ROIL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ROIL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ROIL" answer was first appeared in "7 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Ruffle". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "ROIL" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Stir up (20)". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Stir up (20)", "Churn (8)", "Agitate (6)", "Muddy (7)", "Disturb (10)", "Muddy up (6)". "ROIL" appeared 78 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ROIL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 | 62A | Stir up | Jeremy Newton |
| 16 Mar 2023 | 41A | Churn | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 23 Feb 2023 | 16A | Disturb | Joe Deeney |
| 27 Jan 2023 | 37A | Upset | Joe Deeney |
| 14 Aug 2022 | 54A | Churn | Jeff Chen and Jim Horne |
| 19 Sep 2021 | 31D | Agitate | Peter Gordon |
| 6 Sep 2021 | 49A | Disturb, as sediment | Joshua Rosenblatt |
| 16 Mar 2021 | 57A | Make muddy, as water | Lindsey Hobbs |
| 21 Feb 2021 | 57D | Muddy | Matthew Stock |
| 24 Feb 2020 | 43A | Make turbulent | Jacob Stulberg |
| 29 Nov 2019 | 34A | Upset | Sam Buchbinder |
| 23 Oct 2018 | 38D | Stir up | Kathy Wienberg |
| 30 Sep 2018 | 93A | Churn | Natan Last |
| 2 Sep 2018 | 41D | Move turbulently | Tom McCoy |
| 25 Jul 2018 | 35A | Disturb | Emily Carroll |
| 6 Sep 2017 | 34A | Stir up | Daniel Raymon |
| 16 Feb 2017 | 5D | Stir up | Keith Redwine |
| 7 Oct 2016 | 26A | Upset | Robyn Weintraub |
| 1 Mar 2015 | 15D | Disturb | Finn Vigeland |
| 2 Oct 2014 | 24A | Agitate | David Woolf |
| 24 Oct 2013 | 55D | Churn | Peter A. Collins |
| 29 Mar 2013 | 6D | Churn | Josh Knapp |
| 18 Feb 2013 | 48D | Agitate | Jeffrey Harris |
| 2 Dec 2012 | 87A | Disturb | Steven E. Atwood |
| 26 Nov 2012 | 2D | Stir up | Ed Sessa |
| 23 Sep 2012 | 29A | Muddy | Matt Ginsberg |
| 13 Jun 2012 | 60A | Muddy up | Susan Gelfand |
| 1 Mar 2012 | 18D | Agitate | Steven E. Atwood |
| 14 Feb 2012 | 56D | Make muddy | Paula Gamache |
| 18 Sep 2011 | 45A | Stir up | Josh Knapp |
| 7 Sep 2011 | 60D | Stir up | Jim Hilger |
| 19 May 2011 | 69A | Stir up | Paula Gamache |
| 25 Oct 2010 | 40D | Agitate | Jonah Kagan |
| 10 Jun 2010 | 60A | Muddy | Mike Nothnagel |
| 13 Aug 2009 | 4A | Muddy | Patrick McIntyre |
| 7 Feb 2009 | 55A | Muddy | Pete Muller |
| 27 Oct 2008 | 53D | Stir up, as the waters | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| 4 Feb 2008 | 30D | Stir up | Dave and Tracy Mackey |
| 1 Jun 2007 | 50A | Churn | David Quarfoot and Katy Swalwell |
| 9 May 2007 | 1A | Churn | Patrick Merrell |
| 26 Nov 2006 | 81A | Stir up | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Nov 2006 | 6D | Agitate | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 21 Dec 2005 | 20A | Irritate | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Jun 2005 | 26D | Muddy up | Richard Silvestri |
| 21 May 2005 | 42D | Muddy | Rich Norris |
| 25 Apr 2005 | 45D | Muddy up | Alison Donald |
| 6 Jan 2005 | 22A | Stir | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 5 Oct 2004 | 31A | Stir up | James R. Leeds |
| 29 Sep 2003 | 57D | Disturb | Richard Chisholm |
| 8 Jul 2003 | 18D | Muddy up | Roy Leban |
| 15 Jun 2003 | 61D | Stir up | Cathy Millhauser |
| 11 Mar 2003 | 1A | Muddy up | Janice M. Putney |
| 28 Jul 2002 | 24D | Shake up | Nelson Hardy |
| 27 Jun 2002 | 23A | Vex | James R. Leeds |
| 27 Oct 2001 | 6D | Disturb | Trip Payne |
| 24 Sep 2001 | 32D | Stir up | Norma Steinberg |
| 15 Apr 2001 | 29A | Muddy up | Richard Silvestri |
| 22 Aug 2000 | 23A | Stir up | Ed Early |
| 30 Nov 1999 | 62A | Shake up | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 Nov 1999 | 53A | Stir up | Greg Staples |
| 14 Sep 1999 | 18D | Disturb | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 28 Jun 1999 | 28D | Stir up | Ed Early |
| 29 Nov 1998 | 56A | Stir up | Matt Gaffney |
| 22 Apr 1998 | 37D | Disturb | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 24 Feb 1998 | 53A | Stir up | Bill Ballard |
| 26 Aug 1997 | 62D | Stir up | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 28 Feb 1997 | 22A | Provoke | Bob Klahn |
| 4 Feb 1997 | 34D | Aggravate | G. R. Ferguson |
| 13 Dec 1996 | 8D | Make muddy | J. Page |
| 25 Nov 1996 | 11D | Disturb | M. Huret |
| 27 Oct 1996 | 84A | Disturb | N. N. Joline |
| 5 Feb 1996 | 19A | Shake up | Robert Katz |
| 3 Jan 1996 | 25D | Muddy waters | W. R. Williams |
| 24 Jun 1995 | 40A | Disquiet | Bob & Sharon Klahn |
| 3 Nov 1994 | 41D | Churn | Cathy Millhauser |
| 29 Aug 1994 | 61A | Stir up | Mary Derderian Brown |
| 22 Jan 1994 | 22D | Muddy | Raymond Hamel |
| 7 Jan 1994 | 44D | Ruffle | Fred Piscop |
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