ORO is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ORO in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ORO" answer was first appeared in "21 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Cortez quest". It was authored by A.J. Santora. Recently, the "ORO" answer has been used for "6 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Spanish gold (24)". It was authored by Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Spanish gold (24)", "Acapulco gold (10)", "Spanish treasure (7)", "Guadalajara gold (6)", "Treasure of the Sierra Madre (7)". "ORO" appeared 216 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ORO" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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6 Nov 2023 | 48A | Spanish gold | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
29 Oct 2023 | 56D | It’s found next to mercurio on the periodic table | Alina Abidi |
24 Aug 2023 | 27D | Spanish gold | Robin Yu |
20 Jul 2023 | 49D | Spanish gold | Drew Schmenner |
1 May 2023 | 60D | Gold, in Granada | Alina Abidi and Matthew Stock |
31 Jan 2023 | 8D | Spanish for “gold” | Erik Agard |
13 Dec 2022 | 34D | Spanish treasure | Julietta Gervase |
1 Dec 2022 | 32A | Riches of El Dorado | Daniel Mauer |
22 Aug 2022 | 63D | Gold, in Guadalajara | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
4 Feb 2022 | 51A | Acapulco gold | Joseph Greenbaum |
12 Dec 2021 | 43A | Metal precioso | Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson |
11 Dec 2021 | 38A | Medalla material | Hal Moore |
31 May 2021 | 41D | Spanish gold | Michael Lieberman |
2 May 2021 | 86D | Decoration at el Palacio Real de Madrid | Dan Schoenholz |
21 Feb 2021 | 35A | First prize at the Juegos OlÃmpicos | Matthew Stock |
31 Jan 2021 | 34D | Medal above plata | Jim Hilger |
16 Nov 2020 | 24D | Spanish gold | Jennifer Nutt |
8 Nov 2020 | 5D | El Dorado treasure | Evan Kalish and Caitlin Reid |
11 Oct 2020 | 2D | Spanish gold | Gary Larson |
5 Jul 2020 | 64D | Spanish treasure | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
3 Jul 2020 | 13D | Top medalla | Hal Moore |
10 Apr 2020 | 26A | Material in doblones | Byron Walden |
9 Feb 2020 | 105D | El Dorado gold | Brian Kulman |
2 Feb 2020 | 113D | Guadalajara gold | Brian Herrick and Christopher Adams |
18 Sep 2019 | 8D | Treasure on the Spanish Main | John Wrenholt |
28 Aug 2019 | 60A | Top prize in los Juegos OlÃmpicos | Daniel Grinberg |
31 Mar 2019 | 41A | ___ y Plata (Montana’s motto) | Andrew J. Ries |
20 Jan 2019 | 46D | ___ Valley, Ariz. | Richard Crowe |
15 Jan 2019 | 58D | Spanish gold | Samuel A. Donaldson |
5 Sep 2018 | 62D | Obsession of el rey Midas | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
5 Feb 2018 | 65A | Guadalajara gold | Alan Arbesfeld |
19 Sep 2017 | 41D | Medalla de ___ (first-place award in Mexico) | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
17 Apr 2017 | 7D | Acapulco gold | Peter Gordon |
26 Feb 2017 | 56A | Andean gold | Josh Knapp |
22 Jan 2017 | 32A | Quest of 25-Across | Dan Schoenholz |
21 Oct 2016 | 42A | Prize for Pizarro | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
9 Aug 2016 | 32A | Spanish treasure | Andrea Carla Michaels |
24 Jul 2016 | 74A | Palindromic elemento | David Steinberg |
17 Feb 2016 | 35A | Treasure on the Spanish Main | Kyle Mahowald |
6 Dec 2015 | 53D | Treasure from una mina | Patrick Berry |
19 Nov 2015 | 12D | Prize at las Olimpiadas | Andrew Zhou |
26 Sep 2015 | 24A | Coveted medalla material | David Woolf |
15 Sep 2015 | 63D | Tijuana gold | Iain S. Padley |
31 Aug 2015 | 59D | Pizarro’s gold | Michael Dewey |
23 Aug 2015 | 90D | Spanish gold | Joel Fagliano |
10 Jul 2015 | 4D | Precious thing in Montana’s motto | Barry C. Silk |
13 May 2015 | 41A | Treasure lost on the Spanish Main | Jeffrey Wechsler |
12 Jan 2015 | 5D | Spanish gold | Jason Flinn |
31 Dec 2014 | 16A | Treasure lost on the Spanish Main | David Woolf |
3 Jul 2014 | 34A | Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Luke Vaughn |
20 Apr 2014 | 83A | Stella D’___ (cookie brand) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
27 Mar 2014 | 65A | Spanish valuable | Jean O’Conor |
21 Dec 2013 | 28D | Cortés’s quest | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
9 Jul 2013 | 7D | Spanish gold | Kurt Krauss |
17 Jun 2013 | 30A | Acapulco gold | Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels |
3 Jun 2013 | 64D | Spanish gold | John Lampkin |
27 May 2013 | 42A | Monterrey gold | Doug Peterson |
24 May 2013 | 35D | Cargo on the Spanish Main | Joe Krozel |
12 May 2013 | 109D | Guanajuato gold | David J. Kahn |
5 May 2013 | 121D | Spanish precious metal | Alan Arbesfeld |
21 Jan 2013 | 2D | Granada gold | Susan Gelfand |
19 Dec 2012 | 56A | Conquistador’s booty | Mike Buckley |
19 Nov 2012 | 65A | Spanish doubloon material | Paul Guttormsson |
11 Oct 2012 | 59D | Metal in 60-Across’s motto | Byron Walden |
8 Aug 2012 | 7D | Conquistador’s goal | Peter A. Collins |
26 Jul 2012 | 9D | “El tiempo es ___” (Spanish proverb) | Joel Fagliano |
5 Jul 2012 | 48A | Elemento número 79 | Ian Livengood |
19 Jun 2012 | 29A | Treasure in un castillo | Steve Riley |
19 May 2012 | 6D | California’s Montaña de ___ State Park | Patrick Berry |
3 Apr 2012 | 17A | Top prize in the Juegos OlÃmpicos | Paula Gamache |
7 Mar 2012 | 26A | Prize higher than plata or bronce | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
21 Feb 2012 | 4D | Gold, in Guadalupe | Caleb Madison |
13 Dec 2011 | 57A | Stella D’___ (cookie brand) | Jonathan Gersch |
30 Nov 2011 | 5D | “___ y plata” | Rolf Hamburger |
18 Nov 2011 | 48A | Cortés’s quest | Joe DiPietro |
10 Jul 2011 | 2D | Prize at the Barcelona Olympics | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
30 May 2011 | 6D | Spanish gold | Michael Barnhart |
22 May 2011 | 38A | Spanish treasure | Bob Klahn |
10 May 2011 | 5D | Guadalajara gold | Alan Arbesfeld |
17 Mar 2011 | 65D | Conquistador’s loot | Anna Shechtman |
21 Feb 2011 | 39D | Pizarro’s gold | Ed Sessa |
9 Dec 2010 | 47A | Classification for some popular Spanish music | Byron Walden and Caleb Madison |
5 Dec 2010 | 74A | Alternative to plata | Ben Pall |
19 Mar 2010 | 28D | Plata’s partner | Trip Payne |
7 Feb 2010 | 20A | Gold, to Goya | Patrick Berry |
29 Sep 2009 | 9D | Conquistador’s quest | Paula Gamache |
18 Aug 2009 | 48D | ___ y Plata (Montana’s motto) | Tony Orbach |
11 Aug 2009 | 29D | Conquistador’s prize | Oliver Hill |
3 Jun 2009 | 59D | Conquistador’s prize | Samuel A. Donaldson |
25 Jan 2009 | 13D | Conquistador’s plunder | Michael Torch |
11 Jan 2009 | 4D | First word of Montana’s motto | David J. Kahn |
5 Jan 2009 | 54A | Gold, in Guadalajara | Andrea Carla Michaels |
16 Nov 2008 | 62A | Acapulco gold | Merl Reagle |
8 Jul 2008 | 60D | Gold, in Guadalupe | Andrea Carla Michaels |
22 Jun 2008 | 47D | Oaxaca gold | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
20 Apr 2008 | 28A | Barcelona Olympics prize | John Farmer |
10 Apr 2008 | 19D | RÃo de ___, former Spanish territory in Africa | David J. Kahn |
19 Mar 2008 | 31A | Acapulco gold | Gary Whitehead |
29 Jan 2008 | 61D | “___ y plata” | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
2 Oct 2007 | 33A | Conquistador’s quest | Oliver Hill |
22 Aug 2007 | 10D | Cortés’s prize | Patrick Blindauer |
24 Apr 2007 | 22D | ___ y plata | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
30 Mar 2007 | 33A | Top prize at las Olimpiadas | David Quarfoot |
21 Feb 2007 | 12D | Old peso material | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
24 Jul 2006 | 2D | Conquistador’s treasure | Richard Chisholm |
23 Jul 2006 | 65A | Start of Montana’s motto | Fred Piscop |
3 Jul 2006 | 13D | El Dorado’s treasure | Randall J. Hartman |
2 Jul 2006 | 121D | Granada gold | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
30 Mar 2006 | 43D | Acapulco gold | Richard Silvestri |
26 Mar 2006 | 114D | It’s sought by conquistadores | Patrick Berry |
10 Feb 2006 | 11D | It might be struck south of the border | Harvey Estes |
13 Nov 2005 | 113D | Spanish riches | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
6 Nov 2005 | 64A | First prize at the 1992 Olympics | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
21 Sep 2005 | 8D | ___ y Plata (Montana’s motto) | Anne Garellick |
28 Aug 2005 | 123D | Colombian gold | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
24 Jul 2005 | 71D | Treasure of the Sierra Madre? | Frank Longo |
10 Jul 2005 | 69A | Prize for Coronado | Con Pederson |
16 Jan 2005 | 8A | Andean treasure | Damon J. Gulczynski |
22 Dec 2004 | 61D | Conquistador’s prize | John Underwood |
26 Oct 2004 | 54D | “___ y plata” (Montana’s motto) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
22 May 2004 | 57A | Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Mark Diehl |
28 Apr 2004 | 7D | ___ y plata (Montana’s motto) | John Underwood |
30 Mar 2004 | 69A | ___ y Plata (Montana’s motto) | Sarah Keller |
27 Jan 2004 | 52A | Conquistador’s prize | Randall J. Hartman |
13 Oct 2003 | 59D | Spanish gold | Eric Berlin |
4 Jun 2003 | 40A | Sierra Madre treasure | Kelly Katharine Delevan |
27 Apr 2003 | 95A | “___ en paz, fierro en guerra” (motto of San Francisco) | Jon Delfin |
20 Jan 2003 | 38D | Spanish gold | Alan Arbesfeld |
15 Jan 2003 | 42D | Montana’s motto starter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
13 Oct 2002 | 27A | Sierra Madre treasure | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
24 Sep 2002 | 67D | “___ y Plata” (Montana’s motto) | Sherry O. Blackard |
4 Jun 2002 | 24A | Pizarro’s prize | Matthew J. Koceich |
3 Jun 2002 | 36A | Tijuana gold | Gregory E. Paul |
15 May 2002 | 62D | Montana motto starter | Kumar Balani |
21 Feb 2002 | 45A | Mexico City Olympics prize | Peter Gordon |
17 Feb 2002 | 2D | Makeup of a Spanish doubloon | Joe DiPietro |
2 Feb 2002 | 27A | Acapulco gold | A. J. Santora |
4 Jan 2002 | 42A | Partner of plata | David J. Kahn |
12 Dec 2001 | 59D | Guadalajara gold | Peter Gordon |
20 Nov 2001 | 24A | ___ y Plata (Montana’s motto) | Kelly Clark |
3 Jul 2001 | 35A | Spanish treasure | Randall J. Hartman |
24 Jun 2001 | 77D | Partner of plata | Randolph Ross |
10 Jun 2001 | 56A | Barcelona Olympics quest | Cathy Millhauser |
24 May 2001 | 35A | ___ y plata (Montana’s motto) | William I. Johnston |
15 Apr 2001 | 83A | Pizarro’s quest | Richard Silvestri |
11 Apr 2001 | 61A | Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
12 Mar 2001 | 23A | Spanish gold | Gregory E. Paul |
4 Feb 2001 | 6D | Gaucho’s gold | Frank A. Longo |
26 Jan 2001 | 24A | Spanish Main cargo | Joe DiPietro |
31 Dec 2000 | 114D | Spanish treasure | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
14 Nov 2000 | 16A | Cargo on the Spanish Main | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
4 Oct 2000 | 16A | El Dorado’s lure | Adam Cohen |
24 Sep 2000 | 112D | Acapulco gold | Randolph Ross |
20 Sep 2000 | 31A | Guadalajara gold | Edgar R. Fontaine |
3 May 2000 | 33A | Guadalajara gold | Nancy Salomon |
3 Apr 2000 | 36A | Mexican gold | Gregory E. Paul |
27 Mar 2000 | 37A | Coronado’s gold | Dave and Diane Epperson |
3 Dec 1999 | 30D | Start of Montana’s motto | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
3 Nov 1999 | 33D | Treasure on the Spanish Main | Greg Staples |
26 Sep 1999 | 107A | Acapulco gold | Randolph Ross |
21 Sep 1999 | 58D | Tijuana gold | Stephanie Spadaccini |
29 Aug 1999 | 68A | Palacio feature | Lou and Fran Sabin |
27 Aug 1999 | 54A | Quest of de Soto | Joe DiPietro |
7 Aug 1999 | 44A | Riches, in 2-Down | Trip Payne |
3 Aug 1999 | 23D | ___ y plata (Montana’s motto) | Dave Tuller |
12 May 1999 | 16A | ___ y Plata (Montana motto) | Nancy Salomon |
21 Mar 1999 | 71A | Treasure on the Spanish Main | Lloyd E. Pollet |
18 Feb 1999 | 7D | Metal precioso | Robert H. Wolfe |
18 Oct 1998 | 85D | See 37-Down | David J. Kahn |
9 Sep 1998 | 47D | Spanish gold | Richard Hughes |
28 Jul 1998 | 52D | Cortez’s quest | Robert Dillman |
16 Jul 1998 | 28A | Treasure of Montezuma | Kelly Clark |
1 Jul 1998 | 45A | Stella D’___ (cookie name) | Fred Piscop |
28 May 1998 | 20A | Pizarro’s quest | Patrick Jordan |
30 Apr 1998 | 47A | Pedro might pan for it | Kelly Clark |
31 Jan 1998 | 19A | Partner of plata | Rich Norris |
29 Dec 1997 | 6D | Aztec treasure | Gregory E. Paul |
21 Oct 1997 | 33A | Conquistador’s haul | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
19 Oct 1997 | 52A | “___ y Plata” (Montana’s motto) | David J. Kahn |
14 Oct 1997 | 46A | Spanish gold | Robert Malinow |
7 Oct 1997 | 40D | Spanish gold | Richard Hughes |
4 Aug 1997 | 13D | Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Gregory E. Paul |
3 Aug 1997 | 86A | Prado treasure | Peter Gordon |
16 Jun 1997 | 16A | Spanish gold | Gene Newman |
3 Feb 1997 | 28A | Spanish gold | M. E. Brindamour |
9 Jan 1997 | 25D | Treasure of the Sierra Madre | C. Millhauser |
9 Dec 1996 | 20A | Acapulco gold | F. Piscop |
29 Nov 1996 | 29A | Pizarro’s prize | B. White |
30 Sep 1996 | 2D | Conquistador’s treasure | F. Piscop |
16 Sep 1996 | 57D | Spanish gold | R. J. Hartman |
7 Jul 1996 | 29A | First word of Montana’s motto | R. H. Wolfe |
25 Jun 1996 | 41D | El Dorado treasure | Randall J. Hartman |
19 Jun 1996 | 58D | Rio de___ | F. Piscop |
18 Jun 1996 | 65D | Conquistador’s cache | E. C. Gorski |
9 Mar 1996 | 28D | Plata’s partner | R. Norris |
3 Mar 1996 | 99D | Treasure of the Sierra Madre | B. Klahn |
4 Jan 1996 | 6D | Aztec treasure | F. & L. Sabin |
30 Dec 1995 | 57D | Spanish playing card | Joe DiPietro |
12 Nov 1995 | 70D | Incan treasure | Randolph Ross |
3 Sep 1995 | 8D | First word of Montana’s motto | Ernie Furtado |
29 Aug 1995 | 2D | Cortez’s gold | John R. Conrad |
31 May 1995 | 56D | Pizarro’s plunder | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
31 Jan 1995 | 43D | Spanish treasure | Albert J. Klaus |
28 Jan 1995 | 41A | First word of Montana’s motto | Randolph Ross |
22 Jan 1995 | 8D | Conquistador’s quest | Frances Hansen |
16 Jan 1995 | 54A | Pizarro’s theft from 1 Across | Walter Covell |
4 Oct 1994 | 28D | Spanish gold | Stanley B. Whitten |
20 Sep 1994 | 43A | Granada gold | Christopher Page |
18 Aug 1994 | 38D | Cortes’s quest | A.J. Santora |
11 Aug 1994 | 28D | El Dorado loot | Bryant White |
28 Jul 1994 | 29D | Spanish Main cargo | Bryant White |
16 Jul 1994 | 4D | Codas quest | Mark Diehl |
5 Jul 1994 | 60D | Spanish gold | Raymond Hamel |
8 Jun 1994 | 13D | Spanish gold | A.J. Santora |
3 Mar 1994 | 23D | El Dorado treasure | Richard Silvestri |
21 Jan 1994 | 35D | Cortez quest | A.J. Santora |
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