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9 results for NOSECONE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 18, 2018	132A	Tip of a missile	Daniel Raymon	Shortz
Sat Oct 18, 2014	17A	Atlantis section	Evan Birnholz	Shortz
Sat Oct 3, 2009	13D	Payload holder	Doug Peterson	Shortz
Mon Jul 24, 2006	39D	Front section of a rocket	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Sat Aug 21, 2004	17A	Heat shield location	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Dec 12, 2003	23A	Heat shield locale	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sat Aug 2, 1997	65A	Missile's payload container	Ed Early	Shortz
Fri Oct 7, 1994	64A	Missile telemetry site	Bryant White	Shortz
Mon Jan 10, 1994	6D	Titan tip	Randolph Ross	Shortz

1 result for NOSECONE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 8, 2015	Acrostic	Q	Section of a rocket or guided missile (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

12 results for NOSECONE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 26, 1985	20A	Rocket component	Judith Perry	Maleska
Thu Mar 1, 1979	8D	Rocket part	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Tue Jun 8, 1971	52A	Part of a spaceship	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 9, 1969	43A	Part of a space vehicle.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jul 12, 1969	29A	Missile part.	Arthur Schulman	Weng
Thu Aug 1, 1968	9D	Rocket feature.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 20, 1968	40D	Rocket part.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 7, 1965	80A	Separable rocket component.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat Jan 30, 1960	12D	Missile age salvage item.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 10, 1959	57A	Tip on rocketry.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 20, 1959	50A	Missile part.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Fri Mar 20, 1959	21D	Rocket section preceding payload.	Unknown	Farrar

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