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8 results for ELEGIAC from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 20, 2022	47A	Mournful, as poetry	Christopher Youngs	Shortz
Tue May 9, 2006	7D	Mournful (3)	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Fri May 6, 2005	2D	Like some of Thomas Gray's poetry	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Sat Oct 12, 2002	1D	Like Berg's "Violin Concerto"	William I. Johnston	Shortz
Thu Apr 29, 1999	5D	Mournful (3)	Adam Cohen	Shortz
Thu Dec 24, 1998	5D	Melancholy	Jim Page	Shortz
Mon Dec 22, 1997	5D	Mournful (3)	Arthur S. Verdesca	Shortz
Thu Mar 27, 1997	2D	Like a Thomas Gray work	Alex Vaughn	Shortz

13 results for ELEGIAC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 6, 1986	20A	Melancholy	Eileen Lexau	Maleska
Sun Jan 13, 1985	21A	Like Shelley's "Adonais"	Jim Page	Maleska
Tue Feb 7, 1984	26A	Expressing sorrow	Virginia P. Abelson	Maleska
Sat Jun 20, 1981	3D	Plaintive, as a poem	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Fri Mar 6, 1981	4D	Plaintive	James	Maleska
Thu Sep 13, 1979	37D	Plaintive; melancholy	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Sun May 4, 1975	2D	Plaintive verse	Marjorie Pedersen	Weng
Sat Nov 18, 1972	16A	Melancholy	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jun 12, 1969	6D	___ stanza.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 15, 1961	86D	Plaintive.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Wed Aug 31, 1960	4D	Plaintive.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 23, 1958	15D	Like Thomas Gray's finest work.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 12, 1955	34A	Melancholy.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar

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