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4 results for PARENS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 19, 2015	24D	Alternatives to commas, informally	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Sun Jun 23, 2013	90A	Holders of addl. thoughts	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Jun 18, 2006	105A	This clue has two of them (for short)	Ben and Mark Tausig	Shortz
Sun Feb 2, 1997	91D	( ), informally	R. Silvestri	Shortz

2 results for PARENS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 27, 1975	21D	Punctuation marks: Abbr.	Chet Currier	Weng
Sun Jan 2, 1966	27A	Relatives of brackets, for short.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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