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140 total results for HARD( score: 50 )
41 results for HARD from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Oct 26, 2023 | 7D | Word with copy or currency | John Donegan | Shortz |
Sat Dec 24, 2022 | 19A | Forcefully | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Sun Jan 10, 2021 | 50D | Like Parmesan and pecorino | Alex Bajcz | Shortz |
Tue Dec 8, 2020 | 10A | Like a Saturday crossword | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano | Shortz |
Wed Oct 30, 2019 | 15D | Tough | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Fri Jul 12, 2019 | 6D | Like a rock and many a roll | Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Wed Mar 27, 2019 | 55D | Like walnut shells | Michael Hawkins | Shortz |
Fri Jul 8, 2016 | 55D | With 60-Down, gotten by great effort | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Sun Jul 19, 2015 | 54D | Herculean (2) | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Thu Apr 30, 2015 | 13D | Brain-busting (4) | Herre Schouwerwou | Shortz |
Thu Oct 2, 2014 | 60A | Not squishy | David Woolf | Shortz |
Thu Jun 28, 2012 | 1A | You might give this to someone you don't like | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Fri May 11, 2012 | 34A | Kind of rock or candy | Natan Last | Shortz |
Thu May 5, 2011 | 5A | Fatiguing | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Sun Jan 24, 2010 | 99D | Brain-busting (4) | David Kwong and Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Tue Apr 28, 2009 | 68A | ___ as a diamond | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Mon Apr 21, 2008 | 26D | Difficult (3) | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
Mon Mar 17, 2008 | 56A | Rocklike (2) | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Wed Jan 23, 2008 | 56D | Obdurate | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Sat Sep 8, 2007 | 35D | Compact | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon Jun 18, 2007 | 51D | Rocklike (2) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Mon Jun 4, 2007 | 23D | Steellike | Steve Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Dec 31, 2006 | 28D | Not liquidy | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Thu Apr 7, 2005 | 31D | Like some cider | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun Apr 11, 2004 | 43D | Verifiable, as facts | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Tue Apr 1, 2003 | 36D | Knotty | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Mon Oct 29, 2001 | 59D | Brain-busting (4) | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Mon Jul 16, 2001 | 32A | Arduous | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Jul 3, 2001 | 7D | Granitelike (2) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Tue May 1, 2001 | 32D | Stony | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Mon Sep 14, 1998 | 42A | Brainbusting (4) | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Fri May 8, 1998 | 33A | Like some candy | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Fri Jul 25, 1997 | 59A | Like a Friday crossword | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun Jan 12, 1997 | 9D | Like Hannah's heart, in song | M. Rosen | Shortz |
Fri Oct 4, 1996 | 20A | Herculean (2) | M. Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Sun May 14, 1995 | 40D | Like #4 pencils | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Mar 29, 1995 | 31D | Difficult (3) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed Oct 5, 1994 | 11D | Rocky | Fran & Lou Sabin | Shortz |
Tue Oct 4, 1994 | 45A | Difficult (3) | Stanley B. Whitten | Shortz |
Wed Mar 2, 1994 | 1A | Granitelike (2) | Jonathan Schmatzbach | Shortz |
Sun Nov 21, 1993 | 94A | Fermented | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
99 results for HARD from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Sep 20, 1992 | 48A | Dickens's "___ Times" | John M. Samson | Maleska |
Sat Aug 29, 1992 | 38A | Unyielding | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Jul 19, 1992 | 37D | Kind of rock or candy | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
Mon May 25, 1992 | 22A | Subjected to induration | James L. Beatty | Maleska |
Sat Mar 7, 1992 | 6D | Unyielding | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sat Aug 3, 1991 | 51D | Tough | Jonathan J. Towle | Maleska |
Tue Jul 16, 1991 | 62A | Difficult | Jonathan J. Towle | Maleska |
Mon Sep 17, 1990 | 4D | Adamant | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Wed May 2, 1990 | 52D | Somewhat high on the Mohs' scale | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
Sun Feb 18, 1990 | 84A | "___ Copy," TV program | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sun Jan 28, 1990 | 79A | "___ Candy," T. Williams book | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Sat Dec 17, 1988 | 18D | ___ as nails | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
Tue Aug 9, 1988 | 34D | Rocklike | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
Fri Mar 4, 1988 | 50D | No picnic | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
Sun Feb 28, 1988 | 128A | Beatles' "A ___ Day's Night" | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
Tue Jan 26, 1988 | 37D | Difficult | Walter Covell | Maleska |
Tue Aug 25, 1987 | 24D | Adamantine | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Sep 23, 1986 | 10A | Steely | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Fri Mar 28, 1986 | 54D | Exacting | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
Sat Dec 21, 1985 | 56A | Rigid | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Sun Dec 8, 1985 | 18D | Merciless | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
Fri Dec 6, 1985 | 60A | Demanding | Larry Goldhirsch | Maleska |
Mon Jun 24, 1985 | 19A | Strongly alcoholic | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Fri Jun 14, 1985 | 1A | Unrelenting | Frank Geary | Maleska |
Mon May 27, 1985 | 53A | Difficult | Jones | Maleska |
Tue May 14, 1985 | 11D | Puzzling | Tangredi | Maleska |
Mon Nov 19, 1984 | 8D | Difficult | Johnson | Maleska |
Mon Feb 21, 1983 | 7D | Difficult | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Wed Dec 29, 1982 | 6D | Unfeeling | Fraas | Maleska |
Sat May 8, 1982 | 12A | Difficult | George P. Sphicas | Maleska |
Wed Sep 23, 1981 | 9D | "A ___ Day's Night," Beatles song | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Sun Aug 16, 1981 | 108D | ___ Ridden (1958 Epsom winner) | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Thu Jul 30, 1981 | 28D | Darlene of tennis fame | Emory H. Cain | Maleska |
Thu Feb 19, 1981 | 7D | Like a diamond | Robert Katz | Maleska |
Sun Jan 7, 1979 | 74A | Unyielding | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
Sat Mar 25, 1978 | 45D | Obdurate | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri Aug 26, 1977 | 62A | Far from flabby | Johnson | Maleska |
Fri Jun 17, 1977 | 25A | Unyielding | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Tue Apr 19, 1977 | 31A | Like some puzzles | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Fri Feb 4, 1977 | 8D | Kind of cash or times | Stanley A. Kurzban | Weng |
Sun Jan 4, 1976 | 99A | Times or tack | Stanley Glass | Weng |
Sun Jul 20, 1975 | 106A | Kind of sauce or luck | Emanuel Berg | Weng |
Mon Mar 31, 1975 | 10D | Kind of sauce | Dorothea E. Shipp | Weng |
Fri Aug 10, 1973 | 62A | ___ as nails | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Oct 4, 1972 | 55A | Unfeeling | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Aug 21, 1972 | 6A | Kind of sauce | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jul 19, 1972 | 52D | Word with tack or line | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Apr 4, 1972 | 53A | Toothbrush rating | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Dec 20, 1971 | 1D | Toothbrush rating | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Apr 14, 1971 | 19A | ___ as a rock | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jun 17, 1969 | 19A | Unyielding. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 8, 1969 | 42A | Without pity | Anthony Morse | Weng |
Wed Jan 8, 1969 | 56D | Troublesome. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Aug 14, 1968 | 46A | Unyielding. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 13, 1968 | 1A | Arduous. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 19, 1968 | 29D | Uphill. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Tue Nov 21, 1967 | 13D | Calloused. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 5, 1967 | 49A | Compact. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Sun Jan 15, 1967 | 12D | Like a diamond. | William A. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Tue Mar 29, 1966 | 57D | Arduous. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Mar 15, 1966 | 48A | With vigor. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 1, 1965 | 7D | Firm. | William A. Lewis, Jr. | Farrar |
Sat May 29, 1965 | 6D | Severe. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Oct 17, 1962 | 58A | Trying. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 7, 1962 | 37A | Unfeeling. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 26, 1961 | 106D | Powerful. | Stephanie Caruana | Farrar |
Sat Oct 14, 1961 | 52D | Unyielding. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Mon May 1, 1961 | 58A | Severe. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 5, 1961 | 114A | Difficult. | Christine Valence | Farrar |
Mon Jul 4, 1960 | 39D | Obdurate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jun 22, 1960 | 36D | ___ sauce. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jul 18, 1959 | 9D | Like anthracite. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Fri Jun 19, 1959 | 59D | Unsentimental. | Brice Metcalfe | Farrar |
Sun Jun 7, 1959 | 45A | Adamantine. | Charles C. Allen | Farrar |
Sat May 23, 1959 | 44A | Solid and compact. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Mon May 4, 1959 | 6D | Arduous. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sat Jan 31, 1959 | 1D | Obdurate. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Sun Sep 21, 1958 | 38A | Arduous. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu Sep 26, 1957 | 9D | Unyielding. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Thu Jul 25, 1957 | 1D | Unfeeling. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Wed Mar 20, 1957 | 35D | Exacting. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Fri Jan 13, 1956 | 49A | Rigorous. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Thu Sep 8, 1955 | 25A | Difficult to deal with. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Sun Aug 28, 1955 | 29A | Unsentimental. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun May 8, 1955 | 122A | Unfeeling. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Thu May 5, 1955 | 13D | Kind of sauce. | Bernice Gordon | Farrar |
Tue Mar 1, 1955 | 32A | Severe. | Thomas J. Varner | Farrar |
Wed Oct 6, 1954 | 1A | Compact and solid. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Sun May 3, 1953 | 46A | Steely. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Tue Jan 13, 1953 | 54D | Vermont poet, Walter ___. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Sat Apr 5, 1952 | 31D | Obdurate. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 20, 1952 | 69A | Knotty. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Nov 30, 1951 | 11D | Unyielding. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 18, 1951 | 76D | Knotty. | Eugene Maleska | Farrar |
Sun Jul 23, 1950 | 5D | Adamant. | Leonard Goldberg | Farrar |
Sun May 14, 1950 | 38D | Intense. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Oct 29, 1944 | 74A | Spikenard. | W. W. Webster | Farrar |
Sun Apr 2, 1944 | 15D | Difficult. | L. K. Peters | Farrar |
Sun May 16, 1943 | 96A | Physically fit for exertion. | Charles Erlenkotter | Farrar |