LOVE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LOVE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "LOVE" answer was first appeared in "15 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "It’s nothing (2)". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "LOVE" answer has been used for "13 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Emotion indicated by the emoticon <3". It was authored by Alex Eaton-Salners. "LOVE" appeared 72 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LOVE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2023 | 14A | Emotion indicated by the emoticon <3 | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 30 Oct 2023 | 53D | Common sign-off in a letter | Kenneth Cortes |
| 17 Sep 2023 | 51D | Either blank in “___ is ___” | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 38D | A battlefield, per Pat Benatar | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| 21 Dec 2022 | 66A | It means nothing at Wimbledon | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 3 Nov 2022 | 16A | Word with bird or nest | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| 19 Sep 2022 | 52D | Zero, in tennis | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 26 Jan 2022 | 54D | The “heart” of “I [heart] N Y” | Michael Schlossberg |
| 24 Oct 2021 | 84D | It’s nada to Nadal | Katie Hale |
| 9 Mar 2021 | 16A | Domain of Venus and Aphrodite | Simon Marotte |
| 3 Mar 2021 | 31A | Letter sign-off | Ann Shan |
| 16 Nov 2020 | 36D | Score before 15, in tennis | Jennifer Nutt |
| 13 Sep 2020 | 105D | Classic pop art sculpture with a slanted “O” | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| 4 Sep 2020 | 16A | What a lock on a bridge can symbolize | Brian Thomas |
| 27 Apr 2019 | 54D | Zero | Joe Deeney |
| 21 Nov 2017 | 58A | It “keeps the cold out better than a cloak,” per Longfellow | Brian Thomas |
| 10 Sep 2016 | 23D | Dearest | Peter Wentz |
| 31 Aug 2016 | 45A | Zero, at Ashe Stadium | Ned White |
| 17 Apr 2016 | 21A | Letter sign-off | Howard Barkin |
| 9 Feb 2015 | 41A | Valentine’s feeling | Lynn Lempel |
| 14 Dec 2013 | 20A | Treasure | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 15 Oct 2013 | 63A | Starting score in tennis | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 9 Jul 2013 | 41D | “A temporary insanity,” per Ambrose Bierce | Kurt Krauss |
| 5 Mar 2013 | 68A | “___ is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies”: Aristotle | Gareth Bain |
| 1 Jan 2013 | 60A | Romance | John Farmer |
| 27 May 2012 | 113A | “A madness most discreet,” per Romeo | Byron Walden |
| 22 Feb 2012 | 68A | “The occupation of the idle man, the distraction of the warrior, the peril of the sovereign,” per Napoleon | Karen Young Bonin |
| 1 Feb 2012 | 69A | *Valentine sentiment | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 28 Oct 2011 | 6D | It means nothing | Tim Croce |
| 9 Mar 2011 | 10D | Sonnet subject | Peter A. Collins |
| 27 Jun 2010 | 26A | Troubadour’s subject | Michael J. Doran |
| 3 Feb 2010 | 15A | Serenader’s subject | Kristian House |
| 22 Jun 2009 | 34D | Zero, in tennis | Fred Piscop |
| 4 Jul 2008 | 3D | It is “resistless in battle,” wrote Sophocles | John Underwood |
| 11 Dec 2007 | 27D | Aphrodite’s domain | Gail Grabowski |
| 4 Jul 2007 | 22A | All you need, in a Beatles song | Patrick Blindauer |
| 16 Feb 2007 | 31D | Something often fallen out of | Charles Barasch |
| 4 Feb 2007 | 33D | It’s nothing | Paul Guttormsson |
| 5 Oct 2006 | 56D | XOXOXO alternative | Joe DiPietro |
| 21 May 2006 | 96A | Zero | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 16 May 2006 | 32A | All you need, to the Beatles | Nancy Salomon |
| 2 May 2006 | 2D | All you need, according to the Beatles | Peter A. Collins |
| 20 Feb 2006 | 18D | With 21-Across, heartsick | Doug Peterson |
| 2 Dec 2004 | 39A | Motherly instinct | Patrick Berry |
| 8 Nov 2004 | 35D | Valentine subject | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 24 Oct 2004 | 2D | Score of zero | Patrick Berry |
| 27 Aug 2004 | 12D | Serenader’s sentiment | Manny Nosowsky |
| 13 Jul 2004 | 29A | ___-all (score) | Kevan Choset |
| 10 Feb 2004 | 55D | Zero, on a court | Seth A. Abel |
| 15 Dec 2003 | 58D | Honey | Sarah Keller |
| 5 Jul 2002 | 51D | It means nothing to 45-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| 5 Jun 2002 | 16A | First-sight phenomenon | Richard Silvestri |
| 23 Jan 2002 | 12D | 15 preceder | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 6 Aug 2001 | 2D | It “makes the world go round” | Bernice Gordon |
| 23 Jul 2001 | 44D | Score before 15 | Ethan Cooper |
| 12 Dec 2000 | 34D | It means nothing to Navratilova | Nick Grivas |
| 10 Oct 2000 | 65A | Starting point in tennis | Frances Hansen |
| 30 May 2000 | 11D | Zero, on a court | Fred Piscop |
| 27 Dec 1999 | 70A | Zero, on a court | Gregory E. Paul |
| 22 Dec 1999 | 61D | It means nothing to some people | Richard Silvestri |
| 14 Nov 1998 | 47D | Troubadour’s subject | Matt Gaffney |
| 11 Oct 1998 | 81D | Nothing on the court | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| 24 Sep 1998 | 24A | It precedes 15 | Frances Hansen |
| 12 Jan 1998 | 64A | It’s nothing to Agassi | John Greenman |
| 1 Sep 1997 | 18A | Score before 15 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 23 Jan 1997 | 61A | Like some tennis games | F. Hansen |
| 11 Jan 1995 | 60A | One of the Beach Boys | Stanley B. Whitten |
| 6 Jan 1995 | 13A | Coleridge poem | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 4 Jan 1995 | 36A | Tennis score | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 24 Feb 1994 | 52D | Robert Indiana painting | Stanley Newman |
| 20 Dec 1993 | 62A | World rotator? | Norma Steinberg |
| 15 Dec 1993 | 65A | It’s nothing | Fred Piscop |
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