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17 results for POINTE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 28, 2024	10D	Kind of shoe for a ballerina	Dominic Grillo	Fagliano
Wed Mar 2, 2022	52D	Ballet technique (2)	Dylan Schiff	Shortz
Tue Feb 11, 2020	42D	Ballet position on tiptoe (2)	Neil Padrick Wilson and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sat Jan 5, 2019	1A	___ shoes (ballet wear) (2)	Andrew Zhou	Shortz
Fri Dec 1, 2017	3D	Ballet technique (2)	Lily Silverstein	Shortz
Tue Dec 22, 2015	67A	Ballet position on tiptoe (2)	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Fri Nov 26, 2010	37D	___ shoes (ballet wear) (2)	Gary Steinmehl	Shortz
Thu Jan 28, 2010	21A	En ___ (on tiptoe)	Raymond C. Young	Shortz
Mon Aug 3, 2009	49D	Ballerina's position	Janet R. Bender	Shortz
Sun Sep 23, 2007	112A	Grosse ___, Mich. (5)	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Wed Oct 1, 2003	36D	Grosse ___, Mich. (5)	A. J. Santora	Shortz
Mon Dec 16, 2002	44D	Grosse ___, Mich. (5)	Jim Hyres	Shortz
Mon Apr 30, 2001	62A	Grosse ___, Mich. (5)	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Tue Apr 3, 2001	10D	___ Claire, Que.	Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sat Jul 15, 2000	30D	___ Claire (city near Montreal)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Mar 11, 2000	51A	Delicate ballet position	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Sep 29, 1996	29D	Grosse ___, Mich. (5)	M. Reagle	Shortz

9 results for POINTE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 11, 1993	56A	Grosse ___, Mich.	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Dec 16, 1990	43D	Grosse ___, Mich.	Sandy Graf	Maleska
Sat Jan 10, 1981	16A	Grosse ___, Mich.	Henry Hook	Maleska
Thu Oct 2, 1975	37D	Ballet position	J. R. Williams	Weng
Sun Jul 14, 1974	13D	Grosse ___	Alfio Micci	Weng
Sun Oct 15, 1967	92A	Grosse ___, Mich.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jan 15, 1967	32D	Grosse ___.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Mon Sep 24, 1956	45A	Grosse ___, Detroit suburb.	Irving L. Rosenheim	Farrar
Mon Mar 21, 1955	41D	Grosse ___, Detroit suburb.	Helen Smathers	Farrar

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