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4 results for CENSUS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 7, 2022	22A	A counting job?	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Thu Feb 13, 2020	48D	Count	Amanda Chung and Karl Ni	Shortz
Fri Dec 7, 2018	25A	Event for an enumerator	Sam Trabucco	Shortz
Fri Jan 10, 2014	21A	Public record?	Patrick Berry	Shortz

16 results for CENSUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 28, 1989	28D	National head count	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Fri Jan 29, 1988	1A	Dept. of Commerce chore	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Fri Jun 17, 1983	19A	Head count	Brown	Maleska
Tue Jan 11, 1983	16A	Event in 1980	Martin Fass	Maleska
Sat Jan 1, 1983	44A	Dept. of Commerce bureau	John M. Samson	Maleska
Tue Nov 10, 1981	3D	U.S.A. comes to its ___ every 10 years	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Fri May 16, 1969	50A	Head count.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Nov 27, 1965	48D	Decennial enumeration.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 27, 1960	19D	1960 event.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 18, 1957	42D	Bureau in the Department of Commerce.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 18, 1955	105A	Work of a U. S. bureau.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Aug 15, 1954	89D	1950 event.	Harold D. Cannon	Farrar
Mon Jul 9, 1951	34A	Bureau in the Department of Commerce.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 20, 1950	40D	Job of Mr. Sawyer's men in 1950.	Eugene Maleska	Farrar
Sun Jan 30, 1949	101A	Coming event of 1950.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jul 21, 1946	71D	Enumeration.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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