ORAL

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

This "ORAL" answer was first appeared in "5 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Word-of-mouth (9)". It was authored by Manny Nosowsky. Recently, the "ORAL" answer has been used for "29 Oct 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Like some language exams". It was authored by Alina Abidi. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Spoken (36)", "Said aloud (7)", "Kind of history (13)", "Word-of-mouth (9)", "Kind of exam (7)", "Kind of tradition (7)", "Face-to-face exam (8)", "Not written (8)", "Kind of hygiene (8)". "ORAL" appeared 325 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ORAL" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
29 Oct 2023 27A Like some language exams Alina Abidi
23 Oct 2023 16A Spoken Stella Zawistowski
13 Oct 2023 45A Kind of phase John-Clark Levin
19 Sep 2023 52A Spoken Gia Bosko
18 Sep 2023 2D Not written Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
17 Sep 2023 15D Kind of history Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
18 Aug 2023 19A Outspoken? Kameron Austin Collins
28 Apr 2023 42A Mouthy? Malaika Handa and Erik Agard
23 Apr 2023 45D ___-B Katie Hale and Scott Hogan
16 Apr 2023 102A Kind of exam Mike Hobin
4 Apr 2023 61D Kind of exam Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson
28 Mar 2023 15A Spoken Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel
26 Mar 2023 91D Like some tradition David Karp
15 Mar 2023 12D ___ motor skills (baby’s development) Michael B. Berg
10 Mar 2023 33A Pronounced Claire Rimkus
3 Jan 2023 15A Said aloud Margaret Seikel
26 Dec 2022 23A Kind of exam at school or the dentist’s Kurt Weller
25 Nov 2022 49D Like some contraceptives Simon Marotte
10 Nov 2022 8D Mouthy? Dan Caprera
23 Oct 2022 113A Unwritten, say Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
5 Oct 2022 1D Like Freud’s first stage of development Jason Reich
27 Aug 2022 26A Kind of health Andrew Linzer
11 Aug 2022 18D Not written down, say David Tuffs
6 Aug 2022 52A Like most depositions Byron Walden
3 Aug 2022 1A Like some testimony Daniel Bodily
28 Jul 2022 33D Word-of-mouth Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen
5 Jul 2022 53D Spoken Malgorzata Nowakowska and Eileen Williams
2 Jul 2022 43A Like some defenses Evan Kalish
1 Jul 2022 9D Kind of phase Christina Iverson and Caitlin Reid
10 Jun 2022 19A B preceder Blake Slonecker
6 Mar 2022 99A ___ history Matthew Stock and Will Nediger
30 Jan 2022 76D Like some vaccines Ross Trudeau
19 Jan 2022 37D Spoken Ori Brian
29 Dec 2021 1A Like court arguments Simon Marotte and Victor Fleming
12 Dec 2021 37D Like one Freudian fixation Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson
6 Dec 2021 6A Like some exams and medicines Emily Rourke
5 Dec 2021 99A Word-of-mouth Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen
1 Dec 2021 58D Kind of thermometer Christopher Youngs
19 Nov 2021 19A Like some traditions John Hawksley
14 Nov 2021 10D Like some traditions Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
8 Jun 2021 27D Like many unofficial agreements Christopher Adams
12 May 2021 30D Like some interviews Tracy Gray
25 Apr 2021 105D Kind of cavity Jeremy Newton
9 Mar 2021 2D Kind of test it’s hard to cheat on Simon Marotte
2 Mar 2021 28D Like a contract that’s said to be “not worth the paper it’s written on” Ross Trudeau
22 Dec 2020 2D Unwritten exam Amy Yanni and Jeff Chen
29 Nov 2020 107D Said aloud Eric Berlin
28 Nov 2020 45D Like some contracts and contraceptives Nam Jin Yoon
9 Jul 2020 41A ___ tradition Joe Kidd
11 Apr 2020 44A Like some contraceptives Erik Agard and Wyna Liu
7 Apr 2020 57A Like dissertation defenses Trent H. Evans
10 Mar 2020 13A Said aloud David J. Kahn
26 Feb 2020 7D Test that’s all talk Francis Heaney
30 Jan 2020 23A Not written Emily Carroll
16 Jan 2020 20A ___ surgeon Erik Agard and Jeff Chen
16 Dec 2019 2D Kind of test whose answers can’t be erased Howard Barkin and Kevin Christian
22 Nov 2019 6D Spoken Emily Carroll
18 Aug 2019 37D Freud’s first stage David Steinberg
8 Aug 2019 26D ___ tradition Timothy Polin
14 Jul 2019 70A ___ health Caitlin Reid
25 Feb 2019 68A Like a thermometer that’s put in the mouth Peter Gordon
6 Jan 2019 83D Word-of-mouth Zhouqin Burnikel
23 Dec 2018 52D What comes before “B”? David Alfred Bywaters
10 Oct 2018 27D Unwritten Alex Eaton-Salners
7 Oct 2018 43D Kind of hygiene Tom McCoy
27 Sep 2018 14A Kind of rinse Daniel Kantor
17 Sep 2018 10D Of the mouth Caitlin Reid
6 Aug 2018 4A Kind of exam that’s not written Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl
10 Jun 2018 113D ___ cavity Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
8 May 2018 34D Kind of exam Ori Brian
27 Mar 2018 49A Kind of fixation Peter Koetters
22 Feb 2018 16A Like instructions you have to hold in your mind Zhouqin Burnikel
21 Feb 2018 2D Taken in tablet form, say Ori Brian and Zachary Spitz
9 Jan 2018 14A Taken by mouth Peter A. Collins
28 Nov 2017 16A Spoken Andrew J. Ries
23 Nov 2017 16A Kind of argument Howard Barkin
24 Oct 2017 44A Hurdle for a Ph.D. candidate, typically Damon Gulczynski
6 Sep 2017 8D Kind of history or hygiene Daniel Raymon
30 Aug 2017 37A Articulated David J. Kahn
29 Aug 2017 50D Kind of history Adam G. Perl
30 May 2017 55D ___ exam Neville Fogarty
25 Jan 2017 40D ___ fixation (Freud topic) Tracy Gray
22 Jan 2017 17D Kind of history Dan Schoenholz
8 Dec 2016 14A Like some accounts Damon Gulczynski
12 Oct 2016 10D Spoken test Jeff Chen
28 Jul 2016 60A Like some hygiene Adam G. Perl
23 Apr 2016 54D Like some arguments Paolo Pasco
17 Apr 2016 5D Like some medication Howard Barkin
1 Feb 2016 6D Spoken, not written Gary Cee
25 Oct 2015 114D Mouthy? Bill Zais
21 Sep 2015 33A Like classic hospital thermometers Bruce Haight
17 Sep 2015 18D Viva voce Timothy Polin
19 Aug 2015 57D Student’s viva voce Timothy Polin
20 May 2015 17A Like much tribal history Jacob Stulberg
27 Apr 2015 34A Spoken Johanna Fenimore
9 Apr 2015 29A Like some contracts Jacob Stulberg
1 Feb 2015 69D Kind of contraception David Steinberg
5 Nov 2014 51A Like a legal deposition Gareth Bain
1 Nov 2014 58A Like illegal charades clues Trip Payne
28 Sep 2014 123A Kind of cavity Todd Gross
24 Sep 2014 2D Kind of vaccine Andy Kravis
8 Jul 2014 34A Nerve-racking test, for some Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski
22 Jun 2014 8D Kind of fixation Elizabeth C. Gorski
22 May 2014 58D ___-B Adam G. Perl
27 Apr 2014 53D Kind of tradition John Lampkin
24 Apr 2014 58D Demanding test Stanley Newman
13 Apr 2014 50D Like some traditions Dan Schoenholz
3 Feb 2014 71A Spoken Sean Dobbin
9 Oct 2013 24D Like some contraceptives Jason Flinn
3 Oct 2013 15A Kind of tradition Evan Birnholz
23 Sep 2013 25D Said aloud Susan Gelfand
30 Aug 2013 49A Grilling test David Steinberg
21 Aug 2013 24D Like many presentations Jonathan Gersch
22 Jul 2013 44A ___ hygiene Ian Livengood
30 Apr 2013 55D Spoken Lynn Lempel
5 Jan 2013 39A Kind of surgery Barry C. Silk
4 Jan 2013 55A ___ instruction David J. Kahn
2 Jan 2013 3D Like much folklore David Steinberg
6 Dec 2012 27A Verbalized Jill Denny and Jeff Chen
12 Nov 2012 52A Kind of testimony Randall J. Hartman
8 Nov 2012 2D Like some surgery Damon J. Gulczynski
26 Aug 2012 63D Spoken Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson
7 Aug 2012 63A ___ fixation Mike Buckley
8 May 2012 55D Like the Sabin polio vaccine Lynn Lempel
30 Apr 2012 17A Face-to-face exam Susan L. Stanislawski
19 Mar 2012 16A ___ contraceptive Jeremy Horwitz
11 Jan 2012 16A ___-B Chuck Deodene
17 Dec 2011 10D Kind of rinse Tom Heilman
9 Oct 2011 76D Like some contraception Brendan Emmett Quigley
22 Sep 2011 25D 30-Down, sometimes Jeff Dubner
11 May 2011 46D Said aloud Jonah Kagan
7 May 2011 47A Kind of defense Tim Croce
25 Apr 2011 2D Word-of-mouth Joon Pahk
28 Mar 2011 2D Spoken Robyn Weintraub
30 Nov 2010 14A Like dental surgery Kristian House
16 Nov 2010 21A Face-to-face test Ian Livengood
11 Oct 2010 20D ___ vaccine Robert Fisher
3 Oct 2010 28A Like some exams Daniel A. Finan
30 May 2010 12D Spoken Eric Berlin
5 Apr 2010 57D Grueling grilling Nancy Salomon
22 Dec 2009 15A Like slander, as opposed to libel Robert A. Doll
26 Nov 2009 54D Not written Paula Gamache
30 Aug 2009 108D Exam format Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
14 Jul 2009 16A Kind of exam Donna S. Levin
26 Mar 2009 2D ___ contraceptive Edward Safran
16 Mar 2009 65A Exam given face-to-face Lynn Lempel
14 Feb 2009 9D Like some confessions Joe Krozel
20 Jan 2009 28D Transmitted by speech Tim Wescott
5 Jan 2009 28A Not written, as a test Andrea Carla Michaels
26 Nov 2008 60A Spoken Harvey Estes
10 Sep 2008 2D Face-to-face exam Lucas Gaviotis Whitestone
30 Jul 2008 14A Like some hygiene Elizabeth A. Long
27 Jul 2008 18D Read aloud Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot
16 Jun 2008 53D Like traditional epic poetry Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron
31 Mar 2008 35A Kind of history Jeff Armstrong
26 Feb 2008 62A Kind of hygiene Sarah Keller
6 Jan 2008 115A Requirement for some degree candidates Lynn Lempel
11 Dec 2007 37D ___ surgeon Gail Grabowski
6 Dec 2007 14A Like some histories Joe Krozel
2 Dec 2007 106D Voiced Seth A. Abel
27 Nov 2007 1D Like most folklore Julie Ann Bowling
15 Oct 2007 33D Spoken Andrea Carla Michaels
4 Sep 2007 38A Kind of vaccine Manny Nosowsky
27 Aug 2007 52A Face-to-face test Steven Ginzburg
24 Aug 2007 5D Passed on by taletellers Patrick Berry
31 Jul 2007 62D Voiced Allan E. Parrish
3 May 2007 8D Kind of cavity Richard Chisholm
29 Apr 2007 2D Exam format Henry Hook
2 Apr 2007 19A Not written Richard Hughes
19 Mar 2007 54D Said aloud Richard Chisholm
26 Feb 2007 3D Spoken Peter A. Collins
15 Jan 2007 63A Spoken David Pringle
25 Oct 2006 18D Kind of tradition Adam G. Perl
22 Jun 2006 16A Student’s challenge Christina Houlihan Kelly
19 Jun 2006 45A Said aloud Raymond Hamel
31 May 2006 14A Like paperless exams Trip Payne
11 Apr 2006 47D Spoken Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
21 Dec 2005 55D Spoken David J. Kahn
12 Sep 2005 56D Face-to-face exam Michael Shteyman
2 Aug 2005 15A Test that’s hard to cheat on Nancy Kavanaugh
19 Jul 2005 51D Spoken Trip Payne
19 Jun 2005 57D Uttered Manny Nosowsky
7 Jun 2005 16A Not written Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
18 May 2005 55D Said Brendan Emmett Quigley
8 May 2005 21A Kind of surgeon Jim Page
30 Apr 2005 8D Thesis defense, often Nancy Salomon
22 Mar 2005 58D Kind of exam David J. Kahn
14 Mar 2005 56D Kind of history Robert Malinow
4 Feb 2005 19A Pronounced Robert Bridges
10 Jan 2005 52A Spoken David Pringle
3 Nov 2004 62A Kind of hygiene Ed Early
16 Aug 2004 4D Face-to-face exam Joy C. Frank
13 Aug 2004 60A Tough test Harvey Estes
15 Jun 2004 6D Kind of hygiene Nancy Kavanaugh
30 Mar 2004 64A Word-of-mouth Sarah Keller
19 Mar 2004 50D Something to explain your way through Manny Nosowsky
24 Feb 2004 27D Test type Alan Arbesfeld
29 Jan 2004 31A Kind of history David J. Kahn
15 Dec 2003 2D Spoken Sarah Keller
26 Nov 2003 19A Much-dreaded exam Tyler Hinman
9 Sep 2003 56A Administered with a spoon, say Robert Zimmerman
31 Aug 2003 83A Like slander Fred Piscop
12 Jun 2003 11D Kind of history Patrick Merrell
15 Apr 2003 53D Exam sans pencils Adam G. Perl
13 Apr 2003 106A Uttered Charles Deber
22 Dec 2002 88A Viva-voce Frances Hansen
28 Oct 2002 57A Spoken Randy Sowell
15 Jul 2002 49D Like some medicines John Leavy
11 Jul 2002 16A Not on paper Elizabeth C. Gorski
23 May 2002 51D *Exam … dentist … Roberts John Underwood
2 Apr 2002 13A Spoken Janice M. Putney
20 Mar 2002 33D Kind of agreement Elizabeth C. Gorski
22 Feb 2002 30D Word-of-mouth Elizabeth C. Gorski
23 Jan 2002 44D Kind of argument Alan Arbesfeld
17 Dec 2001 50D Spoken Christina Houlihan
31 Oct 2001 48A Dental school exam? Mary Pat Hidding
10 Oct 2001 61A Unwritten Richard Chisholm
27 Sep 2001 13D Kind of tradition Manny Nosowsky
25 Sep 2001 13A Spoon-administered A. J. Santora
19 Sep 2001 58D Spoken Steven Dorfman
12 Aug 2001 67A ___-B (Gillette division) Nancy Nicholson Joline
26 May 2001 5D Kind of tradition Rich Norris
22 Apr 2001 26A Like some surgery Patrick Berry
21 Mar 2001 34D Like some traditions Greg Staples
12 Mar 2001 27D Voiced Gregory E. Paul
10 Jan 2001 30D Viva-voce Richard Silvestri
20 Dec 2000 2D Kind of exam Alan Arbesfeld
1 Nov 2000 57D Like some thermometers Peter Gordon
2 Oct 2000 7D Spoken Sarah Keller
25 Sep 2000 2D Spoken Peter Gordon
12 Sep 2000 14A Kind of arguments Bill Zais
29 Aug 2000 18A Kind of hygiene Peter Gordon
13 Jul 2000 14A Kind of account Rich Norris
3 Jul 2000 61A Like some testimony Marjorie Berg
28 Jun 2000 10D Like the Sabin vaccine Randy Sowell
20 May 2000 26A Like a folk tale Rich Norris
23 Apr 2000 45D Like some surgery Nancy Nicholson Joline
10 Apr 2000 33A Kind of exam Ed Early
28 Mar 2000 57D Like some vaccines Fred Piscop
4 Feb 2000 16A Kind of history Dana Motley
14 Jan 2000 49A Kind of surgery Martin Ashwood-Smith
11 Jan 2000 16A Kind of testimony Fran and Lou Sabin
27 Dec 1999 67A Rev. Roberts Gregory E. Paul
22 Dec 1999 58D Spoken Richard Silvestri
21 Oct 1999 45A Kind of tradition Manny Nosowsky
9 Oct 1999 10D Kind of history Manny Nosowsky
12 Sep 1999 16D Kind of testimony Nancy Scandrett Ross
22 Aug 1999 49D Kind of thermometer Raymond Hamel
12 Jul 1999 71A Spoken Carol R. Blumenstein
5 Jul 1999 17A Face-to-face exam Gregory E. Paul
6 Jun 1999 58A Like some traditions David J. Kahn
22 May 1999 29D Kind of surgeon A. J. Santora
1 Apr 1999 41D Voiced Kelly Clark
28 Jan 1999 40A Examination format Henry Hook
28 Dec 1998 13A Face-to-face exam Adam G. Perl
7 Dec 1998 36A Not written Elizabeth C. Gorski
3 Dec 1998 65A Like some antibiotics Cathy Millhauser
24 Oct 1998 21D Like some testimony Rich Norris
30 Aug 1998 14D Grad student’s grilling John Wolting
7 Jun 1998 74D Master’s ordeal Randolph Ross
27 Apr 1998 57D Mouth-to-mouth Gregory E. Paul
10 Mar 1998 7D Kind of exam or history Patrick Jordan
18 Jan 1998 18D Like some votes Ed Early and Bob Klahn
2 Jan 1998 51D Nuncupative Alex K. Justin
27 Dec 1997 49D Mouthy? Martin Ashwood-Smith
28 Oct 1997 58D Spoken Bernice Gordon
23 Oct 1997 2D Viva-voce Frances Hansen
9 Sep 1997 59A Big exam Elizabeth C. Gorski
1 Sep 1997 2D Like some vaccines Gregory E. Paul
18 May 1997 108A Like some votes Frances Hansen
13 May 1997 14A Rev. Roberts Gregory E. Paul
14 Apr 1997 54D Like much testimony Stephanie Spadaccini
6 Apr 1997 76D Kind of testimony Rich Norris
26 Mar 1997 7D Spoken Richard Silvestri
18 Mar 1997 25A Like some history John R. Conrad
18 Feb 1997 50D Kind of thermometer F. Piscop
4 Feb 1997 10D Kind of surgery G. R. Ferguson
15 Jan 1997 37D Kind of history C. Currier
26 Dec 1996 1D Grueling exam R. H. Burns
2 Dec 1996 60A Kind of hygiene D. L. Wilk
9 Oct 1996 52A Face-to-face test R. Hughes
7 Oct 1996 68A Word-of-mouth S. Spadaccini
3 Sep 1996 2D Kind of hygiene Andrew Goldstein
19 Aug 1996 10A Mouth-to-mouth E. C. Gorski
31 Jul 1996 61A Spoken J. Schmalzbach
23 Jul 1996 14A Like some medicines G. E. Paul
8 Jul 1996 38D Intense exam Sidney L. Robbins
10 Apr 1996 27D Unwritten M. Lees
14 Mar 1996 33D Spoken R. Silvestri
2 Mar 1996 36A Kind of history N. Joline
24 Feb 1996 23A Like most testimony M. Shenk
14 Feb 1996 14A Kind of history C. Lundberg
15 Jan 1996 11D Spoken Gregory E. Paul
29 Dec 1995 34D Unwritten Jeff Herrington
10 Nov 1995 6D Intense exam Bryant White
10 Oct 1995 58A Start for hygiene or Roberts Janet R. Bender
18 Sep 1995 56A Type of exam Alan Arbesfeld
12 Sep 1995 49A Not written Gregory E. Paul
29 Aug 1995 39D Exam type John R. Conrad
16 Aug 1995 5D Kind of surgery Judith Perry
11 Jul 1995 24D Kind of hygiene Gregory E. Paul
28 Jun 1995 16A Kind of testimony Roger H. Courtney
31 May 1995 32A Freudian stage Jonathan Schmatzbach
19 May 1995 57D Vaccine type Michael S. Maurer
10 May 1995 37A Kind of history Jeremy Thomas Paine
8 May 1995 55D Face-to-face exam Deborah Trombley
12 Apr 1995 69A Spoken Rich Norris
9 Mar 1995 63A Not injected Alex Vaughn
30 Jan 1995 13A Voiced Ernie Furtado
28 Jan 1995 52A ___ surgery Randolph Ross
17 Jan 1995 28D Ph.D. exam Gregory E. Paul
22 Dec 1994 51D Kind of tradition Stanley Newman
20 Dec 1994 69A Not written Robert R. Zimmerman
22 Nov 1994 15A Word-of-mouth Wayne Robert Williams
30 Aug 1994 44A Pronounced Jonathan Schmatzbach
15 Aug 1994 12D Kind of vaccine Fred Piscop
18 Jul 1994 15A Face-to-face exam Wayne Robert Williams
17 Jul 1994 95A Like gentlemen’s agreements Cathy Millhauser
1 Jul 1994 55D Rigorous test Mel Taub
17 May 1994 55D Reverend Roberts Harvey Estes
20 Feb 1994 75D Nuncupative Harvey Estes
11 Jan 1994 36A Feared test Albert J. Klaus
1 Jan 1994 44A Like some medicines Manny Nosowsky
19 Dec 1993 75D Sounded John M. Samson
5 Dec 1993 35D Word-of-mouth Manny Nosowsky

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