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3 results for GAVELS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Jun 27, 2020	35D	Things that go "Bang!"	Ryan Mccarty
Mon Sep 16, 2019	46D	Auctioneers' mallets	Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
Sat Dec 2, 2000	8A	Chairs may hold them	David J. Kahn

11 results for GAVELS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 25, 1988	64A	Masonry hammers	Dorothy Davis	Maleska
Sun Oct 14, 1984	97D	Judicial tools	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska
Sat Jan 26, 1980	43D	Judges' rappers	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Sep 30, 1977	24A	Chairpersons' mallets	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Wed Jun 15, 1966	50D	Certain mallets.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 2, 1960	83D	Small mallets.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Tue Apr 26, 1955	26D	Courtroom silencers.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Thu Jul 9, 1953	26A	Judges bang them.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Tue Sep 18, 1951	42D	Judges' noisemakers.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 14, 1951	64A	Used by Barkley and Rayburn.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Mon Nov 20, 1950	42D	Used by Rayburn and Barkley.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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