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9 results for CELLOS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 13, 2022	7D	Instruments played pizzicato in Britten's "Simple Symphony"	Adam Wagner	Shortz
Mon Mar 21, 2022	28D	String quartet instruments	John Ewbank and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Wed Jun 17, 2020	46D	Section of a string section	Daniel Raymon	Shortz
Fri Mar 25, 2016	16A	Items with decorative scrolls	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Sun Aug 30, 2015	4D	Solo features of six Bach suites	Lee Taylor	Shortz
Wed Jan 18, 2006	10D	Big strings	Sheldon Benardo	Shortz
Tue Feb 29, 2000	43D	Parts of string quartets	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Fri Nov 1, 1996	9D	Piatigorsky's instruments	M. Rosen	Shortz
Tue May 31, 1994	26A	Instruments for Rostropovich	Roger H. Courtney	Shortz

7 results for CELLOS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri May 21, 1993	43D	Symphony instruments	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Wed Oct 16, 1991	24A	Some Stradivaris	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Maleska
Sun Jan 8, 1984	30D	Orchestra section	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sun Dec 12, 1965	94A	Part of the strings.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Aug 10, 1965	29A	Musical instruments.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 5, 1951	28A	Baritones of the violin family.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 4, 1951	54A	Played by Leonard Rose and Piatigorsky.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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