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4 results for SOPHOCLES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Thu Dec 6, 2012	42A	Contemporary of Aeschylus	Jill Denny and Jeff Chen
Sat Apr 11, 2009	31D	He wrote "Time eases all things"	Karen M. Tracey
Fri Apr 27, 2007	22A	Author of "Oedipus at Colonus"	Randolph Ross
Fri May 5, 1995	35A	Dramatist from Colonus	Harvey Estes

1 result for SOPHOCLES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
May 28, 2017	Acrostic	A	"Oedipus Rex" playwright	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

4 results for SOPHOCLES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 21, 1984	46A	"Antigone" dramatist	Tripp	Maleska
Thu Nov 8, 1979	35D	Great Greek tragedian	William Jarvis	Maleska
Wed Apr 26, 1972	21A	Author of "Antigone"	Unknown	Weng
Sun May 30, 1948	59D	He dramatized 1 Across.	Henry A. Wolfe	Farrar

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