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2 results for HLMENCKEN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 13, 2006	32A	*Writer who coined the word "booboisie"	Derrick Niederman	Shortz
Wed Oct 23, 1996	11D	"The American Language" author	R. Norris	Shortz

1 result for HLMENCKEN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jul 27, 2025	Acrostic	Y	Baltimore journalist who covered a historic July 1925 trial (3 wds.)	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Shortz

3 results for HLMENCKEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 5, 1988	37D	"The American Language" author	S. E. Wilkinson	Maleska
Tue Mar 25, 1986	18A	"The American Language" author	James R. Burns	Maleska
Mon Aug 20, 1956	17A	He wrote "Minority Report."	H. L. Risteen	Farrar

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