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7 results for ODDITY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 20, 2020	43A	Marvel (2)	Wyna Liu and Paolo Pasco	Shortz
Fri Feb 16, 2018	38A	Singular thing	David Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Jul 24, 2012	52D	Item fit for "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"	Andrew Marc Greene	Shortz
Sat Aug 27, 2011	47D	Ripley's love	Ashton Anderson	Shortz
Mon May 17, 2004	36A	Curious thing	Ethan Cooper	Shortz
Wed Jul 16, 2003	19D	Rare find	Norm Guggenbiller	Shortz
Sun Jan 9, 1994	100D	Marvel (2)	Mel Rosen	Shortz

12 results for ODDITY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 5, 1986	87A	Sport of a sort	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Fri May 17, 1985	14D	Item for Ripley	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Tue Sep 21, 1982	36A	Strangeness	Cometa	Maleska
Wed Jun 17, 1981	25A	This is strange	Ronald Rabinowitz	Maleska
Tue Apr 28, 1981	48D	Peculiar thing	Margetts	Maleska
Fri Aug 19, 1977	40A	Something strange	Virginia Butler	Maleska
Sun Dec 31, 1972	96A	Five-legged calf, e.g.	Frances Hansen	Weng
Fri Aug 25, 1967	46D	Strangeness.	Lois Hillis	Farrar
Wed Dec 25, 1963	46A	Strange thing.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 26, 1958	121A	Singularity.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Mar 28, 1948	64D	Singularity.	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar
Sun Nov 9, 1947	160A	What a slender Brunnhilde would be.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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