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1 result for MAXWELLANDERSON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 25, 2018	59A	Pulitzer-winning playwright for "Both Your Houses"	Ross Trudeau	Shortz

6 results for MAXWELLANDERSON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 29, 1991	55A	"Key Largo" playwright	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Fri Dec 28, 1990	16A	"Both Your Houses" playwright	Thomas W. Schier	Maleska
Thu Apr 9, 1981	39A	U.S. dramatist	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Thu Mar 8, 1979	39A	"Winterset" author	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Mar 4, 1955	45A	Author of verse plays.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sat Jun 9, 1951	17A	He wrote "Winterset," "Elizabeth the Queen," etc.	Unknown	Farrar

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