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5 results for ETYMON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 18, 2015	50A	Linguistic root	Damon J. Gulczynski	Shortz
Thu Oct 9, 2014	26D	Word origin	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Sun Nov 24, 2013	42D	Older form of a word	Gary Cee	Shortz
Sun Sep 24, 2000	95D	Word source	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Nov 1, 1998	45A	Earlier form of a word	Robert Malinow	Shortz

11 results for ETYMON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 6, 1990	10D	Base word	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Sun Nov 19, 1989	117D	Root word	A.J. Santora	Maleska
Mon Mar 17, 1986	21A	Original word form	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sun Jun 23, 1985	104A	Root word	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Wed Nov 30, 1983	42D	A word's original form	William Canine	Maleska
Sun Sep 12, 1982	33A	Original form of a word	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska
Sun Oct 14, 1973	36A	Root word	Jay Spry	Weng
Mon Feb 7, 1966	5D	Primary linguistic form.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jan 27, 1966	24A	Primary linguistic form.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 23, 1964	17A	Root word.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Oct 21, 1957	8D	Root word.	Unknown	Farrar

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