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7 results for OCTAVES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 28, 2017	67D	Scales span them	Andrew Zhou	Shortz
Sun Feb 14, 2016	5D	A piano has seven of them	Mary Lou Guizzo	Shortz
Fri Jul 30, 2010	3D	Musical series	Kevin G. Der	Shortz
Fri Mar 10, 2006	2D	Staff sizes?	Kevin McCann	Shortz
Sat Dec 30, 2000	32A	Some exercises	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Feb 21, 1999	65A	Musical intervals	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Fri Jun 6, 1997	5D	Parts of sonnets	Gerald R. Ferguson	Shortz

2 results for OCTAVES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 24, 2020	Acrostic	S	Jumps a prima donna may make	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Apr 2, 2006	Acrostic	U	Some practice runs	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for OCTAVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 22, 1989	98A	Singers often have two	Phyllis Fehringer	Maleska
Fri Mar 25, 1983	3D	Harmonic combinations	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Sun Sep 5, 1982	125A	Sonnet sections	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Sun Feb 3, 1974	45D	Piano notes	Bert Kruse	Weng
Sun Jun 5, 1955	7D	Groups of eight.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Sat Feb 20, 1954	34A	Intervals in music.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Sun May 16, 1943	23A	Stanzas of eight lines.	Charles Erlenkotter	Farrar

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