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6 results for TOWNE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 6, 2012	8A	Quaint place to live?	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Wed Sep 29, 2010	51D	Olde ___ (historic area, quaintly)	Charles Gersch	Shortz
Tue Jan 1, 2008	41A	Colonial settlement	Adam G. Perl	Shortz
Tue Jun 28, 2005	2D	Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert (2)	Jim Hyres	Shortz
Sat Jan 15, 2005	36A	"Shampoo" screenwriter Robert	Ed Early	Shortz
Wed Aug 7, 2002	66A	Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert (2)	Randolph Ross	Shortz

1 result for TOWNE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 20, 2015	Panda	51A	Where no wet people live, quaintly	Joel Fagliano	Shortz

7 results for TOWNE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 29, 1982	10D	U.S. poet-editor: 1877-1949	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Fri Jun 25, 1976	46D	American poet Charles Hanson	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Sun Sep 26, 1971	73A	U. S. writer and editor	Virginia W. Schneider	Weng
Fri Nov 1, 1957	31D	Editor-poet Charles Hanson ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 29, 1952	22A	Charles Hanson ___, late editor and poet.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 17, 1948	12D	Charles Hanson ___, American editor.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Mar 11, 1945	70A	Charles Hanson ___, American poet.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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