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2 results for SOLENOID from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 25, 1996	36D	Motor coil	D. Kahn	Shortz
Mon Dec 27, 1993	20A	Part of an electrical switch	Joel Davajan	Shortz

5 results for SOLENOID from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 8, 1991	35A	Electrical conductor	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Fri Jun 14, 1991	54A	Switch type	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Thu Jul 6, 1989	12A	Current-carrying coil of wire	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Tue Mar 14, 1961	12D	Wire coil having the properties of a magnet.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 6, 1949	50D	Electrical coil.	Henry A. Wolfe	Farrar

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