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5 results for HOWNOW from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 2, 2009	8D	Start of an elocution class phrase	Jack McInturff	Shortz
Sun Oct 11, 2009	9D	Question to a brown cow	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Tue Sep 23, 2008	38D	Query to a brown cow	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Fri May 14, 2004	16A	Query to a cow	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Tue Aug 19, 2003	31A	Question for a brown cow?	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz

1 result for HOWNOW from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 11, 2004	Acrostic	F	"What's up?" to the Bard of Avon (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for HOWNOW from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 19, 1982	53D	Part of an elocution phrase	Anne Fox	Maleska
Sat Mar 2, 1968	10D	Half of a musical comedy title.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Dec 15, 1967	8A	Phrase in speech training.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jul 17, 1967	49D	First words of speech exercise.	Jean Reed	Farrar
Mon Apr 19, 1965	5D	Elocution lesson phrase.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Feb 1, 1964	31A	"What gives?"	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar

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