| 2026-08-11 | Castaway's call |
| 2026-07-30 | ___ pad |
| 2026-07-27 | Signal at sea |
| 2026-05-31 | Help-wanted letters |
| 2026-05-22 | Sign of desperation |
| 2026-04-20 | ...---... in Morse |
| 2026-03-03 | "Come to our rescue!" |
| 2026-01-11 | Hit title for Abba or Rihanna |
| 2025-12-02 | "Please help!" |
| 2025-09-29 | Castaway's call for help |
| 2025-08-22 | A little "Help here!"? |
| 2025-06-26 | Brillo competitor |
| 2025-05-03 | Cry for help |
| 2025-04-29 | "Hel-l-lp!" |
| 2025-04-23 | Letters written in the sand, maybe |
| 2025-03-18 | "Help!" |
| 2025-03-15 | Help line? |
| 2025-02-17 | "Please send assistance A.S.A.P.!" |
| 2025-01-12 | Cry for help |
| 2024-12-21 | This means trouble |
| 2024-12-05 | "Help wanted" sign? |
| 2024-10-13 | Castaway's call |
| 2024-09-15 | Lost-at-sea plea |
| 2024-08-17 | Cry for help |
| 2024-08-04 | ••• – – – ••• |
| 2024-04-03 | Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short" |
| 2024-01-01 | "Rescue us!" |
| 2023-12-14 | A call for help |
| 2023-12-05 | "Mayday!" |
| 2023-11-18 | Hit song title for Abba or Rihanna |
| 2023-10-14 | Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906 |
| 2023-10-03 | "Help!" |
| 2023-08-09 | Brillo competitor |
| 2023-06-20 | Distress call |
| 2023-06-15 | Palindromic plea |
| 2023-06-04 | "Help!" |
| 2023-04-12 | Help line? |
| 2023-01-20 | Letters that shouldn't be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best) |
| 2023-01-04 | Letters requesting help |
| 2022-12-03 | Kind of pad |
| 2022-11-20 | ...---... |
| 2022-11-14 | Letters spelled out with rocks on a desert island, in cartoons |
| 2022-07-03 | Sea plea |
| 2022-02-04 | A call for help |
| 2021-10-26 | Castaway's "Help!" |
| 2021-09-01 | Message often written in large letters |
| 2021-08-23 | "Help!" |
| 2021-08-10 | [Send assistance!] |
| 2021-07-01 | Rihanna's first #1 single |
| 2021-05-17 | ... --- ... |
| 2021-01-25 | Emergency call in Morse code |
| 2021-01-20 | Brillo rival |
| 2020-12-27 | Brand of pads |
| 2020-11-07 | Letters often meant to be read from afar |
| 2020-10-19 | Classic distress call |
| 2020-09-29 | Message in Morse code, maybe |
| 2020-09-26 | Impetus for a rescue mission |
| 2020-09-11 | Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna |
| 2020-08-17 | "We need help!" |
| 2020-07-26 | Nine-symbol message |
| 2020-05-13 | ... --- ... |
| 2020-03-01 | Help line? |
| 2020-02-28 | Help wanted sign |
| 2020-02-14 | Message in smoke signals, maybe |
| 2020-01-07 | Call to the U.S.C.G. |
| 2019-09-08 | Sea plea |
| 2019-04-07 | Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle |
| 2019-02-28 | Kind of pad |
| 2019-02-25 | Help wanted sign? |
| 2019-01-17 | Plea at sea |
| 2018-12-05 | Call for help |
| 2018-10-21 | Three short, three long, three short |
| 2018-09-30 | "Mamma Mia!" song that begins "Where are those happy days?" |
| 2018-08-14 | "Help us!," at sea |
| 2018-07-08 | Message in a bottle, maybe |
| 2018-06-06 | Pot-scrubbing brand |
| 2018-02-21 | Call to the Coast Guard |
| 2018-02-18 | Request for aid |
| 2017-12-19 | Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot |
| 2017-12-15 | Plea at sea |
| 2017-11-05 | Line in the sand? |
| 2017-09-16 | Request for an island getaway? |
| 2017-08-15 | Morse code plea |
| 2017-07-23 | Message from the marooned |
| 2017-07-17 | "Hel-l-lp!" |
| 2016-12-03 | Message that might be spelled with rocks |
| 2016-07-07 | Line in the sand? |
| 2016-05-23 | "Help!," at sea |
| 2016-05-04 | "Help!" |
| 2016-02-22 | Emergency transmission |
| 2016-02-18 | Rihanna's first #1 single |
| 2016-02-14 | It has three dashes in the middle |
| 2016-01-12 | Message that might be laid out in coconuts on a beach |
| 2015-09-21 | Signal from a marooned sailor |
| 2015-08-11 | Message spelled out with coconuts, maybe |
| 2015-01-14 | Castaway's call |
| 2014-12-27 | Sign of trouble |
| 2014-12-17 | Maritime alert |
| 2014-11-25 | Emergency signal |
| 2014-10-19 | Rescue party prompter |
| 2014-08-20 | "Hel-l-l-lp!" |
| 2014-04-06 | Signal that replaced "CQD" |
| 2014-02-17 | Emergency call |
| 2013-07-11 | Rihanna's first #1 Billboard single |
| 2013-07-03 | "Mamma Mia!" number |
| 2013-05-24 | Stranded message? |
| 2013-02-26 | Urgent dispatch |
| 2012-10-04 | Help-wanted letters |
| 2012-09-16 | Response to a sinking feeling? |
| 2012-09-06 | Long-distance call? |
| 2012-08-28 | Plea at sea |
| 2012-08-25 | Letters from desperate people |
| 2012-08-12 | Castaway's message |
| 2012-07-01 | "I'll send an ___ to the world" (Police lyric) |
| 2012-06-02 | Plea before going under |
| 2012-04-11 | "Help!" at sea |
| 2012-03-09 | Plea for aid |
| 2012-01-13 | Foundering call |
| 2011-11-13 | Emergency broadcast |
| 2011-09-04 | Kind of pad |
| 2011-06-28 | "Send help!" |
| 2011-04-23 | Song in "Mamma Mia!" |
| 2011-03-29 | Message on the beach of a remote island, maybe |
| 2011-02-09 | "Sending out an ___" (repeated Police lyric) |
| 2011-01-23 | Call letters? |
| 2011-01-09 | Message in a bottle |
| 2010-09-22 | ___ pad |
| 2010-08-17 | "Help!"... and a hint to 17-, 27-, 42- and 53-Across |
| 2010-08-12 | See 38-Across |
| 2010-08-08 | "Mamma Mia!" song |
| 2010-08-07 | Help-wanted indication |
| 2010-07-22 | *Rihanna, 2006 |
| 2010-06-23 | "Sending out an ___" (much-repeated line in a Police hit) |
| 2010-03-22 | "Hel-l-lp!" |
| 2010-02-11 | Song from "Mamma Mia!" |
| 2010-02-07 | Castaway's call |
| 2010-01-20 | Tapped-out message, often |
| 2009-03-30 | "Hel-l-lp!" |
| 2009-03-19 | Pad name |
| 2009-01-30 | 911 call, e.g. |
| 2008-11-17 | "Rescue me!" |
| 2008-08-18 | Call for help |
| 2008-08-17 | Cry when going down? |
| 2008-04-10 | Three short, three long, three short |
| 2008-02-03 | Titanic message |
| 2007-12-26 | Brillo rival |
| 2007-11-13 | Brillo alternative |
| 2007-10-19 | Call in a calamity |
| 2007-08-28 | "Help!" |
| 2007-07-17 | "Help!" |
| 2007-07-01 | Castaway's call |
| 2007-06-01 | Emergency letters |
| 2007-04-07 | Worrisome letters to send |
| 2007-02-11 | "Help wanted" letters |
| 2006-12-17 | Message in a bottle, maybe |
| 2006-12-10 | Call for help |
| 2006-08-03 | Marooned person's message |
| 2006-07-17 | ... --- … |
| 2006-06-20 | Morse Mayday |
| 2006-06-13 | Letters of distress |
| 2006-06-04 | "Help wanted" |
| 2005-10-17 | Shipwreck signal |
| 2005-09-12 | Call for help |
| 2005-07-23 | Message that's often repeated |
| 2005-01-03 | "Send help!" |
| 2004-10-31 | Sinker's call |
| 2004-09-28 | Message from a desert isle, perhaps |
| 2004-07-21 | Brillo rival |
| 2004-06-09 | "Help!" |
| 2004-05-25 | Distress signal |
| 2004-04-19 | Letters of distress |
| 2004-03-21 | It may be tapped out |
| 2004-03-14 | Coast Guard concern |
| 2004-02-03 | Plea at sea |
| 2004-01-22 | Certain smoke signal |
| 2004-01-15 | ... |
| 2003-12-28 | ___ pad |
| 2003-12-25 | ···---··· |
| 2003-11-27 | It's sometimes written in the sand |
| 2003-10-16 | "___ yer old man!" |
| 2003-10-01 | "Help!" |
| 2003-08-21 | Terse radio message |
| 2003-05-26 | Emergency message |
| 2003-01-17 | Kind of pad |
| 2003-01-07 | "Help!" |
| 2002-11-27 | Castaway's note |
| 2002-09-18 | 1-Across song |
| 2002-08-21 | Sea plea |
| 2002-08-17 | Kind of pad |
| 2002-05-17 | Kind of pad |
| 2002-05-16 | Call for help |
| 2002-03-25 | Brillo pad competitor |
| 2001-12-31 | "H-E-L-P!" |
| 2001-11-18 | Call at sea, maybe |
| 2001-10-21 | Sturdy pad |
| 2001-09-16 | Urgent message |
| 2001-05-30 | "Help, quick!" |
| 2001-05-18 | Alert asea |
| 2000-12-05 | "Help!" |
| 2000-11-05 | Call for help |
| 2000-06-30 | Help wanted notice? |
| 2000-02-28 | Message in a bottle? |
| 2000-01-31 | Distress call |
| 1999-11-03 | Message in a bottle? |
| 1999-10-12 | ... _ _ _ ... |
| 1999-08-15 | "...and ___ yours!" |
| 1998-11-18 | "Hel-l-l-lp!" |
| 1998-08-28 | "___ Titanic" (1979 movie) |
| 1998-05-17 | Brillo rival |
| 1998-05-01 | ..._ _ _... |
| 1998-02-15 | Kind of pad |
| 1997-11-20 | Urgent call |
| 1997-10-13 | "Send help!" |
| 1997-08-29 | "Help!" |
| 1997-07-18 | Help wanted advertisement? |
| 1996-12-25 | Smoke signal message, maybe |
| 1996-10-04 | Message in a bottle? |
| 1996-09-15 | Urgent message |
| 1996-08-13 | "M'aidez," e.g. |
| 1996-05-21 | Skipper's plea |
| 1996-05-05 | Brillo rival |
| 1996-03-21 | "___your old man!" |
| 1996-03-12 | ...---... |
| 1996-02-03 | "Help!" |
| 1995-12-07 | Message in a bottle, maybe |
| 1995-11-27 | Brillo rival |
| 1995-11-22 | Cousin of "Mayday!" |
| 1995-05-23 | Cousin of "Mayday!" |
| 1995-03-06 | Message from the Titanic |
| 1995-01-09 | Morse code message |
| 1995-01-04 | "Help!" |
| 1995-01-02 | Stranded sailor's call |
| 1994-12-25 | U.S.C.G. call |
| 1994-12-15 | Abba hit song, 1975 |
| 1994-11-26 | Kind of pad |
| 1994-11-23 | "Mayday!" |
| 1994-11-07 | Castaway's call |
| 1994-11-04 | Radio message |
| 1994-08-28 | Call to the U.S.C.G. |
| 1994-07-07 | Signal since 1912 |
| 1994-06-12 | 1975 Abba hit |
| 1994-05-01 | "Mayday!" |
| 1994-04-24 | Offshore A.P.B. |
| 1994-04-16 | Kin of 911 call |
| 1994-04-03 | Brillo rival |
| 1994-02-02 | Message from the Titanic |
| 1993-11-26 | "Mayday!" |