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4 results for NAPIER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Wed Jun 12, 2019	57A	Mathematician John who discovered logarithms	Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
Fri Dec 10, 2010	1D	Inventor of logarithms	Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sun Jul 14, 2002	48A	John who invented logarithms	Patrick Berry
Thu Jul 6, 1995	47D	"Cats" designer John	David J. Kahn

5 results for NAPIER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 4, 1992	28A	He devised logarithms	Calista Luminati	Maleska
Sun Oct 5, 1980	68A	Elephant grass	Raymond F. Eisner	Maleska
Sun Apr 30, 1961	107A	Inventor of logarithms.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Jun 8, 1947	102D	Scottish inventor of logarithms (1550–1617).	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Sep 12, 1943	154A	British general in Abyssinia, 1868.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar

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