| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| BEGINNING | "In the ... was the Word" |
| SPELLINGBEE | In the 2005 national one, the winning word was "appoggiatura" |
| DOH | Word coined on The Simpsons that was added to the OED in 2001 |
| RUR | Play in which the word "robot" was coined |
| FUN | Word that was given in the very first crossword |
| XERES | City whose name was the source of the word "sherry" |
| RAP | Word whose musical sense was added to Merriam-Webster dictionaries in 1986 |
| UTNEREADER | Progressive bimonthly, before the second word was dropped from its title |
