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4 results for NANNIES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 10, 2015	45A	Many bottle washers	Roland Huget	Shortz
Sun Dec 11, 2011	8D	Kid minders	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sat Oct 13, 2001	43D	Girl watchers, perhaps	Jim Page	Shortz
Sun Sep 24, 2000	85D	Child watchers	Randolph Ross	Shortz

1 result for NANNIES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 16, 2003	Cryptic	20D	Letters from Orphan Annie seeking care-givers (7)	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for NANNIES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Apr 23, 1987	39D	Hyde Park denizens	William Canine	Maleska
Tue Oct 19, 1982	45D	Nurses, in Liverpool	Whitten	Maleska
Sat Mar 16, 1968	17A	Relatives of Mary Poppins.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 21, 1952	7D	British nurses.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun May 7, 1950	118A	Children's nurses.	Alice H. Cook	Farrar

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