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4 results for EBONIES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 19, 2015	53A	A piano has 36 of them	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Fri Dec 2, 2011	2D	Piano's 36, familiarly	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Sat Jul 1, 2006	8D	Some keys	Jim Page	Shortz
Sat Sep 14, 2002	5D	Sources of wood for cabinetwork	Bruce L. Bliven	Shortz

8 results for EBONIES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 24, 1984	43D	Valuable tropical trees	Johnson	Maleska
Sat Nov 18, 1972	57A	Hardwoods	Unknown	Weng
Sun Mar 8, 1964	64D	Black keys.	Barbara L. Golub	Farrar
Tue Feb 7, 1961	14A	Tropical hardwood trees.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Apr 4, 1955	36D	Decorative woods.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Aug 5, 1953	39D	Dark woods.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Mon May 21, 1951	64A	Trees yielding valuable wood.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 23, 1945	31D	Black woods.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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