LIES is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LIES in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LIES" answer was first appeared in "20 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Whoppers (3)". It was authored by Norma Steinberg. Recently, the "LIES" answer has been used for "16 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Hogwash!” (5)". It was authored by Paolo Pasco. "LIES" appeared 86 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LIES" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov 2023 | 35A | “Hogwash!” | Paolo Pasco |
| 22 Oct 2023 | 64D | Shares one’s bunk? | Robert Ryan |
| 14 Aug 2023 | 36D | “The check is in the mail” and “The dog ate my homework,” famously | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| 29 Apr 2023 | 10D | Don’t get caught in them! | David Steinberg |
| 10 Apr 2023 | 45D | Untruths | Gia Bosko |
| 10 Mar 2023 | 55A | Reclines | Claire Rimkus |
| 11 Jan 2023 | 70A | With 71- and 72-Across, commits perjury … or what can be found four times in this puzzle | Victor Barocas |
| 26 Sep 2022 | 41D | Claims rated “four Pinocchios,” say | Margaret Seikel |
| 1 Jan 2022 | 25A | “That’s so not the case!” | Peter Wentz |
| 24 Nov 2021 | 32A | Concerns for golfers | Brandon Koppy |
| 26 May 2020 | 56D | Whoppers | Neville Fogarty |
| 5 May 2020 | 27D | Don’t believe them! | Lee Taylor |
| 24 Oct 2019 | 55A | Calumnies | Matt Ginsberg |
| 24 Feb 2019 | 92A | Word cried before and after “all” | Erik Agard |
| 6 Mar 2018 | 22A | “Hogwash!” | Bruce Greig |
| 19 Feb 2018 | 35A | Some rulings on PolitiFact | Bruce Haight |
| 18 Nov 2017 | 50A | “Hope ___ to mortals / And most believe her”: Housman | Sam Trabucco |
| 3 Jun 2016 | 50A | “I deny all that!” | Josh Knapp |
| 14 Jan 2016 | 35D | “That’s utter slander!” | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 12 Jan 2016 | 62D | Tells a tale | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 98A | Trust eroders | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Jul 2015 | 27A | Not just deception | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 22 Nov 2013 | 27A | Reposes | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Sep 2013 | 8D | Fictional accounts | Julian Lim |
| 9 Aug 2013 | 7D | Creates an account? | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Jun 2013 | 9A | “Debts and ___ are generally mixed together”: Rabelais | Patrick Berry |
| 18 Apr 2011 | 17A | Prevarications | James Tuttle |
| 11 Apr 2011 | 29D | “That’s all false, and you know it!” | Ian Livengood |
| 25 Dec 2010 | 39A | Isn’t straight | Stanley Newman |
| 16 Nov 2010 | 30D | Propaganda, often | Ian Livengood |
| 12 Sep 2010 | 74D | Fabrications | Paula Gamache |
| 2 Feb 2010 | 18A | Fabrications | Alex Fay |
| 4 Dec 2009 | 43A | They often come in packs | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 23 Nov 2009 | 44A | Big fibs | Ben Pall |
| 9 Nov 2009 | 16A | Whoppers | Lynn Lempel |
| 8 Nov 2009 | 113A | Isn’t straight | Robert W. Harris |
| 1 Nov 2009 | 30D | White ones are little | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 1 Mar 2009 | 28A | Some excuses | Robert W. Harris |
| 11 Jan 2009 | 76D | Tells it like it isn’t | David J. Kahn |
| 29 Oct 2008 | 24D | Links positions | Steven L. Zisser |
| 8 Feb 2008 | 28D | Storyteller’s pack | Mike Nothnagel |
| 27 Jul 2007 | 54A | Cry of vehement denial | John R. Conrad |
| 22 Apr 2007 | 142D | “Here ___ …” | Victor Fleming |
| 26 Mar 2007 | 23D | Untruths | Eric Fischer |
| 26 Oct 2006 | 34D | Stays flat | Todd McClary and Dave Tuller |
| 21 Feb 2006 | 27D | Tall tales | Lisa Wiseman |
| 27 Dec 2005 | 7D | Empty promises | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Apr 2005 | 139A | “Hogwash!” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Mar 2005 | 57D | Sprawls | Ed Early |
| 11 Dec 2004 | 59A | Is positioned | James E. Buell |
| 10 Feb 2004 | 18A | Title start of a 2003 Al Franken best seller | Seth A. Abel |
| 9 Dec 2003 | 7D | Epitaph word | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 17 May 2003 | 27D | Fiction collection | Bob Peoples |
| 11 May 2003 | 5D | Inventions | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Feb 2003 | 25D | Is positioned | Michael Shteyman |
| 26 Sep 2002 | 9D | Cry before and after “all” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Aug 2002 | 13D | Not just evasions | Patrick Merrell |
| 3 Mar 2002 | 113D | “Hogwash!” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 7 Jan 2002 | 67A | Tells it like it isn’t | Peter Gordon |
| 22 Nov 2001 | 69A | Is prone | Richard Silvestri |
| 6 Aug 2001 | 12D | Some Pinocchio pronouncements | Bernice Gordon |
| 27 Jun 2001 | 57A | Baloney | Michael Shteyman |
| 22 May 2001 | 43A | Polygraph detections | John D. Leavy |
| 23 Dec 2000 | 50A | Extends | Bob Klahn |
| 23 Oct 2000 | 53D | Untruths | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| 25 Sep 2000 | 38D | Commits perjury | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Aug 2000 | 37D | Golf positions | Randall J. Hartman |
| 3 Nov 1999 | 22A | More than fudges | Greg Staples |
| 15 Feb 1999 | 34A | Falsehoods | Randall J. Hartman |
| 21 May 1998 | 46D | Inventions, so to speak | Cathy Millhauser |
| 17 May 1998 | 95D | Equivocator’s forte | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
| 4 Jan 1998 | 73A | Accused’s retort | Mark Danna |
| 27 Nov 1997 | 23D | “Fairy tales” | Kiran S. Kedlaya |
| 10 Sep 1997 | 49A | All hogwash | Randall J. Hartman |
| 8 Sep 1997 | 44A | Prevaricates | Robert Goldberg |
| 2 Aug 1997 | 19A | Propaganda, often | Ed Early |
| 25 Jun 1996 | 21A | Baloney | Randall J. Hartman |
| 24 Jun 1996 | 57D | “True___” | M. Schneider |
| 19 May 1996 | 64D | Fabrications | C. M. Deber |
| 8 Mar 1996 | 21D | Is positioned | R. Ross |
| 16 Jan 1996 | 6A | “Fairy tales” | R. Hartman |
| 14 Aug 1995 | 56D | Fibs | Ben Wheelock |
| 17 Oct 1994 | 62A | Prevaricates | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 29 May 1994 | 40A | “Hogwash!” | Janet R. Bender |
| 30 Jan 1994 | 100D | “Fairy tales” | Alex K. Justin |
| 20 Dec 1993 | 23D | Whoppers | Norma Steinberg |
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