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1 result for ELLIPTICAL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 3, 2008	17A	Like many planetary orbits	Pete Muller	Shortz

2 results for ELLIPTICAL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 2, 2007	Acrostic	R	Shaped ovately	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jun 25, 2006	Acrostic	R	Ovate; concise; cryptic	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for ELLIPTICAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 20, 1971	6D	Oval	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jul 28, 1964	58A	Cryptic.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 1, 1954	61A	Having a part omitted.	Alice Skodzus	Farrar

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