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2 results for CISTERN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 25, 1998	12D	Well	Mark Blakeburn	Shortz
Mon May 13, 1996	24A	Underground reservoir	S. L. Robbins	Shortz

1 result for CISTERN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 19, 2014	Acrostic	F	Storage tank sometimes underground	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

8 results for CISTERN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 4, 1990	9D	Underground water tank	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue May 24, 1983	9D	Rainwater tank	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Sat Mar 2, 1974	26D	Water-storage tank	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Sun Feb 13, 1972	110D	Water tank	Bert Rosenfield	Weng
Mon Jun 8, 1970	42D	Reservoir	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 13, 1963	46D	Small reservoir.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat Jul 7, 1962	21A	Artificial reservoir.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jun 17, 1945	77D	Reservoir.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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