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9 results for ILLINOIS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 21, 2016	39A	Where Reagan was born	Julie Bérubé	Shortz
Fri Aug 31, 2012	14A	___ Avenue (Monopoly property landed on the most)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun May 27, 2012	109A	*Abraham Lincoln	Byron Walden	Shortz
Thu Aug 31, 2006	16A	Prairie State	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Sat Jun 1, 2002	3D	Where the Big Muddy flows	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sat Mar 23, 2002	58A	Cicero's home	Adam Cohen	Shortz
Sun Nov 16, 1997	4D	Algonquian Indian confederation	Frank Longo	Shortz
Fri Aug 2, 1996	55A	Property next to the B. & O. Railroad	J. Herrington	Shortz
Tue Jul 19, 1994	63A	Locale of 40-Across	Christopher Hurt	Shortz

2 results for ILLINOIS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 19, 2009	Diagramless	10D	State that 71-Across represented in Congress	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Apr 23, 2000	Acrostic	S	River through Peoria	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

11 results for ILLINOIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 17, 1992	36D	Champaign's here	Jim Page	Maleska
Thu Jul 26, 1979	37D	Land of Lincoln	Michelle Arnot	Maleska
Sun Jun 29, 1975	33A	Spoon River state	A. J. Santora	Weng
Sun Apr 10, 1966	45A	State.	Anne Fox	Farrar
Sun Aug 11, 1963	108D	Cairo's locale.	Will Weng	Farrar
Fri Feb 17, 1961	13A	Where Libertyville is.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Oct 13, 1958	12D	Where Columbus is (population 83).	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Sun Dec 9, 1956	74A	Populous state.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sat Jul 9, 1955	52A	Adlai's abode.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 6, 1952	47D	Where Kankakee is.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jan 29, 1950	69A	Senator Lucas' state.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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