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1 result for ECDYSIS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 15, 1995	40D	Molting	Rand H. Burns	Shortz

1 result for ECDYSIS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 12, 2001	Acrostic	L	Shedding of the outer skin, as by snakes	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for ECDYSIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 18, 1990	42A	Skin shedding	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Fri Feb 21, 1975	26A	Gypsy Rose Lee specialty	Chet Currier	Weng
Fri Apr 14, 1972	36D	Process of molting	Unknown	Weng
Sun Sep 13, 1970	117D	Molting	Ross L. Jamison Jr.	Weng
Sun Feb 6, 1949	149A	Act of shedding a shell, as in insects and crustaceans.	G. A. K. Sutton	Farrar

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