REC is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for REC in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "REC" answer was first appeared in "14 Apr 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Kind of room (10)". It was authored by Manny Nosowsky. Recently, the "REC" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Remote button (5)". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "___ room (14)". "REC" appeared 150 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "REC" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 | 13D | Remote button | Jeremy Newton |
| 22 Nov 2023 | 39D | “Parks and ___” (NBC sitcom, to fans) | Will Pfadenhauer |
| 16 Aug 2023 | 26A | ___ room | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Jul 2023 | 23A | Video camera button | Sam Buchbinder |
| 7 Mar 2023 | 36D | Book or movie suggestion, for short | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| 25 Feb 2023 | 22A | ___ league | Trent H. Evans |
| 27 Dec 2022 | 49A | ___ room (play space) | Lynn Lempel |
| 16 Dec 2022 | 44A | Suggestion, in brief | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 29 Aug 2022 | 28A | Video camera button | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| 10 Aug 2022 | 64D | Remote button | Karen Lurie |
| 28 Jul 2022 | 13D | Partner of Parks | Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Jul 2022 | 62A | ___ hall | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| 17 Jan 2022 | 69A | TV remote button | Evan Mahnken |
| 22 Dec 2021 | 1D | College app element | Noki Trias and Lawrence Barrett |
| 11 Sep 2021 | 7D | Letter accompanying a personal statement, informally | Sid Sivakumar |
| 8 Aug 2021 | 45A | College app component | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| 25 Jun 2021 | 29A | Endorsement, for short | Scott Earl |
| 29 Apr 2021 | 52A | Suggestion, colloquially | Adam Wagner |
| 17 Mar 2021 | 51D | Kind of room | Peter A. Collins |
| 8 Dec 2020 | 38D | Critic’s pick, for short | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| 31 Aug 2020 | 70A | ___ center | Anne Marie Crinnion |
| 31 May 2020 | 57D | Remote control button | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| 15 Mar 2020 | 107A | Part of a college application, informally | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 14 Jan 2020 | 56A | Button on a cam | Jim Peredo |
| 13 Jan 2020 | 18D | ___ room (game site) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 24 Dec 2019 | 4D | ___ hall (place to play) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 4 Dec 2019 | 12D | College app attachment, informally | Evan Mahnken |
| 21 Nov 2019 | 50A | “Parks and ___” (familiar name of a TV sitcom) | Aimee Lucido |
| 11 Aug 2019 | 120A | Tape deck button | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 30 Jun 2019 | 121D | A little fun? | Emily Carroll |
| 28 Jun 2019 | 29A | Fun and games, informally | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
| 29 Jan 2019 | 8D | DVR button | Benjamin Kramer |
| 27 Jan 2019 | 67D | ___ center | Randolph Ross |
| 24 Jan 2019 | 65D | Supporting letter, informally | Stu Ockman |
| 9 Sep 2018 | 70A | ___ league (amateur sports group) | Hal Moore |
| 18 Feb 2018 | 62A | Suggestion of what to do, slangily | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 8 Jan 2018 | 19A | Letter accompanying a college application, informally | Sam Ezersky |
| 29 Oct 2017 | 103D | Fun, for short | Ross Trudeau |
| 22 Oct 2017 | 101A | ___ room | Tracy Gray |
| 7 Sep 2017 | 7D | Boom box button | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 13 May 2017 | 44A | Abbr. by a blinking light | Jeff Chen |
| 15 Apr 2017 | 6D | ___ hall | Peter Wentz |
| 19 Mar 2017 | 113D | Remote button | Grant Thackray |
| 22 Feb 2017 | 54A | ___ department | Kyle Dolan |
| 15 Jan 2017 | 74A | ___ department | Joel Fagliano |
| 12 Dec 2016 | 38D | ___ center (place for a Ping-Pong table) | Mark McClain |
| 9 Sep 2016 | 19A | TiVo remote button | Kristian House |
| 4 Sep 2016 | 53A | ___ letter (college app part) | Tom McCoy |
| 4 Jul 2015 | 55A | Work’s counterpart, briefly | Sam Ezersky |
| 19 Jun 2015 | 30D | ___ hall | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 10 May 2015 | 113D | ___ room | Jacob Stulberg |
| 13 Mar 2015 | 58D | Sport, for short | Victor Fleming |
| 4 Feb 2015 | 29D | Parks’ partner, familiarly | Julian Lim |
| 3 Nov 2014 | 39D | Tape machine button abbr. | Janet R. Bender |
| 30 Jul 2014 | 34D | Cam button | Jean O’Conor |
| 25 Jun 2014 | 49D | ___ room | Patrick Merrell |
| 23 Mar 2014 | 10A | ___ room | Ian Livengood |
| 27 Oct 2013 | 6D | ___ center | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 1 Jun 2013 | 19A | Short play? | Barry C. Silk |
| 21 May 2013 | 25A | ___ center | Patrick McIntyre |
| 26 Dec 2012 | 9D | ___ center | Dan Schoenholz |
| 13 Apr 2012 | 28D | Things done for fun, for short | Tim Croce |
| 16 Oct 2011 | 43A | ___ hall | Joel Fagliano |
| 26 Jul 2011 | 32A | DVR button | Michael Black |
| 8 Jul 2011 | 61D | Abbr. next to a blinking light on a camcorder | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 11 May 2011 | 41A | Cam button | Jonah Kagan |
| 2 May 2011 | 23D | ___ room (place for Ping-Pong) | Caleb Madison |
| 26 Apr 2011 | 25A | ___ room | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 1 Apr 2011 | 51A | Kind of center | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 12 Feb 2011 | 22A | Work’s antithesis, briefly | Joel Fagliano |
| 27 Nov 2010 | 2D | Ping-Pong or dancing, for short | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 12 Nov 2010 | 37D | Sport, for short | Barry C. Silk |
| 4 Jul 2010 | 63A | Cassette button abbr. | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| 22 Mar 2010 | 54D | ___ center (community facility) | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 18 Mar 2010 | 27D | Remote button | Daniel A. Finan |
| 1 Mar 2010 | 17A | ___ center (community facility) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 27 Feb 2010 | 58A | Mute neighbor, maybe: Abbr. | Patrick John Duggan |
| 2 Feb 2010 | 12D | Camcorder button abbr. | Alex Fay |
| 31 Dec 2009 | 18D | It’s done for fun, for short | Frank Longo |
| 1 Nov 2009 | 93A | Boombox button | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 21 Jan 2009 | 40D | Nonacademic school activities, informally | Fred Piscop |
| 25 Nov 2008 | 45D | VCR button | Caleb Madison |
| 19 Aug 2008 | 39D | Tape deck button | Harriet Clifton |
| 8 Aug 2008 | 53A | With 55-Across, campus hangout | Mike Nothnagel |
| 10 Jul 2008 | 43D | Boombox button | Ari Halpern |
| 20 Apr 2008 | 77D | ___ center | John Farmer |
| 9 Mar 2008 | 11D | ___ room | Patrick Berry |
| 27 Jan 2008 | 65D | Kind of hall | Mike Nothnagel |
| 27 Oct 2007 | 32D | Sport, for short | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 20 Sep 2007 | 55D | Boombox button | Alex Boisvert |
| 22 Jul 2007 | 9D | ___ hall | David Levinson Wilk |
| 20 Feb 2007 | 27A | VCR button | Jonathan Gersch |
| 29 Jan 2007 | 64D | ___ room (play area) | Fred Piscop |
| 13 Jul 2006 | 6D | Boom box button | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 Mar 2006 | 52A | ___ room (dorm facility) | John Farmer |
| 12 Jan 2006 | 43D | It may accompany a coll. application | Kyle Mahowald |
| 13 Dec 2005 | 41A | Missing button on an iPod: Abbr. | Roy Leban |
| 17 Jul 2005 | 31D | ___ room | David J. Kahn |
| 30 Jun 2005 | 19D | VCR button | Joe DiPietro |
| 31 Jan 2005 | 50D | ___ room | Randall J. Hartman |
| 23 Dec 2004 | 3D | Tape deck button | Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Dec 2004 | 35A | __ center | James E. Buell |
| 25 Jul 2004 | 130A | Kind of room | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 24 Mar 2004 | 45D | Fun and games, for short | Norma Johnson |
| 29 Sep 2003 | 50D | Kind of room | Richard Chisholm |
| 16 Jun 2003 | 7D | ___ room (site for a Ping-Pong table) | Norma Johnson |
| 21 Jan 2003 | 26A | ___ room | Richard Chisholm |
| 25 Sep 2002 | 12D | ___ room | Tyler Hinman |
| 4 Aug 2002 | 114D | Kind of hall | Robert Malinow |
| 13 Jul 2002 | 54A | Short play? | Randolph Ross |
| 4 Jun 2002 | 60D | Boom box button | Matthew J. Koceich |
| 28 Feb 2002 | 4D | VCR button | Greg Staples |
| 21 Feb 2002 | 24A | ___ room | Peter Gordon |
| 4 Jan 2002 | 33A | Boombox button | David J. Kahn |
| 17 Dec 2001 | 8D | ___ center | Christina Houlihan |
| 17 Jun 2001 | 44D | ___ center | David J. Kahn |
| 7 Jan 2001 | 52A | VCR button | Manny Nosowsky |
| 28 Dec 2000 | 14A | Fun, for short | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Sep 2000 | 9D | ___ room (place to play games) | Peter Gordon |
| 18 Jul 2000 | 39A | Kind of room | Richard Silvestri |
| 16 May 2000 | 14A | ___ room (place for play) | Peter Gordon |
| 13 May 2000 | 22A | Minicam abbr. | William S. Cotter |
| 1 Apr 2000 | 37A | Start of a newsgroup name online | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Nov 1999 | 38A | Kind of center | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 3 Aug 1999 | 40A | VCR button | Dave Tuller |
| 27 Jul 1999 | 39A | Kind of room | Alfio Micci |
| 22 Jun 1999 | 7D | VCR button | Nancy Salomon |
| 6 May 1999 | 16A | Kind of center | Matt Gaffney |
| 6 Sep 1998 | 135A | VCR button: Abbr. | Rich Norris |
| 11 Jun 1998 | 8D | Boombox button abbr. | Randall J. Hartman |
| 22 Mar 1998 | 101D | Abbr. on a boombox | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| 4 Mar 1998 | 1D | Kind of room | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 30 Jan 1998 | 8D | Remote button | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 9 Aug 1997 | 35A | VCR button | Raymond Hamel |
| 11 Jun 1997 | 47A | VCR button | Rich Norris |
| 7 Jun 1997 | 56A | ___ center | Martin Schneider |
| 27 May 1997 | 23D | ___ room | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 29 Mar 1997 | 21A | Cassette button: Abbr. | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 19 Mar 1997 | 1A | ___ center | Trip Payne |
| 30 Dec 1996 | 58A | ___ room | C. F. Murray |
| 2 Nov 1996 | 6D | VCR option: Abbr. | J. DiPietro |
| 20 Aug 1996 | 46D | Kind of room | S. Spadaccini |
| 2 Jun 1996 | 48A | VCR button: Abbr. | R. Norris |
| 31 May 1996 | 42A | Kind of room | J. S. Marrone |
| 1 May 1996 | 22D | VCR button: Abbr. | F. Piscop |
| 4 Feb 1996 | 62A | Kind of center | D. J. Kahn |
| 7 Feb 1995 | 7D | Room type | Matt Gaffney |
| 14 Sep 1994 | 47A | Kind of room | Harvey Estes |
| 17 Jul 1994 | 9D | Short play? | Cathy Millhauser |
| 14 Apr 1994 | 30D | Kind of room | Manny Nosowsky |
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