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2 results for ALMAGEST from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jan 26, 2014	Acrostic	U	Ptolemaic treatise on astronomy	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Apr 18, 2004	Acrostic	I	Astronomical treatise by Ptolemy	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

6 results for ALMAGEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 9, 1993	50A	Work on astronomy	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Jun 8, 1991	39D	Ptolemy's work on astronomy	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Sat Oct 9, 1982	39A	Medieval treatise	William Canine	Maleska
Sun Sep 6, 1964	103D	Ptolemy classic.	Will Weng	Farrar
Wed May 4, 1960	39D	Medieval work on alchemy, astrology, etc.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sat Jul 11, 1959	5D	Astronomical treatise by Ptolemy, c. 150 A. D.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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