OTIS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OTIS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OTIS" answer was first appeared in "20 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Redding of 60’s soul (2)". It was authored by Harvey Estes. Recently, the "OTIS" answer has been used for "18 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "1960s soul singer Redding". It was authored by Joe Marquez. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Soul singer Redding (8)". "OTIS" appeared 234 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OTIS" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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18 Dec 2023 | 22A | 1960s soul singer Redding | Joe Marquez |
15 Nov 2023 | 6D | Handle that goes up and down? | Gary Larson |
30 Oct 2023 | 1A | Soul singer Redding | Kenneth Cortes |
12 Jun 2023 | 26A | Redding who wrote “Respect” | Alice Liang |
5 May 2023 | 19A | Asa Butterfield’s role on “Sex Education” | Jacob McDermott |
27 Mar 2023 | 63A | Soul icon Redding | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
28 Feb 2023 | 21A | Big name in elevators | Gia Bosko |
12 Dec 2022 | 66A | R&B great Redding | Anthony J. Caruso and Zhouqin Burnikel |
18 Sep 2022 | 66D | Jay-Z and Kanye West song that samples “Try a Little Tenderness” | Katie Hale |
11 Sep 2022 | 70D | One who gave us all a lift? | Derrick Niederman |
3 Aug 2022 | 1D | Redding with 11 Top 40 hits | Daniel Bodily |
18 Jul 2022 | 44A | Redding who sang “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” | Phoebe Gordon |
3 Jul 2022 | 101D | Big name in elevators | Tom McCoy |
3 Jun 2022 | 6A | Company with the motto “When you rise, we shine” | Robyn Weintraub |
28 Mar 2022 | 6D | Redding who sang “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” | Leslie Rogers |
20 Mar 2022 | 106D | Redding who wrote “Respect” | Brad Wiegmann |
30 Nov 2021 | 24A | 2011 Jay-Z/Kanye West hit that pays tribute to singer Redding | Billy Ouska |
10 Nov 2021 | 1A | Redding of Stax Records | Max Chen Lauring and Benjamin Chen Lauring |
8 Sep 2021 | 58A | R&B great Redding | Lee Taylor |
27 Aug 2021 | 7D | Company that makes moving walkways | Robyn Weintraub |
5 Aug 2021 | 10A | “Miss ___ Regrets,” jazz standard performed by Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald | Adam Wagner |
11 Jul 2021 | 33D | “The Adventures of Milo and ___” (1989 film) | Ashish Vengsarkar |
13 Jun 2021 | 105D | Big elevator maker | Stephen McCarthy |
26 May 2021 | 4D | Inventor Boykin who helped develop the pacemaker | Will Nediger |
26 Apr 2021 | 23A | Elevator brake inventor Elisha | Eric and Lori Bornstein |
28 Feb 2021 | 45D | Elevator innovator | Brad Wiegmann |
19 Dec 2020 | 1A | Williams who was one of the original Temptations | Caitlin Reid and Andrew J. Ries |
5 Nov 2020 | 45A | Bluesy Redding | Jeremy Newton |
26 Aug 2020 | 1A | Redding who wrote “Respect” | Carl Larson |
7 Jul 2020 | 62A | Redding who sang “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” | Kevin Patterson |
22 May 2020 | 23D | Singer Williams of the Temptations | Hal Moore |
26 Apr 2020 | 14D | Los Angeles’s ___ College of Art and Design | Royce Ferguson |
16 Jan 2020 | 36A | ___ Day and the Knights (“Animal House” group) | Erik Agard and Jeff Chen |
25 Dec 2019 | 19A | Singer Redding | Bruce Haight |
16 Dec 2019 | 41A | Singer/songwriter Redding | Howard Barkin and Kevin Christian |
29 Nov 2019 | 53A | L.A.’s ___ College of Art and Design | Sam Buchbinder |
25 Nov 2019 | 40D | Singer Redding | Daniel Mauer |
26 Oct 2019 | 26A | 2012 Grammy-winning rap hit that samples “Try a Little Tenderness” | Sam Trabucco |
26 Sep 2019 | 58D | Singer Redding | Doug Peterson |
24 Jul 2019 | 23A | Elevator innovator Elisha | Jake Halperin |
18 Jun 2019 | 56A | Mayberry sot | Jeff Stillman |
28 Mar 2019 | 38D | ___ and Carla (1960s R&B duo) | Damon Gulczynski |
22 Oct 2018 | 58D | Big name in elevators | Alex Eaton-Salners |
10 Oct 2018 | 58A | Elisha in the National Inventors Hall of Fame | Alex Eaton-Salners |
16 Sep 2018 | 96D | R&B great Redding | Joel Fagliano |
8 Sep 2018 | 9D | Moving walkway maker | Andrew J. Ries |
31 Aug 2018 | 26D | Manufacturer of indoor cars | Peter Wentz |
6 Aug 2018 | 52D | Redding who sang “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
16 May 2018 | 26D | Old blues singer Johnny | Jonathan Schmalzbach and Bill Albright |
31 Mar 2018 | 1D | Johnny nicknamed “The Godfather of Rhythm and Blues” | Kevin G. Der |
25 Jan 2018 | 52D | Los Angeles’s ___ College of Art and Design | Alex Eaton-Salners |
20 Jan 2018 | 8D | Maker of thousands of cars annually | Alex Vratsanos |
29 Aug 2017 | 23D | “Miss” with regrets | Adam G. Perl |
19 Apr 2017 | 64A | Soulful Redding | Emanuel Ax and Brad Wilber |
17 Feb 2017 | 30D | Big name in escalators | David Steinberg |
4 Oct 2016 | 1D | Soul singer Redding | Sam Buchbinder |
26 Sep 2016 | 22D | Soul singer Redding | Timothy Polin |
21 May 2016 | 27A | Mr. ___, protagonist in Wilde’s “The Canterville Ghost” | Jason Flinn |
23 Dec 2015 | 1A | Singer Williams of the Temptations | Jim Peredo |
6 Dec 2015 | 55A | Maker of indoor cars | Patrick Berry |
10 Nov 2015 | 36D | Redding of R&B | Will Treece |
24 Oct 2015 | 47A | Moving walkway maker | Andrew Zhou |
15 Sep 2015 | 60D | William ___, inventor of the steam shovel | Iain S. Padley |
7 Sep 2015 | 26A | Soul singer Redding | Paula Gamache |
2 Aug 2015 | 29A | William who invented the steam shovel | Matt Ginsberg |
21 Jun 2015 | 68D | [Elevators] | Timothy Polin |
13 Jun 2015 | 4D | Big maker of moving walkways | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
17 May 2015 | 105D | Lex Luthor’s main henchman in “Superman” | Joe Krozel |
6 Apr 2015 | 5D | Inventor whose success went up and down? | Finn Vigeland |
16 Mar 2015 | 63D | Soul singer Redding | Ian Livengood |
3 Mar 2015 | 25D | Soulful Redding | Kristian House |
5 Feb 2015 | 54A | Milo’s partner in film | Mike Buckley |
28 Oct 2014 | 40A | Elevator innovator | Andrea Carla Michaels |
14 Oct 2014 | 63A | Soul singer Redding | Adam G. Perl |
1 May 2014 | 13D | Mayberry town drunk | Brandon Hensley |
28 Apr 2014 | 60A | Redding of R&B | Jim Modney |
18 Mar 2014 | 23A | Elevator pioneer Elisha | David Kwong |
15 Mar 2014 | 2D | Uplifting company? | Ed Sessa |
8 Mar 2014 | 19A | Old sitcom sot | David Steinberg |
6 Mar 2014 | 62A | Redding of R&B | Daniel Raymon |
14 Dec 2013 | 19A | Manufacturer of boxy cars | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
29 Sep 2013 | 110D | ___ & Carla (1960s duo) | Norm Guggenbiller |
21 Aug 2013 | 56A | Company that once owned the trademark “Escalator” | Jonathan Gersch |
12 Aug 2013 | 8D | “Miss ___ Regrets” | Daniel Raymon |
2 Mar 2013 | 44A | Escalator pioneer | Barry C. Silk |
9 Jan 2013 | 51D | Singer Redding | David Ben-Merre |
28 Nov 2012 | 10A | Porter’s regretful Miss | Adam G. Perl |
29 Aug 2012 | 32A | R&B pioneer Johnny | Tony Orbach |
29 Jul 2012 | 114D | Williams of the Temptations | Kevin G. Der |
27 Jun 2012 | 50A | 2011 Grammy-winning song by Jay-Z and Kanye West | Mike Buckley |
19 Mar 2012 | 19A | Redding who sang “The Dock of the Bay” | Jeremy Horwitz |
15 Jan 2012 | 52A | ___ B. Driftwood (“A Night at the Opera” role) | Finn Vigeland |
24 Oct 2011 | 62A | Soul singer Redding | Lynn Lempel |
29 May 2011 | 40A | Singer Redding | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
3 Apr 2011 | 110D | Soulful Redding | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
24 Jan 2011 | 7D | Elevator pioneer Elisha | Fred Piscop |
22 Dec 2010 | 10A | Soulful Redding | Michael Sharp |
16 Dec 2010 | 66A | People mover since 1853 | Charles Deber |
22 Nov 2010 | 37D | Elevator pioneer Elisha | David Poole |
6 Oct 2010 | 2D | Big name in the 20-Across business | Ian Livengood |
12 Sep 2010 | 63D | Lift innovator | Paula Gamache |
27 Aug 2010 | 52D | Its products go up and down | Corey Rubin |
22 Aug 2010 | 36A | ___ Day & the Knights (band in “Animal House”) | Patrick Berry |
14 Jun 2010 | 45A | Elevator inventor Elisha | Mark Feldman |
15 Apr 2010 | 55A | R&B singer Shuggie ___ | Brendan Emmett Quigley & Joon Pahk |
30 Aug 2009 | 43D | ___ Chandler, longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
17 Aug 2009 | 56A | Big name in elevators | Mike Buckley |
23 Jul 2009 | 31A | Milo’s canine pal | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
12 Jun 2009 | 26A | Manufacturer of boxy cars | Patrick Berry |
10 May 2009 | 69A | Former Magic player Smith | Patrick Berry |
18 Feb 2009 | 27D | Porter’s regretful “Miss” | Susan Gelfand |
12 Feb 2009 | 11D | Bluesman Rush | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
26 Dec 2008 | 50A | A leading manufacturer of cars | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
30 Oct 2008 | 36D | Johnny with the 1958 hit “Willie and the Hand Jive” | Chuck Hamilton |
26 Oct 2008 | 12D | Milo’s title partner in a 1989 film | Daniel C. Bryant |
19 Sep 2008 | 5D | Revolutionary patriot James | Alex Boisvert |
13 Aug 2008 | 66A | Maker of moving walkways | Victor Fleming |
23 Apr 2008 | 58D | Former newspaper publisher ___ Chandler | Stephen Edward Anderson |
10 Mar 2008 | 36D | Big elevator manufacturer | Ken Bessette |
27 Jan 2008 | 41D | Steam shovel inventor William | Mike Nothnagel |
5 Jul 2007 | 1A | Revolutionary James ___, famous for saying “Taxation without representation is tyranny” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
1 Jul 2007 | 8D | 1970s N.F.L.’er Armstrong | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
23 Apr 2007 | 28A | Elevator company | David Pringle |
19 Apr 2007 | 19A | Armstrong of N.F.L. fame | Henry Hook |
2 Apr 2007 | 70A | Elevator pioneer Elisha | Richard Hughes |
24 Mar 2007 | 60A | Blues guitarist Taylor | Rich Norris |
29 Jan 2007 | 19A | ___ Elevator Company | Fred Piscop |
16 Sep 2006 | 38A | Inventor of a braking system for cars | Michael Shteyman |
13 Sep 2006 | 45A | Mayberry souse | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
13 Jun 2006 | 57A | Elevator brake inventor | Janet R. Bender |
28 Jan 2006 | 57A | Ned Beatty’s role in “Superman” | Dana Motley |
4 Jan 2006 | 12D | “Miss ___ Regrets” | John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon |
29 Dec 2005 | 3D | Los Angeles’s ___ College of Art and Design | David Pringle |
27 Nov 2005 | 69D | Man’s name meaning “One who hears well” | Peter Abide |
29 Aug 2005 | 24D | “Miss ___ Regrets” | Sarah Keller |
23 Aug 2005 | 25D | Elevator pioneer Elisha | Holden Baker and Nancy Salomon |
26 May 2005 | 52D | Singer Redding | David J. Kahn |
10 Apr 2005 | 114A | Company that has its ups and downs | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
31 Mar 2005 | 12A | Milo’s title partner in a 1989 film | David Liben-Nowell |
26 Feb 2005 | 17A | Company whose cars don’t use gasoline | Jim Page |
30 Oct 2004 | 13D | He became famous for holding up cars | Byron Walden |
26 Oct 2004 | 24D | Elevator pioneer | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
26 Sep 2004 | 114A | R & B’s ___ Day & the Knights | Joe DiPietro |
28 Aug 2004 | 19A | Lift innovator | Dana Motley |
5 Aug 2004 | 36D | Songwriter Blackwell | Seth Abel |
1 Mar 2004 | 22D | Soul singer Redding | Gail Grabowski |
6 Jan 2004 | 3D | Elevator maker | Kent Lorentzen |
18 Nov 2003 | 35A | Mayberry man | Denise M. Neuendorf |
2 Nov 2003 | 5A | Supermodel Carré | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
14 Jun 2003 | 32A | “The Adventures of Milo and ___” (1989 film) | Manny Nosowsky |
28 May 2003 | 16A | He gave us a lift | Alan Arbesfeld |
23 Apr 2003 | 18D | Redding of R & B | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
21 Apr 2003 | 47A | Singer Redding | Randall J. Hartman |
27 Sep 2002 | 8D | Sitcom souse | Michael Shteyman |
10 Sep 2002 | 63A | Porter’s regretful Miss | Wei-Hwa Huang |
28 Jun 2002 | 5D | Innovator in lifts | Charles E. Gersch |
13 May 2002 | 54D | Singer Redding | Patrick Merrell |
12 Apr 2002 | 52D | Miss in a 1934 song | Manny Nosowsky |
23 Mar 2002 | 4D | Williams of the Temptations | Adam Cohen |
22 Mar 2002 | 32D | Groucho’s “A Night at the Opera” role | Randall J. Hartman |
18 Mar 2002 | 66A | R. & B. singer Redding | John Greenman |
20 Feb 2002 | 25D | ___ & Carla, 60’s singing duo | Marjorie Richter |
11 Nov 2001 | 37A | Elevator firm | Joe DiPietro |
8 Oct 2001 | 15A | Elevator inventor | Monica Krausse |
29 Sep 2001 | 6D | Johnny in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Robert H. Wolfe |
11 Sep 2001 | 52D | Singer Redding | Joan Yanofsky |
21 Jun 2001 | 25D | Leader of a lush life in Mayberry? | Peter Abide |
28 Apr 2001 | 26A | Lift handle? | Rich Norris |
13 Mar 2001 | 6A | “Miss ___ Regrets” | Michael S. Maurer |
7 Mar 2001 | 10A | Singer Redding | Noah Dephoure |
20 Feb 2001 | 49A | Elevator man | Steven Dorfman |
11 Oct 2000 | 56D | Miss ___ of song | Greg Staples |
8 Oct 2000 | 89A | Groucho, in “A Night at the Opera” | Richard Silvestri |
6 Oct 2000 | 30D | Bluesman Spann | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
21 Sep 2000 | 28D | Singer Redding | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
29 Aug 2000 | 19A | Singer Redding | Peter Gordon |
5 Aug 2000 | 49D | Company that owns the trade name “Escalator” | Manny Nosowsky |
25 Jul 2000 | 17A | Milo’s pal, in a 1989 film | Patrick Jordan |
15 May 2000 | 53D | Elevator man | Gregory E. Paul |
17 Apr 2000 | 57D | Elevator pioneer | Greg Staples |
15 Apr 2000 | 9D | Song miss | Raymond Hamel |
16 Mar 2000 | 5D | ___ Campbell on “The Andy Griffith Show” | Peter Gordon |
9 Jan 2000 | 85D | Regretful one of song | Charles M. Deber |
21 Dec 1999 | 41A | Redding of R&B | Richard Hughes |
14 Dec 1999 | 29D | Inventor Elisha | Richard Chisholm |
30 Nov 1999 | 40A | Singer Redding | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
29 Nov 1999 | 65A | Elevator pioneer | Richard Chisholm |
17 Oct 1999 | 107D | Cole Porter miss | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
7 Jul 1999 | 31D | Redding of song | Richard Silvestri |
1 Jul 1999 | 60A | Football’s Armstrong | Alan Arbesfeld |
4 May 1999 | 56D | Football’s ___ Armstrong | Gayle Dean |
29 Apr 1999 | 34D | Elevator brand | Adam Cohen |
17 Feb 1999 | 1A | Mayberry toper | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
11 Jan 1999 | 26D | Mayberry jail habitué | Randall J. Hartman |
24 Dec 1998 | 22D | Singer Redding | Jim Page |
7 Oct 1998 | 54D | Name that has its ups and downs | Randall J. Hartman |
19 Sep 1998 | 21D | 1989 film “Milo & ___” | William S. Cotter |
2 Aug 1998 | 113D | Miss in a 1934 song | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
4 Jul 1998 | 1D | Cager Thorpe | Harvey Estes |
23 Mar 1998 | 19A | “Miss ___ Regrets” (1934 hit) | Randall J. Hartman |
18 Mar 1998 | 72A | Football’s Armstrong | Susan Smith |
6 Mar 1998 | 44A | His invention made skyscrapers possible | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
23 Feb 1998 | 56D | Elevator innovator | Mark Danna |
20 Dec 1997 | 6D | Publisher Chandler | Rich Norris |
14 Nov 1997 | 51D | Mayberry sot | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
22 Oct 1997 | 31D | “Miss ___ Regrets” | John D. Leavy |
18 Sep 1997 | 66A | Inventor Elisha | Cathy Millhauser |
10 Sep 1997 | 18D | Mayberry sot | Randall J. Hartman |
16 Jul 1997 | 51D | Revolutionary orator James | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
30 Jun 1997 | 7D | Elevator inventor | Peter Gordon |
29 Apr 1997 | 8D | Redding of 60’s soul | Jeff Herrington |
26 Apr 1997 | 27A | James who originated the phrase “Taxation without representation” | Frank Longo |
10 Dec 1996 | 25D | Big name in elevators | D. Niles |
29 Jul 1996 | 19A | Singer Redding | F. Piscop |
13 Jul 1996 | 5D | Colonial pamphleteer James | Eli Wesoff |
18 Apr 1996 | 35A | Inventor Elisha | A. J. Santora |
26 Mar 1996 | 51A | Elevator man | J. S. Marrone |
19 Nov 1995 | 139D | Football’s Armstrong | Cathy Millhauser |
22 Oct 1995 | 69A | Newspaper publisher Chandler | Matt Gaffney |
19 Oct 1995 | 50D | Mayberry tippler | Lois Sidway |
29 Sep 1995 | 21A | Groucho in “A Night at the Opera” | Manny Nosowsky |
7 May 1995 | 41D | Safety elevator inventor | Bob Klahn |
27 Apr 1995 | 60D | Mayberry jail habitué | Lois Sidway |
18 Apr 1995 | 21A | “Miss ___ Regrets” | Christopher Page |
29 Mar 1995 | 9D | Mayberry sot | Manny Nosowsky |
26 Mar 1995 | 84A | See 12-Down | Rich Norris |
9 Feb 1995 | 2D | Football’s Armstrong | Richard Thomas |
30 Nov 1994 | 34D | Inventor Elisha | Joan Scott |
27 Nov 1994 | 81D | Elevator inventor | Jacques Liwer |
14 Nov 1994 | 38D | Elevator pioneer | Sidney L. Robbins |
23 Jun 1994 | 39A | Man with a lift | Trip Payne |
16 May 1994 | 20A | Elevator name | Ed Pegg Jr. |
25 Apr 1994 | 19A | “Miss ___ Regrets” | Bernice Gordon |
20 Feb 1994 | 29A | Redding of 60’s soul | Harvey Estes |
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