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5 results for NIXIE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Apr 22, 2023	61A	Dead letter, in a mail sorter's vernacular	Byron Walden
Sun Aug 24, 2003	2D	Water sprite	Patrick Berry
Sun Dec 1, 1996	24A	Undeliverable piece of mail	D. J. Kahn
Sat Feb 25, 1995	16A	Dead letter, in post office talk	Bob Klahn
Tue Feb 15, 1994	28D	Undeliverable letter, in post-office talk	Jonathan Schmatzbach

7 results for NIXIE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 3, 1992	53D	Undeliverable piece of mail	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sun Dec 23, 1973	72A	Female sprite	Anne Fox	Weng
Thu Jul 13, 1972	29A	Undeliverable letter	Unknown	Weng
Mon Jun 24, 1968	27D	Undeliverable piece of mail: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Sep 21, 1966	25A	Undeliverable piece of mail: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Dec 25, 1961	46D	Water sprite.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 12, 1944	10D	Watersprite.	Betty C. Crisman	Farrar

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