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5 results for ODESSAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Jul 19, 2014	47A	Dweller near the Potemkin Stairs	Barry C. Silk
Sun Mar 24, 2013	97D	Certain Ukrainian	Dan Schoenholz
Sun Sep 23, 2012	40D	87-Down, e.g., by birth	Matt Ginsberg
Sun Jul 10, 2011	63D	Certain Black Sea dweller	Ben Pall and David Kahn
Wed Feb 4, 2009	24D	Comedian Yakov Smirnoff, by birth	Paula Gamache

7 results for ODESSAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 4, 1984	30A	Native of a Black Sea port	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Tue Aug 9, 1977	62A	Black Sea native	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Nov 21, 1976	6D	Native of a Black Sea city	Bert Kruse	Weng
Sat Feb 1, 1969	38D	Certain Ukrainian.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 11, 1969	26D	South Russian.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 30, 1960	84D	Dweller on the Black Sea.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar
Sun Dec 22, 1957	55D	Native of the Black Sea area.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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