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233 total results for DENSE( score: 50 )
72 results for DENSE from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mon Mar 10, 2025 | 46D | Thick (4) | Patti Varol | Shortz |
Thu Mar 14, 2024 | 41A | Like lead or gold, notably | Jeffrey Martinovic | Fagliano |
Thu Oct 19, 2023 | 53D | Mentally slow | Colin Ernst | Shortz |
Sun Sep 3, 2023 | 91D | Slow to catch on | Dylan Schiff | Shortz |
Sun Aug 27, 2023 | 37D | Like flourless cake (2) | Rich Katz | Shortz |
Mon Aug 21, 2023 | 70A | Opposite of sparse | Jennifer Nutt | Shortz |
Fri Mar 24, 2023 | 32D | Like the element osmium | Blake Slonecker | Shortz |
Thu Feb 9, 2023 | 54D | Like a neutron star (2) | Alex Rosen | Shortz |
Wed Dec 21, 2022 | 42A | Like flourless cake (2) | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger | Shortz |
Sun Nov 27, 2022 | 96A | Like dumbbells | Adam Wagner | Shortz |
Tue Nov 15, 2022 | 63A | Slow on the uptake (5) | Sandy Ganzell | Shortz |
Tue Nov 23, 2021 | 32D | Tightly packed (3) | Eric Bornstein | Shortz |
Fri Jul 23, 2021 | 14D | Junglelike | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Thu Feb 25, 2021 | 71A | Impenetrable (3) | Dylan Schiff | Shortz |
Fri Nov 13, 2020 | 51D | Like some forests and fog | Sawyer Tabony and Ashton Anderson | Shortz |
Tue Sep 29, 2020 | 19A | Tightly packed (3) | Ricky Cruz | Shortz |
Mon Sep 9, 2019 | 22A | Thickheaded (5) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Fri Mar 30, 2018 | 43A | Stupid (2) | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
Wed Apr 12, 2017 | 26D | Not too quick on the uptake | Emily Carroll | Shortz |
Mon Jan 2, 2017 | 55D | Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree | Chuck Deodene | Shortz |
Sun Jun 19, 2016 | 30A | Blockheaded (2) | David Woolf | Shortz |
Sun Jan 31, 2016 | 91A | Unable to get it, say | Yaakov Bendavid | Shortz |
Wed Jan 6, 2016 | 62A | Slow on the uptake (5) | Jules P. Markey | Shortz |
Sun Jan 11, 2015 | 124A | Like a neutron star (2) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Tue Dec 16, 2014 | 12D | Thickheaded (5) | Joel D. Lafargue | Shortz |
Wed Sep 17, 2014 | 24A | Dumb as a box of rocks | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo | Shortz |
Sat Aug 24, 2013 | 58A | Not at all sharp | Frederick J. Healy | Shortz |
Thu Nov 8, 2012 | 51D | Like a copse | Damon J. Gulczynski | Shortz |
Sun Sep 30, 2012 | 63D | Like dunderheads | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Fri Jul 27, 2012 | 35A | Not getting it | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Thu Oct 20, 2011 | 45D | Packed with ideas, as an essay | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sat Oct 15, 2011 | 28A | Like depleted uranium | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Sun Aug 14, 2011 | 34A | Like a black hole | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Wed Apr 20, 2011 | 69A | Slow on the uptake (5) | Michael Farabaugh | Shortz |
Wed Dec 29, 2010 | 3D | None too swift | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Fri Oct 3, 2008 | 27D | Not very sharp | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Tue Aug 12, 2008 | 67A | Not the sharpest pencil in the box | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
Thu Feb 7, 2008 | 62A | Obtuse | Kenneth J. Berniker | Shortz |
Sun Jan 13, 2008 | 77D | None too bright (2) | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke | Shortz |
Thu Feb 22, 2007 | 64A | Packed (2) | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Fri Jun 16, 2006 | 46D | Concentrated | Alan Olschwang | Shortz |
Mon May 8, 2006 | 69A | Thick (4) | Norm Guggenbiller | Shortz |
Wed Feb 23, 2005 | 22A | Hardly suited for Mensa | Lee Glickstein | Shortz |
Sun May 30, 2004 | 16D | Doltish (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Feb 29, 2004 | 41D | Like osmium, more than any other known element | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Jan 24, 2004 | 28D | Packed (2) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Thu Oct 30, 2003 | 13D | Slow on the uptake (5) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed Sep 24, 2003 | 13D | Thickheaded (5) | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
Sun Aug 3, 2003 | 120A | Blockheaded (2) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Fri Jul 25, 2003 | 14D | Short on sharpness | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Sat Sep 28, 2002 | 22D | Unintelligent | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Thu Jan 24, 2002 | 51D | Doltish (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Jul 31, 2001 | 40D | Not the brightest bulb on the tree | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Tue Oct 17, 2000 | 42A | Thickheaded (5) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sat Jul 1, 2000 | 45A | Blockish | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Fri Jun 18, 1999 | 13D | Packed tight | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon Apr 5, 1999 | 43D | Crowded (2) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Dec 27, 1998 | 104A | Not too swift | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon Oct 12, 1998 | 45D | Impenetrable (3) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
Sun Aug 30, 1998 | 31A | None too brainy (2) | John Wolting | Shortz |
Wed Jul 1, 1998 | 20D | None too brainy (2) | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue Jan 20, 1998 | 26D | Thickheaded (5) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Mon Dec 15, 1997 | 6D | Thick (4) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed Oct 22, 1997 | 55D | None too bright (2) | John D. Leavy | Shortz |
Sat Oct 19, 1996 | 50D | Not very swift | G. Petgrave | Shortz |
Mon Apr 29, 1996 | 47D | Thick (4) | S. L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sun Jan 28, 1996 | 48D | Compact | M. W. Perry | Shortz |
Tue Oct 24, 1995 | 13D | Tightly packed (3) | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Mon Mar 13, 1995 | 68A | Crowded (2) | Ernie Furtado | Shortz |
Sun Jun 26, 1994 | 29A | Impenetrable (3) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Wed Jun 22, 1994 | 46D | Stupid (2) | Arthur S. Verdesca | Shortz |
Mon Feb 14, 1994 | 53D | Slow on the uptake (5) | Nancy Joline | Shortz |
4 results for DENSE from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Dec 24, 2023 | Panda | 61A | Iron-free defense | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Mar 5, 2023 | Takeaway | 5D | Actress R*chards | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
Jul 16, 2006 | Diagramless | 26A | Slow on the uptake | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Jun 18, 2006 | Panda | 26A | Unlike Eden's population | Mel Taub | Shortz |
157 results for DENSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Nov 9, 1993 | 43A | Dull | Charles Woodard | Taub |
Mon Oct 25, 1993 | 22D | Thickheaded | Robert Katz | Taub |
Fri May 21, 1993 | 24D | Obtuse | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Mon Nov 2, 1992 | 46D | Compact | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Wed Aug 26, 1992 | 52D | Thickly populated | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Sun Jun 28, 1992 | 134A | Opaque | Sally Coyle | Maleska |
Tue Sep 17, 1991 | 67A | Compact | Don Groat | Maleska |
Sun Sep 1, 1991 | 64D | Thick | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Tue Aug 20, 1991 | 47D | Meatheaded | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Mon Nov 19, 1990 | 33D | Foggy | Reginald L. Johnson | Maleska |
Fri Oct 26, 1990 | 54D | Populous | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Mon Apr 30, 1990 | 49D | Thick | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Tue Apr 3, 1990 | 70A | Obtuse | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Mon Apr 2, 1990 | 48A | Thick | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Jan 14, 1990 | 119D | Dumb | Kay Sullivan | Maleska |
Wed Oct 25, 1989 | 69A | Thick | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Tue Oct 3, 1989 | 50D | Stupid | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
Sun Feb 5, 1989 | 25A | Stupid | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Thu Feb 2, 1989 | 53D | Like Jupiter's atmosphere | Frank Miceli | Maleska |
Sun Jan 22, 1989 | 124A | Thick | Ernst T. Theimer | Maleska |
Thu Dec 1, 1988 | 59A | Stupid | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Tue Jul 5, 1988 | 20A | Slow-witted | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
Tue Mar 15, 1988 | 44A | Compact | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Thu Jan 21, 1988 | 37A | Thick | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
Fri Dec 18, 1987 | 50D | Thick | Ernst Theimer | Maleska |
Thu Dec 17, 1987 | 51D | Obtuse | Tom W. Underhill | Maleska |
Tue Dec 8, 1987 | 49D | Compact | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Thu Oct 15, 1987 | 66A | Thick-headed | William Canine | Maleska |
Mon Jun 8, 1987 | 34D | Thick | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sat Apr 18, 1987 | 15D | Obtuse | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Thu Apr 2, 1987 | 41A | Compact | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Wed Jan 21, 1987 | 56D | Thick | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
Sat Jul 5, 1986 | 66A | Thick-headed | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Mon Jun 30, 1986 | 61A | Like a numbskull | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Sun Jun 8, 1986 | 66A | Stupid | Barry L. Cohen | Maleska |
Mon Jan 6, 1986 | 40D | Thick | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed Sep 4, 1985 | 34D | Slow-witted | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Sat Aug 3, 1985 | 55A | Slow-witted | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Mon Jun 10, 1985 | 31A | Chuckleheaded | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
Sun May 5, 1985 | 39D | Crowded | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sun Mar 24, 1985 | 31A | Serried | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
Mon Mar 18, 1985 | 55D | Thickly packed | Tangredi | Maleska |
Sun Sep 9, 1984 | 54A | Closely packed | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Thu Feb 16, 1984 | 33D | Obtuse | William Canine | Maleska |
Mon Jan 23, 1984 | 69A | Stupid | Virginia L. Yates | Maleska |
Fri Nov 25, 1983 | 50D | Thick | Joan Whitman | Maleska |
Thu Jun 23, 1983 | 47D | Compact | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Tue Jun 14, 1983 | 49D | Like a blockhead | Sawikin | Maleska |
Mon Jun 6, 1983 | 51A | Thick | Whitten | Maleska |
Mon Apr 18, 1983 | 31D | Thickly populated | Marie West | Maleska |
Tue Nov 16, 1982 | 67A | Thick | Whitten | Maleska |
Tue Jul 27, 1982 | 68A | Compact | Audrey Koch | Maleska |
Tue May 11, 1982 | 69A | Close | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
Sat Jan 30, 1982 | 13D | Obtuse | Nikki Tenfelde | Maleska |
Tue Dec 8, 1981 | 50D | Compact | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
Sun Sep 6, 1981 | 152A | Stupid | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Tue Jun 16, 1981 | 13D | Thick | Maloney | Maleska |
Wed Feb 18, 1981 | 45A | Compact | Gene Stone | Maleska |
Wed Jun 11, 1980 | 32D | Obtuse | Philip Carlyle | Maleska |
Sun Jun 8, 1980 | 101D | Compact | Walter Webb | Maleska |
Mon Apr 7, 1980 | 59A | Stupid | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Wed Jan 16, 1980 | 22A | Obtuse | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Tue Jan 1, 1980 | 36A | Thick | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Wed Sep 19, 1979 | 55A | Hard to penetrate | Benson | Maleska |
Sat Aug 25, 1979 | 34A | Stupid | Fred Keller | Maleska |
Tue Jun 5, 1979 | 47D | Thickheaded | Butler | Maleska |
Sun Mar 25, 1979 | 38A | Impenetrable | Henry Hook | Maleska |
Sun Nov 19, 1978 | 104A | Thick | Maura B. Jacobson | Maleska |
Thu Jul 6, 1978 | 11D | Crowded | Grace Fabbroni | Maleska |
Sun Jun 18, 1978 | 30A | Slow-witted | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Tue Aug 23, 1977 | 30D | Stupid | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Sun Jul 31, 1977 | 20D | Thick | Tom Mixon | Maleska |
Sun Jul 24, 1977 | 100A | Thick | Jay Spry | Maleska |
Fri Nov 26, 1976 | 21D | Like some forests | Stanley A. Kurzban | Weng |
Tue Mar 30, 1976 | 20A | Obtuse | Dennis Listort | Weng |
Wed Nov 5, 1975 | 32D | Impenetrable | Raymond F. Eisner | Weng |
Tue Mar 25, 1975 | 39A | Stupid | John Prytz | Weng |
Thu Feb 6, 1975 | 59A | Compact | Evelyn Benshoof | Weng |
Mon Jan 27, 1975 | 15A | Stupid | Lita M. Elvers | Weng |
Fri Dec 6, 1974 | 66A | Thick | Jack L. Steinhardt | Weng |
Thu Aug 22, 1974 | 69A | Like some forests | Steven Kahan | Weng |
Sun Aug 18, 1974 | 27A | Stupid | A. J. Santora | Weng |
Wed Nov 7, 1973 | 52D | Slow-witted | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Aug 12, 1973 | 46D | Slow-witted | Bert Kruse | Weng |
Thu May 24, 1973 | 45D | Thick | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 23, 1972 | 53D | Like a blockhead | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jul 22, 1972 | 32A | Slow-witted | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jul 9, 1972 | 9D | Thick | Jean Reed | Weng |
Sat Jul 1, 1972 | 26A | Stupid | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jun 13, 1972 | 22A | Slow-witted | Unknown | Weng |
Sat May 13, 1972 | 53A | Like some forests | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Mar 14, 1972 | 11D | Compact | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Jan 31, 1972 | 66A | Stupid | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Nov 28, 1971 | 111A | Compact | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Sun Feb 21, 1971 | 72D | Stupid | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Sun Dec 7, 1969 | 151A | Slow to catch on | Frances Hansen | Weng |
Mon Oct 6, 1969 | 52D | Stupid. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 28, 1969 | 18D | Slow-witted | Edward J. O'Brien | Weng |
Wed Jun 25, 1969 | 55D | Word for a jungle. | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Jul 27, 1968 | 28D | Packed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 26, 1968 | 152A | Compact. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Wed Apr 10, 1968 | 31D | Obtuse. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Mar 30, 1968 | 13D | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 6, 1967 | 65D | Impenetrable. | Will Weng | Farrar |
Sun May 14, 1967 | 102D | Close. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
Wed Nov 30, 1966 | 5A | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 27, 1966 | 15A | Obscure. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 6, 1966 | 85D | Thick. | Frances Hansen | Farrar |
Mon Jan 24, 1966 | 41A | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 2, 1966 | 43D | Compact. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Fri Dec 10, 1965 | 21A | Compact. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 23, 1965 | 27A | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 9, 1965 | 28D | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 12, 1965 | 35A | Compact. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Mar 10, 1965 | 58A | Having high opacity. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 17, 1965 | 44D | Close. | Anne Fox | Farrar |
Fri Oct 2, 1964 | 48A | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 11, 1964 | 42A | Compact. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Dec 20, 1963 | 41D | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Oct 4, 1963 | 54A | Compact. | Joseph LaFauci | Farrar |
Tue Oct 3, 1961 | 50D | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 28, 1960 | 37A | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 6, 1960 | 43D | Compact. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 24, 1960 | 121A | Impenetrable. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Sep 13, 1959 | 21D | Foggy, as atmosphere. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Fri May 8, 1959 | 48D | Impenetrable. | Barbara Brasure | Farrar |
Sun Mar 15, 1959 | 107A | Compact. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Fri Nov 21, 1958 | 48A | Compact. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Oct 12, 1958 | 60D | Thick. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Thu Oct 9, 1958 | 66A | Thick. | Samuel K. Fliegner | Farrar |
Sat Jul 26, 1958 | 50D | Thick. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Fri Jun 6, 1958 | 39A | Compact. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Sat Aug 31, 1957 | 45A | Thick. | A. H. Drummond, Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Jun 6, 1957 | 22A | Impenetrable. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Nov 21, 1956 | 58A | Thick. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Tue Feb 28, 1956 | 45A | Thick. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Thu Dec 29, 1955 | 61A | Compact. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Dec 3, 1955 | 37A | Impenetrable. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 22, 1955 | 62A | Compact. | Diana R. Sessions | Farrar |
Sat Nov 6, 1954 | 41D | Thickheaded. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri May 28, 1954 | 63A | Impenetrable. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Sat Nov 29, 1952 | 66A | Crass. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 27, 1952 | 64A | Crass. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Mar 29, 1952 | 31D | Of high specific gravity. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jan 10, 1952 | 44D | Compact. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Sep 14, 1951 | 40D | Thick. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Jun 18, 1951 | 31A | Luxuriant. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 8, 1951 | 126A | Stupid. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Mon Jan 15, 1951 | 57D | Stupid. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Fri Dec 22, 1950 | 73A | Compact. | Charles Cross | Farrar |
Sun Apr 3, 1949 | 32A | Congested. | D. G. Caywood | Farrar |
Sun Jan 16, 1949 | 114D | Not so bright. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Dec 5, 1948 | 117D | Opaque. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |
Sun Feb 16, 1947 | 5D | Impenetrable. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |
Sun Oct 6, 1946 | 79D | Thickheaded. | Willard Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Sep 3, 1944 | 105A | Stupid. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Aug 8, 1943 | 57D | Obtuse. | P. Joseph Lamanna | Farrar |