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2 results for TIMBUKTU from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri May 6, 2011	51A	Nowheresville	Natan Last	Shortz
Fri Sep 12, 2003	39D	Faraway place	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz

1 result for TIMBUKTU from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 15, 2012	Diagramless	11D	Faraway place, figuratively	Paula Gamache	Shortz

5 results for TIMBUKTU from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 10, 1981	20A	Town in Mali, near the Niger	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Sat Mar 19, 1977	7D	Any faraway place	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Maleska
Tue Oct 28, 1975	4D	Symbol of remoteness	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Wed Aug 1, 1962	32A	City south of the Sahara.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 8, 1962	3D	Sudanese town.	Ted Dombras	Farrar

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