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6 results for SWORDS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 1, 2015	34D	Renaissance fair props	John Guzzetta	Shortz
Sun Apr 27, 2014	91D	Some canapé picks	John Lampkin	Shortz
Sun Apr 3, 2011	127A	They might be crossed	Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg	Shortz
Fri Nov 3, 2006	39D	Toledos, e.g.	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Jun 16, 2003	45D	Musketeers' weapons	Norma Johnson	Shortz
Fri Aug 23, 2002	35D	They have duel purposes	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

2 results for SWORDS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 1, 2019	Acrostic	U	Suit in a tarot deck	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jan 19, 2014	Cryptic	20D	Saber and scimitar - they come after R in the dictionary (6)	Daniel Raymon	Shortz

8 results for SWORDS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Aug 18, 1987	4D	Rapiers	Whitten	Maleska
Sat Nov 22, 1980	50D	Swashbucklers' needs	Stephanie Spadaccini	Maleska
Tue Jan 7, 1975	5A	Epee and estoc	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Mar 26, 1967	71D	Cutlasses.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Aug 25, 1956	44A	Excalibur and others.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Fri Dec 18, 1953	25D	Sidney Howard's first play.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Mar 17, 1946	65A	Gentlemen's weapons.	Lewis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Nov 18, 1945	56D	Sidney Howard's first play.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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