SPED is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SPED in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SPED" answer was first appeared in "8 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Expedited". It was authored by Norma Steinberg. Recently, the "SPED" answer has been used for "11 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Zoomed (3)". It was authored by Luke K. Schreiber. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Tore (14)". "SPED" appeared 142 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SPED" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2023 | 5D | Zoomed | Luke K. Schreiber |
| 11 Oct 2023 | 69A | Risked a ticket, say | Miranda Kany |
| 13 Sep 2023 | 64A | Hurried | Guilherme Gilioli |
| 18 Apr 2023 | 54D | Flew | Kiran Pandey |
| 3 Apr 2023 | 69A | Did 70 in a 55 zone, e.g. | David Distenfeld |
| 18 Feb 2023 | 23D | Went quickly | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 22 Jan 2023 | 77A | Went 90, say | Garrett Chalfin |
| 18 Jun 2022 | 37D | Hurtled | Brooke Husic |
| 29 Dec 2021 | 73A | Hastened | Simon Marotte and Victor Fleming |
| 25 Aug 2021 | 63A | Exceeded the legal limit | Adam Vincent |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 53D | Catalyzed, with “up” | Randolph Ross |
| 19 Feb 2021 | 48A | Whizzed (by) | Amanda Rafkin |
| 3 Jan 2021 | 81D | Went fast | Paolo Pasco |
| 12 Dec 2020 | 40D | Flew | Sid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic |
| 15 Nov 2020 | 82A | Went over the limit, say | Caitlin Reid |
| 23 Jul 2020 | 4A | Zipped | Robyn Weintraub |
| 11 Jun 2020 | 72A | Tore | Peter A. Collins |
| 4 Jan 2020 | 13D | Dashed | Adam Aaronson |
| 11 Aug 2019 | 34A | Went over the limit, say | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 1 Aug 2019 | 49A | Zipped | Patrick Merrell |
| 16 Jun 2018 | 16D | Tore | Sam Trabucco |
| 23 Apr 2018 | 67A | Put the pedal to the metal | Lynn Lempel |
| 18 Apr 2018 | 66A | Raced | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| 4 Apr 2018 | 27A | Earned a ticket, maybe | Weird Al Yankovic and Eric Berlin |
| 2 Apr 2018 | 26D | Zoomed | Jason Mueller |
| 19 Mar 2018 | 21A | Zipped along | Michael Wiesenberg and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 7 Mar 2018 | 50D | Hit 100, say | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 25 Feb 2018 | 85A | Put the pedal to the metal | Will Nediger |
| 12 Oct 2017 | 37D | Fast-forwarded, with “up” | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 1 Apr 2017 | 53A | Risked a ticket | Howard Barkin |
| 26 Mar 2017 | 89D | Burned rubber | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| 15 Nov 2016 | 5A | Went 90, say | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Nov 2016 | 27D | Hastened | David Steinberg |
| 22 Oct 2016 | 50D | Was reckless, in a way | James Mulhern |
| 18 Aug 2016 | 63A | Tore | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen |
| 24 Mar 2016 | 27D | Tore | David Liben-Nowell and Tom Pepper |
| 21 Feb 2016 | 29A | Exceeded a limit | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Jan 2016 | 68A | Did 80 on the highway, say | Byron Walden |
| 14 Jun 2015 | 83D | Earned a citation, maybe | Randolph Ross |
| 7 Mar 2015 | 23A | Hit 90, e.g. | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| 11 Jan 2015 | 50D | Ran | Peter A. Collins |
| 27 Nov 2014 | 33D | Went like lightning | Stanley Newman |
| 23 Sep 2014 | 70A | Sprinted | Gerry Wildenberg |
| 22 Jul 2014 | 53D | Hightailed it | Joel Fagliano |
| 19 Jul 2014 | 57A | Barreled | Barry C. Silk |
| 22 Feb 2014 | 10D | Reached 100, say | Evan Birnholz |
| 9 Jan 2014 | 54D | Tore | Caleb Emmons |
| 4 Dec 2013 | 63A | Floored it | Daniel Raymon |
| 14 Nov 2012 | 48A | Did 80, say | Joe DiPietro |
| 2 Oct 2012 | 21D | Went 80 or 90, say | Ethan Cooper |
| 12 Sep 2012 | 65A | Hied | Robert W. Harris |
| 5 Aug 2012 | 83A | Wasted no time | Patrick Merrell |
| 24 Jun 2012 | 7A | Went 90, say | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 May 2012 | 43D | Tore | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 17 Apr 2012 | 37D | Tore | Milo Beckman |
| 11 Oct 2011 | 36D | Went flat-out | Ed Sessa |
| 14 Sep 2011 | 12D | Rushed | Jeff Chen |
| 22 Jun 2011 | 72A | Lost no time | Tim Croce |
| 10 Apr 2011 | 71D | Made haste | Paula Gamache |
| 2 Feb 2011 | 65A | Whizzed | Peter A. Collins |
| 9 Jan 2011 | 59D | Tore | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Nov 2010 | 58D | Whipped along | Richard Chisholm |
| 30 Jun 2010 | 68A | Floored it | Kristian House |
| 19 Apr 2010 | 22D | Hurried | Randy Sowell |
| 30 Mar 2010 | 72A | Floored it | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 3 Mar 2010 | 10A | Went like the dickens | Peter A. Collins |
| 23 Feb 2010 | 40D | Hightailed it | Joanne Sullivan |
| 22 Oct 2009 | 50D | Earned a citation? | Joel Fagliano |
| 12 Apr 2009 | 17D | Careered | Eric Berlin |
| 25 Sep 2008 | 67A | Hightailed it | Victor Fleming |
| 10 Sep 2008 | 52A | Floored it | Lucas Gaviotis Whitestone |
| 3 Aug 2008 | 83D | Tore | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| 31 Jul 2008 | 44A | Shot (off) | Allan E. Parrish |
| 5 Mar 2008 | 70A | Hightailed it | Steven Ginzburg |
| 9 Aug 2007 | 26D | Blew (through) | Tyler Hinman |
| 12 Mar 2007 | 71A | Went fast | Kevin Der |
| 18 Jan 2006 | 63A | Tore | Sheldon Benardo |
| 7 Dec 2005 | 21A | Hotfooted it | Manny Nosowsky |
| 31 May 2005 | 58A | Went like the wind | Merl Reagle |
| 27 Apr 2005 | 68A | Floored it | Lyell Rodieck |
| 1 Dec 2004 | 46A | Floored it | Roy Leban |
| 25 Nov 2004 | 66A | Zipped | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
| 18 Aug 2004 | 70A | Hightailed it | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| 5 Jun 2004 | 14D | Cannonballed | Byron Walden |
| 8 Jan 2004 | 43A | Careered | Michael Shteyman |
| 5 Oct 2003 | 79A | Earned a citation? | Richard Silvestri |
| 23 Sep 2003 | 59D | Hightailed it | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| 22 Jul 2003 | 58D | Made tracks | Steven Kahn |
| 9 Sep 2002 | 50D | Lost no time | William I. Johnston |
| 11 Aug 2002 | 48D | Tore | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 20 Jun 2002 | 1A | Tempted a trooper | Steve Jones |
| 19 Feb 2002 | 39D | Hotfooted it | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| 22 Dec 2001 | 35A | Didn’t dillydally | Trip Payne |
| 21 Dec 2001 | 1D | Wasted no time | William I. Johnston |
| 8 Jun 2001 | 63A | Risked getting ticketed | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 4 May 2001 | 29D | Zipped | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 13 Mar 2001 | 63A | Risked a ticket | Michael S. Maurer |
| 18 Jun 2000 | 40A | Tore | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Apr 2000 | 24D | Went over the limit | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 29 Mar 2000 | 41D | Went like a leadfoot | Peter Gordon |
| 27 Feb 2000 | 1A | Tempted a traffic cop | Harvey Estes |
| 14 Dec 1999 | 31D | Went 80, say | Richard Chisholm |
| 7 Oct 1999 | 66A | Went like the dickens | Kelly Clark |
| 21 Jun 1999 | 64A | Hightailed it | Gregory E. Paul |
| 17 Feb 1999 | 33D | Scurried | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 14 Jan 1999 | 26A | Scooted | Rand H. Burns |
| 27 Dec 1998 | 5A | Tore | Rich Norris |
| 6 Dec 1998 | 42D | Flew | Marjorie Richter |
| 8 Nov 1998 | 38D | Floored it | Fred Piscop |
| 24 Aug 1998 | 1D | Went like the dickens | Alan Jay Weiss |
| 20 Mar 1998 | 64A | Made tracks | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 25 Nov 1997 | 53D | Raced | Gregory E. Paul |
| 25 Sep 1997 | 23A | Put the pedal to the metal | Mark Diehl |
| 20 Jul 1997 | 102A | Hotfooted it | Rich Norris |
| 10 Jun 1997 | 65A | Exceeded the limit | Fred Piscop |
| 22 Apr 1997 | 50D | Scurried | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| 9 Mar 1997 | 75A | Earned a citation? | June Boggs |
| 27 Aug 1996 | 67A | Moved rapidly | D. E. Donaldson |
| 24 Aug 1996 | 12D | Shot, in a way | J. Page |
| 19 Aug 1996 | 21D | Went 80 m.p.h. | E. C. Gorski |
| 17 Jul 1996 | 67A | Tore (off) | M. Nosowsky |
| 16 Jul 1996 | 43A | Did 100 | R. Hamel |
| 15 Jul 1996 | 26D | Hightailed it | S. Spadaccini |
| 27 Jun 1996 | 62A | Raced | R. Norris |
| 6 Jun 1996 | 63A | Zoomed | A. J. Santora |
| 29 Mar 1996 | 32D | Hotfooted it | C. Millhauser |
| 5 Mar 1996 | 32D | Hightailed it | G. E. Paul |
| 20 Jan 1996 | 3D | Put the pedal to the metal | F. Longo |
| 14 Aug 1995 | 53D | Rushed | Ben Wheelock |
| 30 Jul 1995 | 18D | Scurried | Charles M. Deber |
| 23 Jul 1995 | 118A | Made tracks | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| 26 Jun 1995 | 36D | Raced | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 9 May 1995 | 63D | Made haste | Gregory E. Paul |
| 27 Feb 1995 | 56D | Hightailed it | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 17 Feb 1995 | 6A | Tore | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 9 Jan 1995 | 65A | Raced | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 1 Sep 1994 | 6D | Rushed | Manny Nosowsky |
| 8 Aug 1994 | 50D | Raced | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 22 May 1994 | 10D | Exceeded the limit | Randolph Ross |
| 15 May 1994 | 121A | Dashed | Charles M. Deber |
| 2 Jan 1994 | 11A | Invited a ticket? | Brian G. Tyler |
| 8 Dec 1993 | 9D | Expedited | Norma Steinberg |
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