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11 results for CICADA from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 5, 2014	29D	One coming out of its shell?	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Fri Mar 27, 2009	42D	Shrill flier	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Wed Mar 28, 2007	50D	Summer buzzer	Burton Clemans	Shortz
Mon Dec 27, 2004	41A	Noisy insect	Levi Denham	Shortz
Sun Oct 27, 2002	36D	Harvest fly (3)	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz
Sun Nov 19, 2000	108A	Cyclical thing	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Thu Apr 29, 1999	24A	Harvest fly (3)	Adam Cohen	Shortz
Mon Nov 25, 1996	18D	Loud insect	M. Huret	Shortz
Fri Jun 16, 1995	62A	Harvest fly (3)	Thomas W. Schier	Shortz
Wed May 24, 1995	40D	Bug with a loud love call	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Thu Dec 16, 1993	44A	Locust	Nancy Joline	Shortz

26 results for CICADA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 5, 1993	11D	Summer singer	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Tue Jun 4, 1991	46A	Flylike insect	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Fri Feb 10, 1989	1D	Noisy insect	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Sat Apr 6, 1985	1D	Harvest fly	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Mon Oct 1, 1984	42D	Noisy insect	Whitten	Maleska
Thu Aug 28, 1980	26D	Locust	Ruth Lake Tepper	Maleska
Mon May 23, 1977	55A	Locust	John Prytz	Maleska
Thu Jun 17, 1976	44A	Noisy insect	DeWitt Anderson	Weng
Sun Jan 18, 1976	1D	Large insect	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Sun Mar 10, 1974	1A	Locust	A. J. Santora	Weng
Thu Apr 22, 1965	5D	Locust.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 7, 1964	18A	Locust.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Sun Aug 18, 1963	70A	Large insect.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Thu Oct 25, 1962	1A	Insect.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 8, 1962	115D	Locust.	Ted Dombras	Farrar
Sun Oct 2, 1960	27A	Noisy insect.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Dec 20, 1959	120A	Locust.	John F. Byrne	Farrar
Sun Nov 29, 1959	100A	Locust.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sat Mar 29, 1958	6D	Locust.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Sun Nov 21, 1954	82A	Insect.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Wed Nov 11, 1953	34D	Locust.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Dec 14, 1952	78D	Insect.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Thu Jun 26, 1952	22A	Buzzer of the summer night.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 21, 1947	48D	Harvest fly.	Elizabeth Jackson	Farrar
Sun May 25, 1947	72D	Insect with stout body, wide head.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Apr 27, 1947	20D	Seventeen-year locust.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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