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53 total results for ELECTRA( score: 50 )
21 results for ELECTRA from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sat Apr 8, 2023 | 33D | Figure in Greek tragedy who says "I ask this one thing: Let me go mad in my own way" | Sid Sivakumar | Shortz |
Wed Jul 7, 2021 | 23D | She plotted to kill Clytemnestra (2) | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Sun Aug 26, 2018 | 55A | Sophocles tragedy (5) | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Sun Oct 18, 2015 | 89D | Sophocles tragedy (5) | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Fri May 3, 2013 | 63A | Mythological sister of 66-Across | David Kwong | Shortz |
Sun Nov 8, 2009 | 9D | Bygone Buick | Robert W. Harris | Shortz |
Sat May 23, 2009 | 46A | Wife of Pylades | Dave Tuller | Shortz |
Fri May 1, 2009 | 41A | Subject of plays by Sophocles, Sartre and O'Neill | Joon Pahk | Shortz |
Sun Jul 15, 2007 | 117A | She plotted to kill Clytemnestra (2) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Apr 29, 2007 | 95A | Sophocles subject (2) | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Sun Jul 24, 2005 | 1A | Euripides heroine | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Fri Mar 12, 2004 | 44D | Sister of Orestes (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Sat Aug 24, 2002 | 9D | Plane in which Amelia Earhart disappeared | Chuck Menning | Shortz |
Sat Oct 7, 2000 | 23D | Euripides drama | Chuck Menning | Shortz |
Fri Mar 19, 1999 | 17A | Sophocles tragedy (5) | Mark Diehl | Shortz |
Thu Sep 17, 1998 | 7D | Sophocles subject (2) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Tue Aug 5, 1997 | 5D | Sophocles tragedy (5) | William Bernhardt | Shortz |
Sat Feb 15, 1997 | 33D | Sister of Orestes (2) | J. Clonick | Shortz |
Sat Jan 18, 1997 | 10D | Former Buick model | D. Niles | Shortz |
Wed Feb 28, 1996 | 43D | Sophocles tragedy (5) | F. A. Longo | Shortz |
Thu Oct 13, 1994 | 26A | Euripides tragedy | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
3 results for ELECTRA from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
May 15, 2022 | Cryptic | 19A | Choose sun god for Sophocles play (7) | Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Dec 16, 2007 | Cryptic | 21D | Pick out sun god and Agamemnon's daughter (7) | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Oct 19, 2003 | Acrostic | A | Vengeful sister of Orestes | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
29 results for ELECTRA from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Jul 23, 1993 | 40D | Sophocles subject | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Sun Jun 6, 1993 | 9D | A daughter of Agamemnon | Charles M. Deber | Maleska |
Tue Jul 25, 1989 | 22A | A daughter of Agamemnon | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
Wed Oct 5, 1988 | 45D | Sister of Orestes | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Fri Dec 5, 1975 | 64A | Sister of Orestes | Maura B. Jacobson | Weng |
Tue Jan 28, 1975 | 46D | Euripides character | Virginia Godwin | Weng |
Thu Sep 13, 1973 | 37D | End of an O'Neill title | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Apr 26, 1972 | 46D | Subject of both 21 and 55 Across | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 24, 1970 | 87A | Sister of Orestes | Threba Johnson | Weng |
Tue Apr 14, 1964 | 38A | Bright star in Pleiades. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Jan 18, 1964 | 44D | One of the Pleiades. | Manny Miller | Farrar |
Tue Aug 29, 1961 | 30D | Sister of Orestes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Mar 30, 1961 | 40D | Theme of O'Neill trilogy. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Oct 31, 1960 | 4D | Sister of Orestes. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 17, 1960 | 23A | The 130th asteroid. | Threba Johnson | Farrar |
Sun May 31, 1959 | 121D | Clytemnestra's daughter. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Tue Feb 11, 1958 | 44D | Orestes' sister. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Wed Aug 14, 1957 | 36D | Sophocles character. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Nov 15, 1955 | 59A | One of the Pleiades. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Oct 16, 1955 | 99D | Character in Greek legend. | Charles Baron | Farrar |
Wed May 26, 1954 | 42A | O'Neill heroine. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Wed Feb 11, 1953 | 47D | Heroine of a Sophocles tragedy. | Roberta Morse | Farrar |
Thu Sep 20, 1951 | 18A | Mourning becomes her. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 16, 1950 | 110D | She urged Orestes to vengeance. | Louis Baron | Farrar |
Sun Dec 4, 1949 | 137A | The "Lost Pleiad." | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Jul 18, 1948 | 20A | Vengeful sister of Orestes. | Thomas Jackson | Farrar |
Sun May 30, 1948 | 1A | She loved her father. | Henry A. Wolfe | Farrar |
Sun Jul 27, 1947 | 35A | Play by Sophocles. | Louise Rabb | Farrar |
Sun Apr 18, 1943 | 141A | Orestes's sister. | J. C. Doesburg | Farrar |