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8 results for OXYMORON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 26, 2020	41A	Unbiased opinion, e.g.	Kristian House	Shortz
Tue Sep 11, 2018	15A	"Original copy" or "open secret"	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Tue Jun 14, 2011	11D	Military intelligence, e.g., according to George Carlin	Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted	Shortz
Mon Jun 28, 2010	47A	Clearly confused, e.g.	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Sun Oct 25, 2009	74A	Hell's Angels, e.g.	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Thu May 4, 2006	4D	Head butt, e.g.	Rob Richardson	Shortz
Sun Apr 30, 2006	7D	Deafening silence, e.g.	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Tue Jan 24, 1995	17A	Civil war, e.g.	Richard Hughes	Shortz

1 result for OXYMORON from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 4, 2005	Acrostic	B	Working vacation, for example	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for OXYMORON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 3, 1993	6D	"Sweet sorrow," e.g.	Rand H. Burns	Maleska
Sat Oct 15, 1988	36D	Phrase like "thundering silence"	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Dec 27, 1987	100A	GUEST HOST	Victoria Black and Alex F. Black	Maleska
Fri Nov 27, 1987	4D	Combination like "thundering silence"	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Wed Mar 9, 1983	12D	"Thunderous silence," e.g.	J. Samuel Smart	Maleska
Thu Oct 28, 1976	4D	Phrase such as "cruel kindness"	Jim Page	Weng
Sun May 29, 1960	64A	"And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true."	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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