REEL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for REEL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "REEL" answer was first appeared in "19 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Fishing gear". It was authored by Stanley Newman. Recently, the "REEL" answer has been used for "15 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Lurch (2)". It was authored by Alex Tomlinson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Stagger (10)". "REEL" appeared 166 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "REEL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2023 | 21D | Lurch | Alex Tomlinson |
| 24 Sep 2023 | 106A | Short Instagram video | Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson |
| 10 Sep 2023 | 36A | Stagger | Adam Wagner |
| 9 Jul 2023 | 68D | Actor’s audition tape | Christina Iverson |
| 25 May 2023 | 69A | Obsolescent film format | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin |
| 29 Jan 2023 | 26A | Something you might use just for the halibut? | Rich Katz |
| 19 Jan 2023 | 29D | Tackle part | Daniel Bodily |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 2D | Lively dance | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| 4 Nov 2022 | 46A | Old movie unit | Juliet Corless |
| 15 Sep 2022 | 17A | Stagger | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 10 Aug 2022 | 61A | It winds up on a fishing boat | Karen Lurie |
| 19 Jun 2022 | 96D | Stagger about | Jeremy Newton |
| 3 Jan 2022 | 18D | Highlight ___ (sports compilation) | Beth Rubin and Trent H. Evans |
| 16 Nov 2021 | 43A | Bit of fishing equipment | Drew Schmenner |
| 17 Sep 2021 | 26D | Wind on the water? | Matthew Stock |
| 22 Aug 2021 | 119A | Be taken aback | Stephen McCarthy |
| 6 May 2021 | 66A | Dance done to fiddle music | Ed Sessa |
| 7 Mar 2021 | 86D | Scottish folk dance | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen |
| 22 Jun 2020 | 23A | Attachment to a fishing rod | Sid Sivakumar |
| 18 Jun 2020 | 7D | Show evidence of shock | Ricky Cruz |
| 29 May 2020 | 9D | Dance done to fiddle music | Sam Ezersky |
| 6 Apr 2020 | 21A | Rod and ___ (fishing equipment) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas |
| 26 Nov 2019 | 3D | Walk lurchingly | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 12 Jun 2019 | 3D | Part of a film archive | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 11 Jun 2019 | 7D | List quickly, with “off” | David J. Kahn |
| 1 May 2019 | 56D | Walk dizzily | Joel Fagliano |
| 13 Apr 2019 | 53D | Film site | Debbie Ellerin |
| 29 Jan 2019 | 16A | Stumble around in a daze | Benjamin Kramer |
| 27 Dec 2018 | 33A | Rod’s partner | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| 9 Dec 2018 | 88A | Stagger | Ross Trudeau |
| 11 Oct 2018 | 23D | Stagger | Johanna Fenimore and Jeff Chen |
| 14 Jun 2018 | 1D | Part of a film archive | Joe Krozel |
| 13 Mar 2018 | 16A | Rod’s mate | Carl Worth |
| 27 Nov 2017 | 39D | Rod and ___ | Kevin Christian |
| 6 Jul 2017 | 63A | Collection of highlights or bloopers | Erik Agard |
| 9 Nov 2016 | 63A | Walk like a tosspot | John Lieb |
| 6 Nov 2016 | 110D | Walk while dizzy | Joe DiPietro |
| 1 May 2016 | 9D | Kite adjunct | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| 18 Apr 2016 | 35D | Fishing line holder | Janice Luttrell |
| 12 Jan 2016 | 45A | Casting need | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 22 Feb 2015 | 61A | Film library unit | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Dec 2014 | 56D | React to terrible news, say | Patrick Blindauer |
| 11 Nov 2014 | 22A | Fishing device | James Mulhern |
| 5 Nov 2014 | 1A | React to a haymaker | Gareth Bain |
| 6 Sep 2014 | 34A | An early Disney cartoon had one | James Mulhern |
| 10 Aug 2014 | 87D | Stagger | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Mar 2014 | 29D | Line holder | Alex Vratsanos |
| 11 Mar 2014 | 34D | Recite quickly, with “off” | Mel Rosen |
| 9 Nov 2013 | 55D | Appear stunned | Michael Ashley |
| 7 Oct 2013 | 70A | Piece of fly-casting equipment | Amy Johnson |
| 10 Feb 2013 | 48D | Walk while dizzy | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Jan 2013 | 63A | Film unit | Peter A. Collins |
| 17 Dec 2012 | 68A | Film spool | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 5 Nov 2012 | 17A | Fishing line holder | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 24 Oct 2012 | 13D | Country dance | Ian Livengood |
| 8 Oct 2012 | 23A | Fishing line holder | Dave Sarpola |
| 28 Sep 2012 | 51D | Cousin of a jig | Ed Sessa |
| 13 May 2012 | 70D | Projectionist’s unit | Ben Tausig |
| 1 Oct 2011 | 58D | Casting need | David Quarfoot |
| 25 Sep 2011 | 82A | Show shock, in a way | Paul Hunsberger |
| 3 Jul 2011 | 119D | Pull (in) | Pete Muller |
| 16 Jun 2011 | 21A | Casting need | David Steinberg |
| 5 Jun 2011 | 101A | Readily recite, with “off” | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 22 Mar 2011 | 43D | Fiddler’s tune | Albert R. Picallo |
| 3 Sep 2010 | 32D | Spinner | John Farmer |
| 31 Jul 2010 | 23A | Suffer the effects of a haymaker | Barry C. Silk |
| 26 May 2010 | 10D | Recite rapidly, with “off” | Anna Shechtman |
| 24 Jan 2010 | 46D | Casting requirement | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| 18 Dec 2009 | 41D | Line holder | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 29 Sep 2009 | 5D | Fishing line holder | Paula Gamache |
| 10 Sep 2009 | 55D | Rod’s partner | Kevan Choset |
| 22 Jun 2009 | 58D | Irish dance | Fred Piscop |
| 22 Sep 2008 | 28D | Film unit | Peter A. Collins |
| 12 Sep 2008 | 32A | It holds the line | Natan Last |
| 5 Aug 2008 | 52A | Stagger | joon and caroline pahk |
| 15 Jul 2008 | 40A | Rod’s partner | Leonard Williams |
| 16 Jun 2008 | 26D | Predigital film part | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| 6 Jun 2008 | 43A | What you might wind up with | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 31 May 2008 | 33D | Lurch | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 8 Jan 2008 | 57D | Fiddler’s tune | Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder |
| 29 Oct 2007 | 44D | Fishing line winder | Fred Piscop |
| 10 Oct 2007 | 45A | Projector unit | Robert Zimmerman |
| 3 Oct 2007 | 64D | Line holder | Robert Dillman |
| 24 Sep 2007 | 55D | Walk drunkenly | Fred Piscop |
| 21 Aug 2007 | 55D | Rod’s partner | Tom Heilman |
| 19 Jul 2007 | 69A | Spin | David J. Kahn |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 57D | Contents of a large, round, flat can | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| 26 Apr 2007 | 12D | Stagger | Mike Nothnagel |
| 22 Feb 2007 | 11D | Draw (in) | Mike Nothnagel |
| 15 Nov 2006 | 15A | Film vault holding | David Benkof |
| 29 Oct 2006 | 90A | Pull (in) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 21 Jul 2006 | 35A | Casting need | Kyle Mahowald |
| 22 Jun 2006 | 43A | Fishing partner of 62-Down | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 30 May 2006 | 15A | Rod attachment | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Jan 2006 | 112D | Part of a Hollywood archive | Michael Ashley |
| 20 Dec 2005 | 36D | Virginia dance | Nancy and Holden Baker |
| 16 Dec 2005 | 30D | A line winds in and out of it | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 Oct 2005 | 89A | Movie roll | Kyle Mahowald |
| 7 Oct 2005 | 17A | Spin | Manny Nosowsky |
| 4 Apr 2005 | 64A | Film unit | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 14 Nov 2004 | 63A | Rod attachment | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 15 Oct 2004 | 60A | Film part | Eric Berlin |
| 28 Jun 2004 | 51D | Rod’s partner | Sarah Keller |
| 23 Jun 2004 | 65A | Walk like a sot | Jim Goodsell |
| 18 May 2004 | 61A | Old-fashioned dance | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Apr 2004 | 41D | Cousin of a hornpipe | Ed Early |
| 14 Sep 2003 | 104D | Dance that’s done to “Drowsy Maggie” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 26 Aug 2003 | 39D | Walk like a sot | Richard Hughes |
| 22 May 2003 | 11D | Whirl | Dan Reichert |
| 30 Apr 2003 | 54D | Angler’s need | Jerry E. Rosman |
| 10 Mar 2003 | 12D | Fishing line holder | Gail Grabowski |
| 19 Feb 2003 | 9D | Item of 5-Down | Sarah Keller |
| 29 Dec 2002 | 106A | It holds the line | Richard Silvestri |
| 24 Dec 2002 | 15A | Fishing rod attachment | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 20 Nov 2002 | 69A | Fishing equipment | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Aug 2002 | 3D | Equipment for catching a 2-Down | Michael Ashley |
| 18 Jun 2002 | 44A | Dance at a barn dance | Eugene W. Sard |
| 8 Mar 2002 | 61A | Fall back | David J. Kahn |
| 17 Dec 2001 | 60A | Film segment | Christina Houlihan |
| 29 Oct 2001 | 72A | Movie unit | Richard Hughes |
| 29 Apr 2001 | 101A | Tape measure part | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 22 Nov 2000 | 72A | Not walk straight | Fred Piscop |
| 21 Nov 2000 | 3D | Country dance | Robert Zimmerman |
| 20 Jul 2000 | 7D | Tape recorder part | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
| 7 Apr 2000 | 20A | It holds the line | Richard Silvestri |
| 15 Mar 2000 | 39D | It might give you a line | Jim Page |
| 13 Feb 2000 | 28A | Spin | Bill Zais |
| 22 Jan 2000 | 50D | Spinner | David J. Kahn |
| 6 Jan 2000 | 18D | Quaint dance | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 22 Oct 1999 | 15D | Casting requirement? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 25 Jul 1999 | 25A | Microfilm unit | Charles M. Deber |
| 8 Mar 1999 | 14A | Fishing rod attachment | Gregory E. Paul |
| 23 Feb 1999 | 53D | Lively dance | Robert Zimmerman |
| 9 Feb 1999 | 68A | Projector load | Janet R. Bender |
| 17 Dec 1998 | 9D | It might wind up on a boat | David J. Kahn |
| 25 May 1998 | 56D | Stagger | William Canine |
| 10 May 1998 | 75A | Not walk straight | Rich Silvestri |
| 5 Feb 1998 | 21A | Fishing device | Cathy Millhauser |
| 12 Jan 1998 | 44A | Film unit | John Greenman |
| 2 Dec 1997 | 34D | Lively old dance | Alan Olschwang |
| 4 Sep 1997 | 69A | It holds the line | Richard Silvestri |
| 27 Apr 1997 | 67A | Movie segment | Matt Gaffney |
| 21 Feb 1997 | 48A | Rod’s companion | C. E. Gersch |
| 16 Feb 1997 | 86A | Stagger | M. Gaffney |
| 3 Dec 1996 | 60A | Fishing item | R. Hartman |
| 30 Jul 1996 | 43A | Projection room item | E. Gorski |
| 22 Jul 1996 | 57D | Movie unit | S. L. Robbins |
| 10 Jun 1996 | 4D | Film spool | S. Spadaccini |
| 10 May 1996 | 50A | Angling need | M. Gaffney |
| 22 Feb 1996 | 25D | Film amount | C. Deodene |
| 20 Feb 1996 | 24A | Country dance | D. Trombley |
| 8 Dec 1995 | 37D | Stagger | Frances Hansen |
| 20 Nov 1995 | 59D | Movie unit | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 24 Aug 1995 | 38D | Director’s unit | Matt Gaffney |
| 2 Aug 1995 | 14A | Bit of fishing gear | James Neal |
| 19 Apr 1995 | 21A | Not walk a straight line | Alfio Micci |
| 27 Mar 1995 | 54D | Lively dance | Gregory E. Paul |
| 16 Mar 1995 | 34D | Be giddy | A.J. Santora |
| 6 Feb 1995 | 31D | Lively dance | Gregory E. Paul |
| 20 Oct 1994 | 28A | Fishing equipment | Bryant White |
| 16 Oct 1994 | 95D | Projectionist’s need | Raymond Hamel |
| 20 Aug 1994 | 44A | Recite, with “off” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 28 Feb 1994 | 65A | Tackle-box item | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 13 Feb 1994 | 101D | Virginia ___ | Cathy Millhauser |
| 20 Jan 1994 | 18D | Film short | Lois Sidway |
| 19 Jan 1994 | 24A | Fishing gear | Stanley Newman |
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