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9 results for ETYM from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 28, 2018	43D	Part of a dict. entry (2)	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Dec 14, 2014	86D	Dict. info (3)	Jim Peredo	Shortz
Sun Jan 18, 2009	54D	Part of a dict. entry (2)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Feb 18, 2007	58D	Dict. info (3)	David Kwong and Kevan Choset	Shortz
Sun Sep 25, 2005	77A	It may follow a def.	Matt Skoczen	Shortz
Sat Jan 3, 2004	63A	Dict. offering	James M. and James C. Jenista	Shortz
Sun May 5, 2002	48A	Dict. info (3)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Tue Aug 20, 1996	62A	Linguistics branch: Abbr.	S. Spadaccini	Shortz
Mon Jan 16, 1995	64D	Word origin: Abbr.	Walter Covell	Shortz

22 results for ETYM from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 14, 1991	43A	Primitive or root word	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Sun Nov 17, 1985	28D	Sci. of word origins	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Mon Mar 21, 1977	68A	Dict. entry	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Mon Nov 8, 1976	40A	Word study: Abbr.	Jay Spry	Weng
Sun Apr 4, 1976	42A	Word study: Abbr.	J. A. Felker	Weng
Sun Nov 16, 1975	15D	Word study: Abbr.	Threba Johnson	Weng
Sun Dec 15, 1974	139A	Word science: Abbr.	Elmer Toro	Weng
Wed Apr 19, 1972	60A	Study of words: Abbr.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Jun 30, 1969	48A	Grammarian's abbreviation.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 12, 1967	62A	The history of words: Abbr.	Sara V. Tuckerman	Farrar
Mon Apr 24, 1967	35A	Branch of linguistics: Abbr.	Dorothy Bauer	Farrar
Sun Jan 15, 1967	114A	Origin of a word: Abbr.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Fri Jul 8, 1966	70A	Branch of linguistics: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 4, 1965	39D	Derivation: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 2, 1964	66A	Philology: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 23, 1964	5D	History of words: Abbr.	J. Arensberg and H. Ettenson	Farrar
Thu Oct 3, 1963	56D	Derivation of words: Abbr.	Michael Dubin	Farrar
Tue Apr 23, 1963	47A	Study of trees: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 13, 1961	71A	Study of words: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 13, 1961	63A	Branch of linguistics: Abbr.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Thu Aug 28, 1958	56D	History of a word: Abbr.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Mon Aug 18, 1958	63A	Origin of a word: Abbr.	Madeline Corse	Farrar

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