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5 results for CAPTAIN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 14, 2021	57A	With 3-Down, one of the Avengers	Lisa Bunker	Shortz
Thu Dec 19, 2013	1D	___ America	George Barany and Michael Shteyman	Shortz
Mon Mar 25, 2013	37A	Title that can precede the starts of 17-, 23-, 49- and 59-Across	Adam Prince	Shortz
Fri Dec 28, 2001	10D	Team leader	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Oct 10, 1994	9D	Abraham Lincoln, in a Whitman poem	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz

1 result for CAPTAIN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 28, 2020	Cryptic	21D	Cook, for one, likely to be captured by murderer (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

7 results for CAPTAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 22, 1985	8D	Hook or Bligh	Fred Toole	Maleska
Mon Jun 12, 1978	26D	Hook or Cook	Ann Jenkins	Maleska
Tue Jul 1, 1975	66A	Ahab or Nemo	DeWitt Anderson	Weng
Thu Oct 21, 1971	42D	Jinks or Nemo	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jan 15, 1954	13D	Hornblower's rank.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Sun Jul 30, 1944	43D	Wearer of four ½ in. gold stripes.	Alvin Ashby	Farrar
Sun Oct 11, 1942	64D	Army officer.	Alvin Ashby	Farrar

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