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5 results for POLLY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Wed May 5, 2021	54D	Classic name for a parrot	Bryce Hwang, Rahul Sridhar and Akshay Ravikumar
Tue Aug 27, 2019	52D	"___ want a cracker?"	Daniel Raymon
Mon Nov 30, 2015	31D	Stereotypical parrot's name	Ian Livengood
Tue Apr 30, 1996	16A	Tom Sawyer's aunt	G. E. Paul
Wed Dec 1, 1993	32D	Parrot's moniker	Tap Osborn

14 results for POLLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 29, 1993	81A	Tom Sawyer's aunt	Tap Osborn	Taub
Sun Jun 20, 1993	43D	Bergen of "The Winds of War"	Jan Hurschmann	Maleska
Tue Jan 27, 1987	13D	Actress-singer Bergen	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Oct 11, 1986	21A	Ballad-opera by John Gay	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Tue May 27, 1986	36A	Sawyer's aunt	James R. Burns	Maleska
Mon Apr 18, 1977	36A	Feathered mimic	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sat Aug 10, 1968	48D	Girl of nursery rhyme.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Dec 19, 1966	38A	Name akin to Mary.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 26, 1965	46D	Aunt of 57 Down.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 21, 1960	17A	Tom Sawyer's aunt.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jun 17, 1959	51A	Nickname for a tame bird.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 6, 1957	99D	Mistress Flinders.	Marion Moeser	Farrar
Sat Oct 16, 1954	2D	Nursery rhyme girl.	Thomas J. Varner	Farrar
Sun Aug 14, 1949	74D	Alcott's "Old-Fashioned Girl."	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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