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6 results for COMS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 24, 2014	19A	Rom-___ (some films)	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Sun Oct 21, 2012	62A	Rom-___ (some film fare)	Caleb Rasmussen	Shortz
Sat Feb 5, 2011	61A	Dot-___ (3)	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Fri Jun 24, 2005	53D	Dot-___ (3)	Eric Berlin	Shortz
Thu Sep 4, 2003	6A	Dot-___ (3)	Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples	Shortz
Sun Jan 21, 1996	41D	Nav. officers	R. Wolfe	Shortz

2 results for COMS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 20, 1962	9D	Punctuation marks: Abbr.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Mar 8, 1961	10A	Navy men: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar

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