TIER is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TIER in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TIER" answer was first appeared in "8 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Level (30)". It was authored by Norma Steinberg. Recently, the "TIER" answer has been used for "4 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Feature of a tall cake". It was authored by Sean Ziebarth. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Level (30)". "TIER" appeared 162 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TIER" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 2023 | 53D | Feature of a tall cake | Sean Ziebarth |
| 3 Sep 2023 | 55A | Membership category | Dylan Schiff |
| 25 Mar 2023 | 32D | Story | Robyn Weintraub |
| 22 Dec 2022 | 55A | Ticket specification | David Steinberg |
| 23 Aug 2022 | 19D | Part of a wedding cake | Trey Mendez |
| 24 Jul 2022 | 77A | Level | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| 12 May 2022 | 2D | Mezzanine, e.g. | Ross Trudeau |
| 10 Apr 2022 | 108A | Class | David W. Tuffs |
| 8 Mar 2022 | 65A | Level | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 1 Feb 2022 | 60A | Stadium level | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 30 Jan 2022 | 48D | Level | Ross Trudeau |
| 18 Dec 2021 | 45A | Top-___ | David Distenfeld |
| 10 Dec 2021 | 51D | Level | Joe DiPietro |
| 4 Aug 2021 | 35D | Seating section | Brandon Koppy |
| 19 Jun 2021 | 57D | Piece of cake? | Sophia Maymudes |
| 13 Jun 2021 | 7D | Rank | Stephen McCarthy |
| 12 May 2021 | 15A | Piece of cake? | Tracy Gray |
| 17 Apr 2021 | 6D | Ranking component | Leslie Rogers |
| 8 Apr 2021 | 13D | Category | Jake Halperin |
| 26 Jan 2021 | 63A | Cake layer | Peter Gordon |
| 13 Jan 2021 | 44A | Top ___ | Matthew Stock |
| 16 Aug 2020 | 6D | Seating section | Francis Heaney |
| 4 Jul 2020 | 32D | Story | Peter Wentz |
| 16 May 2020 | 52A | Level | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| 16 Dec 2019 | 4D | Arena section | Howard Barkin and Kevin Christian |
| 15 Sep 2019 | 22A | Piece of cake? | Andrew Kingsley |
| 11 Sep 2019 | 41D | Stadium ticket specification | Ned White |
| 18 Jun 2019 | 68A | Bleacher feature | Jeff Stillman |
| 15 Mar 2019 | 19A | Stadium ticket price factor | Jamey Smith |
| 21 Feb 2019 | 13D | Mezzanine, e.g. | Sam Trabucco |
| 10 Feb 2019 | 5A | Part of a wedding 9-Across | Lee Taylor |
| 10 Jan 2019 | 13D | Theater seating info | Jeff Slutzky and Derek Bowman |
| 5 May 2018 | 64A | Seating specification | Damon Gulczynski |
| 3 May 2018 | 35A | Piece of cake? | Emily Carroll |
| 31 May 2017 | 41A | Level | Jacob Stulberg |
| 10 Apr 2017 | 60D | Wedding cake layer | Lonnie Burton |
| 19 Mar 2017 | 28A | Level | Grant Thackray |
| 1 Mar 2016 | 13A | Theater ticket price factor | Freddie Cheng |
| 13 Jan 2016 | 33D | Grand ___ (opera house section) | Jeremy Newton |
| 24 Jun 2015 | 60A | Feature of a big cake | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 2 Jun 2015 | 30D | Balcony, for one | Bruce Haight |
| 31 Dec 2014 | 51A | Level | David Woolf |
| 21 Dec 2014 | 64A | Bleacher feature | Joel Fagliano |
| 6 Nov 2014 | 49A | Stadium projection, maybe | Matt Ginsberg |
| 8 Sep 2014 | 8D | Cake layer | Dan Schoenholz |
| 30 Mar 2014 | 27A | Echelon | Peter A. Collins |
| 11 Dec 2013 | 42A | Level | Steve Savoy |
| 11 Sep 2013 | 40D | Level | Patrick Blindauer |
| 28 Jul 2013 | 15D | Balcony, e.g. | Andrew Reynolds |
| 2 Jul 2013 | 42A | Cake layer | Daniel Raymon |
| 6 Jun 2013 | 35D | Rank | James Tuttle |
| 3 Feb 2013 | 4D | Level | Dan Schoenholz |
| 25 Jan 2013 | 27A | Rank | Joe DiPietro |
| 15 Jan 2013 | 54D | Layer | Peter A. Collins |
| 5 Dec 2012 | 67A | Arena section | Jim Hilger |
| 14 Sep 2012 | 48D | Seating specification | Peter A. Collins |
| 9 Sep 2012 | 52D | Seating area | Kevin G. Der |
| 28 Jul 2012 | 29D | Second-___ | Victor Fleming and Sam Ezersky |
| 26 Jul 2012 | 45A | Echelon | Joel Fagliano |
| 18 Mar 2012 | 119A | Echelon | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| 27 Feb 2012 | 67A | Wedding cake feature | Bill Thompson |
| 24 Oct 2011 | 20A | Stadium area | Lynn Lempel |
| 4 Sep 2011 | 71D | Row | Dana Delany and Matt Ginsberg |
| 27 Jun 2011 | 56D | Level | Joseph Samulak |
| 12 Mar 2011 | 48A | Hierarchy part | Joon Pahk |
| 3 Feb 2011 | 32D | Cake part | Matt Ginsberg |
| 7 Dec 2010 | 43A | Part of a wedding cake | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton |
| 12 Nov 2010 | 58A | Piece of cake? | Barry C. Silk |
| 31 Oct 2010 | 117D | Layer | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 Oct 2010 | 29D | Stadium level | Robert Fisher |
| 14 Sep 2010 | 5D | Auditorium balcony, e.g. | Eshan Mitra, Brown University ’12 |
| 17 Mar 2010 | 26D | Layer | Patrick Merrell |
| 20 Jul 2009 | 1D | It may hang out in a sports stadium | Pancho Harrison |
| 28 Jan 2009 | 1A | Level | Michael Langwald |
| 6 Jan 2009 | 48A | Top-___ (best) | John Greenman |
| 29 Nov 2008 | 7D | Arena ticket specification | Barry C. Silk |
| 26 May 2008 | 51D | Level | Mark Sherwood |
| 10 Mar 2008 | 41D | Wedding cake feature | Ken Bessette |
| 18 Jan 2008 | 51D | Top-___ (leading) | Trip Payne |
| 17 Nov 2007 | 22A | Detail on some tickets | Brad Wilber |
| 29 Oct 2007 | 39A | Stadium section | Fred Piscop |
| 21 Oct 2007 | 94A | Level | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 2 Aug 2007 | 57D | Stadium part | Robert Dillman |
| 12 Mar 2007 | 61A | Level | Kevin Der |
| 8 Feb 2007 | 27D | Stratum | Dan Reichert |
| 12 Jan 2007 | 29D | Rank | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 20 Dec 2006 | 50D | Level | Nancy Salomon |
| 8 Oct 2006 | 116D | Seating datum | Fred Piscop |
| 24 Aug 2006 | 7D | Ticket info, maybe | Gary Steinmehl |
| 20 Jul 2006 | 21A | Stage | Kevin McCann |
| 13 Jul 2006 | 47A | Bleacher feature | Manny Nosowsky |
| 24 Jun 2006 | 37D | Bank | Harvey Estes |
| 12 Mar 2006 | 25D | Class | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 5 Feb 2006 | 45A | Level | Eric Berlin |
| 31 Aug 2005 | 21A | Level | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 16 Aug 2005 | 11D | Amphitheater section | Randall J. Hartman |
| 29 May 2005 | 34D | Level | Frank Longo |
| 26 Dec 2004 | 74A | Keyboard section | Hal Turner |
| 25 Oct 2004 | 3D | Layer | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 27 Aug 2004 | 47D | Bank | Manny Nosowsky |
| 4 Jul 2004 | 7D | Rank | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 17 May 2004 | 11D | Echelon | Ethan Cooper |
| 31 Mar 2004 | 2D | Ticket info | Randy Sowell |
| 22 Mar 2004 | 48D | Seating level | Kyle Mahowald |
| 2 Feb 2004 | 69A | Section of seats | Gregory E. Paul |
| 16 Nov 2003 | 72D | Seating section | Cathy Millhauser |
| 8 Aug 2003 | 40A | Level | Myles Callum |
| 13 Jul 2003 | 29D | Factor in ticket pricing | Randolph Ross |
| 28 May 2003 | 36D | Bireme section | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 17 Apr 2003 | 7D | Cake feature, sometimes | Eric Berlin |
| 2 Feb 2003 | 87A | Rank | Mark Danna |
| 18 Oct 2002 | 24A | Level | Manny Nosowsky |
| 23 Apr 2002 | 50D | Seating section | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| 1 Nov 2001 | 28A | Bank | Rich Norris |
| 26 Jun 2001 | 8D | Echelon | Stephen Windheim |
| 2 Jun 2001 | 20A | Bank | Jim Page |
| 7 Mar 2001 | 8D | Level | Noah Dephoure |
| 14 Jan 2001 | 96D | Seating section | Nancy Salomon |
| 20 Dec 2000 | 22A | Level | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 19 Oct 2000 | 24D | Bank | Patrick Jordan |
| 3 Oct 2000 | 43D | Opera house level | Todd McClary |
| 22 Sep 2000 | 5D | Level | Manny Nosowsky |
| 7 Aug 2000 | 46A | Wedding cake feature | Nick Grivas |
| 27 Apr 2000 | 59D | Bleacher feature | Greg Staples |
| 8 Apr 2000 | 46A | Part of a seat assignment | Rich Norris |
| 26 Nov 1999 | 43A | Bleacher feature | Roger Phillips |
| 23 Oct 1999 | 30D | Rank | Frank Longo and Brendan Quigley |
| 28 Sep 1999 | 24A | Layer | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 30 Aug 1999 | 49D | Ballpark level | Margaret Watson |
| 25 Aug 1999 | 59D | Level | Richard Hughes |
| 26 May 1999 | 40D | Stadium area | Randall J. Hartman |
| 29 Apr 1999 | 41D | Stratum | Adam Cohen |
| 6 Nov 1998 | 6D | Piece of cake? | Bob Klahn |
| 29 Jul 1998 | 25D | Tower part | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 31 May 1998 | 70D | Bleacher feature | Cathy Millhauser |
| 5 Apr 1998 | 93A | Stadium level | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Feb 1998 | 65A | Stadium section | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Jan 1998 | 3D | Wedding cake feature | Mark Gottlieb |
| 29 Dec 1997 | 57D | Bleacher feature | Gregory E. Paul |
| 21 Dec 1997 | 83A | Galley feature | Frances Hansen |
| 2 Dec 1997 | 63D | Stadium section | Alan Olschwang |
| 12 Oct 1997 | 42D | Ticket info, maybe | Nancy Salomon |
| 5 Sep 1997 | 2D | Class | Harvey Estes |
| 23 Aug 1996 | 44A | Fan belt? | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| 5 Aug 1996 | 57A | Stadium level | F. Piscop |
| 5 May 1996 | 17D | Category | D. J. Kahn |
| 30 Apr 1996 | 51D | Row | G. E. Paul |
| 30 Mar 1996 | 58D | Gallery | D. R. Stark |
| 7 Feb 1996 | 55D | Deck | Frank A. Longo |
| 22 Oct 1995 | 148A | Rank | Matt Gaffney |
| 19 Sep 1995 | 18A | Wedding cake feature | Janet R. Bender |
| 16 Sep 1995 | 52A | Stadium area | Bryant White |
| 6 Sep 1995 | 12D | Stadium section | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Jul 1995 | 4D | Gallery | Eileen Lexau |
| 16 Sep 1994 | 54D | Deck | Randolph Ross |
| 14 Aug 1994 | 45D | Row | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| 3 Aug 1994 | 61A | Level | Richard Thomas |
| 23 Jul 1994 | 10D | Rank | Randolph Ross |
| 15 May 1994 | 96D | Level | Charles M. Deber |
| 23 Feb 1994 | 43A | Level | Joel Davajan |
| 19 Dec 1993 | 81A | Stadium level | John M. Samson |
| 8 Dec 1993 | 35D | Level | Norma Steinberg |
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