TAIL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TAIL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TAIL" answer was first appeared in "23 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Shadow (15)". It was authored by Lois Sidway. Recently, the "TAIL" answer has been used for "3 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Peacock show?". It was authored by Tracy Bennett. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Follow (11)". "TAIL" appeared 105 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TAIL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2023 | 73A | Peacock show? | Tracy Bennett |
| 28 Mar 2023 | 38D | Common animal feature that humans lack | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| 8 Dec 2022 | 31A | What a monkey has that an ape doesn’t | Grant Thackray |
| 8 Jun 2022 | 2D | Follow closely | Bruce Haight |
| 13 Apr 2022 | 16A | Scorpion’s stinger | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 6 Apr 2022 | 6A | Follow | Damon Gulczynski |
| 2 Mar 2022 | 30D | Follow closely | Dylan Schiff |
| 13 Dec 2021 | 11D | A sea horse has a prehensile one | Tomas Spiers |
| 8 Dec 2021 | 5D | Comet feature | Philip Koski |
| 25 Oct 2021 | 46A | Body part that a Manx cat lacks | Damon Gulczynski |
| 26 Sep 2021 | 80A | Follow closely | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| 25 Aug 2020 | 25A | End part | Dave Bardolph |
| 14 Aug 2020 | 7D | Be just behind | Nam Jin Yoon |
| 11 May 2020 | 14A | Follow closely, as a spy might a mark | Ross Trudeau |
| 23 Sep 2019 | 31D | Horse’s “fly swatter” | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 14 Sep 2019 | 28A | Shadow | Peter A. Collins |
| 29 Jul 2019 | 28D | Pin the ___ on the donkey | Bruce Haight |
| 5 Jun 2019 | 23D | Follow | Rich Proulx |
| 18 Mar 2019 | 15A | Showy peacock feature | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 6 Mar 2019 | 55A | Shadow | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| 13 Jan 2019 | 64D | Follow closely | Andy Kravis |
| 31 May 2017 | 26D | Word before (or synonymous with) end | Jacob Stulberg |
| 8 Feb 2017 | 35D | Meaty lobster part | Ned White |
| 12 Sep 2016 | 19A | Bushy part of a squirrel | Victor Fleming and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 3 Jul 2016 | 20D | Follow | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 27 Feb 2016 | 63A | Shadow | Julian Lim |
| 2 Dec 2015 | 64A | Shadow | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 25 Aug 2015 | 7D | Follow around, as a detective might | John E. Bennett |
| 13 May 2015 | 31A | Prehensile ___ | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 5 Mar 2015 | 60D | Follow | Jim Peredo |
| 13 Nov 2014 | 11D | Shadow | Tracy Gray |
| 8 Nov 2014 | 24A | It’s turned before bolting | Barry C. Silk |
| 22 Jun 2014 | 1D | Dangerous part of an alligator | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 Oct 2013 | 66A | Ape’s lack | Barry C. Silk |
| 25 Aug 2013 | 60D | Cow’s fly swatter | Victor Barocas |
| 3 Jul 2013 | 1A | Succulent lobster piece | Pamela Klawitter |
| 3 Jun 2013 | 61A | Part that wags | John Lampkin |
| 26 Nov 2012 | 62D | Homophone for 57-Down | Ed Sessa |
| 4 Nov 2012 | 89A | Spy, at times | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Oct 2012 | 37A | See 35-Across | Gary Cee |
| 16 Oct 2011 | 44D | Follow | Joel Fagliano |
| 8 Oct 2011 | 43A | End of the lion | Tim Croce |
| 14 Aug 2011 | 40D | Comet part | Paula Gamache |
| 28 Apr 2011 | 61A | Follow | Gary Cee |
| 3 Jan 2011 | 60D | Showy peacock feature | Ian Livengood |
| 16 Dec 2009 | 51D | Apt attachment to the ends of 30-, 37-, 59- and 62-Across | David J. Kahn |
| 7 Dec 2009 | 41A | Peacock’s distinctive feature | Ed Sessa |
| 23 Aug 2009 | 92A | Shadow | Phil Ruzbarsky |
| 22 Apr 2009 | 38D | Following detective | Daniel A. Finan |
| 2 Mar 2009 | 50A | What you might catch a tiger by, in a saying | Lynn Lempel |
| 18 Nov 2008 | 32D | Follower, as in espionage | Richard Chisholm |
| 29 Sep 2008 | 24D | Head’s opposite | Sharon Delorme |
| 8 Jun 2008 | 99A | Shadow | Will Nediger |
| 2 Jun 2008 | 54D | What a donkey gets at a children’s party | Barry Boone |
| 18 Mar 2008 | 55A | Follow closely | David Pringle |
| 12 Feb 2008 | 51D | Follow, as a suspect | Deb Amlen |
| 28 Jun 2007 | 26D | Detective, at times | Joseph Crowley |
| 24 Jun 2006 | 39A | Shadow | Harvey Estes |
| 18 Jan 2006 | 11D | Caboose, e.g. | Sheldon Benardo |
| 25 Oct 2005 | 41D | Follow closely | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 5 Sep 2005 | 36A | Comet feature | Lynn Lempel |
| 31 Aug 2005 | 34A | Investigator, at times | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 20 Oct 2004 | 44A | Kite part | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 9 Oct 2004 | 49D | Detective, at times | Byron Walden |
| 20 Jun 2004 | 62A | Mermaid feature | Manny Nosowsky |
| 29 May 2004 | 36D | Final portion | Patrick Berry |
| 22 Mar 2004 | 52A | Kite part | Kyle Mahowald |
| 25 Jan 2004 | 6A | Behind | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 18 Jan 2004 | 112A | Shadow | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| 29 Dec 2003 | 23A | Peacock’s pride | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 Sep 2003 | 5D | Detective, at times | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 14 Nov 2002 | 19A | It may be docked | Paula Gamache |
| 5 Nov 2002 | 14A | Site of the 9-Across on an old nickel | Fred Piscop |
| 27 Oct 2002 | 52A | Detective, at times | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 16 Jul 2002 | 54D | Follow | Ed Early |
| 10 Dec 2001 | 35A | Lobster part | Gregory E. Paul |
| 20 May 2001 | 96A | Surveil, in a way | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 22 Nov 2000 | 66A | Lobster serving | Fred Piscop |
| 19 Sep 2000 | 52D | Follow furtively | Myles Callum |
| 20 Jul 2000 | 21A | Shadow | Bonnie S. Prystowsky |
| 29 Jul 1999 | 10A | Lobster order | David J. Kahn |
| 21 Jul 1999 | 34A | Dinosaur’s weapon | Noah Dephoure |
| 20 Jul 1999 | 37A | Shadow | Joy L. Wouk |
| 4 Apr 1999 | 26A | Plane section | Richard Silvestri |
| 16 Nov 1998 | 40D | Follow closely | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| 10 Sep 1998 | 42D | Deer’s scut | Christopher Hurt |
| 11 Mar 1998 | 15A | Cow’s flyswatter | Bette Sue Cohen |
| 11 Dec 1997 | 48D | Shadow | Trip Payne |
| 8 Sep 1997 | 38D | Mermaid feature | Robert Goldberg |
| 19 Aug 1997 | 26D | Peacock’s pride | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Jun 1997 | 18D | Party game pin-on | Fred Piscop |
| 5 Sep 1996 | 24A | Shadow | C. Millhauser |
| 26 Aug 1996 | 11D | Head’s opposite | G. E. Paul |
| 26 Feb 1996 | 66A | Follow | N. Steinberg |
| 29 Oct 1995 | 19A | Flyswatter, of a sort | Maura B. Jacobson |
| 22 Oct 1995 | 125A | Manx’s lack | Matt Gaffney |
| 18 Oct 1995 | 69A | Shadow | Nancy S. Ross |
| 19 Sep 1995 | 48A | Waggin’ part | Janet R. Bender |
| 14 Feb 1995 | 65A | Follow | Randy Sowell |
| 17 Nov 1994 | 12D | Follow | Rich Norris |
| 20 Apr 1994 | 40D | Follow | Walter Webb |
| 1 Apr 1994 | 23A | Kind of fin | Stanley Newman |
| 27 Feb 1994 | 65A | Dog, in a way | Bette Sue Cohen |
| 9 Jan 1994 | 51D | Bedog | Mel Rosen |
| 23 Nov 1993 | 1D | Shadow | Lois Sidway |
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