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4 results for UPSIDEDOWN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 27, 2025	105A	How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across	Jacob Reed	Shortz
Sun Nov 23, 2008	41D	How 25-Across appeared at a 6-Down in 1961	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Thu May 29, 2008	45D	Inverted	John Farmer	Shortz
Thu Apr 1, 2004	3D	How the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all appear	Byron Walden	Shortz

2 results for UPSIDEDOWN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jul 10, 2016	Acrostic	R	Like 6 to 9 (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Mar 24, 2002	Acrostic	B	Like chiropterans at rest (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

11 results for UPSIDEDOWN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 28, 1990	10D	Topsy-turvy	Thomas W. Schier	Maleska
Fri Jan 27, 1989	3D	A particular cake, strangely enough	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sat Apr 16, 1977	11D	Topsy-turvy	Samuel H. Barkan	Maleska
Sun Jan 30, 1966	23A	Kind of cake.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Tue Sep 7, 1965	28D	Topsy-turvy.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 20, 1965	17A	A kind of cake.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Nov 4, 1961	36A	Kind of cake.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 27, 1958	3D	Topsy-turvy.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Sat Mar 3, 1956	57A	What some cakes are.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 15, 1955	3D	In complete disorder.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Oct 21, 1952	3D	Topsy-turvy.	Unknown	Farrar

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