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86 total results for PLUM( score: 50 )
34 results for PLUM from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Feb 14, 2025 | 10D | Desirable and profitable, as an assignment | Sarah Sinclair | Shortz |
Thu Mar 2, 2023 | 56D | Kind of job that's coveted | Malaika Handa | Shortz |
Tue Dec 20, 2022 | 51D | Fruit used to make slivovitz | Peter Koetters | Shortz |
Wed Aug 18, 2021 | 20A | Fruit in the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just to Say" | Alina Abidi | Shortz |
Sun Aug 1, 2021 | 24A | Shade of purple | Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Fri Aug 7, 2020 | 50D | Choice | Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Wed Mar 25, 2020 | 13A | Professor in a library, perhaps | Laura Taylor Kinnel | Shortz |
Mon Jan 13, 2020 | 25D | Desirable, as a job (2) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Wed Jun 12, 2019 | 31D | Coveted, as a position (2) | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger | Shortz |
Mon Dec 11, 2017 | 54D | Juicy fruit with a pit | Brian Thomas | Shortz |
Sat May 27, 2017 | 58A | Color close to puce | Damon Gulczynski | Shortz |
Tue May 23, 2017 | 59A | Coveted, as a position (2) | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Thu Jun 16, 2016 | 42A | Purple shade | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Tue Nov 3, 2015 | 34D | Professor ___, Clue suspect | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Sun Apr 6, 2014 | 95A | Job everyone wants | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Apr 25, 2013 | 27D | Desirable, as a job (2) | Jeffrey Wechsler | Shortz |
Sat Sep 17, 2011 | 52A | Choice job | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sat May 31, 2008 | 53D | Extremely desirable | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Thu Oct 11, 2007 | 56D | Windfall | E. J. Platt | Shortz |
Fri Jun 30, 2006 | 11D | Coveted | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Mon Dec 12, 2005 | 61A | Pudding fruit | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Wed Nov 12, 2003 | 59A | Desirable thing | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Tue Aug 5, 2003 | 62A | Coveted prize | D. J. DeChristopher | Shortz |
Sun Mar 24, 2002 | 15A | Choice assignment | Con Pederson | Shortz |
Mon Feb 18, 2002 | 46D | Prune, before drying | Philip Lew | Shortz |
Mon Apr 23, 2001 | 33D | Jack Horner's find | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sun Feb 11, 2001 | 73D | Prized | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue Aug 17, 1999 | 5A | Purple color | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Mon Oct 19, 1998 | 3D | Prune, formerly | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Thu Oct 31, 1996 | 16A | Kind of tomato | L. Sidway | Shortz |
Sun Oct 20, 1996 | 57A | Horner's find | R. Ross | Shortz |
Wed Aug 3, 1994 | 12D | Jack Horner's surprise | Richard Thomas | Shortz |
Wed Jun 29, 1994 | 21A | High-paying easy job | Glenton Petgrave | Shortz |
Thu Dec 23, 1993 | 1D | Deep purple | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
1 result for PLUM from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Mar 4, 2012 | Diagramless | 8D | Holiday pudding ingredient | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
51 results for PLUM from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Apr 26, 1992 | 16D | Prize | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
Wed Mar 18, 1992 | 32D | Choice job | Wayne Eastman | Maleska |
Tue Feb 4, 1992 | 30D | Prized thing | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Nov 4, 1990 | 29A | Horner's capture | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Tue Dec 19, 1989 | 4A | Horner's reward | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Fri Sep 30, 1988 | 50D | Unwrinkled prune | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
Mon Dec 3, 1984 | 1A | Fleshy fruit | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Thu Aug 2, 1984 | 8D | Damson, e.g. | Brown | Maleska |
Wed Jan 11, 1984 | 42A | Smooth-skinned fruit | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Thu Jun 30, 1983 | 1A | Prune's source | Frances K. Schnitzer | Maleska |
Mon Aug 3, 1981 | 55D | Succulent fruit | Audrey Koch | Maleska |
Fri May 8, 1981 | 40D | Windfall | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
Mon Nov 3, 1980 | 58A | Something very good | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Fri Mar 9, 1979 | 23A | Little Jack's prize | Vincent L. Osborne | Maleska |
Thu Feb 8, 1979 | 23D | Horner's prize | Johnson | Maleska |
Sun Aug 14, 1977 | 94D | Horner's prize | George Rose Smith | Maleska |
Mon Aug 16, 1976 | 38D | Choice thing | Jean J. Davison | Weng |
Fri May 21, 1976 | 2D | " ... and pulled out a ___" | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Mon Aug 25, 1975 | 10A | Political fruit | Cecil McCormick | Weng |
Fri Nov 17, 1972 | 9A | Choice thing | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Jan 15, 1971 | 34A | Horner's prize | Unknown | Weng |
Fri May 15, 1970 | 12D | Political tidbit | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Sep 9, 1968 | 1A | Choice thing. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jul 19, 1967 | 5A | Choice object. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Tue Mar 7, 1967 | 49A | Something choice. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Tue Mar 22, 1966 | 5A | Bluish red. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Dec 22, 1965 | 10A | Kind of pudding. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Aug 10, 1964 | 17A | Greengage. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 19, 1964 | 71A | Windfall. | Diana Sessions | Farrar |
Thu Apr 30, 1964 | 10A | Fruit tree. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Mar 8, 1963 | 52D | Bluish-red color. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Wed Feb 14, 1962 | 55D | Fruit tree. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 2, 1961 | 51D | Bluish red. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Apr 7, 1961 | 45D | Choice or desirable object. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 27, 1960 | 1A | Dark bluish-red. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 21, 1959 | 42D | Greengage. | Norton Rhoades | Farrar |
Wed Apr 30, 1958 | 34A | Dark bluish-red color. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Aug 13, 1957 | 13D | Lucrative political appointment. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Mon Dec 24, 1956 | 54D | Choice object. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Sun Mar 4, 1956 | 98A | Choice object. | Marjorie Connelly | Farrar |
Sun Jan 8, 1956 | 99A | Choice job. | Jules Arensberg | Farrar |
Sun Jan 1, 1956 | 78D | Damson. | W. S. Lewis Jr. | Farrar |
Thu Sep 1, 1955 | 1A | Choice thing. | Hamilton Bidwell | Farrar |
Thu Nov 25, 1954 | 2D | ___ pudding. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Tue Oct 26, 1954 | 58D | Choice object. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Jul 12, 1953 | 101D | Choice object. | Herbert Ettenson | Farrar |
Sat Dec 6, 1952 | 1A | Political prize. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Mar 12, 1950 | 62A | Blue-red. | Leonard Goldberg | Farrar |
Sun Nov 30, 1947 | 68A | Choice appointment. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Mar 10, 1946 | 78A | Prize. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Nov 4, 1945 | 69A | Blue-red color. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |