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2 results for ELLIPSIS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Oct 11, 2020	92D	Symbol meaning "still typing"	Gary Larson
Fri Sep 12, 2003	41A	Three points in a row, perhaps	Sherry O. Blackard

2 results for ELLIPSIS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
May 29, 2005	Acrostic	M	Action often taken to shorten a quotation	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Apr 22, 2001	Acrostic	O	Periods of omission?	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

7 results for ELLIPSIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 7, 1986	39D	Word omission, in grammar	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Fri Jul 29, 1983	30A	What " ... " is	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Wed Aug 18, 1982	18A	Mark indicating omission	William Canine	Maleska
Tue Jan 7, 1969	9D	Mark for omitted words.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 6, 1960	20A	Omission of words, in grammar.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 12, 1960	45A	Mark to show words left out.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jan 29, 1951	2D	Omission of a word from a sentence.	Unknown	Farrar

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