OMEN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OMEN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OMEN" answer was first appeared in "19 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Straw in the wind (4)". It was authored by John M. Samson. Recently, the "OMEN" answer has been used for "17 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "It’s a sign (3)". It was authored by Hemant Mehta. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Harbinger (15)", "Portent (9)", "Sign (16)", "Sign of things to come (6)", "Augury (6)". "OMEN" appeared 229 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OMEN" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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17 Nov 2023 | 13A | It’s a sign | Hemant Mehta |
3 Nov 2023 | 25D | Divination observation | Robyn Weintraub |
17 Oct 2023 | 70A | Itchy hands, for the arrival of money, supposedly | Dominic Grillo |
17 Apr 2023 | 46D | Sign of things to come | Katherine Baicker and Scott Earl |
9 Apr 2023 | 43A | A butterfly flying into your home is a good one, some say | John Ewbank |
8 Jan 2023 | 109D | Black cat, classically | Wyna Liu |
26 Dec 2022 | 61D | A rainbow may be seen as a good one | Kurt Weller |
19 Dec 2022 | 28D | Predictive sign | Jennifer Nutt |
8 Dec 2022 | 30A | Harbinger | Grant Thackray |
24 Nov 2022 | 60A | A rooster crowing before midnight, it was once believed | Pao Roy |
19 Sep 2022 | 40A | Spine-tingling sign of things to come | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
24 Aug 2022 | 53A | Eclipse, to some | Colin Ernst |
7 Aug 2022 | 4D | Warning sign | Tina Labadie |
4 Aug 2022 | 12D | Something interpreted from a bird’s behavior, in the ancient Greek practice of ornithomancy | Ella Dershowitz |
28 Jul 2022 | 46A | Sign | Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen |
3 Jun 2022 | 47D | Dark clouds, e.g. | Robyn Weintraub |
8 May 2022 | 26A | Portent | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
14 Feb 2022 | 69A | Harbinger | Alan Siegel |
6 Jan 2022 | 40A | A rainbow is said to be a good one | Andrew Linzer |
9 Oct 2021 | 55A | The Grim, in the Harry Potter books | August Lee-Kovach |
26 Sep 2021 | 113A | One might be good or evil | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
4 Jul 2021 | 27A | Auspice | Howard Barkin |
16 Feb 2021 | 61A | Gathering clouds, to some | Johanna Fenimore |
29 Sep 2020 | 50A | Sign for a soothsayer | Ricky Cruz |
25 Sep 2020 | 49D | “Good” or “ill” thing | Rachel Fabi |
9 Sep 2020 | 31A | Black cat, some think | Jakob Weisblat |
31 Aug 2020 | 7D | Eclipse or a black cat, some say | Anne Marie Crinnion |
17 Aug 2020 | 62A | Shooting star, some might think | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
5 Aug 2020 | 56D | Foreboding sign | Michael Paleos |
12 Jun 2020 | 15A | Dark skies, e.g. | Robyn Weintraub |
1 Jun 2020 | 18A | Sign for the superstitious | Erik Agard |
22 May 2020 | 53A | Herald | Hal Moore |
29 Apr 2020 | 20D | Eclipse, for some | Joe DiPietro |
27 Apr 2020 | 23A | Sign of things to come | Ed Sessa |
14 Apr 2020 | 14A | Appearance of a comet, to some | Joe Hansen |
4 Feb 2020 | 18D | Gathering clouds, to some | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
22 Jan 2020 | 63A | Halley’s comet, to William the Conqueror | Alex Eaton-Salners |
17 Dec 2019 | 30A | Appearance of a comet, maybe | David Levinson Wilk |
2 Oct 2019 | 22D | Divine message, for some | Mangesh Ghogre |
15 Sep 2019 | 34A | 666, perhaps | Andrew Kingsley |
6 Sep 2019 | 51D | It’s a sign | Mark Diehl |
19 Aug 2019 | 39A | Harbinger | Peter Gordon |
11 Jul 2019 | 65A | Blood moon, to some | Alex Eaton-Salners |
16 Apr 2019 | 69A | Sign for the superstitious | Gary Cee |
4 Jan 2019 | 29A | Halley’s comet, to William the Conqueror | Neil Padrick Wilson |
9 Sep 2018 | 27A | Harbinger | Hal Moore |
4 Aug 2018 | 19D | Calpurnia’s dream of Caesar’s death, e.g. | Sam Trabucco |
26 Jul 2018 | 47A | Sign | Nate Cardin |
15 Jul 2018 | 34D | What dark clouds might represent | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
3 Jul 2018 | 56D | Sign of the future | Christopher Adams |
9 May 2018 | 56A | Sign for good or ill | Jeff Chen |
21 Mar 2018 | 52D | Unsettling dream, maybe | Laura Braunstein |
27 Dec 2017 | 64A | Augur | David Kwong |
29 Nov 2017 | 58D | Portent | Erik Agard |
26 Nov 2017 | 26A | Auspice | Jeff Chen |
21 Nov 2017 | 61A | Eclipse, to some | Brian Thomas |
13 May 2017 | 50D | Parting of the clouds, maybe | Jeff Chen |
17 Jan 2017 | 66A | Sign of things to come | Timothy Polin |
24 Nov 2016 | 8D | Film for which Gregory Peck had the highest-paid performance of his career, with “The” | Brian J. MacDonald |
8 Oct 2016 | 50D | Breaking a comb, in Japan, e.g. | Julian Lim |
25 Jul 2016 | 52D | Harbinger | Kevin Christian |
5 Jul 2016 | 52D | Portent | Jules Markey |
30 Jun 2016 | 65A | Gathering clouds, e.g. | Jonathan M. Kaye |
26 Feb 2016 | 43D | Owl’s hoot, to some | Paula Gamache |
24 Feb 2016 | 66A | Sign to heed | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
31 Dec 2015 | 57D | Harbinger | Ben Tausig |
27 Nov 2015 | 45D | Foreshadowing | Peter Wentz |
6 Nov 2015 | 10D | What a mystic might look for | Ian Livengood |
14 Oct 2015 | 14A | Full moon or dark clouds, maybe | Joel Fagliano |
26 Sep 2015 | 59A | Foretoken | David Woolf |
25 Aug 2015 | 63A | Black cat crossing one’s path, e.g. | John E. Bennett |
14 Aug 2015 | 54D | It’s a sign | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
7 Apr 2015 | 64A | Foreboding sign | David J. Lieb |
18 Dec 2014 | 14A | A butterfly flying into a house is said to be a good one | Timothy Polin |
2 Nov 2014 | 103A | Foreshadowing | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
9 Oct 2014 | 70A | What a prophet may look for | Joel Fagliano |
28 Jul 2014 | 22A | Portent | Tom McCoy |
24 Mar 2014 | 67A | Sign for the superstitious | Tom Pepper |
12 Jan 2014 | 25A | 1976 horror hit, with “The” | Andrew Chaikin |
30 Jul 2013 | 58D | Sign | Peter A. Collins |
25 Jun 2013 | 33A | Black cat running across one’s path, say | Joel Fagliano |
21 Apr 2013 | 49D | You might see one in an eclipse | Jonah Kagan |
18 Mar 2013 | 18D | Portent | Daniel Landman |
22 Oct 2012 | 66A | Portent | Joel Fagliano |
28 Aug 2012 | 43D | Breaking of a mirror, some fear | Lou Borenstein |
27 Aug 2012 | 39D | Warning sign | Michael Farabaugh |
6 Aug 2012 | 67A | Sign of things to come | Lynn Lempel |
31 Jul 2012 | 11D | Eclipse, to some | Michael Sharp |
17 Apr 2012 | 71A | Black cat, to some | Milo Beckman |
3 Apr 2012 | 27A | Gathering clouds, e.g. | Paula Gamache |
4 Nov 2011 | 6D | Sign | Patrick Berry |
1 Nov 2011 | 16A | Black cloud or black cat, to some | Kristian House |
21 Aug 2011 | 3D | Sign | Alan Arbesfeld |
15 Jun 2011 | 18A | Straw in the wind | Jeffrey Wechsler |
20 May 2011 | 25A | Take it as a sign | David Levinson Wilk |
9 Apr 2011 | 16A | Shakespeare’s “temple-haunting martlet” is a good one | Scott Atkinson |
18 Jan 2011 | 5A | *Black cat, supposedly | Gary J. Whitehead |
26 Dec 2010 | 120A | Sign | Darin McDaniel |
21 Oct 2010 | 32D | Harbinger | Dan Naddor |
25 Jul 2010 | 117A | 1970s-’80s horror film franchise, with “The” | Alan Arbesfeld |
29 Jun 2010 | 48A | Sign to be interpreted | Peter A. Collins |
2 Jun 2010 | 22D | Eclipse, to the impressionable | Adam Cohen |
30 May 2010 | 86D | Sign | Eric Berlin |
15 Feb 2010 | 12D | Portent | Lynn Lempel |
10 Feb 2010 | 13D | 1976 Gregory Peck film, with “The” | Ed Sessa |
9 Jul 2009 | 33D | Augury | Ashish Vengsarkar |
22 Jun 2009 | 20A | Comet, say, to the impressionable | Fred Piscop |
5 May 2009 | 46A | Sign of the future | Trip Payne |
16 Mar 2009 | 27D | Broken mirror, to some | Lynn Lempel |
22 Feb 2009 | 91D | Soothsayer’s subject | Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson |
1 Feb 2009 | 56D | Shooting star, maybe | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
1 Dec 2008 | 26D | Storm clouds, to some | Eric J. Platt |
2 Oct 2008 | 44D | Harbinger | Samuel A. Donaldson |
27 Aug 2008 | 1A | Gathering clouds, e.g. | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
28 Jul 2008 | 49A | Sign from above | Roger Baiocchi |
20 Jul 2008 | 50D | Shooting star, maybe | Barry C. Silk |
17 Jul 2008 | 58D | Impending clouds, e.g. | Elizabeth A. Long |
16 Jul 2008 | 13D | Warning sign | Joe Krozel |
16 Jun 2008 | 60A | Red sky in the morning, e.g. | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
1 Jun 2008 | 67A | Sign | Patrick Berry |
22 May 2008 | 38D | Sign … or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? | Richard Silvestri |
29 Feb 2008 | 54A | Mystical indicator | Patrick Berry |
17 Feb 2008 | 73D | Soothsayer’s subject | Henry Hook |
11 Jan 2008 | 14D | Sign | Mike Nothnagel |
11 Dec 2007 | 26D | Meteor shooting across the sky, maybe | Gail Grabowski |
27 Nov 2007 | 16A | Sign to heed | Julie Ann Bowling |
28 Sep 2007 | 19A | Red sky, perhaps | Harvey Estes |
21 Aug 2007 | 38A | Sign of things to come | Tom Heilman |
19 Aug 2007 | 47D | Warning, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
26 Dec 2006 | 66A | Black cat, to some | C. W. Stewart |
20 Sep 2006 | 65A | Harbinger | Joe DiPietro |
26 Aug 2006 | 41A | 17-Across, perhaps | Henry Hook |
16 Aug 2006 | 55D | Lightning bolt, perhaps | Kevan Choset |
2 Aug 2006 | 5D | Black cat or eclipse, maybe | Harvey Estes |
1 Jul 2006 | 19A | Overcast sky, to some | Jim Page |
2 May 2006 | 19A | Sign from above | Peter A. Collins |
26 Oct 2005 | 35D | Straw in the wind | Adam G. Perl |
7 Oct 2005 | 55D | Something wordless to read | Manny Nosowsky |
26 Jul 2005 | 3D | Divine sign | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
18 Jul 2005 | 56D | What a prophet reads | Randy Sowell |
8 Jun 2005 | 17A | Black cat, to some | Richard Chisholm |
27 Apr 2005 | 6A | Gathering clouds, say | Lyell Rodieck |
11 Apr 2005 | 64A | Sign to interpret | Norma Steinberg |
29 Dec 2004 | 63A | An eclipse, some think | Jay Giess |
27 Dec 2004 | 8D | Mysterious sign | Levi Denham |
21 Dec 2004 | 67A | Sign from above | Kurt Mengel |
21 Nov 2004 | 22A | Sudden clouding-over, maybe | Kumar Balani |
11 Oct 2004 | 18D | Future indicator | Jim Hyres |
31 Aug 2004 | 2D | Spilled salt, say | Nancy Kavanaugh |
22 Jul 2004 | 34A | Handwriting on the wall | Greg Staples |
7 Jul 2004 | 67A | Sign | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
9 Jun 2004 | 18A | Thunderclouds, perhaps | Seth A. Abel |
3 Jan 2004 | 37D | Red sky, maybe | James M. and James C. Jenista |
23 Nov 2003 | 113D | Broken mirror, say | Leonard Williams |
19 Sep 2003 | 35D | Rainbow, to some | Manny Nosowsky |
27 Jul 2003 | 72A | Prophet’s reading | Michael Grudzielanek |
21 Jul 2003 | 12D | Augur | Andrea Carla Michaels |
14 Jul 2003 | 63A | Augury | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
19 Jan 2003 | 120A | Breaking a mirror, maybe? | Eric Berlin |
18 Jan 2003 | 36D | Prophet’s wish | Harvey Estes |
5 Jan 2003 | 124A | Gathering clouds, say | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
8 Dec 2002 | 74A | Sign | Peter Gordon |
4 Dec 2002 | 18A | Black cat, say | Richard Hughes |
3 Oct 2002 | 31D | Black cat, e.g. | Susan Harrington Smith |
22 Sep 2002 | 99D | Black cat, to some | Alan Arbesfeld |
2 Sep 2002 | 67A | Writing on the wall | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
23 May 2002 | 50D | *Eclipse … black cat … future | John Underwood |
14 May 2002 | 37D | Foreboding | Barry Callahan |
12 May 2002 | 38A | Hooting owl, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
1 May 2002 | 7D | Dark clouds, say | Steve Jones |
7 Mar 2002 | 10A | Harbinger | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
16 Jan 2002 | 14A | Harbinger | Linda Bushman |
28 May 2001 | 37A | Parting of the heavens, maybe | Gregory E. Paul |
30 Mar 2001 | 23A | Sign | Manny Nosowsky |
26 Feb 2001 | 19A | Soothsayer’s clue | Norma Steinberg |
11 Feb 2001 | 79D | Broken mirror, to some | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
20 Jul 2000 | 37A | Sign to read | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
22 Jun 2000 | 5A | Arrival of clouds, for instance | Robert B. Baker |
20 Mar 2000 | 16A | Eclipse, maybe, to the ancients | Gregory E. Paul |
6 Mar 2000 | 12D | Gathering clouds, for one | Gregory E. Paul |
21 Feb 2000 | 19A | Hint of things to come | Randy Sowell |
20 Feb 2000 | 55A | Shooting star, maybe | Trip Payne |
5 Feb 2000 | 47A | Red sky, perhaps | Chuck Deodene |
24 Oct 1999 | 7D | Overcast sky, say | Nancy Salomon |
12 Jul 1999 | 18D | Sign for the superstitious | Carol R. Blumenstein |
7 Jul 1999 | 44A | Straw in the wind | Richard Silvestri |
2 Jun 1999 | 29D | Foreshadow | Nancy Salomon |
22 May 1999 | 48D | Preindication | A. J. Santora |
10 Apr 1999 | 50A | Handwriting on the wall | A. J. Santora |
29 Mar 1999 | 18A | Portent | Bill Ballard |
8 Mar 1999 | 18D | Harbinger | Gregory E. Paul |
5 Oct 1998 | 19A | Prophetic sign | Peter Gordon |
9 Sep 1998 | 69A | Foreboding | Richard Hughes |
5 Aug 1998 | 60A | Doomsayer’s sign | Patrick Jordan |
3 Jul 1998 | 49D | Indication | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
23 Jun 1998 | 44A | Sign | Rich Norris |
24 Mar 1998 | 35A | Black cat, maybe | Fred Piscop |
12 Feb 1998 | 18A | Augury | Richard Silvestri |
23 Jan 1998 | 2D | Sign | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
5 Dec 1997 | 56D | Sudden break in the clouds, say | Craig Kasper and Dave Tuller |
25 Nov 1997 | 5A | Harbinger | Gregory E. Paul |
26 Oct 1997 | 45D | Awaited sign | Cathy Millhauser |
3 Apr 1997 | 44D | Eclipse, maybe | Richard Hughes |
26 Dec 1996 | 8D | Harbinger | R. H. Burns |
8 Nov 1996 | 45D | Augur | M. Gaffney |
27 May 1996 | 18A | Soothsayer’s aid | N. Steinberg |
6 May 1996 | 7D | Augury | N. Steinberg |
18 Dec 1995 | 68A | Portent | Randall J. Hartman |
30 Nov 1995 | 22A | Sign | Susan Smith |
28 Nov 1995 | 23D | Boding | Norman S. Wizer |
24 Nov 1995 | 3D | Eclipse, maybe, to primitive peoples | Bob Klahn |
10 Oct 1995 | 8D | Foreboding | Janet R. Bender |
27 Jul 1995 | 47D | Sign of things to come | Lois Sidway |
16 Jul 1995 | 139D | Sign | Naomi Geller Lipsky |
27 Jun 1995 | 19D | Oracle’s utterance | Diane C. Baldwin |
5 Apr 1995 | 10A | Presage | Wayne Robert Williams |
13 Feb 1995 | 10D | Harbinger | Sidney L. Robbins |
10 Jan 1995 | 27D | Augury | Christopher Page |
4 Jan 1995 | 56D | Foreshadowing | Stephanie Spadaccini |
20 Oct 1994 | 54D | Presage | Bryant White |
11 Oct 1994 | 2D | Sign to heed | Bernice Gordon |
7 Oct 1994 | 19A | 666, to some | Bryant White |
27 Aug 1994 | 9D | 1976 horror hit, with “The” | Joy L. Wouk |
3 Aug 1994 | 3D | Sign from on high | Richard Thomas |
24 Jul 1994 | 17D | Dodona message | Matt Gaffney |
13 Jun 1994 | 33D | Bodement | John Greenman |
27 Mar 1994 | 44A | Creepy 1976 film, with “The” | Jeanette K. Brill |
20 Dec 1993 | 66A | Augury | Norma Steinberg |
19 Dec 1993 | 77D | Straw in the wind | John M. Samson |
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