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1 result for ONTHESPOT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 14, 1995	16A	Present	Alex K. Justin	Shortz

1 result for ONTHESPOT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 1, 2012	Acrostic	L	Under pressure; present (3 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for ONTHESPOT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 11, 1989	54A	Well-known Johnny	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue Jul 29, 1969	10D	Immediately.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 22, 1967	36A	Johnny ___.	Barbara Golub	Farrar
Sun Jun 28, 1964	97D	Marked for trouble.	Will C. Weng	Farrar

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