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6 results for PERIODIC from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Jun 22, 2012	11D	Intermittent	Josh Knapp
Wed Aug 17, 2011	36A	Like Mendeleev's table	Michael Black
Fri Mar 25, 2005	25A	Regular	Harvey Estes
Thu Jul 8, 2004	9D	Like a planetary orbit	Scot Ober
Fri Sep 19, 1997	30D	Kind of table (2)	Rich Norris
Sat Oct 15, 1994	3D	Kind of table (2)	Randolph Ross

5 results for PERIODIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 19, 1986	108D	Cyclical	J. Samuel Smart	Maleska
Thu Jul 24, 1969	40D	From time to time.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Feb 16, 1967	36D	Intermittent.	Dorothea Bauer	Farrar
Sun Jan 24, 1960	83A	Intermittent.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Jul 27, 1958	66D	Recurrent.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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