OVUM is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OVUM in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OVUM" answer was first appeared in "17 Apr 1995" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Female egg". It was authored by Kenneth Witte. Recently, the "OVUM" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Tube traveler? (4)". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Egg (6)". "OVUM" appeared 42 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OVUM" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 13A | Tube traveler? | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 87A | It has human potential | Joe DiPietro |
| 5 Apr 2023 | 31D | Tube traveler? | Brandon Koppy |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 100A | Reproductive cell | Robert Ryan |
| 13 Nov 2022 | 70A | Thing moving through a tube, maybe | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 19 May 2022 | 9D | Fallopian tube traveler | Alex Rosen |
| 2 Aug 2021 | 14A | Egg to be fertilized | Kyra Wilson |
| 30 Mar 2021 | 16A | Cell with 23 unpaired DNA strands | Alex Rosen and Brad Wilber |
| 11 Jul 2020 | 42A | Tube traveler? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 17 Feb 2020 | 54A | Egg cell | Sally Hoelscher |
| 6 Oct 2019 | 97A | Largest cell in the human body | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| 3 Jul 2019 | 25D | Egg | Evan Mahnken |
| 11 Jul 2018 | 22D | Tube traveler | Michael Hawkins |
| 7 Aug 2017 | 35A | Egg cell | Kevin Christian |
| 17 Mar 2017 | 19D | Sex-ed subject | Jacob Stulberg |
| 12 Dec 2016 | 10D | It goes down a fallopian tube | Mark McClain |
| 9 Dec 2015 | 20A | Fertility clinic cell | Jacob Stulberg |
| 4 Oct 2015 | 83D | Bank asset that’s frozen? | Jeremy Newton |
| 10 May 2015 | 4A | Fertility doctor’s focus | Jacob Stulberg |
| 21 Oct 2014 | 33A | Egg cell | Patrick Blindauer |
| 22 Nov 2013 | 39A | Reproductive cell | Patrick Berry |
| 13 Nov 2011 | 2D | Ooplasm locale | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| 12 Apr 2011 | 16A | Fertility clinic cell | Barry C. Silk |
| 20 Jan 2011 | 26A | Part of a preconception? | Michael Shteyman |
| 7 Nov 2010 | 66D | Certain gamete | Will Nediger |
| 25 Nov 2008 | 57D | Egg, biologically | Caleb Madison |
| 13 Jan 2008 | 2D | Certain gamete | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 12 Aug 2007 | 110A | Egg | Cathy Millhauser |
| 19 Jul 2007 | 7D | Reproductive seed | David J. Kahn |
| 18 Oct 2006 | 32A | Egg | John Farmer |
| 20 Jun 2005 | 37D | Egg cell | Alison Donald |
| 13 Apr 2005 | 63A | It may go down a tube | Allan E. Parrish |
| 18 Jul 2004 | 32D | Egg | Seth A. Abel |
| 17 Nov 2002 | 2D | Breakfast item in old Rome? | Richard and Judith Martin |
| 19 Aug 2001 | 33D | What a follicle holds | David J. Kahn |
| 26 Jan 2001 | 55D | One in the sac | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 May 1998 | 33D | Start of something big? | Rich Norris |
| 23 Jul 1996 | 65A | Gamete | G. E. Paul |
| 13 May 1996 | 18D | Egg | S. L. Robbins |
| 22 Mar 1996 | 5D | Egg | F. A. Longo |
| 4 Aug 1995 | 11D | Egg cells | Chuck Deodene |
| 17 Apr 1995 | 15A | Female egg | Kenneth Witte |
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