TAN is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TAN in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TAN" answer was first appeared in "20 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Famous Amy". It was authored by Lois Sidway. Recently, the "TAN" answer has been used for "9 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Amy who wrote “The Kitchen God’s Wife”". It was authored by Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Whip (9)". "TAN" appeared 210 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TAN" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2023 | 6D | Amy who wrote “The Kitchen God’s Wife” | Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson |
| 20 Nov 2023 | 62D | Color of khakis | Sam Ezersky |
| 12 Sep 2023 | 63D | Color akin to khaki | Ella Dershowitz |
| 27 Aug 2023 | 48A | Catch some rays | Rich Katz |
| 23 Aug 2023 | 21A | M&M’s color replaced by blue | Michael Lieberman |
| 13 Aug 2023 | 34A | Camel relative | Manaal Mohammed |
| 27 Feb 2023 | 59A | Sandy shade | David Rockow |
| 23 Dec 2022 | 24D | Button on a scientific calculator | Brandon Koppy |
| 19 Nov 2022 | 16D | Khaki | Benji Goldsmith |
| 8 Nov 2022 | 9D | Shade akin to camel | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| 6 Nov 2022 | 81A | Like many lifeguards | Michael Lieberman |
| 5 Aug 2022 | 15A | “The Kitchen God’s Wife” novelist, 1991 | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| 17 May 2022 | 37D | Amy who wrote “The Joy Luck Club” | Richard D. Allen |
| 6 May 2022 | 22A | Author of “The Kitchen God’s Wife” (1991) | Aaron Ullman |
| 3 Feb 2022 | 32A | Go for bronze? | Adam Wagner |
| 29 Jan 2022 | 4D | Shoe hue | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid |
| 26 Sep 2021 | 101A | Sun-kissed, say | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| 14 Sep 2021 | 42A | Bygone M&M color | Christopher Adams |
| 3 Jul 2021 | 19A | Shaded from the sun | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 70D | Shade of brown | Trenton Charlson |
| 8 Mar 2021 | 58D | Lie in the sun | Eric Bornstein |
| 7 Mar 2021 | 117D | Brown shade | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen |
| 2 Mar 2021 | 38A | Lion-colored | Ross Trudeau |
| 4 Feb 2021 | 31D | Cousin of ocher | Derek Allen |
| 2 Feb 2021 | 59D | Amy who wrote “The Joy Luck Club” | Adesina O. Koiki |
| 2 Jan 2021 | 46A | Shade from the sun | Joe Deeney |
| 3 Nov 2020 | 47A | Neutral shade | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| 30 Sep 2020 | 18D | Color of peanuts | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| 13 Aug 2020 | 66A | Chinos color | Jon Olsen |
| 2 Feb 2020 | 91A | Bronze | Brian Herrick and Christopher Adams |
| 27 Nov 2019 | 22A | Former M&M’s color | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| 3 Nov 2019 | 91D | Whup | Kristian House |
| 4 Sep 2019 | 63D | Color akin to butterscotch | Patrick Blindauer |
| 19 Aug 2019 | 30D | Suede shade | Peter Gordon |
| 30 Mar 2019 | 5D | Trig. function | Greg Johnson |
| 18 Mar 2019 | 5D | Light brown | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 19 Dec 2018 | 19A | Give a whuppin’ | Seth A. Abel |
| 9 Jul 2018 | 42D | Result of sunning | John Lampkin |
| 8 Jul 2018 | 27A | Beachgoer’s souvenir | Bruce Haight |
| 6 Jul 2018 | 50A | Hawaiian souvenir | Robyn Weintraub |
| 3 Jun 2018 | 23A | Camelhair color | David J. Kahn |
| 10 Apr 2018 | 67D | Shade darker than beige | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 7 Feb 2018 | 58D | Color of coffee ice cream | Stu Ockman |
| 24 Jan 2018 | 28D | Give a whupping | Kathy Wienberg |
| 24 Nov 2017 | 19A | Summer shade | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
| 16 Nov 2017 | 58D | Get some sun | Alex Eylar |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 35A | Like much sandpaper | Sam Trabucco |
| 7 Aug 2017 | 59D | Something that might be picked up at the beach | Kevin Christian |
| 5 Jul 2017 | 59D | Onetime M&M’s color | Jake Halperin |
| 25 May 2017 | 27A | Bronze-ish | Erik Agard |
| 22 Apr 2017 | 43A | Change one’s tone? | Adam Fromm |
| 31 Jan 2017 | 30D | Give a lickin’ | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| 4 Dec 2016 | 95A | Salon offering | Bruce Haight |
| 24 Jul 2016 | 51D | Beach shade | David Steinberg |
| 8 Jun 2016 | 8D | Color similar to Crayola’s Tumbleweed | Sean Dobbin |
| 17 Mar 2016 | 56A | Give a whuppin’ | David Woolf |
| 22 Oct 2015 | 63A | See 29-Down | Tracy Gray |
| 2 Oct 2015 | 42D | Khaki | Patrick Berry |
| 19 Jun 2015 | 31A | Out-lying result? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 18 May 2015 | 10D | Light brown | Gene Newman |
| 10 May 2015 | 58D | Army Rangers beret color | Jacob Stulberg |
| 20 Apr 2015 | 66D | Light brown | Tom McCoy |
| 28 Mar 2015 | 58D | Lick | David Steinberg |
| 1 Mar 2015 | 115A | Whup | Finn Vigeland |
| 15 Jan 2015 | 23A | Shade from the sun | Herre Schouwerwou |
| 5 Jan 2015 | 43A | Light brown | John Guzzetta |
| 13 Dec 2014 | 29A | Larrup | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| 28 Oct 2014 | 57D | Catch some rays | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 3 Aug 2014 | 7D | Like 3-Down | Ian Livengood |
| 15 Jun 2014 | 78D | M&M color replaced by blue | Tony Orbach |
| 11 Mar 2014 | 23A | Souvenir of Maui, maybe | Mel Rosen |
| 5 Dec 2013 | 54A | Give a whuppin’ | Dan Schoenholz |
| 13 Oct 2013 | 91D | Lick | Jeff Chen |
| 12 Oct 2013 | 37D | Shade that fades | John Farmer |
| 26 Sep 2013 | 48A | Certain shoe shade | Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas |
| 28 Aug 2013 | 8D | Treat, as a hide | Erik Agard |
| 21 Aug 2013 | 61D | With 69-Across, beach markings … 14 of which are hidden vertically and horizontally elsewhere in this puzzle | Jonathan Gersch |
| 7 Apr 2013 | 67D | Sun | Matt Ginsberg |
| 8 Mar 2013 | 19A | Goal of a 17-Across | Paula Gamache |
| 5 Feb 2013 | 44A | Former M&M’s color | Robert A. Doll |
| 18 Dec 2012 | 31A | Give a good whippin’ | Adam G. Perl |
| 7 Dec 2012 | 25D | Khakilike | Peter Wentz |
| 25 Nov 2012 | 106A | Spank but good | Jeff Chen |
| 7 Nov 2012 | 56D | See 34-Down | George Fitzgerald and Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Oct 2012 | 39A | Sun-kissed | Pete Muller |
| 4 Oct 2012 | 41D | Whup | Bill Thompson |
| 19 Sep 2012 | 4D | Go for the bronze? | Michael Shteyman |
| 30 Jul 2012 | 27A | Treat, as leather | Rosemarie Dolan and Christopher Geach |
| 29 Jul 2012 | 118D | Beach souvenir? | Kevin G. Der |
| 24 Jun 2012 | 123A | Vacation acquisition, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Mar 2012 | 128A | Hawaiian souvenir? | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| 1 Sep 2011 | 43A | Like sandpaper, typically | Joel Fagliano |
| 17 Jul 2011 | 74A | Farmer’s ___ | Daniel A. Finan |
| 24 May 2011 | 53D | Whip but good | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 6 Mar 2011 | 35D | Noted John Boehner feature | David Levinson Wilk |
| 10 Jan 2011 | 13D | Brown from the beach | James Tuttle |
| 1 Dec 2010 | 56D | Get bronze | Caleb Madison |
| 21 Nov 2010 | 43D | Result of some time in a bed? | Clive Probert |
| 10 Oct 2010 | 117D | It’s often picked up at the beach | Patrick Merrell |
| 4 Oct 2010 | 55A | Beachgoer’s shade | Adam G. Perl |
| 16 Aug 2010 | 16A | Sunbathe | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
| 3 May 2010 | 63D | Light brown | Susan Gelfand |
| 11 Apr 2010 | 24D | Light earth tone | Patrick Berry |
| 4 Feb 2010 | 68D | Almost burn | Matt Ginsberg |
| 24 Jan 2010 | 124A | Whup | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| 22 Jan 2010 | 56D | Result of exposing oneself at the beach? | Natan Last |
| 8 Nov 2009 | 26D | Whip | Robert W. Harris |
| 28 Oct 2009 | 44A | What you might get in a booth | Mike Torch |
| 6 Jul 2009 | 9D | Get some sun | Fred Piscop |
| 14 Jun 2009 | 5D | Like many lifeguards | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 7 Jun 2009 | 107A | A bather may want one | Jeremy Newton |
| 12 May 2009 | 1A | Get some sun | Wayne and P. K. King |
| 1 Feb 2009 | 86A | Go for the bronze? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| 29 Dec 2008 | 55D | Sunbathe | Kevin Donovan |
| 26 Nov 2008 | 56D | Whip but good | Harvey Estes |
| 21 Aug 2008 | 47A | Beach shade | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 10 Jun 2008 | 63A | Bronzed, at the beach | Barry C. Silk |
| 9 Jan 2008 | 13D | Bronze | John Farmer |
| 15 Jul 2007 | 115D | Like camel’s hair | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 37A | Salon acquisition | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| 12 Jun 2007 | 20A | Something that may be brought back from the beach | Jonathan Gersch |
| 5 Apr 2007 | 30D | Biscuit or almond | Mike Shenk |
| 21 Mar 2007 | 18D | Spank but good | Ed Early |
| 8 Dec 2006 | 51A | Whip | Harvey Estes |
| 23 Oct 2006 | 48A | Sunbather’s shade | John Calvin Williams |
| 22 Oct 2006 | 116D | Spank | Harvey Estes |
| 14 Sep 2006 | 33A | Whup | Karen M. Tracey |
| 20 Aug 2006 | 61D | It fades in the fall | Richard Silvestri |
| 10 Jul 2006 | 64D | Beachgoer’s shade | Randall J. Hartman |
| 28 Jun 2006 | 35D | Crayola shade | Myles Callum |
| 16 May 2006 | 42D | Spank but good | Nancy Salomon |
| 26 Feb 2006 | 112D | Whip | Randolph Ross |
| 2 Feb 2006 | 22A | Whip | Byron Walden |
| 4 Sep 2005 | 34A | Browning work? | Richard Silvestri |
| 22 May 2005 | 65A | Whip | A. J. Santora |
| 1 May 2005 | 97D | Whip | Joe DiPietro |
| 12 Apr 2005 | 42A | Something some people return from vacation with | Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Jul 2004 | 85A | Whip but good | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 27 May 2004 | 20A | Result of some bathing | Cathy Millhauser |
| 17 Mar 2004 | 62D | Light brown | A. J. Santora |
| 2 Feb 2004 | 10D | Brownish | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Nov 2003 | 4D | Let have it | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 2 Sep 2003 | 10D | Beachgoer’s goal | Ed Early |
| 27 May 2003 | 5D | Color on the beach | PAtrick MErrell |
| 31 Mar 2003 | 60D | Color of sand | Patrick Merrell |
| 30 Mar 2003 | 66A | Thrash | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 9 Mar 2003 | 48D | Camelhair color | Patrick Berry |
| 29 Jan 2003 | 4D | Whip but good | Fred Piscop |
| 9 Jan 2003 | 51A | Souvenir from Aruba? | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Jan 2003 | 50A | Go for the bronze? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 2 Sep 2002 | 32A | Brown on the beach | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Aug 2002 | 61A | Use a booth, perhaps | Frank Longo |
| 13 Aug 2002 | 58D | Beachgoer’s goal | Robert Malinow |
| 18 Jul 2002 | 5D | Go for the bronze? | Kevin McCann |
| 4 Dec 2001 | 18A | Whip but good | Michael Shteyman |
| 6 Sep 2001 | 61D | Whip | Frank Longo |
| 20 Jul 2001 | 20A | Switch | Jim Page |
| 9 May 2001 | 30A | Whip but good | Ethan Cooper |
| 13 Mar 2001 | 57D | Beach bum’s shade | Michael S. Maurer |
| 14 Sep 2000 | 59D | Acquisition for some vacationers | Joe DiPietro |
| 13 Sep 2000 | 32D | Paddle | Jim Morton |
| 18 Aug 2000 | 32A | Buff | Patrick D. Berry |
| 3 Aug 2000 | 37D | Whip but good | Bob Sefick |
| 29 Jul 2000 | 40D | Get darker | Rich Norris |
| 5 Jul 2000 | 59D | Thrash | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Apr 2000 | 36A | Fancy calculator button | Peter Gordon |
| 17 Mar 2000 | 51D | Paddle | Glenton Petgrave |
| 15 Feb 2000 | 1D | “The Joy Luck Club” author | Frances Hansen |
| 11 Feb 2000 | 19A | Go for the bronze? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 12 Dec 1999 | 62D | Browning work? | Richard Silvestri |
| 7 Nov 1999 | 74A | Whup | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 4 Oct 1999 | 30D | Turn into leather | Joey Crumley |
| 3 Sep 1999 | 56A | Almond | David J. Kahn |
| 7 Aug 1999 | 32A | Booth offering, perhaps | Trip Payne |
| 1 Aug 1999 | 10D | Summer shade | Randolph Ross |
| 14 May 1999 | 27A | Like lifeguards | Frank Longo |
| 12 Nov 1998 | 63D | Whip but good | David J. Kahn |
| 21 Oct 1998 | 1D | Trig. ratio | Matt Gaffney |
| 24 May 1998 | 84A | Shoe color | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 19 May 1998 | 52A | Beachgoer’s goal | William S. Cotter |
| 28 Feb 1998 | 56D | Lick | David J. Kahn |
| 27 Feb 1998 | 6D | Bronzy | Kevin McCann |
| 30 Jan 1998 | 4D | Sun shade | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 20 Jan 1998 | 30A | Give a licking | Randall J. Hartman |
| 12 Dec 1997 | 47A | Whup | Manny Nosowsky |
| 27 Apr 1997 | 31D | Larrup | Matt Gaffney |
| 19 Mar 1997 | 29A | “The Joy Luck Club” author | Trip Payne |
| 27 Oct 1996 | 61A | “The Hundred Secret Senses” author | N. N. Joline |
| 9 Sep 1996 | 40A | Light brown | S. L. Robbins |
| 19 Aug 1996 | 44A | Catch some rays | E. C. Gorski |
| 16 Jun 1996 | 87D | Thrash | N. N. Joline |
| 2 Jun 1996 | 38A | Whip but good | R. Norris |
| 27 May 1996 | 60A | See 19-Across | N. Steinberg |
| 31 Jan 1996 | 46A | Beach shade | M. Gaffney |
| 23 Dec 1995 | 26D | Whip but good | Manny Nosowsky |
| 16 Oct 1995 | 44A | Light brown | Bernice Gordon |
| 2 Oct 1995 | 31D | Sunlamp product | Joy L. Wouk |
| 6 Aug 1995 | 66D | Beat soundly | Manny Nosowsky |
| 24 May 1995 | 44A | Author Amy | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 23 Apr 1995 | 89A | Whip | Randolph Ross |
| 16 Apr 1995 | 5D | Spank | Matt Gaffney |
| 16 Nov 1994 | 26D | Bronzed | Chuck Deodene |
| 8 Oct 1994 | 40D | Whip | Rand H. Burns |
| 8 Sep 1994 | 56A | Catch some rays | Daniel R. Stark |
| 17 Aug 1994 | 5A | Lick | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 20 Jun 1994 | 19A | “The Joy Luck Club” author | Bette Sue Cohen |
| 11 Jun 1994 | 43A | Catch some rays | Daniel R. Stark |
| 4 Apr 1994 | 58D | Ecru | Betty Jorgensen |
| 15 Mar 1994 | 62D | Aruba product | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Jan 1994 | 63D | Famous Amy | Lois Sidway |
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