NOS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for NOS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "NOS" answer was first appeared in "28 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Refusals (10)". It was authored by Joanne W. Edwards. Recently, the "NOS" answer has been used for "1 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Identifiers of a sort: Abbr.". It was authored by Jem Burch. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Refusals (10)", "Rejections (11)", "Turndowns (10)", "Rebuffs (11)", "Denials (8)". "NOS" appeared 137 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "NOS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 2023 | 58A | Identifiers of a sort: Abbr. | Jem Burch |
| 29 Sep 2023 | 19A | Contacts data: Abbr. | Malaika Handa |
| 20 May 2023 | 47D | Column on an R.S.V.P. spreadsheet | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| 19 Apr 2023 | 44D | Discouraging words | Joe Deeney |
| 11 Apr 2023 | 36D | Votes against | Taylor Johnson and Jeff Chen |
| 22 Mar 2023 | 55D | #s | Madeline Kaplan |
| 26 Nov 2022 | 8D | Refusals | Kanyin Ajayi |
| 11 May 2022 | 56A | Flat refusals | Michael Paleos |
| 28 Aug 2021 | 29D | Some are natural: Abbr. | Julian Lim |
| 4 Jul 2021 | 12D | Column of boxes on a questionnaire | Howard Barkin |
| 1 Jul 2021 | 22A | Directory info: Abbr. | Joe Deeney |
| 3 May 2021 | 28A | Opposite of yeses | Ross Trudeau |
| 16 Mar 2021 | 69A | Directory listings: Abbr. | Lindsey Hobbs |
| 18 Oct 2020 | 52D | Bullet alternatives: Abbr. | Miriam Estrin |
| 22 Sep 2020 | 65D | Refusals | Jeremy Newton |
| 29 Aug 2020 | 22A | Spreadsheet entries: Abbr. | Michael Hawkins |
| 10 Jul 2020 | 8D | Rebuffs | John Lieb |
| 24 May 2020 | 38A | Refusals | Andrew Chaikin |
| 25 Nov 2019 | 1D | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.: Abbr. | Daniel Mauer |
| 3 Sep 2019 | 65A | ZIP codes, essentially: Abbr. | Evan Kalish |
| 6 Jun 2019 | 24A | Rejections | Fred Piscop |
| 13 Sep 2018 | 22A | Some R.S.V.P.s | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 18 Jun 2018 | 43D | Rejections | Ross Trudeau |
| 4 Jul 2017 | 44A | Thumbs-down responses | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 28 May 2017 | 75A | Refusals | Andrew Zhou |
| 22 Oct 2016 | 26A | Directory listings: Abbr. | James Mulhern |
| 4 Sep 2016 | 52D | Negatives | Tom McCoy |
| 15 Jun 2016 | 42A | Rejections | Jason Flinn |
| 27 Apr 2016 | 20A | Denials | Jeff Stillman |
| 2 Apr 2016 | 59D | Some R.S.V.P.s | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| 21 Feb 2016 | 64D | Inclusions in safer passwords: Abbr. | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Dec 2015 | 21D | Rebuffs | Patrick Merrell |
| 23 Nov 2015 | 66A | Refusals | Parker Lewis |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 102A | Parts of many passwords: Abbr. | Patrick Berry |
| 20 Aug 2015 | 72A | Vetoes | Jules P. Markey |
| 5 Jul 2015 | 112D | Turndowns | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 23 Apr 2015 | 58D | Thumbs-down responses | David Steinberg and Bruce Leban |
| 12 Feb 2015 | 25A | Most slush pile responses | Jules P. Markey |
| 23 Jul 2014 | 41A | iPhone data: Abbr. | Howard Barkin |
| 13 Jul 2014 | 124D | Refusals | Tom McCoy |
| 13 Mar 2014 | 59D | Rejections | Alex Vratsanos |
| 10 Dec 2013 | 32D | Prohibitions | Bill Thompson |
| 4 Nov 2013 | 62D | 1, 2, 3, etc.: Abbr. | John Lieb |
| 18 Sep 2013 | 60A | Discouraging words | Paul Hunsberger |
| 13 Aug 2013 | 54A | What horizontal head shakes signify | Joel Fagliano |
| 24 Apr 2013 | 12D | KenKen entries: Abbr. | Clive Probert |
| 17 Apr 2013 | 69A | Primes, e.g.: Abbr. | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 10 Jan 2013 | 20A | Questionnaire response column | Kevan Choset |
| 8 Dec 2012 | 29A | They’re crunchable: Abbr. | Barry C. Silk |
| 11 Jun 2012 | 64D | Denials | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| 23 May 2012 | 40D | Figs. | Eric Williams |
| 23 Feb 2012 | 64D | Digits, e.g.: Abbr. | Jeff Chen |
| 4 Jan 2012 | 53A | Rejections | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Nov 2011 | 53D | Rejections | Joe DiPietro |
| 30 Oct 2011 | 121D | Turndowns | Andrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer |
| 22 Jun 2011 | 14D | ZIP codes, e.g.: Abbr. | Tim Croce |
| 24 Feb 2011 | 32D | Directory listings: Abbr. | Gary Cee |
| 6 Feb 2011 | 100A | Turndowns | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Sep 2010 | 66A | Figs. | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 17 Aug 2010 | 61A | Turndowns | Michael Sharp |
| 26 Jun 2010 | 1D | They’re not positive | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 9 Jun 2009 | 47A | Most apts. have them | Steve Dobis |
| 1 Jun 2009 | 64A | Telephone book info: Abbr. | John Farmer |
| 23 Nov 2008 | 87A | Rejections | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Oct 2008 | 64A | Directory data: Abbr. | Patrick Blindauer |
| 6 Jun 2008 | 21A | People who aren’t positive? | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 24 Apr 2008 | 17A | Denials | Michael Langwald |
| 14 Feb 2008 | 45A | There are eight of these before “baby” in Elvis’s “A Big Hunk o’ Love” | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Jan 2008 | 21D | Squares and cubes, e.g.: Abbr. | John Farmer |
| 4 Nov 2007 | 108D | Rebuffs | Bob Klahn |
| 19 Oct 2007 | 32A | Directory data: Abbr. | Frederick J. Healy |
| 26 Aug 2007 | 111D | They were worth $5 each on “What’s My Line?” | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| 15 Aug 2007 | 62D | Dissenting chorus | Ray Fontenot |
| 5 Aug 2007 | 109D | Rejections | Caroline Leong |
| 22 Apr 2007 | 20D | Denials | Victor Fleming |
| 4 Apr 2007 | 23A | Those against | Bette Sue Cohen |
| 23 Feb 2007 | 60D | Directory data: Abbr. | Patrick Merrell |
| 17 Feb 2007 | 23A | Telemarketing need: Abbr. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 18 Jan 2007 | 42A | Vetoes | Randolph Ross |
| 5 Nov 2006 | 135D | Turndowns | Derrick Niederman |
| 3 Nov 2006 | 29A | Yellow Pages info: Abbr. | Manny Nosowsky |
| 29 Jul 2006 | 49D | Directory listings: Abbr. | Bob Klahn |
| 17 Feb 2006 | 39A | Directory data: Abbr. | Trip Payne |
| 5 Feb 2006 | 36D | Rebuffs | Eric Berlin |
| 14 Dec 2005 | 51A | Figs. | James R. Leeds |
| 6 Nov 2005 | 101A | Turndowns | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 7 Dec 2004 | 29A | Dissenting votes | David Diefendorf |
| 3 Dec 2004 | 24A | Business card info: Abbr. | Michael Shteyman |
| 20 Aug 2004 | 27A | Some are odd: Abbr. | Harvey Estes |
| 15 Jun 2004 | 22D | Rejections | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 25 May 2004 | 71A | Taboos | Richard Chisholm |
| 22 Jan 2004 | 26D | Tel. book contents | Roy Leban |
| 26 Oct 2002 | 58A | Starts of many park signs | Rich Norris |
| 14 Oct 2002 | 40D | Tel. book listings | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Jul 2002 | 5D | Forbiddances | Nancy Joline |
| 26 Jun 2002 | 27D | Discouraging words | Nancy Salomon |
| 16 Jun 2002 | 57D | Rebuffs | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Oct 2001 | 60D | Rejections | John Scott Marrone |
| 30 Jun 2001 | 11D | They may be whole: Abbr. | Frank Longo |
| 24 Jun 2001 | 44A | Dissents | Randolph Ross |
| 25 May 2001 | 55A | They may be real or imaginary: Abbr. | Bob Peoples |
| 11 May 2001 | 57D | Discouraging words | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 9 Apr 2001 | 63A | Denials | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| 24 Jan 2001 | 32D | Dissenting votes | David Ainslie Macleod |
| 14 Jan 2001 | 107A | # # #: Abbr. | Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Dec 2000 | 35D | 1 and 66: Abbr. | Frances Hansen |
| 14 Dec 2000 | 57A | Rebuffs | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Dec 2000 | 56D | Rebuffs | Bob Klahn |
| 28 Apr 2000 | 1A | 5 and 10: Abbr. | Joe DiPietro |
| 21 Feb 2000 | 59D | Phone book listings: Abbr. | Randy Sowell |
| 29 Oct 1999 | 49A | Refusal after refusal | Nancy Salomon |
| 8 Oct 1999 | 36A | ZIP codes: Abbr. | Nancy Salomon |
| 24 Sep 1999 | 25A | Vetoes | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 2 Sep 1999 | 9D | Rejection after rejection? | Joe DiPietro |
| 25 Jan 1999 | 40D | Rebuffs | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 16 Nov 1998 | 22A | Refusals | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| 25 Sep 1998 | 56D | Our, in Orléans | Mark Blakeburn |
| 27 May 1998 | 61D | Refusals | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 17 May 1998 | 86A | Declinations | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
| 6 Jan 1998 | 4D | Refusals | Ed Early |
| 16 Oct 1997 | 55A | Rejections | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 23 May 1997 | 65A | Antis | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 18 Mar 1997 | 39A | Turndowns | John R. Conrad |
| 16 Aug 1996 | 40A | Denials | M. Gaffney |
| 16 Dec 1995 | 28D | Rebuffs | Bryant White |
| 7 Oct 1995 | 48D | Turndowns | Frank A. Longo |
| 15 Aug 1995 | 30A | Turndowns | Randall J. Hartman |
| 9 Jul 1995 | 11D | Two-year-olds’ utterances | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 9 Dec 1994 | 26A | Denials | Matt Gaffney |
| 13 Nov 1994 | 93D | Vetoes | Frank A. Longo |
| 6 Sep 1994 | 20A | Denials | Janet R. Bender |
| 11 Aug 1994 | 56D | Vetoes | Bryant White |
| 22 Apr 1994 | 23A | Rebuffs | A.J. Santora |
| 13 Apr 1994 | 54A | Turndowns | Jim Page |
| 22 Jan 1994 | 67D | Rebuffs | Raymond Hamel |
| 4 Dec 1993 | 42A | Answers for Nanette? | Glenton Petgrave |
| 28 Nov 1993 | 34A | Refusals | Joanne W. Edwards |
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