PITA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for PITA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "PITA" answer was first appeared in "22 May 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Gyro holder". It was authored by Randolph Ross/Will Shortz. Recently, the "PITA" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Bread for baba ghanouj". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "___ bread". "PITA" appeared 92 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "PITA" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2023 | 29A | Bread for baba ghanouj | Seth Weitberg |
| 17 Oct 2023 | 8D | Pocket picked at lunch? | Dominic Grillo |
| 14 Aug 2023 | 3D | Bread served from a halal cart | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| 25 Jun 2023 | 106D | Pocket at a restaurant | John Westwig |
| 24 Jan 2023 | 5A | Bread that may be stuffed with shawarma | Aaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen |
| 2 Oct 2022 | 70A | Labneh go-with | Kathy Bloomer |
| 29 Sep 2022 | 54D | Pocket stuffed with tabbouleh, maybe | Jeremy Newton |
| 31 Jul 2022 | 66D | Serving with a meze platter | Jesse Goldberg |
| 4 Apr 2022 | 7D | Gyro bread | Derek J. Angell / Will Shortz |
| 11 Mar 2022 | 1D | Moussaka go-with | Robyn Weintraub |
| 6 Feb 2022 | 113D | Tabbouleh go-with | Stephen McCarthy |
| 2 Jan 2022 | 83D | Doner kebab bread | Paolo Pasco / Will Shortz |
| 29 Dec 2021 | 14A | Kind of bread | Simon Marotte and Victor Fleming / Will Shortz |
| 25 Dec 2021 | 14D | Souvlaki go-with | Johan Vass / Will Shortz |
| 12 Nov 2021 | 30A | Serving with shawarma | Patrick John Duggan / Will Shortz |
| 21 Sep 2021 | 38A | Gyro holder | Daniel Okulitch / Will Shortz |
| 24 Aug 2021 | 55D | Bread that can be split open to contain a filling | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz |
| 6 Jun 2021 | 90D | Taverna staple | Robyn Weintraub / Will Shortz |
| 2 Jun 2021 | 40A | Fillable flatbread | Jesse Goldberg / Will Shortz |
| 23 Apr 2021 | 43D | Something often served with shakshuka | Robyn Weintraub / Will Shortz |
| 22 Apr 2021 | 33A | ___ bread | Jem Burch / Will Shortz |
| 7 Oct 2020 | 10A | Falafel bread | Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz |
| 19 Sep 2020 | 7D | Pocket that isn’t full of rye? | Robyn Weintraub / Will Shortz |
| 28 Aug 2019 | 61A | Bread with hummus | Daniel Grinberg / Will Shortz |
| 20 Nov 2018 | 36D | Gyro bread | Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz |
| 23 Apr 2018 | 44A | Gyro wrap | Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz |
| 11 May 2017 | 19A | Bread at a Greek restaurant | Timothy Polin / Will Shortz |
| 17 Apr 2017 | 53A | Bread dipped in hummus | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 16 Jan 2017 | 40D | Falafel bread | John Wrenholt / Will Shortz |
| 13 Jul 2016 | 42D | Bread with a pocket | Tom McCoy / Will Shortz |
| 18 Jan 2016 | 1A | Bread with a pocket | Kathy Wienberg / Will Shortz |
| 10 Oct 2015 | 26A | Mediterranean restaurant staple | Roland Huget / Will Shortz |
| 10 May 2015 | 100D | Falafel holder | Jacob Stulberg / Will Shortz |
| 30 Mar 2015 | 39A | Bread that might hold hummus | Bruce Haight / Will Shortz |
| 10 Nov 2014 | 39A | Gyro bread | Bruce Haight / Will Shortz |
| 13 Jul 2014 | 77A | Falafel holder | Tom McCoy / Will Shortz |
| 26 Mar 2014 | 55D | Gyro bread | Alex Vratsanos / Will Shortz |
| 21 Mar 2014 | 52D | Kind of bread | Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz |
| 2 Apr 2013 | 61A | Flat bread | Ian Livengood / Will Shortz |
| 29 Mar 2013 | 12D | ___ bread | Josh Knapp / Will Shortz |
| 21 Jan 2013 | 33D | Gyro bread | Susan Gelfand / Will Shortz |
| 5 Dec 2012 | 73A | Bread with tabouli | Jim Hilger / Will Shortz |
| 16 May 2012 | 22A | Kind of sandwich | Kevin Adamick / Will Shortz |
| 23 Feb 2012 | 18A | ___ bread | Jeff Chen / Will Shortz |
| 14 Sep 2011 | 9D | Falafel holder | Jeff Chen / Will Shortz |
| 1 Apr 2011 | 55D | Some bread | Elizabeth A. Long / Will Shortz |
| 10 Jan 2011 | 16A | Bread for a gyro | James Tuttle / Will Shortz |
| 14 Jun 2010 | 7D | ___ bread | Mark Feldman / Will Shortz |
| 31 May 2010 | 55D | Falafel bread | Oliver Hill / Will Shortz |
| 14 Aug 2009 | 45D | Bun alternative | Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz |
| 27 May 2009 | 21D | Hummus holder | Corey Rubin / Will Shortz |
| 24 Feb 2009 | 3D | Hummus scooper-upper | Stephen Edward Anderson / Will Shortz |
| 16 Nov 2008 | 100A | Option for a sandwich | Merl Reagle / Will Shortz |
| 24 Dec 2007 | 54D | Sandwich bread | Mark Sherwood / Will Shortz |
| 17 May 2007 | 6A | Hummus holder | Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz |
| 11 Apr 2007 | 56A | Hummus holder | Bruce Adams / Will Shortz |
| 13 Dec 2005 | 53D | Round bread | Roy Leban / Will Shortz |
| 2 Dec 2005 | 57A | Something folded before a meal | Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz |
| 30 Oct 2005 | 110D | Kind of bread | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. / Will Shortz |
| 23 Oct 2005 | 89A | Rye alternative | David J. Kahn / Will Shortz |
| 21 Sep 2005 | 50D | Gyro holder | Anne Garellick / Will Shortz |
| 13 Mar 2005 | 80A | Stuffed food | Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz |
| 1 Oct 2003 | 3D | Sandwich bread | A. J. Santora / Will Shortz |
| 11 Sep 2003 | 31D | Outside of a gyro | Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz |
| 7 Aug 2003 | 54D | ___ bread | Patrick Berry / Will Shortz |
| 21 Jun 2003 | 31D | Kind of sandwich | Dana Motley / Will Shortz |
| 22 Apr 2003 | 35D | Kind of sandwich | Nancy Kavanaugh / Will Shortz |
| 2 Apr 2003 | 50A | Pocket bread | Kelly Clark / Will Shortz |
| 5 Nov 2002 | 3D | Bread for gyros | Fred Piscop / Will Shortz |
| 21 Jan 2002 | 37D | Falafel bread | Peter Gordon / Will Shortz |
| 2 Nov 2001 | 56A | Edible pocket | Mary Jung / Will Shortz |
| 1 Sep 2001 | 33D | Hummus accompaniment | Dana Motley / Will Shortz |
| 21 Jan 2001 | 26A | Falafel holder | Con Pederson / Will Shortz |
| 12 Jan 2001 | 37D | Gyro need | Mark Diehl / Will Shortz |
| 14 Sep 2000 | 7D | Hummus holder, maybe | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 10 Jul 2000 | 42D | Sandwich bread | Gene Newman / Will Shortz |
| 30 Dec 1999 | 6A | Hummus holder | Alan Jay Weiss / Will Shortz |
| 21 Nov 1998 | 58D | ___ bread | Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz |
| 20 Sep 1998 | 16D | Sandwich base | Charles M. Deber / Will Shortz |
| 3 Jan 1998 | 7D | Sandwich choice | Rich Norris / Will Shortz |
| 22 Oct 1997 | 42A | Kind of bread | John D. Leavy / Will Shortz |
| 4 Sep 1997 | 5A | Gyro bread | Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz |
| 28 Jun 1997 | 8D | Hummus holder | Bob Klahn / Will Shortz |
| 27 Feb 1997 | 36A | Kind of bread | Raymond C. Young / Will Shortz |
| 13 Sep 1996 | 37A | Tabouli holder | M. Nosowsky / W. Shortz |
| 24 Jan 1996 | 1A | Pocket bread | J. Hess / Will Shortz |
| 17 Jan 1995 | 54A | Pocket bread | Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz |
| 6 Dec 1994 | 68A | Pocket bread | Wayne Robert Williams/Will Shortz |
| 19 Nov 1994 | 47A | Sandwich material | Brett Blaylock/Will Shortz |
| 25 Sep 1994 | 93A | Kind of bread | Nancy Nicholson Joline / Will Shortz |
| 20 Sep 1994 | 44A | Pocket item? | Christopher Page/Will Shortz |
| 22 May 1994 | 132D | Gyro holder | Randolph Ross/Will Shortz |
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