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6 results for HELICES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 9, 2021	20A	Spiral shapes	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Sun Jun 17, 2018	83D	Spirals (2)	Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard	Shortz
Sun Dec 11, 2011	54D	Shapes studied by Dr. Watson and his partner	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sat Oct 7, 2006	42D	Some springs	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Sat Dec 20, 1997	39D	Spirals (2)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Mon May 16, 1994	31A	DNA shapes	Ed Pegg Jr.	Shortz

5 results for HELICES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 29, 1977	25D	Spirals	Dorothy N. Davis	Maleska
Wed Dec 27, 1961	34D	Spirals.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Dec 12, 1956	55A	Spirals.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1951	90A	Spirals.	Samuel K. Fliegner	Farrar
Fri Jul 20, 1951	38A	Spirals.	Unknown	Farrar

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