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7 results for APLAN from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 20, 2018	42A	Man with ___	Ben Gross and James Somers	Shortz
Fri Aug 15, 2014	16A	"Sounds like ___" (5)	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sat Jan 21, 2012	47D	"But not without ___": Pope	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Sun Aug 7, 2011	74A	"Sounds like ___!" (5)	Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan	Shortz
Thu Nov 1, 2007	30D	"Sounds like ___!" (5)	Larry Shearer	Shortz
Thu Apr 27, 2006	23D	"Sounds like ___!" (5)	George Barany and Michael Shteyman	Shortz
Thu Dec 12, 2002	61A	"Sounds like ___!" (5)	Michael Shteyman	Shortz

4 results for APLAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 10, 1984	44A	"A man, ___, a canal, Panama!"	Margaret Kingman	Maleska
Sun Oct 16, 1983	56D	"A man, ___ ... "	Charles M. Deber	Maleska
Sun Apr 18, 1982	124D	" ... have ___ in my mind ... ": Yeats	Caroline G. Fitzgerald	Maleska
Wed Nov 26, 1980	31D	"A man, ___, a canal, Panama"	Judson G. Trent	Maleska

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