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2 results for ENIGMATIC from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 28, 2009	3D	Tough to figure out	Michael Langwald	Shortz
Sat Aug 2, 2008	31D	Tough to crack	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz

1 result for ENIGMATIC from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jul 6, 2008	Acrostic	W	Puzzling, hard to fathom	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

12 results for ENIGMATIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 4, 1991	62A	Puzzling	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Wed Aug 12, 1981	17A	Puzzling	Albert L. Misenko	Maleska
Sat Aug 18, 1979	4D	Puzzling	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Tue Jun 17, 1975	4D	Perplexing	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Sat Feb 7, 1970	13D	Perplexing	Unknown	Weng
Sat Oct 19, 1968	11D	Hard to figure out.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Sep 23, 1964	17A	Sphinxian.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Dec 2, 1963	17A	Perplexing.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Mon Feb 25, 1963	18A	Like Mona Lisa's smile.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Thu Sep 1, 1960	58A	Inexplicable.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Mar 30, 1959	3D	Puzzling.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sun Jul 15, 1945	62A	Puzzling.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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