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4 results for NANCYDREW from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 21, 2023	33A	Heroine of novels set at Lilac Inn, Shadow Ranch and Red Gate Farm	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Tue May 14, 2013	20D	Amateur detective in 1967's "The Clue in the Crossword Cipher"	John Lieb	Shortz
Sat Nov 7, 2009	22D	"The Bungalow Mystery" solver	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Tue May 26, 2009	35D	Character who first appeared in "The Secret of the Old Clock"	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz

1 result for NANCYDREW from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 30, 2003	Acrostic	V	Fictional sleuth introduced in 1930 (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

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