RARE is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for RARE in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "RARE" answer was first appeared in "14 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Steak order (9)". It was authored by Nancy Joline. Recently, the "RARE" answer has been used for "6 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Still mooing,” as steaks go". It was authored by Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Seldom seen (10)". "RARE" appeared 239 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "RARE" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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6 Nov 2023 | 60A | “Still mooing,” as steaks go | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
2 Jul 2023 | 120A | Like heterochromia in eyes | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
14 Jun 2023 | 70A | Not well done | Jennifer Hoelzer |
25 May 2023 | 12D | Not well at all? | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin |
4 Apr 2023 | 53A | Opposite of well done | Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson |
3 Feb 2023 | 45D | Like a Buffalo nickel | Barbara Lin |
30 Nov 2022 | 36A | Definitely not well done | Addison Snell |
21 Sep 2022 | 57D | Like blue lobsters | Matthew Stock |
8 Jul 2022 | 42A | Prized, perhaps | Kyle Dolan |
12 Jun 2022 | 80D | Valuable to collectors | Will Nediger |
27 Mar 2022 | 18D | Like a T206 Honus Wagner baseball card | August Lee-Kovach |
21 Mar 2022 | 1D | Uncommon | John Ewbank and Jeff Chen |
18 Jan 2022 | 68A | Uncommon | Kate Schutzengel |
12 Sep 2021 | 40D | Half-baked? | Alex Rosen |
28 Aug 2021 | 53D | Word with earth or bird | Julian Lim |
2 Aug 2021 | 9D | Happening once in a blue moon | Kyra Wilson |
31 May 2021 | 35A | Red, as a steak | Michael Lieberman |
6 May 2021 | 13D | Unusual | Ed Sessa |
18 Feb 2021 | 16A | Hardly to be had | Zachary Spitz |
9 Feb 2021 | 10D | Numismatic classification | Colin Ernst |
17 Jan 2021 | 105D | Like snow leopards and Siberian tigers | Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper |
11 Jan 2021 | 7D | Hard to find | Martha Kimes |
10 Dec 2020 | 37D | Like shark attacks | Jack Murtagh |
12 Nov 2020 | 52D | “Still mooing” | Kristian House |
25 Oct 2020 | 40D | Like royal flushes | Peter A. Collins |
24 Oct 2020 | 10D | Pink or close to it | Byron Walden |
21 Sep 2020 | 24A | Like getting a $2 bill in change | Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class |
18 Aug 2020 | 14A | Like a blue moon | Olivia Mitra Framke |
4 Jun 2020 | 47D | Like royal flushes | Barbara Lin |
18 Mar 2020 | 31D | Like blue moons | Ricky Cruz |
19 Feb 2020 | 73A | Few and far between | Alex Eaton-Salners |
10 Feb 2020 | 38D | Few and far between | Bruce Haight |
10 Nov 2019 | 71A | Unusual | Peter Gordon |
4 Dec 2018 | 39A | Steakhouse specification | Peter Gordon |
14 Oct 2018 | 39D | Like albino alligators | Ross Trudeau |
25 Sep 2018 | 43D | Like a steak that’s “still mooing” | Ross Trudeau |
9 Aug 2018 | 9D | Like signatures of William Shakespeare | Patrick Merrell |
7 Aug 2018 | 26D | Still red in the middle | Alex Eaton-Salners |
28 Jun 2018 | 7D | Scarce | Jeff Chen |
28 Apr 2018 | 57D | Like $10 gold eagle coins | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
14 Feb 2018 | 47D | Steak order | Mary Lou Guizzo |
19 Dec 2017 | 50A | Like black sheep | Andrew Kingsley |
8 Jul 2017 | 16A | Hard to get hold of | David Steinberg |
16 Jun 2017 | 44A | Like white panthers | Zhouqin Burnikel |
4 May 2017 | 38A | Like albinism | Loren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray |
24 Mar 2017 | 29D | Like walk-off touchdowns | Michael Hawkins and John Guzzetta |
8 Jan 2017 | 22D | Atypical | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
9 Dec 2016 | 22A | Like tritium and triplets | David Phillips |
23 Nov 2016 | 16A | Like N.F.L. games ending in a tie | David Steinberg |
2 Nov 2016 | 12A | Like Inverted Jenny postage stamps | Andrew Kingsley |
10 Oct 2016 | 19A | Not medium or well done | Patrick Merrell |
28 Sep 2016 | 31D | Like black rhinos | Morton J. Mendelson |
30 Aug 2016 | 25D | Steak specification | Roland Huget |
28 Aug 2016 | 52A | Like blue moons | Paolo Pasco |
19 Aug 2016 | 28A | “On the hoof,” in diner lingo | Paolo Pasco |
3 Jul 2016 | 91A | Still quite red | Samuel A. Donaldson |
8 May 2016 | 111D | Tag in some dictionary definitions | David J. Kahn |
22 Apr 2016 | 23A | Still red, say | Robyn Weintraub |
2 Feb 2016 | 29D | Like a 1913 Liberty Head nickel | Peter A. Collins |
21 Jan 2016 | 58D | Steak request | David Phillips |
1 Oct 2015 | 17A | Like triple plays | John Guzzetta |
23 Aug 2015 | 51A | Like first editions, often | Joel Fagliano |
26 Jun 2015 | 49D | Like years evenly divisible by four that are not leap years | Erin Rhode |
15 Apr 2015 | 32A | Of interest to a collector, say | Joel Fagliano |
25 Oct 2014 | 14A | Not well, say | Patrick Blindauer |
26 Jul 2014 | 5D | ___ bird | Julian Lim |
13 Jul 2014 | 68A | Atypical | Tom McCoy |
18 May 2014 | 50D | Numismatist’s classification | Joe DiPietro |
30 Mar 2014 | 76D | Description on many eBay listings | Peter A. Collins |
12 Jan 2014 | 19A | Steakhouse order | Andrew Chaikin |
9 Oct 2013 | 56D | Like hurricanes in January | Jason Flinn |
3 Sep 2013 | 18D | Not found in many stamp collections, say | Dan Schoenholz |
22 Jul 2013 | 57D | Opposite of well done | Ian Livengood |
30 Jun 2013 | 75A | Like a sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker | Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen |
16 Apr 2013 | 15A | Like a day in June, according to Lowell | Peter Broda |
7 Apr 2013 | 14A | Kind of form | Matt Ginsberg |
17 Mar 2013 | 75A | In ___ form | J. R. Leopold |
12 Feb 2013 | 14A | “Bloody” | Dan Schoenholz |
4 Jan 2013 | 15A | Thin | David J. Kahn |
28 Nov 2012 | 55A | One-in-a-million | Adam G. Perl |
11 Nov 2012 | 16D | Like a four-leaf clover | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
24 Jul 2012 | 33D | “Still mooing,” as burgers go | Andrew Marc Greene |
11 Apr 2012 | 42A | Seldom seen | David Kwong |
15 Feb 2012 | 12D | Like a blue lobster | Peter A. Collins |
27 Dec 2011 | 51D | Hard to come by | John Dunn |
1 Aug 2011 | 40D | With 43-Across, yttrium or scandium | Joel Fagliano |
6 Jul 2011 | 48A | Meat request | Peter Collins |
24 Jun 2011 | 29A | “Bloody” | Milo Beckman |
21 Jun 2011 | 61A | Like a total solar eclipse | Kelsey Boes |
15 Feb 2011 | 55D | Burger order specification | Paula Gamache |
8 Feb 2011 | 12A | Like no-hitters | Robert W. Harris |
27 Dec 2010 | 34A | Still red, as a steak | C. W. Stewart |
22 Nov 2010 | 35D | Opposite of well done | David Poole |
12 Sep 2010 | 107D | In short supply | Paula Gamache |
1 Sep 2010 | 58D | Exceptional | Michael Torch |
23 Jun 2010 | 1A | “Still mooing” | Alex Boisvert |
24 Dec 2009 | 3D | Red inside | Nancy Salomon |
4 Nov 2009 | 14A | Porterhouse order | Ricky Ini Liu |
14 Aug 2009 | 2D | Like some gases | Barry C. Silk |
14 Jul 2009 | 22A | Like hen’s teeth | Donna S. Levin |
12 May 2009 | 13D | Like proverbial hen’s teeth | Wayne and P. K. King |
25 Apr 2009 | 34D | Of particular interest to a completist | Brad Wilber |
20 Apr 2009 | 48D | Once-in-a-blue-moon | Randall J. Hartman |
1 Apr 2009 | 14A | Pink, maybe | Ed Stein and Paula Gamache |
31 Mar 2009 | 18A | Like a 1943 copper penny | Allan E. Parrish |
13 Nov 2008 | 54D | Like a Liberty gold coin | Allan E. Parrish |
26 Sep 2008 | 45A | Exceptional | Barry C. Silk |
18 Sep 2008 | 30A | Burger order | Mike Nothnagel |
28 Aug 2008 | 15A | Bloody, so to speak | Sheldon Benardo |
15 Aug 2008 | 2D | Like a perfect game | Barry C. Silk |
2 Jul 2008 | 7D | Label in a bibliophile’s catalog | Daniel Kantor |
30 Jun 2008 | 66A | Few and far between | Lynn Lempel |
27 May 2008 | 50D | Pink inside | Adam G. Perl |
27 Mar 2008 | 16A | Bloody, so to speak | Joe Krozel |
29 Feb 2008 | 50D | Practically unheard-of | Patrick Berry |
31 Oct 2007 | 41A | Red in the middle | Ken Stern |
27 Sep 2007 | 20A | Like white elephants | Peter Wentz |
5 Sep 2007 | 12D | Few and far between | Richard Silvestri |
17 Jul 2007 | 68A | Barely cooked | Natan Last |
14 Jul 2007 | 54D | Thin | Victor Fleming |
26 Jun 2007 | 22D | Red in the middle | Ray Fontenot |
17 Apr 2007 | 30D | Like an ivory-billed woodpecker | Jennifer Nutt |
10 Apr 2007 | 38A | Once-in-a-blue-moon | Kevan Choset |
21 Feb 2007 | 59A | Numismatist’s classification | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
2 Feb 2007 | 36D | Still red inside | David J. Kahn |
25 Jan 2007 | 34D | Pink, say | Manny Nosowsky |
19 Dec 2006 | 15A | Uncommon | Sarah Keller |
18 Dec 2006 | 3D | Like one in a million | Donna Levin |
26 Jun 2006 | 67A | Seldom seen | Randy Sowell |
4 Apr 2006 | 35A | Opposite of well done | Robert Dillman |
12 Mar 2006 | 51D | “Bloody” | Daniel C. Bryant |
15 Feb 2006 | 16A | With 17-Across, one in a million | Byron Walden |
22 Jan 2006 | 72A | Uncommon | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
18 Dec 2005 | 11D | “For the ___ and radiant maiden”: Poe | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
3 Dec 2005 | 59A | “Suddenly, as ___ things will, it vanished”: E. B. Browning | Dana Motley |
20 Oct 2005 | 61A | ___ as a blue rose | Manny Nosowsky |
2 Oct 2005 | 80D | Exceptional | Randolph Ross |
28 Sep 2005 | 33D | Like a white Bengal tiger | Randall J. Hartman |
31 Aug 2005 | 18D | Not turning up much | Alan Arbesfeld |
1 Aug 2005 | 53A | Seen once in a blue moon | Kendall Twigg |
24 Jul 2005 | 102D | Endangered | Frank Longo |
17 May 2005 | 58D | Pretty pink | Sherry O. Blackard |
12 Apr 2005 | 56D | Nearly unique in the world | Nancy Salomon |
9 Feb 2005 | 31A | Coin rating | Alan Arbesfeld |
13 Jan 2005 | 41A | Unwonted | Robert Zimmerman |
1 Dec 2004 | 34D | Coin classification | Roy Leban |
25 Nov 2004 | 15A | Choice | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
1 Oct 2004 | 52A | Reddish pink | Bob Peoples |
25 Jul 2004 | 21A | Like a blue rose | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
13 Jul 2004 | 2D | Like a 52-Across | Kevan Choset |
6 Jul 2004 | 57A | Seldom seen | Matt Skoczen |
13 Jun 2004 | 101D | Reddish | Richard Silvestri |
3 Jun 2004 | 41A | “___ as a winter swallow”: Balzac | Mike Torch |
11 May 2004 | 36D | Like a compliant cat | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
29 Apr 2004 | 27A | Scattered | Steven Kahn |
16 Feb 2004 | 27D | Like hen’s teeth | Charles Barasch |
15 Feb 2004 | 103D | Coin grade | Derrick Niederman |
10 Feb 2004 | 19A | Still pink | Seth A. Abel |
4 Feb 2004 | 19A | Steak order | Roy Leban |
3 Feb 2004 | 62D | Hard to find | Joe Bower and Nancy Salomon |
27 Jan 2004 | 72A | Medium-___ | Randall J. Hartman |
26 Aug 2003 | 45A | Like hen’s teeth | Richard Hughes |
18 Jul 2003 | 51D | Unusually excellent | Sherry O. Blackard |
10 Jul 2003 | 59D | Infrequent | Michael Shteyman |
3 Jul 2003 | 37D | Uncommonly good | Cathy Millhauser |
15 Jun 2003 | 20A | Facing extinction | Cathy Millhauser |
25 Apr 2003 | 45A | Like a 1943 copper penny | Randolph Ross |
9 Mar 2003 | 14A | Of interest to collectors, say | Patrick Berry |
8 Mar 2003 | 30D | Choice | Patrick Berry |
12 Feb 2003 | 29A | One-in-a-million | Ed Early |
9 Jan 2003 | 16A | Bibliophile’s label | David J. Kahn |
11 Dec 2002 | 32D | Hard to find | Alan Arbesfeld |
4 Jul 2002 | 41D | Seldom seen | Nathaniel Weiss |
22 Jun 2002 | 41A | Reddish | Rich Norris |
17 Feb 2002 | 58D | Pinkish | Joe DiPietro |
13 Nov 2001 | 55D | Hard to find | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
7 Oct 2001 | 17D | Reddish, perhaps | Patrick Berry |
19 Sep 2001 | 14D | Not common | Steven Dorfman |
14 May 2001 | 16A | Pink, as a steak | Gregory E. Paul |
2 Mar 2001 | 50D | Exceptional | Manny Nosowsky |
30 Dec 2000 | 52D | Hardly seen | Rich Norris |
13 Nov 2000 | 58D | Steak order | Peter Gordon |
5 Sep 2000 | 65A | 57-Down request | Chris Sallade |
31 Aug 2000 | 58A | Pinkish | Gene Newman |
16 Jul 2000 | 104D | Like some coins | David J. Kahn |
12 Apr 2000 | 44A | Steak order | Peter Gordon |
12 Jan 2000 | 27D | Like a no-hitter | Greg Staples |
10 Jan 2000 | 1A | Seldom seen | John Greenman |
31 Dec 1999 | 10D | Pink | Peter Gordon |
24 Dec 1999 | 56D | Dictionary notation | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
23 Dec 1999 | 10D | Not well? | Joe DiPietro |
28 Jul 1999 | 56D | Uncommon | Manny Nosowsky |
8 Mar 1999 | 32A | Seldom seen | Gregory E. Paul |
3 Jan 1999 | 47D | Unusually excellent | Randolph Ross |
28 Dec 1998 | 1A | Pinkish, as a steak | Adam G. Perl |
1 Nov 1998 | 10D | Barely done | Robert Malinow |
28 Sep 1998 | 57D | Stamp designation | Robert Dillman |
25 Jun 1998 | 65A | Book classification | Stanley B. Whitten |
21 Jun 1998 | 15D | Pink, so to speak | Jim Page |
31 May 1998 | 90D | Undone? | Cathy Millhauser |
11 May 1998 | 15A | Hard to come by | Gregory E. Paul |
9 Feb 1998 | 15A | Pink, as a steak | Robert Dillman |
2 Feb 1998 | 62A | Like hen’s teeth | Gregory E. Paul |
22 Dec 1997 | 38D | Lightly cooked | Arthur S. Verdesca |
5 Nov 1997 | 62A | Superfine | A. J. Santora |
13 Oct 1997 | 11D | Scarce | Gregory E. Paul |
4 Aug 1997 | 63A | Seldom seen | Gregory E. Paul |
6 Jul 1997 | 38D | Recherche | Robert H. Wolfe |
15 Jun 1997 | 39D | Not easy to find | Karen Hodge |
7 May 1997 | 22D | Scarce | Dean Niles |
3 May 1997 | 58D | Opposite of well | Rich Norris |
8 Jan 1997 | 63A | Roast beef request | J. D. Leavy |
24 Nov 1996 | 88A | Steak order | M. Jacobson |
25 Aug 1996 | 69A | Red in the middle | R. Silvestri |
14 Jul 1996 | 21A | Seldom seen | J. Schmalzbach |
7 Jul 1996 | 59D | Bloody, so to speak | R. H. Wolfe |
2 Jul 1996 | 62A | Exceptional | Bette Sue Cohen |
16 Jun 1996 | 92A | On the hoof, in lunch counter lingo | N. N. Joline |
27 Apr 1996 | 13A | Almost red | F. Hansen |
15 Jan 1996 | 33D | Scarce | Gregory E. Paul |
7 Jan 1996 | 26A | Recherché | Eric Albert |
24 Dec 1995 | 43A | Antique description | Frances Hansen |
20 Dec 1995 | 14A | Seldom seen | Lois Sidway |
10 Dec 1995 | 116A | Barbecue order | Jim Page |
29 Nov 1995 | 46A | Infrequent | Nancy S. Ross |
18 Sep 1995 | 54D | Steak order | Alan Arbesfeld |
4 Jun 1995 | 22D | Exceptional | Bryant White |
9 Apr 1995 | 92D | One-in-a- million | Cathy Millhauser |
6 Feb 1995 | 56D | Pink, as steak | Gregory E. Paul |
7 Nov 1994 | 58D | Steak order | Randall J. Hartman |
22 Oct 1994 | 10D | “So ___” (Jimmy Dorsey hit) | Daniel R. Stark |
8 Oct 1994 | 31D | Atypical | Rand H. Burns |
23 Aug 1994 | 37A | Uncommon | Peter Gordon |
1 May 1994 | 112A | Like praseodymium | Peter Gordon |
3 Apr 1994 | 45A | Sought by bibliomaniacs | Ernie Furtado |
22 Mar 1994 | 32A | Seldom seen | Stephanie Spadaccini |
15 Mar 1994 | 58D | Steak order | David J. Kahn |
6 Mar 1994 | 47A | Recherche | Frances Hansen |
14 Feb 1994 | 48A | Steak order | Nancy Joline |
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