TEL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TEL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TEL" answer was first appeared in "28 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "___ Aviv (40)". It was authored by William P. Baxley. Recently, the "TEL" answer has been used for "10 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Business card abbr. (25)". It was authored by Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "___ Aviv (40)". "TEL" appeared 166 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TEL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2023 | 88A | Business card abbr. | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| 22 Oct 2023 | 62A | Business card abbr. | Robert Ryan |
| 2 Apr 2023 | 17D | No. for a résumé | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 60A | ___ Aviv | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| 25 Dec 2022 | 31A | No. in an email signature line | John Martz |
| 6 Nov 2022 | 113A | Business card abbr. | Michael Lieberman |
| 1 Nov 2022 | 34A | ___ Aviv | Bruce Haight |
| 16 Oct 2022 | 119D | Business card abbr. | Paolo Pasco |
| 26 Jun 2022 | 4D | Number on a bus. card | Matthew Stock and Finn Vigeland |
| 11 Mar 2022 | 5D | No. to call | Robyn Weintraub |
| 24 Nov 2021 | 58A | Lead-in to an ext. | Brandon Koppy |
| 7 Jun 2021 | 59D | Abbr. on a business card | Erika Ettin |
| 21 Dec 2020 | 22D | ___ Aviv, Israel | Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman |
| 27 Oct 2020 | 31A | Phone no. | Luci Bresette and David Steinberg |
| 28 Jul 2020 | 14D | No. on a business card | Ross Trudeau |
| 5 Jul 2020 | 77D | No. in a directory | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 3 May 2020 | 70A | Cell no., say | Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 Oct 2019 | 12D | Address book no. | Julie Bérubé |
| 15 Jul 2019 | 48D | ___ Aviv | Ed Sessa |
| 28 May 2019 | 10D | ___ Aviv | Aimee Lucido |
| 11 May 2019 | 21A | Emergency contact form abbreviation | Robyn Weintraub |
| 8 Mar 2019 | 6D | Letterhead abbr. | David Steinberg |
| 26 Dec 2018 | 55A | Business card abbr. | Howard Barkin |
| 13 May 2018 | 106A | ___ Aviv | Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard |
| 25 Jan 2018 | 39A | Hotel room feature: Abbr. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 27 Dec 2017 | 26A | Letterhead abbr. | David Kwong |
| 19 Oct 2017 | 27D | Hookup for a tenant: Abbr. | Ned White |
| 18 Apr 2017 | 56D | Certain util. bill | Bruce Haight |
| 19 Jan 2017 | 21A | ___ Aviv | Jacob Stulberg |
| 10 Jan 2017 | 35D | ___ Aviv | David Poole |
| 17 Sep 2016 | 40A | Letterhead abbr. | Andrew J. Ries |
| 11 Sep 2016 | 23D | Office no. | Ned White and George Barany |
| 1 Aug 2016 | 46A | Business card info: Abbr. | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 3 May 2016 | 34D | ___ Avivian | John Westwig |
| 27 Mar 2016 | 123D | ___ Aviv | Patrick Blindauer |
| 5 Jan 2016 | 15A | ___ Aviv | Jim Holland |
| 13 Sep 2015 | 27A | Certain monthly bill: Abbr. | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 Aug 2015 | 85A | ___ Aviv | Melanie Miller |
| 13 May 2015 | 25D | Business card no. | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 31 Mar 2015 | 24A | No. in a letterhead | Gary Cee |
| 28 Oct 2014 | 36D | Business card abbr. | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 12 Oct 2014 | 116D | Contact info abbr. | Pawel Fludzinski |
| 7 Oct 2014 | 65A | ___ Aviv | Matt Skoczen and Victor Fleming |
| 14 Aug 2014 | 22D | Business card abbr. | Jason Flinn |
| 20 Apr 2014 | 20D | ___ Aviv | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Feb 2014 | 87A | Addr. book datum | Yaakov Bendavid |
| 14 Nov 2013 | 46D | ___ no. | Tom McCoy |
| 22 Sep 2013 | 39A | ___ Aviv | Mike Selinker |
| 1 Jul 2013 | 66D | ___ Aviv | Patrick McIntyre |
| 2 Sep 2012 | 87A | ___ Aviv | Joel Fagliano |
| 30 Jun 2012 | 38A | ___ quel (as is, in Arles) | Tim Croce |
| 14 May 2012 | 34A | No. on a business card | John Dunn |
| 11 May 2012 | 21D | ___ Avivian | Natan Last |
| 6 May 2012 | 5D | Abbr. to the left of a number | Alex Vratsanos |
| 14 Feb 2012 | 14A | Part of AT&T: Abbr. | Paula Gamache |
| 5 Jan 2012 | 4A | Business card abbr. | Dan Schmiedeler |
| 19 Dec 2011 | 51A | ___ Aviv | Richard Chisholm |
| 28 Nov 2011 | 34D | Business card abbr. | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 16 Oct 2011 | 28A | Business card abbr. | Joel Fagliano |
| 2 Oct 2011 | 64D | Business card abbr. | Eric Berlin |
| 5 Aug 2011 | 64D | Letterhead abbr. | Barry Silk |
| 15 Jun 2011 | 31D | Business card abbr. | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 13 Feb 2011 | 63A | ___ Dan (Israeli archaeological site) | Ian Livengood |
| 14 Jan 2011 | 61D | ___ el Amarna, Egypt | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 3 Nov 2010 | 20A | Phone no. | Tracy Gray |
| 9 Aug 2010 | 2D | ___ Aviv | David Poole |
| 30 Jul 2010 | 54D | Abbr. that might appear above “e-mail” | Kevin G. Der |
| 5 Jul 2010 | 52A | No. starting with an area code | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| 15 Jun 2010 | 65D | ___ Aviv | Jill Winslow |
| 26 May 2010 | 34A | Business card abbr. | Anna Shechtman |
| 20 Apr 2010 | 62A | No. on a calling card | Paula Gamache |
| 22 Mar 2010 | 28D | ___ Aviv | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 27 Feb 2010 | 51A | Application datum: Abbr. | Patrick John Duggan |
| 23 Aug 2009 | 115D | 10-digit no. | Phil Ruzbarsky |
| 20 Jun 2009 | 4D | Letterhead abbr. | Brad Wilber |
| 5 May 2009 | 43A | ___ Aviv, Israel | Trip Payne |
| 3 Mar 2009 | 47A | 10-digit no. | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 10 Feb 2009 | 47A | Hill, in Haifa | John Underwood |
| 12 Jan 2009 | 66D | ___ Aviv | Lynn Lempel |
| 1 Dec 2008 | 8D | Number on a bus. card | Eric J. Platt |
| 28 Nov 2008 | 50A | Rolodex abbr. | Joe Krozel |
| 25 Nov 2008 | 9D | ___ Aviv | Caleb Madison |
| 20 Nov 2008 | 25D | ___ no. | Pete Muller |
| 17 Aug 2008 | 10D | Abbr. on a business card | Caleb Madison |
| 7 Apr 2008 | 64D | ___ Aviv | Randall J. Hartman |
| 23 Mar 2008 | 34A | Business card abbr. | Robert W. Harris |
| 6 Jan 2008 | 119D | ___ Aviv | Lynn Lempel |
| 24 Dec 2007 | 21A | ___ Aviv | Mark Sherwood |
| 9 Dec 2007 | 42A | Rolodex abbr. | Patrick Blindauer |
| 2 Sep 2007 | 85D | No. on a business card | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| 13 May 2007 | 50A | Bus. card abbr. | Jim Page |
| 30 Mar 2007 | 47A | Hill, in Hebrew | David Quarfoot |
| 2 Feb 2007 | 12D | Business card abbr. | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Oct 2006 | 59D | No. with an area code | Sarah Keller |
| 8 Oct 2006 | 32A | Rolodex no. | Fred Piscop |
| 25 May 2006 | 24D | Bus. card abbr. | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 5 Mar 2006 | 45A | Rolodex no. | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| 26 Feb 2006 | 11D | Bus. card info | Randolph Ross |
| 24 Feb 2006 | 60D | Application form datum: Abbr. | Manny Nosowsky |
| 13 Jul 2005 | 62D | ___ Aviv | Manny Nosowsky |
| 29 Jun 2005 | 8D | Rolodex no. | David Liben-Nowell |
| 5 Jan 2005 | 63D | Rolodex no. | Michael Shteyman |
| 3 Oct 2004 | 92A | Monthly bill: Abbr. | Randolph Ross |
| 12 Sep 2004 | 28A | Business card abbr. | Patrick Berry |
| 8 May 2004 | 28A | Abbr. before a number | Bob Peoples |
| 8 Jan 2004 | 14D | Business card abbr. | Michael Shteyman |
| 17 Feb 2003 | 47D | No. on a business card | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 2 Feb 2003 | 115D | Business card abbr. | Mark Danna |
| 9 Nov 2002 | 34A | Business card abbr. | James E. Buell |
| 1 Oct 2002 | 21A | Address book no. | Michael Shteyman |
| 8 Sep 2002 | 7D | Business card abbr. | Rich Norris |
| 14 Aug 2002 | 16A | Rolodex no. | David Levinson Wilk |
| 27 May 2002 | 22D | ___ Aviv | Norman Wizer |
| 8 May 2002 | 6D | Business card abbr. | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Apr 2002 | 117D | Letterhead abbr. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 18 Feb 2002 | 38A | No. on a business card | Philip Lew |
| 1 Feb 2002 | 10D | Rolodex abbr. | Pat M. Hugel |
| 13 Jan 2002 | 85A | ___ el Amarna, Egypt | Nelson Hardy |
| 4 Dec 2001 | 34A | ___ Aviv | Michael Shteyman |
| 17 Nov 2001 | 29A | Business card abbr. | Bob Peoples |
| 9 Nov 2001 | 19A | Hill, in Haifa | Chuck Menning |
| 17 Oct 2001 | 22D | Rolodex abbr. | Greg Staples |
| 8 Sep 2001 | 40D | Rolodex abbr. | Jim Page |
| 23 Aug 2001 | 5D | Business card abbr. | Peter Gordon |
| 6 Apr 2001 | 50A | Business card abbr. | David J. Kahn |
| 5 Apr 2001 | 5D | Bus. or res. number | Cathy Millhauser |
| 29 Jan 2001 | 8D | Business card no. | Sarah Keller |
| 25 Jan 2001 | 39A | ___ Avivian | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 13 Jan 2001 | 60D | ___ Hay, Israeli memorial | Rich Norris |
| 3 Dec 2000 | 110D | ___ Aviv | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 30 Nov 2000 | 35A | ___ Aviv | Manny Nosowsky |
| 4 Nov 2000 | 58D | Business card abbr. | Rich Norris |
| 26 Sep 2000 | 35D | No. on a business card | Bill Ballard |
| 4 Jun 2000 | 89A | ___ Aviv | Martin Schneider |
| 23 Apr 2000 | 42A | Hill, to an Arab | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 28 Mar 2000 | 60D | Bus. card abbr. | Fred Piscop |
| 28 Feb 2000 | 59A | ___ Aviv | Jerry E. Rosman |
| 27 Feb 2000 | 16D | Address book abbr. | Harvey Estes |
| 30 Jan 2000 | 80D | ___ Avivian | Peter Gordon |
| 4 Jun 1999 | 36A | K-___ (big name in records) | John Wolting |
| 30 May 1999 | 6D | Part of A.T.&T.: Abbr. | Cathy Millhauser |
| 23 Feb 1999 | 8D | Address book no. | Robert Zimmerman |
| 20 Nov 1998 | 18A | Haifa hill | Manny Nosowsky |
| 30 Aug 1998 | 77A | Addr. book entry | John Wolting |
| 22 Jul 1998 | 36D | ___ Avivian | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 26 Dec 1997 | 63D | Monthly bill: Abbr. | Bob Sefick |
| 6 Dec 1997 | 51A | ___ el Amarna, Egypt | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Aug 1997 | 61D | ___ el Amarna, Egyptian excavation site | Rich Norris |
| 12 Jan 1997 | 94A | Address book info: Abbr. | M. Rosen |
| 23 Dec 1996 | 40A | ___ Aviv | S. J. Walther |
| 12 Dec 1996 | 69D | Addr. book entry | J. R. Conrad |
| 12 Oct 1996 | 51A | ___ Hay (Israeli memorial) | R. Norris |
| 13 Jun 1996 | 21A | Wire: Abbr. | D. J. Kahn |
| 21 Jan 1996 | 103D | Start of some Israeli place names | R. Wolfe |
| 10 Jan 1996 | 28D | ___Aviv | M. Gaffney |
| 18 Dec 1995 | 6D | Part of ITT: Abbr. | Randall J. Hartman |
| 27 Sep 1995 | 10D | ___ Aviv | David J. Kahn |
| 4 Jun 1995 | 96D | Commercial prefix with star | Bryant White |
| 27 May 1995 | 45A | ___ el Amarna, Egypt | A.J. Santora |
| 26 Mar 1995 | 6D | ___ Aviv | Rich Norris |
| 28 Nov 1994 | 32D | ___ Aviv | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 12 Oct 1994 | 67D | ___ Aviv | Gregory E. Paul |
| 8 Aug 1994 | 28D | Part of ITT: Abbr. | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 29 Jun 1994 | 27A | ___ Aviv | Glenton Petgrave |
| 13 May 1994 | 8D | ___ Aviv | Randolph Ross |
| 28 Mar 1994 | 5D | ___ Aviv | William P. Baxley |
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