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1 result for PATTERSON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Mon Apr 4, 2016	3D	James whose novels have sold more than 300 million copies	David Kwong

9 results for PATTERSON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 26, 1990	57A	Liz ___ of S.C.	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Mon Sep 26, 1988	20A	Floyd of boxing fame	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Tue Apr 28, 1953	26A	Secretary of War, 1945-47.	George Henderson	Farrar
Tue Oct 30, 1951	41A	Our Ambassador to Switzerland.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 20, 1947	53D	Secretary of War.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Dec 9, 1945	68D	Secy. Stimson's successor.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Sep 9, 1945	24A	Under-Secretary of War.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Mar 11, 1945	6D	Under-Secretary of War.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1943	24A	Under Secretary of War.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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