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7 results for JAPANESE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Feb 6, 2014	57A	Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Tue May 31, 2011	9D	Like most sumo wrestlers	Nina Rulon-Miller	Shortz
Sat Mar 20, 2010	19A	Like 1-Down	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Sat Jul 15, 2006	19A	Whence the word "futon"	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Apr 7, 2000	34D	Kind of lantern	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sat Oct 12, 1996	35D	Kind of beetle	R. Norris	Shortz
Mon Apr 22, 1996	54A	Like an Acura or Toyota	S. B. Whitten	Shortz

17 results for JAPANESE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 5, 1991	51A	From Nippon	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Wed Mar 13, 1985	25A	___ Sandman of song	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sat Oct 22, 1977	9D	"The ___ Sandman," 1920 song	Adelyn Lewis	Maleska
Thu Aug 7, 1975	1D	Kind of beetle	Bert Beaman	Weng
Tue Sep 11, 1973	5D	Beetle or sandman	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 22, 1972	36D	Hokkaido resident	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 7, 1965	34A	Orientals.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 13, 1965	59D	Ideographic language.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Tue Mar 20, 1962	30A	Oriental.	Lois Hillis	Farrar
Fri Aug 23, 1957	33A	Premier Kishi.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar
Fri Oct 5, 1956	38D	Son of the sun.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Jan 23, 1956	44A	An island people.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 20, 1951	85D	Diet members.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Fri Jan 26, 1951	38D	People of Hokkaido.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 16, 1950	26A	Members of the Kokkai.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Oct 8, 1944	51A	Uneasy occupants of Davao.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Aug 15, 1943	9D	The losers in Munda area.	C. W. Hudson	Farrar

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