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7 results for BANSHEE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 1, 2025	36D	Wailer of folklore	Ryan Judge	Shortz
Mon Jun 17, 2019	43D	Gaelic spirit who wails to foretell a death in the family	Erik Agard and Yacob Yonas	Shortz
Fri May 18, 2018	12D	Gaelic spirit	Ryan McCarty	Shortz
Mon Apr 4, 2011	25D	Gaelic spirit whose wailing portends death	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Sat Oct 30, 1999	39A	Wailer (2)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Mon Dec 15, 1997	26A	Wailing woman, in folklore	Stephanie Spadaccini	Shortz
Sun Nov 24, 1996	95D	Wailer (2)	M. Jacobson	Shortz

1 result for BANSHEE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 29, 2017	Acrostic	A	Keening woman of Irish lore	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for BANSHEE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 1, 1992	84D	Keener from Kerry	Emanuel Berg	Maleska
Wed Nov 28, 1990	7D	Spirit in Erin's folklore	William E. Heinemann	Maleska
Fri Aug 3, 1979	56A	Wailing spirit	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Mon Dec 5, 1977	45A	Wailing spirit	Meisler	Maleska
Sun Oct 29, 1967	105D	Wailing spirit.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Mon Nov 19, 1962	26A	Wailing Irish ghost.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 28, 1953	5D	Supersonic jet fighter.	George Henderson	Farrar

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