NEAR

NEAR is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for NEAR in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "NEAR" answer was first appeared in "22 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Close". It was authored by Morton B. Braun/Will Shortz. Recently, the "NEAR" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Close by". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Close by", "Close", "Approach", "At hand", "Around". "NEAR" appeared 164 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "NEAR" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
19 Dec 2023 16A Close by Seth Weitberg
22 Oct 2023 60D Approach Robert Ryan
14 Jun 2023 58D A block or so away, say Jennifer Hoelzer
4 Jun 2023 34D By Rafael Musa
24 Jan 2023 69A In the area Aaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen
5 Jan 2023 60A Within reach Emily Carroll
3 Jul 2022 42D Approach Tom McCoy
22 Jun 2022 39D Close by Kate Hawkins
13 Jun 2022 16A “___, far, wherever you are” (Celine Dion lyric) Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman
26 Jan 2022 37A Dear’s rhyming partner Michael Schlossberg / Will Shortz
9 Dec 2021 27D “Warm” Alexander Liebeskind / Will Shortz
1 Nov 2021 8D In the neighborhood Fiona Taylor / Will Shortz
22 Aug 2021 15D Almost Stephen McCarthy / Will Shortz
8 Jul 2021 24D “Warm” John Lampkin / Will Shortz
26 Oct 2020 37D Close by Eric Bornstein / Will Shortz
21 Sep 2020 44A ___ at hand Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class / Will Shortz
13 Jul 2020 34D Close Erik Agard / Will Shortz
9 Mar 2020 47D Close by John Lampkin / Will Shortz
24 Dec 2019 19D At hand Alex Eaton-Salners / Will Shortz
13 Jul 2019 40A Sharing many of the characteristics of David Steinberg / Will Shortz
28 Feb 2019 17D ___ miss Randolph Ross / Will Shortz
21 Jan 2019 29A Close Sean Biggins / Will Shortz
19 Jul 2018 63D Approximately Mike Knobler / Will Shortz
29 May 2018 30D In the neighborhood John Lieb / Will Shortz
21 Jan 2018 54A In the vicinity of Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis / Will Shortz
31 Oct 2017 63A Not distant Alex Eaton-Salners / Will Shortz
20 Oct 2017 7D About Peter Wentz / Will Shortz
12 Oct 2017 68A Bye Alex Eaton-Salners / Will Shortz
9 Jul 2017 99A ___ relative Will Nediger / Will Shortz
11 Jun 2017 46D A mere stone’s throw from Charles M. Deber / Will Shortz
16 Apr 2017 1D Close Timothy Polin / Will Shortz
28 Nov 2016 67A In close proximity Kristian House / Will Shortz
16 Nov 2016 12D Close Jim Peredo / Will Shortz
10 Nov 2016 33A Dear companion? Jonathan M. Kaye and Jeff Chen / Will Shortz
10 Sep 2016 31D In the offing Peter Wentz / Will Shortz
24 Apr 2016 78D Almost Kathy Wienberg / Will Shortz
2 Nov 2015 62A In the neighborhood Loren Muse Smith and Andrea Carla Michaels / Will Shortz
30 Aug 2015 17D Within view Lee Taylor / Will Shortz
7 Jun 2015 103D At hand Samuel A. Donaldson / Will Shortz
26 Apr 2015 77D ___ East Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
25 Jan 2015 76A “Warm” Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz
15 May 2014 45A Approaching John Lieb / Will Shortz
20 Apr 2014 30A Within earshot Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
28 Jan 2014 39D In the vicinity Jeff Stillman / Will Shortz
19 Jan 2014 78A Close Dan Schoenholz / Will Shortz
5 Nov 2013 10D Approaching Paula Gamache / Will Shortz
7 Oct 2013 35A Close by Amy Johnson / Will Shortz
15 Aug 2013 15A Warm, say Jeff Chen / Will Shortz
27 Jun 2013 35A Around Sean Dobbin / Will Shortz
16 May 2013 3D Almost Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan / Will Shortz
23 Dec 2012 88D ___ beer Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz
19 Dec 2012 24D Warm, so to speak Mike Buckley / Will Shortz
14 Oct 2012 49D Only a day away, say Todd Gross / Will Shortz
10 Jul 2012 51D ___ and 60-Across (all around) Chris A. McGlothlin / Will Shortz
28 Jan 2012 59A Get 44-Down Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz
25 Oct 2011 10D In the vicinity C. W. Stewart / Will Shortz
11 Apr 2011 11D Close to Ian Livengood / Will Shortz
24 Feb 2011 62A Hereabout Gary Cee / Will Shortz
31 Jan 2011 15A Proximate Andrea Carla Michaels / Will Shortz
26 Jan 2011 1A With 65-Across, the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 51-Across taken together David Murchie / Will Shortz
29 Aug 2010 24D About Derek Bowman / Will Shortz
3 Aug 2010 15D Practically touching Paula Gamache / Will Shortz
28 Feb 2010 1A ___ miss Yaakov Bendavid / Will Shortz
8 Jan 2010 31A In the vicinity of Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
22 Jul 2009 40D By Patrick Blindauer / Will Shortz
18 May 2009 32D Close by Billie Truitt / Will Shortz
23 Mar 2009 61D Close Randy Sowell / Will Shortz
5 Dec 2008 42D About Joe Krozel / Will Shortz
1 Sep 2008 67A Close to Andrea Carla Michaels / Will Shortz
25 Aug 2008 2D Within easy reach Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake / Will Shortz
23 Jul 2008 67A “___ as I can tell …” Henry Quillen / Will Shortz
20 Jul 2008 80D Within striking distance Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz
24 Oct 2007 65A “Warm” Patrick Blindauer / Will Shortz
16 Oct 2007 37D Within earshot Michael Kaplan / Will Shortz
15 Oct 2007 6A Close Andrea Carla Michaels / Will Shortz
23 May 2007 55D Within a stone’s throw Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily / Will Shortz
3 May 2007 14A At hand Richard Chisholm / Will Shortz
19 Nov 2006 90D At hand Tony Orbach / Will Shortz
12 Jun 2006 66A In the vicinity Curtis Yee / Will Shortz
5 May 2006 4D Approximate Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
3 Aug 2005 39D Approach David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O’Donnell / Will Shortz
3 Jun 2005 57A Impending Jim Hyres / Will Shortz
29 May 2005 30D Come up to Frank Longo / Will Shortz
5 Apr 2005 61D Within reach Harvey Estes / Will Shortz
5 Mar 2005 23A Circa Bob Peoples / Will Shortz
22 Feb 2005 33D Close Ed Early / Will Shortz
1 Feb 2005 18A Close Kevan Choset / Will Shortz
31 Jan 2005 49A Within a stone’s throw Randall J. Hartman / Will Shortz
22 Jun 2004 28D Within earshot Allan E. Parrish / Will Shortz
6 Jun 2004 78D Around Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz
20 Jan 2004 29A Within view Eric Berlin / Will Shortz
22 Dec 2003 55D Close in on Joy C. Frank / Will Shortz
21 Nov 2003 6D Almost here David Ainslie Macleod / Will Shortz
15 Oct 2003 16A Getting warm John Greenman / Will Shortz
25 Sep 2003 58A Impending Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz
29 Aug 2003 51D Future preceder Gilbert H. Ludwig / Will Shortz
7 Jul 2003 53A Close by Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes / Will Shortz
29 May 2003 34D Within earshot Jim Page / Will Shortz
18 May 2003 115D With 74-Down, part of Asia Nancy Nicholson Joline / Will Shortz
20 Apr 2003 41D Around Bill Zais / Will Shortz
15 Apr 2003 62A In the vicinity Adam G. Perl / Will Shortz
4 Sep 2002 35D Fast approaching Eric Berlin / Will Shortz
15 Aug 2002 33A Well-nigh Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
19 Jun 2002 41D Close Janet R. Bender / Will Shortz
18 Jun 2002 25D In the area Eugene W. Sard / Will Shortz
16 May 2002 5D In the offing David J. Kahn / Will Shortz
24 Apr 2002 15A Dear’s partner Sheldon Benardo / Will Shortz
27 Mar 2002 18A Getting warm, say Sarah Keller / Will Shortz
10 Mar 2002 126A Around Nelson Hardy / Will Shortz
28 Feb 2002 18D Getting warm Greg Staples / Will Shortz
9 Nov 2001 23D Kind of miss Chuck Menning / Will Shortz
29 Oct 2001 30D Close Richard Hughes / Will Shortz
23 Oct 2001 63A Close Leonard Williams / Will Shortz
12 Sep 2001 15A Within range, maybe Philip Lew / Will Shortz
23 Nov 2000 56D Approach Louis Hildebrand / Will Shortz
4 Jun 2000 66A Impending Martin Schneider / Will Shortz
20 May 2000 36A Foreseeable Rich Norris / Will Shortz
2 May 2000 46A Close in on Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
12 Apr 2000 50D Approach Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
7 Feb 2000 61A Not far Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz
24 Dec 1999 10D Imminent Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz
2 Nov 1999 57A Next-door Bernice Gordon / Will Shortz
11 Oct 1999 13D At hand Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz
30 Aug 1999 21A Around Margaret Watson / Will Shortz
2 Aug 1999 45A Close Stephanie Spadaccini / Will Shortz
7 Jun 1999 47D Within view Robert O. Dillman / Will Shortz
13 Apr 1999 37D Warm, so to speak Fred Piscop / Will Shortz
12 Apr 1999 42A Close Diane C. Baldwin / Will Shortz
12 Feb 1999 9D ___ miss Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz
1 Nov 1998 37D Imminent Robert Malinow / Will Shortz
7 Jul 1998 65A Kind of miss Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
26 Apr 1998 82D Close in on Fran and Lou Sabin / Will Shortz
14 Apr 1998 14A Close Diane C. Baldwin / Will Shortz
12 Apr 1998 125A Intimate Randolph Ross / Will Shortz
10 Mar 1998 54D Approach Patrick Jordan / Will Shortz
20 Feb 1998 31D Kind of catastrophe Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
12 Feb 1998 51D Within earshot Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz
8 Jan 1998 62A By Nancy S. Ross / Will Shortz
14 Aug 1997 33A ___ East David J. Kahn / Will Shortz
1 Aug 1997 57A Immediate Gerald R. Ferguson / Will Shortz
4 May 1997 95A Warm, so to speak Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
10 Mar 1997 8D Not distant Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz
12 Feb 1997 64A Close M. E. Skolsky / W. Shortz
13 Jan 1997 3D Not distant G. E. Paul / W. Shortz
25 Dec 1996 24A Hereabout N. S. Ross / W. Shortz
19 Nov 1996 16A Close G. E. Paul / W. Shortz
1 Sep 1996 32D Handy to D. J. Kahn / W. Shortz
28 Jul 1996 113A In the vicinity N. S. Wizer / Will Shortz
8 Apr 1996 66A Close S. B. Whitten / W. Shortz
7 Mar 1996 46D Problematic for presbyopes C. Millhauser / Will Shortz
5 Feb 1996 44A At hand Robert Katz / Will Shortz
30 Oct 1995 56D Imminent Gregory E. Paul/Will Shortz
19 May 1995 24A Approach Michael S. Maurer/Will Shortz
3 Mar 1995 25A Nigh Chuck Deodene / Will Shortz
9 Feb 1995 27D At hand Richard Thomas/Will Shortz
4 Dec 1994 29D About Robert H. Wolfe/Will Shortz
10 Oct 1994 57D Close Wayne Robert Williams / Will Shortz
11 Aug 1994 40A Approach Bryant White/Will Shortz
3 Aug 1994 18D Circa Richard Thomas/Will Shortz
20 Jul 1994 61D About Harvey Estes / Will Shortz
28 Apr 1994 23D Around Randy Sowell / Will Shortz
18 Jan 1994 6D Circa Joy L. Wouk/Will Shortz
11 Jan 1994 64A “Warm” Albert J. Klaus/Will Shortz
22 Dec 1993 35A Close Morton B. Braun/Will Shortz

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