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8 results for EGBERT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 25, 2018	18D	Grandfather of Alfred the Great	Will Nediger	Shortz
Wed Jan 1, 2014	1D	First king of the English	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Wed Dec 12, 2012	53D	Ninth-century Anglo-Saxon king	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Tue Jul 18, 2006	52A	First English king	Kevan Choset	Shortz
Fri Aug 1, 2003	57A	First king of England (3)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Nov 25, 2001	54A	Ninth-century Saxon king	Bob Klahn and Harvey Estes	Shortz
Fri Sep 15, 1995	28D	First king of England (3)	Matt Gaffney	Shortz
Sat Jun 10, 1995	47D	First king of England (3)	Daniel R. Stark	Shortz

7 results for EGBERT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 9, 1992	60A	First king of the English	S. E. Booker	Maleska
Sun Feb 6, 1977	39A	Saxon king	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Sun May 26, 1974	94D	Saxon king	Olga Kowals	Weng
Fri Jul 5, 1957	42A	Early Saxon king.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Oct 16, 1955	128A	Herb Sheldon's TV puppet.	Charles Baron	Farrar
Sun Nov 21, 1954	63A	Man's name.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Jan 23, 1949	92D	First King of England.	D. G. Caywood	Farrar

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