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2 results for TOMSWIFT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 10, 2016	46A	Boy genius of old teen fiction	David Kwong	Shortz
Mon Apr 16, 2007	42A	Boy genius of juvenile fiction	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz

3 results for TOMSWIFT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 31, 2019	Acrostic	U	Inventor of a "wizard camera" in 1912 fiction (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jan 26, 2014	Acrostic	C	Fictional character whose initials were used in forming the acronym "Taser" (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jul 2, 2000	Acrostic	S	Edward L. Stratemeyer's boy wonder (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

1 result for TOMSWIFT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 2, 1967	47A	Edward Stratemeyer's hero.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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