TAB is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TAB in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TAB" answer was first appeared in "20 Feb 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Computer key (4)". It was authored by Harvey Estes. Recently, the "TAB" answer has been used for "13 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Q” key neighbor". It was authored by Alex Eaton-Salners. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Bar bill (10)". "TAB" appeared 153 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TAB" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2023 | 36A | “Q” key neighbor | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 26 Nov 2023 | 55D | Amount owed | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman |
| 2 Oct 2023 | 10A | Amount owed at a bar | Alexandria Mason |
| 28 Aug 2023 | 35D | Key above Caps Lock | Brian Callahan |
| 12 Jul 2023 | 39D | What Ctrl+T might open | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| 10 Jul 2023 | 7D | Bar bill | Brad Wiegmann |
| 11 Jun 2023 | 48D | Caps Lock neighbor | Sam Ezersky |
| 9 Apr 2023 | 28D | Four to five spaces, typically | John Ewbank |
| 2 Apr 2023 | 67D | Neighbor of the “∼” key | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 30A | Aid for a novice guitarist | Robert Ryan |
| 17 Mar 2023 | 33D | “Q” neighbor | Carter Cobb |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 36D | Bar bill | Ella Dershowitz |
| 18 Dec 2022 | 36D | Neighbor of the Q key | Ryan McCarty |
| 9 Nov 2022 | 33A | Key next to Q | David Tuffs |
| 25 Oct 2022 | 31A | Key above Caps Lock | Ashleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard |
| 22 Oct 2022 | 36D | Amount owed | Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas |
| 27 Feb 2022 | 82A | Folder attachment | Sheldon Polonsky |
| 28 Jan 2022 | 18A | Key next to Q | Jem Burch |
| 23 Jan 2022 | 6A | Browser window | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| 8 Dec 2021 | 13D | Coke’s first diet soda | Philip Koski |
| 23 Nov 2021 | 25A | Indent key | Eric Bornstein |
| 16 Nov 2021 | 1A | Key above Caps Lock | Drew Schmenner |
| 29 Oct 2021 | 41A | Neighbor of Caps Lock | Aimee Lucido |
| 30 Jul 2021 | 35A | Check | Eric Bornstein |
| 22 Apr 2021 | 58D | Key to advancing one’s writing? | Jem Burch |
| 23 Feb 2021 | 56A | Key near Caps Lock | Kate Hawkins |
| 17 Sep 2020 | 7D | Key under a tilde | Simeon Seigel |
| 18 Aug 2020 | 45A | Computer key usually hit with the left pinkie | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 20 Jul 2020 | 59D | Part inserted to close a cereal box | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 21 May 2020 | 10A | Something that might be kept in a bar | Andrew Kingsley |
| 21 Jan 2020 | 46A | Keyboard key pressed by a pinkie | Carl Larson |
| 14 Oct 2019 | 24A | Key to the left of “Q” | Gary Cee |
| 26 Aug 2019 | 23A | Indent key on a keyboard | Erik Agard |
| 16 Nov 2018 | 30D | Key in? | Kyle Dolan |
| 13 Nov 2018 | 28A | Key on the left side of a keyboard | John Ciolfi |
| 10 Aug 2018 | 50D | Move to the right incrementally | Damon Gulczynski |
| 5 Jul 2018 | 45D | Early diet drink | Randolph Ross |
| 8 Jun 2018 | 29A | File folder part | Caleb Madison |
| 7 May 2018 | 42A | Running total at a bar | Julie Bérubé |
| 6 May 2018 | 117D | Keyboard key | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 13 Mar 2018 | 43A | Soda brand, or its opener | Carl Worth |
| 14 Jan 2018 | 85D | Bill | Joel Fagliano |
| 28 Dec 2017 | 60D | Can opener | Gary Larson |
| 11 Apr 2017 | 56D | Precursor of Diet Coke | Zachary Spitz and Diane Roseman |
| 23 Jan 2017 | 23A | Indenting key | Bruce Haight |
| 14 Dec 2016 | 33A | Q neighbor | Alan DeLoriea |
| 5 Dec 2016 | 63D | File folder projection | Ned White |
| 14 Nov 2016 | 54A | Browser sub-window | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 25 Oct 2016 | 54A | See 52-Across | John E. Bennett |
| 26 Sep 2016 | 41D | Indenting computer key | Timothy Polin |
| 31 Jul 2016 | 74A | Q neighbor | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 8 Jul 2016 | 12A | It may justify things | Barry C. Silk |
| 19 Jan 2016 | 11D | Neighbor of Caps Lock | Byron Walden |
| 4 Oct 2015 | 29D | Neighbor of a ” ~ ” key | Jeremy Newton |
| 25 Apr 2015 | 32A | Brand name with 2/3 capital letters in its logo | James Mulhern |
| 16 Dec 2014 | 34A | It might say “A-C” or “2013-14” | Joel D. Lafargue |
| 9 Nov 2014 | 51D | Bill | Tom McCoy |
| 28 Jun 2014 | 35A | It’s usually closed before leaving | Josh Knapp |
| 10 Jun 2014 | 31D | You might pick one up in a bar | Pamela Klawitter |
| 6 May 2014 | 56D | Web browser feature | Alex Bajcz |
| 5 May 2014 | 23D | File folder feature | Lynn Lempel |
| 18 Apr 2014 | 41A | It can be painful to pick up | James Mulhern |
| 9 Apr 2014 | 64D | Bill | John E. Bennett |
| 4 Jan 2014 | 25A | Setting that makes things right? | Kyle Dolan |
| 19 Dec 2013 | 53A | Computer key | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| 21 Oct 2013 | 62D | File extension? | Gary Cee |
| 11 Aug 2013 | 94A | One may be kept running in a bar | Dan Schoenholz |
| 25 Jul 2013 | 15A | Keyboard key | Patrick Blindauer |
| 5 Jun 2013 | 59D | A patron may run one | Mark Bickham |
| 24 May 2013 | 34D | It may be clicked on a computer | Joe Krozel |
| 9 May 2013 | 36D | Space maker | Patrick Merrell |
| 3 Mar 2013 | 103D | File extension | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 24 Feb 2013 | 11D | It’s left on a keyboard | Joe DiPietro |
| 29 Nov 2012 | 18D | Q neighbor | Sharon Delorme |
| 29 Oct 2012 | 33A | File folder projection | Gareth Bain |
| 21 Jul 2012 | 47A | Pull-___ | Joe DiPietro |
| 31 May 2012 | 46A | Keyboard key | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Nov 2011 | 60D | Bar bill | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| 12 Oct 2011 | 18D | Keyboard key | Gary Cee |
| 3 Oct 2011 | 11A | Bar bill | Stanley Newman |
| 19 Sep 2011 | 27D | Key on the far left of a keyboard | Julian Lim |
| 5 Sep 2011 | 50D | Indenting key | Patrick Merrell |
| 13 Jun 2011 | 36D | Key above Caps Lock | Alex Vratsanos |
| 28 May 2011 | 19A | Advancement aid | David Quarfoot |
| 24 May 2011 | 19A | Indent key | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 11 May 2011 | 28D | Web browser subwindow | Jonah Kagan |
| 25 Oct 2010 | 33A | Indent key | Jonah Kagan |
| 1 Sep 2009 | 57D | Running account at a bar | Steven Ginzburg |
| 24 Jun 2009 | 6A | It may be run up | Corey Rubin |
| 2 Jun 2009 | 37A | Office setting? | Patrick Blindauer |
| 4 Oct 2008 | 52D | Indexing aid | Matt Ginsberg |
| 25 Mar 2008 | 5D | “Running” amount | Steve Salmon |
| 6 Mar 2008 | 1D | Pop-top feature | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 29 Feb 2008 | 32A | Coca-Cola creation | Patrick Berry |
| 9 Nov 2007 | 57D | Bill | Henry Hook |
| 9 Sep 2007 | 105A | Key above Caps Lock | Patrick Berry |
| 10 Jul 2007 | 1D | Treater’s pickup | Pete Muller |
| 1 May 2007 | 47D | Check | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Apr 2007 | 47A | Indent setter | John Farmer |
| 8 Mar 2007 | 23A | Filing facilitator | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 12 Feb 2007 | 23A | Diner’s bill | Lynn Lempel |
| 26 Sep 2006 | 23A | Bar total | Randall J. Hartman |
| 5 Jul 2006 | 12D | Bill | Nancy Salomon |
| 11 Jun 2006 | 99A | It may be run up | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| 20 Mar 2006 | 60D | Key above caps lock | Earl W. Reed and Nancy Salomon |
| 8 Jan 2006 | 123D | Keyboard key | Michael Ashley |
| 19 Jun 2005 | 100D | Text pusher | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 Jul 2004 | 98A | Computer key | Seth A. Abel |
| 12 Jul 2004 | 1D | Bar bill | Gregory E. Paul |
| 2 Sep 2003 | 42A | Bar bill | Ed Early |
| 22 Jul 2003 | 11A | Bar bill | Steven Kahn |
| 21 Jan 2003 | 55A | A bartender may run one | Richard Chisholm |
| 29 Dec 2002 | 34A | Picked-up item | Richard Silvestri |
| 23 Dec 2002 | 49A | File folder feature | Lisa Bunker |
| 31 Oct 2002 | 24A | Can opener | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| 14 Oct 2002 | 7D | Bar bill | Gregory E. Paul |
| 11 Oct 2002 | 60D | Filing facilitator | A. J. Santora |
| 26 Sep 2002 | 6D | Computer key | Manny Nosowsky |
| 7 May 2002 | 35A | Bill | Steven Dorfman |
| 5 Mar 2002 | 40D | Keyboard key | Marjorie Richter |
| 20 Jan 2002 | 30A | 14-Down alternative | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Dec 2001 | 33A | Bill at the bar | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 21 Nov 2001 | 39A | It’s run up and then settled | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 25 Jul 2001 | 59D | Slot filler | Richard Hughes |
| 22 Jul 2001 | 35D | Typewriter key | Patrick Berry |
| 17 Jul 2001 | 59D | Bar bill | Fred Piscop |
| 26 Apr 2001 | 39D | Can opener | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 15 Nov 2000 | 38A | Fresca rival | Chuck Deodene |
| 13 Jul 2000 | 5A | Opening device | Rich Norris |
| 3 Jan 2000 | 41A | Notebook projection | Hugh Davis |
| 27 Sep 1999 | 55D | Coca-Cola Co. brand | Ed Early |
| 1 Sep 1999 | 42A | It might be run at a bar | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Jan 1999 | 65D | Bill | Nancy Salomon |
| 14 Oct 1998 | 11A | File folder feature | Jay Sullivan |
| 4 Sep 1998 | 34D | Restaurant pickup | Hugh Davis |
| 10 Jun 1998 | 49D | Check | Nancy S. Ross |
| 29 Jan 1998 | 60D | Bar bill | Frances Hansen |
| 25 Oct 1997 | 23A | Folder filer’s aid | John Scott Marrone |
| 2 Jul 1997 | 47D | Bill | Richard Hughes |
| 15 May 1997 | 33D | Bill | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 1 May 1997 | 50A | Typewriter key | Martin Schneider |
| 17 Apr 1997 | 57D | Check | Susan Smith |
| 1 Oct 1996 | 50A | Notebook divider | R. J. Hartman |
| 25 Jul 1996 | 34A | Amount to pay | A. J. Santora |
| 25 Jun 1996 | 59D | Bill | Randall J. Hartman |
| 19 May 1996 | 72A | Typewriter key | C. M. Deber |
| 21 Apr 1996 | 96D | Picked-up item | M. Gaffney |
| 7 Feb 1996 | 59D | Bill | Frank A. Longo |
| 21 Feb 1995 | 1D | Bill | Martin Schneider |
| 13 Feb 1995 | 43A | Restaurant bill | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 25 Aug 1994 | 20D | Drink opener | Harvey Estes |
| 25 Feb 1994 | 16A | Total cost | Bob Lubbers |
| 20 Feb 1994 | 105D | Computer key | Harvey Estes |
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