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13 results for PDJAMES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 2, 2018	113A	Creator of the detective Adam Dalgliesh	Paul Coulter	Shortz
Sat Dec 3, 2011	38D	"The Children of Men" novelist	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Fri Apr 15, 2011	1A	"The Children of Men" author	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Sep 20, 2006	42D	Mystery writer with a badge?	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sat Jul 3, 2004	43D	"The Murder Room" novelist	Eric Berlin	Shortz
Thu Mar 18, 2004	24A	"A Taste for Death" author	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Fri Aug 16, 2002	1D	"A Certain Justice" author	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Fri Sep 21, 2001	17A	"Time to Be in Earnest" autobiographer	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Oct 20, 2000	1A	Adam Dalgliesh's creator (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Tue Feb 23, 1999	42A	Adam Dalgliesh's creator (2)	Robert Zimmerman	Shortz
Sat Jan 4, 1997	33A	"Devices and Desires" author	M. W. Perry	Shortz
Fri Jul 19, 1996	8A	"Innocent Blood" author	D. Niles	Shortz
Wed Nov 15, 1995	1D	Agatha Christie successor	Matt Gaffney	Shortz

2 results for PDJAMES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 15, 1993	22A	Creator of Adam Dalgliesh	Dorothy Elliott	Taub
Wed Feb 6, 1991	44D	"Mystery" author	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska

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