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2 results for ORSONWELLES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 13, 2015	61A	Noted director/actor born in May 1915	Jeffrey Wechsler	Shortz
Sun Sep 7, 2014	33A	Film director who said "I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time"	Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen	Shortz

1 result for ORSONWELLES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 7, 2004	Acrostic	C	Founder, with John Houseman, of the Mercury Theatre (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for ORSONWELLES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 6, 1979	9D	He panicked the U.S. in '38	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Tue Apr 22, 1975	47A	Citizen Kane	Maurice J. Teitelbaum	Weng
Wed Nov 27, 1974	41A	Example of 17 Across	Dorothea E. Shipp	Weng
Sun Apr 1, 1962	137A	He started a "Martian invasion."	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sat Jun 20, 1953	52A	U. S. actor in Italy.	Israel Gitter	Farrar

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