Crossword Answer emoticon

Here are all the crossword puzzles and clues where the answer emoticon appeared.

Clue
Puzzle
Date
Face made of punctuation
Wall Street Journal
Apr 1, 2024
:-), for example
USA Today
Mar 28, 2024
Type face
Wall Street Journal
Mar 14, 2024
>:O or :-)
USA Today
Jul 13, 2023
:D or >:(
USA Today
Jul 2, 2023
It often includes a colon
New Yorker
Jun 5, 2023
Typographical face
Thomas Joseph
Apr 3, 2023
:-) for example
USA Today
Feb 20, 2023
Multicharacter face
Wall Street Journal
Feb 11, 2023