ORC is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ORC in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ORC" answer was first appeared in "25 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Killer of the deep". It was authored by Bob Lubbers. Recently, the "ORC" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Foe in the Elder Scrolls video games". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Mythical monster (6)". "ORC" appeared 103 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ORC" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 109D | Foe in the Elder Scrolls video games | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 25 Sep 2023 | 5D | “The Lord of the Rings” monster | Lynn Lempel |
| 14 Sep 2023 | 60D | Middle-earth menace | Vasu Seralathan |
| 3 Sep 2023 | 18A | Middle-earth creature | Dylan Schiff |
| 29 Mar 2023 | 56D | Tolkien horde member | Ben Zoon |
| 5 Jan 2023 | 32A | Fantasy foe | Emily Carroll |
| 6 Dec 2022 | 65A | Bellicose humanoid of Middle-earth | Ross Trudeau and Wyna Liu |
| 10 Nov 2022 | 51A | Uglúk or Gorbag in “The Lord of the Rings” | Dan Caprera |
| 24 Jul 2022 | 116D | Any of the Uruk-hai in “The Lord of the Rings” | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| 2 Jan 2022 | 7D | Fantasy creature whose name is an anagram of another fantasy creature | Paolo Pasco |
| 29 Dec 2021 | 6D | “The Lord of the Rings” brute | Simon Marotte and Victor Fleming |
| 14 Dec 2021 | 2D | Tolkien monster | Tao Platt |
| 5 Aug 2021 | 43D | “Lord of the Rings” baddie | Adam Wagner |
| 18 Mar 2021 | 14A | Soldier of Sauron | Tom McCoy |
| 3 Feb 2021 | 22D | Elf’s foe in “The Lord of the Rings” | Yacob Yonas |
| 15 Jan 2021 | 44A | Fantasy monster | Josh Knapp |
| 28 Dec 2020 | 49A | “The Lord of the Rings” baddie | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 28 Nov 2020 | 32A | Extra in “The Lord of the Rings” | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 26 Aug 2020 | 1D | Dungeons & Dragons meanie | Carl Larson |
| 2 Apr 2020 | 6D | Elf’s evil counterpart | Evan Mahnken |
| 16 Feb 2020 | 81A | Fictional creature made from slime | Sam Ezersky |
| 28 Jan 2020 | 44A | Dungeons & Dragons monster | Trenton Charlson |
| 3 Dec 2019 | 12D | “The Lord of the Rings” fiend | Ed Sessa |
| 29 Oct 2019 | 43A | Servant of Saruman the White in “The Lord of the Rings” | Evan Mahnken |
| 15 Jun 2019 | 42A | World of Warcraft creature | Ryan McCarty |
| 11 Jun 2019 | 62D | Tolkien monster | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Apr 2019 | 18D | Member of a World of Warcraft race | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 4 Apr 2019 | 2D | Goblinlike creature | Lewis Rothlein |
| 7 Dec 2018 | 56A | Dungeons & Dragons baddie | Sam Trabucco |
| 20 Sep 2018 | 8D | Fantasy creature spawned from mud | Sam Ezersky |
| 28 Aug 2018 | 51D | Tolkien beast | Brian Thomas |
| 13 Mar 2018 | 10D | Tolkien monster | Carl Worth |
| 12 Nov 2017 | 118D | Fictional creature made from heat and slime | Ed Sessa |
| 26 Oct 2017 | 14A | Tolkien creature | Jacob Stulberg |
| 8 Aug 2017 | 42A | “The Lord of the Rings” baddie | Dan Flanagan |
| 1 Jan 2017 | 98A | Tolkien meanie | Matthew Sewell |
| 12 Nov 2016 | 48A | Literary terror | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Nov 2016 | 28D | Tolkien terror | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 8 Sep 2016 | 31A | Elf’s foe | Joanne Sullivan |
| 26 Jun 2016 | 41D | World of Warcraft beast | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| 9 Jun 2016 | 20A | Monster of fantasy | Damon Gulczynski |
| 5 Jun 2016 | 89D | “The Silmarillion” creature | Tom McCoy |
| 14 Dec 2015 | 32A | Low-level Dungeons & Dragons monster | Timothy Polin |
| 13 Nov 2015 | 33A | Soldier in the Battle of Helm’s Deep | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Nov 2015 | 9D | Tolkien beast | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 23 Oct 2015 | 36A | “The Two Towers” creature | Evan Birnholz |
| 24 May 2015 | 72A | Warrior in the “Discworld” fantasy books | Kevin G. Der |
| 20 Apr 2015 | 9D | “The Lord of the Rings” baddie | Tom McCoy |
| 30 Mar 2015 | 23D | Middle-earth creature | Bruce Haight |
| 20 Jan 2015 | 4D | Tolkien creature | Susan Gelfand |
| 2 Dec 2014 | 37A | Fabled monster in English literature | Timothy Polin |
| 29 Aug 2014 | 18A | Middle-earth baddie | Daniel Raymon |
| 23 Jul 2014 | 31D | Humanoid monster of myth | Howard Barkin |
| 6 Jul 2014 | 91D | “The Hobbit” figure | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 12 Jan 2014 | 8D | “The Lord of the Rings” villain | Andrew Chaikin |
| 11 Aug 2013 | 28A | Foe of Frodo | Dan Schoenholz |
| 28 Mar 2013 | 47A | Tolkien baddie | Randolph Ross |
| 12 Mar 2013 | 9D | Tolkien meanie | Bruce Sutphin and Neville Fogarty |
| 6 Nov 2011 | 11D | “The Lord of the Rings” menace | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Oct 2011 | 5D | “The Lord of the Rings” creature | Ian C. Livengood |
| 19 Jun 2011 | 14D | Brute of fantasy | Patrick Berry |
| 9 May 2011 | 3D | Tolkien creature | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| 21 Mar 2011 | 14A | Tolkien monster | Patrick Blindauer and Steve Salitan |
| 20 Jan 2011 | 43A | Mythical monster | Michael Shteyman |
| 1 Jun 2010 | 4D | Tolkien beast | Sarah Keller |
| 8 Jan 2010 | 8D | Member of Sauron’s army | Patrick Berry |
| 6 Oct 2009 | 5D | “The Lord of the Rings” baddie | Matt Ginsberg |
| 20 Jul 2009 | 25A | “The Lord of the Rings” enemy | Pancho Harrison |
| 7 Jun 2009 | 8D | Frodo foe | Jeremy Newton |
| 16 Apr 2009 | 53D | “The Silmarillion” creature | Oliver Hill |
| 20 Jan 2009 | 31A | Hobbit’s enemy | Tim Wescott |
| 4 Feb 2008 | 62D | Tolkien creature | Dave and Tracy Mackey |
| 15 Jan 2008 | 36A | Middle-earth meanie | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 8 Jan 2008 | 40A | Tolkien humanoid | Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder |
| 9 Dec 2007 | 110A | Mythical beast | Patrick Blindauer |
| 2 Mar 2007 | 4D | Dungeons & Dragons beast | Eric Berlin |
| 7 Jan 2007 | 61D | Fabulous monster | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 14 Mar 2006 | 48A | “The Lord of the Rings” critter | Lynn Lempel |
| 17 Nov 2005 | 49A | “The Lord of the Rings” extra | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 5 Jun 2005 | 61D | Frodo pursuer | Patrick Merrell |
| 11 May 2005 | 40A | Tolkien beast | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin |
| 20 Jan 2005 | 58A | Tolkien monster | Manny Nosowsky |
| 7 May 2004 | 11D | Fictional ogre | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Mar 2004 | 48D | Tolkien terror | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 6 Jul 2003 | 88D | Sea monster | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 11 May 2003 | 107A | Mythical monster | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Apr 2003 | 23D | “Lord of the Rings” menace | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 22 Dec 2002 | 99A | Tolkien cannibal | Frances Hansen |
| 14 Oct 2000 | 27A | Legendary beast | Rich Norris |
| 20 Jul 2000 | 8D | Tolkien beast | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
| 10 May 2000 | 34D | Common Dungeons & Dragons foe | Zack Butler |
| 15 Jan 2000 | 32D | Mythical beast | Matt Gaffney |
| 14 Oct 1999 | 9D | Mythical monster | Joe DiPietro |
| 22 Jan 1999 | 11A | Tolkien cannibal | Ed Early |
| 22 Mar 1998 | 99D | Mythical monster | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| 20 Jan 1998 | 54A | Mythical monster | Randall J. Hartman |
| 21 Aug 1997 | 56A | Miltonian sea creature | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 12 Dec 1996 | 23D | Fabled monster | J. R. Conrad |
| 7 Jul 1996 | 39A | Mythical monster | R. H. Wolfe |
| 16 Sep 1995 | 28A | Middle-earth mutant | Bryant White |
| 28 Oct 1994 | 9D | Azog or Bolg of Middle-earth | Bryant White |
| 27 Oct 1994 | 1A | Dolphin family member | Fred Piscop |
| 25 Feb 1994 | 60D | Killer of the deep | Bob Lubbers |
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