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1 result for ELLIPSES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 9, 2012	41D	Some quotation marks	Barry C. Silk	Shortz

1 result for ELLIPSES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 19, 2014	Cryptic	1D	In retrospect, look around coastline disaster for signs of something missing (8)	Daniel Raymon	Shortz

5 results for ELLIPSES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 28, 1968	91D	Ovals.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Jul 25, 1965	8D	Off-kilter circles.	Will Weng	Farrar
Thu Nov 6, 1958	43D	Omissions of words or phrases.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jun 24, 1956	92A	Geometric figures.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Thu Sep 24, 1953	9D	In printing, marks ( ... or * * * ) indicating omissions.	Unknown	Farrar

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