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7 results for TWENTYONE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Jan 29, 2017	69A	Game depicted in the shaded squares	Jim Hyres and David Steinberg
Fri Aug 10, 2012	40A	Bad thing to bust in	John Lampkin
Tue May 31, 2011	65A	Number associated with 17-, 25-, 41- and 51-Across	Nina Rulon-Miller
Wed Feb 9, 2011	32D	*Black	Victor Barocas
Wed Oct 8, 2003	34D	Theme of this puzzle	Peter Sarrett
Thu Mar 11, 1999	37A	Gambling game (2)	Manny Nosowsky
Mon Jul 15, 1996	17A	Gambling game (2)	S. Spadaccini

5 results for TWENTYONE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Aug 20, 2017	Acrostic	C	Sum of the spots on an ordinary die (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Sep 23, 2012	Acrostic	A	Ideal amount for some gamblers (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Nov 27, 2005	Acrostic	R	Game with a croupier (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
May 1, 2005	Acrostic	R	Blackjack (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Feb 7, 1999	Cryptic	16D	New, yet not new, game (6-3)	Richard Silvestri

6 results for TWENTYONE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 12, 1990	58A	Blackjack	William E. Heinemann	Maleska
Wed Dec 2, 1987	52A	Old TV game show	Harold B. Counts	Maleska
Tue Sep 10, 1985	8D	Gambling game	Mimi Moody	Maleska
Mon Oct 10, 1983	37D	Vegas challenge	Shirley Soloway	Maleska
Mon Nov 6, 1967	3D	Game at cards.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Apr 29, 1957	5D	T V quiz show.	Walt Clark	Farrar

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