ONCE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ONCE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ONCE" answer was first appeared in "13 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Tale starter". It was authored by Thomas W. Schier. Recently, the "ONCE" answer has been used for "6 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Historically (3)". It was authored by Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Formerly (15)", "“___ upon a time …” (10)", "First word of “The Raven” (7)", "In the past (8)", "As soon as (14)", "Years ago (10)", "First word in a fairy tale (6)", "A single time (10)", "Fairy tale starter (6)", "Fairy tale start (7)", "Way back when (6)". "ONCE" appeared 296 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ONCE" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 2023 | 11D | Historically | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| 12 Nov 2023 | 30D | “Back in the good old days …” | Garrett Chalfin |
| 13 Oct 2023 | 9D | Way back when | John-Clark Levin |
| 18 Sep 2023 | 67A | Start of many a fairy tale | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 16 Sep 2023 | 5D | Years ago | Jonathan Kaufman |
| 10 Sep 2023 | 115A | Then | Adam Wagner |
| 10 Aug 2023 | 34D | Back then | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 13 Jul 2023 | 28D | “Back in my day …” | Hanh Huynh |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 14A | Years ago | David Harris |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 73D | At some point | Robert Ryan |
| 15 Mar 2023 | 67A | Start of a fairy tale | Michael B. Berg |
| 7 Jan 2023 | 35A | At some previous point | Adam Aaronson |
| 26 Dec 2022 | 17A | “___ upon a time …” | Kurt Weller |
| 4 Dec 2022 | 108D | In times past | Gustie Owens |
| 26 Nov 2022 | 53A | Formerly | Kanyin Ajayi |
| 17 Nov 2022 | 2D | Years ago | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| 3 Nov 2022 | 52D | Some time ago | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| 27 Oct 2022 | 36A | Start of a reminiscence | Barbara Lin |
| 23 Oct 2022 | 111A | Last “O” in YOLO | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| 19 Aug 2022 | 16A | Part of YOLO | Patrick John Duggan |
| 21 Jul 2022 | 57D | Start of a reminiscence | Anne Marie Crinnion and Eric Bornstein |
| 15 Jun 2022 | 19D | Back in the day | Rob Baker |
| 22 May 2022 | 47D | Never again | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| 5 May 2022 | 32A | First word of Poe’s “The Raven” | Adam Wagner |
| 23 Dec 2021 | 30D | “Kiss her ___ for me” (“A Holly Jolly Christmas” lyric) | Stephen McCarthy |
| 1 Oct 2021 | 11D | Years back | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Sep 2021 | 55D | ___-over | Stella Zawistowski |
| 15 Aug 2021 | 126A | In the past | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| 24 Jun 2021 | 56D | Historically | Danny Lawson |
| 1 Jun 2021 | 59A | Second word in many limericks | Finn Vigeland |
| 31 May 2021 | 50A | How many times the Washington Nationals have won the World Series | Michael Lieberman |
| 1 Apr 2021 | 4D | How many times TV’s Perry Mason lost a case | Sam Ezersky |
| 9 Mar 2021 | 36A | ___ and for all | Simon Marotte |
| 29 Dec 2020 | 46A | In years past | Matthew Trout |
| 19 Dec 2020 | 58A | Not again! | Caitlin Reid and Andrew J. Ries |
| 7 Dec 2020 | 58D | First word of a fairy tale | Barbara Lin |
| 28 Nov 2020 | 52A | Previously | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 20 Aug 2020 | 55D | A while ago | Grant Thackray |
| 19 Aug 2020 | 14A | In olden days | Brandon Koppy |
| 19 Jul 2020 | 100A | A while back | Wyna Liu |
| 3 Jul 2020 | 33D | Almost never | Hal Moore |
| 4 May 2020 | 56D | “___ bitten, twice shy” | Emily Carroll |
| 6 Apr 2020 | 7D | First word in a fairy tale | Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas |
| 15 Mar 2020 | 120A | A long time ago | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 10 Jul 2019 | 53D | Back in the day | David J. Kahn |
| 6 Jun 2019 | 60D | “There was a time …” | Fred Piscop |
| 11 May 2019 | 54D | “Time was …” | Robyn Weintraub |
| 7 Jan 2019 | 71A | First word in a fairy tale | Andrew Kingsley |
| 24 Nov 2018 | 8D | Part of YOLO | David Steinberg |
| 11 Oct 2018 | 58D | Start of a reminiscence | Johanna Fenimore and Jeff Chen |
| 27 Sep 2018 | 51A | In times past | Daniel Kantor |
| 3 Sep 2018 | 52D | Fairy tale beginning | Trent H. Evans |
| 1 Jun 2018 | 8D | Without repeating | Andrew J. Ries |
| 16 May 2018 | 40D | First word of “The Raven” | Jonathan Schmalzbach and Bill Albright |
| 6 May 2018 | 52D | “Time was … ” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Feb 2018 | 99A | Years ago | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 25 Dec 2017 | 7D | Without repetition | Lynn Lempel |
| 11 Dec 2017 | 16A | First word in a fairy tale | Brian Thomas |
| 9 Dec 2017 | 16A | ___ more | Stu Ockman |
| 9 Aug 2017 | 8D | Number of times Howard Hughes’s Spruce Goose flew | Adam G. Perl |
| 19 Jul 2017 | 46D | Start of a fairy tale | Michael S. Maurer and Pawel Fludzinski |
| 6 Jul 2017 | 60A | First word of a fairy tale | Erik Agard |
| 22 May 2017 | 33D | Fairy tale’s first word | Gary Kennedy |
| 9 Feb 2017 | 48A | Back in the day | Ross Trudeau |
| 29 Nov 2016 | 42D | Fairy tale starter | Jacob Stulberg |
| 27 Nov 2016 | 126A | In years past | Matt Ginsberg |
| 20 Oct 2016 | 60D | Never to be repeated | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 10 Jul 2016 | 72D | As soon as | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Apr 2016 | 34D | “Back in my day …” | John Lieb |
| 27 Feb 2016 | 65A | Historically | Julian Lim |
| 10 Jan 2016 | 104D | Start of a reminiscence | Patrick Merrell |
| 23 Nov 2015 | 47D | In times gone by | Parker Lewis |
| 23 Jul 2015 | 68A | Many moons ago | Timothy Polin |
| 19 Jul 2015 | 109D | Formerly | Tom McCoy |
| 19 May 2015 | 39D | Never before, never again | Allan E. Parrish |
| 11 May 2015 | 18A | A single time | Joe DiPietro |
| 10 May 2015 | 4D | Start of a reminiscence | Jacob Stulberg |
| 9 Feb 2015 | 18D | In the past | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 Feb 2015 | 5D | “I’ll only say this ___ …” | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 31 Dec 2014 | 32A | First word in a fairy tale | David Woolf |
| 4 Dec 2014 | 54D | Previously | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
| 28 Nov 2014 | 26A | Ages ago | Tracy Gray |
| 5 Oct 2014 | 21A | Grimm start? | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 4 Sep 2014 | 24A | “The Raven” start | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 2 Sep 2014 | 46D | “___ upon a time …” | Ethan Cooper |
| 4 Aug 2014 | 19A | ___ in a blue moon | Joel Fagliano |
| 1 Jul 2014 | 38D | Formerly | Gary Cee |
| 28 Feb 2014 | 61A | Almost never | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 28 Dec 2013 | 50A | The moment that | Frederick J. Healy |
| 18 Nov 2013 | 62A | “___ upon a time …” | Edgar Fontaine |
| 13 Nov 2013 | 25D | As soon as | Jean O’Conor |
| 27 Aug 2013 | 33D | How many times Laurence Olivier won a Best Actor Oscar | Jacob McDermott |
| 24 Aug 2013 | 4D | Almost never | Frederick J. Healy |
| 30 Jul 2013 | 53A | Almost never | Peter A. Collins |
| 13 Jun 2013 | 44A | Start of many a tale | David Steinberg |
| 21 Apr 2013 | 2D | “When I was young …” | Jonah Kagan |
| 15 Apr 2013 | 17A | “___ upon a time …” | Gayle Dean |
| 29 Jan 2013 | 28D | Formerly | David Steinberg |
| 9 Jan 2013 | 4D | In a past life | David Ben-Merre |
| 28 Oct 2012 | 31A | In the past | Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison |
| 20 Jul 2012 | 50D | Head of a tale? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 14 Jun 2012 | 62D | Erstwhile | Tracy Gray |
| 7 Jun 2012 | 24D | “Going ___ …” | Joe Krozel |
| 31 May 2012 | 29D | Some time ago | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Apr 2012 | 34A | “When I was a lad …” | Mike Nothnagel |
| 25 Mar 2012 | 65A | In days gone by | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Feb 2012 | 63A | Fairy tale start | Mike Buckley |
| 17 Nov 2011 | 19A | Without following up, say | Patrick Merrell |
| 15 Oct 2011 | 18A | Not again | Joon Pahk |
| 8 Oct 2011 | 28A | It’s often enough | Tim Croce |
| 28 Sep 2011 | 15A | Way back when | Steve Salitan |
| 15 May 2011 | 110D | Formerly | Cathy Allis |
| 26 Apr 2011 | 15A | Second word in many limericks | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Apr 2011 | 30D | ___ a day | Patrick Berry |
| 28 Mar 2011 | 65A | Fairy tale starter | Robyn Weintraub |
| 24 Mar 2011 | 3D | “The Raven” opening | Ian Livengood |
| 17 Mar 2011 | 51D | Long ago | Anna Shechtman |
| 13 Sep 2010 | 31D | First word in many a fairy tale | Aimee Lucido, Brown University ’13 |
| 5 Aug 2010 | 2D | First word of “The Raven” | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 26 Apr 2010 | 7D | ___ in a blue moon | Lynn Lempel |
| 2 Feb 2010 | 14A | A Grimm beginning? | Alex Fay |
| 15 Sep 2009 | 14A | A single time | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 14 Jul 2009 | 51D | On a single occasion | Donna S. Levin |
| 5 Jul 2009 | 30A | A bit more than never | Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo |
| 29 Jun 2009 | 15A | “___ upon a time …” | Paula Gamache |
| 19 May 2009 | 15A | In the old days | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| 23 Apr 2009 | 14A | “There was a time …” | Steve Dobis |
| 16 Dec 2008 | 62D | Enough, for some | Gail Grabowski |
| 18 Nov 2008 | 11D | Formerly | Richard Chisholm |
| 17 Nov 2008 | 26D | Way back when | Paula Gamache |
| 10 Sep 2008 | 50D | First word of “The Raven” | Lucas Gaviotis Whitestone |
| 27 Aug 2008 | 49D | It’s enough, for some | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| 9 Jul 2008 | 60A | First word of “The Raven” | Tim Wescott |
| 20 Mar 2008 | 2D | A while ago | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| 2 Mar 2008 | 2D | Enough, for some | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| 4 Feb 2008 | 1A | “___ upon a time …” | Dave and Tracy Mackey |
| 31 Dec 2007 | 19A | Between twice and never | Lynn Lempel |
| 26 Nov 2007 | 7D | “___ upon a time …” | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 5 Oct 2007 | 7D | If ever | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 Aug 2007 | 19A | Formerly | Lynn Lempel |
| 7 Aug 2007 | 24A | In the past | Daniel Kantor |
| 4 Aug 2007 | 21A | First word of “Shrek” | Byron Walden |
| 3 Jul 2007 | 16A | Long ago | Norma Johnson |
| 28 May 2007 | 53D | Back then | John Underwood |
| 26 Feb 2007 | 52D | A single time | Peter A. Collins |
| 25 Jan 2007 | 32D | Years ago | Manny Nosowsky |
| 24 Jan 2007 | 15A | Story starter | Gary Steinmehl |
| 8 Dec 2006 | 27D | Hardly at all | Harvey Estes |
| 23 Jul 2006 | 33A | Second word of many limericks | Fred Piscop |
| 10 Jun 2006 | 48D | Without repetition | Harvey Estes |
| 5 Jun 2006 | 34D | Years back | Fred Piscop |
| 24 Feb 2006 | 16A | After | Manny Nosowsky |
| 5 Feb 2006 | 73D | Some time ago | Eric Berlin |
| 30 Jan 2006 | 7D | “___ upon a time …” | Adam G. Perl |
| 18 Jan 2006 | 1A | In years past | Sheldon Benardo |
| 8 Jan 2006 | 41A | “When I was young …” | Michael Ashley |
| 4 Jan 2006 | 25A | Way back when | John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon |
| 23 Sep 2005 | 10D | Whenever | Levi Denham |
| 15 Sep 2005 | 16A | Grimm opener | Frank Longo |
| 7 Jul 2005 | 41A | A long time ago | David Quarfoot |
| 1 Jun 2005 | 18A | First word of “The Raven” | Nick Grivas |
| 23 May 2005 | 41A | Fairy tale starter | Robert Dillman |
| 22 May 2005 | 58D | A while ago | A. J. Santora |
| 2 Apr 2005 | 49D | Years back | Byron Walden |
| 20 Mar 2005 | 2D | A while ago | Patrick Berry |
| 7 Nov 2004 | 99D | Fairy tale start | Con Pederson |
| 2 Sep 2004 | 11D | For ___ (on this occasion) | David J. Kahn |
| 10 Jun 2004 | 16A | Long ago | Paula Gamache |
| 9 May 2004 | 49D | As soon as | Charles M. Deber |
| 5 Apr 2004 | 54D | Formerly | Jim Hyres |
| 21 Dec 2003 | 30A | Fairy tale start | Frances Hansen |
| 19 Oct 2003 | 110D | “There was a time …” | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 25 Sep 2003 | 67A | First word of “The Raven” | Patrick Merrell |
| 24 Sep 2003 | 30A | How coffee filters are used | Sheldon Benardo |
| 25 Aug 2003 | 6D | A while back | Craig Kasper |
| 22 Jul 2003 | 7D | Story starter | Steven Kahn |
| 8 Jul 2003 | 11D | Story starter | Roy Leban |
| 14 Apr 2003 | 22A | Formerly | Janet R. Bender |
| 30 Mar 2003 | 52D | Previously | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 20 Mar 2003 | 43A | Way back when | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Jan 2003 | 38A | In the past | Stanley Newman |
| 13 Jan 2003 | 40A | Immediately, after “at” | Gregory E. Paul |
| 17 Nov 2002 | 76D | Popular story start | Richard and Judith Martin |
| 11 Nov 2002 | 27D | ___ upon a time | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Oct 2002 | 71D | As soon as | Myles Callum |
| 26 Sep 2002 | 55D | Almost never? | Manny Nosowsky |
| 16 Sep 2002 | 49D | “___ upon a time” | Roy Leban |
| 4 Sep 2002 | 15A | In the past | Eric Berlin |
| 29 Aug 2002 | 23D | Storybook starter | William Schaub |
| 13 Aug 2002 | 60A | Fairy tale opener | Robert Malinow |
| 1 Jul 2002 | 5D | First word in a fairy tale | Allan E. Parrish |
| 8 May 2002 | 2D | “___ bitten …” | Fred Piscop |
| 30 Apr 2002 | 54D | Long ago | John F. Hughes |
| 11 Mar 2002 | 15A | “___ bitten, twice shy” | Peter Gordon |
| 7 Mar 2002 | 10D | Storybook beginning | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 21 Jan 2002 | 4D | Fairy tale opener | Peter Gordon |
| 13 Jan 2002 | 117A | In the old days | Nelson Hardy |
| 19 Dec 2001 | 65A | Long ago | Don West |
| 14 Oct 2001 | 54D | Formerly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Sep 2001 | 50A | Some time ago | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Sep 2001 | 64A | As soon as | A. J. Santora |
| 27 Aug 2001 | 19A | A single time | Holden Baker |
| 2 Aug 2001 | 12D | Grimm beginning | Bruce F. Adams |
| 15 Jul 2001 | 116A | Enough, sometimes | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Jul 2001 | 29D | As soon as | Manny Nosowsky |
| 23 Apr 2001 | 22A | Fairy tale starter | Gregory E. Paul |
| 1 Apr 2001 | 83D | In the old days | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| 28 Feb 2001 | 29D | Back then | A. J. Santora |
| 28 Jan 2001 | 21A | Enough, for some | Jim Page |
| 25 Sep 2000 | 3D | Give the ___-over | Peter Gordon |
| 8 May 2000 | 59A | Fairy tale opener | Ed Early |
| 3 Apr 2000 | 23A | A single time | Gregory E. Paul |
| 20 Mar 2000 | 67A | “Just this ___…” | Gregory E. Paul |
| 14 Feb 2000 | 18A | “___ bitten, twice shy” | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 31 Jan 2000 | 26D | Fairy tale start | Peter Gordon |
| 22 Dec 1999 | 52A | As soon as | Richard Silvestri |
| 28 Oct 1999 | 50D | In the old days | Patrick D. Berry |
| 26 Sep 1999 | 119D | Fairy tale start | Randolph Ross |
| 30 Jun 1999 | 15A | As soon as | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 Jun 1999 | 59A | Story opening | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 May 1999 | 11D | As soon as | Gregory E. Paul |
| 7 May 1999 | 59A | As soon as | Dana Motley |
| 13 Apr 1999 | 27D | Years ago | Fred Piscop |
| 5 Apr 1999 | 15A | Years ago | Gregory E. Paul |
| 31 Mar 1999 | 51D | At some prior point | Patrick Jordan |
| 23 Mar 1999 | 11D | ___ and for all | Nathaniel Weiss |
| 11 Feb 1999 | 11D | In the past | Cathy Millhauser |
| 3 Feb 1999 | 60A | In olden times | Glenn E. Sykes |
| 21 Dec 1998 | 6D | “Going ___, going…” | Fred Piscop |
| 11 Nov 1998 | 20A | “___ bitten, twice shy” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Oct 1998 | 39A | On a single occasion | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 5 Oct 1998 | 59A | First word in a fairy tale | Peter Gordon |
| 22 Sep 1998 | 61A | ___ in a blue moon | Nancy Salomon |
| 29 Aug 1998 | 11D | Enough, for some | Jim Page |
| 6 Aug 1998 | 52A | Grimm beginning | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 12 Jul 1998 | 44A | As soon as | Henry Hook |
| 1 Jul 1998 | 61A | Erstwhile | Fred Piscop |
| 27 May 1998 | 56D | Story starter | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 4 May 1998 | 4D | “___ bitten…” | Hugh Davis |
| 1 May 1998 | 16A | Auctioneer’s word | John Wolting |
| 7 Apr 1998 | 54D | Fairy tale opener | Randy Sowell |
| 23 Mar 1998 | 15A | Fairy tale beginning | Randall J. Hartman |
| 5 Jan 1998 | 4D | A single time | Mark Moldowsky |
| 17 Nov 1997 | 58A | Fairy tale’s opening word | Holden Baker |
| 6 Oct 1997 | 10D | A single time | Barbara Campitelli |
| 2 Sep 1997 | 61A | Ever | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 25 Aug 1997 | 16A | Fairy tale’s first word | Randall J. Hartman |
| 30 Jul 1997 | 44D | Exceptional occasion | John D. Leavy |
| 10 Jun 1997 | 16A | Second word of many limericks | Fred Piscop |
| 4 Jun 1997 | 1A | A single time | Nancy S. Ross |
| 13 May 1997 | 12D | Some time ago | Gregory E. Paul |
| 9 May 1997 | 56D | Years ago | Richard Hughes |
| 20 Apr 1997 | 10D | As soon as | Charles M. Deber |
| 18 Mar 1997 | 52D | A long time ago | John R. Conrad |
| 24 Feb 1997 | 57A | In the past | Derek Allen |
| 20 Jan 1997 | 40A | Fairy tale starter | S. Spadaccini |
| 13 Nov 1996 | 2D | In times past | M. Nosowsky |
| 24 Oct 1996 | 12D | Whenever | M. S. Maurer |
| 8 Oct 1996 | 50D | “___ bitten, twice shy” | E. C. Gorski |
| 25 Sep 1996 | 37D | Less than rarely | R. Norris |
| 23 Sep 1996 | 34D | Fairy tale starter | S. L. Robbins |
| 22 Aug 1996 | 51D | Not enough, to Susann | R. Norris |
| 20 Jun 1996 | 50A | As soon as | C. Millhauser |
| 7 Jun 1996 | 55D | As soon as | M. Jones |
| 19 May 1996 | 17D | How some cousins are removed? | C. M. Deber |
| 14 May 1996 | 61A | “Just this___…” | G. E. Paul |
| 13 May 1996 | 33D | Fairy tale start | S. L. Robbins |
| 23 Apr 1996 | 35D | In days of old | N. Steinberg |
| 24 Mar 1996 | 42D | Previously | J. K. Brill |
| 26 Feb 1996 | 21A | A single time | N. Steinberg |
| 11 Feb 1996 | 97D | In years past | Harvey Estes |
| 15 Jan 1996 | 60A | Formerly | Gregory E. Paul |
| 19 Dec 1995 | 56A | Formerly | Marie Heller |
| 22 Oct 1995 | 135D | Fairy tale start | Matt Gaffney |
| 18 Sep 1995 | 56D | Formerly | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 25 Jun 1995 | 87A | Years ago | Frances Hansen |
| 14 Jun 1995 | 14A | Story starter | Richard Hughes |
| 15 May 1995 | 40A | A single time | Ernie Furtado |
| 24 Apr 1995 | 61A | Without repetition | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 3 Mar 1995 | 33D | Way back when | Chuck Deodene |
| 2 Mar 1995 | 29D | John Berger’s “___ in Europa” | Raymond Hamel |
| 17 Feb 1995 | 50D | If ever | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 24 Dec 1994 | 15A | Yarn opener | John Stanley |
| 19 Dec 1994 | 15A | Formerly | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 11 Nov 1994 | 52A | Years ago | Randolph Ross |
| 1 Oct 1994 | 18D | Some years back | Bob Klahn |
| 13 Sep 1994 | 49D | Formerly | Gregory E. Paul |
| 21 Aug 1994 | 43D | Previously | Ted Fulton |
| 25 Jul 1994 | 12D | ___ over lightly | Albert J. Klaus |
| 24 Jun 1994 | 60A | Tale opener | Mark Diehl |
| 25 Apr 1994 | 60A | 1949 hit “___ in Love With Amy” | Bernice Gordon |
| 12 Apr 1994 | 56D | ___-over | Ernie Furtado |
| 31 Mar 1994 | 48A | Start of many a tale | Mark Diehl |
| 6 Mar 1994 | 10A | First word of “The Raven” | Frances Hansen |
| 9 Jan 1994 | 10D | In the old days | Mel Rosen |
| 13 Dec 1993 | 65A | Tale starter | Thomas W. Schier |
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