| 2026-07-19 | David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g. |
| 2026-06-27 | Many a political piece |
| 2026-04-24 | Certain exposition |
| 2026-02-04 | Bar exam component |
| 2025-11-19 | Lit class assignment |
| 2025-10-14 | Bit of writing from Joan Didion |
| 2025-07-23 | Writing assignment |
| 2025-02-23 | Many a piece of writing by Joan Didion |
| 2025-01-08 | Assignment often graded with a red pen |
| 2024-11-12 | Assignment outsourced to ChatGPT, perhaps |
| 2024-01-06 | Part of many 34-Down |
| 2023-10-08 | Many a homework assignment |
| 2023-05-26 | Bacon bit? |
| 2022-12-11 | Cause of class struggle? |
| 2022-07-10 | Blue book filler |
| 2022-01-25 | College application part |
| 2021-08-25 | Writing assignment |
| 2021-08-15 | Time-consuming assignment to grade |
| 2021-06-20 | Work from Roxane Gay or Jia Tolentino |
| 2021-05-04 | One in a stack for an English teacher to grade |
| 2021-04-09 | Feature of The New York Review of Books |
| 2021-03-21 | SAT section eliminated by the College Board in 2021 |
| 2021-01-08 | Assignment that sounds like its third and fourth letters |
| 2020-11-10 | Writing by John Locke or Alexander Pope |
| 2020-11-09 | Op-ed piece, e.g. |
| 2020-11-02 | Part of a test that may produce a hand cramp |
| 2020-05-05 | Writing in a blue book |
| 2020-04-21 | Piece for an editorial page |
| 2020-03-21 | Attempt |
| 2020-01-05 | Assignment that might have a page limit |
| 2019-12-04 | College app attachment |
| 2019-08-25 | Lamb offering |
| 2019-06-18 | English class assignment |
| 2019-01-10 | Attempt |
| 2018-09-21 | Think piece |
| 2018-05-02 | Try |
| 2018-04-30 | English class assignment |
| 2018-04-10 | Optional part of the SAT |
| 2018-03-02 | Op-ed, e.g. |
| 2017-10-25 | Many a Slate article |
| 2017-09-17 | The New Yorker piece |
| 2017-09-16 | Application requirement, maybe |
| 2017-05-13 | Try |
| 2016-07-13 | Op-ed, e.g. |
| 2016-07-03 | Will work |
| 2016-04-27 | Written contest entry, say |
| 2016-03-21 | English class assignment |
| 2015-11-23 | Op-ed piece |
| 2015-09-30 | Op-ed piece |
| 2015-08-07 | Salon offering |
| 2015-07-02 | Endeavor |
| 2015-03-31 | Part of a G.E.D. exam |
| 2015-02-22 | English assignment |
| 2014-12-22 | Op-ed piece, e.g. |
| 2014-08-05 | College applicant's composition |
| 2014-07-15 | Op-ed piece |
| 2014-07-02 | Piece of Slate, e.g. |
| 2014-06-02 | Kind of test ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 25-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 2014-05-14 | Piece of Bacon or Lamb |
| 2013-11-17 | Swift composition |
| 2013-11-08 | It's definitely not the short answer |
| 2013-09-08 | Time piece |
| 2013-08-12 | Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice |
| 2013-06-08 | Bacon product |
| 2013-02-26 | Homework assignment |
| 2012-12-23 | Lamb specialty |
| 2012-12-11 | Part of many a college application |
| 2012-12-01 | Locke work |
| 2012-11-13 | Maureen Dowd piece |
| 2012-09-06 | College application need |
| 2012-07-25 | Nora Ephron work |
| 2012-07-13 | Frank Rich piece |
| 2012-04-09 | English class assignment |
| 2012-02-03 | Steele work |
| 2011-03-05 | Piece of schoolwork |
| 2011-02-06 | Time piece? |
| 2009-07-22 | Lamb piece |
| 2009-07-19 | Part of a college application |
| 2008-11-27 | Op-ed piece |
| 2008-06-23 | Op-ed piece |
| 2008-04-27 | Swift's "A Modest Proposal," e.g. |
| 2008-02-27 | Pundit's piece |
| 2008-02-19 | Lamb or Bacon piece |
| 2007-09-15 | Theme |
| 2007-08-24 | Analytic work |
| 2007-06-20 | Op-ed, typically |
| 2007-04-04 | Op-ed piece |
| 2007-01-16 | Blue-book filler |
| 2006-04-10 | Op-ed piece |
| 2005-07-17 | Bacon piece |
| 2005-07-13 | Op-ed piece |
| 2005-05-11 | Piece in The New Republic |
| 2005-04-12 | Blue book filler |
| 2005-04-06 | Journal submission |
| 2005-02-06 | Prose piece |
| 2004-11-28 | Opinion piece |
| 2004-09-28 | Op-ed piece, e.g. |
| 2004-05-27 | Bacon or Lamb product |
| 2004-03-16 | Composition with a viewpoint |
| 2004-02-22 | Lamb specialty |
| 2004-01-28 | Time piece? |
| 2004-01-13 | English assignment |
| 2003-07-25 | Very long-winded answer |
| 2003-03-13 | "A Modest Proposal," e.g. |
| 2003-02-05 | Emerson piece |
| 2001-10-29 | Op-ed piece |
| 2001-07-09 | School assignment |
| 2001-05-03 | Paper |
| 2001-04-23 | "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," maybe |
| 2000-11-27 | Piece in Harper's |
| 2000-11-22 | English exam finale, often |
| 2000-11-15 | Test format |
| 2000-10-08 | Bacon bit |
| 2000-09-25 | College application part |
| 2000-07-17 | Think piece |
| 2000-07-03 | English paper |
| 2000-06-10 | Pope production |
| 2000-06-08 | With 64-Across, a student's challenge |
| 1999-12-31 | Bacon piece |
| 1999-12-14 | Emerson work |
| 1999-12-09 | Bacon piece |
| 1999-11-07 | Blue-book filler |
| 1999-09-20 | Piece in Harper's |
| 1999-08-24 | English exam finale, often |
| 1999-06-07 | Article in Harper's or The Atlantic |
| 1999-05-16 | Elianic work |
| 1998-08-14 | Bacon product |
| 1998-07-16 | Swift work |
| 1998-07-04 | "Civil Disobedience," e.g. |
| 1998-04-14 | School assignment |
| 1998-04-08 | 16-Across work |
| 1998-01-13 | Calvin Trillin piece |
| 1997-12-18 | Lamb product |
| 1997-10-29 | Opinionated work |
| 1997-01-08 | School assignment |
| 1996-11-26 | Russell Baker specialty |
| 1996-11-14 | Attempt |
| 1996-08-07 | Susan Sontag piece |
| 1996-06-18 | E.G. White piece |
| 1995-11-15 | Emerson effort |
| 1995-10-01 | Bacon work |
| 1995-07-07 | Federalist paper |
| 1995-06-15 | Virginia Woolf piece |
| 1995-05-16 | Test format, often |
| 1995-04-20 | Emerson product |
| 1994-11-06 | Attempt |
| 1994-08-04 | Pope's "An _____ on Man" |
| 1994-07-12 | Emerson piece |
| 1994-06-01 | E. B. White piece |
| 1994-05-17 | Pope's "An _____ on Man" |
| 1994-04-22 | New Republic piece |
| 1993-12-21 | Dryden work |