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11 results for NOSHOW from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 16, 2024	64A	Stand-up person?	Colin Adams	Shortz
Sat Jan 13, 2024	59A	Surprising absentee	Hoang-Kim Vu	Shortz
Sat Oct 29, 2016	1D	Ticket waster	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Jan 23, 2015	31A	Runaway bride, e.g.	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Sun Jan 16, 2011	85A	Stand-up guy?	Joon Pahk	Shortz
Tue Dec 16, 2008	36A	Standby passenger's salvation	Gail Grabowski	Shortz
Wed Nov 21, 2007	50D	Standby's salvation (2)	Kelsey Blakley	Shortz
Sat May 10, 2003	40D	Godot, in "Waiting for Godot"	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Fri Apr 12, 2002	16A	Unexpected skipper	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Aug 3, 1997	95D	Absentee	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Sat Nov 4, 1995	28A	Standby's salvation (2)	Frank A. Longo	Shortz

3 results for NOSHOW from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 29, 2018	Acrostic	Q	Empty seat's "occupant" (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Mar 16, 2008	Acrostic	E	Creator of an empty seat (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jan 30, 2000	Acrostic	E	Waster of a ticket (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

9 results for NOSHOW from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 5, 1991	30A	Date breaker at an airport	Judith Perry	Maleska
Thu Jun 19, 1986	33A	Airport absentee	Charles E. Gersch	Maleska
Sun Oct 1, 1972	22A	Airport reneger	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Sun Aug 15, 1971	66A	Air-booking problem	A. J. Santora	Weng
Fri Feb 17, 1967	38A	Airline's problem customer.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Wed Nov 30, 1966	48D	Reservation reneger.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Nov 10, 1966	1A	Airport problem.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 5, 1964	4D	Problem for the airlines.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Feb 1, 1964	32D	Airline problem.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar

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