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4 results for THEMA from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 12, 2007	4A	Discourse topic	Daniel Kantor	Shortz
Fri Dec 24, 2004	20A	Idea of a musical composition	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sun Jun 1, 2003	3D	Recurring melody (2)	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Wed May 17, 2000	30D	Recurring melody (2)	Michael S. Maurer	Shortz

18 results for THEMA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 19, 1993	44D	Thesis	John M. Samson	Taub
Sat Aug 21, 1993	52D	Topic of discourse	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Thu Mar 12, 1987	9D	Unit of discourse	Mary S. Snyder	Maleska
Sun Mar 13, 1983	59A	Short melody	Edward Marchese	Maleska
Sun Feb 11, 1979	113A	Ph.D. topic	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Fri Feb 24, 1978	50D	Dissertation topic	Stephanie Spadaccini	Maleska
Sun Feb 15, 1976	86D	Dissertation motif	Elaine D. Schorr	Weng
Wed Jul 2, 1975	4D	Melodic subject	Margery Bernstein	Weng
Mon Jan 21, 1974	41A	Musical subject	Carl H. Winston	Weng
Thu May 13, 1971	46A	Topic of discourse	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 2, 1969	106D	Topic of discourse	Anthony Morse	Weng
Sat Sep 17, 1966	40D	Topic: Lat.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 2, 1964	5D	Topic: Lat.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 1, 1960	46A	Musical phrase: Ital.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Nov 23, 1957	23D	Topic: Lat.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jan 13, 1954	56A	A term in logic.	Albert Carroll	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1948	87D	Subject of discourse.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Sep 15, 1946	6A	Topic of discourse.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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