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7 results for MESONS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 5, 2019	5D	Accelerator particles (3)	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Fri May 10, 2019	57A	Some subatomic particles	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Fri Mar 16, 2018	37D	Accelerator particles (3)	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Thu May 28, 2015	41D	Quark-plus-antiquark particles	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Thu Aug 8, 2013	24D	Accelerator particles (3)	Daniel A. Finan	Shortz
Sun Mar 22, 2009	8D	Quark/antiquark pairs	Joon Pahk and Matt Matera	Shortz
Sun Dec 14, 1997	73A	Quark/antiquark particles	Nancy Salomon	Shortz

4 results for MESONS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 27, 1991	64A	Some subatomic particles	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Sun Dec 9, 1984	33A	Pions and muons	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sat Jul 15, 1972	40D	Electronic particles	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 29, 1962	53D	Nuclear particles.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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