TRY is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for TRY in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "TRY" answer was first appeared in "27 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Make a federal case of?". It was authored by Manny Nosowsky. Recently, the "TRY" answer has been used for "4 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“You’ll never know until you ___!”". It was authored by Sean Ziebarth. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Sample (12)", "Attempt (10)", "Give it a go (8)", "Tax (8)", "Have a go at (9)", "“Don’t give up!” (7)". "TRY" appeared 163 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "TRY" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 2023 | 57D | “You’ll never know until you ___!” | Sean Ziebarth |
| 10 Jul 2023 | 63A | Give it the old college ___ | Brad Wiegmann |
| 2 Mar 2023 | 20A | Sample | Malaika Handa |
| 29 Jan 2023 | 85D | “Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you ___!”: Dr. Seuss | Rich Katz |
| 29 Nov 2022 | 39A | Oversee, as a case | David Rockow |
| 25 Nov 2022 | 38A | Sample | Simon Marotte |
| 15 Nov 2022 | 13D | Audition, with “out” | Sandy Ganzell |
| 21 Sep 2022 | 66A | Adjudicate | Matthew Stock |
| 19 Aug 2022 | 32A | Shot | Patrick John Duggan |
| 20 Jul 2022 | 8D | Don’t give up, say | Josh Kindler |
| 22 May 2022 | 52D | Take a shot at | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| 21 May 2022 | 21D | “___ me!” | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| 10 Apr 2022 | 49D | Shot, so to speak | David W. Tuffs |
| 3 Apr 2022 | 14D | Don’t give up | Byron Walden |
| 1 Mar 2022 | 33D | Attempt | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| 26 Oct 2021 | 54D | Urging for a reluctant person | Michael Schlossberg |
| 3 Oct 2021 | 27A | Endeavor | Trenton Charlson |
| 21 Aug 2021 | 38A | Rugby equivalent of a touchdown | Joseph Greenbaum |
| 10 Jul 2021 | 63D | Tax | Trenton Charlson |
| 25 Mar 2021 | 40D | Five-point rugby play | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 14 Mar 2021 | 35D | Word repeated before “again” | Jacob Stulberg |
| 25 Feb 2021 | 49A | “___ this!” | Dylan Schiff |
| 12 Jan 2021 | 52A | Take a stab | Ross Trudeau |
| 7 Jun 2020 | 7D | Give a whirl | Andy Kravis |
| 17 Feb 2020 | 29A | Attempt | Sally Hoelscher |
| 20 Jan 2020 | 12D | Attempt | Evan Kalish |
| 25 Oct 2019 | 22A | Take a shot | John Guzzetta |
| 21 Oct 2019 | 39A | Attempt | Joe Deeney |
| 2 Jul 2019 | 21A | Have a go at | Peter Gordon |
| 7 Apr 2019 | 26A | Seriously annoy | Peter A. Collins |
| 13 Jan 2019 | 26A | Effort | Andy Kravis |
| 9 Nov 2018 | 14D | Take a sip of | Robyn Weintraub |
| 7 Dec 2017 | 7D | Test | Dan Schoenholz |
| 1 Oct 2017 | 13D | Five-point rugby play | Robert Fisher |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 54D | Test | Sam Trabucco |
| 21 Aug 2017 | 65A | Sample | Tom McCoy |
| 8 Aug 2017 | 45D | Word repeated before “again” | Dan Flanagan |
| 18 Jun 2017 | 49A | “Don’t give up!” | Sam Trabucco |
| 26 Apr 2017 | 61D | Take a shot | Trenton Charlson |
| 2 Oct 2016 | 44A | Give it a go | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 22 Aug 2016 | 67A | Attempt | Emily Carroll |
| 4 Aug 2016 | 6D | Go for it | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 10 Feb 2016 | 50D | Have a go at | John Guzzetta |
| 23 Jan 2016 | 52A | Tax | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 8 Dec 2015 | 64D | Make an effort | Neville Fogarty |
| 12 Aug 2015 | 66A | Encouraging word | Tom McCoy |
| 7 Jun 2015 | 83A | Tax | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 20 Dec 2014 | 41A | Rugby four-pointer | Kevin G. Der and Ian Livengood |
| 10 Dec 2014 | 67D | Give it a go | Tom McCoy |
| 7 May 2014 | 69A | Sample | Kurt Mueller |
| 11 Feb 2014 | 57D | Give it a go | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen |
| 28 Apr 2013 | 64D | Seriously annoy | Patrick Berry |
| 5 Feb 2013 | 57D | Encouraging word | Robert A. Doll |
| 21 Nov 2012 | 34D | Sample | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Nov 2012 | 5D | Whirl | Derek Bowman |
| 1 Jul 2012 | 57D | Adjudge | Dan Schoenholz |
| 26 Feb 2012 | 34A | Sample | Daniel A. Finan |
| 24 Jan 2012 | 68A | Give a go | Alex Boisvert |
| 1 Jan 2012 | 33D | Sample | Patrick Berry |
| 26 Apr 2011 | 13D | “Give it a shot” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 19 Mar 2011 | 41A | Shot | Joe DiPietro |
| 14 Sep 2010 | 35A | Give it a go | Eshan Mitra, Brown University ’12 |
| 2 Aug 2010 | 59D | Hear, as a case | Diane Baker van Hoff |
| 12 Jul 2010 | 45A | Attempt | Freddie Cheng |
| 7 Jun 2010 | 63D | Give it a shot | Lynn Lempel |
| 22 Apr 2010 | 10D | “Give it a shot!” | Caleb Madison |
| 13 Feb 2010 | 15A | Whirl | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 23 Nov 2009 | 48A | “Gonna ___ with a little help from my friends” | Ben Pall |
| 9 Nov 2009 | 5D | Take a stab at | Lynn Lempel |
| 27 Oct 2009 | 65A | Word repeated after “If at first you don’t succeed” | Chuck Deodene |
| 13 Oct 2009 | 66A | Take a shot | Sharon Delorme |
| 2 Aug 2009 | 116A | Have a bite of | Patrick Berry |
| 15 May 2009 | 32D | Go for it | Xan Vongsathorn |
| 2 May 2009 | 33A | Sample | Peter A. Collins |
| 4 Apr 2009 | 29A | Determine the innocence or guilt of | Matt Ginsberg |
| 24 Mar 2009 | 23A | Have a go at | Pancho Harrison |
| 19 Mar 2009 | 31D | Taste | Laura Sternberg |
| 3 Mar 2009 | 11A | Go for it | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 16 Nov 2008 | 102D | Really test | Merl Reagle |
| 30 Sep 2008 | 13D | Give it a go | Allan E. Parrish |
| 25 Jun 2008 | 60A | Take a whack | Rob Cook |
| 20 Apr 2008 | 110D | Venture | John Farmer |
| 4 Sep 2007 | 31D | “Don’t give up!” | Manny Nosowsky |
| 25 Mar 2007 | 51D | Take a shot | Fred Piscop |
| 1 Mar 2007 | 69A | Put to the test | Steven E. Atwood |
| 27 Aug 2006 | 9D | Word of encouragement | Seth A. Abel |
| 10 Jun 2006 | 15D | Tax | Harvey Estes |
| 3 Jan 2006 | 38D | Attempt | Lynn Lempel |
| 11 Dec 2005 | 84D | Taste | Ben Tausig |
| 8 Nov 2005 | 28A | Give it a go | Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon |
| 6 Oct 2005 | 61D | “___ me!” | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 19 Sep 2005 | 13D | Attempt | Timothy Powell |
| 26 May 2005 | 5D | Tackle | David J. Kahn |
| 10 May 2005 | 53A | Give it a go | Nancy Salomon |
| 3 May 2005 | 57D | Attempt | Gary Steinmehl |
| 22 Feb 2005 | 15A | Word often said twice before “again” | Ed Early |
| 5 Dec 2004 | 97A | Tax | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Nov 2004 | 48A | Give it a shot | Kurt Mengel |
| 2 Sep 2004 | 67A | Put to the test | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Aug 2004 | 116D | Encouraging word | Randolph Ross |
| 27 Jun 2004 | 116D | Tax | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn |
| 14 Jun 2004 | 13D | Have a go at | Craig Kasper |
| 18 Apr 2004 | 30A | “Don’t give up!” | Richard Chisholm |
| 10 Mar 2004 | 13D | Take a shot at | Richard Silvestri |
| 30 Jul 2003 | 61D | Test | Alan J. Weiss |
| 30 Jun 2003 | 49A | Give it a whirl | Gregory E. Paul |
| 15 Aug 2002 | 26D | An encouraging word | Manny Nosowsky |
| 11 Aug 2002 | 40A | Sample | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 28 Jul 2002 | 114D | Sample | Nelson Hardy |
| 3 Jun 2002 | 49A | Make an effort | Gregory E. Paul |
| 2 Jun 2002 | 102A | Encouraging word | Frank Longo |
| 19 May 2002 | 95A | Assay | Cathy Millhauser |
| 10 Jan 2002 | 52D | Tax | Alex Vaughn |
| 31 Dec 2001 | 48D | Have a go at | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 10 Oct 2001 | 65D | Taste | Richard Chisholm |
| 29 Jul 2001 | 30A | Stab | Michael Ashley |
| 9 Jul 2001 | 5D | Audition, with “out” | Gregory E. Paul |
| 20 May 2001 | 74A | Stab | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 May 2001 | 32A | Crack, so to speak | Michael Shteyman |
| 13 Mar 2001 | 40A | Have a go at | Michael S. Maurer |
| 10 Dec 2000 | 77A | Stab | Rich Norris |
| 20 Nov 2000 | 23A | Give it a whirl | Randall J. Hartman |
| 1 Nov 2000 | 47A | Stab | Peter Gordon |
| 27 Sep 2000 | 49D | Take a whack at | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Aug 2000 | 122A | “Don’t give up!” | Charles M. Deber |
| 19 May 2000 | 25A | Word repeated before “again” | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 29 Sep 1999 | 32A | Tackle | Patrick D. Berry |
| 29 Jul 1999 | 5D | Hear | David J. Kahn |
| 27 Jul 1999 | 23A | “Don’t give up!” | Alfio Micci |
| 6 Jun 1999 | 30A | Hear | David J. Kahn |
| 30 May 1999 | 17A | Strive | Cathy Millhauser |
| 17 Jan 1999 | 118D | Venture | Cathy Millhauser |
| 23 Dec 1998 | 4D | Essay | Christopher Hurt |
| 16 Dec 1998 | 37D | Crack, so to speak | Nancy Salomon |
| 24 Nov 1998 | 60A | “Don’t give up!” | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| 9 Oct 1998 | 64A | Hear | Cathy Millhauser |
| 13 Sep 1998 | 117D | Assay | Cathy Millhauser |
| 27 Apr 1998 | 13D | Sample | Gregory E. Paul |
| 28 Mar 1998 | 53D | Adjudge | David J. Kahn |
| 25 Jan 1998 | 114D | Aim | Dave Tuller |
| 19 Nov 1997 | 51A | Have a go at | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Nov 1997 | 21D | Word repeated before “again,” in a saying | Grace Fabbroni |
| 18 Oct 1997 | 10D | Go | Rich Norris |
| 16 Jul 1997 | 48A | Go (for) | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 20 Apr 1997 | 6A | Tackle | Charles M. Deber |
| 26 Mar 1997 | 54A | Strive | Richard Silvestri |
| 18 Mar 1997 | 32D | Attempt | John R. Conrad |
| 4 Feb 1997 | 55D | Have a go at | G. R. Ferguson |
| 4 Dec 1996 | 13D | Have a go at | M. E. Skolsky |
| 25 Jun 1996 | 37A | Experiment | Randall J. Hartman |
| 24 Jun 1996 | 64D | The old college___ | M. Schneider |
| 20 Jun 1996 | 7D | Sample | C. Millhauser |
| 11 Dec 1995 | 15A | Undertake | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 19 Oct 1995 | 8D | Essay | Lois Sidway |
| 15 Sep 1995 | 30D | Put to a test | Matt Gaffney |
| 3 Aug 1995 | 31D | Give it a go | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 18 Jul 1995 | 23A | Do one’s darnedest | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| 16 Apr 1995 | 36D | Shot | Matt Gaffney |
| 4 Dec 1994 | 44A | Old college, e.g. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 13 Nov 1994 | 31A | Tax | Frank A. Longo |
| 12 Nov 1994 | 43D | Hold in judgment | Bryant White |
| 4 Jan 1994 | 9D | Venture | David A. Rosen |
| 27 Nov 1993 | 5D | Make a federal case of? | Manny Nosowsky |
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