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4 results for OEDIPUS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Mar 14, 2020	9D	Complex figure?	Peter Wentz
Wed Jul 25, 2007	12D	Antigone's father	Ed Early
Sat Oct 18, 2003	24D	Ismene's father	Myles Callum
Sat Feb 10, 1996	3D	Complex individual	John R. Conrad

3 results for OEDIPUS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
May 13, 2007	Acrostic	K	King with a matrilineal problem	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Aug 15, 2004	Cryptic	25A	Ode Pius reprinted in Greek (7)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Feb 10, 2002	Acrostic	U	Classic lover of the wrong woman	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

16 results for OEDIPUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 27, 1985	23A	Antigone's father	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Sat Apr 3, 1982	45D	Sophoclean protagonist	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat Mar 2, 1974	24D	Kind of complex	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Wed Jan 7, 1970	43D	Kind of complex.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Apr 18, 1966	44D	Sophocles character.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jun 9, 1965	23A	Son of Laius and Jocasta.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 1, 1964	26A	Sophocles subject.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 21, 1960	19D	Son of Laius and Jocasta.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 28, 1958	42A	He died at Colonus.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Wed Dec 12, 1956	44D	Sophocles' tragic hero.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Mon Oct 1, 1956	12D	Well-known complex.	Herbert Lyle	Farrar
Sun Sep 23, 1956	88D	Son of Jocasta.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Jan 3, 1954	37D	Role for Laurence Olivier.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Tue Sep 8, 1953	55A	Namesake of a well-known complex.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Mon Jun 22, 1953	35D	He answered the riddle of Sphinx.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jul 24, 1949	8A	He solved the riddle of the Sphinx.	Alice Cook	Farrar

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