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6 results for OAKLAND from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 10, 2022	53A	Birthplace of the Black Panther Party	Blake Slonecker	Shortz
Fri Dec 11, 2020	35A	A home?	Ari Richter	Shortz
Fri Jan 10, 2020	15A	A home in the major leagues?	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Feb 23, 2019	16A	Hometown of Kamala Harris	Sam Ezersky	Shortz
Sun Sep 20, 2015	101A	City about which Gertrude Stein said "There is no there there"	Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Tue Jun 22, 2004	46D	Bay Area city	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz

3 results for OAKLAND from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 1, 2017	Acrostic	B	Home city in "Moneyball"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 21, 2014	Acrostic	F	City of the "Moneyball" team	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jun 13, 2004	Acrostic	D	Gertrude Stein's childhood West Coast home	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for OAKLAND from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 3, 1959	131A	City on San Francisco Bay.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Thu Oct 27, 1955	17A	Sen. Knowland's home town.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Wed Aug 29, 1951	43D	Manufacturing city on San Francisco Bay.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 3, 1946	129D	California city.	Laird C. Addis	Farrar

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