OPTS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OPTS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OPTS" answer was first appeared in "27 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Goes (for) (15)". It was authored by Joel Davajan. Recently, the "OPTS" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Goes (for) (15)". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Chooses (18)", "Goes (for) (15)", "Makes a choice (8)", "Chooses, with “for” (8)", "Decides (8)", "Withdraws, with “out” (7)". "OPTS" appeared 121 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OPTS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 56D | Goes (for) | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 29 Oct 2023 | 56A | Makes a decision | Alina Abidi |
| 19 Jun 2023 | 38D | Chooses (to) | David Liben-Nowell |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 93D | Goes (for) | Joe DiPietro |
| 25 Apr 2023 | 44A | Decides | Grant Boroughs |
| 8 Apr 2023 | 39A | Gets off the fence, so to speak | Sid Sivakumar |
| 28 Feb 2023 | 3D | Chooses | Gia Bosko |
| 20 Jan 2023 | 10A | Picks | Robert S. Greenfield |
| 4 Dec 2022 | 17D | Goes (for) | Gustie Owens |
| 15 Aug 2022 | 68A | Makes a choice | Simon Marotte |
| 10 Aug 2022 | 70A | Chooses | Karen Lurie |
| 29 Mar 2022 | 46A | Makes a choice | Jamey Smith |
| 9 Mar 2022 | 65A | Stops waffling | Peter Gordon |
| 6 Mar 2022 | 29A | Makes a choice | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| 24 Jun 2021 | 65A | Picks | Danny Lawson |
| 15 Apr 2021 | 28A | Goes (for) | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer |
| 28 Jan 2021 | 35D | Decides | Steve Mossberg |
| 22 Nov 2020 | 63A | Chooses | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 6 Jun 2020 | 32A | Exercises one’s discretion | Doug Peterson |
| 10 Jan 2020 | 15D | Decides | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Dec 2019 | 111D | Picks, with “for” | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| 28 Oct 2019 | 1D | Chooses, with “for” | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 13 Oct 2019 | 42D | Makes a choice | Erik Agard |
| 10 Sep 2018 | 55D | Chooses, with “for” | Jacob Stulberg |
| 9 Sep 2018 | 34A | Chooses | Hal Moore |
| 15 Feb 2018 | 13D | Chooses, with “for” | Peter Gordon |
| 28 Jan 2018 | 38D | Goes (for) | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 30 Oct 2017 | 1D | Chooses (to) | Jay Kaskel |
| 23 Oct 2017 | 70A | Chooses | Timothy Polin |
| 10 Oct 2017 | 12D | Picks, with “for” | Mark MacLachlan |
| 27 Jun 2017 | 7D | Chooses | John Guzzetta |
| 18 May 2017 | 1A | Decides one way or the other | Jacob Stulberg |
| 5 May 2017 | 40D | Withdraws, with “out” | Patrick Berry |
| 27 Nov 2016 | 37D | Pulls (out of) | Matt Ginsberg |
| 26 Nov 2016 | 60A | Stops waffling | Paolo Pasco |
| 14 Nov 2016 | 56A | Chooses (to) | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 11 Jan 2016 | 19A | Elects (to) | Howard Barkin |
| 22 Oct 2015 | 35D | Decides (to) | Tracy Gray |
| 9 Oct 2015 | 29A | Chooses a course | David Steinberg |
| 8 Oct 2015 | 28A | Goes (for) | Stu Ockman |
| 20 Aug 2015 | 63D | Decides (to) | Jules P. Markey |
| 30 Jun 2015 | 63A | Elects | Susan Gelfand |
| 4 May 2015 | 69A | Chooses, with “for” | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 22 Feb 2015 | 81D | Goes (for) | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Nov 2014 | 47D | Makes a choice | Janet R. Bender |
| 19 Jun 2014 | 1D | Goes (for) | Timothy Polin |
| 12 May 2014 | 58A | Makes a pick | Gary Cee |
| 30 Apr 2014 | 9A | Pulls (out) | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 1 Mar 2014 | 54D | Decides | Ian Livengood & J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 22 Feb 2014 | 41A | Declines, with “out” | Evan Birnholz |
| 1 Dec 2013 | 52D | Makes a choice | Alan DerKazarian |
| 3 Sep 2013 | 65A | Selects, with “for” | Dan Schoenholz |
| 20 Dec 2012 | 39A | Fishes or cuts bait, say | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 18 Apr 2012 | 61A | Declines, with “out” | Steven Riley |
| 25 Mar 2012 | 104D | Elects | Patrick Berry |
| 11 Mar 2012 | 54A | Plays, with “in” | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| 18 Dec 2011 | 107D | Decides | Patrick Merrell |
| 29 Jul 2011 | 55D | Doesn’t decline, with “in” | Paula Gamache |
| 24 Apr 2011 | 90D | Chooses | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 28 Jul 2010 | 1A | Declines, with “out of” | Howard Baker |
| 27 May 2010 | 13A | Withdraws, with “out” | Josh Knapp |
| 28 Apr 2010 | 12D | Stops waffling | Andrea Carla Michaels and Peter L. Stein |
| 23 Apr 2010 | 3D | Gets off the fence | Brad Wilber |
| 27 Mar 2010 | 4D | Takes, with “for” | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 28 Sep 2009 | 54A | Chooses, with “for” | Lynn Lempel |
| 18 Jan 2009 | 37D | Takes, with “for” | Randolph Ross |
| 5 Jan 2009 | 42A | Chooses | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 17 Nov 2008 | 59D | Chooses | Paula Gamache |
| 29 Sep 2008 | 1D | Withdraws, with “out” | Sharon Delorme |
| 25 Aug 2008 | 55D | Chooses, with “for” | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| 10 Aug 2008 | 70D | Takes, with “for” | Will Nediger |
| 6 Feb 2008 | 13D | Withdraws, with “out” | Larry Shearer |
| 24 Nov 2007 | 49D | Goes (for) | Victor Fleming |
| 11 Nov 2007 | 118A | Goes (for) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 4 Sep 2007 | 56D | Makes up one’s mind (to) | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Mar 2007 | 95D | Picks, with “for” | Fred Piscop |
| 15 Oct 2006 | 55A | Elects | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Jul 2006 | 60D | Chooses (to) | Larry Paul |
| 10 Jan 2006 | 10A | Goes (for) | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Dec 2005 | 44A | Takes a course | Patrick Merrell |
| 16 Jul 2005 | 49D | Prefers, with “for” | Michael Shteyman |
| 12 Jun 2005 | 28A | Checks a particular box | Joe Bower |
| 8 Jun 2004 | 11D | Chooses, with “for” | Ed Early |
| 10 Nov 2003 | 22A | Chooses | Gail A. MacLean |
| 30 Sep 2003 | 58D | Withdraws, with “out” | Kevan Choset |
| 14 Sep 2003 | 59D | Goes (for) | Cathy Millhauser |
| 27 Mar 2003 | 67A | Picks | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Mar 2003 | 77D | Pulls (out) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Feb 2003 | 9A | Declines to take part, with “out” | Mark Danna |
| 23 Jan 2003 | 3D | Decides | Cathy Millhauser |
| 9 Dec 2002 | 55D | Makes a choice [and one more example of this puzzle’s theme] | Sarah Keller |
| 21 Nov 2002 | 66A | Prefers, with “for” | Joe DiPietro |
| 8 Apr 2002 | 54D | Chooses | Richard Chisholm |
| 1 Jan 2002 | 19A | Makes a choice (for) | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Nov 2001 | 19A | Goes (for) | Jim Page |
| 20 Sep 2001 | 54D | Decides | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Jul 2001 | 71A | Makes a choice | Sarah Keller |
| 12 Feb 2001 | 1A | Chooses, with “for” | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Dec 2000 | 13D | Selects, with “for” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 19 Nov 2000 | 103A | Chooses | Cathy Millhauser |
| 10 Jul 2000 | 18A | Makes choices | Gene Newman |
| 27 Apr 2000 | 18D | Chooses | Greg Staples |
| 22 Nov 1999 | 27D | Chooses | Frances Hansen |
| 30 Sep 1999 | 64A | Picks one | Matt Gaffney |
| 29 Sep 1999 | 58D | Votes (for) | Patrick D. Berry |
| 16 Aug 1998 | 73A | Co-___ (appropriates) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 2 Jul 1998 | 58D | Gets off the fence, so to speak | Pat M. Hugel |
| 28 Jun 1998 | 61A | Withdraws, with “out” | Fred Piscop |
| 27 Jan 1997 | 26D | Chooses | F. Piscop |
| 18 Dec 1996 | 10D | Chooses | M. W. Perry |
| 20 Sep 1996 | 33A | Elects | J. Page |
| 7 Aug 1996 | 37D | Decides | B. E. Quigley |
| 15 Jul 1996 | 34D | Makes a choice | S. Spadaccini |
| 12 Mar 1996 | 65A | Chooses | R. J. Hartman |
| 22 Feb 1996 | 34D | ___out (withdraws) | C. Deodene |
| 18 Dec 1994 | 48A | Withdraws, with out | Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn |
| 14 Jul 1994 | 46D | Picks, with “for” | Daniel R. Stark |
| 30 May 1994 | 12D | Chooses | Raymond Hamel |
| 25 May 1994 | 6D | ___ out (withdraws) | Fred Piscop |
| 18 Mar 1994 | 50A | Goes (for) | Mark Diehl |
| 27 Dec 1993 | 1D | Goes (for) | Joel Davajan |
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