TONS is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TONS in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TONS" answer was first appeared in "8 Dec 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Scads (3)". It was authored by Randolph Ross. Recently, the "TONS" answer has been used for "12 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Oodles (6)". It was authored by Peter Gordon. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Oodles (6)". "TONS" appeared 54 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TONS" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2023 | 48D | Oodles | Peter Gordon |
| 12 Jul 2023 | 12D | Oodles | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| 7 Aug 2022 | 50D | A great deal | Tina Labadie |
| 18 Dec 2020 | 13D | Rafts | Damon Gulczynski |
| 12 Mar 2020 | 55A | A whole bunch | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| 29 Jul 2019 | 44A | Weights that may be “short” or “long” | Bruce Haight |
| 14 Jul 2018 | 5D | A bushelful | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 17 Jun 2018 | 2D | Heaps | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| 2 Nov 2017 | 68A | Bunches | Peter Sagal and Mike Selinker |
| 29 Dec 2016 | 22D | A lot | Kevan Choset |
| 4 Sep 2016 | 54A | Scads | Tom McCoy |
| 17 Dec 2015 | 51D | Plenty | David Kwong |
| 15 Nov 2015 | 26A | Plenty | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 18 Sep 2014 | 3D | A whole bunch | Joel Fagliano |
| 27 Jun 2014 | 40A | Lots | Peter A. Collins |
| 20 May 2014 | 18D | Cargo measures | Peter A. Collins |
| 6 Jul 2013 | 17A | Rafts | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 11 Mar 2012 | 83D | A lot | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| 13 Jun 2011 | 70A | Truckloads | Alex Vratsanos |
| 17 Mar 2011 | 6D | Truckloads | Anna Shechtman |
| 15 Feb 2011 | 7D | Oodles | Paula Gamache |
| 23 Jan 2011 | 27D | Bunches | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| 27 Dec 2010 | 3D | A lot | C. W. Stewart |
| 4 Aug 2010 | 58D | Oceans | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 26 May 2010 | 4D | Lots and lots | Anna Shechtman |
| 11 Nov 2008 | 43A | Heaps | Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer |
| 18 Jun 2008 | 58D | Oodles and oodles | Adam Fromm |
| 27 Oct 2006 | 47A | More than plenty | Lisa Bunker |
| 16 Oct 2006 | 24A | Loads and loads | Paula Gamache |
| 10 Nov 2005 | 8D | A gazillion | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| 14 Oct 2005 | 46A | A load | Michael Shteyman |
| 5 Oct 2005 | 68A | Plenty | Nancy Salomon |
| 23 May 2005 | 58D | Heaps | Robert Dillman |
| 31 Mar 2005 | 30D | Gobs | David Liben-Nowell |
| 27 Dec 2004 | 48D | Truck scale units | Levi Denham |
| 16 Aug 2004 | 1D | Cargo weights | Joy C. Frank |
| 21 Dec 2003 | 17D | A huge amount | Frances Hansen |
| 4 Aug 2003 | 67A | Weigh station units | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 10 Sep 2002 | 44A | Zillions | Wei-Hwa Huang |
| 17 Mar 2002 | 25A | Scads | David J. Kahn |
| 13 May 2001 | 118D | Plenty | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 2 Feb 2001 | 49D | A slew | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 6 Mar 2000 | 64A | Oodles | Gregory E. Paul |
| 12 Feb 1999 | 5D | A good deal | Joe DiPietro |
| 23 Oct 1998 | 25A | Oceans | Manny Nosowsky |
| 13 Sep 1997 | 32A | A bundle | Dave Tuller |
| 23 Feb 1997 | 59A | Plenty | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 6 Jan 1997 | 2D | Shipping units | S. L. Robbins |
| 24 Jul 1995 | 55D | Lots and lots | Amy Goldstein & Julian Ochrymowych |
| 14 May 1995 | 42A | A whole lot | Richard Silvestri |
| 13 Apr 1995 | 43A | Quite a bit | Glenn E. Sykes |
| 22 Feb 1995 | 31A | Oodles | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 11 Dec 1994 | 90D | Oodles | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 8 Dec 1994 | 22D | Scads | Randolph Ross |
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