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6 results for ALAMEIN from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 8, 2008	36D	El ___ (1942 battle site) (2)	Will Nediger	Shortz
Wed May 7, 2008	54A	With "El," British victory site of 1942	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sat Mar 6, 2004	37D	W.W. II battle site, with "El"	Ed Early	Shortz
Sat Jul 6, 2002	2D	Where Montgomery turned back Rommel	Nancy Joline	Shortz
Sun Aug 12, 2001	71D	El ___, 1942 battle site (2)	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz
Fri Jun 7, 1996	24D	Egyptian town of W.W. II fame	M. Jones	Shortz

18 results for ALAMEIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 22, 1992	15A	El ___, Egyptian battle town	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sun May 15, 1983	48D	Montgomery of ___	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Thu Jun 1, 1978	10D	El ___, battle scene in 1942	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sat Jan 30, 1971	57A	El ___, W.W. II battle site	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jun 10, 1970	5D	Site of W. W. II desert battle	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 16, 1968	89A	Historic town of Egypt.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Mon May 17, 1965	43A	African battleground.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 15, 1963	73A	El ___, Egyptian town.	Jules Arensberg and Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Tue Apr 22, 1952	49A	Where the Desert Fox was turned back.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 4, 1945	21A	African turning point.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jul 4, 1943	100D	Turning point in Tunisia.	J. C. Doesburg	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1943	31D	Battleground in North Africa.	Hugh P. Evans	Farrar
Sun Apr 18, 1943	8A	Turning point of North African campaign.	J. C. Doesburg	Farrar
Sun Feb 7, 1943	59D	Starting place of Rommel's retreat.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Jan 24, 1943	22A	Where Rommel's troubles began.	J. C. Doesburg	Farrar
Sun Jan 3, 1943	149A	Rommel's "Waterloo."	Bert Storey	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1942	2D	Position of Egyptian battlefront.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Sep 6, 1942	106D	Crucial Egyptian battlefield.	J. L. Wordsworth	Farrar

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