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5 results for SPECTER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 13, 2016	49D	Spirit	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Apr 28, 2007	36D	Shade	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Mon Dec 11, 2006	24D	Phantom	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Tue Apr 30, 1996	9D	Ghost	G. E. Paul	Shortz
Sat Mar 25, 1995	1D	Phantasm	Walter Webb	Shortz

17 results for SPECTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 18, 1990	21A	Phantom	Betty Hinman	Maleska
Sun Nov 12, 1989	22A	Phantasm	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Tue Apr 26, 1988	41A	Apparition	Arthur S. Verdesca	Maleska
Mon Jul 27, 1987	20A	Ghost	Rita Yelle	Maleska
Sat Apr 3, 1976	38A	Phantom	Herb L. Risteen	Weng
Wed Feb 24, 1971	4D	Phantom	Unknown	Weng
Thu Aug 17, 1967	8D	Haunted house feature.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Fri Jun 12, 1964	23D	Shade.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jun 21, 1962	45A	Wraith.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Feb 1, 1962	44A	Phantom.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Tue Nov 19, 1957	10D	Apparition.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 5, 1956	40D	Ghost.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Feb 7, 1954	58A	Phantom.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Tue Sep 12, 1950	64A	Ghost; phantom.	Margaret P. Farrar	Farrar
Sun Aug 17, 1947	10D	Spook.	Waldo Ranson	Farrar
Sun Jan 5, 1947	1D	It appears to Old Scrooge.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jun 28, 1942	106D	Apparition.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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