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2 results for MOMBASA from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 10, 2019	55A	Kenya's second-largest city	Tracy Gray	Shortz
Mon Apr 6, 2015	54A	Second-largest city in Kenya	Finn Vigeland	Shortz

7 results for MOMBASA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 30, 1984	6D	Kenya island	Harriet Gilson Rosenberg	Maleska
Fri May 10, 1968	49A	Port of Kenya.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 14, 1966	94A	Kenyan seaport.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Fri Oct 4, 1963	31A	Kenya port.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Thu May 23, 1957	19A	Seaport of Kenya colony.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jun 17, 1951	130A	Kenya seaport.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jan 10, 1943	100D	Seaport of British East Africa.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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