PAT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for PAT in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "PAT" answer was first appeared in "26 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Caress". It was authored by Tom Underhill. Recently, the "PAT" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Butter bit". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Bit of butter (12)". "PAT" appeared 151 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "PAT" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 97D | Butter bit | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 4 Jun 2023 | 100A | Like a glib answer | Rafael Musa |
| 25 Apr 2023 | 66D | ___ on the back | Grant Boroughs |
| 30 Mar 2023 | 34D | Word before or after “down” | Adam Wagner and Brooke Husic |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 78A | Light touch | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| 25 Dec 2022 | 73A | Bit of butter | John Martz |
| 24 Aug 2022 | 9D | Comforting gesture | Colin Ernst |
| 17 May 2022 | 53A | Gently touch, either forward or backward | Richard D. Allen |
| 14 May 2022 | 61D | Down ___ | Ada Nicolle |
| 9 May 2022 | 59D | Small butter unit | August Miller |
| 13 Mar 2022 | 69A | With 74-Across, gesture of approval | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| 12 Mar 2022 | 44D | Overly rehearsed | Natan Last |
| 24 Dec 2021 | 20A | Simple and glib | Evan Kalish |
| 31 Oct 2021 | 1A | Action done while saying “Good dog” | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 7 Sep 2021 | 46A | Butter serving | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 25 Aug 2021 | 59D | Have down ___ | Adam Vincent |
| 30 Jul 2021 | 5D | A nice touch | Eric Bornstein |
| 5 Jul 2021 | 23D | Butter unit | Peter Gordon |
| 4 Jul 2021 | 43A | Glib | Howard Barkin |
| 11 Apr 2021 | 85D | Word that, when spelled backward, becomes its own synonym | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| 5 Mar 2021 | 26A | Overly glib | Sridhar Bhagavathula |
| 2 Jan 2021 | 56D | Back stroke? | Joe Deeney |
| 6 Oct 2020 | 5A | One way to stand in poker | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 21 Sep 2020 | 57A | Motion accompanying the words “There, there” | Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class |
| 20 Sep 2020 | 5D | Bit of butter | Sam Trabucco |
| 27 Aug 2020 | 48D | Overly rehearsed | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 15 Aug 2020 | 55A | See 52-Across | Joe DiPietro |
| 8 Jul 2020 | 45A | Bit of butter | Chase Dittrich |
| 15 Mar 2020 | 85A | Word that’s its own synonym in reverse | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 8 Mar 2020 | 58D | Memorized | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 4 Mar 2020 | 50A | Butter square | Tracy Gray |
| 12 Jan 2020 | 39A | Rehearsed | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| 6 Jul 2019 | 8D | With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt? | Erik Agard |
| 21 Jan 2019 | 26D | Bit of butter | Sean Biggins |
| 4 Jan 2019 | 55D | Overly rehearsed | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| 24 Nov 2018 | 12D | One way to stand | David Steinberg |
| 26 Oct 2018 | 26D | Rehearsed | Evan Kalish |
| 17 Oct 2018 | 6A | Serving of butter, as might go on top of several answers in this puzzle | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| 17 Sep 2018 | 22D | Consoling touch | Caitlin Reid |
| 3 Jan 2018 | 41D | Well-practiced, as an answer | Bruce Haight |
| 2 Oct 2017 | 64D | Reassuring touch | Trenton Charlson |
| 9 Sep 2017 | 46D | Too slick | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| 7 May 2017 | 11D | Word before or after “down” | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 23 Apr 2017 | 108A | Reassuring touch | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 1 Mar 2017 | 19A | One way to stand | David Phillips |
| 2 Jan 2017 | 62D | Bit of butter | Chuck Deodene |
| 19 Dec 2016 | 23D | Boston footballer, for short | Jason Mueller |
| 22 Jul 2016 | 8D | Back stroke? | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| 2 May 2016 | 1D | Butter serving | Paula Gamache |
| 12 Oct 2015 | 31D | Small butter portion | Patrick Merrell |
| 18 Aug 2015 | 44A | Word that, spelled backward, can be a clue for itself | Bill Thompson |
| 26 Jun 2015 | 5D | First lady before Betty | Erin Rhode |
| 12 May 2015 | 50D | Bit of butter | Paul Hunsberger |
| 20 Apr 2015 | 36D | Butter serving | Tom McCoy |
| 11 Apr 2015 | 17A | Opportune | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 5 Sep 2014 | 7D | Word that is its own synonym when spelled backward | Joe Krozel |
| 25 May 2014 | 67A | Word before or after “down” | Dan Schoenholz |
| 10 Apr 2014 | 23A | One way to stand | David Steinberg |
| 21 Oct 2013 | 51A | Bit of butter | Gary Cee |
| 26 Apr 2013 | 39D | Way to stand | Michael Ashley |
| 28 Dec 2012 | 31A | Square for a roll | Ashton Anderson |
| 13 Sep 2012 | 60A | Too smooth | Matt Ginsberg |
| 24 Jun 2012 | 43A | Congratulations indicator | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Jan 2012 | 10D | Bit of butter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 27 Aug 2011 | 19A | Bit of consolation | Ashton Anderson |
| 24 Aug 2011 | 11A | One way to stand | Kelsey Blakley |
| 1 Aug 2011 | 61D | Congratulate nonverbally | Joel Fagliano |
| 11 Apr 2011 | 1A | Single serving of butter | Ian Livengood |
| 24 Dec 2010 | 23A | Nonverbal congratulations | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| 18 Sep 2010 | 32A | Perfectly | Natan Last, Brown University ’12 |
| 26 Jul 2010 | 4D | Butter serving | Janet R. Bender |
| 20 Jul 2010 | 32A | Frisk, with “down” | Ed Sessa |
| 1 Jul 2010 | 55A | Like some answers | Clive Probert |
| 21 May 2010 | 40A | Nice touch | Patrick Berry |
| 20 Jan 2010 | 8D | Too rehearsed | Trip Payne |
| 26 Nov 2009 | 58D | Unisex name | Paula Gamache |
| 3 Aug 2009 | 49A | Butter serving | Janet R. Bender |
| 15 Jan 2009 | 11A | One way to get something down | Patrick Blindauer |
| 7 Dec 2008 | 111D | Overly rehearsed | Jim Page |
| 7 Sep 2008 | 37A | You might not be able to stand this | Randolph Ross |
| 11 Jun 2008 | 5D | Too 3-Down | Daniel Kantor |
| 22 Jan 2008 | 4D | Butter slice | Adam G. Perl |
| 4 Dec 2007 | 11A | ___-a-cake | Alison Donald |
| 21 Oct 2007 | 13A | Bit of congratulations | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 27 Sep 2007 | 23A | One way to stand | Peter Wentz |
| 28 Jan 2007 | 17D | Stroke | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |
| 25 Dec 2005 | 107D | Too rehearsed | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 13 Oct 2005 | 31A | Bit of butter | Patrick Merrell |
| 11 Sep 2005 | 66A | Overly glib | Patrick Berry |
| 18 Apr 2005 | 24A | Bit of butter | Robert Dillman |
| 23 Mar 2005 | 26A | Vanna’s partner | Mike Shenk |
| 20 Feb 2005 | 98A | Bit of butter | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Jan 2005 | 25A | One way to stand | John Underwood |
| 23 Nov 2004 | 61D | Soft touch | Kurt Mengel |
| 13 Aug 2004 | 34D | Way to stand | Harvey Estes |
| 11 Jul 2004 | 15D | Reward, as a dog | Randolph Ross |
| 23 Apr 2004 | 37A | Rehearsed | Alan Olschwang |
| 10 Feb 2004 | 50A | Frisk, with “down” | Seth A. Abel |
| 8 Feb 2004 | 84A | Well-rehearsed | Randolph Ross |
| 27 Jan 2004 | 25A | Frisk, with “down” | Randall J. Hartman |
| 18 Nov 2003 | 46D | Butter square | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| 9 Jul 2003 | 49A | Kind of hand | Patrick Merrell |
| 14 May 2003 | 4D | Butter portion | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 24 Mar 2003 | 31A | Motion while saying “Good dog!” | Alison D. Donald |
| 20 Sep 2002 | 46A | Early 70’s White House name | Kevin Hagen |
| 3 Sep 2002 | 58A | Butter serving | Don West |
| 18 Aug 2002 | 64A | Like some answers | Michael Ashley |
| 28 Jul 2002 | 5D | Gesture of affection | Nelson Hardy |
| 6 Jul 2002 | 34A | Like some answers | Nancy Joline |
| 5 May 2002 | 112A | Too simple | Patrick Berry |
| 12 Jan 2002 | 61D | One way to stand | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 4 Nov 2001 | 63D | Excessively glib | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Aug 2001 | 19A | To a tee | Rich Norris |
| 17 Jun 2001 | 54A | One way to stand | David J. Kahn |
| 3 Mar 2001 | 50D | Like some answers | Fraser Simpson |
| 14 Feb 2001 | 48A | Way to stand | Robert Dillman |
| 5 Feb 2001 | 29A | Game show host Sajak | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 8 Jan 2001 | 43A | Butter serving | Gregory E. Paul |
| 24 Dec 2000 | 10D | Irishman, informally | Bill Zais |
| 12 Nov 2000 | 118D | Learned perfectly | Joe DiPietro |
| 18 Oct 2000 | 41A | Massage part | Thomas W. Schier |
| 18 Dec 1999 | 4D | Way to stand | Nancy Joline |
| 19 Sep 1999 | 113A | Oversimplified | Manny Nosowsky |
| 2 Sep 1999 | 17A | Way to stand | Joe DiPietro |
| 10 Aug 1999 | 31A | Butter portion | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Sep 1998 | 7D | Frisk, with “down” | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 2 Nov 1997 | 61D | Way of standing | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 5 Oct 1997 | 12A | Overly smooth | Derrick Niederman |
| 9 Jul 1997 | 60D | To the point | Chuck Deodene |
| 2 Jul 1997 | 43A | Mrs. Nixon | Richard Hughes |
| 27 Jun 1997 | 61D | Show of support | Dean Niles |
| 18 May 1997 | 30D | You can stand this! | Frances Hansen |
| 4 May 1997 | 32A | One way to get things down | Manny Nosowsky |
| 16 Feb 1997 | 92D | Congratulations, of a sort | M. Gaffney |
| 1 Jan 1997 | 63A | One way to stand | M. Diehl |
| 14 Dec 1996 | 22A | Mastered perfectly | R. Norris |
| 12 Aug 1996 | 4D | Frisk, with “down” | J. R. Bender |
| 28 Feb 1996 | 60D | Bit of encouragement | F. A. Longo |
| 9 Nov 1995 | 45D | Like some alibis | Bob Sefick |
| 26 Oct 1995 | 11D | Well-rehearsed | Jim Page |
| 27 May 1995 | 4D | To a science | A.J. Santora |
| 3 May 1995 | 56D | Butter serving | Chuck Deodene |
| 29 Jan 1995 | 119D | Perfectly | Bryant White |
| 7 Nov 1994 | 42A | Bit of butter | Randall J. Hartman |
| 7 Oct 1994 | 36D | Congratulate in a way | Bryant White |
| 4 Aug 1994 | 66A | Exactly right | Jim Page |
| 10 Jul 1994 | 107A | Show appreciation for | Alvin Chase |
| 22 May 1994 | 142D | How some stand | Randolph Ross |
| 21 Jan 1994 | 8A | Dollop | A.J. Santora |
| 8 Jan 1994 | 45D | Well-rehearsed | Rand H. Burns |
| 26 Dec 1993 | 54A | Caress | Tom Underhill |
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