PERU

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

This "PERU" answer was first appeared in "31 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "President Fujimori’s land". It was authored by Norman S. Wizer. Recently, the "PERU" answer has been used for "20 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Neighbor of Bolivia". It was authored by Sam Ezersky. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Lima’s land (12)". "PERU" appeared 150 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "PERU" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
20 Nov 2023 27D Neighbor of Bolivia Sam Ezersky
28 Oct 2023 26A Paddington Bear’s place of origin, before arriving in England Ryan McCarty
17 Oct 2023 67A Home of the Inca Trail Dominic Grillo
28 Jul 2023 6D Its northernmost extreme is just 2.1 miles from the equator Rafael Musa and Hoang-Kim Vu
4 Jul 2023 2D Lima’s home Barbara Lin
5 May 2023 26D Source of the Amazon River Jacob McDermott
13 Mar 2023 28D Country that’s home to the Inca Trail Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen
27 Aug 2022 47D Country whose name can be typed on just the top row of a keyboard Andrew Linzer
26 Jun 2022 65A Country whose name together with its capital city has only eight letters Matthew Stock and Finn Vigeland
19 May 2022 72A Home to the oldest continuously operating university in the Americas Alex Rosen
10 May 2022 2D Land in the Andes Lou Weiss
24 Mar 2022 39A Machu Picchu locale Jess Shulman
16 Dec 2021 42D Its flag has vertical stripes of red-white-red Trenton Charlson
30 Nov 2021 15A Home of many of the world’s alpacas Billy Ouska
1 Aug 2021 12D Its national drink is the pisco sour Matthew Stock
25 Oct 2020 67D Indiana city that’s 100 miles west of Lima, Ohio Peter A. Collins
22 May 2020 59D Country where Quechua and Aymara are spoken Hal Moore
4 Dec 2019 27D Home of Machu Picchu Evan Mahnken
24 Oct 2019 14A Home to a majority of the world’s alpacas Matt Ginsberg
9 Mar 2019 25A Major exporter of artichokes and gold Sam Trabucco
31 Dec 2018 19A Country between Ecuador and Bolivia Brian Thomas
22 Sep 2018 42A Home of the 11,000-foot-deep Cotahuasi Canyon Sam Trabucco
30 Aug 2018 23D Home of the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere (founded in 1551) Grant Thackray
14 Aug 2018 1D Lima’s home Andy Kravis and Erik Agard
20 May 2018 27A Mario Vargas Llosa’s country Will Nediger
6 May 2018 20D Original home of Paddington Bear Brendan Emmett Quigley
3 Jan 2018 58A Machu Picchu locale Bruce Haight
22 Oct 2017 111D Arequipa is its second-largest city Tracy Gray
18 Sep 2017 7D Lima’s land Tom McCoy
19 Jan 2017 52D Source of the Amazon Jacob Stulberg
1 Dec 2016 33D South American territory in the game Risk Timothy Polin
11 Oct 2016 16A Lima’s home Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
15 Jan 2016 1D Major quinoa exporter Patrick Berry
27 Aug 2015 52A Birthplace of Paddington Bear Joon Pahk
4 Mar 2015 35D Land bordering Lake Titicaca Jeff Stillman
27 Nov 2014 17A Mario Vargas Llosa’s home Stanley Newman
4 Nov 2014 21A Its national animal is the vicuña Joel Fagliano
5 May 2014 15A Country located in what was once the Inca Empire Lynn Lempel
28 Aug 2013 57D Big silver exporter Erik Agard
4 Aug 2013 16D Paddington Bear’s country of origin Steven Ginzburg
17 Jul 2013 14A Yma Sumac’s homeland Robyn Weintraub
2 Jul 2013 53D Homeland of Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas Llosa Daniel Raymon
11 Feb 2013 45A Country south of Ecuador Gary Cee
29 Oct 2012 67A Lima’s land Gareth Bain
26 Sep 2012 53D Country mentioned in Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me” Peter A. Collins
26 Feb 2012 113D Home of the Norte Chico civilization Daniel A. Finan
18 Oct 2011 55D Home of former U.N. Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Patrick Berry
30 Sep 2011 27A Territory on a Risk board Joe Krozel
26 Sep 2011 2D Llama land David Gray
6 May 2011 60A Indiana town that’s home to the International Circus Hall of Fame Natan Last
26 Apr 2011 3D Land with chinchillas Brendan Emmett Quigley
15 Apr 2011 51D Where the 2003 true-life film “Touching the Void” is set Patrick Berry
28 Mar 2011 27D Land conquered by Conquistadors Robyn Weintraub
5 Oct 2010 1A Andean land Paula Gamache
6 Aug 2010 32A El Misti’s location Patrick Berry
18 Jan 2010 6D Lima’s locale Adam Cohen
5 Jan 2010 52D Chile’s northern neighbor C. W. Stewart
27 Dec 2009 105D Arequipa is its second-largest city Elizabeth C. Gorski
6 May 2009 2D Machu Picchu’s land Michael Callaway Barnhart
14 Apr 2009 41D Where Simón Bolívar was once president Barry Boone
27 Feb 2009 35A Big copper exporter Joe DiPietro
25 Dec 2008 22A Its coat of arms includes a vicuña Eric Tentarelli
7 Dec 2008 49D Equatorial land Jim Page
10 Oct 2008 2D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born and buried Kyle Mahowald
31 Jul 2008 7D Locale for Che Guevara in “The Motorcycle Diaries” Allan E. Parrish
15 May 2008 25A Home of novelist Mario Vargas Llosa Elizabeth C. Gorski
21 Apr 2008 4D Lima’s land Janet R. Bender
24 Mar 2008 43A Land of Lima and llamas David J. Kahn
20 Mar 2008 58A The Putumayo River forms part of its northern border Stephen Edward Anderson
25 Feb 2008 3D Llama country Randall J. Hartman
9 Feb 2008 25A One of the losers in the War of the Pacific Shannon Burns
11 Sep 2007 34D The Pan-American Highway runs through it Christina Houlihan Kelly
23 Jul 2007 49D Andean land Randall J. Hartman
3 Mar 2007 52D Its flag has a vicuña on it Karen M. Tracey
15 Nov 2006 12D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born David Benkof
13 Nov 2006 2D Where Lima is Peter A. Collins
24 Sep 2006 14A Modern home of the 10-Down Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann
28 Aug 2006 58D Cuzco’s country Stanley Newman
18 Jul 2006 63A Lima’s land Kevan Choset
2 May 2006 62A Land north of Chile Peter A. Collins
12 Apr 2006 25D Indiana city named for a foreign country Elizabeth C. Gorski
14 Mar 2006 15A Andean territory Lynn Lempel
9 Feb 2006 63A Cuzco’s home Ethan Cooper
12 Oct 2005 39D Big silver exporter Paul Guttormsson
4 Oct 2005 58D Lima’s land Barry C. Silk
5 Sep 2005 14A Andean land Lynn Lempel
24 Aug 2005 52D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born Mel Taub
14 Aug 2005 122A 33-Down’s home today Patrick Merrell
23 Nov 2004 47D Llama land Kurt Mengel
27 Oct 2004 44A Andean country Nathaniel Weiss
26 Jun 2004 24D Its highest point is Huascarán Byron Walden
4 Apr 2004 16D El Misti’s locale Manny Nosowsky
15 Nov 2003 50D Conquistador’s locale Patrick Berry
7 Jul 2003 4D Lima’s locale Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
8 Apr 2003 43A Cuzco’s country Verna Suit
2 Apr 2003 49D Where the nuevo sol is spent Kelly Clark
24 Mar 2003 1A Neighbor of Ecuador Alison D. Donald
12 Mar 2003 58D Machu Picchu site Myles Callum
16 Dec 2002 16A Llama’s land Jim Hyres
5 Jun 2002 28A Site of El Misti volcano Richard Silvestri
28 Apr 2002 32D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born Elizabeth C. Gorski
10 Apr 2002 2D Big copper exporter Gregory Casagrande
17 Feb 2002 86A Big cocaine exporter Joe DiPietro
25 Dec 2001 28D Home for llamas Peter Gordon
29 Oct 2001 67A Lima’s land Richard Hughes
26 Oct 2001 48A Where the Marañón flows Peter Gordon
21 Oct 2001 1D Home of the writer Mario Vargas Llosa Robert H. Wolfe
3 Jul 2001 40D Andean land Randall J. Hartman
29 Jun 2001 48D Where the Ucayali begins Holden Baker
14 Jun 2001 10D Pan American Highway land Mark Diehl
1 May 2001 66A Big copper exporter Stanley Newman
15 Mar 2001 30D It borders the state of Amazonas Cathy Millhauser
18 Feb 2001 87A Major silver exporter David J. Kahn
4 Feb 2001 24D Big copper exporter Frank A. Longo
27 Aug 2000 73D Fujimori’s land Dana Motley
26 Jul 2000 45A Big coca producer William I. Johnston
25 May 2000 22A Big copper exporter Elizabeth C. Gorski
27 Apr 2000 3D Amazon’s source Greg Staples
28 Dec 1999 8D Where the Amazon rises Randall J. Hartman
15 Nov 1999 11D Llama country Nick Grivas
11 Aug 1999 7D Incas’ land Rich Norris
16 May 1999 118D Home to Shining Path guerrillas Nancy Nicholson Joline
12 May 1999 42A Alpaca habitat Nancy Salomon
13 Apr 1999 8D Pizarro conquest Fred Piscop
27 Feb 1999 12D 24-Down town where Cole Porter was born John Scott Marrone
11 Jan 1999 34D Lima’s land Randall J. Hartman
10 Jan 1999 110D Mountainous land David J. Kahn
4 Jan 1999 26A Land of the llama Gregory E. Paul
7 Nov 1998 4D Home of the U.N.’s Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Raymond Hamel
24 Aug 1998 24A Country north of Chile Alan Jay Weiss
23 Aug 1998 83D Old Spanish viceroyalty Nelson Hardy
22 Aug 1998 25D Callao is its chief port David J. Kahn
15 Mar 1998 40D Major fish exporter Frank Longo
9 Feb 1998 37A Lima’s land Robert Dillman
16 Oct 1997 23D Where El Misti volcano is Brendan Emmett Quigley
7 Oct 1997 62A Andes land Richard Hughes
30 Sep 1997 11D Lima’s land Nancy Schuster
19 Aug 1997 58A Lima’s locale Elizabeth C. Gorski
3 Apr 1997 10A Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa’s home Richard Hughes
6 Jan 1997 35D Where the Amazon originates S. L. Robbins
21 Oct 1996 34A Lima’s land J. Bender
6 Sep 1996 58D Where the Ucayali flows R. Norris
13 May 1996 42D Lima’s land S. L. Robbins
10 Dec 1995 53D Where the Amazon arises Jim Page
23 Oct 1995 35A Lima’s land Sidney L. Robbins
19 Jul 1995 42D Huascarán is its highest point Nancy S. Ross
4 Jun 1995 84D Aymara is spoken here Bryant White
21 Nov 1994 12D Llama land Norman S. Wizer
18 Aug 1994 53A Where Cuzco is A.J. Santora
31 Dec 1993 12D President Fujimori’s land Norman S. Wizer

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