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4 results for DECIBEL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 25, 2005	35A	Dynamic range unit	John Underwood	Shortz
Sun May 2, 1999	118A	Now hear this	Jim Page	Shortz
Thu Jan 7, 1999	5D	Amount of sound	William I. Johnston	Shortz
Fri Mar 22, 1996	24D	Acoustic unit	F. A. Longo	Shortz

1 result for DECIBEL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 24, 2011	Acrostic	I	Unit expressing the intensity of a sound wave	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

8 results for DECIBEL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Aug 5, 1992	39A	Noise unit	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Wed Oct 22, 1958	37A	Unit for measuring sound.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sat Nov 23, 1957	31D	Unit for measuring volume of sound.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 25, 1952	8D	Measure of sound.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Feb 10, 1952	47D	Measure for loudness of noise.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Apr 22, 1951	80D	Noise measurement.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1945	102A	Unit for measuring noise.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Jun 7, 1942	65D	Unit for measuring siren sounds.	John L. Mapes	Farrar

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