ORCA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ORCA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ORCA" answer was first appeared in "1 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Killer whale (40)". It was authored by Tap Osborn. Recently, the "ORCA" answer has been used for "19 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Part of some pods". It was authored by Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Killer whale (40)". "ORCA" appeared 200 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ORCA" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2023 | 102A | Part of some pods | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| 17 Sep 2023 | 117A | Predator that can grow to roughly the size of a school bus | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| 13 Jul 2023 | 38A | Squid predator | Hanh Huynh |
| 7 May 2023 | 26A | The false killer whale resembles it | Will Nediger |
| 3 Mar 2023 | 18A | Great white shark’s only known predator | Eric Warren |
| 31 Jan 2023 | 44A | Black-and-white whale | Erik Agard |
| 24 Oct 2022 | 37D | Killer whale | Joe Rodini |
| 20 Sep 2022 | 50D | Mammal made from the first four letters of 49-Down | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| 15 Jun 2022 | 37A | Squid predator | Rob Baker |
| 9 Feb 2022 | 64A | With 65-Across, underwater creature that actually IS a 65-Across despite a common misconception | Grant Thackray |
| 7 Feb 2022 | 27D | Killer whale | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 16 Jan 2022 | 14D | Quint’s boat in “Jaws” | Derrick Niederman |
| 2 Nov 2021 | 55D | What’s black and white and a threat all over? | Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock |
| 17 Oct 2021 | 103D | Only known animal to prey on great white sharks | Jeff Chen |
| 21 Sep 2021 | 70A | Largest member of the dolphin family | Daniel Okulitch |
| 5 Sep 2021 | 115D | Sight from a Seattle ferry | Grant Thackray |
| 12 Aug 2021 | 25D | One in a pod | Jake Halperin |
| 21 Jul 2021 | 61A | Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration | Alex Vratsanos |
| 12 Jul 2021 | 54D | Killer whale | Kevin Christian |
| 20 Jun 2021 | 4D | Willy, in “Free Willy” | Michael Lieberman |
| 3 May 2021 | 41D | Apex predator of the ocean | Ross Trudeau |
| 29 Apr 2021 | 5A | Vancouver Canucks’ mascot Fin, for one | Adam Wagner |
| 5 Apr 2021 | 2D | Whale that preys on octopuses | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 24 Mar 2021 | 37D | Subject of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish” | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| 28 Jan 2021 | 61A | Black-and-white swimmer | Steve Mossberg |
| 21 Sep 2020 | 15A | Apex predator of the ocean | Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class |
| 23 Aug 2020 | 19A | Predator of the Pacific Northwest | Barbara Lin |
| 24 Mar 2020 | 1A | Killer whale | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 14 Feb 2020 | 7D | Apex predator of the sea | Daniel Larsen |
| 3 Feb 2020 | 65A | Killer whale | Michael Schlossberg |
| 10 Jan 2020 | 35D | Penguin predator | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 30 Dec 2019 | 27A | Killer whale | Gary Larson |
| 7 Nov 2019 | 9D | Swimmer with big calves | Joe DiPietro |
| 19 Sep 2019 | 38A | Ocean predator | David Kwong |
| 16 Sep 2019 | 61A | Whale found in every one of the world’s oceans | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| 6 Sep 2019 | 52D | Killer whale | Mark Diehl |
| 18 Jun 2019 | 65A | Marine menace | Jeff Stillman |
| 12 Apr 2019 | 1D | Sight on an Alaskan cruise | Howard Barkin |
| 27 Feb 2019 | 59A | Pod creature | Will Nediger |
| 11 Jan 2019 | 17A | Creature with a 17-month gestation period | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Oct 2018 | 27D | It’s black and white and wet all over | Michael Paleos |
| 9 Oct 2018 | 16A | “Free Willy” creature | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 30 May 2018 | 21A | Shamu, e.g. | Sande Milton and Jeff Chen |
| 21 Apr 2018 | 30D | Predator of penguins | Daniel Nierenberg |
| 17 Feb 2018 | 47A | Part of a pod | Peter Wentz |
| 29 Nov 2017 | 11D | Two-tone apex predator | Erik Agard |
| 14 Nov 2017 | 35A | Boat in “Jaws” | Jerry Miccolis and Jeff Chen |
| 11 Oct 2017 | 58D | Sea predator | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Sep 2017 | 48A | It may prey on a ray | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| 24 Aug 2017 | 18A | Apex predator of the ocean | Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg |
| 8 Aug 2017 | 14A | Predator of dolphins | Dan Flanagan |
| 22 Jun 2017 | 36A | Menace with four-inch teeth | Ruth B. Margolin |
| 29 Nov 2016 | 23A | Black-and-white swimmer | Jacob Stulberg |
| 9 Nov 2016 | 44D | “Free Willy” creature | John Lieb |
| 6 Jul 2016 | 16A | Ocean predator | David Woolf |
| 8 Apr 2016 | 50D | 1977 horror film set in Newfoundland | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Mar 2016 | 3D | Toothed whale | Gordon Johnson |
| 26 Jan 2016 | 18A | Subject of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish” | Sam Ezersky |
| 15 Jan 2016 | 53A | Part of a pod | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Dec 2015 | 18A | 1977 film described by Leonard Maltin as “For undiscriminating action fans whose idea of entertainment is watching Bo [Derek] getting her leg bitten off” | Jim Peredo |
| 24 Oct 2015 | 49A | Willy of the “Free Willy” movies, e.g. | Andrew Zhou |
| 21 Aug 2015 | 23A | Sea menace | David Steinberg |
| 2 Aug 2015 | 31A | Boat in “Jaws” | Matt Ginsberg |
| 17 May 2015 | 8D | Pod part, perhaps | Joe Krozel |
| 11 May 2015 | 14A | Killer whale | Joe DiPietro |
| 11 Feb 2015 | 2D | Sea carnivore | Will Treece |
| 4 Dec 2014 | 27D | 1977 horror film set at sea | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
| 24 Nov 2014 | 43A | Boat in “Jaws” | Robert Seminara |
| 25 Oct 2014 | 50D | Black-and-white creature | Patrick Blindauer |
| 14 Oct 2014 | 66A | SeaWorld attraction | Adam G. Perl |
| 29 Jul 2014 | 1A | Willy of “Free Willy,” e.g. | Timothy Polin |
| 5 Jun 2014 | 53A | Shark eater | Ed Sessa |
| 15 May 2014 | 41D | Boat in “Jaws” | John Lieb |
| 2 Apr 2014 | 15A | Beast in the documentary “Blackfish” | David Levinson Wilk |
| 18 Mar 2014 | 35D | Whale of a movie? | David Kwong |
| 11 Feb 2014 | 59A | Shamu, for one | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen |
| 3 Feb 2014 | 59D | Killer whale | Sean Dobbin |
| 23 Dec 2013 | 48D | Shamu, for one | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 26 Oct 2013 | 61A | Swimmer featured in the 2013 film “Blackfish” | Barry C. Silk |
| 30 Jul 2013 | 41D | SeaWorld sight | Peter A. Collins |
| 2 Mar 2013 | 1D | 400-pound calf, perhaps | Barry C. Silk |
| 10 Feb 2013 | 110D | Marine threat | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Jan 2013 | 41D | Ocean predator | Will Nediger |
| 9 Sep 2012 | 45D | School bully? | Kevin G. Der |
| 18 Jul 2012 | 66A | Ocean predator with giant jaws | David Levinson Wilk |
| 16 Jul 2012 | 50D | Killer whale | Randall J. Hartman |
| 24 Jun 2012 | 104A | Sight on an Alaskan cruise | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 22 Apr 2012 | 110D | Ocean menace | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| 8 Feb 2012 | 15A | SeaWorld performer | Lynn Lempel |
| 5 Feb 2012 | 77D | Large-toothed whale | Charles M. Deber |
| 11 Jan 2012 | 55A | Ocean predator | Chuck Deodene |
| 26 Dec 2011 | 68A | Killer whale | Gary Cee |
| 11 Dec 2011 | 107D | Water hazard? | Timothy Polin |
| 16 Oct 2011 | 99A | 1977 thriller set at sea | Joel Fagliano |
| 7 Oct 2011 | 3D | One seeking to catch some rays? | Kevin G. Der |
| 25 May 2011 | 42A | Predator of seals | Jeff Dubner |
| 13 Jan 2011 | 22D | Shamu or Keiko | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 30 Dec 2010 | 6D | Sea menace | Joe Krozel |
| 15 Oct 2010 | 30D | Cousin of a blackfish | Peter Wentz |
| 21 Jul 2010 | 2D | Filmdom’s Willy, for one | Oliver Hill |
| 30 May 2010 | 11D | Deep-sea predator | Eric Berlin |
| 11 Apr 2010 | 101D | Boat in “Jaws” | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Dec 2009 | 55A | Killer whale | Jonah Kagan and Victor Fleming |
| 6 Oct 2009 | 67A | Boat in “Jaws” | Matt Ginsberg |
| 5 Jul 2009 | 60D | 1977 thriller co-starring Bo Derek | Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo |
| 22 Jun 2009 | 57A | Killer whale | Fred Piscop |
| 5 Oct 2008 | 115D | 1977 flick with the tagline “Terror just beneath the surface” | Byron Walden |
| 4 Aug 2008 | 8D | Killer whale | Oliver Hill |
| 31 Jul 2008 | 53D | Killer whale | Allan E. Parrish |
| 12 Mar 2008 | 49A | Creature at SeaWorld | Larry Shearer |
| 10 Mar 2008 | 42D | Killer whale | Ken Bessette |
| 24 Dec 2007 | 53D | Killer whale | Mark Sherwood |
| 9 May 2007 | 14A | It’s a killer | Patrick Merrell |
| 31 Jan 2007 | 27D | Preyer on seals | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 21 Jun 2006 | 14A | It may prey on seals | Barry C. Silk |
| 11 Jun 2006 | 117A | Shamu, for one | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| 13 Apr 2006 | 32D | Deep-sea killer | Barry Silk |
| 23 Feb 2006 | 6D | Shamu, for one | Todd McClary |
| 20 Jan 2006 | 3D | Sea predator | Harvey Estes |
| 28 Dec 2005 | 2D | Sea predator | Ernest Lampert |
| 18 Dec 2005 | 25A | Marine killer | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| 2 Dec 2005 | 40D | Relative of a bottlenose | Patrick Merrell |
| 29 Oct 2005 | 25D | Sea predator | Joe DiPietro |
| 17 Sep 2005 | 56A | Large predator | Rich Norris |
| 6 Sep 2005 | 20A | Boat in “Jaws” | Barry C. Silk |
| 16 Jul 2005 | 51D | Ocean killer | Michael Shteyman |
| 30 Jun 2005 | 55D | Marine menace | Joe DiPietro |
| 1 Jun 2005 | 8D | Danger of the deep | Nick Grivas |
| 21 May 2005 | 26A | Marine park attraction | Rich Norris |
| 12 Jan 2005 | 44A | Black-and-white predator | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 11 Jan 2005 | 24D | Killer whale | Sarah Keller |
| 19 Dec 2004 | 103D | Ocean danger | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| 30 Nov 2004 | 15A | Whale of a movie? | Joan Yanofsky |
| 31 Oct 2004 | 71A | Marineland performer | Patrick Merrell |
| 7 Sep 2004 | 34D | Shamu, for one | Sarah Keller |
| 18 Apr 2004 | 122A | Ocean danger | Richard Chisholm |
| 17 Mar 2004 | 53A | Ocean predator | A. J. Santora |
| 26 Nov 2003 | 55D | Ocean predator | Tyler Hinman |
| 6 Oct 2003 | 57A | Killer whale | Barry Silk |
| 8 Aug 2003 | 42D | Quint’s boat in “Jaws” | Myles Callum |
| 2 Jun 2003 | 16A | Killer whale | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 May 2003 | 25D | Killer whale | Karen M. Tracey |
| 27 Apr 2003 | 101A | Ocean swimmer’s worry | Jon Delfin |
| 24 Feb 2003 | 11D | SeaWorld whale | Gregory E. Paul |
| 23 Jan 2003 | 1D | Sea World attraction | Cathy Millhauser |
| 12 Dec 2002 | 60A | Sea predator | Michael Shteyman |
| 23 Jul 2002 | 27D | Shamu, for one | Randall J. Hartman |
| 15 Jul 2002 | 2D | Killer whale | John Leavy |
| 7 Jul 2002 | 81D | Marine menace | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| 4 Jun 2002 | 1A | Underwater predator | Matthew J. Koceich |
| 20 Apr 2002 | 52D | Marine predator | Dana Motley |
| 13 Jan 2002 | 111D | “Jaws” boat | Nelson Hardy |
| 2 Dec 2001 | 1D | Dolphin family member | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 18 Nov 2001 | 49A | Killer at sea | Jim Page |
| 21 Aug 2001 | 62D | Shamu, for one | Sarah Keller |
| 17 Jul 2001 | 39D | Predatory whale | Fred Piscop |
| 11 Jun 2001 | 16A | Killer whale | Gregory E. Paul |
| 10 Jan 2001 | 14A | 1977 movie in which Bo Derek’s leg is bitten off | Richard Silvestri |
| 26 Dec 2000 | 25D | Whale of a film? | Gene Newman |
| 24 Jul 2000 | 42A | Willy of “Free Willy” | Gregory E. Paul |
| 31 May 2000 | 32D | Sighting in the North Pacific | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 8 May 2000 | 49D | Killer whale | Ed Early |
| 19 Apr 2000 | 18A | Black-and-white predator | Frances Hansen |
| 16 Apr 2000 | 89D | Ocean menace | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 21 Mar 2000 | 58A | Black-and-white hunter | Nick Grivas |
| 7 Feb 2000 | 15A | Killer whale | Gregory E. Paul |
| 25 Jan 2000 | 63A | Ocean predator | William S. Cotter |
| 23 Nov 1999 | 1D | Killer whale | Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Oct 1999 | 57A | Sea World attraction | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Sep 1999 | 15A | Killer whale | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 15 Jun 1999 | 19D | Killer whale | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 20 May 1999 | 56D | A whale of a menace | Zack Butler |
| 27 Apr 1999 | 54D | Killer whale | Fred Piscop |
| 15 Apr 1999 | 27D | Cetacean killer | Cathy Millhauser |
| 15 Feb 1999 | 7D | Killer whale | Randall J. Hartman |
| 30 Dec 1998 | 56D | Boat in “Jaws” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 Jul 1998 | 39A | Sea terror | Norman S. Wizer |
| 17 May 1998 | 39D | Killer whale | David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn |
| 30 Jan 1998 | 52D | Oceanic threat | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 29 Jan 1998 | 26D | Bo Derek’s whale of a film | Frances Hansen |
| 24 Dec 1997 | 10A | Killer whale | Nancy S. Ross |
| 5 Oct 1997 | 115D | Killer whale | Derrick Niederman |
| 17 Aug 1997 | 26A | 1977 film killer | Cathy Millhauser |
| 17 Jul 1997 | 7D | 1977 movie thriller with Bo Derek | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 1 Jul 1997 | 56D | Killer whale | Fred Piscop |
| 18 Jun 1997 | 63A | Bo Derek’s first major film | Stanley B. Whitten |
| 13 May 1997 | 19A | Killer whale film | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 Feb 1996 | 51D | Ocean menace | Randy Sowell |
| 15 Jan 1996 | 53D | “Jaws” boat | Gregory E. Paul |
| 25 Oct 1995 | 15A | Killer whale | Larry Nargi |
| 14 Aug 1995 | 55D | Killer whale | Ben Wheelock |
| 9 May 1995 | 28D | “Jaws” boat | Gregory E. Paul |
| 30 Apr 1995 | 33A | Killer whale | Warren W. Reich |
| 1 Mar 1995 | 62A | Killer whale | Lois Sidway |
| 21 Oct 1994 | 7A | Bo Derek’s film debut | Mark Diehl |
| 31 May 1994 | 59A | Killer whale | Roger H. Courtney |
| 22 Apr 1994 | 55A | Richard Harris movie of 1977 | A.J. Santora |
| 31 Mar 1994 | 62A | Bo Derek film before “10” | Mark Diehl |
| 13 Dec 1993 | 59D | Whale of a movie | Thomas W. Schier |
| 1 Dec 1993 | 43A | Killer whale | Tap Osborn |
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