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5 results for JACOBS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 4, 2015	1D	Pioneering urbanologist Jane	Finn Vigeland	Shortz
Sat Mar 8, 2014	1D	A. J. ___, author of the best seller "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World"	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sat Feb 7, 2009	26A	"Grease" co-writer Jim	Pete Muller	Shortz
Fri Jan 29, 1999	1D	___-rod (flower of the lily family)	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Thu Sep 12, 1996	42A	___ ladder	K. Hodge	Shortz

1 result for JACOBS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 19, 2006	Diagramless	46D	___ ladder	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

1 result for JACOBS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 27, 1957	8D	Author of "The Monkey's Paw."	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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