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2 results for SALTPETER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 22, 2023	64A	Common name for potassium nitrate	Byron Walden	Shortz
Fri Oct 22, 2010	15A	Gunpowder ingredient	Scott Atkinson	Shortz

1 result for SALTPETER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 19, 1997	Diagramless	50A	Gunpowder component	Fred Piscop	Shortz

3 results for SALTPETER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 8, 1969	34D	Niter.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 10, 1951	33A	Chilean export.	W. W. Webster	Farrar
Sun Jan 8, 1950	70A	Niter.	Henry A. Wolfe	Farrar

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