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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