RAT

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

This "RAT" answer was first appeared in "2 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Snitch (15)". It was authored by Richard Silvestri. Recently, the "RAT" answer has been used for "5 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals". It was authored by Nate Cardin. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "No-goodnik (13)", "Fink (8)", "Snitch (15)", "Squealer (12)", "Squeal (7)", "Turncoat (6)", "Tell (on) (6)". "RAT" appeared 249 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "RAT" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
5 Dec 2023 55D Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals Nate Cardin
23 Oct 2023 36A Cousin of a mouse Stella Zawistowski
18 Oct 2023 52D Tell (on) Joseph Gangi
17 Oct 2023 65D Fink Dominic Grillo
23 Sep 2023 12D Teller, perhaps Robert Charlton
17 Sep 2023 27A Tell (on) Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
31 Aug 2023 22D Templeton of “Charlotte’s Web,” for one Freddie Cheng
17 Jul 2023 59D Tell (on) Alexander Liebeskind
11 Jul 2023 34A Rizzo the ___, “The Muppet Show” character Aaron M. Rosenberg
13 Apr 2023 29A No-goodnik Robin Yu
14 Mar 2023 56D One who snitches Peter Gordon
13 Nov 2022 29A Chinese zodiac animal Samuel A. Donaldson
5 Nov 2022 53A Peter Pettigrew’s Animagus, in the Harry Potter books John Westwig
4 Sep 2022 90D Teller, maybe Tracy Gray
21 Aug 2022 87A Kangaroo ___ Brooke Husic and Will Nediger
28 May 2022 28A Name names Joseph Greenbaum
9 Mar 2022 60D Tattletale Peter Gordon
13 Feb 2022 114D Ship pest David Steinberg
7 Nov 2021 7D Bad person to confess bad things to Sid Sivakumar
2 Sep 2021 19D Snitch David W. Tuffs
9 Aug 2021 60A Pig follower in the Chinese zodiac Alex Eaton-Salners
22 Jul 2021 1A Bad singer? John Guzzetta
14 Jul 2021 67A Narc (on) Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
20 Jun 2021 53A Chinese zodiac animal Michael Lieberman
9 May 2021 113D Mobster’s undoing Brad Wiegmann
23 Apr 2021 59D Singer in the family? Robyn Weintraub
17 Feb 2021 24A Squeaker or squealer David Harris and Evan Kalish
24 Dec 2020 22A Person not to be trusted Billy Ouska
14 Dec 2020 30A Snitch (on) Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau
27 Oct 2020 30D 2020 Chinese zodiac animal Luci Bresette and David Steinberg
17 Oct 2020 25A No-goodnik Victor Barocas and Brad Wilber
28 Sep 2020 44D Dirty rotten scoundrel Lynn Lempel
19 Sep 2020 33D Double-crosser Robyn Weintraub
12 Aug 2020 64D Chinese zodiac animal of 2020 Adesina O. Koiki
11 Jul 2020 23A One to sniff out Kameron Austin Collins
24 Jun 2020 52A Word before or after pack Joe Deeney
25 May 2020 7D Cousin of a mouse Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas
12 Apr 2020 121D Snitch Joel Fagliano
11 Mar 2020 55A Chinese zodiac animal of 2020 Erik Agard
23 Jun 2019 73D Teller? David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas
23 May 2019 60D Animal feared by Winston in “1984” Alex Vratsanos
1 Mar 2019 28A Year of the ___ (2008 or 2020) Zhouqin Burnikel
11 Dec 2018 22D Snitch Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
9 Dec 2018 54A Traitor Ross Trudeau
10 Nov 2018 8D One might be paid to talk Will Nediger
6 Nov 2018 60A Untrustworthy sort Alan Southworth and Yacob Yonas
4 Nov 2018 17D Untrustworthy sort Patrick Berry
17 Sep 2018 25A Subway scurrier Caitlin Reid
11 Jun 2018 4A Mob informant Gary Cee
10 May 2018 39A Snitch Caitlin Reid
16 Oct 2017 55A Fink Jennifer Nutt
4 Jun 2017 46D Templeton from “Charlotte’s Web,” e.g. Tom McCoy
12 May 2017 58D Betrayer Bill Clinton and Victor Fleming
10 May 2017 66D One violating omertà Ned White
22 Apr 2017 36D Tattle Adam Fromm
8 Mar 2017 51D Maze runner Paula Gamache
3 Dec 2016 39A Squeal Jason Flinn
3 Nov 2016 40A Person not to be trusted Mel Rosen
27 Sep 2016 12D Subway station sighting Robert Cirillo
23 May 2016 25A Cheese-loving pest Ori Brian
13 May 2016 20A One tailed in the sewers David Phillips and David Steinberg
8 May 2016 32A Double-crosser David J. Kahn
11 Apr 2016 57A Snitch (on) Ron Toth and Zhouqin Burnikel
27 Mar 2016 99A Chinese calendar animal Patrick Blindauer
21 Mar 2016 55A Deserter of a sinking ship Michael Hawkins
9 Mar 2016 46A No-goodnik John Guzzetta
5 Mar 2016 22A No-goodnik Roland Huget
25 Feb 2016 9D Word that can precede or follow pack Joel Fagliano
10 Feb 2016 3D Mob hit victim, sometimes John Guzzetta
8 Feb 2016 2D Pied Piper’s follower Paolo Pasco
30 Jul 2015 19A Tell Brendan Emmett Quigley
8 Apr 2015 44D *Mob hit victim Zhouqin Burnikel
13 Feb 2015 41A Chinese zodiac animal Patrick Berry
31 Dec 2014 11A See 30-Down David Woolf
2 Nov 2014 104A Quisling Brendan Emmett Quigley
30 Oct 2014 38D Teller? David Woolf
5 Oct 2014 19A Fink Samuel A. Donaldson
21 Aug 2014 10D Mobster’s “canary” Jules P. Markey
7 May 2014 66A Tattle (on) Kurt Mueller
3 May 2014 58D Singer Sam Ezersky
25 Mar 2014 2D Fink David Woolf
19 Jan 2014 4D Templeton, e.g., in “Charlotte’s Web” Dan Schoenholz
8 Jan 2014 22A Mob turncoat Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming
11 Dec 2013 60D Turncoat Steve Savoy
9 Oct 2013 35A Disloyal sort Jason Flinn
11 Sep 2013 62D Cellar dweller Patrick Blindauer
20 Aug 2013 54A Fink Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo
1 Aug 2013 14A Chinese calendar figure Timothy Polin
25 Apr 2013 26D Possible prey of a 37-Down Jeffrey Wechsler
6 Apr 2013 51D Landfill visitor Michael Wiesenberg
4 Feb 2013 13D Singer who doesn’t want a hit? Randall J. Hartman
15 Jan 2013 49A Squeal (on) Peter A. Collins
2 Nov 2012 31A No-goodnik Derek Bowman
21 Oct 2012 66D Tattler Caleb Rasmussen
25 Sep 2012 23A Year of the ___ (what 2008-09 was) Ian Livengood
22 Jul 2012 55A Scoundrel Brendan Emmett Quigley
22 Mar 2012 35A Singer Alan Arbesfeld
11 Jan 2012 6D Turncoat Chuck Deodene
28 Dec 2011 43D Wharf pest Louis Zulli
25 Dec 2011 93D Mob turncoat Elizabeth C. Gorski
15 Sep 2011 4D Subject of many lab tests Samuel A. Donaldson
30 Aug 2011 45A Informer Bernice Gordon
30 May 2011 1D Snitch Michael Barnhart
15 May 2011 43D Teller Cathy Allis
29 Apr 2011 21A Tell David Quarfoot
27 Mar 2011 37D One in a maze Kevin G. Der
6 Feb 2011 38A No-goodnik David J. Kahn
14 Sep 2010 22D It’s smelled when something’s fishy Eshan Mitra, Brown University ’12
18 Aug 2010 17A One who breaks the 16-Across Alex Boisvert
1 Aug 2010 108A Kangaroo ___ Brendan Emmett Quigley
14 Jul 2010 4D Unpopular mobster Michael Black
12 Jul 2010 59D Double-crosser Freddie Cheng
11 Jul 2010 6D Singer Ed Sessa
12 Jun 2010 53D Not a good confidant Joe DiPietro
7 Apr 2010 58D Chinese calendar animal … or the key to this puzzle’s theme Richard Silvestri
2 Nov 2009 62D Mafioso informer Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton
20 Jul 2009 33A Squealer Pancho Harrison
17 Jun 2009 30D One down in the dumps? Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
2 Mar 2009 7D Squealer Lynn Lempel
4 Feb 2009 59D Fink Paula Gamache
19 Dec 2008 39A Unpopular singer Natan Last
1 Dec 2008 58D Mouse’s big cousin Eric J. Platt
16 Nov 2008 44D “You dirty ___!” Merl Reagle
22 Sep 2008 22D Lab maze runner Peter A. Collins
6 Apr 2008 80A Turncoat Daniel C. Bryant
8 Mar 2008 63D Turncoat Brad Wilber
10 Jan 2008 18D Snitch Elizabeth C. Gorski
6 Nov 2007 59D Turn state’s evidence John Underwood
18 Sep 2007 6D Squealer Chuck Deodene
15 Sep 2007 50A Something often smelled Brad Wilber
20 Jun 2007 59D Disloyal sort Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming
24 May 2007 47A Runner of an experiment? Patrick Merrell
6 May 2007 32A Tell Charles M. Deber
12 Apr 2007 58D No-goodnik Jim Page
30 Mar 2007 34A Drainpipe discovery David Quarfoot
10 Feb 2007 23A Tell Bob Peoples
18 Jan 2007 60D Fink Randolph Ross
19 Nov 2006 61D No-goodnik Tony Orbach
6 Oct 2006 55A Hardly a good friend Nancy Joline
3 Oct 2006 16A Squeal (on) Ed Stein
1 Aug 2006 59D Squealer David Sullivan
4 Jun 2006 69D Backstabber Patrick Blindauer
19 May 2006 31A Unpopular singer? Patrick Berry
11 Apr 2006 38A Scoundrel Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
25 Dec 2005 78D Snake in the grass Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
8 Nov 2005 41A Stool pigeon Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon
2 Nov 2005 6D No-goodnik Randall J. Hartman
30 Oct 2005 61D Snitch Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
2 Oct 2005 20A Double-crosser Randolph Ross
21 Jul 2005 61D Scoundrel Patrick Blindauer
8 May 2005 69D Snitch Jim Page
16 Apr 2005 25A Kind of race Gary Steinmehl
3 Apr 2005 57A Squeal Nancy Nicholson Joline
16 Mar 2005 25A Untrustworthy sort Holden Baker
13 Mar 2005 71A Lab maze runner Patrick Merrell
26 Dec 2004 75A Common test subject Hal Turner
28 Nov 2004 86D No-goodnik Elizabeth C. Gorski
18 Oct 2004 60A Turncoat Steve Kahn
2 Aug 2004 38A Squeal (on) Holden Baker
21 Jun 2004 6D Squealer Craig Kasper
16 Jun 2004 1A Lowlife snitch Paula Gamache
30 May 2004 120A Snitch Brendan Emmett Quigley
18 Feb 2004 9D Blow the whistle (on) Mitch Komro
17 Nov 2003 48D Stoolie Sarah Keller
26 Oct 2003 74A Snitch Patrick Merrell
19 May 2003 1D Long-tailed pest Trip Payne
28 Apr 2003 40D Snitch Jim Hyres
21 Mar 2003 31D Common test taker Myles Callum
23 Feb 2003 57D No-goodnik Nancy Salomon
18 Feb 2003 7D Squealer Holden Baker
18 Jan 2003 61D Sing Harvey Estes
25 Oct 2002 38A Bewhiskered trash collector Brendan Emmett Quigley
3 Sep 2002 1D Despicable one Don West
7 Jul 2002 97A Judas Lloyd E. Pollet
2 Jun 2002 111D Unfaithful one Frank Longo
16 May 2002 45A Scoundrel David J. Kahn
31 Aug 2001 12D One living in a dump Elizabeth C. Gorski
27 Jul 2001 10D Backstabber Brendan Emmett Quigley
2 Jul 2001 54A Hamelin pest Sarah Keller
1 Jul 2001 15A Stoolie Manny Nosowsky
19 Jun 2001 48D Squealer Tyler Hinman
20 May 2001 124D Singer? Alan Arbesfeld
12 Mar 2001 73A Fink Gregory E. Paul
22 Dec 2000 34D Nibbler Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Emmett Quigley
29 Nov 2000 57D Squeal Peter Gordon
26 Sep 2000 12D See 41-Across Bill Ballard
18 Jul 2000 56D Betrayer Richard Silvestri
10 Jun 2000 21A Dirty dog Glenton Petgrave
31 May 2000 29D Turn state’s evidence M. Francis Vuolo
5 May 2000 20A Slum sight Roger Barkan
8 Apr 2000 58D Blackguard Rich Norris
29 Nov 1999 30D Squealer Richard Chisholm
9 Nov 1999 34A Scoundrel Elizabeth C. Gorski
7 Nov 1999 115D Maze runner Brendan Emmett Quigley
29 Oct 1999 60D No-goodnik Nancy Salomon
1 Aug 1999 110D Tattler Randolph Ross
27 May 1999 47A 48-Across’s prey A. J. Santora
15 May 1999 50A Sing Brendan Emmett Quigley
27 Apr 1999 23A Hamelin critter Fred Piscop
23 Apr 1999 9D Pack animal? Harvey Estes
11 Apr 1999 36A Back-stabber Matt Gaffney
9 Sep 1998 52A Squeal Richard Hughes
30 Aug 1998 104D Singer, of a sort John Wolting
12 May 1998 21D One who blabs Elizabeth C. Gorski
3 Mar 1998 38D Lab runner Elizabeth C. Gorski
4 Jan 1998 60D Teller Mark Danna
15 Dec 1997 59D Stinker Stephanie Spadaccini
7 Nov 1997 20A No-goodnik Brendan Emmett Quigley
23 Oct 1997 18D Informer Frances Hansen
21 Sep 1997 111D Snitch Mike Shenk
4 Sep 1997 11D Cagney epithet Richard Silvestri
24 Aug 1997 10D Snitch Michael S. Maurer
20 Jul 1997 39D Squeal Rich Norris
19 Jun 1997 3D Deserter Patrick Jordan
5 Jun 1997 56D Betray, with “on” David J. Kahn
15 Mar 1997 21D Skunk Daniel R. Stark
2 Mar 1997 118D Squeal Harvey Estes
10 Nov 1996 43A Turn state’s evidence R. Hamel
24 Sep 1996 19A Stoolie S. Spadaccini
12 Sep 1996 39A Turncoat K. Hodge
1 Sep 1996 58A Squealer D. J. Kahn
29 Jul 1996 6D Fink (on) F. Piscop
19 Jul 1996 21D Informer D. Niles
9 Jun 1996 107A Snitch M. Gaffney
8 Jun 1996 11D Word in a Cagney impersonation M. Shenk
15 May 1996 46D Squealer A.J. Santora
29 Apr 1996 48A Squeal (on) S. L. Robbins
21 Jan 1996 100A Slimeball R. Wolfe
31 Oct 1995 24A Tell (on) Rich Norris
30 Oct 1995 63D Hamelin pest Gregory E. Paul
15 Sep 1995 19A Deserter Matt Gaffney
9 Aug 1995 46A Singer, in a way Richard Hughes
23 Mar 1995 42A Squealer Wayne Robert Williams
15 Jan 1995 32A ___ poison Ernie Furtado
15 Dec 1994 56A Informant Rich Norris
13 Dec 1994 33A Water ___ (“Wind in the Willows” character) Jon Delfin
27 Nov 1994 28A Double-crosser Jacques Liwer
21 Nov 1994 65D Tell (on) Norman S. Wizer
26 Oct 1994 58D Squeal (on) Rich Norris
18 Oct 1994 42D Inform (on) Harvey Estes
9 Sep 1994 51A Pack animal? Bob Klahn
26 Jun 1994 87A Stinker Nancy Nicholson Joline
15 Jun 1994 20A Tell (on) Thomas W. Schier
11 May 1994 69A Ben in the film “Ben” Harvey Estes
9 May 1994 39D Squealer Sidney L. Robbins
15 Mar 1994 39A Inform (on) David J. Kahn
4 Mar 1994 9D Unloyal sort Betty Jorgensen
16 Feb 1994 27D Squeal John Greenman
2 Dec 1993 47A Snitch Richard Silvestri

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