OPAL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OPAL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OPAL" answer was first appeared in "13 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Whitish gem". It was authored by Thomas W. Schier/Will Shortz. Recently, the "OPAL" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Iridescent gem". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "October birthstone", "Milky gem", "Iridescent gem", "Iridescent stone", "Fire ___", "Shade of blue". "OPAL" appeared 231 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OPAL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2023 | 25D | Iridescent gem | Seth Weitberg |
| 11 Dec 2023 | 14A | Gem whose name comes from “upala,” the Sanskrit word for “precious stone” | Luke K. Schreiber |
| 23 Oct 2023 | 14A | Gemstone with a “fire” variety | Stella Zawistowski |
| 17 Oct 2023 | 18D | October birthstone | Dominic Grillo |
| 4 Oct 2023 | 61D | Australian export | Gary Larson |
| 16 May 2023 | 5D | Fiery gem | Katherine Baicker and Adam Wagner |
| 1 Mar 2023 | 14A | October birthstone | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| 8 Jan 2023 | 38D | Milky gemstone | Wyna Liu |
| 28 Nov 2022 | 59D | Gem mined in Australia | Chloe Revery |
| 23 Nov 2022 | 21A | Gemstone that can come from petrified wood | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock |
| 26 Sep 2022 | 52D | Birthstone for most Libras | Margaret Seikel |
| 11 Aug 2022 | 34A | Pick for a pendant | David Tuffs |
| 4 Aug 2022 | 56D | Stone with silica | Ella Dershowitz |
| 3 Jun 2022 | 2D | Olympic Australis is a noted one | Robyn Weintraub |
| 19 Apr 2022 | 33A | Milky gem | Olivia Mitra Framke / Will Shortz |
| 10 Feb 2022 | 39A | Stone with “fire” and “water” varieties | August Miller / Will Shortz |
| 6 Jan 2022 | 40D | Birthstone after sapphire | Andrew Linzer |
| 22 Nov 2021 | 2D | Iridescent gem | Stella Zawistowski / Will Shortz |
| 19 Oct 2021 | 18A | October birthstone | Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz |
| 26 Sep 2021 | 58D | Tometi who co-founded Black Lives Matter | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock / Will Shortz |
| 8 Sep 2021 | 14A | ___ glass (translucent ornamental material) | Lee Taylor / Will Shortz |
| 28 Jul 2021 | 55D | Gem that’s a woman’s name | Alex Rosen and Brad Wilber / Will Shortz |
| 23 May 2021 | 79A | Birthstone for Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Jennifer Nebergall / Will Shortz |
| 1 Dec 2020 | 19D | October birthstone | Byron Walden / Will Shortz |
| 23 Nov 2020 | 17A | White gemstone | Stanley Newman / Will Shortz |
| 20 Sep 2020 | 74D | Gem that’s also a name | Sam Trabucco / Will Shortz |
| 8 Sep 2020 | 6A | Birthstone for many Libras | Kevin Christian and Brad Wilber / Will Shortz |
| 7 Aug 2020 | 2D | The Olympic Australis is the world’s largest discovered one | Tom Pepper / Will Shortz |
| 8 Jul 2020 | 38A | ___ Tometi, activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter | Chase Dittrich / Will Shortz |
| 6 Jul 2020 | 15A | Gem found in the Outback | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 22 Jun 2020 | 36D | Gem with a play of colors | Sid Sivakumar / Will Shortz |
| 1 Jun 2020 | 21D | Down Under gemstone | Erik Agard / Will Shortz |
| 28 Apr 2020 | 13A | Gemstone discovered on Mars in 2008 | Joel Fagliano / Will Shortz |
| 10 Mar 2020 | 57A | Milky white mineraloid | David J. Kahn / Will Shortz |
| 23 Dec 2019 | 40A | Iridescent birthstone | Timothy Polin / Will Shortz |
| 4 Dec 2019 | 26D | Birthstone that shares a first letter with its month | Evan Mahnken / Will Shortz |
| 21 Sep 2019 | 20A | A symbol of Australia | Joon Pahk and Erik Agard / Will Shortz |
| 15 Sep 2019 | 52D | Birthstone of some Scorpios | Andrew Kingsley / Will Shortz |
| 6 May 2019 | 36D | October’s birthstone | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 25 Feb 2019 | 31A | Good name for a gemologist | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 12 Feb 2019 | 2D | October birthstone | Tom Pepper / Will Shortz |
| 15 Jan 2019 | 22A | Milky birthstone | Samuel A. Donaldson / Will Shortz |
| 20 Nov 2018 | 27D | Birthstone after sapphire | Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz |
| 11 Sep 2018 | 37D | Milky white gem | Timothy Polin / Will Shortz |
| 28 Aug 2018 | 2D | Australia’s national gem | Brian Thomas / Will Shortz |
| 16 Jul 2018 | 1A | Australia’s national gemstone | Erik Agard / Will Shortz |
| 11 Jul 2018 | 20D | Memorable 1995 hurricane | Michael Hawkins / Will Shortz |
| 6 Jun 2018 | 14A | Precious stone that has been found on Mars (fun fact!) | Richard F. Mausser / Will Shortz |
| 17 Feb 2018 | 37A | Olympic Australis, for one | Peter Wentz / Will Shortz |
| 11 Sep 2017 | 56D | October birthstone | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco / Will Shortz |
| 4 Sep 2017 | 37D | October birthstone | Tracy Gray / Will Shortz |
| 6 Aug 2017 | 107D | Iridescent stone | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 4 Jul 2017 | 2D | Fancy stone | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz |
| 25 Jun 2017 | 41D | Birthstone after sapphire | Jacob Stulberg / Will Shortz |
| 13 Jun 2017 | 58D | Girl’s name that’s also a 59-Down | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 13 Feb 2017 | 28A | October birthstone | Brent Sverdloff and Michael Blake / Will Shortz |
| 23 Nov 2016 | 10A | Iridescent stone | David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 7 Nov 2016 | 17A | Milky gemstone | Bruce Haight / Will Shortz |
| 7 Aug 2016 | 1A | Fall birthstone | Samuel A. Donaldson / Will Shortz |
| 27 Jun 2016 | 26A | Australian gem export | Kevan Choset / Will Shortz |
| 24 Mar 2016 | 18A | The Olympic Australis is the largest one in the world | David Liben-Nowell and Tom Pepper / Will Shortz |
| 11 Jan 2016 | 64A | October birthstone | Howard Barkin / Will Shortz |
| 3 Jan 2016 | 48D | Colorful gem | David Woolf / Will Shortz |
| 10 Sep 2015 | 56D | Stone that shimmers | Tracy Gray / Will Shortz |
| 18 Aug 2015 | 14A | Iridescent stone | Bill Thompson / Will Shortz |
| 5 Aug 2015 | 34D | Aunt in the “Judy Moody” book series | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 27 Jul 2015 | 56D | October birthstone | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz |
| 1 Jun 2015 | 15A | Milky gem | David Woolf / Will Shortz |
| 28 May 2015 | 34D | Olympic Australis is the world’s largest one | Jeff Chen / Will Shortz |
| 11 Mar 2015 | 2D | Gem of a girl? | David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 5 Jan 2015 | 65A | National gem of Australia | John Guzzetta / Will Shortz |
| 4 Jan 2015 | 41D | Kind of blue | Finn Vigeland / Will Shortz |
| 10 Aug 2014 | 31A | Off-white shade | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 8 Jun 2014 | 7D | Harlequin ___ (multicolored gem) | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 18 Mar 2014 | 29D | Translucent gem | David Kwong / Will Shortz |
| 28 Feb 2014 | 33D | It’s around 6 on the Mohs scale | Martin Ashwood-Smith / Will Shortz |
| 23 Feb 2014 | 2D | ___-blue | A Namesake of 119-Across / Will Shortz |
| 1 Dec 2013 | 85D | Libran stone | Alan DerKazarian / Will Shortz |
| 13 Nov 2013 | 1D | Gem of a girl? | Jean O’Conor / Will Shortz |
| 15 Sep 2013 | 93A | Off-white shade | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 10 Sep 2013 | 38D | October gem | Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz |
| 30 Jul 2013 | 28A | Gem of a girl? | Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz |
| 30 Jun 2013 | 16D | It’s worn by many Libras | Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen / Will Shortz |
| 16 Jun 2013 | 3D | Gemstone for most Libras | Mel Rosen / Will Shortz |
| 8 Jun 2013 | 42A | ___ glass | David Quarfoot / Will Shortz |
| 27 May 2013 | 60D | Translucent gem | Doug Peterson / Will Shortz |
| 10 May 2013 | 9D | It’s often set in a ring | Derek Bowman / Will Shortz |
| 8 Feb 2013 | 32D | Australian export | Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz |
| 9 Jan 2013 | 51A | Gem for some Libras | David Ben-Merre / Will Shortz |
| 18 Aug 2012 | 16A | Stone for a Libra, traditionally | Dana Motley / Will Shortz |
| 18 Jul 2012 | 41A | Milky gem | David Levinson Wilk / Will Shortz |
| 19 May 2012 | 17A | The Olympic Australis, e.g. | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 15 Jan 2012 | 2D | Precious girl’s name? | Finn Vigeland / Will Shortz |
| 9 Jan 2012 | 2D | October birthstone | Michael Dewey / Will Shortz |
| 12 Oct 2011 | 14A | Pearly gem | Gary Cee / Will Shortz |
| 16 Aug 2011 | 39D | Memorable 1995 hurricane with a gem of a name? | David Steinberg / Will Shortz |
| 9 Jul 2011 | 1A | Pick for a pendant | Caleb Madison / Will Shortz |
| 10 Jun 2011 | 11D | Flame Queen ___ (famous gemstone) | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 19 Sep 2010 | 18A | Producer of a colorful ring tone | Kevin G. Der / Will Shortz |
| 6 Apr 2010 | 12D | Birthstone for most Libras | Sarah Keller / Will Shortz |
| 31 Mar 2010 | 55D | Queensland gem | Chuck Deodene / Will Shortz |
| 15 Feb 2010 | 15A | Milky gem | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 16 Nov 2009 | 21A | Fall birthstone | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson / Will Shortz |
| 26 Oct 2009 | 2D | Milky white gem | Mike Nothnagel / Will Shortz |
| 25 Aug 2009 | 10D | Gem mined in Australia | Bob Johnson / Will Shortz |
| 31 Jul 2009 | 55A | Pendant option | Mike Nothnagel / Will Shortz |
| 30 Jun 2009 | 53A | Stone for many Libras | Steve Dobis / Will Shortz |
| 19 May 2009 | 37D | Stone for many Libras | Damon J. Gulczynski / Will Shortz |
| 13 May 2009 | 64A | Form of silica | Nancy Kavanaugh / Will Shortz |
| 25 Apr 2009 | 30A | It has a play of colors | Brad Wilber / Will Shortz |
| 25 Mar 2009 | 2D | Australian gem | Jerry E. Rosman / Will Shortz |
| 24 Dec 2008 | 5A | Fire ___ | Warren Biro / Will Shortz |
| 8 Dec 2008 | 10A | Milky white gem | Sarah Keller / Will Shortz |
| 26 Nov 2008 | 14A | Stone for many Libras | Harvey Estes / Will Shortz |
| 12 Nov 2008 | 2D | Good name for a gemologist? | Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz |
| 15 Sep 2008 | 29D | Down Under gemstone | Sharon E. Petersen / Will Shortz |
| 8 Jun 2008 | 94A | Birthstone for some Libras | Will Nediger / Will Shortz |
| 26 May 2008 | 6A | Iridescent gem | Mark Sherwood / Will Shortz |
| 25 May 2008 | 111D | Autumn birthstone | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 6 Mar 2008 | 16A | Word with black or fire | Pamela Amick Klawitter / Will Shortz |
| 26 Feb 2008 | 6D | October gem | Sarah Keller / Will Shortz |
| 21 Feb 2008 | 2D | Off-white shade | Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz |
| 21 Nov 2007 | 39D | Nevada gemstone | Kelsey Blakley / Will Shortz |
| 31 Oct 2007 | 19A | Birthstone of someone born on Halloween | Ken Stern / Will Shortz |
| 17 May 2007 | 42A | It’s softer than quartz | Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz |
| 8 May 2007 | 54D | Translucent gem | Sarah Keller / Will Shortz |
| 28 Mar 2007 | 35A | Australian mine find | Burton Clemans / Will Shortz |
| 28 Feb 2007 | 57D | It’s worn by some Libras | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 22 Feb 2007 | 28D | Word with black or fire | Mike Nothnagel / Will Shortz |
| 19 Feb 2007 | 12A | October birthstone | Andrea C. Michaels / Will Shortz |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 26A | Destructive 1995 hurricane | Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz |
| 11 May 2006 | 9D | Fire ___ | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 4 Jan 2006 | 39D | Australian export | John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz |
| 28 Dec 2005 | 5A | Stone of many Libras | Ernest Lampert / Will Shortz |
| 5 Sep 2005 | 16A | Milky white gem | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 24 Aug 2005 | 53D | Iridescent stone | Mel Taub / Will Shortz |
| 21 Mar 2005 | 25D | Iridescent gem | Mike Torch / Will Shortz |
| 3 Feb 2005 | 67A | ___ glass | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 2 Feb 2005 | 62A | Gem for some Libras | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz |
| 16 Nov 2004 | 56D | Fire ___ (gem) | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke / Will Shortz |
| 26 Oct 2004 | 6D | October birthstone | Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz |
| 20 Sep 2004 | 52D | Iridescent stone | A. J. Santora / Will Shortz |
| 13 Sep 2004 | 3D | Milky gem | Jay Giess / Will Shortz |
| 26 Jul 2004 | 62A | Colorful gem | Bernice Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 15 Feb 2004 | 99A | Stone made of silicon and oxygen | Derrick Niederman / Will Shortz |
| 21 Jan 2004 | 24D | Shimmering stone | Barry Silk / Will Shortz |
| 21 Oct 2003 | 12D | Iridescent gem | John Underwood / Will Shortz |
| 9 Oct 2003 | 14A | Fire ___ | Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz |
| 18 Aug 2003 | 38D | Milky gem | Ed Early / Will Shortz |
| 12 Aug 2003 | 17A | Birthstone for many Libras | Adam Cohen / Will Shortz |
| 14 Apr 2003 | 57D | Silica gem | Janet R. Bender / Will Shortz |
| 9 Apr 2003 | 26D | Ring gem | Greg Staples / Will Shortz |
| 6 Apr 2003 | 69A | October’s stone | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 6 Dec 2002 | 11A | Classic symbol of bad luck | Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz |
| 16 Sep 2002 | 59A | Iridescent gem | Roy Leban / Will Shortz |
| 3 Sep 2002 | 53D | Fire ___ (gem) | Don West / Will Shortz |
| 18 Aug 2002 | 17D | Shade of white | Michael Ashley / Will Shortz |
| 10 Jun 2002 | 14A | Gem with a play of colors | Sherry O. Blackard / Will Shortz |
| 12 May 2002 | 77D | Iridescent mineral | Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz |
| 24 Mar 2002 | 67D | It’s less dense than quartz | Con Pederson / Will Shortz |
| 11 Nov 2001 | 67A | Bringer of bad luck, in legend | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 30 Sep 2001 | 48D | A gem of a lady? | Con Pederson / Will Shortz |
| 5 Sep 2001 | 39D | Shade of blue | Lyell Rodieck / Will Shortz |
| 30 Jul 2001 | 55D | Milky gem | Nancy Kavanaugh / Will Shortz |
| 27 Jun 2001 | 16A | Girasol, e.g. | Michael Shteyman / W. Shortz |
| 19 Jun 2001 | 36D | Birthstone after sapphire | Tyler Hinman / Will Shortz |
| 30 Apr 2001 | 34D | October’s birthstone | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 16 Apr 2001 | 14A | Birthstone after sapphire | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 15 Apr 2001 | 36D | Fire ___ | Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz |
| 7 Apr 2001 | 37D | Virgin Valley valuable | Trip Payne / Will Shortz |
| 11 Mar 2001 | 49D | Symbol of hope | Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz |
| 27 Feb 2001 | 24D | Fall birthstone | M. Preston Sherwood / Will Shortz |
| 1 Nov 2000 | 14A | October stone | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 14 Sep 2000 | 61A | Word with black or fire | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 13 Aug 2000 | 39D | Common name for hydrous silica | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes / Will Shortz |
| 28 Jul 2000 | 51D | It’s 6.5 on the Mohs scale | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz |
| 17 Jul 2000 | 10A | Iridescent gem | Mitch Komro / Will Shortz |
| 2 Jul 2000 | 106A | Girasol, e.g. | Nancy Nicholson Joline / Will Shortz |
| 24 Apr 2000 | 34D | October birthstone | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 3 Feb 2000 | 42A | Solitaire item | Thomas W. Schier / Will Shortz |
| 27 Dec 1999 | 14A | Milky gem | Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz |
| 13 Oct 1999 | 60A | Stone of many Libras | David Levinson Wilk / Will Shortz |
| 11 Jul 1999 | 1A | Stone of some Libras | Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz |
| 23 Jun 1999 | 58D | Iridescent stone | Alan Olschwang / Will Shortz |
| 4 May 1999 | 10D | It’s found in a ring | Gayle Dean / Will Shortz |
| 15 Apr 1999 | 8D | Notorious ’95 hurricane | Cathy Millhauser / Will Shortz |
| 30 Mar 1999 | 14A | Fiery gem | Randy Sowell / Will Shortz |
| 28 Jan 1999 | 39D | Autumnal stone | Henry Hook / Will Shortz |
| 4 Jan 1999 | 32D | October’s birthstone | Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz |
| 4 Oct 1998 | 30D | Hydrophane or isopyre | Frank Longo / Will Shortz |
| 20 Mar 1998 | 16A | Shade of blue | Martin Ashwood-Smith / Will Shortz |
| 18 Jan 1998 | 127A | Memorable 1995 hurricane | Ed Early and Bob Klahn / Will Shortz |
| 10 Nov 1997 | 1A | Milky-white gem | Grace Fabbroni / Will Shortz |
| 10 Oct 1997 | 10D | Hyalite, e.g. | Shannon Burns / Will Shortz |
| 25 Sep 1997 | 20A | Fire ___ | Mark Diehl / Will Shortz |
| 3 Sep 1997 | 31D | Translucent gem | Hugh Davis / Will Shortz |
| 9 Aug 1997 | 57D | Shade of blue | Raymond Hamel / Will Shortz |
| 30 Jul 1997 | 18A | Stone with color flashes | John D. Leavy / Will Shortz |
| 29 Jun 1997 | 76A | Fire ___ | David J. Kahn / Will Shortz |
| 17 Mar 1997 | 62A | Milky-white gem | Stephanie Spadaccini / Will Shortz |
| 19 Dec 1996 | 52D | Memorable 1995 hurricane | C. Millhauser / W. Shortz |
| 16 Dec 1996 | 52D | October gem | S. Spadaccini / W. Shortz |
| 20 Nov 1996 | 33D | Kind of glass | M. S. Maurer / W. Shortz |
| 2 Nov 1996 | 15A | Shade of blue | J. DiPietro / W. Shortz |
| 1 Sep 1996 | 36D | Fire ___ | D. J. Kahn / W. Shortz |
| 31 Jul 1996 | 6A | It’s mined in South Australia | J. Schmalzbach / W. Shortz |
| 11 Jun 1996 | 51A | Fiery gem | G. E. Paul / W. Shortz |
| 28 Apr 1996 | 63A | Girasol | D. C. Baldwin / Will Shortz |
| 14 Jan 1996 | 75D | Libran’s stone, maybe | C. Millhauser/Will Shortz |
| 3 Jan 1996 | 37D | Fire___ | W. R. Williams / Will Shortz |
| 17 Dec 1995 | 12D | Form of silica | Dean Niles/Will Shortz |
| 1 Nov 1995 | 3D | Destructive 1995 hurricane | D. J. DeChristopher / Will Shortz |
| 30 Oct 1995 | 60A | Milky gem | Gregory E. Paul/Will Shortz |
| 11 Sep 1995 | 51A | Milky white gem | Sidney L. Robbins/Will Shortz |
| 19 Jun 1995 | 48D | Milky gem | Gregory E. Paul/Will Shortz |
| 16 Jun 1995 | 3D | Word after fire or harlequin | Thomas W. Schier/Will Shortz |
| 8 Jun 1995 | 53D | Form of silica | Chuck Deodene/Will Shortz |
| 24 May 1995 | 56D | Fiery gemstone | Wayne Robert Williams/Will Shortz |
| 26 Apr 1995 | 29A | Fiery gemstone | Wayne Robert Williams/Will Shortz |
| 21 Apr 1995 | 11D | Shade of blue | Rand H. Burns/Will Shortz |
| 10 Apr 1995 | 50A | Gem | Sidney L. Robbins/Will Shortz |
| 12 Mar 1995 | 121D | Solitaire item | Charles M. Deber/Will Shortz |
| 19 Jan 1995 | 10A | Good luck charm of the Middle Ages | Bryant White/Will Shortz |
| 13 Jan 1995 | 32D | Shade of blue | Judith Perry / Will Shortz |
| 22 Dec 1994 | 37D | Shade of gray | Stanley Newman/Will Shortz |
| 8 Dec 1994 | 35D | Harlequin ___ (varicolored stone) | Randolph Ross/Will Shortz |
| 13 Jun 1994 | 24D | October birthstone | John Greenman/Will Shortz |
| 29 Mar 1994 | 38A | October gem | Mark Danna/Will Shortz |
| 18 Feb 1994 | 12D | Type of glass | Manny Nosowsky/Will Shortz |
| 7 Feb 1994 | 59D | Milky gem | Sidney L. Robbins/Will Shortz |
| 13 Dec 1993 | 34D | Whitish gem | Thomas W. Schier/Will Shortz |
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