ROT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ROT in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ROT" answer was first appeared in "24 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Oh, darn!”". It was authored by Janie Lyons. Recently, the "ROT" answer has been used for "9 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Break down, in a way". It was authored by Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Go bad (20)", "Nonsense (11)", "Spoil (7)", "Balderdash (11)", "Poppycock (9)", "Decay (6)", "Rubbish (6)", "Twaddle (8)". "ROT" appeared 196 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ROT" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2023 | 49A | Break down, in a way | Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson |
| 5 Nov 2023 | 8D | Spoil | Rich Katz |
| 19 Sep 2023 | 29D | Hogwash | Gia Bosko |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 52A | Go bad | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 26 Mar 2023 | 93D | Spoil | David Karp |
| 7 Jan 2023 | 7D | Go green, perhaps? | Adam Aaronson |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 25D | Spoil | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| 26 Nov 2022 | 21A | Corruption | Kanyin Ajayi |
| 2 Sep 2022 | 43A | Fester | Claire Rimkus |
| 1 Sep 2022 | 28A | Claptrap | John Wrenholt |
| 8 Aug 2022 | 20A | Go bad | Kathy Lowden |
| 1 Jul 2022 | 55D | Nonsense | Christina Iverson and Caitlin Reid |
| 12 Jun 2022 | 89D | Deteriorate | Will Nediger |
| 7 Feb 2022 | 62D | Poppycock | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 28 Jan 2022 | 40A | Poppycock | Jem Burch |
| 16 Sep 2021 | 52A | Crop problem | Kevin Patterson |
| 12 Sep 2021 | 64A | Hogwash | Alex Rosen |
| 25 Jul 2021 | 40D | Utter nonsense | Chandi Deitmer |
| 20 Jun 2021 | 64A | Go bad | Michael Lieberman |
| 2 Jun 2021 | 45D | Decay | Jesse Goldberg |
| 7 Mar 2021 | 12D | Go bad | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Jan 2021 | 118D | Nonsense | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau |
| 18 Nov 2020 | 1A | Go bad | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| 9 Sep 2020 | 41A | Fall into decay | Jakob Weisblat |
| 27 Jul 2020 | 23A | Decompose | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 9 May 2019 | 28A | Corruption | Lewis Rothlein |
| 8 Feb 2019 | 10D | Bushwa | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| 21 Nov 2018 | 1D | Nonsense | Brandon Koppy |
| 30 Oct 2018 | 23A | Corruption from deep inside | Jules Markey |
| 14 Oct 2018 | 108D | Go bad | Ross Trudeau |
| 29 Sep 2018 | 28D | Turn | David Steinberg |
| 26 Sep 2018 | 57A | Go bad | Melinda Gates and Joel Fagliano |
| 9 Sep 2018 | 85D | Nonsense | Hal Moore |
| 23 Apr 2018 | 5D | “Poppycock!” | Lynn Lempel |
| 7 Feb 2018 | 52D | Spoil | Stu Ockman |
| 10 Dec 2017 | 93A | Deteriorate | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| 26 Nov 2017 | 21A | Go bad | Jeff Chen |
| 8 Oct 2017 | 116A | Decompose | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| 3 Aug 2017 | 35D | Corruption | Timothy Polin |
| 25 Jun 2017 | 86D | Codswallop | Jacob Stulberg |
| 17 Apr 2017 | 26D | Decompose | Peter Gordon |
| 7 Apr 2017 | 19A | Bunk | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Jan 2017 | 61D | “Balderdash!” | Bruce Haight |
| 9 Nov 2016 | 30A | Nonsense | John Lieb |
| 31 Oct 2016 | 57A | Decay | Peter A. Collins |
| 26 Sep 2016 | 8D | Spoil | Timothy Polin |
| 8 Aug 2016 | 60D | Go beyond ripe | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| 7 Aug 2016 | 65A | Blarney | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 30 Jun 2016 | 41A | Nonsense | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 23 Apr 2016 | 27A | Garbage | Paolo Pasco |
| 25 Mar 2016 | 58D | Go to waste | Ian Livengood |
| 24 Mar 2016 | 28D | Blarney | David Liben-Nowell and Tom Pepper |
| 8 Dec 2015 | 30A | Go bad | Neville Fogarty |
| 6 Dec 2015 | 67A | Corruption | Patrick Berry |
| 4 Oct 2015 | 5D | Rubbish | Jeremy Newton |
| 23 Aug 2015 | 72A | Turn to mush | Joel Fagliano |
| 14 Aug 2015 | 38A | Balderdash | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 18 Dec 2014 | 44D | Codswallop | Timothy Polin |
| 4 Dec 2014 | 9D | Hooey | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
| 30 Nov 2014 | 60D | Bilge | Matt Ginsberg |
| 18 Nov 2014 | 12D | “Hogwash!” | Jacob McDermott |
| 22 Oct 2014 | 45D | Poppycock | Patrick Blindauer |
| 6 Oct 2014 | 28A | Rubbish | Robyn Weintraub |
| 4 Jun 2014 | 27A | Go to the dogs | Jim Hilger |
| 19 May 2014 | 67A | Hooey | Michael Hawkins |
| 26 Apr 2014 | 62D | Wood problem | Evan Birnholz |
| 3 Mar 2014 | 69A | “Balderdash!” | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| 7 Feb 2014 | 17A | Hooey | Ned White |
| 14 Jan 2014 | 42A | Nonsense | Tim Croce |
| 4 Jan 2014 | 29D | Bunk | Kyle Dolan |
| 11 Dec 2013 | 62D | Become inedible | Steve Savoy |
| 15 Jun 2013 | 43A | Claptrap | Ned White |
| 20 May 2013 | 28D | Go bad | Tim Croce |
| 25 Apr 2013 | 43D | Crazy talk | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 19 Apr 2013 | 39A | Garbage | Ned White |
| 26 Feb 2013 | 51A | Corruption | Gary Cee |
| 30 Dec 2012 | 62A | Blather | Steve Savoy |
| 10 Nov 2012 | 61D | Twaddle | David Quarfoot |
| 25 Oct 2012 | 53A | Malarkey | Caleb Rasmussen |
| 20 Jul 2012 | 4D | Biodegrade, say | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 3 Jun 2012 | 53D | Floorboard problem | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Feb 2012 | 66D | Hogwash | James F. C. Burns |
| 7 Feb 2012 | 31D | Balderdash | Mike Buckley |
| 8 Jan 2012 | 9D | Bunkum | Tony Orbach |
| 31 Dec 2011 | 58D | Bushwa | Joe Krozel |
| 16 Nov 2011 | 33D | Go to seed | Gary Cee |
| 8 Nov 2011 | 32A | Poppycock | Scott Atkinson |
| 10 Aug 2011 | 38A | Hogwash | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 Jul 2011 | 22D | Decay | Ellen Leuschner |
| 3 Jun 2011 | 11D | Gobbledygook | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 31 May 2011 | 22D | “Baloney!” | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| 18 Apr 2011 | 39D | Decompose | James Tuttle |
| 13 Mar 2011 | 24D | Flummery | Patrick Berry |
| 3 Mar 2011 | 6D | Break down | David J. Kahn |
| 11 Feb 2011 | 54D | Bushwa | Adam Cohen |
| 9 Jan 2011 | 98D | Cheap booze | Patrick Berry |
| 24 Oct 2010 | 54A | Spoilage | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 5 Sep 2010 | 72D | Go to waste | Will Nediger |
| 23 Jul 2010 | 55D | Tripe | John Farmer |
| 1 Jul 2010 | 9D | Balderdash | Clive Probert |
| 28 Mar 2010 | 67A | Rubbish | Ed Sessa |
| 5 Jan 2010 | 58D | Pure baloney | C. W. Stewart |
| 6 Dec 2009 | 87A | Languish | Patrick Berry |
| 4 Sep 2009 | 20A | Start making a stink? | Joe Krozel |
| 14 Jul 2009 | 57D | Spoil | Donna S. Levin |
| 3 Jun 2009 | 5D | Hogwash | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 15 May 2009 | 57D | Hokum | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 7 Jan 2009 | 50A | Raise a stink? | William Frank Macreery |
| 19 Sep 2008 | 6D | Start to smell, maybe | Alex Boisvert |
| 3 Aug 2008 | 100D | Break down | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| 29 Mar 2008 | 39A | Claptrap | Mike Nothnagel |
| 21 Sep 2007 | 54D | Raise a stink? | Paula Gamache |
| 26 May 2007 | 27A | Languish | Joe DiPietro |
| 11 Apr 2007 | 53D | Go to seed | Bruce Adams |
| 22 Jan 2007 | 1A | Poppycock | C. W. Stewart |
| 2 Jan 2007 | 38D | Raise a stink? | Sarah Keller |
| 22 Dec 2006 | 41A | Go bad | Mike Nothnagel |
| 6 Nov 2006 | 12D | Decompose | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 20 Sep 2006 | 51A | Turn | Joe DiPietro |
| 28 Aug 2006 | 35A | Hooey | Stanley Newman |
| 23 Aug 2006 | 62D | Go bad | Kevan Choset |
| 24 Jul 2006 | 35D | Balderdash | Richard Chisholm |
| 9 Jul 2006 | 63A | Break down | Patrick Berry |
| 22 May 2006 | 14A | Decay | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| 20 May 2006 | 49A | Flapdoodle | Bob Klahn |
| 23 Mar 2006 | 7D | Baloney | Ethan Cooper |
| 16 Mar 2006 | 33A | Baloney | Ben Tausig |
| 1 Feb 2006 | 13D | Balderdash | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 Jan 2006 | 10D | Fail to keep | Harvey Estes |
| 23 Nov 2005 | 10D | Raise a stink? | Levi Denham |
| 20 Sep 2005 | 54A | “Hogwash!” | Harriet Clifton |
| 27 Aug 2005 | 44D | Eyewash | Byron Walden |
| 10 Jul 2005 | 117D | Bunk | Con Pederson |
| 28 Feb 2005 | 38A | Go bad | Marjorie Berg |
| 9 Jan 2005 | 67D | Gibberish | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 18 Sep 2004 | 10D | Moonshine | Bob Peoples |
| 10 Aug 2004 | 61D | Twaddle | Sarah Keller |
| 3 Jul 2004 | 34A | Make a stink? | Eric Berlin |
| 21 May 2004 | 59D | Go bad | Eric Berlin |
| 8 Feb 2004 | 120D | Turn bad | Randolph Ross |
| 13 Nov 2003 | 25A | Go bad | Manny Nosowsky |
| 9 Nov 2003 | 38A | Applesauce | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Oct 2003 | 50A | Drivel | Michael Shteyman |
| 13 Oct 2003 | 58D | Go to waste | Eric Berlin |
| 5 Oct 2003 | 7D | Go bad | Richard Silvestri |
| 27 Aug 2003 | 14A | Balderdash | Manny Nosowsky |
| 13 Jun 2003 | 20A | Nonsense | Todd McClary |
| 17 May 2003 | 25A | Fail to keep | Bob Peoples |
| 29 Mar 2003 | 11D | Form compost | Michael Shteyman |
| 20 Mar 2003 | 13D | Malarkey | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Jan 2003 | 41D | Baloney | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 10 Jan 2003 | 6D | Rubbish | Manny Nosowsky |
| 21 Nov 2002 | 61D | Become inedible | Joe DiPietro |
| 23 Oct 2002 | 44A | Twaddle | Nancy Salomon and Nancy T. Shack |
| 1 Oct 2002 | 27A | Decay | Michael Shteyman |
| 30 Sep 2002 | 56A | Nonsense | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 9 Sep 2002 | 35D | Ludicrous comments | William I. Johnston |
| 30 Jun 2002 | 16D | Humbug | Joe DiPietro |
| 27 May 2002 | 51D | Rubbish | Norman Wizer |
| 31 Mar 2002 | 92A | Baloney | Lynn Lempel |
| 6 Nov 2001 | 43A | Poppycock | Denise Neuendorf |
| 3 Jun 2001 | 117D | Dry ___ | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| 2 Apr 2001 | 36A | Decay | Peter Gordon |
| 4 Dec 2000 | 58A | Spoil | Eileen Lexau |
| 16 Sep 2000 | 42D | Go bad | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 7 Sep 2000 | 53D | Become unusable | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Sep 2000 | 29A | Balderdash | Matt Gaffney |
| 30 Jan 2000 | 44A | Root problem? | Peter Gordon |
| 23 Jan 2000 | 106A | Dry ___ | Joe DiPietro |
| 8 Aug 1999 | 118D | Bunk | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 7 Jun 1999 | 61D | Nonsense | Robert O. Dillman |
| 28 Feb 1999 | 106D | “Baloney!” | Dave Tuller |
| 24 Jan 1999 | 68A | Horsefeathers | Robert Malinow |
| 29 Dec 1998 | 60D | Twaddle | Susan Harrington Smith |
| 28 Aug 1998 | 35A | Twaddle | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 29 Dec 1997 | 7D | Go bad | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 Nov 1997 | 17A | Nonsense | Manny Nosowsky |
| 12 Aug 1997 | 31D | Go bad | Janet R. Bender |
| 11 May 1997 | 92D | Bunk | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 25 Apr 1997 | 50A | Rubbish | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 26 Nov 1996 | 10D | Degenerate badly | S. Spadaccini |
| 22 Sep 1996 | 94A | Balderdash | C. Millhauser |
| 10 Sep 1996 | 25A | Poppycock | G. E. Paul |
| 1 Sep 1996 | 74D | Twaddle | D. J. Kahn |
| 28 Jul 1995 | 4D | Malarkey | Rich Norris |
| 23 Jul 1995 | 62D | Go bad | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 5 May 1995 | 46A | Go to pieces | Harvey Estes |
| 28 Feb 1995 | 55A | Hokum | Nancy S. Ross |
| 14 Jan 1995 | 37D | Applesauce | Rich Norris |
| 20 Dec 1994 | 33A | Balderdash | Robert R. Zimmerman |
| 8 May 1994 | 60A | Twaddle | Ralph G. Beaman |
| 10 Apr 1994 | 74A | Go to pieces | Trip Payne |
| 29 Mar 1994 | 62A | “Poppycock!” | Mark Danna |
| 1 Mar 1994 | 44A | Deteriorate | D.J. Listort |
| 11 Feb 1994 | 52A | Twaddle | Harvey Estes |
| 24 Jan 1994 | 65D | “Oh, darn!” | Janie Lyons |
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