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2 results for NELLS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 27, 2004	57D	Carter and others	Peter Abide and Steven Kahn	Shortz
Thu Sep 6, 2001	62A	Actress Carter and others	Frank Longo	Shortz

14 results for NELLS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 12, 1992	34D	Dickens's Trent et al.	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Tue Mar 24, 1992	24A	Gwyn and Carter	Robert Zimmerman	Maleska
Sun Mar 4, 1990	128A	Carter and Gwyn	Jim Bernhard	Maleska
Fri Jun 5, 1987	50A	Gwyn et al.	Walter Covell	Maleska
Mon Jul 21, 1980	30D	Gwyn and Quickly	I. Judah Koolyk	Maleska
Sun Feb 18, 1979	69A	Gwyn and others	Sam Bellotto Jr.	Maleska
Mon Mar 8, 1976	19D	Miss Gwyn et al.	F. Coates	Weng
Thu Dec 4, 1975	41A	Dickens girl et al.	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Sat Jul 10, 1971	66A	Dickens girl and others	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 25, 1970	60D	Actress Gwyn and others	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Tue May 20, 1969	62A	Girls' names.	Unknown	Weng
Fri Apr 4, 1969	13D	Dickens girl and others.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Mar 3, 1968	144A	Dickens girl and others.	Will Weng	Farrar
Wed Jun 6, 1956	29D	Miss Trent and namesakes.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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