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7 results for WELLES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 24, 2023	96D	Director Orson	Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson	Shortz
Tue May 5, 2009	33D	"Citizen Kane" director	Trip Payne	Shortz
Sat Dec 6, 2008	31D	*Famous son	Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan	Shortz
Sat Apr 30, 2005	7D	Director of a pioneering 1936 "Macbeth" with an all-black cast	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sat Sep 16, 2000	5D	"Othello" director, 1952	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Mon Oct 25, 1999	6D	See 2-Down	Philip Lew	Shortz
Sat Jun 21, 1997	19A	"Touch of Evil" director, 1958	Gerald R. Ferguson	Shortz

9 results for WELLES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 18, 1991	4D	Memorable Orson	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Wed May 8, 1991	42D	"Citizen Kane" star	C. McInerney	Maleska
Tue Mar 24, 1981	43D	Sumner or Orson	Margetts	Maleska
Sat Aug 27, 1977	35A	Mercury Theater man	Ann Jenkins	Maleska
Thu Feb 14, 1957	10D	Hull's Undersecretary of State.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Sun Jun 1, 1952	3D	Lincoln's Sec'y. of Navy.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Mon Mar 5, 1951	13D	Former Under Secretary of State.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 1, 1950	1A	Former Under Secretary of State.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1943	79A	U. S. Under-Secretary of State.	Hugh P. Evans	Farrar

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