MESA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for MESA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "MESA" answer was first appeared in "31 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Flattop, of sorts". It was authored by Norman S. Wizer. Recently, the "MESA" answer has been used for "8 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "City east of Tempe". It was authored by Robert Logan. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Small plateau (7)". "MESA" appeared 142 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "MESA" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2023 | 5D | City east of Tempe | Robert Logan |
| 5 Nov 2023 | 31A | Small plateau | Rich Katz |
| 5 Oct 2023 | 55A | Costa ___, Calif. | Daniel Bodily |
| 27 Sep 2023 | 54D | Butte, but bigger | Scott Koenig |
| 21 Sep 2023 | 32A | ___ Verde, national park in Colorado | Dan Caprera |
| 17 Aug 2023 | 8D | Arizona city | Erik Agard |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 8D | Feature of the Painted Desert | Matt Fuchs and Victor Sloan |
| 10 Dec 2022 | 48A | Plain protuberance | Sid Sivakumar |
| 23 Oct 2022 | 89A | City east of Phoenix | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 14 Aug 2022 | 90D | Flat top? | Jeff Chen and Jim Horne |
| 29 Apr 2022 | 27A | Largest city in the U.S. that’s not a county seat | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| 13 Mar 2022 | 37D | Flat-earther? | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| 18 Jan 2022 | 22D | High, flat land feature | Kate Schutzengel |
| 11 Jan 2022 | 28D | Bit of Southwest topography | Ross Trudeau |
| 11 Jan 2021 | 1D | Flat-topped hill | Martha Kimes |
| 10 Dec 2020 | 42A | Hill with no peak | Jack Murtagh |
| 6 Dec 2020 | 48D | Big butte | Tony Orbach |
| 27 Aug 2020 | 61A | Painted Desert feature | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 12 Jul 2020 | 57A | ___ Verde National Park | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 12 Jun 2020 | 61A | It’s a butte and then some | Robyn Weintraub |
| 25 May 2020 | 40A | Large, flat-topped hill | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas |
| 5 Apr 2020 | 35A | Tempe neighbor | Jim Peredo |
| 28 Oct 2019 | 56D | Flat-topped hill | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 9 Sep 2019 | 60A | Small plateau | Dan Schoenholz |
| 23 Jun 2019 | 108D | Four-letter U.S. city with the highest population | David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas |
| 8 Feb 2019 | 35D | Canyonlands National Park feature | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| 26 Apr 2018 | 58A | Canyonlands National Park sight | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 13 Dec 2017 | 55D | ___ Verde National Park | Benjamin Kramer |
| 28 Aug 2017 | 33D | Big butte | Dan Margolis |
| 20 Jul 2017 | 28D | Big butte | Randolph Ross |
| 24 Jan 2017 | 55D | ___ Verde National Park | John R. O’Brien |
| 8 Nov 2016 | 56D | Grand Canyon sight | Michael J. Doran |
| 31 Oct 2016 | 26D | Western plateau | Peter A. Collins |
| 23 Aug 2016 | 8D | Formation with steep cliffs | Joel Fagliano |
| 17 Aug 2016 | 42A | Spanish for “table” | Mark McClain |
| 5 Jul 2016 | 37A | City between Tempe and Apache Junction | Jules Markey |
| 26 Jun 2016 | 27A | Geological flat top | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 8 Jun 2016 | 35D | Badlands sight | Sean Dobbin |
| 25 Nov 2015 | 2D | Tenis de ___ (Ping-Pong, in Spain) | Duncan Kimmel and Clara Williamson |
| 11 Jun 2015 | 35A | Southwest hikers’ destination | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| 27 Jan 2015 | 28D | Arizona’s third-largest city | James Tuttle |
| 22 Jan 2015 | 17A | ___ Verde National Park | Timothy Polin |
| 7 Dec 2014 | 93A | U.S. city that becomes another U.S. city if you move the last letter to the front | Jeff Chen |
| 6 Jan 2014 | 16A | Small plateau | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 16 Dec 2013 | 41D | Small plateau | Greg Johnson |
| 17 Nov 2013 | 119A | High land | Julian Lim |
| 7 Aug 2013 | 30D | Natural table | Erik Wennstrom |
| 6 Jun 2013 | 44A | Badlands sight | James Tuttle |
| 30 Apr 2013 | 9D | Small plateau | Lynn Lempel |
| 24 Nov 2012 | 50D | Southwest city founded by Mormon pioneers | Josh Knapp |
| 24 Oct 2012 | 39A | Badlands feature | Ian Livengood |
| 17 Jul 2012 | 16A | Geographical formation whose name is Spanish for 9-Down | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Jul 2012 | 52D | Neighbor of Apache Junction | Tim Croce |
| 22 Dec 2011 | 17A | Beaut of a butte? | Kristian House |
| 18 Oct 2011 | 50D | Mountain with a flat top | Patrick Berry |
| 6 Sep 2011 | 5A | Tableland | Susan Gelfand |
| 14 Jun 2011 | 59D | Maricopa County city | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted |
| 23 Jan 2011 | 30A | Taxco table | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| 31 Oct 2010 | 33A | Tijuana table | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 28 Jul 2010 | 10A | Badlands formation | Howard Baker |
| 8 Feb 2010 | 1D | Mini-plateau | Paula Gamache |
| 20 Dec 2009 | 22A | La ___, Calif. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 11 Apr 2009 | 49D | Pueblo site | Karen M. Tracey |
| 9 Apr 2009 | 63A | ___ Verde National Park | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| 14 Jan 2009 | 22A | Badlands sight | Oliver Hill |
| 20 Aug 2008 | 21A | Badlands feature | Allan E. Parrish |
| 16 Aug 2008 | 51D | Costa ___ | Byron Walden |
| 7 Aug 2008 | 19A | Costa ___, Calif. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| 5 Aug 2008 | 30D | Badlands sight | joon and caroline pahk |
| 18 Jun 2008 | 13D | Flat-topped land feature | Adam Fromm |
| 4 May 2008 | 114A | Badlands sight | Richard Silvestri |
| 14 Apr 2008 | 62A | Small plateau | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 25 Feb 2008 | 19A | Miniature plateau | Randall J. Hartman |
| 9 Oct 2007 | 38D | Mini-plateau | Timothy Powell |
| 10 Jun 2007 | 39D | Broad terrace with a steep side | Bob Klahn |
| 27 May 2007 | 75D | Badlands landform | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Apr 2007 | 58A | Miniature plateau | Allan E. Parrish |
| 26 Apr 2007 | 8D | Southwest sight | Mike Nothnagel |
| 15 Feb 2007 | 17A | Western flattop? | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| 25 Dec 2006 | 13D | Tableland | Adam G. Perl |
| 31 Aug 2006 | 33A | Phoenix neighbor | Patrick Merrell |
| 19 Jul 2006 | 10A | Silhouette in a Southwest skyline | Alison Donald |
| 3 May 2006 | 36D | Painted Desert feature | Lisa Wiseman |
| 2 May 2006 | 20A | Tijuana table | Peter A. Collins |
| 8 Apr 2006 | 23D | City founded by Mormon pioneers | Patrick Berry |
| 5 Mar 2006 | 81D | City south of the Salt River | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| 1 Mar 2006 | 4D | Big butte | Richard Silvestri |
| 13 Dec 2005 | 10A | Winter home of the Chicago Cubs | Roy Leban |
| 5 Dec 2005 | 32D | Small plateau | Gary Steinmehl |
| 24 Nov 2005 | 14A | Vaquero’s view | Michael Shteyman |
| 9 Jun 2005 | 3D | Arizona spring training site | David J. Kahn |
| 21 May 2005 | 54A | Table setting? | Rich Norris |
| 12 May 2005 | 1A | It’s surrounded by walls | Manny Nosowsky |
| 12 Apr 2005 | 26D | City near Phoenix | Nancy Salomon |
| 13 Dec 2004 | 10A | Arizona city | Sarah Keller |
| 11 Dec 2004 | 14D | Badlands feature | James E. Buell |
| 31 May 2004 | 1D | Flat-topped hill | Gregory E. Paul |
| 22 Apr 2004 | 65A | Costa ___, Calif. | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 6 Jan 2004 | 20A | Flat formation | Kent Lorentzen |
| 25 Dec 2003 | 34D | City near Phoenix | John Underwood |
| 5 Dec 2003 | 54D | Monument Valley feature | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 9 Oct 2003 | 29D | ___ Verde | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 4 Oct 2002 | 53D | Blue ___ Reservoir (Colorado’s largest body of water) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 12 Jun 2002 | 1D | Arizona city | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| 2 Apr 2002 | 1A | High land | Janice M. Putney |
| 3 Jan 2002 | 9A | Chicago Cubs spring training site | Randolph Ross |
| 10 Oct 2001 | 66A | Appropriately named Colorado county | Richard Chisholm |
| 24 Sep 2001 | 38D | Steep-sided plateau | Norma Steinberg |
| 25 Dec 2000 | 52D | Hopi Indian locale | Adam G. Perl |
| 3 Oct 2000 | 19A | Tableland | Todd McClary |
| 27 Sep 2000 | 44A | Part of a western landscape | Fred Piscop |
| 23 Jul 2000 | 111D | Arizona city | Patrick Berry |
| 21 Jun 2000 | 4D | ___ Verde National Park | Greg Staples |
| 17 Jun 2000 | 53D | City on the Salt River | Rich Norris |
| 4 Apr 2000 | 34D | Tableland | D. J. DeChristopher |
| 18 Oct 1999 | 22D | Phoenix neighbor | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| 14 Oct 1999 | 52A | Hopi reservation sight | Joe DiPietro |
| 6 Sep 1999 | 30D | Western plateau | Manny Nosowsky |
| 21 Jun 1999 | 61A | La ___, Calif. | Gregory E. Paul |
| 2 Jun 1999 | 30D | City west of Apache Junction | Nancy Salomon |
| 13 May 1999 | 4A | Rock wren’s habitat | Rich Norris |
| 5 Jan 1999 | 3D | Southwest sight | Lyell Rodieck |
| 2 Nov 1998 | 1D | Phoenix suburb | Sheldon Benardo |
| 13 May 1998 | 51D | City near Phoenix | Eileen Lexau |
| 6 Apr 1998 | 50D | Tableland | Kenneth Witte |
| 24 Jan 1998 | 21A | Idaho’s ___ Falls | Randolph Ross |
| 23 Aug 1997 | 24D | Costa ___ | Rich Norris |
| 10 May 1997 | 65A | Southwestern sight | Isabel Walcott |
| 1 Apr 1997 | 61A | Phoenix neighbor | Patrick Jordan |
| 6 Feb 1997 | 25A | ___ Verde National Park | D. J. Kahn |
| 12 Dec 1996 | 56D | Southwestern desert feature | J. R. Conrad |
| 31 Mar 1996 | 74A | New Mexico’s Enchanted___ | J. Savage |
| 11 Jan 1996 | 24A | Rimrock locale | B. Jorgensen |
| 1 Nov 1995 | 35D | Mexican geologic feature | D. J. DeChristopher |
| 31 Jul 1995 | 46D | Natural table | Elizabeth Gorski |
| 25 Jul 1995 | 36D | Miniplateau | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 Mar 1995 | 26A | Phoenix neighbor | Ernie Furtado |
| 6 Feb 1995 | 49D | Arizona city | Gregory E. Paul |
| 26 Dec 1994 | 64A | Tableland | Gregory E. Paul |
| 8 Aug 1994 | 24D | Tableland | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 23 Jun 1994 | 6A | City near Phoenix | Trip Payne |
| 31 Dec 1993 | 63A | Flattop, of sorts | Norman S. Wizer |
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