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2 results for LIGHTNING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 19, 2022	37A	What might strike during a storm	Olivia Mitra Framke	Shortz
Wed Dec 9, 2015	58A	What the ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across mean in Hebrew, French and German, respectively	Jacob Stulberg	Shortz

2 results for LIGHTNING from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 30, 2024	Acrostic	Y	What sparked an important discovery of 1752	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Fagliano
Apr 22, 2001	Acrostic	T	"Poetry is a sword of ___, ever unsheathed ..." (Shelley)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for LIGHTNING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 11, 1971	9D	Franklin's aid	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 18, 1944	125A	Plane flown by Major Bong.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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