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6 results for SWIRLS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 25, 2024	48A	Vanilla/chocolate ice cream combos, e.g.	Seth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen	Fagliano
Sat Jun 5, 2021	58A	Some ice cream orders	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Mon Dec 19, 2016	46A	Moves like water around a drain	Jason Mueller	Shortz
Fri Mar 28, 1997	33A	Whirlpools	Jim Page	Shortz
Thu Jul 18, 1996	29D	Ice cream features	W. R. Williams	Shortz
Mon Aug 14, 1995	26D	Fudge ice cream features	Ben Wheelock	Shortz

6 results for SWIRLS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 23, 1979	108A	Eddies	Anne Fox	Maleska
Tue Feb 20, 1973	27A	Eddies	Unknown	Weng
Fri Sep 15, 1972	42D	Twists, as a skirt	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 21, 1967	46A	Twists.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Tue Apr 26, 1966	51A	Features of some hair-dos.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 13, 1944	115D	Moves in eddies.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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