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5 results for FOOTE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 27, 2015	4D	"The Young Man From Atlanta" Pulitzer winner, 1995	Tim Croce	Shortz
Sat May 29, 2004	29D	Historical author seen on PBS's "The Civil War"	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Mon Jun 25, 2001	45D	Civil War historian Shelby	Stanley Newman	Shortz
Sun Jun 29, 1997	10D	"The Young Man From Atlanta" playwright	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Fri May 16, 1997	28A	"Shiloh" novelist Shelby	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

13 results for FOOTE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 26, 1988	40D	U.S. composer who's on his toes?	Dale O. Burgener	Maleska
Mon Mar 11, 1985	33D	American organist-composer	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Thu Feb 17, 1983	30D	American naval officer: 1806-63	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Mon Feb 7, 1983	33A	English dramatist: 1720-77	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Fri Aug 1, 1980	15A	"The English Aristophanes": 1720-77	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Wed Jul 16, 1980	30D	Dramatist who wrote "The Devil upon Two Sticks": 1768	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sun Jul 29, 1979	92A	Civil War admiral	Reginald L. Johnson	Maleska
Sat Jul 8, 1967	31D	Union admiral in Civil War.	Sara V. Tuckerman	Farrar
Tue Sep 8, 1959	32A	Our first envoy to Korea, 1883.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Dec 13, 1957	29A	Civil War admiral.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 28, 1955	112D	U. S. composer.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Jul 20, 1953	43A	Our first envoy to Korea, 1883.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jun 16, 1946	43D	Admiral who had Navy liquor rations abolished, 1862.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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