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9 results for CHU from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 1, 2025	1D	"Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. ___ (2)	Adam Aaronson and Michael Garbus	Shortz
Fri Apr 25, 2025	29D	Jon M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked"	Adrian Johnson	Shortz
Tue May 14, 2024	59D	Jon M. ___, director of "Crazy Rich Asians" (2)	Alex Eaton-Salners	Fagliano
Sat Jun 24, 2023	42A	Steven ___, former energy secretary with a Nobel Prize in Physics	Spencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez	Shortz
Wed Aug 24, 2022	39A	Jon M. ___, director of "Crazy Rich Asians" (2)	Colin Ernst	Shortz
Sun May 29, 2022	99A	"Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. ___ (2)	Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Sep 6, 2020	76D	Film director Jon	David Kwong	Shortz
Thu Jun 27, 2019	61D	Steven ___, secretary of energy under Obama	Hoang-Kim Vu	Shortz
Sun Nov 18, 2018	54D	Confucian philosopher ___ Hsi	Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano	Shortz

7 results for CHU from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 23, 1990	111D	Philosopher ___ Hsi	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Jan 28, 1979	48A	U.S.S.R. river	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Jun 25, 1978	103D	China's ___ Teh	Louis Baron	Maleska
Wed Aug 3, 1977	6D	___ Teh, early Mao comrade	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sun Dec 11, 1966	114D	River of Central Asia.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Sat Apr 23, 1960	34D	River of central Asia.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 10, 1951	9D	600-mile river in Central Asia.	Charles E. Gersch	Farrar

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