SMELT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SMELT in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SMELT" answer was first appeared in "12 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Get the lead out, in a way". It was authored by Cathy Millhauser. Recently, the "SMELT" answer has been used for "11 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Refine, as ore (4)". It was authored by Luke K. Schreiber. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Refine (7)". "SMELT" appeared 62 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SMELT" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2023 | 13D | Refine, as ore | Luke K. Schreiber |
| 21 Jul 2023 | 44A | Get metal from, in a way | Robyn Weintraub |
| 8 Apr 2023 | 6A | Source of masago, in Japanese cuisine | Sid Sivakumar |
| 13 Jul 2022 | 23A | Extract from ore, as metal | Addison Snell |
| 19 May 2022 | 7D | Refine, in a way | Alex Rosen |
| 4 Mar 2022 | 25D | Roe source | David Distenfeld |
| 18 May 2021 | 59A | Process, as ore | Margaret Seikel |
| 26 Nov 2020 | 69A | Refine, in a way | Neville Fogarty |
| 28 Jul 2020 | 50D | Refine, as metal | Ross Trudeau |
| 3 May 2020 | 12D | Process, as ore | Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 19 Nov 2019 | 64A | Small silvery fish | Ross Trudeau |
| 9 Nov 2019 | 13D | Refine | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| 5 Nov 2018 | 33A | Put through a blast furnace, say | Roland Huget |
| 19 Apr 2018 | 34A | Fish whose roe is used in sushi | Todd Gross |
| 25 Dec 2017 | 57A | Small food fish | Lynn Lempel |
| 29 Oct 2017 | 16D | Refine | Ross Trudeau |
| 31 May 2017 | 24A | *Extract with heat, in a way | Jacob Stulberg |
| 13 May 2017 | 30D | Rid of impurities | Jeff Chen |
| 16 Dec 2016 | 6D | Silvery fish | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| 7 May 2016 | 20A | Get the lead out? | Kyle Mahowald |
| 23 Jan 2016 | 40D | Great Lakes fish | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 22 Jun 2015 | 27A | Refine, as ore | Joel Fagliano |
| 22 Jul 2014 | 18A | Refine, as ore | Joel Fagliano |
| 7 Jan 2012 | 25D | Take the lead from? | Joe Krozel |
| 11 Jul 2011 | 69A | Extract metals from by heating | Ellen Leuschner |
| 12 Apr 2011 | 13D | Process, as ore | Barry C. Silk |
| 1 Mar 2011 | 13D | Remove impurities from | C. W. Stewart |
| 3 Apr 2009 | 25A | Refine | John Farmer |
| 12 Feb 2009 | 42A | Great Lakes fish | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| 20 Jun 2008 | 51D | Get the lead out? | Mike Nothnagel |
| 22 Mar 2005 | 70A | Refine, as metal | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Jul 2004 | 53D | Refine, as metal | Patrick Merrell |
| 25 Apr 2004 | 14D | Troutlike fish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Apr 2004 | 45D | Silvery food fish | Tony Orbach |
| 25 Dec 2003 | 35A | Fish eaten whole | John Underwood |
| 5 Dec 2003 | 27A | Get the lead out? | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 9 Nov 2003 | 118A | Process, as ore | Patrick Berry |
| 21 Oct 2003 | 21A | Got a whiff of, old-style | John Underwood |
| 11 Oct 2003 | 22D | Refine | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 21 Sep 2003 | 87D | Silvery fish | Randolph Ross |
| 3 Feb 2002 | 126A | Fuse ore | Richard Silvestri |
| 30 Aug 2000 | 48D | Refine, as ore | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 22 May 2000 | 4D | Refine, as metal | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand |
| 29 Apr 1999 | 50D | Refine | Adam Cohen |
| 14 Mar 1999 | 120A | Fuse | Martin Schneider |
| 20 Dec 1998 | 65A | Put through a furnace | Frances Hansen |
| 4 Nov 1998 | 50D | Sensed odors, old-style | Rich Norris |
| 3 Nov 1998 | 10D | Food fish | Ed Early |
| 9 Aug 1998 | 129A | Upriver spawner | Christopher Hurt |
| 23 Jun 1998 | 22A | Troutlike fish | Rich Norris |
| 1 Jun 1998 | 51D | Relative of the salmon | Evie Eysenburg |
| 28 Mar 1998 | 14D | Troutlike fish | David J. Kahn |
| 12 Jan 1997 | 83D | Got wind of, old-style | M. Rosen |
| 15 Sep 1996 | 98A | Whitebait | A. K. Justin |
| 8 Feb 1996 | 42D | Refine | Alex K. Justin |
| 22 Feb 1995 | 50D | Got a noseful | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 6 Dec 1994 | 69A | Fuse, as ore | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 29 Jun 1994 | 18D | Refine | Glenton Petgrave |
| 23 Jun 1994 | 34D | Silvery fish | Trip Payne |
| 23 Feb 1994 | 39A | Refine, as 53-Down | Joel Davajan |
| 25 Dec 1993 | 39D | Offputting fish? | Rand H. Burns |
| 12 Dec 1993 | 56A | Get the lead out, in a way | Cathy Millhauser |
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