VAL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for VAL in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "VAL" answer was first appeared in "26 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Comics prince". It was authored by Kenneth Haxton. Recently, the "VAL" answer has been used for "30 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "___-de-Marne (French department) (4)". It was authored by Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Actor Kilmer (11)". "VAL" appeared 76 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "VAL" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 2023 | 46D | ___-de-Marne (French department) | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| 23 May 2023 | 21D | Kilmer who played Batman | Lee Taylor |
| 31 Mar 2023 | 27D | France’s ___ de Loire | Rich Norris |
| 15 Mar 2023 | 57A | Florida politico Demings | Michael B. Berg |
| 15 Dec 2022 | 61D | Kilmer of “Batman Forever” | Bruce Haight |
| 4 Nov 2021 | 42A | France’s ___ de Loire | David Steinberg |
| 22 Jan 2021 | 22A | Congresswoman Demings | Daniel Larsen |
| 18 Nov 2020 | 22D | Kilmer of “Top Gun” | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| 28 Sep 2020 | 1D | Kilmer who played Batman | Lynn Lempel |
| 19 Dec 2019 | 41A | Filmer Kilmer | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| 13 Dec 2019 | 34D | ___-de-Marne (French department) | Leslie Rogers |
| 29 Aug 2018 | 58D | Actor Kilmer | Alex Bajcz |
| 29 Apr 2018 | 67D | Italy’s ___ d’Orcia | Peter Wentz |
| 5 Feb 2018 | 42A | Batman portrayer Kilmer | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 12 Nov 2017 | 79A | Actor Kilmer | Ed Sessa |
| 12 Sep 2017 | 63D | Actor Kilmer of “Tombstone” | Bruce Haight |
| 6 Mar 2017 | 54D | Kilmer of “Top Gun” | Susan Gelfand |
| 30 Sep 2016 | 51D | ___ d’Isère (French ski resort) | James Mulhern |
| 2 Jun 2016 | 61D | ___ d’Or, Quebec | Susan Gelfand |
| 27 Mar 2016 | 112A | ___-d’Oise (French department) | Patrick Blindauer |
| 30 Sep 2015 | 26D | Kilmer who played Batman | Freddie Cheng |
| 30 Jul 2015 | 58D | Cartoonist Mayerik who co-created Howard the Duck | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 16 Oct 2014 | 32D | ___ d’Orcia (Tuscan region) | John Farmer |
| 14 Aug 2014 | 20A | ___-de-Marne (French department) | Jason Flinn |
| 15 Apr 2014 | 11A | Kilmer of “Heat” | Gary Cee |
| 24 Mar 2014 | 37A | Kilmer of “The Doors” | Tom Pepper |
| 20 Apr 2013 | 44A | ___-de-Marne (department near Paris) | David Steinberg |
| 25 Mar 2013 | 36A | Kilmer of “Top Gun” | Adam Prince |
| 29 Jan 2013 | 47D | Batman portrayer Kilmer | David Steinberg |
| 31 Dec 2012 | 22A | Kilmer of Hollywood | Jeffrey Harris |
| 8 Aug 2012 | 41A | Kilmer of film | Peter A. Collins |
| 23 Jul 2012 | 36D | Kilmer of “The Doors” | Lynn Lempel |
| 29 Apr 2012 | 43A | ___-d’Or, Québec | Tracy Gray |
| 9 Feb 2011 | 44A | Actor Kilmer | Victor Barocas |
| 19 Oct 2010 | 61D | Kilmer of film | Fred Piscop |
| 25 Sep 2010 | 40A | Crime novelist McDermid | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Sep 2010 | 6D | Kilmer of “Real Genius” | Michael Torch |
| 18 Sep 2009 | 10D | ___-d’Oise (French department) | Charles E. Gersch |
| 24 Jun 2009 | 32D | Batman after Michael | Corey Rubin |
| 11 Jun 2009 | 47A | Kilmer of “Batman Forever” | Alex Boisvert |
| 25 Apr 2009 | 58D | ___-de-Marne, France | Brad Wilber |
| 6 May 2008 | 39A | Kilmer of film | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 6 Mar 2008 | 23A | ___-d’Oise (French department) | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 9 Dec 2007 | 62A | Actor Kilmer | Patrick Blindauer |
| 30 Oct 2007 | 24D | Kilmer of “The Doors” | Gary Steinmehl |
| 25 Sep 2007 | 56D | Kilmer who once played Batman | Randall J. Hartman |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 54A | ___ d’Isère (French skiing locale) | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| 14 Feb 2007 | 37A | Actor Kilmer | Paula Gamache |
| 19 Jan 2007 | 59D | One of the Ewings on “Dallas” | Karen M. Tracey |
| 25 Sep 2005 | 80A | One of the Ewings, on “Dallas” | Matt Skoczen |
| 3 Aug 2005 | 32D | Actor Kilmer | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O’Donnell |
| 31 Mar 2005 | 62A | Kilmer of “Batman Forever” | David Liben-Nowell |
| 29 Aug 2004 | 33A | ___-de-Marne (French department) | Manny Nosowsky |
| 11 Nov 2003 | 5D | Kilmer of “The Doors” | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 8 Apr 2002 | 22D | Actor Kilmer | Richard Chisholm |
| 4 Feb 2002 | 33A | Kilmer who played Batman | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 Aug 2001 | 1D | Kilmer of “At First Sight” | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 10 Jul 2001 | 55D | Prince in the comics, for short | Patrick Merrell |
| 8 Nov 2000 | 55A | Batman after Michael | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 4 Jun 2000 | 11D | Actor Kilmer | Martin Schneider |
| 21 Jul 1999 | 23A | Kilmer of “The Island of Dr. Moreau” | Noah Dephoure |
| 9 Mar 1999 | 62D | Kilmer of “At First Sight” | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 28 Dec 1998 | 44A | Actor Kilmer | Adam G. Perl |
| 13 Dec 1998 | 75D | Batman after Michael | Richard Silvestri |
| 1 Nov 1998 | 78D | Montagne’s opposite | Robert Malinow |
| 18 Oct 1998 | 34D | A Batman before George | David J. Kahn |
| 12 Jun 1998 | 57D | ___-de-Marne, France | Matt Gaffney |
| 4 Nov 1997 | 63D | Actor Kilmer | Thomas W. Schier |
| 10 Oct 1997 | 9D | Batman before George | Shannon Burns |
| 30 Apr 1997 | 9D | Kilmer of “The Saint” | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 15 May 1996 | 39A | Kilmer of “Batman Forever” | A.J. Santora |
| 11 May 1996 | 26A | ___Verde (Texas county) | D. Niles |
| 20 Aug 1995 | 32A | Kilmer of “Batman Forever” | Cathy Millhauser |
| 20 Nov 1994 | 86D | Kilmer of “Top Gun” | Matt Gaffney |
| 27 Jun 1994 | 3D | Actor Kilmer | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 26 Jan 1994 | 57D | Comics prince | Kenneth Haxton |
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