SAD

SAD is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SAD in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "SAD" answer was first appeared in "30 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Triste". It was authored by Alex K. Justin. Recently, the "SAD" answer has been used for "8 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Pitiful (3)". It was authored by Robert Logan. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Down (22)", "Blue (26)", "Sorry (10)", "Bummed (6)", "Regrettable (6)", "Pathetic (6)". "SAD" appeared 206 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SAD" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
8 Dec 2023 15A Pitiful Robert Logan
29 Aug 2023 32D In low spirits Michèle Govier
13 Aug 2023 51A Down Manaal Mohammed
24 Jul 2023 66A Down in the dumps John Ewbank
23 Jul 2023 14A Sorry Chandi Deitmer
8 May 2023 8D Pathetic Catherine Cetta
14 Mar 2023 27A Down in the dumps Peter Gordon
26 Jan 2023 42D Crestfallen Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez
3 Jan 2023 59A Glum Margaret Seikel
28 Aug 2022 26A Crestfallen Ori Brian
3 Feb 2022 4D Hurl, say Adam Wagner
13 Jan 2022 2D Word before case or sack Karen Lurie
12 Dec 2021 45D Blue Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson
8 Feb 2021 67A Unhappy Portia Lundie
26 Jan 2021 67A Dejected Peter Gordon
23 Nov 2020 56A Forlorn Stanley Newman
22 Aug 2020 60A In need of a lift? Trenton Charlson
21 Aug 2020 44A Showing signs of tear? Alex Eaton-Salners
19 May 2020 31D Low-spirited Trent H. Evans
5 Mar 2020 44A Down in the dumps Zhouqin Burnikel
24 Dec 2019 14D In need of cheering up Alex Eaton-Salners
23 Dec 2019 43D “You hate to see it” Timothy Polin
3 Dec 2019 6A In a funk Ed Sessa
15 Nov 2019 8D Blue Debbie Ellerin
8 Oct 2019 12D Bummed Ross Trudeau
6 Oct 2019 88A The so-called “winter blues,” for short Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas
11 Sep 2019 5D Elegiac Ned White
15 Jul 2019 63D Unhappy Ed Sessa
26 Jun 2019 70A Down Zhouqin Burnikel
30 Mar 2019 27A Not up Greg Johnson
18 Mar 2019 23D Melancholy Zhouqin Burnikel
31 Jan 2019 75A Dispirited Peter A. Collins
12 Oct 2018 57D Bummed Erik Agard and Bruce Haight
15 Jul 2018 103D Crestfallen Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden
12 May 2018 6D Bummed Alex Eylar
1 Apr 2018 38D Pathetic Sam Ezersky
28 Feb 2018 59D Like this emoticon: 🙁 Peter A. Collins
4 Feb 2018 76A Regrettable David Levinson Wilk
28 Jan 2018 72A Blue Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen
7 Jan 2018 100A Disappointing David Steinberg
28 Dec 2017 21D End of many a Trump tweet Gary Larson
20 Oct 2017 39A Down Peter Wentz
12 Oct 2017 48A Blew Alex Eaton-Salners
21 Aug 2017 12A Unhappy Tom McCoy
15 Jul 2017 25A Deplorable Zachary Spitz
20 Jun 2017 65A Pitiful Jason Flinn
16 Jun 2017 41A Blue Zhouqin Burnikel
11 Mar 2017 39A Tearing up, say Natan Last
27 Feb 2017 52A Feeling blue Zhouqin Burnikel
18 Feb 2017 42A Lame Steve Overton
11 Oct 2016 64D ___ sack Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
29 Sep 2016 54D Down Jonathan M. Kaye
25 Sep 2016 15A Down Jim Holland and Jeff Chen
16 Aug 2016 8D Heartsick Lynn Lempel
22 Jul 2016 4D Blue Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany
10 Jul 2016 47A In the doldrums Patrick Berry
13 Jun 2016 1D Melancholy Lynn Lempel
8 May 2016 76D In a blue state David J. Kahn
24 Apr 2016 52A Low Kathy Wienberg
5 Mar 2016 29A Unfortunate Roland Huget
3 Feb 2016 45D Down Tom McCoy
31 Jan 2016 63A Blue Yaakov Bendavid
16 Nov 2015 35D What this means: 🙁 Jim Holland
9 Apr 2015 45A Down Jacob Stulberg
31 Dec 2014 1D Pathetic David Woolf
28 Dec 2014 129A “How pathetic” Joe Krozel
4 Nov 2014 5D Down Joel Fagliano
18 Aug 2014 51A Feeling blue Ian and Katie Livengood
4 May 2014 44D “How ___” Mary Lou Guizzo
5 Mar 2014 40A Bummed out Evan Birnholz
26 Feb 2014 49A Like one texting 🙁 Ruth B. Margolin
26 Jan 2014 67A In need of a lift Daniel A. Finan
21 Dec 2013 33D Poor, as an excuse Todd Gross and David Steinberg
31 Oct 2013 41D Glum David Kwong
10 Oct 2013 1A Full of tears, say Jeffrey Wechsler
11 Aug 2013 48A Plaintive Dan Schoenholz
9 Jun 2013 64D Sorry Elizabeth C. Gorski
27 May 2013 24A Glum Doug Peterson
12 Apr 2013 24A Out of spirits Patrick Berry
2 Apr 2013 5D Unfortunate Ian Livengood
15 Jan 2013 23A Melancholy Peter A. Collins
14 Jun 2012 1A Blue Tracy Gray
3 Jun 2012 5D Unfortunate Patrick Berry
14 May 2012 52A Dispirited John Dunn
16 Apr 2012 70A Feeling blue Lynn Lempel
8 Apr 2012 64D What a texter of “:-(” might be Daniel A. Finan
21 Mar 2012 33A Bummed Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
6 Dec 2011 50D Down Steven E. Atwood
29 Nov 2011 9D Downcast Aimee Lucido
19 Oct 2011 31D Piteous Patrick Berry
30 Nov 2010 53A Bummed out Kristian House
27 Oct 2010 66A Down Jay Kaskel
6 Sep 2010 56D Down in the dumps Randall J. Hartman
12 Jul 2010 41A Depressed Freddie Cheng
11 Jul 2010 39A Down Ed Sessa
24 Feb 2010 23A Singing the blues Kenneth J. Berniker
10 Feb 2010 36A Bummed out Ed Sessa
7 Oct 2009 22D Blue Tim Wescott
13 Jun 2009 42A Needing buoying Barry C. Silk
13 Feb 2009 22A Wretched Doug Peterson
31 Dec 2008 28D “___ but true” Tim Wescott
30 Nov 2008 85D In the dumps Richard Silvestri
15 Oct 2008 50A Needing a 53-Across Kevin G. Der
1 Oct 2008 53A Blue Barry Boone
26 Aug 2008 49A Moping Nancy Salomon
22 Jul 2008 11A Woebegone Lynn Lempel
4 Jul 2008 25A Blue John Underwood
21 May 2008 11A Inferior, as excuses go Dave Mackey
27 Jan 2008 28A Dejected Mike Nothnagel
27 Nov 2007 70A In a funk Julie Ann Bowling
13 Nov 2007 42D Bummed out Fred Piscop
28 Oct 2007 68D Deplorable Ben Tausig
24 Aug 2007 59A Sorry Patrick Berry
5 Jan 2007 45A Regrettable Paula Gamache
27 Dec 2006 60D Sorry Manny Nosowsky
26 Dec 2006 24A Blue C. W. Stewart
6 Oct 2006 11D Sorry Nancy Joline
24 Sep 2006 26A Blue Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann
15 Sep 2006 39A In need of a lift Harvey Estes
19 Jul 2006 12D Bummed Alison Donald
3 Jun 2006 45A Needing a lift Brendan Emmett Quigley
15 Apr 2006 56D Sorry Bob Peoples
23 Nov 2005 54A Down Levi Denham
26 Sep 2005 33D Unhappy Ethan Cooper
12 Aug 2005 18A Sorry Manny Nosowsky
13 Jan 2005 42D Elegiac Robert Zimmerman
21 Nov 2004 105D Depressing Kumar Balani
7 Nov 2004 1A Woeful Con Pederson
29 May 2004 31A Regrettable Patrick Berry
20 May 2004 61D Blue Greg Staples
21 Apr 2004 63D Blue Michael Shteyman
21 Mar 2004 82A Down Roy Leban
22 Feb 2004 77A “Mr. Dieingly ___” (1966 Critters hit) Nancy Nicholson Joline
6 Jul 2003 26A Sorry Robert H. Wolfe
29 Jun 2003 101A Blue Rich Norris
28 May 2003 9D In a blue funk Alan Arbesfeld
27 May 2003 28A Dejected PAtrick MErrell
3 Jan 2003 35A Down Jim Page
19 Dec 2002 47A Blue Patrick Berry
1 Dec 2002 65D Sorry David J. Kahn
11 Aug 2002 64D Blue Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
31 May 2002 37A Low Patrick Berry
8 Mar 2002 9D Like some commentary David J. Kahn
10 Sep 2001 1D Jerry Lewis movie “The ___ Sack” Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert
16 May 2001 60A Down in the dumps Richard Silvestri
28 Feb 2001 58D Bummed A. J. Santora
21 Dec 2000 26A Woebegone Manny Nosowsky
12 Nov 2000 62A Kind of story Joe DiPietro
1 Nov 2000 45A In the doldrums Peter Gordon
9 Aug 2000 25A Frowning Kelly Clark
6 Aug 2000 102D Regrettable Manny Nosowsky
10 May 2000 30A Blue Zack Butler
11 Apr 2000 23A In a funk Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
29 Feb 2000 39A Blue Peter Gordon
8 Feb 2000 23A In a funk Fred Piscop
25 Dec 1999 58D Down John Scott Marrone
21 Nov 1999 29A Down Patrick D. Berry
24 Sep 1999 10A Blue Martin Ashwood-Smith
1 Sep 1999 33A Dispirited Alan Arbesfeld
31 Aug 1999 8D Bummed out Arthur S. Verdesca
2 Jun 1999 42A Regrettable Nancy Salomon
18 Apr 1999 110D Down Frank Longo
4 Feb 1999 4A Insufficient, as an excuse Rich Norris
3 Dec 1998 9D Blue Cathy Millhauser
26 Nov 1998 49A Unfortunate David J. Kahn
21 Nov 1998 61D Regrettable Joe DiPietro
11 Oct 1998 44D Deplorably poor Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark
2 Jun 1998 61A Frowning Elizabeth C. Gorski
8 Apr 1998 39A Singing the blues Nancy S. Ross
23 Mar 1998 45D In low spirits Randall J. Hartman
25 Jan 1998 111D Down Dave Tuller
31 Dec 1997 54D Woeful Alfio Micci
18 Dec 1997 43A Long-faced Cathy Millhauser
28 Sep 1997 34A Deplorable Robert H. Wolfe
19 Aug 1997 41D Down Elizabeth C. Gorski
29 Jun 1997 43A Lugubrious David J. Kahn
8 Jun 1997 24D Down Richard Silvestri
5 Jun 1997 59D Blue David J. Kahn
16 Mar 1997 74A Blue David J. Kahn
15 Mar 1997 57D Not up Daniel R. Stark
6 Mar 1997 44A Down Shannon Burns
8 Nov 1996 25A Glum M. Gaffney
2 Aug 1996 38A Pitiful J. Herrington
4 Jun 1996 51A Down E. Early
3 Apr 1996 13D Pathetic M. Gaffney
17 Mar 1996 63A Blue Peter O’Gordon
26 Nov 1995 30A Heartsick Harvey Estes
15 Oct 1995 36A Pathetic Mel Rosen
21 Jul 1995 27D Pathetic Matt Gaffney
14 Jul 1995 12D Inferior, as an excuse Rich Norris
15 Apr 1995 7D Crushed Bob Klahn
3 Apr 1995 27A Blue Randall J. Hartman
11 Feb 1995 26A Sorry Randolph Ross
24 Jan 1995 48A In low spirits Richard Hughes
23 Jan 1995 40A Despondent Sidney L. Robbins
29 Dec 1994 4D Long-faced Jim Page
4 Sep 1994 14D Blue Wayne Robert Williams
2 Sep 1994 36D Down, so to speak Bryant White
16 Aug 1994 1A Forlorn Wayne Robert Williams
3 Aug 1994 39A Plaintive Richard Thomas
26 Jun 1994 32A Kind of sack Nancy Nicholson Joline
1 May 1994 118A Lugubrious Peter Gordon
13 Apr 1994 60D Rueful Jim Page
13 Mar 1994 74A Like McCuller’s cafe Nancy Nicholson Joline
4 Feb 1994 55D Downcast Joe Clonick
30 Jan 1994 129D Triste Alex K. Justin

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