| 2026-08-25 | "Thing with feathers that perches in the soul," per Emily Dickinson |
| 2025-10-25 | Word on either side of "against" |
| 2024-11-27 | Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak |
| 2024-05-19 | A "waking dream," per Aristotle |
| 2024-05-17 | Last thing left in Pandora's box |
| 2024-04-06 | Intend |
| 2023-01-07 | Word at the center of Rhode Island's flag |
| 2022-06-19 | Cross one's fingers |
| 2022-03-14 | It springs eternal |
| 2021-10-19 | Wish |
| 2021-07-12 | "Cross my heart and ___ to die" |
| 2020-11-08 | "To live without ___ is to cease to live": Dostoyevsky |
| 2019-06-21 | Word before and after against |
| 2019-03-24 | It stayed in Pandora's box |
| 2018-12-06 | 2008 political catchword |
| 2018-07-24 | What you might do when you cross your fingers |
| 2017-05-07 | 2008 Obama catchword |
| 2017-01-02 | Wish |
| 2015-04-09 | Cynic's lack |
| 2015-01-30 | "___ is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness": Desmond Tutu |
| 2015-01-11 | 2008 Obama catchword |
| 2014-10-07 | Bill Clinton's Arkansas birthplace |
| 2014-04-07 | Arkansas town where Bill Clinton was born |
| 2012-11-22 | 2008 campaign theme |
| 2012-08-29 | Cross one's fingers |
| 2012-03-12 | Optimist's feeling |
| 2011-04-26 | Word on a 2008 Obama poster |
| 2011-04-21 | It stayed in Pandora's box |
| 2010-09-17 | One might lose it in a crisis |
| 2009-04-15 | "Keep ___ alive!" |
| 2008-03-27 | A good breakfast, but a bad supper, according to Francis Bacon |
| 2007-08-17 | Word before and after "against" |
| 2006-12-08 | Bad thing to abandon |
| 2006-07-16 | Word before and after "against" |
| 2004-11-14 | Rhode Island's motto |
| 2004-05-16 | "A good breakfast, but an ill supper": Francis Bacon |
| 2003-06-04 | Clinton's birthplace |
| 2003-02-26 | Crosby partner |
| 2002-06-07 | Desire |
| 2002-05-08 | Clinton's birthplace |
| 2001-08-16 | Rhode Island's motto |
| 2000-09-08 | "A waking dream": Aristotle |
| 2000-03-06 | What an optimist always has |
| 1999-10-24 | Pessimist's lack |
| 1999-08-18 | Chance for success |
| 1999-06-14 | One of Pandora's finds |
| 1999-06-09 | Word before and after "against" |
| 1999-03-24 | Crossed fingers symbolize it |
| 1998-04-12 | "A waking dream," according to Aristotle |
| 1997-09-22 | Aspiration |
| 1997-09-08 | "___ springs eternal" |
| 1997-08-26 | Second of three virtues |
| 1997-07-08 | Long (for) |
| 1996-11-19 | Bill Clinton's birthplace |
| 1995-12-12 | Rhode Island's motto |
| 1995-11-01 | Clinton's birthplace |
| 1994-11-07 | _____ Diamond |
| 1994-05-08 | Word before and after "against" |