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3 results for ACHERON from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 6, 2014	Acrostic	H	River crossed by dead people	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
May 22, 2011	Acrostic	E	River crossed by Charon's ferry	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Nov 25, 2007	Acrostic	T	"River of woe" crossed on the way to Hades	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

12 results for ACHERON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 25, 1989	65A	Hades river	William Canine	Maleska
Mon Mar 28, 1988	54A	River in Hades	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sun Mar 20, 1983	12D	Charon's river	Judith C. Dalton	Maleska
Sat Nov 25, 1978	14A	One of the rivers of Hades	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Tue Nov 4, 1975	15A	River of Hades	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Wed Oct 10, 1973	36D	River in Hades	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 3, 1971	2D	River of Woe	Herbert Ettenson	Weng
Tue Aug 26, 1969	22A	River in Hades.	Louise Earnest	Weng
Sat May 14, 1955	15A	River of Hades.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jun 3, 1951	57D	The River of Woe.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Sun Jun 19, 1949	2D	River of sorrows.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun Mar 8, 1942	105D	River in Hades.	Mabel Daggett	Farrar

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