SUN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SUN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SUN" answer was first appeared in "7 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Lie on the beach (2)". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "SUN" answer has been used for "17 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Space heater?". It was authored by Jeremy Newton. "SUN" appeared 88 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SUN" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 | 17D | Space heater? | Jeremy Newton |
| 19 Nov 2023 | 80D | Thur. + 3 | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| 3 Aug 2023 | 9D | Light of day | Simeon Seigel |
| 14 Dec 2022 | 56D | Good picnic forecast | Matthew Stock |
| 24 Aug 2022 | 28A | Symbol in the center of the Japanese flag | Colin Ernst |
| 27 Dec 2021 | 62A | What’s central in heliocentrism | Adam Aaronson |
| 17 Oct 2021 | 32A | Source of Supergirl’s powers | Jeff Chen |
| 1 Apr 2021 | 48A | Depiction on Arizona and New Mexico’s flags | Sam Ezersky |
| 22 Oct 2020 | 26D | It brings the heat | Sid Sivakumar |
| 28 Aug 2020 | 23A | Go for the bronze? | Kate Hawkins |
| 9 Aug 2020 | 25A | Icarus’s downfall | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 23 Jul 2020 | 1A | Major source of wheat | Robyn Weintraub |
| 17 May 2020 | 58D | Weather map symbol | Byron Walden |
| 23 Mar 2020 | 62D | Center of the solar system | Ed Sessa |
| 7 Feb 2020 | 1D | Tanning agent | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| 6 Jan 2020 | 24A | Source of solar energy | Tess Davison and Kathy Lowden |
| 27 Nov 2019 | 5A | Energy source for plants | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| 21 Oct 2019 | 2D | What planets orbit | Joe Deeney |
| 15 Oct 2019 | 28A | Baltimore or Las Vegas newspaper | Julie Bérubé |
| 8 Jun 2019 | 39A | Pleasant forecast | Andrew J. Ries |
| 1 May 2019 | 43A | Bask on the beach | Joel Fagliano |
| 6 Feb 2019 | 1A | It emerges at dawn | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 2 Sep 2018 | 66A | Brightly colored blazer | Tom McCoy |
| 7 Aug 2018 | 63D | Morning riser | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 4 Oct 2017 | 51D | What Helios personified | Evan Mahnken |
| 27 Aug 2017 | 120D | Symbol on the flag of Argentina or Uruguay | Jeff Chen |
| 31 Mar 2017 | 31D | Light of the world | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| 1 Sep 2016 | 21A | Lie on a beach | Ben Tausig |
| 3 Sep 2015 | 35A | Catch some rays | Merl Reagle (1950-2015) |
| 21 Apr 2015 | 56D | Lie on the beach | Gerry Wildenberg |
| 4 Dec 2014 | 38D | Morning ___ | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
| 7 Sep 2014 | 86A | Figure on Argentina’s flag | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| 3 Aug 2014 | 79A | “That will be ere the set of ___”: “Macbeth” | Ian Livengood |
| 8 Dec 2013 | 32A | Shiner? | Patrick Berry |
| 25 May 2012 | 28D | Britain’s biggest-selling paper, with “The” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 28 Apr 2012 | 14D | Thing to fry in | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 2 Mar 2012 | 62D | Apollo’s chariot “passenger” | Scott Atkinson |
| 25 Nov 2011 | 18A | Something soaked up | Joe Krozel |
| 2 Oct 2011 | 46A | Baltimore daily, with “the” | Eric Berlin |
| 1 Sep 2011 | 28A | One rising at dawn | Joel Fagliano |
| 2 May 2010 | 87D | Work on a tan | Kelsey Blakley |
| 30 Mar 2010 | 7D | Light from above | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 Nov 2009 | 21A | Weather map symbol | Allan E. Parrish |
| 19 Sep 2009 | 19A | Kind of dry | Mel Taub |
| 19 Jul 2009 | 15D | Globe : Boston :: ___ : Baltimore | Lynn Lempel |
| 1 Jun 2009 | 37D | The Sabbath, to Christians: Abbr. | John Farmer |
| 13 May 2009 | 41D | Radiation source | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 28 Dec 2008 | 70A | Appropriate center for this puzzle | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Oct 2008 | 45A | Phoenix cager | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| 20 Apr 2008 | 9D | Center of many revolutions | John Farmer |
| 3 Feb 2008 | 107D | Great ball of fire | Matt Ginsberg |
| 28 Oct 2005 | 59D | Star | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 22 May 2005 | 102D | Bright light | A. J. Santora |
| 23 Mar 2005 | 39D | Catch some rays | Mike Shenk |
| 5 Jan 2005 | 42D | Catch some rays | Michael Shteyman |
| 2 Dec 2004 | 34A | Big shiner | Patrick Berry |
| 8 Sep 2004 | 38D | Light source | Steve Jones |
| 12 Jul 2004 | 33A | Subject of “worship” | Gregory E. Paul |
| 18 Jun 2004 | 57D | Juliet, to Romeo | David Quarfoot |
| 14 Aug 2003 | 24A | Burn preventer | Greg Staples |
| 23 Jul 2003 | 47A | Icarus’ undoing | Ed Early |
| 26 May 2003 | 64D | Natural tanner | Lynn Lempel |
| 9 Mar 2003 | 6D | Overhead light? | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Feb 2003 | 43A | Heat source | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 7 Nov 2002 | 10D | Las Vegas newspaper, with “the” | Patrick Merrell |
| 26 Oct 2002 | 28D | Giant heater | Rich Norris |
| 30 Aug 2002 | 34D | Daily riser | Patrick Merrell |
| 2 Jul 2002 | 54A | Catch some rays | John R. Conrad |
| 14 Dec 2001 | 48A | Vancouver daily | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Nov 2001 | 23D | Source of global warming | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 18 Sep 2001 | 7D | Great ball o’ fire? | Jay Livingston |
| 3 Aug 2001 | 11D | Juliet, to Romeo | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Jan 2001 | 25A | Tanner | Nancy S. Ross |
| 7 Aug 2000 | 57D | Ice melter | Nick Grivas |
| 5 Jul 2000 | 40A | Center of many an orbit | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 15 Jan 2000 | 57A | Lighter? | Matt Gaffney |
| 29 Oct 1999 | 42A | Where to spot spots | Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Aug 1999 | 23A | ___ Valley, Idaho | Richard Hughes |
| 24 Jun 1999 | 55D | Tan | Jim Page |
| 12 Jun 1998 | 49A | Great ball of fire | Matt Gaffney |
| 27 Apr 1997 | 101A | Shining example? | Matt Gaffney |
| 28 Mar 1997 | 59D | It rises at dawn | Jim Page |
| 17 Jan 1997 | 60D | Morning riser | B. Klahn |
| 27 Feb 1996 | 10D | Baltimore paper | J.L. Beatty |
| 30 Dec 1995 | 33A | ___ City, Ariz. | Joe DiPietro |
| 12 Apr 1995 | 63D | Tan | Rich Norris |
| 3 Feb 1995 | 29A | Phoebus, with “the” | Matt Gaffney |
| 7 Jan 1994 | 70A | Lie on the beach | Fred Piscop |
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