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7 results for WRITS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 18, 2017	45D	Court orders	Sam Trabucco	Shortz
Wed Jun 7, 2006	48D	Formal orders (2)	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Sun Aug 18, 2002	41A	Formal orders (2)	Michael Ashley	Shortz
Sat Jan 26, 2002	28D	Some are sacred	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Fri Sep 18, 1998	46D	Mittimus and mandamus	Frank Longo	Shortz
Fri Nov 28, 1997	43D	Fieri facias and others	Ed Pegg Jr.	Shortz
Wed Mar 30, 1994	41A	Orders of the court	Eileen Lexau	Shortz

8 results for WRITS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 8, 1989	49A	Mandamus and habeas corpus	Don Groat	Maleska
Tue Oct 11, 1983	52A	Court orders	Nancy A. Wood	Maleska
Sun Nov 2, 1975	26D	Legal orders	George Rose Smith	Weng
Wed Nov 28, 1973	37A	Mandamuses	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 25, 1961	47A	Habeas corpus and certiorari.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 11, 1957	6D	Court orders.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Tue Aug 16, 1955	58A	Mandatory documents.	Thomas Varner	Farrar
Sun Apr 17, 1955	49A	Court orders.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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