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5 results for MOSUL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 11, 2021	10D	Iraqi city on the Tigris	Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger	Shortz
Fri May 1, 2020	34A	City north of Baghdad	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Fri Oct 13, 2017	17D	Major city on the Tigris	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Jul 25, 2015	3D	Capital of Iraq's Nineveh province	Kevin G. Der	Shortz
Tue Jul 22, 2008	22A	Iraq's second-largest city	Lynn Lempel	Shortz

14 results for MOSUL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 16, 1972	58D	City on the Tigris	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Jun 11, 1967	92D	City in Iraq.	Paula Bauersmith	Farrar
Mon Jul 11, 1966	41D	Iraqi oil center.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 15, 1964	14D	Iraq city.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Tue Nov 12, 1963	31A	City in Iraq.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Sun Feb 26, 1961	43D	City on the Tigris.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar
Fri May 29, 1959	69A	Iraqi oil center.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Oct 12, 1958	76D	City on the Tigris.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Mon Oct 6, 1958	24D	City on the Tigris.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Apr 3, 1955	62D	City on the Tigris.	Ruth H. Oliver	Farrar
Sun Feb 15, 1953	60A	Middle East oil center.	Sergei Tilart	Farrar
Sun Feb 10, 1952	121D	The Tigris, oil fields and Iraqi.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Nov 29, 1951	50D	Rich oil region of Iraq.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 21, 1943	103A	British oilfields in Irak.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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