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5 results for THEBES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 7, 2018	48D	Ancient city on the Nile	Stu Ockman	Shortz
Thu Dec 11, 2014	18D	Ancient site of the Luxor Temple	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Mon Oct 22, 2007	44D	Oedipus' realm	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Thu Oct 26, 2006	28A	City founded by Cadmus	Todd McClary and Dave Tuller	Shortz
Fri Jun 9, 2006	1D	Where Jocasta was queen	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

3 results for THEBES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 23, 2018	Acrostic	F	Where Oedipus was king	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jul 6, 2014	Cryptic	20A	Ultimate, but not ultimate, ancient city (6)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Dec 2, 2001	Acrostic	P	Pindar's home	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

16 results for THEBES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 19, 1982	13D	Site of tomb of Seti I	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Oct 13, 1979	45D	Pindar's home	R. W. Greenleaf	Maleska
Sun Dec 19, 1976	41A	"Seven against ___"	Anne Fox	Weng
Mon May 3, 1976	42D	Ancient Nile city	Maurice J. Teitelbaum	Weng
Mon Aug 11, 1975	5D	Seven against ___	Herb L. Risteen	Weng
Sun Jun 10, 1973	85A	Site of Temple of Karnak	Alfio Micci	Weng
Mon Feb 23, 1970	4D	Old capital of Egypt	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 27, 1969	17A	Well-excavated city of Egypt	Ruth Ball	Weng
Tue Feb 20, 1968	5D	Ancient rival of Athens.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 30, 1966	1A	City of 2000 B.C.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Sat Oct 29, 1966	53A	Site of the Temple of Karnak.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Tue Feb 28, 1961	7A	City called No in the Bible.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jun 8, 1960	20A	Ruined city on the Nile.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jan 2, 1960	45A	Rival of Athens.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 13, 1956	13D	Ancient city on the Nile.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Mar 5, 1944	79A	Ancient city on the Nile.	Waldo Ranson	Farrar

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