STAR is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for STAR in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "STAR" answer was first appeared in "2 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Night light (2)". It was authored by Richard Silvestri. Recently, the "STAR" answer has been used for "21 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Restaurant review symbol (2)". It was authored by Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Headliner (15)". "STAR" appeared 287 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "STAR" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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21 Nov 2023 | 6D | Restaurant review symbol | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
3 Oct 2023 | 23D | Feature (in) | Troy Laedtke |
1 Sep 2023 | 49A | Light up? | Robert Logan |
31 Jul 2023 | 1A | Reference point for nighttime navigation | David Litman and Andrea Carla Michaels |
5 Jul 2023 | 54D | Unit for a review | Joe Deeney |
2 May 2023 | 69A | Common flag symbol | Aimee Lucido |
3 Apr 2023 | 59D | Leading actor or actress | David Distenfeld |
15 Mar 2023 | 19A | Symbol seen on more than 30% of the world’s flags | Michael B. Berg |
10 Dec 2022 | 36A | [See fine print] | Sid Sivakumar |
31 Oct 2022 | 22D | Sight on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Emily Carroll |
11 Oct 2022 | 38A | *With 39-Across, flower named for its distinctive shape | Ailee Yoshida |
28 Sep 2022 | 1A | Coveted Michelin designation | Jeff Stillman |
23 Aug 2022 | 1D | Michelin rating unit | Trey Mendez |
7 Aug 2022 | 57A | Rating unit | Tina Labadie |
11 Jul 2022 | 38A | Big-time celebrity | Roy Greim |
3 Jul 2022 | 113A | Space heater? | Tom McCoy |
12 Jun 2022 | 121A | A pan might come with just one | Will Nediger |
25 May 2022 | 56D | Symbol on an “8” key | Christopher Youngs |
1 Apr 2022 | 52D | Holiday cookie shape | Evan Mahnken |
7 Mar 2022 | 13D | Constellation part | Sam Acker |
27 Feb 2022 | 109D | Have the lead (in) | Sheldon Polonsky |
20 Dec 2021 | 44A | One of three in Orion’s belt | Anne Rowley |
16 Oct 2021 | 58A | Common Christmas tree decoration | Caitlin Reid and Erik Agard |
22 Sep 2021 | 21A | Milky Way bit | Grant Boroughs |
21 Sep 2021 | 59D | The sun, for one | Daniel Okulitch |
16 May 2021 | 64A | Award to wear | Joe DiPietro |
4 Apr 2021 | 67D | Symbol on Captain America’s shield | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson |
16 Mar 2021 | 60D | Castor or Pollux | Lindsey Hobbs |
2 Feb 2021 | 52D | Old TV’s “___ Search” | Adesina O. Koiki |
31 Jan 2021 | 8D | State symbol | Jim Hilger |
30 Oct 2020 | 50A | Word with search or witness | Trenton Charlson |
20 Jul 2020 | 64A | Twinkler in the night sky | Alex Eaton-Salners |
13 Jul 2020 | 19A | Asterisk | Erik Agard |
29 Jun 2020 | 1A | Part of a constellation | Peter Gordon |
18 Jun 2020 | 19A | Vega, for one | Ricky Cruz |
8 Jun 2020 | 43A | Map symbol for a capital, often | Kyle Dolan |
20 May 2020 | 61D | Headliner | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
3 May 2020 | 113D | Red carpet interviewee | Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
29 Mar 2020 | 106D | One of six in Subaru’s logo | Ricky Cruz |
14 Feb 2020 | 19A | See 20-Across | Daniel Larsen |
20 Dec 2019 | 62A | Critic’s award | Zhouqin Burnikel |
19 Sep 2019 | 60A | Principal | David Kwong |
6 Sep 2019 | 15D | Part of the Hardee’s logo | Mark Diehl |
13 Aug 2019 | 23D | With 38-Across, like Romeo and Juliet … and like the shaded words? | Lynn Lempel |
1 Apr 2019 | 10A | Part of a constellation | Joel Fagliano |
10 Feb 2019 | 120A | One getting the red-carpet treatment | Lee Taylor |
4 Feb 2019 | 44A | Celebrity | Ali Gascoigne |
23 Jan 2019 | 18A | Marquee performer | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
2 Dec 2018 | 63A | Invincibility power-up in Mario games | Paul Coulter |
9 Nov 2018 | 48D | Competitor of Us Weekly | Robyn Weintraub |
19 Oct 2018 | 33D | Center of a Scrabble board | Trenton Charlson |
20 Aug 2018 | 32D | Symbol on the Texas state flag | Peter Gordon |
15 Aug 2018 | 28D | Luminary | Kathy Wienberg |
3 Jul 2018 | 52D | Insignia on a Houston Astros cap | Christopher Adams |
5 Jun 2018 | 1A | Headliner | Peter Gordon |
22 Apr 2018 | 43A | The sun, for one | Ross Trudeau |
27 Feb 2018 | 6A | Symbol in the middle of a Scrabble board | Ross Trudeau |
24 Jan 2018 | 67A | Symbol in the middle of a Scrabble board | Kathy Wienberg |
4 Jan 2018 | 56D | Sun | Daniel Mauer |
22 Sep 2017 | 33D | Critic’s assignment | David Steinberg |
21 Sep 2017 | 35D | Castor or Pollux | Matt Ginsberg |
30 Jul 2017 | 92A | Shiner | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
3 Jul 2017 | 54D | One of 50 on the U.S. flag | Randall J. Hartman |
28 May 2017 | 42D | Navigator’s aid | Andrew Zhou |
4 May 2017 | 60A | Headliner | Loren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray |
18 Apr 2017 | 1D | Sky light | Bruce Haight |
6 Apr 2017 | 54D | Symbol at the center of a Scrabble board | Damon Gulczynski |
24 Mar 2017 | 34D | One receiving top billing | Michael Hawkins and John Guzzetta |
27 Dec 2016 | 58D | Symbol to the left of a zero on a phone | Herre Schouwerwou |
30 Nov 2016 | 5D | Celebrity | Molly Young |
11 Sep 2016 | 114D | Part of a rating | Ned White and George Barany |
24 Aug 2016 | 55D | Magi’s guide | Matthew Sewell |
19 Jul 2016 | 60D | Hollywood Walk of Fame symbol | James Mulhern |
20 Jun 2016 | 56D | One of seven in the Big Dipper | Jason Mueller |
5 Jun 2016 | 104D | Twinkler | Tom McCoy |
27 May 2016 | 41A | Lead | Damon Gulczynski |
19 Mar 2016 | 47D | Common newspaper name | Byron Walden |
31 Jan 2016 | 107A | Center of a Scrabble board | Yaakov Bendavid |
3 Dec 2015 | 1D | One of 12 in the European Union logo | Patrick Merrell |
5 Oct 2015 | 6D | Polaris, for one | Mike Buckley |
8 May 2015 | 28D | Headline | Ian Livengood |
16 Mar 2015 | 74A | * | Ian Livengood |
11 Mar 2015 | 44A | Symbol on Captain America’s shield | David Steinberg |
20 Feb 2015 | 32D | Critical unit? | David Woolf |
9 Oct 2014 | 3D | Have the lead | Joel Fagliano |
24 Sep 2014 | 55D | Lead | Andy Kravis |
31 Aug 2014 | 84A | Have the lead | Joel Fagliano |
27 Aug 2014 | 48D | Badge shape | Gareth Bain and David Poole |
24 Jul 2014 | 38A | End of a fairy’s wand | David Phillips |
15 Jul 2014 | 38A | Macy’s symbol | Zhouqin Burnikel |
4 Jul 2014 | 38A | Emblem on Captain America’s shield | Patrick Berry |
9 Jun 2014 | 70A | Hollywood Walk of Fame feature | Tom McCoy |
15 May 2014 | 48D | Headline | John Lieb |
15 Jan 2014 | 19A | Kansas City daily | Bernice Gordon |
4 Dec 2013 | 13D | Southern Cross unit | Daniel Raymon |
3 Oct 2013 | 46A | Shiner | Evan Birnholz |
14 May 2013 | 30A | Sun | John Lieb |
6 May 2013 | 59A | Symbol in the center of a Scrabble board | Joel Fagliano |
24 Mar 2013 | 1A | Map symbol | Dan Schoenholz |
21 Jan 2013 | 65A | Part of Texaco’s logo | Susan Gelfand |
9 Jan 2013 | 29D | Sirius, e.g. | David Ben-Merre |
25 Nov 2012 | 95A | Marquee name | Jeff Chen |
9 Oct 2012 | 23D | White dwarf, e.g. | John Guzzetta |
29 Sep 2012 | 1A | Lead | Joe DiPietro |
23 Feb 2012 | 59D | Standout | Jeff Chen |
24 Jan 2012 | 57D | Play the lead role | Alex Boisvert |
31 Oct 2011 | 45D | Proxima Centauri, for one | Jeff Chen |
2 Oct 2011 | 19A | Be featured (in) | Eric Berlin |
12 Jul 2011 | 56D | Milky Way unit | Bill Thompson |
3 Jun 2011 | 53A | It often goes out with a bang | Jeffrey Wechsler |
26 May 2011 | 55D | Astronomy figure | Ashish Vengsarkar |
16 May 2011 | 1D | Symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Ian Livengood |
18 Apr 2011 | 5D | The sun, e.g. | James Tuttle |
16 Mar 2011 | 56D | Headliner | Alan Arbesfeld |
8 Feb 2011 | 50D | Sirius, e.g. | Robert W. Harris |
15 Dec 2010 | 64A | Critic’s unit | John Lampkin |
3 Nov 2010 | 40D | See 34-Across | Tracy Gray |
16 Sep 2010 | 15D | “You are here” symbol | Joey Weissbrot, Brown University ’11 |
13 Sep 2010 | 48D | Symbol on a flag | Aimee Lucido, Brown University ’13 |
6 Jul 2010 | 5A | Cross: Christianity :: ___ : Judaism | José Chardiet |
10 Jun 2010 | 33D | Toronto daily | Mike Nothnagel |
10 Mar 2010 | 41A | Marquee name | Gary Steinmehl |
4 Mar 2010 | 31D | Alpha, beta or gamma | David J. Kahn |
11 Jan 2010 | 62D | One of seven in the Big Dipper | Ron and Nancy Byron |
25 Jul 2009 | 36D | Kindergarten “grade” | Victor Fleming |
7 May 2009 | 47A | “Notch” on Orion’s belt | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
21 Apr 2009 | 63A | Polaris or Sirius | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
20 Feb 2009 | 46D | Lead | Paula Gamache |
20 Jan 2009 | 17A | Representation of a state on the U.S. flag | Tim Wescott |
30 Nov 2008 | 112D | Celeb | Richard Silvestri |
27 Oct 2008 | 19A | Something to wish upon | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
19 Oct 2008 | 76D | Macy’s logo | Joe DiPietro |
5 Aug 2008 | 10A | Dwarf or giant, maybe | joon and caroline pahk |
17 Jul 2008 | 13D | Headliner | Elizabeth A. Long |
11 Jun 2008 | 68A | Big shot | Daniel Kantor |
20 Mar 2008 | 36A | Each state, symbolically | Stephen Edward Anderson |
11 Mar 2008 | 45D | Walk of Fame embedment | Eugene W. Sard |
3 Nov 2007 | 18A | ___ witness | Brad Wilber |
22 Oct 2007 | 4D | Polaris, e.g. | Lynn Lempel |
8 Aug 2007 | 10D | Marquee topper | Donna S. Levin |
27 May 2007 | 46D | Sky light | Patrick Berry |
21 Apr 2007 | 25D | Headline | Byron Walden |
28 Jan 2007 | 45D | Chinese checkers board shape | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |
14 Jan 2007 | 56A | Dressing room door figure | Harvey Estes |
11 Oct 2006 | 47D | Guide for the Magi | Jack McInturff |
9 Oct 2006 | 68A | Headliner | Sarah Keller |
5 Oct 2006 | 55D | Xmas tree topper | Joe DiPietro |
6 Aug 2006 | 86D | Critic’s award | Mark Feldman |
25 May 2006 | 33D | Headline | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
24 May 2006 | 16A | Top name on a marquee | Adam G. Perl |
21 Mar 2006 | 29D | Any Wimbledon winner, in the tennis world | Levi Denham |
3 Dec 2005 | 13D | Play a big part | Dana Motley |
30 Nov 2005 | 62A | Highlight? | Seth A. Abel |
3 Nov 2005 | 45A | Grade schooler’s reward | Byron Walden |
31 Oct 2005 | 17A | Headliner | Jim Hyres |
9 Sep 2005 | 15A | With 23-Across, winner of seven Oscars | Kyle Mahowald |
2 Aug 2005 | 1D | Headliner | Nancy Kavanaugh |
12 Jul 2005 | 10A | Headliner | Nancy Salomon |
10 May 2005 | 42D | Headliner | Nancy Salomon |
1 Apr 2005 | 51D | Marquee name | David Pringle |
25 Mar 2005 | 54D | Reviewer’s award | Harvey Estes |
25 Dec 2004 | 6D | Commendation | Byron Walden |
6 Dec 2004 | 44D | Christmas tree topper | Barry C. Silk |
24 Oct 2004 | 47D | Magic wand tip | Patrick Berry |
8 Jul 2004 | 65A | Flag feature | Scot Ober |
23 May 2004 | 106A | Standout | Deb Amlen and Nancy Salomon |
10 May 2004 | 59D | Movie rating unit | Joy M. Andrews |
3 May 2004 | 7D | Night twinkler | Gregory E. Paul |
19 Feb 2004 | 21A | Have the lead | Alfio Micci (1918-2004) |
29 Jan 2004 | 57D | Diva, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
8 Dec 2003 | 7D | Christmas tree topper | Barry Silk |
15 Nov 2003 | 28D | Common flag symbol | Patrick Berry |
16 Oct 2003 | 55D | One with a print outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
12 Oct 2003 | 107D | Headline | David J. Kahn |
11 Sep 2003 | 38D | With 34D, a mariner’s guide | Patrick Merrell |
22 Jul 2003 | 33A | Castor or Pollux | Steven Kahn |
22 Jun 2003 | 61D | See 125-Across | John Duschatko |
11 Jun 2003 | 6D | Top banana | Nancy Salomon |
25 May 2003 | 28D | See 48-Across | David J. Kahn |
11 May 2003 | 122A | One assigned to a bomb? | Patrick Berry |
4 May 2003 | 14D | * | Tyler Hinman |
26 Apr 2003 | 55D | Prominent player | Patrick Merrell |
8 Apr 2003 | 62D | Magi guide | Verna Suit |
28 Oct 2002 | 55D | Constellation component | Randy Sowell |
20 Sep 2002 | 5D | Big name | Kevin Hagen |
8 Sep 2002 | 102A | Phone button | Rich Norris |
15 Aug 2002 | 8D | Principal | Manny Nosowsky |
16 Jun 2002 | 58A | Take the lead | Manny Nosowsky |
11 Jun 2002 | 14A | Phone button below the 7 | Nancy Kavanaugh |
9 Jun 2002 | 54D | Reviewer’s unit | Randolph Ross |
8 May 2002 | 23A | See 34-Down | Fred Piscop |
23 Apr 2002 | 46A | Have the lead | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
14 Apr 2002 | 82D | Pentagram | David J. Kahn |
4 Mar 2002 | 39D | Headliner | Randall J. Hartman |
3 Mar 2002 | 43A | See 55-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
17 Dec 2001 | 39D | Phone button below the 7 | Christina Houlihan |
19 Nov 2001 | 69A | Constellation part | Peter Gordon |
2 Oct 2001 | 12D | Marquee-name entertainer | Richard Hughes |
21 Sep 2001 | 14D | Headliner | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
19 Sep 2001 | 37A | * | Steven Dorfman |
11 Sep 2001 | 5A | Part of a constellation | Joan Yanofsky |
20 Jun 2001 | 61A | Good student’s reward | Jay Sullivan |
28 May 2001 | 11D | Celeb | Gregory E. Paul |
10 May 2001 | 27D | Destiny | Manny Nosowsky |
18 Dec 2000 | 14A | Symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Nancy Kavanaugh |
5 Nov 2000 | 1A | Headliner | Michael S. Maurer |
6 Sep 2000 | 53D | Hollywood sighting | Matt Gaffney |
20 Jul 2000 | 25D | Old phone’s lack | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
23 Jun 2000 | 46A | A film might receive one | Noah Dephoure |
7 Jun 2000 | 57D | See 57-Across | John Duschatko |
8 May 2000 | 62A | Asterisk | Ed Early |
28 Apr 2000 | 55D | Kind of witness | Joe DiPietro |
31 Mar 2000 | 60D | Telephone button | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
17 Mar 2000 | 47D | Magi’s interest | Glenton Petgrave |
29 Feb 2000 | 53D | Restaurant review symbol | Peter Gordon |
28 Dec 1999 | 55D | Top banana | Randall J. Hartman |
20 Dec 1999 | 33A | Nighttime twinkler | Nancy Salomon |
19 Oct 1999 | 43A | Milky Way unit | Fred Piscop |
31 Aug 1999 | 34D | Lower-left phone button | Arthur S. Verdesca |
28 Jun 1999 | 35D | Film’s lead | Ed Early |
1 Jun 1999 | 63A | Military award | Myles Callum |
30 May 1999 | 85A | Symbol on a phone button | Cathy Millhauser |
25 Apr 1999 | 62D | Headline | Joe DiPietro |
29 Mar 1999 | 36A | Asterisk | Bill Ballard |
16 Mar 1999 | 67A | Common flag feature | Fred Piscop |
1 Mar 1999 | 28A | Award for a good student | Ed Early |
17 Feb 1999 | 4D | Night light | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
26 Dec 1998 | 27D | General acquisition | A. J. Santora |
12 Dec 1998 | 34D | Ratings unit | Rich Norris |
30 Nov 1998 | 34D | Polaris, e.g. | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
27 Oct 1998 | 11D | Symbol on a Cowboy’s helmet | Peter Gordon |
23 May 1998 | 19A | Headline | Rich Norris |
1 May 1998 | 46D | Canopus or Aldebaran | John Wolting |
24 Apr 1998 | 34D | Alpha, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
21 Apr 1998 | 30D | Astronomer’s sighting | Fred Piscop |
20 Feb 1998 | 34D | Celebrated | Manny Nosowsky |
18 Jan 1998 | 88D | Wishing spot | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
5 Jan 1998 | 15A | Headline | Mark Moldowsky |
4 Jan 1998 | 27D | One telephone button | Mark Danna |
28 Oct 1997 | 4D | Asterisk | Bernice Gordon |
25 Oct 1997 | 1D | Lead | John Scott Marrone |
14 Sep 1997 | 15D | School reward | Frank Longo |
13 Aug 1997 | 57D | “Flaming ___” (1960 Elvis movie) | Richard Silvestri |
27 Jun 1997 | 11D | Antares, for one | Dean Niles |
25 Jun 1997 | 57D | Play the lead | Elizabeth Gorski |
15 Jun 1997 | 115D | Award of merit | Karen Hodge |
28 May 1997 | 33D | Hollywood Boulevard sight | Ed Early |
9 Mar 1997 | 145A | Dallas Cowboy’s emblem | June Boggs |
25 Feb 1997 | 38A | Headliner | Gregory E. Paul |
9 Dec 1996 | 12D | Walk of Fame symbol | F. Piscop |
25 Nov 1996 | 34D | Lead player | M. Huret |
19 Nov 1996 | 68A | Christmas tree topper | G. E. Paul |
8 Nov 1996 | 10D | Military award | M. Gaffney |
1 Oct 1996 | 5D | Twinkler | R. J. Hartman |
29 Sep 1996 | 42A | Night sight | M. Reagle |
5 Sep 1996 | 63A | Pentagram | C. Millhauser |
1 Sep 1996 | 43D | Talented one | D. J. Kahn |
28 Jan 1996 | 11D | Gertrude Lawrence film bio | M. W. Perry |
26 Jan 1996 | 56D | Destiny | M. Nosowsky |
25 Jan 1996 | 23D | Pentagram | D. Kahn |
21 Jan 1996 | 26A | Part of a knight’s insignia | R. Wolfe |
8 Jan 1996 | 49D | Polaris, e.g. | N. Steinberg |
4 Jan 1996 | 36A | Wishing site | F. & L. Sabin |
6 Dec 1995 | 56D | Luminary | Chet Currier |
28 May 1995 | 75D | Guiding light? | Matt Gaffney |
28 Apr 1995 | 23A | Flag feature | Rich Norris |
28 Mar 1995 | 69A | Lead | Christopher Page |
22 Mar 1995 | 57D | Celebrity | David J. Kahn |
13 Mar 1995 | 66A | Polaris, e.g. | Ernie Furtado |
11 Mar 1995 | 54A | Critic’s bestowal | Nancy Joline |
10 Mar 1995 | 34A | Kansas City paper | Frank A. Longo |
6 Mar 1995 | 70A | Constellation component | Randall J. Hartman |
3 Mar 1995 | 49A | Lead | Chuck Deodene |
9 Jan 1995 | 32D | Twinkler | Sidney L. Robbins |
4 Jan 1995 | 50A | Play the lead | Stephanie Spadaccini |
3 Jan 1995 | 37D | Christmas tree topper | Rich Norris |
15 Sep 1994 | 25A | Red giant, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
2 Aug 1994 | 12D | Weekly World News rival | Arthur S. Verdesca |
23 Jul 1994 | 57D | Reward for merit | Randolph Ross |
12 Jul 1994 | 56D | Sirius, e.g. | Charles Arnold |
24 Mar 1994 | 17A | Headliner | A.J. Santora |
20 Feb 1994 | 98D | Head the cast | Harvey Estes |
5 Jan 1994 | 39A | National Enquirer rival | Chet Currier |
25 Dec 1993 | 21A | Mira or Vega | Rand H. Burns |
11 Dec 1993 | 60D | Wisher’s sight | Robert H. Wolfe |
3 Dec 1993 | 53D | Asterisk | Bill Click |
2 Dec 1993 | 18A | Night light | Richard Silvestri |
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