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1 result for COLOSSUS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Mar 5, 2021	17A	The Statue of Liberty, for one	Sridhar Bhagavathula

2 results for COLOSSUS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Aug 2, 2020	Acrostic	A	Statue of Helios erected in the third century B.C.	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Apr 20, 2003	Acrostic	U	Statue of Helios of which Pliny wrote, "Few people can make their arms meet round the thumb"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

9 results for COLOSSUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 30, 1992	40A	Gigantic statue	Jeff Herrington	Maleska
Sun Feb 20, 1977	71A	Rhodes wonder	Robert Roop	Weng
Sun Aug 17, 1969	93D	Zeus statue at Olympia, for one	Anne Fox	Weng
Wed Jun 22, 1966	10D	Gigantic one.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jan 20, 1965	39D	Gigantic statue.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Sun Jul 26, 1953	14D	One of the ancient Seven Wonders.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jun 3, 1951	94D	One of the Seven Wonders.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Sun Jan 29, 1950	89A	Seventh Wonder of the World.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Apr 27, 1947	54A	Cyclopean figure.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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