
10 Jun 2014 | 25A | Golf ball’s position | Pamela Klawitter |
1 May 2014 | 2D | Fiction | Brandon Hensley |
10 Apr 2014 | 28D | Fictionalize? | David Steinberg |
4 Jan 2014 | 33D | Make baloney? | Kyle Dolan |
1 Nov 2013 | 42A | Golf commentator’s subject | Brad Wilber |
30 Oct 2013 | 58D | Say “I do” when you don’t? | Joel Fagliano |
27 Oct 2013 | 41D | Be flat | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
20 Oct 2013 | 118A | Bit of jive | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
11 Aug 2013 | 86D | “A ___ cannot live”: Martin Luther King Jr. | Dan Schoenholz |
24 Jul 2013 | 66A | Not shoot straight | Erik Wennstrom |
21 Jul 2013 | 107A | Rough position? | Tracy Bennett |
3 Jun 2013 | 45A | Tell a whopper | John Lampkin |
29 May 2013 | 68A | With “in” and 60-Down, prepare for an ambush | Gary Cee |
24 Jan 2013 | 43A | Tale | Michael Shteyman |
16 Jan 2013 | 43D | Links concern | Michael David |
11 Dec 2012 | 54D | “The check is in the mail,” maybe | Gene Newman |
7 Dec 2012 | 49D | Sprawl, say | Peter Wentz |
18 Oct 2012 | 24A | Crooked line? | Samuel A. Donaldson |
30 Sep 2012 | 109A | Potentially slanderous remark | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming |
17 Sep 2012 | 23A | What “can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes,” per Mark Twain | Adam G. Perl |
2 Aug 2012 | 25D | Piece of fiction | Xan Vongsathorn |
8 Jul 2012 | 67A | See 77-Across | Joel Fagliano |
1 Jul 2012 | 115D | “The dog ate my homework,” probably | Dan Schoenholz |
15 Apr 2012 | 38D | Invention | Kevin G. Der |
10 Apr 2012 | 28D | Golfer’s concern | Gregory Philip Butler |
24 Dec 2011 | 50A | Piece of fiction | Ned White |
6 Dec 2011 | 65A | Golfer’s concern | Steven E. Atwood |
29 Sep 2011 | 37A | Fairy tale | Ben Fish |
31 Jul 2011 | 51A | Part of a pack? | Pamela Klawitter |
24 Jul 2011 | 86D | See 102-Down | Kurt Mueller |
6 Jul 2011 | 59D | Golfer’s concern | Peter Collins |
29 May 2011 | 15D | Rewrite history, in a way | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
27 Apr 2011 | 23A | It may be part of a pack | William I. Johnston |
7 Feb 2011 | 38D | Perjure oneself | Lynn Lempel |
20 Jan 2011 | 53A | Fish tale, essentially | Michael Shteyman |
10 Jan 2011 | 36A | Untruth | James Tuttle |
22 Dec 2010 | 8D | Taradiddle | Michael Sharp |
11 Dec 2010 | 31A | Doctored account | Paula Gamache |
9 Dec 2010 | 26A | Prevaricate | Byron Walden and Caleb Madison |
3 Nov 2010 | 29A | Golf ball’s position | Tracy Gray |
6 Jul 2010 | 57A | Falsity | José Chardiet |
29 Jun 2010 | 49A | “The dog ate my homework,” maybe | Peter A. Collins |
24 May 2010 | 34D | Big fib | Bob Johnson |
21 Feb 2010 | 6D | “I cannot tell a ___” | Eric Berlin |
21 Jan 2010 | 31A | It’s not to be believed | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
10 Jan 2010 | 89A | Tell tales | Mel Rosen |
13 Dec 2009 | 119D | Creative story | Mike Shenk |
6 Jul 2009 | 8D | Tell a whopper | Fred Piscop |
20 Jun 2009 | 61D | Interrogator’s red-flag raiser | Brad Wilber |
15 Jun 2009 | 51A | Perjure oneself | John Dunn |
19 Feb 2009 | 40A | One may be caught in it | Kevin G. Der |
8 Jan 2009 | 43A | Be prostrate | Joe DiPietro |
7 Jan 2009 | 53A | Rough position? | William Frank Macreery |
12 Oct 2008 | 66A | Say A is not A, say | Rich Norris |
17 Sep 2008 | 38A | Golfer’s concern | Edward Safran |
11 Sep 2008 | 44A | Interrogator’s discovery | Caleb Madison |
11 Aug 2008 | 63D | “This puzzle is really, really hard,” e.g. | Thomas Heilman |
25 Jul 2008 | 58D | Invention that’s not thought highly of | John Farmer |
24 Mar 2008 | 60D | Made-up story | David J. Kahn |
18 Nov 2007 | 101A | Say what isn’t so | Patrick Berry |
30 May 2007 | 41A | Tall tale | Mike Nothnagel |
1 May 2007 | 19A | Fish story | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
19 Mar 2007 | 16A | Whopper | Richard Chisholm |
5 Feb 2007 | 12D | Fail a polygraph | Joy C. Frank |
1 Jan 2007 | 41A | Golf ball position | Randy Sowell |
31 Dec 2006 | 20A | Be a make-up artist? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
14 Dec 2006 | 42A | Golfer’s concern | Ed Early |
24 Aug 2006 | 23A | Fish story | Gary Steinmehl |
30 Apr 2006 | 64A | Whopper | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
1 Jan 2006 | 29A | Bad testimony | Joe DiPietro |
8 Nov 2005 | 59D | Practice tact, perhaps | Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon |
29 Sep 2005 | 33A | Something bad to be caught in | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
1 Aug 2005 | 62D | Commit perjury | Kendall Twigg |
24 Jul 2005 | 92A | Story | Frank Longo |
3 Jul 2005 | 29A | Make stuff up | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
28 Jun 2005 | 10D | Tell a “story” | Jim Hyres |
2 May 2005 | 10D | Tell falsehoods | Tyler Hinman |
30 Jan 2005 | 54D | Prevaricate | Derrick Niederman |
22 Jan 2005 | 23A | Large amount of fudge? | Byron Walden |
14 Dec 2004 | 42A | Fairway position | Martin Schneider |
18 Apr 2004 | 124A | Weigh (on) | Richard Chisholm |
18 Mar 2004 | 23A | Stretch out | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
25 Feb 2004 | 13D | With 20-Across, receive a posthumous honor | Nancy S. Ross |
22 Feb 2004 | 37A | Rest | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
9 Nov 2003 | 110A | Sprawl | Patrick Berry |
16 Sep 2003 | 62D | Whopper | Michael Doran |
12 Jul 2003 | 46A | Stretch or stretch out | Manny Nosowsky |
25 Jun 2003 | 38A | Tell a whopper | Leonard Williams |
23 Jun 2003 | 59D | Fib | Raymond Hamel |
1 Jun 2003 | 107A | Weave a tangled web, say | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
16 Mar 2003 | 115D | Fabrication | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
11 Mar 2003 | 59D | Fanciful story | Janice M. Putney |
9 Mar 2003 | 74A | One might get caught in it | Patrick Berry |
5 Feb 2003 | 30D | Get prone | Ron O’Hair |
1 Jan 2003 | 31D | Get prone | Ed Early |
8 Dec 2002 | 101D | Mendacity | Peter Gordon |
24 Sep 2002 | 40D | Truth decay? | Sherry O. Blackard |
2 Sep 2002 | 46A | Prevaricate | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
21 Jul 2002 | 17D | Tell it like it isn’t | Trip Payne |
1 Jul 2002 | 14A | Misstatement | Allan E. Parrish |
23 Jun 2002 | 118D | More than an exaggeration | Eric Berlin |
21 Jun 2002 | 18A | Bit of slander | Bob Peoples |
2 Apr 2002 | 50A | Make stuff up | Janice M. Putney |
23 Mar 2002 | 37D | Be positioned | Adam Cohen |
12 Mar 2002 | 30D | Tell tall tales | Sarah Keller |
8 Mar 2002 | 60A | It may be analyzed before a stroke | David J. Kahn |
10 Feb 2002 | 63D | Many an excuse | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
26 Nov 2001 | 62A | Untruth | Bette Sue Cohen |
25 Sep 2001 | 23A | Be less than candid | A. J. Santora |
9 Sep 2001 | 13D | Golfer’s concern | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
7 Aug 2001 | 38D | Tell a whopper | Mark P. Sherwood |
12 Mar 2001 | 48A | Whopper | Gregory E. Paul |
29 Jan 2001 | 60D | Tell tall tales | Sarah Keller |
3 Dec 2000 | 55A | More than a stretch | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
30 Oct 2000 | 58A | Be untrustworthy | Gregory E. Paul |
22 Oct 2000 | 35A | Imposture | Henry Hook |
4 Jun 2000 | 25D | Sprawl | Martin Schneider |
26 May 2000 | 34D | Be a bad witness | Joe DiPietro |
21 Feb 2000 | 38D | Tell whoppers | Randy Sowell |
18 Feb 2000 | 51A | Be flat? | Manny Nosowsky |
14 Feb 2000 | 47D | Prevaricate | Nancy Kavanaugh |
31 Jan 2000 | 12D | “The dog ate my homework” is a classic one | Peter Gordon |
24 Jan 2000 | 56D | More than stretch the truth | Randall J. Hartman |
2 Oct 1999 | 18A | Remain | Rich Norris |
23 Aug 1999 | 12D | Prevaricate | Nancy Kavanaugh |
12 Aug 1999 | 24D | Become prone | Robert H. Wolfe |
23 Jul 1999 | 57D | Fabrication | Joe DiPietro |
17 Jul 1999 | 13D | One of a pack, perhaps | Rand H. Burns |
20 May 1999 | 12D | Golf ball position | Zack Butler |
3 May 1999 | 64D | Tell a tall tale | Nancy Kavanaugh |
13 Mar 1999 | 48A | Invention, so to speak | David J. Kahn |
31 Jan 1999 | 53D | Go flat? | Manny Nosowsky |
28 Jan 1999 | 58D | Trumped-up story | Henry Hook |
14 Jan 1999 | 40A | Stay flat | Rand H. Burns |
11 Oct 1998 | 50D | Golf ball position | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
25 Aug 1998 | 38D | “The check is in the mail,” perhaps | Randy Sowell |
2 Aug 1998 | 27A | You wouldn’t want to be caught in one | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
6 Jul 1998 | 34D | Golf position | Sheldon Benardo |
24 May 1998 | 12D | “Fairy tale” | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
10 May 1998 | 78A | Little white thing | Rich Silvestri |
5 May 1998 | 48A | Tell a whopper | Stephanie Spadaccini |
24 Feb 1998 | 35A | Statement from Pinocchio | Bill Ballard |
11 Sep 1997 | 48A | Rough position? | Matt Gaffney |
7 Sep 1997 | 29A | A small one is white | Randolph Ross |
28 May 1997 | 64A | Deception | Ed Early |
8 Apr 1997 | 12D | “The check is in the mail,” maybe | Fred Piscop |
21 Mar 1997 | 59D | Hammarskjold’s predecessor | Shannon Burns |
15 Jan 1997 | 57D | Golfer’s concern | C. Currier |
9 Dec 1996 | 35A | Prevaricate | F. Piscop |
10 Nov 1996 | 118D | One of a pack? | R. Hamel |
1 Jul 1996 | 21A | Tell a whopper | S. Spadaccini |
16 Jun 1996 | 26A | First U.N. Secretary General | N. N. Joline |
1 Jun 1996 | 7D | Little white thing | B. Klahn |
5 Mar 1996 | 42A | Command to Rover | G. E. Paul |
29 Jan 1996 | 62D | Baldfaced___ | G. Paul |
4 Jan 1996 | 63D | Golfer’s position | F. & L. Sabin |
22 Oct 1995 | 42A | First U.N. Secretary General | Matt Gaffney |
7 Jul 1995 | 6D | Golf-ball position | Wayne Robert Williams |
18 Jun 1995 | 59D | George Washington no-no | Rich Norris |
3 Jun 1995 | 33D | First U.N. Secretary General | Bob Klahn |
25 May 1995 | 44A | Stretch the truth or stretch out | Harvey Estes |
23 Apr 1995 | 49A | A small one is white | Randolph Ross |
12 Apr 1995 | 61D | Golfer’s concern | Rich Norris |
26 Dec 1994 | 42D | Tell a whopper | Gregory E. Paul |
17 Nov 1994 | 2D | Canard | Rich Norris |
10 Oct 1994 | 3D | Prevaricate | Wayne Robert Williams |
18 Jul 1994 | 55D | Golf-ball position | Wayne Robert Williams |
4 Jun 1994 | 23D | It’s usually white when it’s little | Manny Nosowsky |
4 May 1994 | 16A | Golf ball’s position | Louis Sabin |
23 Mar 1994 | 1D | Become prone | Cathy Millhauser |
1 Dec 1993 | 45A | Links position | Tap Osborn |
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