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5 results for IRVING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 15, 2018	38D	John who wrote "The Cider House Rules"	Sam Ezersky	Shortz
Mon Mar 20, 2017	47D	John who wrote "The World According to Garp"	Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Sat Sep 13, 2014	32D	Classic storyteller who wrote under the pseudonym Knickerbocker	Josh Knapp	Shortz
Mon Apr 23, 2012	35A	Songwriter Berlin	Michael David	Shortz
Thu Mar 25, 1999	35D	With 21-Down, composer of 36-Across	David J. Kahn	Shortz

3 results for IRVING from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 20, 2020	Acrostic	F	19th-century writer with the pen name Knickerbocker	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Oct 25, 2020	Acrostic	X	"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" author	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Apr 29, 2018	Acrostic	S	Writer who first called New York "Gotham"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

12 results for IRVING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 29, 1992	114A	Brom Bones's creator	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Sat May 4, 1991	2D	Essayist Washington	Calista Luminati	Maleska
Thu Dec 15, 1988	24A	His pen name was Jonathan Oldstyle	Charlotte Shore	Maleska
Fri Nov 21, 1986	44D	First name of 1 Down	Judith Perry	Maleska
Tue Dec 4, 1973	57A	Current writer, with 68 Across	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 19, 1965	13A	American author.	Anne Fox	Farrar
Thu Oct 28, 1954	60A	Washington ___.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Mon Mar 10, 1952	3D	Creator of a famous Ichabod.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 30, 1951	60A	Mr. Ives of N. Y.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 27, 1950	22A	Washington or Sir Henry.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 11, 1950	13D	He wrote a "Life of Washington."	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Aug 27, 1944	126D	Author of "Rip Van Winkle."	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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