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1 result for ACROSTICS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 20, 2015	11D	NEWS for the four directions, and others	Mary Lou Guizzo	Shortz

4 results for ACROSTICS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 16, 1991	36D	Certain word puzzles	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Thu Nov 15, 1990	51A	Kin of abecedariuses	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Feb 12, 1955	33D	Puzzles.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun May 2, 1943	55D	Compositions in verse, with letters specially arranged.	I. Kert	Farrar

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