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3 results for YERKES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 12, 2023	Acrostic	B	Observatory long operated by the University of Chicago	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Apr 10, 2022	Acrostic	B	Observatory long associated with the University of Chicago	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 21, 2003	Acrostic	Y	Observatory with the world's largest refracting telescope	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for YERKES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 14, 1969	22A	U.S. observatory.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jun 17, 1959	65A	Observatory at U. of Chicago.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 25, 1955	29A	Observatory at Chicago U.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Nov 9, 1952	44D	He founded a famed observatory.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Mar 2, 1952	40D	He wrote "The Great Apes."	Louis Baron	Farrar

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