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NINE

155 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-08-07Score somewhat akin to an A-
2026-06-26SCOTUS head count
2026-06-23Number of digits in a Social Security number
2026-06-08Number in a nonet
2026-03-25Midmorning hour
2025-12-16What shares a key with "(" on a keyboard
2025-11-22Number of Academy Award nominations for Best Actor received by Laurence Olivier
2025-09-25Beginning of every Washington State ZIP code
2025-09-15Three squared
2025-07-28Cloud ___ (blissful spot, in an idiom)
2025-06-05Neighbor of "#" on a telephone keypad
2025-03-31Thrice three
2025-01-31Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A"
2024-12-30Number of planets before Pluto was demoted
2024-03-03
2023-07-02Court count
2023-05-01This clue's number divided by three
2023-03-13Digit that looks like another digit when turned upside down
2023-02-26Number of worlds in Norse myth
2023-01-29___-Down (what this is)
2022-09-29Impressive diving score
2022-08-21Symbol of longevity in Chinese numerology
2022-07-05What all Alaska ZIP codes start with
2021-09-11Ball with a yellow stripe
2021-08-23The sum of the digits of any multiple of ___ is a multiple of ___ (arithmetic curiosity)
2021-08-2016-Across squared
2021-07-01Point value commonly assigned to a queen in chess
2021-05-16When the first "Peanuts" comic appeared
2021-04-28Number that, in Chinese languages, is a homophone for "longevity," and is thus considered good luck
2021-04-19Start of every California ZIP code
2021-04-16Yellow-striped ball
2021-02-10Number of M.V.P. awards won by Wayne Gretzky
2021-02-09Score for a bull's-eye in archery
2020-12-01Tony-winning musical based on Fellini's "8 1/2"
2020-11-20___ lives
2020-08-08CB channel for emergency use
2019-11-01Value not appearing on any Scrabble tile
2019-09-05Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth
2019-04-22See 26-Down
2019-03-17Highest hand value in baccarat
2019-02-09Small square
2019-01-01Number of batters in a lineup
2018-10-04Soccer striker's jersey number, traditionally
2018-06-16Highest score in baccarat
2018-05-06Fluorine's atomic number
2018-04-07CB radio emergency channel
2017-12-20This puzzle's theme
2017-12-13Square after four
2017-11-29Square after four
2017-08-13Musical based on Fellini's "8 1/2"
2017-06-11Highest score in baccarat
2017-05-30Highest figure in sudoku
2016-09-20Rock's ___ Inch Nails
2016-07-17Best hand value in baccarat
2014-11-17Number of heads of the Hydra, in myth
2014-04-01Number of holes in a half-round of golf
2013-12-08Ball with a yellow stripe
2013-07-31Alaska ZIP code starter
2013-05-19Near-perfect rating
2013-01-17Lucky figure in Chinese culture
2012-08-20Number of "lives" a cat has
2012-07-30Upside-down six
2012-04-29See 122-Across
2011-12-02West Coast ZIP starter
2011-11-18Start of a call for help
2011-09-11"The ___ Tailors," Dorothy L. Sayers mystery
2011-08-04Musical with the song "Be Italian"
2011-07-19Cost in dollars of the world's first TV ad in 1941
2011-01-10WXY, on a phone
2010-09-14Cloud ___
2010-08-21Complement of Dante's circles of hell
2010-06-10Yellow-striped ball
2010-05-23Round of golf, informally
2010-05-17Number of Muses
2010-01-29Right fielder, on a scorecard
2009-12-09Roger Maris, for the Yankees
2009-09-03Highest score in baccarat
2009-08-05Clementine's shoe size
2009-06-18Almost perfect?
2009-04-29*Start of a 38-Across
2009-03-12Last digit in a price, often
2008-07-27Ball with a yellow stripe
2008-06-18Fine diving score
2008-06-07It's a square
2008-05-27Supreme Court count
2008-04-21Three's opposite on a clock face
2007-12-02Quick outing on the links
2007-10-13Low square
2007-07-03Punch-in time for many
2007-04-27Musical based on a Fellini film
2007-01-10A round of golf, informally
2006-11-19U.S. highway with a ferry connection between Delaware and New Jersey
2006-09-16Start of a critical call
2006-09-02Low square
2006-07-03First digit in a California ZIP code
2006-05-29Full complement of baseball players
2006-03-12Small square
2006-02-15Excellent gymnastics score
2006-02-07Yellow-striped ball in pool
2005-10-06Highest score in baccarat
2005-09-21Shortest iron, in golf
2005-09-18Roger Maris's number
2005-09-13Diamond complement
2005-04-03See 25-Down
2005-04-02Store opening time
2004-12-19Diamond complement
2004-08-24"The Whole ___ Yards"
2003-12-30Prime-time time
2003-12-25Reindeer team, counting Rudolph
2003-10-06Almost perfect rating
2003-08-29A perfect square
2003-08-26Muses count
2003-05-10Salinger's "___ Stories"
2003-04-21Number dialed before two ones
2003-03-27Musical with the song "Be Italian"
2003-01-16With 5- and 10-Across, need for 69-, 70- and 71-Across
2002-09-01Kind of iron
2002-07-25Ted Williams wore it
2002-07-16Cloud ___
2002-03-22Pretty high rating
2002-03-061982 Tony musical
2002-03-02Cardinal with a loop
2001-05-14Shop-opening time
2000-12-26Supreme Court count
2000-12-07Shift start, for many
2000-04-02Opening time, maybe
1999-12-12Opening time, maybe
1999-11-13Opening time, maybe
1999-09-17Target number in baccarat
1999-06-23Five after four
1999-01-18Prime-time hour
1999-01-17Mozart's age, when he wrote his Fifth Symphony
1999-01-07Lowest card in pinochle
1998-12-17Emergency CB channel
1998-06-15Prime time hour
1998-06-12Excellent-plus rating
1998-05-06Supreme Court count
1998-02-20See left
1997-07-30Common opening time
1997-01-23Emergency CB channel
1996-12-24Prime time hour
1996-07-07Ted Williams wore it
1996-06-12Inches in a span
1996-03-17Best hand in baccarat
1996-01-10Baseball squad
1995-07-18Number of Beethoven symphonies
1995-06-19Full complement of planets
1995-06-15Emergency CB channel
1995-05-09High gymnastic score
1995-01-17Supreme Court complement
1994-09-14Diamond digit
1994-06-14Supreme Court complement
1994-01-23Diamond group
1993-12-261982 Tommy Tune show
1993-12-24Not quite Bo Derek