ORB is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ORB in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ORB" answer was first appeared in "22 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Eye (2)". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "ORB" answer has been used for "11 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Crystal ball, e.g. (2)". It was authored by Luke K. Schreiber. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Sphere (17)". "ORB" appeared 176 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ORB" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2023 | 32A | Crystal ball, e.g. | Luke K. Schreiber |
| 7 Nov 2023 | 38A | Mars … or a marble | Kevin Curry and Daniel Bodily |
| 1 Oct 2023 | 115D | Poet’s planet | Jeffrey Lease |
| 19 Jul 2023 | 19A | Fortuneteller’s sphere | Billy Bratton |
| 7 Apr 2023 | 42A | “Foolery, sir, does walk about the ___ like the sun, it shines every where”: Shak. | Lindsey Hobbs |
| 20 Jan 2023 | 45A | Crystal object featured in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold | Robert S. Greenfield |
| 14 Dec 2022 | 57D | 56-Down, e.g. | Matthew Stock |
| 17 Aug 2022 | 18D | Planet, to a poet | Michael Paleos |
| 11 Aug 2022 | 47D | High ball? | David Tuffs |
| 25 Apr 2022 | 10D | Spherical shape | Li Ding |
| 13 Apr 2022 | 53A | Poet’s sphere | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 19 Feb 2022 | 9D | Earth, poetically | Billy Bratton |
| 10 Jan 2022 | 6D | Sphere | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 Dec 2021 | 76A | Christmas ornament, often | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 2 Dec 2021 | 34A | Scepter topper | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 15 Oct 2021 | 28A | Pluto, e.g. | Ashton Anderson |
| 12 Aug 2021 | 21D | Globe | Jake Halperin |
| 21 Jul 2021 | 49A | Globe | Alex Vratsanos |
| 8 Jul 2021 | 11A | Baseball, e.g. | John Lampkin |
| 2 Jul 2021 | 6A | Scepter topper | Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle |
| 11 Jun 2021 | 41A | Bit of royal regalia | Matthew Stock |
| 29 Apr 2021 | 25A | Globe | Adam Wagner |
| 19 Feb 2021 | 46A | The sun or the moon | Amanda Rafkin |
| 3 Feb 2021 | 17D | Mercury or Venus, e.g. | Yacob Yonas |
| 10 Dec 2020 | 38D | Magic 8 Ball, e.g. | Jack Murtagh |
| 5 Aug 2020 | 48A | Sphere | Michael Paleos |
| 29 Jun 2020 | 31D | Heavenly sphere | Peter Gordon |
| 8 May 2020 | 17A | Planet, poetically | Daniel Larsen |
| 2 Apr 2020 | 68A | Top of a wizard’s staff | Evan Mahnken |
| 1 Mar 2020 | 44A | Mystical ball | Sam Trabucco |
| 25 Feb 2020 | 30A | Sphere | Peter Gordon |
| 3 Jan 2020 | 54A | Baseball or basketball, but not football | Will Treece |
| 5 Dec 2019 | 10D | Sphere of power | Neville Fogarty |
| 21 Oct 2019 | 38D | Spherical shape | Joe Deeney |
| 29 Aug 2019 | 18D | Feature of the king of clubs | Jeff Chen |
| 31 Jul 2019 | 30D | Magic 8 Ball, e.g. | Dan Caprera |
| 1 Jul 2019 | 63D | Space ball | Damon Gulczynski |
| 4 Jun 2019 | 45A | Sun or moon | Jake Halperin |
| 11 Mar 2019 | 29D | Spherical body | Trent Evans |
| 10 Mar 2019 | 68D | Mystical ball, e.g. | Adam Fromm |
| 19 Dec 2018 | 40A | Scepter’s go-with | Seth A. Abel |
| 13 Dec 2018 | 29A | The moon, e.g. | John Westwig |
| 31 Oct 2018 | 46D | Image on the king of clubs | Bruce Haight |
| 9 Sep 2018 | 53A | Item at the end of a wizard’s staff | Hal Moore |
| 28 Aug 2018 | 34D | Ball in the sky | Brian Thomas |
| 30 Jul 2018 | 32A | Sun or planet | Gary Cee |
| 20 Jul 2018 | 54D | Scepter accompanier | Robyn Weintraub |
| 21 Apr 2018 | 53A | Baseball or basketball | Daniel Nierenberg |
| 24 Jan 2018 | 49A | Scepter go-with | Kathy Wienberg |
| 14 Dec 2017 | 48A | It’s well-rounded | Timothy Polin |
| 10 Dec 2017 | 58D | Sphere | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| 5 Dec 2017 | 33A | Space ball | Harry Smith and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 24 Jul 2017 | 51D | Sphere | Peter Gordon |
| 8 Feb 2017 | 57D | Heavenly object | Ned White |
| 25 Dec 2016 | 26A | Sphere | Kevin G. Der |
| 17 Aug 2016 | 37A | Sphere | Mark McClain |
| 7 Jul 2016 | 35D | Spherical symbol of authority | Joel Elkins and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 28 Nov 2015 | 21D | Bit of regalia | Ned White |
| 17 Nov 2015 | 35A | Heavenly ball | Paula Gamache |
| 28 Sep 2015 | 38D | Planet, to Shakespeare | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 105A | Ornament shape | Patrick Berry |
| 26 Jul 2015 | 35D | Poet’s planet | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| 25 Mar 2015 | 45A | “Thou ___ aloft full-dazzling!”: Whitman | Jacob Stulberg |
| 14 Mar 2015 | 29D | Mars or Neptune | James Mulhern |
| 3 Feb 2015 | 37D | Sun or planet | Joe Krozel |
| 12 Aug 2014 | 27D | Celestial sphere | Robyn Weintraub |
| 11 Aug 2014 | 50D | Space ball | David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon |
| 30 Jul 2014 | 44D | Planet, e.g. | Jean O’Conor |
| 13 Jul 2014 | 7D | Mercury or Earth | Tom McCoy |
| 29 May 2014 | 25A | Revolutionary body? | Anna Shechtman |
| 15 Jan 2014 | 53D | Sphere | Bernice Gordon |
| 11 Dec 2013 | 48D | Object in the right hand of the king of clubs | Steve Savoy |
| 25 Nov 2013 | 46D | Celestial body | Kevin G. Der |
| 31 Oct 2013 | 43A | Moon, e.g., to a poet | David Kwong |
| 12 May 2013 | 9A | Planet, to a 1-Across | David J. Kahn |
| 18 Apr 2013 | 37A | Earth, e.g. | Stu Ockman |
| 3 Apr 2013 | 50A | Poet’s planet | Gary Cee |
| 11 Mar 2013 | 39D | Big ball in space | Robert Fisher |
| 27 Feb 2013 | 65A | Eye, to a bard | Daniel Kantor |
| 14 Feb 2013 | 5A | Saturn or Mercury | Jules P. Markey |
| 17 Jan 2013 | 52D | Ball | Milo Beckman |
| 20 Nov 2012 | 40A | Eye, poetically | Allan E. Parrish |
| 9 Oct 2012 | 46D | Sphere | John Guzzetta |
| 8 Sep 2012 | 33A | “O thou pale ___ that silent shines”: Burns | Byron Walden |
| 2 Sep 2012 | 101A | Scepter go-with | Joel Fagliano |
| 29 Jan 2012 | 14A | Marble, e.g. | Ian Livengood |
| 21 Jan 2012 | 50A | Big revolver | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 12 Dec 2011 | 55A | Heavenly body | Gary Cee |
| 8 Dec 2011 | 58D | Celestial body | Daniel A. Finan |
| 5 Nov 2011 | 16D | 15-Down went around one | Kurt Mueller |
| 2 Oct 2011 | 110D | Round body | Eric Berlin |
| 29 Sep 2011 | 61D | Sphere | Ben Fish |
| 24 Sep 2011 | 48A | Mars, e.g. | Jeremy Horwitz |
| 30 Dec 2010 | 11D | Eye, to poets | Joe Krozel |
| 21 Dec 2010 | 57A | Heavenly body | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 18 Dec 2010 | 4D | Astronomical discovery | Brad Wilber |
| 17 May 2010 | 32A | Heavenly body | Jay Kaskel |
| 12 Nov 2009 | 64D | Regal symbol | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 11 Nov 2009 | 51A | Marvel Comics villain with an eyeball-like helmet | Kelsey Blakley |
| 7 Sep 2009 | 43D | Globe | Andrea Carla Michaels and Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 4 Aug 2009 | 65D | Sphere | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 19 Apr 2009 | 7A | Space ball | Will Nediger |
| 6 Jan 2009 | 11A | Sun or moon, to bards | John Greenman |
| 30 Nov 2008 | 40D | Scepter topper | Richard Silvestri |
| 11 Aug 2008 | 23D | Globe | Thomas Heilman |
| 13 Jun 2008 | 9D | Divining device, in sci-fi | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Apr 2008 | 34D | Ball | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Sep 2007 | 124A | Eyeball | Patrick Berry |
| 24 Jul 2007 | 9D | Poet’s planet | Bruce Adams |
| 26 Dec 2006 | 56A | Sphere in space | C. W. Stewart |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 69D | Ball | Patrick Merrell |
| 19 Nov 2006 | 65D | Venus or Mars | Tony Orbach |
| 4 Jun 2006 | 7D | Venus or Mars | Patrick Blindauer |
| 25 Mar 2006 | 24A | Space ball? | Byron Walden |
| 22 Feb 2006 | 58A | Round figure | Nancy Salomon |
| 16 Dec 2005 | 29A | Glower, maybe | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 Oct 2005 | 6D | Mercury or Saturn | Kyle Mahowald |
| 30 May 2005 | 59D | Sun or moon | Lynn Lempel |
| 17 Dec 2004 | 35A | Moon, to a poet | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Nov 2004 | 22D | Globe | Alison Donald |
| 27 Oct 2004 | 41A | Sun or moon | Nathaniel Weiss |
| 28 Sep 2004 | 30A | Moon or sun, poetically | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 3 Aug 2004 | 32D | Globe | Roy Leban |
| 26 Jul 2004 | 48A | Sun or planet | Bernice Gordon |
| 12 Jul 2004 | 50A | Sphere | Gregory E. Paul |
| 23 Jul 2003 | 38D | Eyeball | Ed Early |
| 17 Jun 2003 | 60D | Sphere | Susan Harrington Smith |
| 29 Apr 2003 | 50A | Scepter accompanier | Norma Johnson |
| 5 Nov 2002 | 24A | Planet, poetically | Fred Piscop |
| 14 Oct 2002 | 32D | Globe | Gregory E. Paul |
| 14 Aug 2002 | 2D | Sun, e.g. | David Levinson Wilk |
| 7 Jul 2002 | 81A | Sun, e.g. | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| 2 Jun 2002 | 94A | Sun or moon | Frank Longo |
| 16 Apr 2002 | 23A | Sun or moon | Sarah Keller |
| 30 Oct 2001 | 32A | Sun or moon | Barbara Olson |
| 17 Aug 2001 | 57D | Moon, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Jul 2000 | 55A | Eyeball | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Oct 1999 | 4D | Sun or moon | David Levinson Wilk |
| 6 Jun 1999 | 108D | Poet’s eye | David J. Kahn |
| 22 Mar 1999 | 43A | Sun, e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
| 17 Mar 1999 | 39A | Sphere | Myles Callum |
| 10 Dec 1998 | 7D | Eyeball | Peter Gordon |
| 18 Nov 1998 | 23A | Sphere | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 6 Sep 1998 | 112A | Tree decoration | Rich Norris |
| 22 Aug 1998 | 33A | Christmas bulb | David J. Kahn |
| 12 Aug 1998 | 42D | Shape of the world | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Jul 1998 | 52A | Scepter adornment | Henry Hook |
| 29 Jun 1998 | 50A | Any planet | Gregory E. Paul |
| 12 May 1998 | 38A | Globe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 15 Oct 1997 | 21D | Celestial sphere | Randall J. Hartman |
| 4 Sep 1997 | 26D | Symbol of sovereignty | Richard Silvestri |
| 9 Jul 1997 | 33A | Spheroid | Chuck Deodene |
| 7 Jul 1997 | 22D | Regalia item | Gregory E. Paul |
| 29 Jun 1997 | 1D | Ball | David J. Kahn |
| 27 Nov 1996 | 11A | Eye | R. Hughes |
| 3 Sep 1996 | 48D | Sphere | Andrew Goldstein |
| 31 Jul 1996 | 31D | Spinner in space | J. Schmalzbach |
| 27 Jun 1996 | 45D | Telescopic sighting | R. Norris |
| 18 Feb 1996 | 1A | Ball | Norma Steinberg |
| 21 Dec 1995 | 26A | Mars or Venus | Rich Norris |
| 27 Oct 1995 | 31D | Regalia item | Mark Diehl |
| 3 Aug 1995 | 27D | Sphere | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 16 Jul 1995 | 85A | Sun | Naomi Geller Lipsky |
| 4 May 1995 | 17D | Planet | A.J. Santora |
| 12 Apr 1995 | 11D | Mars, for one | Rich Norris |
| 17 Mar 1995 | 23A | Planet | Randolph Ross |
| 19 Jan 1995 | 22D | Regalia item | Bryant White |
| 6 Jan 1995 | 50A | Emblem of sovereignty | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 6 Oct 1994 | 53A | Symbol of sovereignty | Richard Silvestri |
| 2 Jun 1994 | 10D | Ball | Harvey Estes |
| 12 May 1994 | 11D | Sun, e.g. | A.J. Santora |
| 10 May 1994 | 60A | Crystal ball, e.g. | David Ellis Dickerson |
| 17 Apr 1994 | 38A | Sun or moon | R. M. Hopkins |
| 15 Apr 1994 | 23D | Globe | Cathy Millhauser |
| 30 Dec 1993 | 30D | Sun or moon | A.J. Santora |
| 22 Nov 1993 | 13D | Eye | Fred Piscop |
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