OYL

OYL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OYL in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "OYL" answer was first appeared in "16 May 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Olive ___ (22)". It was authored by Ed Pegg Jr.. Recently, the "OYL" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Olive in old comics". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Olive ___ (22)". "OYL" appeared 73 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OYL" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
17 Dec 2023 75A Olive in old comics Jeremy Newton
24 Jul 2023 28D Popeye’s Olive ___ John Ewbank
1 Mar 2022 62D Popeye’s Olive Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen
12 Feb 2022 5D Olive ___ Mary Lou Guizzo
4 Jan 2022 33D Popeye’s Olive David Bukszpan
7 Dec 2021 33A Popeye’s Olive ___ Margaret Seikel
27 Nov 2021 54D Castor ___ (old cartoon character) Trenton Charlson
21 Nov 2021 11D Olive ___ Adam Wagner
17 Aug 2021 58D Popeye’s Olive Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
7 Feb 2021 98A Cartoondom’s Olive ___ Katie Hale and Christina Iverson
11 Jan 2021 23A Olive ___ (Popeye’s sweetie) Martha Kimes
20 Aug 2018 65A Olive of cartoons Peter Gordon
25 Dec 2017 30A Cartoondom’s Olive ___ Lynn Lempel
13 Oct 2017 29D Castor ___ of old comics Zhouqin Burnikel
7 Jul 2017 34D “Thimble Theatre” surname Andy Kravis
2 Jul 2017 117D Olive ___ Patrick Blindauer
6 Jun 2017 31D Olive of cartoons Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson
20 Nov 2016 61D Olive ___ (Popeye’s gal) Ed Sessa
23 Oct 2016 43A Castor ___ (“Popeye” guy) Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
7 Feb 2016 42D Olive ___ Alan Arbesfeld
18 Nov 2014 60D Olive of the comics Jacob McDermott
15 Nov 2013 50A Olive ___ David Woolf
4 Jul 2013 38D “Popeye” name Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
14 May 2013 39A Olive ___ (Popeye’s gal) John Lieb
2 Dec 2012 48D Olive ___ Steven E. Atwood
23 May 2012 12D Castor ___ of the comics Eric Williams
20 May 2012 12D Olive ___ Alan Arbesfeld
4 May 2012 9D Olive ___ Barry C. Silk
14 Nov 2011 51A Popeye’s Olive ___ Mark Feldman
3 Oct 2011 62D Olive ___ (Popeye’s sweetie) Stanley Newman
20 Feb 2011 2D Popeye’s gal Elizabeth C. Gorski
7 Feb 2011 61D Olive ___ (Popeye’s sweetie) Lynn Lempel
29 Dec 2010 65A Castor ___ (old comic strip character) Patrick Merrell
2 Jul 2010 34D “Thimble Theatre” surname Paula Gamache
13 Dec 2009 57A Olive in the funny pages Mike Shenk
2 Mar 2009 44D Popeye’s Olive ___ Lynn Lempel
30 Jul 2008 13D Popeye’s Olive Elizabeth A. Long
6 Apr 2008 71D Olive ___ Daniel C. Bryant
24 Feb 2008 78A Olive ___ Nancy Nicholson Joline
12 Dec 2006 26A Olive ___ Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming
22 Dec 2005 62A “Thimble Theatre” name Elizabeth C. Gorski
13 Dec 2005 34D Olive ___ Roy Leban
25 Jan 2005 40D Olive ___ Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
15 Nov 2004 11D Popeye’s Olive ___ Alison Donald
17 Oct 2004 44A “Thimble Theater” name Manny Nosowsky
9 Sep 2004 64D Olive ___ Peter Abide
11 May 2004 45D Olive in the comics Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
13 Jan 2004 28A Olive ___ M. Francis Vuolo
26 Oct 2003 90D Comics family name Patrick Merrell
25 Jul 2003 21D Segar created her Michael Shteyman
14 May 2003 31A Olive with a little salt? Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
13 Apr 2003 93A Name in “Popeye” Charles Deber
27 Feb 2003 16A Olive ___ Elizabeth C. Gorski
15 Jun 2002 40A Thimble Theatre name Trip Payne
7 May 2002 28D Popeye’s Olive ___ Steven Dorfman
14 Mar 2002 61A “Thimble Theater” name Alan Arbesfeld
26 Jan 2002 54D Castor or Olive Mark Diehl
8 Jan 2002 31D Olive in the comics Janet R. Bender
29 Sep 2001 5D Thin cartoon woman Robert H. Wolfe
14 Jan 2001 16D Olive ___ Nancy Salomon
14 Nov 2000 38A Popeye’s gal Olive ___ Brendan Emmett Quigley
8 Feb 2000 26D Olive of “Thimble Theatre” Fred Piscop
25 Sep 1999 54D Olive ___ David J. Kahn
17 Feb 1999 24A Popeye’s Olive Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
25 Feb 1998 63A See 59-Across Robert H. Wolfe
8 May 1997 28A Olive ___ David J. Kahn
16 Mar 1997 69D Fleischer’s Olive ___ David J. Kahn
21 Sep 1996 9D “Thimble Theater” surname R. H. Burns
18 Sep 1996 33D Olive ___ D. J. Kahn
2 Jun 1996 18D Olive___ R. Norris
4 Jun 1995 70A Segar’s Olive Bryant White
21 Feb 1995 21D Olive that’s very thin Martin Schneider
16 May 1994 54A Olive ___ Ed Pegg Jr.

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