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14 results for BONG from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 5, 2025	106D	Head shop purchase	Kareem Ayas	Shortz
Sun Dec 25, 2022	1D	Hit it!	John Martz	Shortz
Sun Apr 24, 2022	35D	Smoke shop purchase	Sam Ezersky	Shortz
Sun Jun 28, 2020	110D	Water pipe	Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang	Shortz
Mon Mar 4, 2019	32D	Beer ___ (frat party item)	Ellis Hay	Shortz
Sun Dec 10, 2017	52D	Pot holder	Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein	Shortz
Fri Mar 25, 2016	42A	Head shop buy	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Mon Dec 23, 2013	10A	Sound from Big Ben (2)	Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Tue Apr 19, 2011	23D	Sound from Big Ben (2)	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz
Thu Sep 26, 2002	54A	Signal at a pagoda, maybe	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sat Aug 3, 2002	24A	Large bell's sound	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Jul 1, 2001	66D	Big bell sound	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Jan 13, 1998	64A	Large bell sound	Stanley B. Whitten	Shortz
Sun Jul 27, 1997	41A	Deep bell sound	June Boggs	Shortz

11 results for BONG from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 7, 1957	91D	Bell sound.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Feb 20, 1957	37A	Big Ben sound.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Fri Jul 20, 1956	7D	Sound of Big Ben.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Mon Sep 26, 1955	17A	Bell sound.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Wed Sep 7, 1955	46A	Sound of Big Ben.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Wed Oct 27, 1954	39A	Bell's sound effect.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Thu Oct 14, 1954	45A	Bell sound.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Oct 8, 1944	78D	Ace from Poplar, Wisconsin.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Sep 17, 1944	98D	American ace.	Betty C. Crisman	Farrar
Sun May 14, 1944	92D	Famous ace.	G. O. Butler	Farrar
Sun Oct 31, 1943	117A	Sound of a bell.	James E. Kisner	Farrar

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