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1 result for MIDS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 3, 2017	26A	Naval Academy students, informally	Kameron Austin Collins and Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

4 results for MIDS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 19, 1984	77D	U.S.N.A. students	Mary Cee Whitten	Maleska
Sun Oct 23, 1966	57D	Sailors, for short.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Oct 19, 1958	41A	Annapolis men: Abbr.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Sun Oct 21, 1956	58A	Annapolis men, for short.	W. E. Jones	Farrar

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