Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Mar 16, 2025 | 11D | Something you might get a break with? | Paul Coulter | Shortz |
Thu Jun 13, 2024 | 34D | Word with ball or card | Kevin Curry | Fagliano |
Mon May 27, 2024 | 23A | Theater signal | Christopher Youngs | Fagliano |
Wed Mar 27, 2024 | 53A | Stick used for breaking | Rich Katz | Fagliano |
Sun Dec 31, 2023 | 115D | Pool accessory (2) | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa | Shortz |
Tue Dec 26, 2023 | 46A | "That's my ___!" ("I'm up!") | Neil Shook | Shortz |
Sun Jul 2, 2023 | 71A | Prompt (10) | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa | Shortz |
Wed Aug 3, 2022 | 14A | Pool accessory (2) | Daniel Bodily | Shortz |
Thu Jun 16, 2022 | 40A | Something used to improve one's English? | Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Wed Apr 20, 2022 | 15A | Stick on a rack | Joseph Greenbaum | Shortz |
Thu Dec 9, 2021 | 44A | You might need this to go on | Alexander Liebeskind | Shortz |
Sun Nov 28, 2021 | 116D | Stick on a table? (4) | Jeff Kremer | Shortz |
Tue Nov 16, 2021 | 61D | Chalk one up? | Drew Schmenner | Shortz |
Mon Oct 11, 2021 | 34A | Word after "That's my" or "right on" | Ben Pall | Shortz |
Sun May 16, 2021 | 106A | It's a sign | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Mon Mar 15, 2021 | 22A | Pool stick (3) | Philip K. Chow | Shortz |
Sun Jan 17, 2021 | 116D | Tool for pool | Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Sun Dec 20, 2020 | 43D | Feed lines to (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sat Aug 15, 2020 | 31D | "That's my ___" (3) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Jun 23, 2020 | 55D | Line that an actor waits to hear | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue May 5, 2020 | 41D | Maestro's wave of a baton, say | Lee Taylor | Shortz |
Thu Apr 23, 2020 | 15A | Tapered piece of sports equipment | Yacob Yonas and Erik Agard | Shortz |
Tue Mar 31, 2020 | 69A | Signal to go onstage | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun Mar 8, 2020 | 86A | It gets the ball rolling | Laura Taylor Kinnel | Shortz |
Tue Mar 3, 2020 | 53A | Stage prompt (2) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue Sep 17, 2019 | 61D | Signal (5) | Paul Coulter | Shortz |
Tue Aug 20, 2019 | 26A | Signal to start | Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Thu Jul 18, 2019 | 57D | "That's my ___!" (3) | Matthew Sewell | Shortz |
Wed Mar 27, 2019 | 34A | "That's my ___!" (3) | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Thu Oct 11, 2018 | 64A | Prompt (10) | Johanna Fenimore and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Sat Sep 29, 2018 | 30D | Stick in a ball-and-stick game | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Tue Jul 17, 2018 | 40D | "You go onstage ... now," e.g. | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni | Shortz |
Mon Jun 18, 2018 | 21A | Stage prompt (2) | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun Apr 8, 2018 | 81D | Actor's last line, maybe | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Apr 1, 2018 | 112A | Social ___ | Sam Ezersky | Shortz |
Sun Feb 25, 2018 | 98A | Chalked stick | Will Nediger | Shortz |
Fri Feb 9, 2018 | 41A | Signal (5) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed Jan 24, 2018 | 29D | "Psst, you're on," e.g. | Kathy Wienberg | Shortz |
Wed Nov 15, 2017 | 68A | Message on an offstage card | Steven E. Atwood | Shortz |
Wed Oct 4, 2017 | 45A | Help for an actor | Evan Mahnken | Shortz |
Tue Jul 11, 2017 | 19D | Stage signal (3) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Mon Jun 19, 2017 | 25A | Billiard stick (3) | Susan Gelfand | Shortz |
Tue May 16, 2017 | 54D | Nod from offstage, maybe (2) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Wed May 3, 2017 | 32D | Stick that's chalked | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Thu Mar 16, 2017 | 62D | It has a tip for game-playing | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Tue Feb 14, 2017 | 26D | Signal from offstage | Daniel Larsen | Shortz |
Sun Jul 31, 2016 | 92D | Signal (5) | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
Sun May 1, 2016 | 54D | Prompt (10) | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Feb 28, 2016 | 84A | Prompt (10) | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Wed Jan 13, 2016 | 30D | Maestro's signal | Jeremy Newton | Shortz |
Mon Nov 9, 2015 | 36D | Actor's prompt (4) | Pawel Fludzinski | Shortz |
Tue Oct 20, 2015 | 54A | Stick with a blue tip, maybe | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
Sun Sep 13, 2015 | 12D | A wink or a nod, maybe | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Tue Jul 14, 2015 | 7D | Stick on a pub wall (2) | Kevin Christian and Brad Wilber | Shortz |
Mon Jun 29, 2015 | 26A | Billiard stick (3) | Todd Gross and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Mon Mar 30, 2015 | 25D | Actor's prompt (4) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun Jan 25, 2015 | 90A | Stick in a rack | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Thu Dec 11, 2014 | 40A | Stick on a table? (4) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Wed Jan 15, 2014 | 58A | Pool tool (4) | Bernice Gordon | Shortz |
Wed Aug 7, 2013 | 9D | Word before card or stick | Erik Wennstrom | Shortz |
Sun Dec 23, 2012 | 67D | Prompt (10) | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Mon Aug 20, 2012 | 56D | Pool ball striker | Robert Cirillo | Shortz |
Mon Aug 13, 2012 | 34D | Pool stick (3) | Gareth Bain | Shortz |
Sun Mar 4, 2012 | 19A | Stick on a table (4) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Tue Jan 31, 2012 | 51A | Snooker stick | Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Wed Jan 11, 2012 | 62D | What a walk-on awaits | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Fri May 13, 2011 | 56D | Pool need | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Sat Apr 23, 2011 | 49A | A shark may carry one | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Thu Jan 13, 2011 | 33A | Stick around a barroom | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Dec 23, 2010 | 63A | Nod, perhaps | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg | Shortz |
Sun Nov 14, 2010 | 109D | Ham helper | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Oct 31, 2010 | 20D | Maestro's sign | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sun Aug 22, 2010 | 102A | Shuffleboard stick | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Apr 1, 2010 | 8D | Go on to signal | Lee Glickstein | Shortz |
Thu Jan 21, 2010 | 22A | Stick on a pub wall (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Fri Jan 8, 2010 | 56D | Prompter action | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Mon Jun 29, 2009 | 11D | Pool player's stick | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Sun May 10, 2009 | 112A | Shark's stick | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Sep 17, 2008 | 61A | Words on a card | Edward Safran | Shortz |
Thu Sep 4, 2008 | 40A | Nod, say | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Mon Jun 23, 2008 | 60D | Actor's prompt (4) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Tue Feb 12, 2008 | 52A | Pool tool (4) | Deb Amlen | Shortz |
Sat Oct 13, 2007 | 33D | Breaking need | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Thu May 24, 2007 | 66D | Table stick | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Apr 21, 2007 | 39D | Help line? | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Sun Dec 24, 2006 | 27A | Snooker need | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Nov 12, 2006 | 75A | Stage sign | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sat Sep 30, 2006 | 35A | Signal (5) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Tue May 23, 2006 | 67A | Stick in a parlor | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Wed Dec 14, 2005 | 31A | End of another actor's line, maybe | James R. Leeds | Shortz |
Sun Nov 20, 2005 | 100D | Prompt (10) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Sep 3, 2005 | 59D | Finger-pointing, maybe | Bob Peoples | Shortz |
Sun Jul 31, 2005 | 82D | Nod, maybe (3) | Mark Feldman | Shortz |
Thu May 12, 2005 | 50D | Nod, maybe (3) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu Jul 1, 2004 | 39D | Nod, maybe (3) | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Mon Apr 12, 2004 | 29D | Billiards rod | Gail Grabowski | Shortz |
Tue Jul 8, 2003 | 4D | Pool tool (4) | Roy Leban | Shortz |
Sun Mar 9, 2003 | 102A | Helper | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Feb 19, 2003 | 59D | "The Hustler" prop | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Mon Nov 4, 2002 | 37A | Feed lines to (3) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sat Jul 13, 2002 | 12A | It may be missed onstage | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Mon Jul 1, 2002 | 24A | What an actor waits for | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Mon Apr 22, 2002 | 58D | Pool stick (3) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Mar 26, 2002 | 23A | Actor's prompt (4) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun Mar 10, 2002 | 74D | Shark's need | Nelson Hardy | Shortz |
Mon Jan 21, 2002 | 30D | Billiard stick (3) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon Jun 25, 2001 | 4D | Billiards stick | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Sun Jan 21, 2001 | 76D | Prompt (10) | Con Pederson | Shortz |
Wed Dec 27, 2000 | 47A | "Good morrow, cousin," for Romeo | Michael S. Maurer and Bonnie Prystowsky | Shortz |
Tue Aug 15, 2000 | 42A | Nod from offstage, maybe (2) | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
Sun May 28, 2000 | 72D | Introductory words, maybe | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun May 7, 2000 | 71D | Stick on a table (4) | Patrick D. Berry | Shortz |
Sun Apr 23, 2000 | 100A | Pool necessity | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Sun Nov 28, 1999 | 119A | Prompt (10) | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Thu Nov 11, 1999 | 30A | Give a line to | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Thu Jul 1, 1999 | 24D | Pool tool (4) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sun Apr 25, 1999 | 88D | Actor's need | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu Jan 7, 1999 | 36A | It may be missed | William I. Johnston | Shortz |
Sun Aug 30, 1998 | 32D | Prompt (10) | John Wolting | Shortz |
Mon Apr 13, 1998 | 45A | Stage signal (3) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Nov 9, 1997 | 24D | English source | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Wed Sep 24, 1997 | 58A | Stage signal (3) | Wayne Robert Williams | Shortz |
Mon Dec 30, 1996 | 54D | Feed lines to (3) | C. F. Murray | Shortz |
Tue Oct 22, 1996 | 20A | It may help you go on | E. Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Jun 16, 1996 | 8D | Signal (5) | N. N. Joline | Shortz |
Thu Aug 10, 1995 | 34A | Stick in the rec room | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Sun Nov 6, 1994 | 80D | Prompt (10) | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Wed Apr 6, 1994 | 45A | Kind of ball or card (2) | Ed Stein | Shortz |
Sat Mar 26, 1994 | 21A | Mnemonic device | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun Mar 6, 1994 | 12D | Prompter's hint | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Wed Mar 2, 1994 | 50D | Hint | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
Sun Nov 21, 1993 | 85A | Kind of ball or card (2) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |