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6 results for COLUMNS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 27, 2018	35D	38 things in the Lincoln Memorial	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Thu Jan 22, 2015	45D	See 15-Down	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Tue Sep 10, 2013	69A	Op-ed pieces	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Wed Jan 9, 2013	44D	See 63-Across	David Ben-Merre	Shortz
Sun Apr 21, 1996	10D	Newspaper reportage	M. Gaffney	Shortz
Wed Nov 9, 1994	9D	Newspaper features	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz

4 results for COLUMNS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Aug 4, 1982	9D	Pilasters	Newell	Maleska
Tue Nov 22, 1977	35D	Thirty-eight items at 15 Across	Jack Luzzatto	Maleska
Thu Oct 5, 1967	14A	Newspaper features.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Mon Jun 23, 1958	43A	Ranks.	Madeline Corse	Farrar

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