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1 result for MICROBE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 23, 1997	26A	Germ	F. Hansen	Shortz

14 results for MICROBE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 9, 1992	8D	Germ	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Thu Feb 21, 1991	38D	Pathogenic bacterium	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Mon Oct 1, 1984	40D	De Kruif's "___ Hunters"	Whitten	Maleska
Fri Jul 22, 1983	32D	Germ	John Greenman	Maleska
Mon Sep 1, 1975	28D	Tiny organism	Ruth Smith	Weng
Tue May 16, 1967	46A	Germ.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Wed Aug 18, 1965	19A	Very minute organism.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 18, 1958	40D	Paul de Kruif's "___ Hunters."	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jul 13, 1958	24A	Germ.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Nov 9, 1955	10D	Very minute organism.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Tue Nov 10, 1953	41A	Minute living thing.	George Henderson	Farrar
Wed May 20, 1953	11D	A bacterium.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sat Mar 8, 1952	9D	Laboratory phenomenon.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 30, 1950	8D	Germ.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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