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4 results for HOWARD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Apr 10, 2014	17A	Alma mater for Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston	David Steinberg	Shortz
Wed Aug 17, 2011	2D	Stooge surname	Michael Black	Shortz
Fri Jul 14, 2006	1D	Washington, D.C., university	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Sep 18, 1994	15D	Author Fast	Merl Reagle	Shortz

2 results for HOWARD from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 22, 2017	Acrostic	L	Moe or Curly, but not Larry	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 5, 2004	Acrostic	W	Toni Morrison's alma mater	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

9 results for HOWARD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 19, 1984	44D	Sportscaster Cosell	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sat Apr 9, 1983	50D	Henry VIII's fifth	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Tue Jun 27, 1978	62A	Cosell or Baker	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sun Apr 25, 1976	20A	Actor who played Hamlet	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Thu Jun 28, 1962	26A	20th Cen. American dramatist.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Wed Feb 16, 1955	12D	Actor Lindsay.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Jun 6, 1954	1D	Arizona's Gov. Pyle.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Oct 23, 1949	118D	Pulitzer Prize playwright, 1925.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun May 16, 1948	47A	Author of "The Silver Cord."	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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