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8 results for FLOTSAM from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 13, 2017	20A	Remains of a wreck	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Mon Aug 7, 2017	9D	Detritus at sea	Kevin Christian	Shortz
Sun Sep 6, 2015	89D	Clues to a sunken ship's location	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Jan 9, 2015	1A	Refuse on the surface	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Mon Nov 2, 2009	30A	Jetsam's partner	Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton	Shortz
Sun Jan 20, 2002	62A	Refuse at sea	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Nov 19, 1999	1A	Refuse	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Oct 5, 1998	10D	Ocean debris	Peter Gordon	Shortz

1 result for FLOTSAM from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 2, 2004	Acrostic	R	Ship's wreckage bobbing on the waves	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

19 results for FLOTSAM from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 1, 1991	52A	Floating wreckage	Margaret W. Huskey	Maleska
Mon May 6, 1991	9D	Debris at sea	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sun Feb 20, 1983	89D	Vagrants	Maurice J. Teitelbaum	Maleska
Fri Oct 16, 1981	3D	Vagrants	William Canine	Maleska
Tue Mar 31, 1981	36A	Abandoned wreckage	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Maleska
Wed Jan 9, 1980	25A	Ship wreckage	Mary E. Oberlander	Maleska
Sat Jun 23, 1979	24D	Beachcomber's bonanza	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Mon Nov 27, 1978	36D	Wreckage afloat	Paul Schwarzbaum	Maleska
Wed Jun 21, 1978	33D	Drifters	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Jul 27, 1974	39A	Ocean debris	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Sat Feb 5, 1972	41A	Floating wreckage	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 31, 1967	9D	Floating wreckage.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 9, 1966	19A	Driftage.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jul 17, 1963	7D	Sea litter.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 24, 1961	53A	Sea litter.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1956	47D	Driftage.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Dec 13, 1953	113A	Floating wreckage.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Mon Aug 31, 1953	29D	Evidence of the cruel sea.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Sun May 27, 1945	108D	Goods salvaged from the sea.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar

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