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10 results for OXBOW from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 11, 2013	50D	U-shaped bend in a river	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sat Jun 1, 2013	10A	Yoke attachment	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sun Nov 5, 2006	126D	U-shaped river bend (3)	Derrick Niederman	Shortz
Sun Jan 29, 2006	25A	U-shaped river bend (3)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Nov 13, 2005	107A	U-shaped piece of wood	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Nov 9, 2003	1D	Curving lake's shape	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Tue Mar 21, 2000	19A	"The ___ Incident" (1943 Fonda film) (2)	Nick Grivas	Shortz
Thu Feb 3, 2000	4D	U-shaped river bend (3)	Thomas W. Schier	Shortz
Mon Jun 28, 1999	12D	"The ___ Incident" (1943 Fonda film) (2)	Ed Early	Shortz
Sun May 17, 1998	78D	Part of a yoke	David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn	Shortz

3 results for OXBOW from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 3, 2024	Acrostic	V	U-shaped bend	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Fagliano
Dec 13, 2015	Acrostic	W	Meander in a river	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jul 20, 2003	Diagramless	1A	U-shaped piece attached to a yoke	Michael Shteyman	Shortz

10 results for OXBOW from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 13, 1987	33D	Part of a yoke	John Dreyer	Maleska
Sat Jul 11, 1987	2D	River bend	Edward Bobb	Maleska
Fri Feb 22, 1985	17D	Filmic "Incident" of 1943	Dorothy Elliott	Maleska
Wed Oct 5, 1983	21D	"The ___ Incident," 1943 film	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska
Sun Jul 1, 1979	82D	"The ___ Incident," 1943 movie	Anne Fox	Maleska
Thu Jan 24, 1974	25A	River curve	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Thu Jan 13, 1972	2D	"The ___ Incident"	Unknown	Weng
Wed Sep 16, 1970	30D	"The ___ Incident"	Unknown	Weng
Fri Mar 3, 1967	56A	Bend in a river.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Nov 15, 1964	36D	U-shaped bend in a river.	A. J. Santora	Farrar

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