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1 result for THOMASPAINE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 19, 2026	37A	Political philosopher who wrote "The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly"	Jack Hatchett	Shortz

1 result for THOMASPAINE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 12, 2005	Acrostic	S	Author of "The Age of Reason" (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for THOMASPAINE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 8, 1988	126A	"Crisis" publisher: 1776-83	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Sun May 25, 1980	36D	Did George III give ___?	Jean Reed	Maleska

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