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2 results for JOSHUATREE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 13, 2013	12D	Mojave Desert sight	Gary Cee	Shortz
Fri Feb 22, 2013	15A	Yucca named by Mormon settlers	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz

1 result for JOSHUATREE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 19, 2017	Acrostic	R	Tall, branching yucca of the American Southwest (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for JOSHUATREE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 26, 1983	22A	Tall yucca	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Fri Jul 19, 1957	59A	Large yucca of southwest U. S.	W. E. Jones	Farrar

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