OWL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OWL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OWL" answer was first appeared in "3 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Screech, for one". It was authored by Richard Silvestri. Recently, the "OWL" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Dweller in a tree hollow". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. "OWL" appeared 119 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OWL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 | 99A | Dweller in a tree hollow | Jeremy Newton |
| 5 Nov 2023 | 88D | Real head-turner | Rich Katz |
| 27 Sep 2023 | 3D | Hooter | Scott Koenig |
| 5 Sep 2023 | 4D | Barn hooter | Alan Siegel |
| 31 Aug 2023 | 65D | Noted head turner | Freddie Cheng |
| 20 Aug 2023 | 30A | Parliament member | Michael Schlossberg |
| 27 Jan 2023 | 11D | One that gives a hoot | Joe Deeney |
| 3 Jan 2023 | 32D | Bird in Tootsie Pop commercials since 1970 | Margaret Seikel |
| 5 Dec 2022 | 14A | “Wise” bird | Tracy Gray |
| 22 Aug 2022 | 1A | Bird with keen binocular vision | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 8 Aug 2022 | 60D | “Wise” bird | Kathy Lowden |
| 7 Jul 2022 | 10D | Fly-by-night? | Philip Wolfe |
| 22 Jun 2022 | 7A | Athena’s winged companion | Kate Hawkins |
| 31 May 2022 | 18D | Symbol of wisdom | Sam Buchbinder and Brad Wilber |
| 17 May 2022 | 32A | Winged hooter | Richard D. Allen |
| 8 Feb 2022 | 33A | Bird in Duolingo’s logo | Adam Aaronson, Jack Joshi and Jackson Janes |
| 14 Dec 2021 | 47A | Mr. ___ (Tootsie Pop’s avian mascot) | Tao Platt |
| 21 Nov 2021 | 40A | Quail : bevy :: ___ : parliament | Adam Wagner |
| 11 Oct 2021 | 47A | Bird in a barn | Ben Pall |
| 19 Mar 2021 | 54A | Night ___ | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 24 Feb 2021 | 62A | Fly-by-night sort? | Andrew J. Ries |
| 8 Feb 2021 | 41D | Messenger bird in the Harry Potter books | Portia Lundie |
| 14 Sep 2020 | 40A | One that gives a hoot? | John Guzzetta |
| 20 Aug 2020 | 22D | Serenader on a pea-green boat, in rhyme | Grant Thackray |
| 27 Jan 2020 | 34D | Avian hooter | Timothy Polin |
| 22 Oct 2019 | 16A | Nighttime flier | Saul Pink |
| 20 Mar 2018 | 40D | Symbol of wisdom | Andrew Zhou |
| 7 Feb 2018 | 32D | Fly-by-night sort? | Stu Ockman |
| 6 Jan 2018 | 56D | “Wide-staring” one in a Wordsworth poem | Peter Wentz |
| 19 Nov 2017 | 73A | Temple athlete | Tom McCoy |
| 15 Nov 2017 | 2D | Harry Potter’s Hedwig, e.g. | Steven E. Atwood |
| 11 Jul 2017 | 33D | A fly-by-night? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 24 May 2017 | 21D | Letter carrier at Hogwarts | Michael Hawkins |
| 20 Mar 2017 | 44A | Bird that hoots | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 6 Mar 2017 | 57A | Bird that gives a hoot | Susan Gelfand |
| 14 Feb 2017 | 27D | ___ exams (tests at the end of a student’s fifth year at Hogwarts) | Daniel Larsen |
| 18 Dec 2016 | 69A | Animal in an Aesop fable | Derrick Niederman |
| 21 Nov 2016 | 30D | Bird that says “Give a hoot! Don’t pollute!” | John Lieb |
| 3 Jul 2016 | 81D | Night ___ | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 25 Dec 2015 | 24D | Wise one | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| 8 Jul 2015 | 54A | Temple University athlete | Ryan Milligan |
| 30 Apr 2015 | 25D | Snowy ___ | Herre Schouwerwou |
| 22 Mar 2015 | 40A | Mole hunter | Jeremy Newton |
| 27 Jan 2015 | 19A | One who gives a hoot? | James Tuttle |
| 25 Dec 2013 | 27A | Barn ___ | Jacob Stulberg |
| 5 Nov 2013 | 14A | Giver of a hoot | Paula Gamache |
| 1 Oct 2013 | 33A | Hundred Acre Wood resident | Joel Fagliano |
| 10 Apr 2013 | 60D | Avian pal of Eeyore | Julian Lim |
| 10 Feb 2013 | 56A | Bedtime preyer? | Patrick Berry |
| 20 Jan 2013 | 34A | Hooter | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 2 Dec 2012 | 50D | “Wise” one | Steven E. Atwood |
| 22 May 2012 | 47A | “Wise” bird | Kyle T. Dolan |
| 29 Mar 2012 | 67D | Pooh pal | Milo Beckman |
| 27 Feb 2012 | 8D | Avian hooter | Bill Thompson |
| 27 Dec 2011 | 37A | It gives a hoot | John Dunn |
| 15 Dec 2011 | 36A | User of night vision | Jim Hilger |
| 7 Aug 2011 | 40D | Antipollution mascot Woodsy ___ | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| 13 Mar 2011 | 74D | Symbol of Athena | Patrick Berry |
| 21 Nov 2010 | 59A | It may be snowy or spotted | Clive Probert |
| 30 Aug 2010 | 67A | Bird that gives a hoot | Richard Chisholm |
| 12 Jul 2010 | 40D | “Wise” bird | Freddie Cheng |
| 21 May 2010 | 27D | Hundred Acre Wood resident | Patrick Berry |
| 21 Feb 2010 | 111D | Friend of Pooh | Eric Berlin |
| 1 Jan 2010 | 44A | Notable head-turner | Brad Wilber |
| 31 Dec 2009 | 69A | Athena’s symbol | Frank Longo |
| 21 Sep 2009 | 46D | “Whoo … whoo …” caller | Mark Feldman |
| 30 May 2009 | 18A | Nighttime noisemaker | Matt Ginsberg |
| 20 May 2009 | 28D | Pooh pal | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 6 May 2009 | 31D | Harry Potter’s pet Hedwig, e.g. | Michael Callaway Barnhart |
| 6 Dec 2008 | 49A | Noted head-turner | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| 22 Jul 2008 | 59A | Round-faced flier | Lynn Lempel |
| 11 Feb 2008 | 46D | Bird that hoots | Ken Bessette |
| 18 Jan 2008 | 52A | Brood : chicken :: parliament : ___ | Trip Payne |
| 2 Sep 2007 | 19D | Symbol of Minerva | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 16 Aug 2007 | 44A | Hieroglyphic symbol for the ancient Egyptian “M” | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 4 Jun 2007 | 45A | Barn bird | Steve Kahn |
| 27 Jan 2007 | 51A | Temple player | Karen M. Tracey |
| 3 Dec 2006 | 123D | Wise one | Patrick Merrell |
| 26 Jun 2006 | 47A | Bird that hoots | Randy Sowell |
| 4 Dec 2005 | 6A | Rice University mascot | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| 23 Jul 2005 | 58D | Fly-by-nighter? | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 Mar 2005 | 31A | Hogwarts letter carrier | Rob Richardson |
| 11 Jan 2005 | 26D | Barn bird | Sarah Keller |
| 20 Dec 2004 | 29D | Harry Potter’s messenger bird Hedwig, e.g. | Kyle Mahowald |
| 14 Aug 2004 | 8D | Symbol of Minerva | Joe DiPietro |
| 14 Apr 2004 | 34D | Hooter | Randolph Ross |
| 7 Jan 2004 | 1D | Wise one | Mike Torch |
| 12 Dec 2003 | 56D | Mouse catcher | Manny Nosowsky |
| 21 Oct 2003 | 41A | Night watcher | John Underwood |
| 30 Sep 2003 | 40A | “Whoo” caller | Kevan Choset |
| 13 Jul 2003 | 7D | Hogwarts postal carrier | Randolph Ross |
| 3 Jul 2003 | 62D | Harry Potter’s Hedweg, for one | Cathy Millhauser |
| 4 Apr 2003 | 61D | It may be spotted in the forest | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 30 Dec 2002 | 12D | “Wise” bird | Gregory E. Paul |
| 8 Dec 2002 | 42D | Rice University player | Peter Gordon |
| 7 Dec 2002 | 50A | Temple player | Rich Norris |
| 1 Dec 2002 | 97D | See 8-Down | David J. Kahn |
| 30 Aug 2002 | 24A | Harry Potter’s Hedwig, e.g. | Patrick Merrell |
| 22 Apr 2002 | 41A | Night bird | Peter Gordon |
| 21 Nov 2000 | 29D | Hooter | Robert Zimmerman |
| 16 Nov 2000 | 42A | Mousehawk | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 4 Nov 2000 | 34D | Mouse catcher | Rich Norris |
| 25 Sep 2000 | 61A | Bird that gives a hoot | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Aug 2000 | 20A | Rice University mascot | Randall J. Hartman |
| 27 Jun 1999 | 36D | Night stalker | Robert Malinow |
| 28 Dec 1998 | 56D | Mouse catcher | Adam G. Perl |
| 3 Dec 1998 | 31A | Minerva’s symbol | Cathy Millhauser |
| 5 Jul 1998 | 82D | One who stays up late | Joe DiPietro |
| 18 Dec 1996 | 5D | Bird of prey | M. W. Perry |
| 13 Dec 1996 | 62A | Temple University athlete | J. Page |
| 11 Dec 1996 | 50A | Minerva, symbolically | F. & L. Sabin |
| 20 Feb 1996 | 48D | One who gives a hoot | D. Trombley |
| 31 Jan 1996 | 35D | Hooter | M. Gaffney |
| 26 Dec 1995 | 8D | Athena’s symbol | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 6 Sep 1995 | 1D | Strigiform bird | Peter Gordon |
| 20 Aug 1995 | 33A | Minerva’s symbol | Cathy Millhauser |
| 1 Jul 1995 | 5D | Symbol of Athena | Eileen Lexau |
| 22 Apr 1994 | 10D | Wise one | A.J. Santora |
| 3 Mar 1994 | 23A | Screech, for one | Richard Silvestri |
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