NEAT

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

This "NEAT" answer was first appeared in "12 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Not on the rocks (3)". It was authored by Cathy Millhauser. Recently, the "NEAT" answer has been used for "18 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Super-cool!”". It was authored by Joe Marquez. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Tidy (19)", "In order (8)", "Nifty (7)", "Shipshape (6)", "In apple-pie order (6)", "Spiffy (7)", "Undiluted (6)". "NEAT" appeared 217 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "NEAT" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
18 Dec 2023 56D “Super-cool!” Joe Marquez
30 Oct 2023 49A Tidy Kenneth Cortes
26 Oct 2023 25D Like half of the Odd Couple John Donegan
9 Apr 2023 71D Shipshape John Ewbank
31 Dec 2022 9D Dandy Billy Bratton
23 Nov 2022 20A Not on the rocks Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock
17 Oct 2022 57D Served without ice, at a bar Caryn L. Robbins
11 Jul 2022 15A Tidy Roy Greim
9 Jul 2022 24A Adroit, as a trick Kevin G. Der
24 May 2022 57D Like Scotch served without ice Ella Dershowitz
24 Apr 2022 106A “Dope!” Sam Ezersky
8 Feb 2022 18D Nifty Adam Aaronson, Jack Joshi and Jackson Janes
29 Dec 2021 58D Well-kept Simon Marotte and Victor Fleming
26 Nov 2021 60D With 66-Across, “Good thinking!” Kate Hawkins
13 Nov 2021 36A “Slick” Adam Aaronson
17 Oct 2021 13D Fastidious Jeff Chen
18 Aug 2021 58A Tidy Alina Abidi
12 Aug 2021 26D “Good stuff!” Jake Halperin
25 Jul 2021 75D “Gee, that’s swell!” Chandi Deitmer
21 Jul 2021 41A Well-kept Alex Vratsanos
24 May 2021 59A Tidy Adrienne Atkins
15 Apr 2021 30D Straight up Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer
16 Nov 2020 44A Tidy Jennifer Nutt
11 Sep 2020 8D Dandy Caitlin Reid and Erik Agard
30 Aug 2020 112D Tidy Olivia Mitra Framke
9 Jul 2020 20D Straight up Joe Kidd
22 Jun 2020 69A Tidy Sid Sivakumar
1 Mar 2020 28D Peachy-keen Sam Trabucco
27 Feb 2020 25D “Swell!” Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb
8 Feb 2020 34A “Keen!” Hemant Mehta
22 Jan 2020 41A Having everything in its proper place Alex Eaton-Salners
2 Dec 2019 62A All tidied up Lynn Lempel
27 Oct 2019 24D Like some servings of Scotch Michael Paleos
20 Aug 2019 48A Without ice, at a bar Evan Kalish
14 Jul 2019 68A “Cool beans!” Caitlin Reid
30 Jun 2019 47D Undiluted Emily Carroll
13 Mar 2019 37D Well-organized Jeffrey Wechsler
8 Jan 2019 32A Tidy Freddie Cheng
24 Sep 2018 38D “Awesome!” Michael Black
16 Sep 2018 85D How whiskey is often served Joel Fagliano
12 Sep 2018 22A “That’s quite a trick!” Jeffrey Wechsler
5 Aug 2018 33A Tidy Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard
26 Apr 2018 13A Trim Alex Eaton-Salners
26 Mar 2018 21A Without ice, at the bar Andy Kravis
30 Oct 2017 2D Tidy Jay Kaskel
18 Sep 2017 64A In apple-pie order Tom McCoy
29 May 2017 25D In apple-pie order Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman
28 Feb 2017 58D In order Jacob Stulberg
27 Feb 2017 3D “Cool!” Zhouqin Burnikel
12 Nov 2016 50D Trim David J. Kahn
28 Sep 2016 19A Orderly Morton J. Mendelson
29 May 2016 85D Peachy Kevin G. Der
11 Oct 2015 59D Cool David J. Kahn
18 Jun 2015 41D “Ooooh!” Jason Flinn
12 Feb 2015 20A Keen Jules P. Markey
21 Dec 2014 7A Without a mixer Joel Fagliano
14 Nov 2013 61A Cool Tom McCoy
13 Nov 2013 40A Nifty Jean O’Conor
9 Oct 2013 65A “Gnarly!” Jason Flinn
29 Sep 2013 2D Undiluted Norm Guggenbiller
6 Sep 2013 50D Ordered Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson
11 Jun 2013 49A “Super!” Pete Muller
3 Feb 2013 108A Cool Dan Schoenholz
7 Jan 2013 20A Nifty Jim Peredo
7 Aug 2012 12D Like Felix, but not Oscar Mike Buckley
30 May 2012 12D In order David J. Kahn
22 May 2012 23A Straight, at a bar Kyle T. Dolan
20 Feb 2012 58A Tidy Samuel A. Donaldson
15 Feb 2012 16A “Way cool!” Peter A. Collins
29 Dec 2011 58A Nifty David Steinberg
2 Sep 2011 1D Ingenious Tim Croce
28 Aug 2011 92D “Cool” Patrick Berry
28 Jul 2011 18D Peachy Alan Arbesfeld
22 May 2011 119D Spruce Bob Klahn
21 Apr 2011 26D “That’s keen!” Julian Lim
4 Mar 2011 13D Smart Joe Krozel
28 Oct 2010 55D In order David J. Kahn
26 Oct 2010 60D Tidy Chris Handman
18 Oct 2010 70A Well-kept Lynn Lempel
12 Sep 2010 120A “Super!” Paula Gamache
21 Jul 2010 3D “Cool beans!” Oliver Hill
19 Jul 2010 69A Without ice, as a drink David Blake
21 Apr 2010 45A Orderly Peter A. Collins
12 Apr 2010 59A Having everything in its place Ian Livengood
14 Jan 2010 58D Swell Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
21 Sep 2009 16A Having everything arranged just so Mark Feldman
7 Aug 2009 31D All lined up Manny Nosowsky
28 Apr 2009 24A ___ as a pin Matt Ginsberg
20 Apr 2009 19A Spick-and-span Randall J. Hartman
6 Jan 2009 37A Free of clutter John Greenman
12 Dec 2008 43A Well-executed Mike Nothnagel
25 Nov 2008 42D “Very cool!” Caleb Madison
21 Nov 2008 8D Bar request Patrick Berry
27 Oct 2008 14A Tidy Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake
9 Sep 2008 27A Sans ice Patrick John Duggan
22 Jul 2008 40A Shipshape Lynn Lempel
22 Apr 2008 30D Spiffy Nancy Salomon
20 Mar 2008 51D Straight up Stephen Edward Anderson
19 Nov 2007 71A Spiffy Lynn Lempel
13 Nov 2007 46A Carefully arranged Fred Piscop
14 Sep 2007 31D Groomed John Farmer
8 Sep 2007 25D Drink preference Brendan Emmett Quigley
12 Aug 2007 89A Well-planned Cathy Millhauser
5 Aug 2007 111A “Swell!” Caroline Leong
30 Jun 2007 45A Bourbon order Byron Walden
18 Jun 2007 36D Tidy Randall J. Hartman
2 May 2007 54D Well-executed Richard Silvestri
20 Mar 2007 65A Sans ice Laura A. Halper
19 Jun 2006 60D In apple-pie order Raymond Hamel
25 Apr 2006 59D In order Kevan Choset
6 Mar 2006 26D “Dandy!” Jack McInturff
27 Feb 2006 41D Fastidious Ed Early
16 Dec 2005 28D Trim Joe DiPietro
4 Dec 2005 104D Straight, or straightened Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper
31 Oct 2005 3D In order Jim Hyres
5 Oct 2005 58D Shipshape Nancy Salomon
6 Aug 2005 16A Bar preference Frank Longo
19 Jul 2005 61A Without ice Trip Payne
10 May 2005 45A Not having a thing out of place Nancy Salomon
27 Feb 2005 97A Straight Mike Torch
21 Feb 2005 63A Spick and span Sherry O. Blackard
26 Dec 2004 32A Cool Hal Turner
3 Nov 2004 22D Straight up Ed Early
27 Aug 2004 42D How Scotch may be served Manny Nosowsky
30 Jun 2004 25D Straight, at the bar Brendan Emmett Quigley
14 Jun 2004 25D Well-groomed Craig Kasper
6 Jun 2004 97A “Cool” Patrick Merrell
13 May 2004 20A Without ice Patrick Merrell
3 May 2004 17A Spick-and-span Gregory E. Paul
2 May 2004 33D “Snazzy!” Derrick Niederman
21 Apr 2004 23A In order Michael Shteyman
5 Oct 2003 29D Well-executed Richard Silvestri
15 Sep 2003 54D Orderly Sheldon Benardo
28 May 2003 29D Nifty Alan Arbesfeld
5 Mar 2003 2D Spiffy Tyler Hinman
3 Feb 2003 54D Natty Sheldon Benardo
24 Jan 2003 52D Trim Manny Nosowsky
28 Jul 2002 33A Straight Nelson Hardy
22 Jul 2002 4D Shipshape Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
5 Jun 2002 33A Nifty Richard Silvestri
26 May 2002 109D Marvy Elizabeth C. Gorski
20 May 2002 36D In apple-pie order Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
30 Apr 2002 37D Without ice John F. Hughes
7 Apr 2002 32A Straight up or straightened up Nancy Salomon
20 Dec 2001 30D Like some drinks Rich Norris
20 Nov 2001 29D “Cool!” Kelly Clark
23 Oct 2001 55D Well-groomed Leonard Williams
18 Oct 2001 33D Like some drink orders Elizabeth C. Gorski
16 Oct 2001 18A Shipshape Sarah Keller
21 Aug 2001 70A “Cool!” Sarah Keller
14 Jun 2001 63A Like some drinks Mark Diehl
11 Jun 2001 2D Not having a hair out of place Gregory E. Paul
27 Apr 2001 27D Sans ice Mark Diehl
29 Mar 2001 60D Without ice William I. Johnston
11 Mar 2001 29A Like some drinks Elizabeth C. Gorski
15 Feb 2001 22A Methodical David Ainslie Macleod
21 Nov 2000 23A In apple-pie order Robert Zimmerman
11 Oct 2000 18D Straight up Greg Staples
9 Oct 2000 25D Tidy Teresa M. Hackett
15 Aug 2000 5A Nifty Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
4 Jul 2000 34A “Cool!” Tyler Hinman
20 Jun 2000 5A “Cool!” Nancy Salomon
5 Jun 2000 53D Tidy William A. Ballard
18 Apr 2000 16A Tidy Myles Callum
8 Apr 2000 48A Keen Rich Norris
27 Feb 2000 49D Straight, at the bar Harvey Estes
2 Feb 2000 69A Undiluted, at the bar Richard Chisholm
19 Jan 2000 19D Sans ice Arthur S. Verdesca
18 Dec 1999 34A Bar request Nancy Joline
15 Dec 1999 28A Undiluted Ethan Cooper
12 Dec 1999 95D Spruce Richard Silvestri
31 May 1999 57D Spiffy Joey Crumley
28 May 1999 13A Full-strength, in a way Joe DiPietro
11 Apr 1999 50A In order Matt Gaffney
17 Jan 1999 37D Shipshape Cathy Millhauser
26 Jul 1998 37D Straight Richard Silvestri
22 Jul 1998 69A Undiluted Mark Elliot Skolsky
24 Jun 1998 14A Orderly Richard Silvestri
14 Jun 1998 16D “Capital!” Manny Nosowsky
6 May 1998 14A Not on the rocks Richard Hughes
29 Apr 1998 42D Spiffy Gayle Dean
23 Apr 1998 20A Sans mixers Cathy Millhauser
15 Mar 1998 56D Uncluttered Frank Longo
29 Oct 1997 29A Jim-dandy Kelly Clark
22 Sep 1997 58D Peachy-keen Gregory E. Paul
6 Sep 1997 53A In order Rich Norris
20 Aug 1997 61D Tidy Chuck Deodene
13 Aug 1997 43A In apple-pie order Richard Silvestri
6 Aug 1997 54A Devoid of rocks? Rich Norris
14 Jun 1997 65A Smart A. J. Santora
29 May 1997 34A Spiffy Gilbert H. Ludwig
23 Apr 1997 21A Sans mixers Cathy Millhauser
8 Mar 1997 51A First-rate Rich Norris
18 Jan 1997 3D Pinlike D. Niles
15 Jan 1997 53D Spiffy C. Currier
11 Sep 1996 26D Straight B. E. Quigley
24 Jul 1996 25D Undiluted A. Micci
26 May 1996 39D Undiluted R. Ross
9 May 1996 41A Sans mixers C. Millhauser
28 Apr 1996 60D One way to order whiskey D. C. Baldwin
4 Feb 1996 98D Litter-free D. J. Kahn
19 Oct 1995 3D Marvy Lois Sidway
28 Sep 1995 46A Peachy-keen Matt Gaffney
3 Sep 1995 25A Straight Ernie Furtado
24 Jun 1995 29D Trig Bob & Sharon Klahn
17 May 1995 39D Adroit Ed Early
12 Feb 1995 58D Without water Alex & Victoria Black
31 Jan 1995 23A Well-groomed Albert J. Klaus
19 Dec 1994 21A Tidy Sidney L. Robbins
2 Dec 1994 13D Spruce Bob Klahn
20 Nov 1994 116A Pinlike Matt Gaffney
14 Sep 1994 70A Unmixed, at a mixer Harvey Estes
17 Jul 1994 42A Kempt Cathy Millhauser
14 Mar 1994 49A Unmixed, as a drink Ernie Furtado
27 Feb 1994 115D Groomed Bette Sue Cohen
24 Dec 1993 37A “Cool” Merl H. Reagle
12 Dec 1993 87A Not on the rocks Cathy Millhauser

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