SWANS

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SWANS is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for SWANS.

69 total results for SWANS( score: 50 )

22 results for SWANS from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 21, 2023	31D	Cobs, e.g.	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Sun May 7, 2023	107D	Septet in a Christmas carol	Will Nediger	Shortz
Fri Dec 2, 2022	28D	Septet in a carol	Scott Earl	Shortz
Tue Oct 26, 2021	6D	What some ugly ducklings turn into	Michael Schlossberg	Shortz
Mon Feb 3, 2020	56D	Feathered Tchaikovsky dancers	Michael Schlossberg	Shortz
Sun May 5, 2019	85A	Some trumpeters (2)	Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Wed Jan 16, 2019	14D	Some origami birds	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Tue Dec 13, 2016	19D	Graceful birds	David Alfred Bywaters	Shortz
Fri Nov 22, 2013	59A	Cygnet's parents	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Jul 10, 2013	50D	Tchaikovsky ballet birds	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Fri Sep 11, 2009	13D	Group of "nine-and-fifty" in a Yeats poem	Caleb Madison	Shortz
Sat Mar 14, 2009	48A	Some pens	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Mon Sep 5, 2005	70A	Tchaikovsky ballet roles (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Sun Jan 23, 2005	109A	Pens, possibly	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Fri Dec 19, 2003	23A	Tchaikovsky ballet roles (2)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Mon May 21, 2001	30D	Tchaikovsky ballet characters	Joan Yanofsky	Shortz
Sun Jul 30, 2000	64D	Pens, perhaps	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Wed Jun 7, 2000	38A	Graceful swimmers	John Duschatko	Shortz
Fri Nov 7, 1997	18A	Some trumpeters (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Oct 18, 1996	30D	Trumpeters, e.g.	M. Gaffney	Shortz
Tue Mar 19, 1996	35D	Graceful paddlers	P. Jordan	Shortz
Sun May 29, 1994	86D	Spenser's bird "of goodly hue"	Janet R. Bender	Shortz

2 results for SWANS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 14, 2023	Panda	24D	They fly SAS & Northwest	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Nov 14, 1999	Diagramless	54A	Ice sculpture birds	Patrick Berry	Shortz

45 results for SWANS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 24, 1992	32A	Certain trumpeters	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Dec 22, 1991	119A	Cob and pen	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Mar 13, 1988	82A	Cobs and pens	Peter Swift	Maleska
Wed Sep 23, 1987	27D	Cygnets	Dorothy Davis	Maleska
Tue Nov 29, 1983	5A	Water birds	Frances K. Schnitzer	Maleska
Sun May 16, 1982	56A	Cygnets	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Mon Apr 20, 1981	40A	Pens and cobs	Audrey Koch	Maleska
Wed Mar 18, 1981	52D	Whoopers	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Wed Sep 24, 1980	6D	Producers of cygnets	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Thu Apr 6, 1978	35A	Sights in Kensington Gardens	David A. Scully	Maleska
Sun Jan 29, 1978	69D	Pens and cobs	James & Phyllis Barrick	Maleska
Fri Nov 25, 1977	21A	Ducks' kin	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sat Nov 13, 1976	26D	Cygnets	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Sun Mar 23, 1975	87A	Trumpeters	Tom Mixon	Weng
Fri Nov 2, 1973	32D	Adult ugly ducklings	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 12, 1972	34D	Symbols of purity	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jun 15, 1971	41D	"Every man thinks his own geese ___"	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 22, 1970	29D	Some dives	Unknown	Weng
Fri May 29, 1970	38A	Graceful birds	Unknown	Weng
Sat Apr 12, 1969	18D	Trumpeters.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 18, 1967	35D	Cob and pen.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Fri Dec 30, 1966	34D	Birds.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 4, 1966	13D	Certain dives.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 11, 1966	14D	Old ugly ducklings.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 1, 1966	109A	Cobs or pens.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Mon Oct 19, 1964	22A	Birds said to mate for life.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 16, 1962	27D	Beautiful birds.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 25, 1962	56D	Trumpeters.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Jul 8, 1961	23A	Poets or singers of great ability.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 18, 1959	33D	White birds.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Fri Aug 29, 1958	30D	Birds.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sat Mar 2, 1957	44A	Poets of great ability.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 23, 1956	31A	Whoopers.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Tue Nov 29, 1955	39D	Birds.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 20, 1955	8D	Graceful birds.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 23, 1954	32D	Symbols of gracefulness.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Thu Nov 18, 1954	3D	Cygnets.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Feb 27, 1954	49D	Birds on the Avon.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Sep 16, 1953	38A	White birds.	Ethel Le Strange	Farrar
Sun Jun 28, 1953	37D	Graceful swimmers.	Marion Moeser	Farrar
Sun Apr 12, 1953	58A	Birds.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Jan 7, 1953	62A	Persons of unusual beauty.	C. M. Fair	Farrar
Fri Oct 26, 1951	27D	Cygnets.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Dec 19, 1950	31A	They draw Lohengrin's boat.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 31, 1946	67A	Symbolic water birds.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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