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5 results for DAMASCUS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Mar 31, 2024	5D	World's oldest capital city, settled in the third millennium B.C.	Spencer Leach
Sat Oct 21, 2017	1A	The Mideast's City of Jasmine	Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber
Thu Jul 16, 2009	53A	Destination of Saul when he had his conversion, in the Bible	Elizabeth C. Gorski
Wed Apr 24, 1996	20A	Capital on the Barada River	G. Dean
Thu Nov 24, 1994	42A	Assad's capital	Fran and Lou Sabin

12 results for DAMASCUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 14, 1991	48A	Syria's capital	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Mon Nov 12, 1979	19A	Syrian capital	N. M. Meyer	Maleska
Sun May 7, 1978	6D	Capital of Syria	Anthony B. Canning	Maleska
Thu Feb 29, 1968	9D	City of unknown antiquity.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 7, 1967	32D	City in Middle East.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Wed Nov 23, 1966	36A	Sword steel.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 18, 1965	66D	City famous for steel.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Sep 10, 1956	36D	Levantine capital.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Feb 12, 1955	8D	One of the oldest cities in the world.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Wed Jan 14, 1953	43D	Possibly the oldest city in the world.	Victor Goldfarb	Farrar
Thu Aug 7, 1952	4D	One of oldest cities of the world.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 10, 1948	106A	One of the oldest cities in the world.	Louise Rabb	Farrar

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