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9 results for ORBITAL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Feb 29, 2024	28A	Like a planet's path	Esha Datta	Shortz
Fri Aug 9, 2019	39D	Kind of velocity in planetary physics	John Guzzetta	Shortz
Mon Dec 18, 2017	31A	Like the paths of satellites	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Sun Aug 6, 2017	92D	Like the Gemini flights	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Sep 24, 2016	59A	Electron's area around an atom	Mary Lou Guizzo	Shortz
Sun Jul 3, 2016	60D	Like a satellite's path	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Sun Apr 24, 2011	84A	Revolutionary?	Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class	Shortz
Fri Aug 7, 1998	12D	Like satellites (2)	Frank Longo	Shortz
Thu May 11, 1995	45D	Like satellites (2)	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz

3 results for ORBITAL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 23, 2022	Cryptic	18A	Spoken about piece in revolution (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Oct 6, 2013	Acrostic	D	Beltway, in Britain	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 30, 2007	Acrostic	G	Making the rounds?	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

17 results for ORBITAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 6, 1987	9D	In revolution	Willemain O. Cable	Maleska
Thu Oct 9, 1986	25D	Ocular	Judith Perry	Maleska
Sat Nov 23, 1985	43D	Ocular	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Thu Oct 11, 1984	5D	Like Earth's path	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat May 23, 1981	25D	Like a satellite's path	Joe Clonick	Maleska
Sat Dec 29, 1973	59A	Type of space flight	Unknown	Weng
Sun Sep 6, 1970	47A	Certain space flights	Barbara Lewis	Weng
Fri Oct 25, 1963	25A	Describing certain flights.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sat Jan 21, 1961	54A	Pertaining to a satellite's path.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 3, 1960	20A	Of an Explorer's path.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Mar 10, 1956	44A	Like the path of a celestial body.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 16, 1953	2D	Of the path of a heavenly body.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Tue Aug 5, 1952	59A	Pertaining to a sphere.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 9, 1952	43D	Like a planet's path.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 3, 1952	8A	Describing the path of a planet.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Sun Jul 28, 1946	3D	Ocular.	A. H. Cook	Farrar
Sun Nov 5, 1944	66D	Of a planet's path.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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