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6 results for COLONY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 17, 2023	21A	It's settled!	Hemant Mehta	Shortz
Sun Mar 4, 2012	10D	Maryland, once	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Mon Aug 21, 2006	11D	Massachusetts, e.g., before 1776	Elayne Cantor	Shortz
Sun Dec 25, 2005	59A	Virginia, once	Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes	Shortz
Tue Jan 25, 2005	49D	Any of the original 13	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Fri Aug 1, 1997	22D	Artist's place, perhaps	Gerald R. Ferguson	Shortz

15 results for COLONY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 10, 1985	60A	Settlement	John Greenman	Maleska
Wed Aug 28, 1985	44D	Group of ants	Peter Swift	Maleska
Mon Jan 26, 1981	26A	N.Y. in 1775, for one	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sat Dec 20, 1980	11D	Hong Kong is one	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Thu Aug 14, 1975	5D	America, in 1775	DeWitt Anderson	Weng
Sun Feb 27, 1972	88A	One of 13	Ward W. Smith	Weng
Fri Mar 20, 1970	35A	One of thirteen	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jun 20, 1969	43A	New York, formerly.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Dec 17, 1968	7D	Settlement.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 17, 1967	67A	Settlement.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Wed Jan 3, 1962	10D	Settlement.	Joseph S. Crowell	Farrar
Thu May 25, 1961	22A	What Angola is to Portugal.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Mar 10, 1958	14D	Kenya, for example.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Mon Jan 20, 1958	5D	Settlement.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Mon Nov 3, 1952	26A	Name for Massachusetts (with "Old").	Unknown	Farrar

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