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3 results for HAWTHORNE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 6, 2022	34A	Dedicatee of "Moby-Dick"	Simeon Seigel	Shortz
Wed Sep 30, 2009	53A	See 24-Across	Kevin G. Der	Shortz
Tue May 10, 1994	35D	Author from Salem, Mass.	David Ellis Dickerson	Shortz

3 results for HAWTHORNE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 22, 2023	Acrostic	A	Writer descended from a Salem witch trial judge	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Shortz
Apr 25, 2021	Acrostic	D	Author of the collection "Twice-Told Tales"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Oct 22, 2000	Acrostic	M	Salem-born author of the story "The Haunted Mind"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for HAWTHORNE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 11, 1985	17A	Ill. race track	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sat Apr 30, 1955	9D	Major American novelist.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Apr 26, 1953	67D	Creator of Arthur Dimmesdale.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Jan 21, 1952	59A	He wrote "The Marble Faun," 1860.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Feb 1, 1951	51A	Neighbor of Emerson and Thoreau.	Robert Hegler	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1948	51D	Novelist and surveyor of the port.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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