| Seafood; shut (up) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 21 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | 'Happy' shellfish (4) | The Guardian Quick | 15 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Raw bar bit | Wall Street Journal | 11 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Cherrystone, for one | LA Times Mini | 10 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | ___ chowder (menu item) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | LA Times Daily | 07 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 05 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Mollusk in a red or white chowder | USA Today | 28 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Dollar, in slang | Universal | 22 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Chowder protein | LA Times Daily | 11 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ingredient in chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog (4) | Mirror Quiz | 01 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | One might be cooked "casino"-style | New York Times | 24 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Mollusc left in river |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | New York Times | 19 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Counterclaim neurotic rejected concerning something found in the water |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | Wall Street Journal | 12 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Shellfish used to make chowder (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 30 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | An edible shellfish, integral part of the Spanish dish Almejas a la marinera (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "Happy as a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Metaphor for silence | Newsday | 13 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Happy as a __ | Commuter | 12 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Idiomatically happy creature |  |  | 
          
            | The mermaid's secrets are safe with it! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Burrowing marine mollusc, popular in chowder (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Untalkative one | Eugene Sheffer | 29 May 2025 | 
          
            | Uncommunicative creature! |  |  | 
          
            | Topping on some New England-style white pies |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve shellfish found on sandy or muddy shores (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood chowder morsel | LA Times Mini | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Shore dinner morsel | Newsday | 04 May 2025 | 
          
            | Reticent person; shellfish (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish | Mirror Tea Time | 14 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Dollar, informally | New York Times | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | It's used as a sign for the Krusty Krab | TV | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Bake - Chowder - Up (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | New York Times Mini | 20 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | On many a morning, may be baking! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Untalkative one | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Jogaetang mollusk | USA Today | 12 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Tightly closed shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient I get, out of claim (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of happiness | Universal | 03 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | In river, catching large shellfish (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A scallop (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Typical cioppino morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Ingredient in chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Allege losing one crustacean (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Thomas Joseph | 03 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Giant bivalve that terrorizes Bikini Bottom, on SpongeBob |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish often found in chowder | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 31 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog | Mirror Quiz | 29 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | ___ chowder (thick creamy soup) |  |  | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ | Universal | 07 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | It's shut up on many a morning (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | Wall Street Journal | 21 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Say this thrice without fumbling! "How can a ___ cram in a clean cream can?" (chowder shellfish) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ chowder | Universal | 14 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Try this! ___ chowder, beloved winter dish that's famously pronounced as "chow-dah" in the TV series "The Simpsons" |  |  | 
          
            | Silent type | Newsday | 06 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Calm order for seafood (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Large shellfish, giant ... |  |  | 
          
            | Something to bake on many a morning? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Hot and damp without my shellfish (4) |  |  | 
          
            | See 24 Across | The Telegraph Toughie | 15 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Malcolm went back partly for shellfish (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 31 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Mollusc (4) | The Guardian Quick | 23 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Oyster relative | New York Times | 23 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 20 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Mollusk that may be used in chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Thomas Joseph | 08 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | USA Today | 07 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 05 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Odd cult aims to get a sea creature |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, informally | New York Times | 02 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Jaecheop-guk ingredient | USA Today | 29 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Bivalve shellfish found in abundance on seashores (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A marine mollusc with shells of equal size (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve mollusc | Mirror Quick | 10 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Shellfish | The Times Concise | 10 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Declamation about seafood | Mirror Cryptic | 10 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Thomas Joseph | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Zip it, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish immobiliser - no parking! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ chowder (menu item) |  |  | 
          
            | Won't speak (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Refuse to tell you what the food is? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ingredient in a chowder |  |  | 
          
            | A sea creature shut up? |  |  | 
          
            | Shy person left in river | The Sun Two Speed | 05 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Marine mollusc | The Sun Two Speed | 05 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Shellfish | The Telegraph Mini | 03 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Be calm about it, and shut up like one (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood in a shell | LA Times Daily | 01 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | A very reticent person will assert one has left (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Burrowing marine mollusc |  |  | 
          
            | Edible shellfish | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 19 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Bivalve found in Chesapeake Bay |  |  | 
          
            | Happy as a |  |  | 
          
            | ___ chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve shellfish | Puzzler Backwords | 29 May 2024 | 
          
            | Get shellfish up and be silent (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Eugene Sheffer | 17 May 2024 | 
          
            | Very reticent person, one kept from mining land (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Go silent, with "up" | New York Times | 05 May 2024 | 
          
            | "Shell" or "chowder" start |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Mollusk often used in chowder |  |  | 
          
            | "Happy" mollusk | Universal | 26 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | ___ up (refuse to speak) |  |  | 
          
            | Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog | Mirror Quiz | 19 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Cioppino ingredient | New York Times | 07 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 01 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Shellfish left in river | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Marine mollusc | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Cake or chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | It shuts up, but may be calm about it (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Demand I leave shellfish (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder creature |  |  | 
          
            | Certain mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Ingredient in chowder |  |  | 
          
            | $1 bill, in slang | New York Times | 07 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Burrowing marine mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish in chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Part of formal complaint about seafood (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | New York Times | 23 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | ___bake (seafood feast with Wampanoag origins) | USA Today | 22 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Spaghetti alle vongole ingredient (4) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ chowder | New York Times Mini | 22 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Edible American shellfish (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sushi selection | Newsday | 11 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog | Mirror Quiz | 10 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Creature whose species include the world’s largest bivalve molluscs |  |  | 
          
            | What a quahog is | Family Time | 24 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Say this thrice without fumbling! "How can a ___ cram in a clean cream can?" |  |  | 
          
            | Mollusc shell from Lima, just under half an inch across |  |  | 
          
            | Untalkative one | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Largely, device to grip a shellfish (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve seafood |  |  | 
          
            | Secreto, non palam |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | LA Times Daily | 22 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Bisque bit | Wall Street Journal | 15 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Quahog, for one | Universal | 14 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Linguine with ___ sauce | USA Today | 28 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk | USA Today | 25 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Paella morsel | Newsday | 19 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Stop talking, with "up" | New York Times | 18 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Quahog, simply | Family Time | 09 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Dollar, so to speak | Newsday | 01 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Happy as a __ | LA Times Daily | 14 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | River conceals large shellfish | The Telegraph Cryptic | 07 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | "Happy as a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | "Happy" bivalve | Universal | 12 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Nontalkative person | Newsday | 29 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder's main character? |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 22 May 2023 | 
          
            | Untalkative one | Eugene Sheffer | 12 May 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Thomas Joseph | 01 May 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 17 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Mollusk that may have a soft shell | USA Today | 29 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 28 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | New England ___ chowder | USA Today | 24 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 06 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder tidbit | Newsday | 20 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | New England ___ chowder | USA Today | 11 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | "Happy as a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve mollusk | Family Time | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Hard- or soft-shell marine mollusc | The Guardian Quick | 24 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | "Happy" mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Chatterbox’s opposite | Wall Street Journal | 25 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | ___ chowder | Universal | 21 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Shucking target | Wall Street Journal | 11 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Thomas Joseph | 30 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Shell occupant |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder head? | LA Times Daily | 27 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Reticent type turns up in abnormal clothing | The Telegraph Toughie | 21 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Mollusk in jaecheop-guk | Universal | 01 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Untalkative one | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Shucking target | Wall Street Journal | 26 May 2022 | 
          
            | Mollusk used to make chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Thomas Joseph | 05 May 2022 | 
          
            | Silent type | Newsday | 28 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Wall Street Journal | 25 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | ___ up (refuse to talk) | USA Today | 07 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Steamer, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 30 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Thomas Joseph | 28 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | "As happy as a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | The Washington Post | 15 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | LA Times Daily | 15 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | ___ chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 01 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Type of mollusk | Family Time | 24 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | One tight-lipped with stuff changing hands |  |  | 
          
            | Mollusk in jaecheop-guk | USA Today | 10 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Wall Street Journal | 30 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood with cold batter |  |  | 
          
            | Burrowing shellfish | The Guardian Quick | 17 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | ___ chowder (menu item) |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve mollusk | Family Time | 31 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Not talk, with "up" | LA Times Daily | 28 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | One reluctant to describe shellfish? | The Times Cryptic | 25 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Definitely not a talker | Wall Street Journal | 13 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Edible mollusc | The Times Concise | 10 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Wall Street Journal | 21 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Animal metaphor for a quiet person | USA Today | 17 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Shellfish | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ | New York Times | 03 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk | Universal | 23 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | "Happy" sea creature | Universal | 19 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Silent type | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Half-shell serving | The Washington Post | 10 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Half-shell serving | LA Times Daily | 10 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Dig for quahogs, say | The Washington Post | 18 May 2021 | 
          
            | Dig for quahogs, say | LA Times Daily | 18 May 2021 | 
          
            | "Happy" mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Newsday | 12 May 2021 | 
          
            | Untalkative one | Eugene Sheffer | 10 May 2021 | 
          
            | ___ chowder |  |  | 
          
            | "As happy as a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Thomas Joseph | 07 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Family Time | 04 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | LA Times Daily | 21 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | The Washington Post | 21 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | New England chowder mollusk | USA Today | 22 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder chunk | Universal | 21 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | Universal | 18 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Zip it (up) | Newsday | 28 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | One's reluctant to open up seafood |  |  | 
          
            | Marine symbol of silence | The Washington Post Sunday | 18 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | End of a 'happy' simile | New York Times | 23 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | New York Times | 20 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Refuse to talk, with "up" | LA Times Daily | 26 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Refuse to talk, with 'up' | The Washington Post | 26 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Smacker | New York Times | 18 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Marine mollusc | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Shellfish left in river | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Seafood in a shell |  |  | 
          
            | Reeks from mackerels in chowder | Irish Times Crosaire | 19 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Geoduck, e.g | New York Times | 12 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Mollusc | Canadiana | 01 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood in a shell |  |  | 
          
            | Cioppino bit | Wall Street Journal | 18 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | ___ chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, for one | Family Time | 17 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Burrowing bivalve mollusc | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Shut (up) | The Washington Post | 02 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Shut (up) | LA Times Daily | 02 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | "Happy" mollusk | Universal | 01 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Bivalve shellfish | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 25 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Thomas Joseph | 31 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | Universal | 31 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Shellfish at a bake | USA Today | 24 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Shut (up) | New York Times | 30 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Littleneck mollusk | Universal | 30 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Raw bar morsel | USA Today | 03 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | The Washington Post | 01 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | LA Times Daily | 01 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Chowder morsel | USA Today | 15 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Outcry putting off our reticent person | The Telegraph Cryptic | 05 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Silent type | New York Times | 12 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Shellfish in bisque | USA Today | 31 May 2019 | 
          
            | Lead-in to bake or shell | The Washington Post | 24 May 2019 | 
          
            | Lead-in to bake or shell | LA Times Daily | 24 May 2019 | 
          
            | Morsel in a "casino" dish | Universal | 21 May 2019 | 
          
            | Tough person to get information from | New York Times | 18 May 2019 | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Mollusc with firmly-closed shell | Irish Times Simplex | 10 May 2019 | 
          
            | Linguine sauce morsel | USA Today | 22 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Bivalve left in river |  |  | 
          
            | Tight-lipped sort | USA Today | 21 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Soft-shell item, maybe | The Washington Post Sunday | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Ingredient in seafood chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Banker round loch finding shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit | Wall Street Journal | 13 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Person unlikely to sing | Newsday | 09 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | One keeping a secret, metaphorically | New York Times | 06 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk | Universal | 03 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Silent type |  |  | 
          
            | Shut (up) |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque morsel |  |  | 
          
            | One keeping a secret, metaphorically |  |  | 
          
            | Lead-in to bake or shell |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish in bisque |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish at a bake |  |  | 
          
            | Raw bar morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Linguine sauce morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Morsel in a "casino" dish |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Tough person to get information from |  |  | 
          
            | Paella de marisco ingredient | The New Yorker | 12 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Stop talking, with ''up'' | Newsday | 11 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Shellfish | The Telegraph Quick | 25 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Oddly cold arms |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque morsel | USA Today | 05 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Casino delicacy? | Jonesin | 02 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Shellfish | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | New York Times | 26 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | A quahog, for example | The Times Specialist Sunday | 23 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Linguine seafood sauce morsel | LA Times Daily | 17 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Linguine seafood sauce morsel | The Washington Post | 17 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Digger's find | LA Times Daily | 16 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Digger's find | The Washington Post | 16 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Certain seafood | Newsday | 07 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Large bivalve | The Times Concise | 31 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Happy as a ____ |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit | LA Times Daily | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Chowder bit | The Washington Post | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Raw bar bit | Wall Street Journal | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Paella morsel | LA Times Daily | 31 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Paella morsel | The Washington Post | 31 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Uncommunicative person left in river | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | ___ chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Razor __ | The Washington Post | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Razor __ | LA Times Daily | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Person who won't talk about escape in America | The Telegraph Cryptic | 20 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Marine mollusk | Wall Street Journal | 16 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of chowder and p?t? removed from place mat | Irish Times Crosaire | 26 May 2018 | 
          
            | "Happy as a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of quiet | Universal | 16 May 2018 | 
          
            | Littleneck or cherrystone | USA Today | 08 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Silent sort | New York Times | 16 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Tight-lipped sort | New York Times | 05 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Shelled marine animal |  |  | 
          
            | Silent sort |  |  | 
          
            | Tight-lipped sort |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of quiet |  |  | 
          
            | Raw bar bit |  |  | 
          
            | Marine mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Razor __ |  |  | 
          
            | Paella morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Linguine seafood sauce morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Digger's find |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet sort, so to speak | USA Today | 21 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Paradigm of happiness | Universal | 16 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Bivalve creature | The Washington Post Sunday | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Shucking target | Wall Street Journal | 25 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Dollar, slangily | USA Today | 01 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Chowder flavor | New York Times | 20 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Mollusk in a red or white linguine sauce | LA Times Daily | 11 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Mollusk in a red or white linguine sauce | The Washington Post | 11 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Quahog, for one | Jonesin | 05 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Type of chowder | Family Time | 20 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Raw bar offering | New York Times | 14 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Certain marine mollusk | Family Time | 24 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | One who's tight-lipped | New York Times | 19 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Seafood in a shell | Jonesin | 18 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Mollusc around lake before noon |  |  | 
          
            | Thing to be as happy as | Universal | 20 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Burrowing sea mollusk | Universal | 18 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Refuse to talk, with 'up' | New York Times | 04 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Close-mouthed mollusk? | Family Time | 04 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Shut (up) | Newsday | 01 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Buck | The Washington Post | 26 May 2017 | 
          
            | Tasty sea creature | Canadiana | 15 May 2017 | 
          
            | Ingredient in Chowder soup |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | LA Times Daily | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient | The Washington Post | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | Blabbermouth's opposite | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 28 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Loud noise lacking in our reticent person | The Telegraph Toughie | 25 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Simoleon | New York Times | 29 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Geoduck or quahog | Wall Street Journal | 08 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Epitome of happiness | Wall Street Journal | 25 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Tight-lipped one | Newsday | 16 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Pasta alle vongole ingredient | LA Times Daily | 28 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Metaphor for reticence | Newsday | 14 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Mollusk in a red or white linguine sauce |  |  | 
          
            | Blabbermouth's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Buck |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Pasta alle vongole ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder flavor |  |  | 
          
            | One who's tight-lipped |  |  | 
          
            | Raw bar offering |  |  | 
          
            | Refuse to talk, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Simoleon |  |  | 
          
            | Burrowing sea mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Paradigm of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Thing to be as happy as |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, slangily |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck or cherrystone |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet sort, so to speak |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, in slang | New York Times | 25 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Smacker | Wall Street Journal | 21 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Bisque bit | Wall Street Journal | 17 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | "On the half shell" bite | USA Today | 16 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Mollusc with tightly-closed shell | Irish Times Simplex | 18 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Buck | LA Times Daily | 06 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Proverbially reticent marine mollusc | The Guardian Quick | 28 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Silent sort | Wall Street Journal | 13 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Symbol of happiness | New York Times | 01 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ | The Washington Post | 18 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Half shell item | The Washington Post | 07 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Steamer, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 19 May 2016 | 
          
            | It may get baked at the beach | The Washington Post | 18 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Cioppino ingredient | The Washington Post | 15 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Word with up, bake or chowder | USA Today | 05 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Place for steamers | New York Times | 21 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Dollar, in slang |  |  | 
          
            | "On the half shell" bite |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Place for steamers |  |  | 
          
            | Steamer, for one | Newsday | 26 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | USA Today | 08 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Shellfish — 100 pounds a thousand |  |  | 
          
            | Secretive sort | LA Times Daily | 03 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck | Premier Sunday | 20 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Chowder favorite | USA Today | 16 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Mollusc | The Telegraph Quick | 10 May 2015 | 
          
            | Shell occupant | LA Times Daily | 03 May 2015 | 
          
            | Bisque morsel | Universal | 17 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Chowder tidbit | Newsday | 01 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Chowder thingie | Universal | 21 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck |  |  | 
          
            | Simoleon |  |  | 
          
            | Secretive sort |  |  | 
          
            | Shell occupant |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck |  |  | 
          
            | Steamer, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Steamer, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder thingie |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder favorite |  |  | 
          
            | Oyster relative |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Secretive sort |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Geoduck, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Geoduck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Be silent, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | "Happy" mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder favorite |  |  | 
          
            | Elvis "Do the ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder thingie |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Silent sort |  |  | 
          
            | Untalkative one |  |  | 
          
            | Silent type |  |  | 
          
            | Mollusc rising with difficulty out of sea |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone or littleneck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder type |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit |  |  | 
          
            | Marine mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Paradigm of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, so to speak |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | Buck |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Certain steamer |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Paella ingredient, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | What Elvis dug at the beach? |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, in slang |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder choice |  |  | 
          
            | Blabber's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Happy mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Happy bivalve? |  |  | 
          
            | Shell occupant |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, slangily |  |  | 
          
            | What Elvis did at the beach? |  |  | 
          
            | Paradigm of happiness | New York Times | 31 Oct 2011 | 
          
            | Bit of dough |  |  | 
          
            | Uncommunicative sort |  |  | 
          
            | Simoleon |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Smackeroo |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Don't talk, with, "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Ming, the oldest animal ever discovered (400+ years), was one |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve served at Ivar's |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Paradigm of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of dough |  |  | 
          
            | Smackeroo |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Uncommunicative one |  |  | 
          
            | No blabbermouth |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Be silent, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Stolid sort |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of uncommunicativeness |  |  | 
          
            | Be silent, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | No blabbermouth |  |  | 
          
            | Buck |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, casually |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, slangily |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed one |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Casino delicacy? |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient, often |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit |  |  | 
          
            | Happiness standard? |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of noncommunication |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Stop talking, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Casino delicacy? |  |  | 
          
            | -- chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly a blabbermouth |  |  | 
          
            | Simoleon |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder bit |  |  | 
          
            | No blabbermouth |  |  | 
          
            | Taciturn one |  |  | 
          
            | Embodiment of happiness? |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood item |  |  | 
          
            | Untalkative one |  |  | 
          
            | Type of chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Shut (up) |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque morsel, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Marine mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood item |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog |  |  | 
          
            | Good secret-keeper |  |  | 
          
            | Shut (up) |  |  | 
          
            | Silent one |  |  | 
          
            | Shut (up) |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of silence |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | "B.C." currency unit |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar, slangily |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Happy bivalve? |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed type |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood item |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood item |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly a big talker |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly a big talker |  |  | 
          
            | Secretive sort |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed one |  |  | 
          
            | Mum one |  |  | 
          
            | Silent one |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Manhattan ___ chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Dig mollusks |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood in a shell |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed one |  |  | 
          
            | Happy edible? |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder item |  |  | 
          
            | __ up (be quiet) |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder choice |  |  | 
          
            | Silent sort |  |  | 
          
            | Soup or sandwich ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | One who's close-mouthed |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Nontalkative one |  |  | 
          
            | Happy edible? |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder item |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Happy as a __ |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder choice |  |  | 
          
            | Nontalkative one |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Shoreline digger's find |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Simoleon |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Buck |  |  | 
          
            | Happy mollusk? |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder flavor |  |  | 
          
            | Happy mollusk? |  |  | 
          
            | Paella ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | Silent sort |  |  | 
          
            | ___ chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Steamer, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder flavor |  |  | 
          
            | "B.C." money |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder chunk |  |  | 
          
            | Bluepoint or quahog |  |  | 
          
            | One who won't tell |  |  | 
          
            | Steamer |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Paragon of happiness |  |  | 
          
            | Quest after quahogs |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Smacker |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque bit |  |  | 
          
            | Shore dinner morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Nontalkative one |  |  | 
          
            | Currency unit in "B.C." |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | "B.C." money |  |  | 
          
            | Secretive type |  |  | 
          
            | Silent type |  |  | 
          
            | "Happy as a  ____" |  |  | 
          
            | Nontalker |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly a blabbermouth |  |  | 
          
            | "B.C." currency |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog or geoduck |  |  | 
          
            | Happy bivalve? |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly a blabbermouth |  |  | 
          
            | Sea mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Happy as a ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder choice |  |  | 
          
            | Word with up, bake or chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of noncommunication |  |  | 
          
            | Buck |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque bit |  |  | 
          
            | ___ up: refuse to talk |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog |  |  | 
          
            | Mute mollusk? |  |  | 
          
            | Smackeroo |  |  | 
          
            | Closemouthed one |  |  | 
          
            | Precedes bake and chowder |  |  | 
          
            | Silent one |  |  | 
          
            | ____ up: obey Omerta |  |  | 
          
            | Certain chowder |  |  | 
          
            | With 15-Across, linguini topping |  |  | 
          
            | Pearl container, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Steamer |  |  | 
          
            | Silent one |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed one |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck  for one |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet one |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog |  |  | 
          
            | Happy one |  |  | 
          
            | Edible mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Man of few words |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog or pahua |  |  | 
          
            | Steamer |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck |  |  | 
          
            | Closemouthed one |  |  | 
          
            | A bivalve |  |  | 
          
            | Beach-party edible |  |  | 
          
            | Word with bake |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood item |  |  | 
          
            | Seafood morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Reticent person |  |  | 
          
            | Taciturn one |  |  | 
          
            | No talker, he |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of silence |  |  | 
          
            | Gweduc, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Geoduck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Morsel often steamed |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | A mollusk |  |  | 
          
            | Stolid one |  |  | 
          
            | Person of few words |  |  | 
          
            | Closemouthed person |  |  | 
          
            | Razor ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish |  |  | 
          
            | Word with shell or bake |  |  | 
          
            | This may weigh over 500 lbs. |  |  | 
          
            | Winkle's prey |  |  | 
          
            | Quahob, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Goeduck or gweduc |  |  | 
          
            | Taciturn person |  |  | 
          
            | Noninformer |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bake |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of bake or broth |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed one |  |  | 
          
            | Half-shell occupant |  |  | 
          
            | ___ up |  |  | 
          
            | ___ up (be silent) |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone |  |  | 
          
            | Oyster's relative |  |  | 
          
            | Dip ingredient |  |  | 
          
            | ___ up (be mum) |  |  | 
          
            | Steamed offering |  |  | 
          
            | Staple for a bake |  |  | 
          
            | Nontalker |  |  | 
          
            | Sea food |  |  | 
          
            | Tight-lipped one |  |  | 
          
            | Half-shell item |  |  | 
          
            | Quiet person: Colloq. |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed one. |  |  | 
          
            | Cherrystone. |  |  | 
          
            | Reticent one. |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of silence. |  |  | 
          
            | Reticent person. |  |  | 
          
            | Shellfish. |  |  | 
          
            | Bivalve. |  |  | 
          
            | "I'm as happy as a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed person. |  |  | 
          
            | Bisque morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Solen. |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder fish |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder morsel |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder type |  |  | 
          
            | Geoduck, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Cherry stone. |  |  | 
          
            | A silent fellow. |  |  | 
          
            | Person who is not talking. |  |  | 
          
            | Close-mouthed individual. |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder ingredient. |  |  | 
          
            | Epitome of discretion. |  |  | 
          
            | Scratch. |  |  | 
          
            | Dollar: Slang. |  |  | 
          
            | Taciturn one. |  |  | 
          
            | Dig for mollusks. |  |  | 
          
            | Mollusk. |  |  | 
          
            | Silent one. |  |  | 
          
            | Chowder base. |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of chowder. |  |  | 
          
            | Reticent one: Colloq. |  |  | 
          
            | Tight-lipped one. |  |  | 
          
            | Littleneck. |  |  | 
          
            | Quahog. |  |  |