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2 results for FISSION from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 7, 2004	34A	Energy producer	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Mar 13, 1999	19A	Atomic energy source	David J. Kahn	Shortz

7 results for FISSION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 18, 1985	53A	A splitting, as of atoms	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Thu Dec 7, 1961	61A	Atom splitting.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 22, 1959	49A	Process by which amoebas multiply.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Tue Jun 9, 1959	22A	Splitting of molecules.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 13, 1954	28A	Splitting of an atom nucleus.	George Henderson	Farrar
Tue Aug 19, 1952	48D	A splitting into parts.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 24, 1946	51A	Splitting.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar

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