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2 results for CGS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 18, 1999	1D	Like a system of scientific meas.	Rand H. Burns	Shortz
Sat Oct 12, 1996	60D	Light wts.	R. Norris	Shortz

18 results for CGS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 6, 1993	58D	Metric wt. units	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Wed Jul 22, 1992	57D	Syst. of measurement	Arthur S. Verdesca	Maleska
Fri Aug 10, 1990	5D	Metric wt. units	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Sat Mar 3, 1984	32D	Army brass: Abbr.	Reichert	Maleska
Sun Dec 11, 1983	63D	Abbr. re ergs, etc.	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat Oct 1, 1983	36A	Metric-system initials	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Fri Dec 9, 1977	23A	Abbr. in physics	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sat Nov 5, 1977	34D	Abbr. in physics	Mel Rosen	Maleska
Sat Mar 12, 1977	30A	Unit system in physics	John Prytz	Maleska
Wed Aug 29, 1973	63A	Metric units: Abbr.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Sep 20, 1970	39A	Abbreviation in physics	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Sat Mar 28, 1970	48A	Metric weights: Abbr.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 21, 1968	83A	Abbreviation in physics.	John Willig	Farrar
Mon Dec 19, 1966	10A	Initials in physics.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 14, 1965	93D	Abbreviation in physics.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Wed Oct 14, 1964	33A	Abbreviation in physics.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 23, 1964	81A	Abbreviation in physics.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Aug 20, 1963	22A	Abbreviation in physics.	Unknown	Farrar

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