SPAR is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SPAR in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SPAR" answer was first appeared in "7 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Practice with a palooka". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "SPAR" answer has been used for "15 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Yard, nautically". It was authored by Alex Tomlinson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Practice boxing (8)". "SPAR" appeared 179 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SPAR" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2023 | 1A | Yard, nautically | Alex Tomlinson |
| 20 Oct 2023 | 10A | Exchange words, in a way | Jacob McDermott |
| 27 Sep 2023 | 36A | Get into it | Scott Koenig |
| 14 Sep 2023 | 45A | Get a little punchy? | Vasu Seralathan |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 100A | Ship pole | Michael Schlossberg |
| 2 May 2023 | 67A | Practice boxing | Aimee Lucido |
| 18 Mar 2023 | 32A | Trade barbs | Ada Nicolle |
| 12 Oct 2022 | 26D | Get a round of punch? | Drew Schmenner |
| 10 Jul 2022 | 81D | Trade jabs | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan |
| 25 Jun 2022 | 38A | Squabble | Adam Aaronson |
| 11 Apr 2022 | 39D | Throw some jabs | Rachel Simon |
| 29 Dec 2021 | 53A | Rigging support | Simon Marotte and Victor Fleming |
| 10 May 2021 | 51A | Practice for a bout | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 18 Mar 2021 | 1A | Lightly box | Tom McCoy |
| 16 Mar 2021 | 34A | Trade jabs (with) | Lindsey Hobbs |
| 2 Mar 2021 | 45A | Feud (with) | Ross Trudeau |
| 20 Dec 2020 | 124A | Rigging pole | Randolph Ross |
| 8 Nov 2020 | 75A | Trade blows | Evan Kalish and Caitlin Reid |
| 8 Aug 2020 | 30A | Argue (with) | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| 10 Apr 2020 | 25A | Go a few rounds | Byron Walden |
| 5 Apr 2020 | 101A | Trade jabs | Jim Peredo |
| 19 Feb 2020 | 23A | Mast | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 3 Jan 2020 | 20A | Go for a few rounds | Will Treece |
| 28 Jul 2019 | 108D | Bicker (with) | Christopher Adams |
| 5 May 2019 | 79A | Trade jabs (with) | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| 22 Jul 2018 | 97D | Prep for the ring | Patrick Merrell |
| 19 Jul 2018 | 38D | Not fight seriously | Mike Knobler |
| 4 Jul 2018 | 6A | Trade blows | Freddie Cheng |
| 22 Feb 2018 | 19D | Bicker (with) | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 3 Dec 2017 | 56D | Warm up for a bout, say | David Steinberg |
| 29 Oct 2017 | 45A | Box a bit | Ross Trudeau |
| 8 Oct 2017 | 82D | Trade barbs or blows | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| 6 Aug 2017 | 88D | Prep for a match | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Jul 2017 | 96A | Quarrel (with) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| 9 May 2017 | 24D | Practice boxing | Peter A. Collins |
| 23 Apr 2017 | 55D | Trade jabs (with) | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 20 Apr 2017 | 35D | It’s often rigged | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 8 Jan 2017 | 94A | Sail support | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
| 25 Dec 2016 | 112D | Vigorously debate (with) | Kevin G. Der |
| 26 Sep 2016 | 70A | Shadowbox | Timothy Polin |
| 18 Jul 2016 | 53D | Argue (with) | Jacob Stulberg |
| 19 Apr 2016 | 1A | Practice boxing | David J. Kahn |
| 27 Feb 2016 | 18A | Trade rights, say | Julian Lim |
| 14 Feb 2016 | 10A | Not fight all-out | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 24 Dec 2015 | 37A | Sail support | Derek Bowman |
| 18 Dec 2015 | 52A | Lock horns (with) | Andrew Zhou |
| 1 Oct 2015 | 32D | Ship’s pole | John Guzzetta |
| 22 Dec 2014 | 55D | Practice boxing | Lynn Lempel |
| 18 Aug 2014 | 8D | Practice boxing | Ian and Katie Livengood |
| 11 Jun 2014 | 46A | Go a few rounds | Ian Livengood |
| 6 Nov 2013 | 61A | Go a few rounds | Jacob McDermott |
| 16 Jul 2013 | 50A | Practice for a prizefight | Joel Fagliano |
| 31 May 2013 | 28A | Have words (with) | Josh Knapp |
| 5 Mar 2013 | 31D | Boom or gaff | Gareth Bain |
| 26 Nov 2012 | 56D | Trade punches in training | Ed Sessa |
| 23 Nov 2012 | 24A | Box for a drill | Patrick Berry |
| 11 Nov 2012 | 86A | Wrangle | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 Oct 2012 | 10A | Argue (with) | Ian Livengood |
| 26 Jun 2012 | 63A | Sail support | Mike Torch |
| 23 Mar 2012 | 49D | Practice with gloves on | Steven Riley |
| 29 Dec 2011 | 38A | Debate (with) | David Steinberg |
| 22 Dec 2011 | 35D | Go at it | Kristian House |
| 30 Oct 2011 | 27A | Ship part | Andrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer |
| 23 Aug 2011 | 19A | Rigging support | Michael Farabaugh |
| 1 Aug 2011 | 22D | Train for a boxing match | Joel Fagliano |
| 14 Jul 2011 | 6D | Lightly box | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood |
| 27 Jun 2011 | 23A | Practice boxing | Joseph Samulak |
| 12 Dec 2010 | 43D | Nautical pole | Karen Young Bonin |
| 14 Oct 2010 | 57D | Box a bit | Jim Hilger |
| 1 Aug 2010 | 35A | Engage in debate | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 14 Apr 2010 | 38D | Exchange jabs or gibes | Jonah Kagan |
| 14 Feb 2010 | 29D | Lock horns (with) | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| 4 Feb 2010 | 62D | Boom | Matt Ginsberg |
| 20 Dec 2009 | 92D | Lock horns (with) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 7 Oct 2009 | 43A | Box gently | Tim Wescott |
| 30 Aug 2009 | 106A | Box lightly | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| 18 Jun 2009 | 39D | Train in a ring | Patrick Blindauer |
| 15 May 2009 | 34A | Argue (with) | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 13 May 2009 | 70A | Sail support | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 8 Mar 2009 | 52D | Tangle (with) | Zack Kushner |
| 7 Mar 2009 | 54D | Work to help one get 57-Down | Joe Krozel |
| 23 Dec 2008 | 56D | Fight, but not all-out | Joe Krozel |
| 23 Nov 2008 | 50A | Debate (with) | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Nov 2008 | 51D | Airplane wing supporter | Karen M. Tracey |
| 17 Jul 2008 | 10A | Boom | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 16 Jul 2008 | 53D | Not really fight | Joe Krozel |
| 19 Feb 2008 | 32D | Exchange jabs | Victor Fleming |
| 17 Jan 2008 | 52D | Boom | Matt Ginsberg |
| 8 Nov 2007 | 1A | Quarrel (with) | Paula Gamache |
| 23 Oct 2007 | 29D | Work out in the ring | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 24 Mar 2007 | 54D | Exchange ripostes | Rich Norris |
| 6 Mar 2007 | 61A | Warm up in the ring | Paula Gamache |
| 22 Feb 2007 | 33D | Duke it out | Mike Nothnagel |
| 12 Dec 2006 | 13D | Trade punches | Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming |
| 13 Nov 2006 | 1A | Practice boxing | Peter A. Collins |
| 1 Oct 2006 | 92D | Clash (with) | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 3 Aug 2006 | 27D | Bandy words | Nancy Salomon |
| 2 Jun 2006 | 6A | Crack heads | Jim Page |
| 9 Feb 2006 | 68A | Train | Ethan Cooper |
| 5 Feb 2006 | 29A | Quarrel | Eric Berlin |
| 7 Dec 2005 | 44D | Butt heads | Manny Nosowsky |
| 2 Dec 2005 | 42A | Boom | Patrick Merrell |
| 3 Oct 2005 | 21A | Exchange blows | Roy Leban |
| 5 Sep 2005 | 5D | Wrangle | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 May 2005 | 34A | Wrangle | Barbara Olson |
| 6 Mar 2005 | 120A | Practice, pugilistically | John Greenman |
| 24 Feb 2005 | 36D | Rigging support | Patrick Merrell |
| 15 Sep 2004 | 57A | Box lightly | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 6 Jul 2004 | 7D | Trade jabs | Matt Skoczen |
| 20 Jun 2004 | 75A | Trade punches | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 May 2004 | 6D | Box | David J. Kahn |
| 10 Dec 2003 | 20D | Have words (with) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 22 Apr 2003 | 72A | Sailboat feature | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 18 Jan 2003 | 47A | Box without a prize | Harvey Estes |
| 9 Nov 2002 | 3D | Bandy words | James E. Buell |
| 10 Oct 2002 | 1A | Rigging support | Richard Silvestri |
| 9 Oct 2002 | 26D | Practice one’s one-two | Peter Gordon |
| 14 May 2002 | 55D | Debate (with) | Barry Callahan |
| 23 Apr 2002 | 57D | Practice punching | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Mar 2002 | 63A | Sail support | Sarah Keller |
| 14 Feb 2002 | 24D | Nautical yard | Janet R. Bender |
| 10 Feb 2002 | 33A | Joust verbally | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
| 22 Aug 2001 | 58D | It may be rigged | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Jul 2001 | 71D | Work with a pug | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 Jun 2001 | 49D | Box | Randolph Ross |
| 25 Feb 2001 | 67A | Go a round or two | Greg Staples |
| 24 Feb 2001 | 24A | Dispute | Rich Norris |
| 22 Feb 2001 | 44A | Go back and forth (with) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Nov 2000 | 24A | Practice in the ring | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| 28 Oct 2000 | 55A | Practice like a pug | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Oct 2000 | 5A | Box a bit | Frances Hansen |
| 27 Jun 2000 | 9D | Practice in the ring | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 8 Jun 2000 | 57D | Go at each other | Mark Diehl |
| 18 Apr 2000 | 1A | Joust verbally | Myles Callum |
| 29 Feb 2000 | 50D | Practice in the ring | Peter Gordon |
| 13 Feb 2000 | 124A | Box with headgear | Bill Zais |
| 14 Dec 1999 | 32D | Box | Richard Chisholm |
| 22 Nov 1999 | 40D | Practice in the ring | Frances Hansen |
| 10 Sep 1999 | 52D | Ready for a fight | Dana Motley |
| 18 May 1999 | 15D | Debate (with) | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| 10 Mar 1999 | 56D | Practice in the ring | Wesley R. Johnson |
| 4 Mar 1999 | 31A | Gaff or boom | Cathy Millhauser |
| 8 Dec 1998 | 54A | Bandy words | Frances Hansen |
| 6 Nov 1998 | 3D | Wrangle | Bob Klahn |
| 22 Oct 1998 | 1A | Quarrel | Chuck Deodene |
| 31 Aug 1998 | 48A | Argue (with) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 6 Aug 1998 | 33A | Bandy words | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 20 Jul 1998 | 6D | Work out in a ring | Mary E. Brindamour |
| 1 Jul 1998 | 5A | Nautical pole | Fred Piscop |
| 23 Jun 1998 | 22D | Fight, but not for real | Rich Norris |
| 18 May 1998 | 68A | Verbally joust (with) | Ed Early |
| 28 Jan 1998 | 42A | Jab back and forth | Mark Gottlieb |
| 26 Aug 1997 | 1D | Practice with Rocky | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 21 Aug 1997 | 51A | Have words (with) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 15 Jun 1997 | 6A | Dispute | Karen Hodge |
| 2 Dec 1996 | 13D | Box, but not seriously | D. L. Wilk |
| 10 Nov 1996 | 80A | Do some punching | R. Hamel |
| 27 Oct 1996 | 14D | Bicker | N. N. Joline |
| 10 Jun 1996 | 1A | Practice with Rocky | S. Spadaccini |
| 5 Jun 1996 | 61A | Bandy words | G. R. Ferguson |
| 27 Mar 1996 | 1D | Practice boxing | R. J. Hartman |
| 23 Mar 1996 | 11D | Boom | R. Norris |
| 5 Mar 1996 | 45A | Practice pugilism | G. E. Paul |
| 7 Nov 1995 | 48D | Box lightly | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 14 Aug 1995 | 1D | Trade jabs (with) | Ben Wheelock |
| 9 Jul 1995 | 102D | Box | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 12 Mar 1995 | 102A | Box | Charles M. Deber |
| 24 Nov 1994 | 53D | Rigging supporter | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 22 Sep 1994 | 15A | Pole | George Quincy |
| 7 Sep 1994 | 49D | Practice a la Marciano | Cathy Millhauser |
| 11 Jul 1994 | 54D | Box lightly | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 10 Jul 1994 | 7D | Mineral name ending | Alvin Chase |
| 11 May 1994 | 57D | Boom or box | Harvey Estes |
| 2 May 1994 | 1D | Box | James L. Beatty |
| 29 Apr 1994 | 46A | Crystalline rock | Randolph Ross |
| 3 Apr 1994 | 110D | Argue | Ernie Furtado |
| 3 Mar 1994 | 22A | Wrangle | Richard Silvestri |
| 25 Feb 1994 | 7D | Tangle (with) | Bob Lubbers |
| 7 Jan 1994 | 38D | Practice with a palooka | Fred Piscop |
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