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14 results for CACTUS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 3, 2023	20A	What has spikes of interest?	John Westwig	Shortz
Mon Oct 19, 2020	5D	Prickly plant	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Wed Nov 27, 2013	27A	Prickly one	Jules P. Markey	Shortz
Sun Mar 31, 2013	76A	Low-maintenance potted plant	Caleb Madison	Shortz
Mon Oct 3, 2011	22D	Bit of desert flora	Stanley Newman	Shortz
Thu Sep 3, 2009	22A	Desert water source	C. W. Stewart	Shortz
Wed Mar 22, 2006	26A	Peyote is one	Jim Hyres	Shortz
Mon Aug 1, 2005	46D	It has points in Arizona (2)	Kendall Twigg	Shortz
Sat Aug 7, 2004	1A	Xerophyte	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Oct 5, 2002	1D	Natural sticker	Donald E. West	Shortz
Sat Aug 3, 2002	1A	Sticker	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Mon Mar 18, 2002	1D	It has points in Arizona (2)	John Greenman	Shortz
Mon Mar 23, 1998	28D	Saguaro	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz
Thu Jan 29, 1998	6D	Prickly pear, e.g.	Frances Hansen	Shortz

14 results for CACTUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 8, 1991	5D	Saguaro, e.g.	Patricia A. Cevaal	Maleska
Sat Dec 17, 1983	7A	Old-man ___, Mexican plant	Brett A. Blaylock	Maleska
Sat Jun 25, 1983	1A	Mescal is one	Peter Swift	Maleska
Wed Nov 30, 1977	26A	Mescal or prickly pear	Louis Baron	Maleska
Sun Aug 7, 1977	90D	Prickly plant	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Sat Oct 13, 1973	26D	Desert growth	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jul 28, 1972	39A	Saguaro	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jan 1, 1964	51A	Plant of the Southwest.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 26, 1961	45D	Saguaro or cholla.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 8, 1960	49D	Mescal.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Feb 23, 1959	49D	Plant of the desert.	Herman Keld	Farrar
Fri Sep 10, 1954	5D	Desert plant.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1949	40A	Garner's nickname, ___ Jack.	Alice McKinley	Farrar
Sun Jan 25, 1948	1D	Source of Arizona's State Flower.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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