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11 results for EMDASH from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 28, 2024	9D	—	Dominic Grillo	Fagliano
Sun Sep 17, 2017	9D	Symbol for a break	Mark MacLachlan	Shortz
Mon Sep 12, 2016	23D	Punctuation mark akin to a semicolon	Victor Fleming and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Wed Aug 5, 2015	5D	Linear punctuation mark	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Feb 7, 2015	49A	Part of a suspended sentence?	Byron Walden	Shortz
Fri Jul 21, 2006	11D	Frequent feature of Emily Dickinson poetry	Kyle Mahowald	Shortz
Tue Jan 24, 2006	26D	Punctuation used for stress	David Sullivan	Shortz
Tue Feb 17, 2004	8D	Ellipsis alternative	Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun May 11, 2003	96D	Colon substitute	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Thu Dec 2, 1999	49D	Clause separator	Mel Taub	Shortz
Sun Jul 19, 1998	32D	_	Nancy Salomon	Shortz

4 results for EMDASH from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 3, 2023	Panda	40D	Mashed-	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Jul 12, 2015	Acrostic	L	Alternative to a colon or ellipsis (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jan 31, 2010	Acrostic	B	Alternative to a parenthesis (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Oct 17, 2004	Acrostic	P	Indicator of a sudden break in thought (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for EMDASH from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 2, 1970	90D	Printer's line	Peter E. Price	Weng
Mon Sep 8, 1952	8D	Line used as punctuation, in printing.	Unknown	Farrar

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