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4 results for HONSHU from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 25, 2019	86D	Where Tokyo is	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Tue Jan 15, 2013	10D	Main part of Japan	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Sun Nov 27, 2011	95D	Island south of Tsugaru Strait	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Fri May 13, 2011	46A	Island whose name means, literally, "main land"	Joe Krozel	Shortz

16 results for HONSHU from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 11, 1987	17D	Largest Japanese island	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Sat May 17, 1986	5D	Main island of Japan	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Sun Sep 11, 1983	85A	Japan's largest island	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sun Sep 16, 1979	90D	Osaka's island	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sat May 21, 1977	37D	Japanese island	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sun Oct 21, 1973	98D	Kobe's island	A. J. Santora	Weng
Fri Dec 16, 1966	28A	Mainland Japan.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun May 1, 1966	87A	Japan's "mainland."	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Sun Feb 9, 1964	72D	Island of Japan.	Emanuel Berg	Farrar
Sun Aug 25, 1963	36A	Island of Japan.	Stephanie Caruana	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1962	27A	Tokyo's island.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Aug 23, 1959	106A	Where Tokyo is.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Dec 30, 1945	118A	Where MacArthur rules.	Harriot Cooke	Farrar
Sun May 20, 1945	114D	Where Kobe is.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Jan 2, 1944	77A	Largest island of Japan, capital Tokyo.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Jun 28, 1942	104A	Largest Japanese island.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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