OAHU

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

This "OAHU" answer was first appeared in "22 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Honolulu locale". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "OAHU" answer has been used for "5 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Diamond Head’s island (2)". It was authored by Nate Cardin. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Obama’s birthplace (6)". "OAHU" appeared 169 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OAHU" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
5 Dec 2023 60A Diamond Head’s island Nate Cardin
24 Oct 2023 16A Third-largest Hawaiian island Daniel Grinberg
8 Oct 2023 13D Home to the Reef Runway, the first major airport runway built completely offshore Sid Sivakumar
4 Oct 2023 31A Home to Iolani Palace Gary Larson
26 Sep 2023 39D Home of the palace Hanaiakamalama Shannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein
16 Aug 2023 44A Where Diamond Head is Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley
29 May 2023 26D Island home to Honolulu Katie Hale and Zachary David Levy
16 Mar 2023 25D Home of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Rebecca Goldstein
8 Mar 2023 35D “From Here to Eternity” setting Miranda Kany
4 Dec 2022 57D Home of Wheeler Army Airfield Gustie Owens
26 Oct 2022 24D Pearl Harbor National Memorial locale Simeon Seigel
11 Aug 2022 30A Filming locale for “the beach” in “Lost” David Tuffs
7 Aug 2022 10D “Magnum, P.I.” setting Tina Labadie
1 Aug 2022 2D Honolulu’s island Garrett Chalfin
17 Jul 2022 72D Home of Iolani Palace Greg Slovacek
30 Jun 2022 29D American home of a royal palace Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
12 Jun 2022 20A Home to the Dole Plantation Will Nediger
20 May 2022 23A U.S. locale that, when said quickly, sounds like a cheer Hal Moore
15 Feb 2022 55A Honolulu’s island Claire Rimkus
13 Feb 2022 98A Island with a trisyllabic name David Steinberg
15 Nov 2021 15A Most populous Hawaiian island Ian Rathkey
14 Nov 2021 111A Obama’s birthplace Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
5 Aug 2021 64A Isle known as “The Gathering Place” Adam Wagner
2 Aug 2021 13A Where Honolulu is Kyra Wilson
21 Jul 2021 43A Island WNW of Molokai Alex Vratsanos
1 Jul 2021 23D Where the Ko’olau range is located Joe Deeney
28 Jun 2021 59D Honolulu’s home Pamela F. Davis
8 Apr 2021 14A Island where it once rained for 331 days straight Jake Halperin
15 Feb 2021 15A Home of Waikiki Beach Meconya Alford
29 Sep 2020 58D Most populous Hawaiian island Ricky Cruz
11 Sep 2020 16A Where to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Caitlin Reid and Erik Agard
12 Jul 2020 66D Home to the landmark Koko Crater Samuel A. Donaldson
25 Jun 2020 52D Home of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
15 Jun 2020 25D Hawaiian honeymoon destination Olivia Mitra Framke
21 Mar 2020 2D Hanauma Bay locale Damon Gulczynski
20 Feb 2020 4D Where the Ko’olau Range is located Joe Deeney
10 Jan 2020 29D Locale of a noted 1941 attack Brendan Emmett Quigley
5 Dec 2019 57D Island with a royal palace Neville Fogarty
18 Oct 2019 25D Home of the all-vowel town Aiea Jamey Smith
30 Sep 2019 46A Diamond Head’s island Lynn Lempel
3 Aug 2019 5D Island with a state capital Ryan McCarty
21 Jul 2019 39D Third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen
10 Jun 2019 14A Honolulu’s island Brad Wilber
11 Apr 2019 8D Home to Interstates H-1, H-2 and H-3 Brendan Emmett Quigley
2 Feb 2019 52A Island formed by two shield volcanoes David Steinberg
26 Aug 2018 75D Locale for Charlie Chan Olivia Mitra Framke
25 Jul 2018 62A Home to the Triple Crown of Surfing Emily Carroll
18 Jul 2018 2D Locale of a 12/7/1941 attack David Steinberg
9 Jul 2018 2D Where Waikiki Beach is John Lampkin
1 Jun 2018 29A Hanauma Bay locale Andrew J. Ries
1 Apr 2018 69D Four-letter island name with three syllables Sam Ezersky
21 Mar 2018 22D Setting for 19-Across Laura Braunstein
14 Jan 2018 109A Home to the historic Moana Hotel Joel Fagliano
18 Oct 2017 11D Obama’s birthplace John Lithgow and Brendan Emmett Quigley
11 Sep 2017 55D Hawaiian island Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco
3 Sep 2017 32D U.S.S. Missouri’s resting site Andrew Zhou
27 Aug 2017 100A Location of Waimea Valley Jeff Chen
27 Apr 2017 53D Home of Pearl City Todd Gross
2 Mar 2017 7D Island with Diamond Head Peter Gordon
23 Feb 2017 12A Home of the all-vowel-named town Aiea Jeff Chen
6 Jan 2017 9D National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific locale Jacob Stulberg
5 Aug 2016 30A Home of Charlie Chan Brendan Emmett Quigley
24 Jul 2016 19D Iolani palace locale David Steinberg
22 Jun 2016 42A Home of the first Dole plantation Fred Piscop
17 Feb 2016 32D Locale of Kaneohe Bay Kyle Mahowald
16 Feb 2016 27D Honolulu’s island Ron and Nancy Byron
20 Dec 2015 2D First Ironman locale Peter Wentz
10 Dec 2015 60A Setting for the George Clooney film “The Descendants” Timothy Polin
27 Sep 2015 42D Site of the U.S.’s only royal palace Tom McCoy
22 Sep 2015 42D Pearl Harbor location Victor Barocas and Tom Pepper
3 May 2015 66D Island that may have an apostrophe in its name Dan Schoenholz
17 Feb 2015 12D Frequent vacation locale for Obama Bruce Haight
18 Jan 2015 2D Home of Hanauma Bay Joe Krozel
10 Dec 2014 41A U.S. island with a royal palace Tom McCoy
14 Jul 2014 43D Honolulu’s home MaryEllen Uthlaut
29 Jun 2014 20A “From Here to Eternity” setting Byron Walden
10 Jun 2014 40A Home of Waikiki Beach Pamela Klawitter
23 Feb 2014 33D Birthplace of 22-Across A Namesake of 119-Across
17 Nov 2013 2D Home of the Waianae Range Julian Lim
16 Sep 2013 42D Honolulu’s home Ed Sessa
28 Aug 2013 33A Obama’s birthplace Erik Agard
21 Aug 2013 23D Island with Yokohama Bay Jonathan Gersch
17 Jun 2013 59D Obama’s birthplace Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels
4 Jun 2013 38A Diamond Head setting Kristian House
5 May 2013 52A Obama’s birthplace Alan Arbesfeld
16 Dec 2012 57D Locale of a 12/7/1941 attack Matt Ginsberg
2 Dec 2012 2D Nuuanu Pali Lookout locale Steven E. Atwood
21 Oct 2012 76D Waikiki locale Caleb Rasmussen
6 Sep 2012 37A It was created by two volcanoes Ben Pall
11 Jul 2012 57D Diamond Head’s isle Allan E. Parrish
29 Jun 2012 38A Obama’s birthplace Patrick Berry
7 Nov 2011 58A Hawaiian island David Steinberg
7 Aug 2011 38D Hanauma Bay locale Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan
10 Jul 2011 113D Home of 102-Down Ben Pall and David Kahn
15 May 2011 40D Home of Punchbowl Crater Cathy Allis
7 Nov 2010 85D Home of the highways H1 and H2 Will Nediger
20 Jan 2010 27D Kailua Bay’s setting Trip Payne
11 Jan 2010 53A Where Obama was born Ron and Nancy Byron
8 Oct 2009 41D Home of highways H-1, H-2 and H-3 Scott Atkinson
20 Sep 2009 108A Aloha Tower site Michael Ashley
18 Aug 2009 29D Diamond Head locale Tony Orbach
25 Jan 2009 34D Home of Wheeler Army Airfield Michael Torch
4 Jan 2009 2D Home of Mount Ka’ala Daniel A. Finan
29 Jul 2008 2D Honolulu’s home David Kwong and Emily Halpern
25 May 2008 105A “Lost” filming locale Elizabeth C. Gorski
20 Mar 2008 16A Locale of the highways H1 and H2 Stephen Edward Anderson
6 Mar 2008 55D Home of Pearl City Pamela Amick Klawitter
16 Dec 2007 47A Home of golf’s Sony Open David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn
30 Nov 2007 51A Island nicknamed the Gathering Place Henry Hook
31 Oct 2007 63A Honolulu’s home Ken Stern
30 Oct 2007 61D Island with Waimea Bay Gary Steinmehl
22 Sep 2007 10D Bishop Museum setting Mark Diehl
11 Sep 2007 27D Waikiki Beach locale Christina Houlihan Kelly
4 Sep 2007 56A Iolani Palace locale Manny Nosowsky
3 Jul 2007 4D Pearl Harbor site Norma Johnson
2 May 2007 4D Waikiki locale Richard Silvestri
29 Jan 2007 51D Pearl Harbor’s site Fred Piscop
24 Sep 2006 59D Pearl City setting Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann
10 Aug 2006 12D Filming location of ABC’s “Lost” Todd McClary
6 Aug 2006 39D Locale of Interstate H1 Mark Feldman
25 Apr 2006 46D Where Pearl City is Kevan Choset
12 Apr 2006 2D Home of the bygone Aloha Bowl Elizabeth C. Gorski
8 Jan 2006 95D Home of the superhighways H1, H2 and H3 Michael Ashley
12 Jun 2005 21A Home of Interstate H1 Joe Bower
14 May 2005 25A “Magnum P.I.” setting Bob Peoples
13 Mar 2005 111D Diamond Head’s home Patrick Merrell
10 Aug 2004 1A Home to Honolulu Sarah Keller
5 Aug 2004 25D “From Here to Eternity” island Seth Abel
19 May 2004 34D Island with Kaala Peak Alan Arbesfeld
24 Mar 2004 14A Diamond Head site Norma Johnson
15 Mar 2004 14A Hawaiian island Patrick Merrell
29 Feb 2004 105D Aiea locale Patrick Merrell
7 Dec 2003 35D Home of Iolani Palace Sherry O. Blackard
3 Jul 2003 16A Where Pearl City is Cathy Millhauser
28 Feb 2003 5D Island known as “The Gathering Place” Manny Nosowsky
23 Dec 2002 16A Where Pearl Harbor is Lisa Bunker
9 Dec 2002 25D Home to Honolulu Sarah Keller
29 Oct 2002 61A Pearl Harbor locale Richard Hughes
7 Jul 2002 63A Diamond Head locale Lloyd E. Pollet
30 Jun 2002 74A See 54-Across Joe DiPietro
21 Feb 2002 13A Where football’s Pro Bowl is played Peter Gordon
23 Dec 2001 2D Site of “interstates” H1, H2 and H3 Frances Hansen
5 Apr 2001 15A Koko Head locale Cathy Millhauser
19 Sep 2000 57A Honolulu’s island Myles Callum
27 Aug 2000 66A “Magnum, P.I.” setting Dana Motley
13 Mar 2000 55A Diamond Head locale David J. Kahn
4 Dec 1999 55D Diamond Head locale Rich Norris
22 Nov 1999 61D Honolulu’s location Frances Hansen
1 Sep 1999 31A Pearl Harbor locale Alan Arbesfeld
3 Aug 1999 52D Waikiki’s island Dave Tuller
6 Apr 1999 7D Hawaiian island Stephanie Spadaccini
24 Feb 1999 67A “Hawaii Five-O” locale Mark Elliot Skolsky
7 Jun 1998 92D Diamond Head locale Randolph Ross
29 Mar 1998 104A Home of Wheeler Air Force Base Robert H. Wolfe
20 Mar 1998 35D Kahuku setting Martin Ashwood-Smith
19 Feb 1998 35D Home of Hickam Air Force Base A. J. Santora
1 Jul 1997 63A Island near Kauai Fred Piscop
14 May 1997 34D Island near Kauai Norman S. Wizer
18 Feb 1997 36A Diamond Head locale F. Piscop
27 Apr 1996 31A Hawaiian “gathering place” F. Hansen
24 Apr 1996 33D Site of the Koolau Range G. Dean
21 Feb 1996 15A Diamond Head site F. & L. Sabin
12 Feb 1996 26D Honolulu’s site S. Robbins
16 Aug 1995 12A Honolulu’s island Judith Perry
4 Jan 1995 19D Pearl Harbor site Stephanie Spadaccini
7 Sep 1994 50D Kauai neighbor Cathy Millhauser
15 May 1994 20A Site of Hickam Air Force Base Charles M. Deber
19 Jan 1994 61D Waikiki locale Stanley Newman
22 Nov 1993 4D Honolulu locale Fred Piscop

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