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5 results for OTA from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 5, 2012	4D	Taxonomy suffix	Ned White	Shortz
Sat Jun 11, 2005	10D	Hiroshima's river (2)	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Sat Jun 22, 2002	55A	Taxonomic suffix	Rich Norris	Shortz
Thu May 16, 1996	13A	Suffix in taxonomy	F. Longo	Shortz
Fri Mar 8, 1996	4D	Hiroshima's river (2)	R. Ross	Shortz

6 results for OTA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 24, 1973	38A	Honshu town	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 8, 1970	52D	Japanese river	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 2, 1970	88D	Honshu river	Peter E. Price	Weng
Sun May 3, 1970	121D	Honshu town	Barbara H. Lewis	Weng
Thu Aug 15, 1968	5D	Honshu river.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 30, 1960	64A	Honshu town.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar

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