SOSO is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SOSO in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SOSO" answer was first appeared in "8 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Fair to middlin’ (2)". It was authored by Norma Steinberg. Recently, the "SOSO" answer has been used for "1 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Decent". It was authored by Jem Burch. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Meh (10)", "Middling (14)", "Mediocre (14)", "C-worthy (7)", "Fair (12)", "Average (6)". "SOSO" appeared 134 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SOSO" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 2023 | 49D | Decent | Jem Burch |
| 26 Aug 2023 | 53A | Worth one and a half or two stars | Adrian Johnson |
| 13 Jun 2023 | 38A | Mediocre | Juliana Tringali Golden and Wendy L. Brandes |
| 8 Feb 2023 | 69A | Meh | Chase Dittrich |
| 28 Oct 2022 | 50A | “Meh”-inducing | Will Nediger |
| 21 Oct 2022 | 14A | OK | Rafael Musa |
| 9 Sep 2022 | 40D | Meh | Brandon Koppy |
| 16 Jun 2022 | 27D | Uninspiring | Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau |
| 7 Feb 2022 | 26D | Middling | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 27 Oct 2021 | 48D | Uninspiring | Johanna Fenimore |
| 30 Jul 2021 | 64A | Nothing to write home about | Eric Bornstein |
| 4 Apr 2021 | 47D | Nothing special | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson |
| 9 Jan 2021 | 25A | C-worthy | Trenton Charlson |
| 17 Dec 2020 | 65A | Just OK | Kathryn Ladner |
| 7 Oct 2020 | 55D | Meh | Ross Trudeau |
| 3 Sep 2020 | 69A | Meh | Sid Sivakumar |
| 23 Aug 2020 | 88A | All right | Barbara Lin |
| 28 Dec 2019 | 4D | Nothing to write home about | Robyn Weintraub |
| 25 Dec 2019 | 48D | C-worthy | Bruce Haight |
| 25 Jul 2019 | 43A | C-worthy | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| 2 Jul 2019 | 58D | Mediocre | Peter Gordon |
| 22 Jun 2019 | 9D | Meh | Joe Deeney |
| 29 May 2019 | 45A | C-worthy | Jules Markey |
| 11 May 2019 | 6A | Average | Robyn Weintraub |
| 29 Jun 2018 | 27D | Just fine | David Steinberg |
| 18 Jun 2018 | 33D | Meh | Ross Trudeau |
| 30 Apr 2018 | 31A | Mediocre | Bruce Haight |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 29D | Fair | Damon Gulczynski |
| 28 Sep 2017 | 52D | Middlin’ | Joe Krozel |
| 6 Sep 2017 | 63A | Comme ci, comme ça | Daniel Raymon |
| 27 Aug 2017 | 72A | Middling | Jeff Chen |
| 25 Jun 2017 | 33A | Neither good nor bad | Jacob Stulberg |
| 14 May 2017 | 64A | Average | Will Nediger |
| 9 Apr 2017 | 69D | Middling | Byron Walden |
| 4 Oct 2016 | 41A | Neither good nor bad | Sam Buchbinder |
| 4 Sep 2016 | 116A | Meh | Tom McCoy |
| 30 May 2016 | 25D | Just all right | David Woolf |
| 8 May 2016 | 76A | Mediocre | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Dec 2015 | 1D | Just O.K. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 3 Dec 2015 | 58D | O.K. | Patrick Merrell |
| 2 Aug 2015 | 106D | Medium | Matt Ginsberg |
| 19 Jul 2015 | 53A | Middling | Tom McCoy |
| 10 Jun 2015 | 59D | Not that great | Tracy Gray |
| 2 Jun 2015 | 32D | Nothing special | Bruce Haight |
| 4 May 2015 | 9D | Neither good nor bad | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 6 Dec 2014 | 34A | Meh | Josh Knapp |
| 28 Sep 2014 | 65D | Middlin’ | Todd Gross |
| 3 Jul 2014 | 57A | All right | Luke Vaughn |
| 28 Mar 2014 | 7D | Meh | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Jul 2013 | 8D | Garnering a “meh,” say | Jean O’Conor |
| 29 Jun 2013 | 41A | Middling | Joe Krozel |
| 17 Mar 2013 | 108D | Not bad | J. R. Leopold |
| 5 Feb 2013 | 43D | Middling | Robert A. Doll |
| 7 Jan 2013 | 23D | Meh | Jim Peredo |
| 2 Oct 2012 | 12D | Nothing to write home about | Ethan Cooper |
| 17 Aug 2012 | 36D | Fair | Peter Wentz |
| 5 Aug 2012 | 21A | O.K. | Patrick Merrell |
| 6 Apr 2012 | 25D | Average | Mike Nothnagel |
| 9 Feb 2012 | 63A | Average | Kevin G. Der |
| 21 May 2011 | 24D | C-worthy | Barry C. Silk |
| 5 Sep 2010 | 28A | Fair | Will Nediger |
| 2 Aug 2010 | 44D | Mediocre | Diane Baker van Hoff |
| 28 Apr 2010 | 62A | Middling | Andrea Carla Michaels and Peter L. Stein |
| 27 Apr 2010 | 33A | Not great, but not awful either | Oliver Hill |
| 8 Mar 2010 | 52D | Middling | Stanley Newman |
| 29 Jul 2009 | 12D | Eh | Tim Wescott |
| 12 Jan 2009 | 26D | Mediocre | Lynn Lempel |
| 26 Nov 2008 | 17A | Fair | Harvey Estes |
| 24 Nov 2008 | 71A | Blah | Billie Truitt |
| 30 Oct 2008 | 59D | Blah | Chuck Hamilton |
| 9 Oct 2008 | 31D | Passable | Doug Peterson |
| 11 May 2008 | 30A | Comme ci, comme ça | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| 21 Mar 2008 | 27D | “I’ve been better” | Peter A. Collins |
| 18 Oct 2007 | 70A | Neither good nor bad | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| 4 May 2006 | 56D | Unexceptional | Rob Richardson |
| 13 Mar 2006 | 58D | Neither good nor bad | Bernice Gordon |
| 26 Feb 2006 | 61A | C-worthy | Randolph Ross |
| 13 Feb 2006 | 66A | Not too great | Janet R. Bender |
| 7 Jul 2005 | 29A | Fair | David Quarfoot |
| 25 Jun 2005 | 33A | Garden-variety | John Underwood |
| 27 Apr 2005 | 10D | Just O.K. | Lyell Rodieck |
| 9 Mar 2005 | 36D | Passable | Rob Richardson |
| 6 Feb 2005 | 62A | Only O.K. | Joel Kaplow |
| 15 Dec 2004 | 11D | Hardly thrilling | Zach Jesse |
| 22 Jun 2004 | 58D | “Eh” | Allan E. Parrish |
| 31 May 2004 | 17A | Mediocre | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Dec 2003 | 60A | Passable | Seth A. Abel |
| 30 Nov 2003 | 23D | Not bad | Manny Nosowsky |
| 3 Feb 2003 | 8D | Nothing special | Sheldon Benardo |
| 6 Jun 2002 | 38A | Nothing special | Patrick Merrell |
| 16 Apr 2002 | 41A | Mediocre | Sarah Keller |
| 4 Feb 2002 | 37D | Middling | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Jan 2002 | 64A | Mediocre | Sarah Keller |
| 20 Dec 2001 | 66A | Not great | Rich Norris |
| 12 Nov 2001 | 55A | Not good, but not bad | Janice M. Putney |
| 29 Oct 2001 | 17A | Middling | Richard Hughes |
| 30 Sep 2001 | 96D | Average | Con Pederson |
| 23 Aug 2001 | 70A | Fair | Peter Gordon |
| 5 Jul 2001 | 56A | Unexciting | Peter Gordon |
| 27 Jun 2001 | 1D | Comme ci, comme ça | Michael Shteyman |
| 20 Jun 2001 | 60A | C-worthy? | Jay Sullivan |
| 1 Jun 2001 | 8D | Unremarkable | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 30 Jan 2001 | 61A | Passably | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Jan 2001 | 8D | Fair to middling | Manny Nosowsky |
| 20 Sep 2000 | 21A | Comme ci, comme ça | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| 4 Sep 2000 | 60A | Deserving a C | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Mar 2000 | 26A | Mediocre | David J. Kahn |
| 28 Feb 2000 | 47D | “Comme ci, comme ça” | Jerry E. Rosman |
| 24 Jan 2000 | 23D | Middlin’ | Randall J. Hartman |
| 18 Jan 2000 | 8D | Fair-to-middling | Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Nov 1999 | 43D | Fair | David J. Kahn |
| 17 May 1999 | 24D | Mediocre | Ethan Cooper |
| 13 May 1999 | 58A | Fair | Rich Norris |
| 4 May 1999 | 21D | Middling | Gayle Dean |
| 14 Apr 1999 | 43A | “Could be better” | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 3 Jan 1999 | 104D | Two-star | Randolph Ross |
| 21 Sep 1998 | 60A | Mediocre | Matthew Lees |
| 13 Sep 1998 | 24A | Fair | Cathy Millhauser |
| 9 Apr 1998 | 11D | Fair | Betty Jorgensen |
| 19 Feb 1998 | 31A | Average | A. J. Santora |
| 4 Jan 1998 | 74A | Middling | Mark Danna |
| 16 Aug 1997 | 15A | Comme ci, comme ca | Matt Gaffney |
| 18 Jan 1997 | 1D | Fair | D. Niles |
| 12 Dec 1996 | 59D | Mediocre | J. R. Conrad |
| 25 Nov 1996 | 34A | Middling | M. Huret |
| 18 Jun 1996 | 71A | Just okay | E. C. Gorski |
| 8 Apr 1996 | 9D | Middling | S. B. Whitten |
| 21 Dec 1995 | 24D | Fair to middlin’ | Rich Norris |
| 2 Dec 1994 | 5A | Comme ci, comme ça | Bob Klahn |
| 11 Nov 1994 | 16A | Fair | Randolph Ross |
| 24 Jul 1994 | 51A | Not too badly | Matt Gaffney |
| 22 May 1994 | 75A | Deserving a C | Randolph Ross |
| 1 Mar 1994 | 21A | Mediocre | D.J. Listort |
| 8 Dec 1993 | 64A | Fair to middlin’ | Norma Steinberg |
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