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3 results for NOVOCAINE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 27, 2024	3D	Dentist's anesthetic	Christopher Youngs	Fagliano
Mon Mar 13, 2000	59A	Popular painkiller	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Fri Jan 31, 1997	12D	Dentist's supply	M. Gaffney	Shortz

2 results for NOVOCAINE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 8, 2015	Acrostic	I	Number named by chemist Alfred Einhorn	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 18, 2005	Acrostic	A	Pre-extraction application	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

1 result for NOVOCAINE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Apr 2, 1981	34D	Numbing agent	C. J. Angio	Maleska

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