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3 results for ISTANBUL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jan 23, 2018	56A	City straddling Europe and Asia	Jim Hilger	Shortz
Fri Feb 23, 1996	33D	City of the Golden Horn	A. J. Santora	Shortz
Fri Dec 22, 1995	31A	City on the Golden Horn	A.J. Santora	Shortz

4 results for ISTANBUL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 19, 2022	Acrostic	E	Europe's most populous city	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Nov 22, 2020	Acrostic	O	City on the Bosporus Strait	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Nov 11, 2007	Acrostic	B	City where Byzantium used to be	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 24, 2000	Acrostic	J	One terminus of the Orient Express	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for ISTANBUL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 31, 1988	36D	Byzantium, now	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Thu Jan 21, 1982	23D	City once called ConSTANtinople	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Wed Feb 26, 1969	10D	Port on the Bosporus.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Jul 3, 1967	24D	City on the Bosporus.	Samuel K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sat Nov 24, 1962	69A	Byzantium today.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 18, 1950	104A	It bridges the Bosphorus.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Oct 25, 1942	34D	Present name of Constantinople.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar

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