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2 results for PLANTAIN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 18, 2001	117A	Tropical fruit	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sun Dec 26, 1999	28D	Relative of the banana	Greg Staples	Shortz

10 results for PLANTAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 28, 1992	15D	Food staple in the tropics	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Sun Nov 18, 1990	21A	Banana kin	Edward Marchese	Maleska
Sun Aug 16, 1987	19D	Banana plant	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Fri Feb 21, 1986	14D	Banana source	Mark Diehl	Maleska
Thu Jul 14, 1977	42A	Fruit resembling a banana	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Tue Mar 4, 1975	48A	Banana-like fruit	John Gordon	Weng
Wed Jan 15, 1969	20A	Banana.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 19, 1964	63A	Banana.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun May 19, 1957	63D	Cooking banana.	Emanuel Berg	Farrar
Sun Mar 10, 1946	38D	Kind of banana.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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