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2 results for ECTOPLASM from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Oct 30, 2005	Acrostic	U	Emanation in a seance; ghostly makeup	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Oct 8, 2000	Acrostic	O	Supposed emanation from a spiritualist	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

3 results for ECTOPLASM from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 20, 1972	48D	Medium's output	Elizabeth A. Yaro	Weng
Sun Jul 7, 1963	45D	Spooky efflux.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Sat Jun 23, 1962	33A	Seance materialization.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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