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4 results for JOANS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Tue May 2, 2006	22A	Lunden and Crawford	Peter A. Collins
Fri Oct 17, 1997	26A	The Fair Maid of Kent and namesakes	Alan Jay Weiss
Mon Jan 1, 1996	22D	Blondell and Baez	A. Klaus
Sun Jan 23, 1994	74D	Rivers and others	Charles M. Deber

3 results for JOANS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 1, 1993	32D	Miró and Sutherland	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Tue Dec 31, 1985	25D	Rivers and Mondale	Dorothy Davis	Maleska
Mon Jan 21, 1974	42A	Fontaine and Crawford	Carl H. Winston	Weng

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