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3 results for HOFFMAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 1, 2016	41D	Dustin who won an Oscar for "Rain Man"	Gary Cee	Shortz
Mon Nov 28, 2011	9D	Dustin of "Rain Man"	Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Mon Jul 11, 2005	56A	Oscar winner for "Kramer Vs. Kramer"	Janice M. Putney	Shortz

3 results for HOFFMAN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 22, 2023	Acrostic	L	Actor who played Willy Loman in 1984, or a different actor who played Willy Loman in 2012	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Shortz
Jul 17, 2022	Acrostic	P	Role for Sacha Baron Cohen in "The Trial of the Chicago 7"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Mar 9, 2003	Acrostic	E	Oscar winner who said "Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed."	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for HOFFMAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 13, 1986	65A	Governor of N.Y.: 1869-71	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska
Fri May 30, 1952	1A	On leave from Ford Foundation to work for Eisenhower.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 23, 1950	1D	E. C. A. head.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Feb 12, 1950	8A	ECA Administrator.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1949	48D	Paul Gray ___, head of ECA.	Alice McKinley	Farrar
Sun Jun 27, 1948	25A	Administrator of Marshall Plan.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Jun 20, 1948	8A	Chief of the ECA.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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