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9 results for SILICON from Shortz Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Thu Jan 23, 2020	10D	Element of some chips	Barbara Lin
Wed Feb 12, 2014	51A	Element in chips	Peter A. Collins
Mon Apr 23, 2012	59A	Element used to make semiconductors (3)	Michael David
Sun Jan 22, 2012	59A	More than a quarter of the earth's crust, by mass	Adam Fromm
Fri Apr 15, 2011	8A	More than a quarter of the earth's crust	Patrick Berry
Wed Nov 24, 2010	24A	___ Valley (2)	Allan E. Parrish
Fri May 23, 2008	24D	Element used to make semiconductors (3)	Patrick John Duggan
Sat Aug 21, 2004	38D	Element used to make semiconductors (3)	Patrick Berry
Thu Jul 20, 1995	1D	___ Valley (2)	Gerald R. Ferguson

2 results for SILICON from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
May 7, 2006	Cryptic	1D	Element twisted in coils (7)	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Nov 3, 2002	Acrostic	V	After oxygen, the most abundant element in the earth's crust	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

9 results for SILICON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 26, 1985	21D	Calif.'s ___ Valley	William Canine	Maleska
Sat Dec 22, 1984	15D	Element used in transistors	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Thu Aug 5, 1982	20A	Microchip element	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Maleska
Fri Apr 9, 1982	1D	Element used in transistors	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Thu Jul 20, 1972	20A	Common element	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 5, 1960	78A	Element.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Fri Mar 4, 1960	9D	Nonmetallic element.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jul 30, 1958	41D	Abundant element.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 29, 1949	40D	A chief elementary constituent of the earth's crust.	Alice H. Cook	Farrar

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