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1 result for DACTYLS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 4, 2015	25A	Poetic feet	Jeff Stillman	Shortz

2 results for DACTYLS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 4, 2007	Acrostic	L	Washington, Jefferson and Kennedy, e.g., but not Lincoln or Bush	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Dec 2, 2001	Acrostic	B	"Wonderful, wonderful," in scansion	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for DACTYLS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 27, 1981	126A	Feet for Homer	Anne Fox	Maleska
Sat Jun 8, 1963	54A	Metrical feet.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Dec 23, 1945	48D	Poetical feet.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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