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8 results for MATRI from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 19, 2018	25D	Prefix with lineal (5)	Jim Hilger	Shortz
Sun Aug 7, 2016	97A	Mother: Prefix	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Thu Apr 26, 2012	47A	Prefix with lineal (5)	Julian Lim	Shortz
Sat Jul 8, 2006	48A	Prefix with lineal (5)	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sat Jun 5, 2004	8D	Prefix with linear	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Sep 22, 2002	114A	Motherly start	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sat Jan 21, 1995	49D	Prefix with lineal (5)	Charles E. Gersch	Shortz
Sat Sep 24, 1994	28A	Prefix with lineal (5)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

13 results for MATRI from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 16, 1993	50D	Mother: Comb. form	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Mon Dec 21, 1992	12D	Mother: Comb. form	Jeff Herrington	Maleska
Thu Sep 20, 1990	8A	Kind of lineage	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sun Dec 24, 1989	1A	Mother: Comb. form	Walter Covell	Maleska
Wed Apr 9, 1980	31D	Mother: Comb. form	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Sun Mar 30, 1980	49D	Kind of arch?	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Tue Aug 28, 1979	61A	Mother: Prefix	Ruth N. Schultz	Maleska
Sun Apr 4, 1976	36D	Maternal prefix	J. A. Felker	Weng
Sun Aug 12, 1973	76D	Mother: Prefix	Bert Kruse	Weng
Wed Jun 3, 1970	46A	Prefix for a parent	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 31, 1967	38A	Prefix with arch or archy.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 22, 1954	18A	Mother: Comb. form.	Edith Kennedy	Farrar
Tue Dec 12, 1950	47D	Mother: Comb. form.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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