USER is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for USER in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "USER" answer was first appeared in "9 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Hacker, e.g.". It was authored by Janie Lyons. Recently, the "USER" answer has been used for "17 Aug 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "App store customer". It was authored by Erik Agard. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "___-friendly (16)", "Consumer (9)", "Addict (15)", "Manipulator (7)", "End ___ (7)". "USER" appeared 227 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "USER" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2023 | 17D | App store customer | Erik Agard |
| 15 Jul 2023 | 55A | Selfish sort | Jeff Chen |
| 15 May 2023 | 29D | App customer | Tomas Spiers |
| 10 Apr 2023 | 62A | Computer operator | Gia Bosko |
| 9 Apr 2023 | 117D | Account holder, e.g. | John Ewbank |
| 15 Mar 2023 | 62D | Operator | Michael B. Berg |
| 5 Jan 2023 | 56D | End-___ | Emily Carroll |
| 26 Dec 2022 | 69A | ___-friendly | Kurt Weller |
| 25 Dec 2022 | 13D | App developer’s target | John Martz |
| 14 Dec 2022 | 59A | One who may need credentials | Matthew Stock |
| 30 Oct 2022 | 51D | One accepting the terms and conditions | Addison Snell |
| 19 Sep 2022 | 43D | Tech support seeker, typically | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 30 Aug 2022 | 45A | Manipulative type | Emily Carroll |
| 15 Aug 2022 | 21A | App customer | Simon Marotte |
| 17 Jul 2022 | 116D | Account creator, maybe | Greg Slovacek |
| 14 Jul 2022 | 13A | The “U” in U.X. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 8 May 2022 | 78A | Fee payer, often | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| 1 Apr 2022 | 35D | ___ interface | Evan Mahnken |
| 18 Mar 2022 | 19A | Power ___ | Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic |
| 27 Feb 2022 | 10D | One with a password, maybe | Sheldon Polonsky |
| 16 Feb 2022 | 56D | Employer | Rich Proulx |
| 17 Oct 2021 | 104D | Person calling tech support, say | Jeff Chen |
| 16 Oct 2021 | 50D | Part of UX | Caitlin Reid and Erik Agard |
| 26 Sep 2021 | 28A | End ___ | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| 27 Aug 2021 | 50D | ___ ID | Robyn Weintraub |
| 28 Jun 2021 | 3D | ___ name and password | Pamela F. Davis |
| 9 Nov 2020 | 39D | For whom a product designer designs | Kate Hawkins |
| 13 Oct 2020 | 36A | Person with log-in information | Amanda Rafkin |
| 28 Sep 2020 | 22A | Patron | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 Sep 2020 | 8D | Kind of ID | Robyn Weintraub |
| 17 Aug 2020 | 46A | ___ ID | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 5 May 2020 | 6D | ___-friendly | Lee Taylor |
| 7 Feb 2020 | 58A | Manipulative sort | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| 3 Feb 2020 | 17A | App customer | Michael Schlossberg |
| 27 Dec 2019 | 41A | ___ error | Sam Trabucco |
| 11 Dec 2019 | 31A | ___ interface | Jake Halperin |
| 30 Nov 2019 | 24A | FAQ checker | Joe Deeney |
| 14 Nov 2019 | 57A | Manipulative sort | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 29 Sep 2019 | 122A | End ___ | Tom McCoy |
| 19 Aug 2019 | 8D | Computer operator | Peter Gordon |
| 15 Jul 2019 | 37D | Addict | Ed Sessa |
| 3 Jul 2019 | 6D | Pusher’s customer | Evan Mahnken |
| 29 May 2019 | 29D | Operator | Jules Markey |
| 2 May 2019 | 61D | Addict | Julie Bérubé |
| 4 Mar 2019 | 34D | Buyer of drugs, e.g. | Ellis Hay |
| 3 Dec 2018 | 47A | Fee payer, often | Lynn Lempel |
| 21 Feb 2018 | 62D | ___-friendly | Ori Brian and Zachary Spitz |
| 13 Feb 2018 | 68A | Manual reader | Bruce Haight |
| 18 Jan 2018 | 33D | ___ interface | Ryan McCarty and Alan Southworth |
| 22 Oct 2017 | 14D | ___-friendly | Tracy Gray |
| 15 Aug 2017 | 36D | ___ interface | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 2 Aug 2017 | 13D | Manual reader | Bruce Haight |
| 12 Jul 2017 | 12D | App customer | Elayne Boosler and Patrick Merrell |
| 21 Apr 2017 | 8D | One who might need an ID | Damon Gulczynski |
| 11 Apr 2017 | 18D | ___ interface | Zachary Spitz and Diane Roseman |
| 21 Feb 2017 | 44D | Exploiter | Timothy Polin |
| 21 Nov 2016 | 55A | ___-friendly | John Lieb |
| 7 Nov 2016 | 33D | Marketing target | Bruce Haight |
| 6 Nov 2016 | 70A | Selfish sort | Joe DiPietro |
| 31 Oct 2016 | 2D | Pusher’s customer | Peter A. Collins |
| 3 Aug 2016 | 19A | ___ testing (part of the beta stage) | Neville Fogarty |
| 2 Aug 2016 | 60A | ___ ID | Paula Gamache |
| 25 Jul 2016 | 62A | Manipulator | Kevin Christian |
| 20 Jul 2016 | 15A | Exploitative sort | Gordon Johnson |
| 14 Apr 2016 | 62A | App purchaser | Jason Flinn |
| 16 Dec 2015 | 9D | ___-friendly | Paula Gamache |
| 26 Sep 2015 | 9D | Target of an intervention | David Woolf |
| 6 Sep 2015 | 97A | Dealer’s customer | Patrick Berry |
| 2 May 2015 | 41D | ___ name | Barry C. Silk |
| 12 Apr 2015 | 51A | One logging in | Jeff Chen |
| 11 Mar 2015 | 63D | ___ experience | David Steinberg |
| 9 Mar 2015 | 56D | Consumer | Debbie Ellerin |
| 2 Feb 2015 | 17D | Druggie | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| 13 Aug 2014 | 35A | One with a habit | Dan Schoenholz |
| 6 Jun 2014 | 56A | One with a password, maybe | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 2 Jun 2014 | 14A | One who Googles, e.g. | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 4 Jan 2014 | 18A | See 34-Down | Kyle Dolan |
| 3 Jan 2014 | 8D | One logging in | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| 12 Oct 2013 | 59D | One with a password, say | John Farmer |
| 5 Sep 2013 | 36D | One at a keyboard | Damon Gulczynski |
| 18 Jul 2013 | 69A | ___ group | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| 19 May 2013 | 44A | Operator | Jean O’Conor |
| 7 May 2013 | 8D | Manipulator | Jeff Chen |
| 23 Apr 2013 | 27D | Addict | Severin T. Nelson |
| 13 Jan 2013 | 12D | Friendly introduction? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 12 Dec 2012 | 70A | Kind of fee | Peter A. Collins |
| 24 Oct 2012 | 31D | PC operator | Ian Livengood |
| 21 May 2012 | 31D | Consumer | Ian Livengood |
| 14 May 2012 | 15A | Addict | John Dunn |
| 1 May 2012 | 54D | Consumer | Zoe Wheeler and Aimee Lucido |
| 29 Apr 2012 | 3D | Possible candidate for rehab | Tracy Gray |
| 7 Nov 2011 | 60A | Consumer | David Steinberg |
| 26 Sep 2011 | 51D | Manipulator | David Gray |
| 27 Jun 2011 | 31A | Manual’s intended reader | Joseph Samulak |
| 5 Jan 2011 | 55D | Lead-in for friendly | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| 27 Dec 2010 | 40D | Consumer | C. W. Stewart |
| 16 Mar 2010 | 18A | Manual reader | Paula Gamache |
| 28 Sep 2009 | 23A | Consumer | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 Sep 2009 | 35A | Word with interface or option | Michael Ashley |
| 6 Sep 2009 | 102D | ___-friendly | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 24 Jul 2009 | 38A | End ___ | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Mar 2009 | 112A | Not a teetotaler | Robert W. Harris |
| 27 Jan 2009 | 13D | Tech’s customer | Jim Hyres |
| 5 Jan 2009 | 19A | One at the computer | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 18 Sep 2008 | 33A | One pointing and clicking | Mike Nothnagel |
| 12 Sep 2008 | 12D | ___ fee | Natan Last |
| 27 May 2008 | 21A | Word before fee or group | Adam G. Perl |
| 25 Mar 2008 | 65A | Addict | Steve Salmon |
| 18 Mar 2008 | 7D | Tech caller | David Pringle |
| 24 Feb 2008 | 106D | Junkie | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 14 Dec 2007 | 20A | Beta tester, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| 12 Nov 2007 | 62A | ___-friendly | Harvey Estes |
| 22 Oct 2007 | 29D | ___-friendly | Lynn Lempel |
| 24 Sep 2007 | 3D | ___-friendly (simple to operate) | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Aug 2007 | 6A | ___-friendly | Lynn Lempel |
| 5 Aug 2007 | 29A | Manual reader | Caroline Leong |
| 23 Apr 2007 | 57A | End-___ (ultimate buyer) | David Pringle |
| 10 Apr 2007 | 28A | Addict | Kevan Choset |
| 31 Mar 2007 | 34D | Junkie | John Duschatko |
| 27 Mar 2007 | 33D | Rehab candidate | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| 8 Feb 2007 | 54D | PC operator | Dan Reichert |
| 1 Jan 2007 | 57D | One getting a manual | Randy Sowell |
| 20 Dec 2006 | 39D | PC person | Nancy Salomon |
| 12 Sep 2006 | 14A | Drug dealer’s customer | James R. Leeds |
| 16 Mar 2006 | 22A | Web surfer, e.g. | Ben Tausig |
| 6 Feb 2006 | 15A | Addict | Sheldon Benardo |
| 10 Jan 2006 | 39A | Addict | David J. Kahn |
| 20 Dec 2005 | 55D | Word with fee or ID | Nancy and Holden Baker |
| 12 Dec 2005 | 16A | Manipulator | Allan E. Parrish |
| 15 Nov 2005 | 27D | ___-friendly | Sarah Keller |
| 4 Oct 2005 | 69A | Manipulative one | Barry C. Silk |
| 28 Jul 2005 | 63A | End ___ | Eric Berlin |
| 24 Jul 2005 | 110D | Pusher’s target | Frank Longo |
| 23 Jun 2005 | 36D | Addict | Courtenay Crocker III |
| 17 Jun 2005 | 23A | Cybercafe patron | Manny Nosowsky |
| 15 Jun 2005 | 62A | Software buyer | Richard Silvestri |
| 23 Feb 2005 | 6A | Candidate for rehab | Lee Glickstein |
| 29 Nov 2004 | 57D | Exploitative type | Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon |
| 27 Aug 2004 | 44D | One with ulterior motives | Manny Nosowsky |
| 22 Aug 2004 | 48A | Manipulative sort | Cathy Millhauser |
| 18 Jul 2004 | 110D | Not-so-straight shooter? | Seth A. Abel |
| 22 Jun 2004 | 1D | Addict | Allan E. Parrish |
| 29 Mar 2004 | 7D | One who takes drugs, e.g. | Barry Silk |
| 18 Feb 2004 | 12D | Manipulator | Mitch Komro |
| 29 Dec 2003 | 12D | Customer | Gregory E. Paul |
| 2 Nov 2003 | 70D | Techie’s client | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 20 Aug 2003 | 62A | ___ group (computer info source) | Mel Taub |
| 28 Jul 2003 | 17A | Customer | Gregory E. Paul |
| 3 Jul 2003 | 33D | One to whom a warranty applies | Cathy Millhauser |
| 23 Jun 2003 | 39D | Not an abstainer | Raymond Hamel |
| 18 Jun 2003 | 66A | Abstainer’s opposite | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 15 Jun 2003 | 28D | One who isn’t “clean” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 12 Feb 2003 | 65A | Tech support caller | Ed Early |
| 9 Feb 2003 | 105D | Addict | David J. Kahn |
| 9 Jan 2003 | 15A | String puller | David J. Kahn |
| 23 Dec 2002 | 48A | Manipulative one | Lisa Bunker |
| 11 Nov 2002 | 59D | Utility customer | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 Aug 2002 | 37D | Exploitative type | Robert Malinow |
| 14 Mar 2002 | 15A | Addict | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 25 Sep 2001 | 7D | Tech support caller | A. J. Santora |
| 14 Sep 2001 | 16A | One providing input | Mark Diehl |
| 30 Jul 2001 | 17A | Consumer | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 19 Jun 2001 | 18A | Manual reader, say | Tyler Hinman |
| 26 Apr 2001 | 12D | Computerphile | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 27 Feb 2001 | 57A | AOL patron | M. Preston Sherwood |
| 9 Jan 2001 | 54D | Terminal man? | Nick Grivas |
| 8 Jan 2001 | 2D | Cable subscriber | Gregory E. Paul |
| 19 Nov 2000 | 4D | Not a teetotaler | Cathy Millhauser |
| 22 Jun 2000 | 66A | End ___ | Robert B. Baker |
| 30 May 2000 | 32D | Computerphile | Fred Piscop |
| 17 May 2000 | 15A | ___-friendly | Michael S. Maurer |
| 11 May 2000 | 12D | Cybercafe patron | Peter Abide |
| 24 Apr 2000 | 7D | Computerphile | Peter Gordon |
| 25 Dec 1999 | 15A | Selfish sort | John Scott Marrone |
| 27 Sep 1999 | 14A | Drug addict | Ed Early |
| 21 Sep 1999 | 16A | Addict | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 30 Aug 1999 | 16A | Manipulative sort | Margaret Watson |
| 23 Aug 1999 | 1D | Computer operator | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 2 Aug 1999 | 58D | Addict | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 21 Jul 1999 | 55D | Opportunist, maybe | Noah Dephoure |
| 11 May 1999 | 2D | Net-surfer | Ed Early |
| 3 May 1999 | 10A | Computer operator | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 31 Mar 1999 | 27D | Conniver | Patrick Jordan |
| 30 Mar 1999 | 61D | Person with a PC | Randy Sowell |
| 27 Jan 1999 | 35A | Mouse manipulator | Leslie Billig |
| 6 Dec 1998 | 49D | Junkie | Marjorie Richter |
| 28 Sep 1998 | 7D | Druggie | Robert Dillman |
| 23 Aug 1998 | 26A | Computerphile | Nelson Hardy |
| 22 Jun 1998 | 49A | ___-friendly | Shannon Burns |
| 31 Jan 1998 | 55D | Web visitor, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| 28 Jan 1998 | 60A | One who’s in it for himself | Mark Gottlieb |
| 25 Jan 1998 | 34D | Consumer | Dave Tuller |
| 10 Dec 1997 | 18D | One needing rehab | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 8 Dec 1997 | 19A | Customer | Mary E. Brindamour |
| 1 Dec 1997 | 59A | Manipulator | Mark Danna |
| 8 Aug 1997 | 59D | Mouse manipulator | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn |
| 23 May 1997 | 31D | Mouse manipulator | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 29 Mar 1997 | 49A | End ___ | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| 16 Feb 1997 | 63A | Druggie | M. Gaffney |
| 10 Jan 1997 | 12D | Client | A. J. Santora |
| 11 Nov 1996 | 57D | Exploiter | S. Spadaccini |
| 6 Oct 1996 | 9D | Patron | R. Max Hopkins |
| 23 Sep 1996 | 49A | Employer | S. L. Robbins |
| 7 Aug 1996 | 56D | Ultimate buyer | B. E. Quigley |
| 24 Jun 1996 | 16A | ___-friendly | M. Schneider |
| 18 Apr 1996 | 61A | Exploiter | A. J. Santora |
| 31 Mar 1996 | 118A | One on-line | J. Savage |
| 18 Feb 1996 | 25D | ___-friendly | Norma Steinberg |
| 12 Feb 1996 | 27D | Employer | S. Robbins |
| 8 Nov 1995 | 62A | Consumer | Glenn E. Sykes |
| 6 Nov 1995 | 61A | America Online patron | Roger H. Courtney |
| 17 Oct 1995 | 55D | Internet accessor | Diane C. Baldwin |
| 10 Aug 1995 | 24D | Computer owner | Matt Gaffney |
| 16 Jun 1995 | 57A | Software buyer | Thomas W. Schier |
| 17 May 1995 | 62A | Manipulator | Ed Early |
| 18 Apr 1995 | 53A | Addict | Christopher Page |
| 26 Mar 1995 | 42D | Pusher’s target | Rich Norris |
| 22 Mar 1995 | 8D | ___-friendly | David J. Kahn |
| 12 Feb 1995 | 75D | Word with friendly or fee | Alex & Victoria Black |
| 7 Nov 1994 | 49A | Client | Randall J. Hartman |
| 1 Aug 1994 | 7D | Client | Thomas W. Schier |
| 25 Jun 1994 | 5D | Druggie | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Mar 1994 | 100D | On-line person | Frances Hansen |
| 17 Feb 1994 | 45A | Opportunist | Brett Blaylock |
| 22 Dec 1993 | 40A | CompuServe patron | Morton B. Braun |
| 10 Dec 1993 | 45A | PC operator | Alex K. Justin |
| 9 Dec 1993 | 57A | Hacker, e.g. | Janie Lyons |
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