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2 results for VALENCE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 20, 2024	12D	Kind of electrons on the outermost shell of an atom	Ella Dershowitz	Fagliano
Sun Jan 27, 2013	32D	Bonding measurement	Jeff Chen	Shortz

7 results for VALENCE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 9, 1993	37A	Element's degree of combining power	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sat Jan 29, 1983	43D	Capital of Drôme	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Wed Sep 10, 1975	39D	Atomic quality in chemistry	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Tue Dec 13, 1966	39A	Atomic quality.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 20, 1960	61A	Wine city of France, on the Rhone.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Aug 30, 1958	28A	Chemical combining power.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 8, 1946	141A	Chemical indication of degree of combining power of an element.	Katherine McKenna	Farrar

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