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3 results for HELICAL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 26, 2011	51D	Like a corkscrew	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Sat Aug 18, 2001	42D	Corkscrew	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Dec 10, 1995	84D	Spiral-shaped	Jim Page	Shortz

7 results for HELICAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 27, 1993	61A	Spiral	Barry Cohen	Taub
Wed May 30, 1984	46D	Spiral	Richard N. Platt, Jr.	Maleska
Wed Apr 11, 1979	53A	Resembling DNA	Weil	Maleska
Fri Aug 29, 1975	4D	Coiled	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Sat Aug 16, 1975	45D	Spiral	Manny Miller	Weng
Fri Jul 23, 1971	39A	Spiral	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 23, 1950	115D	Spiral.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar

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