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21 results for WHOS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Apr 6, 2023	57D	"___ asking?" (2)	Sam Buttrey	Shortz
Sun Feb 6, 2022	74A	"But ___ counting?" (2)	Stephen McCarthy	Shortz
Thu Oct 22, 2020	12D	"___ with me?"	Sid Sivakumar	Shortz
Sun Jul 22, 2018	129A	Villagers victimized by the Grinch	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Sun Dec 4, 2016	32D	Villagers the Grinch stole from in Dr. Seuss	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Sun Jun 5, 2016	2D	"___ your daddy?"	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Sun Mar 6, 2016	42D	"___ asking?" (2)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Thu Feb 18, 2016	53D	"... but ___ counting?" (2)	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Wed Jun 6, 2012	53D	"___ calling?"	Gary Cee	Shortz
Sun May 23, 2010	42D	"___ next?" (4)	Yaakov Bendavid	Shortz
Sun Dec 9, 2007	111A	Seussian villagers	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Thu Jan 25, 2007	58D	Microscopic Dr. Seuss characters	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Wed Dec 6, 2006	10A	"___ next?" (4)	Levi Denham	Shortz
Fri Sep 24, 2004	37A	"___ next?" (4)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Tue Apr 6, 2004	50D	"Look ___ Talking"	Tony Orbach	Shortz
Mon Apr 7, 2003	41A	"___ on first?" (2)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Thu Jan 2, 2003	29A	"___ there?" (2)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Nov 4, 2001	111D	"___ next?" (4)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Jan 23, 2001	46A	"___ there?" (part of a knock-knock joke)	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Aug 4, 1996	108D	"___ there?" (2)	D. Tuller	Shortz
Tue Nov 15, 1994	52D	"___ on first?" (2)	Judith Perry	Shortz

14 results for WHOS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 25, 1989	63A	"___ on first?"	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Fri Jun 12, 1987	1D	"___ on first?"	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Mon Jan 19, 1987	60D	"___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"	Mary C. Whitten	Maleska
Thu Jul 28, 1983	65A	"___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sun May 17, 1981	61D	"___ on first?"	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Thu Dec 22, 1977	47D	"___ Who"	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Tue Jul 5, 1977	62A	"___ Sorry Now?"	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sat Nov 20, 1976	54D	"___ on first?"	Bert H. Kruse	Weng
Wed Jul 31, 1974	1D	___ who	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Sep 23, 1973	26D	"___ on first?"	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Fri Sep 1, 1967	10A	"___ on first?"	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Fri Aug 14, 1964	8D	"___ on first?"	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 1, 1961	40A	"___ on first?"	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 10, 1951	64A	"___ Who."	Unknown	Farrar

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