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2 results for DOWNTOWN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Oct 15, 2006	73D	Where some major arteries go	Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon
Tue Aug 15, 1995	25A	1965 Petula Clark hit	Randall J. Hartman

1 result for DOWNTOWN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Apr 9, 2023	Acrostic	C	1964 hit for Petula Clark	Mark Halpin

9 results for DOWNTOWN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 5, 1993	10D	Main Street beat?	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Tue Jul 3, 1979	14D	Urban business center	Carol Dutting	Maleska
Wed Jan 27, 1971	5D	Where the activity is	Unknown	Weng
Thu Nov 6, 1969	51A	Business section of a city.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 3, 1969	6D	Petula Clark hit	Frances Hansen	Weng
Mon Jun 3, 1968	40A	Subway sign.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 5, 1961	4D	Business section of a city.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 6, 1959	5D	One place to shop.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 24, 1956	98D	City's center.	W. E. Jones	Farrar

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