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3 results for GALAPAGOS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 6, 2026	3D	Archipelago that helped shape Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Sat Mar 26, 2022	31D	Setting for Melville's "The Encantadas"	Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern	Shortz
Sun Aug 25, 2013	97A	Darwin stopping point, with "the"	Victor Barocas	Shortz

2 results for GALAPAGOS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 14, 1975	32A	Islands known for giant tortoises	Raymond F. Eisner	Weng
Wed Apr 27, 1960	31D	Pacific islands, off Ecuador.	Unknown	Farrar

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