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4 results for JOHNJAY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 7, 2017	17A	*First Supreme Court chief justice	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Tue May 10, 2016	23A	Co-author of the Federalist Papers	David Kwong	Shortz
Sun Jan 11, 2009	66A	First U.S. chief justice (2)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Tue Mar 15, 2005	38A	First U.S. chief justice (2)	Gail Grabowski	Shortz

2 results for JOHNJAY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 4, 1991	52A	First Chief Justice	Calista Luminati	Maleska
Sun May 22, 1955	13A	First Chief Justice.	Diana R. Sessions	Farrar

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