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6 results for PERPETUALMOTION from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 5, 2021	45A	... PROPOSAL PROPOSAL PROPOSAL ...	Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Oct 13, 2013	98A	Violation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Tue Aug 13, 2002	55A	Mechanical impossibility	Robert Malinow	Shortz
Mon Nov 1, 1999	36A	Inventor's impossible goal	Robert Frank	Shortz
Tue May 19, 1998	20A	"Impossible" achievement	William S. Cotter	Shortz
Sat Sep 23, 1995	32A	Noted Paganini composition	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz

11 results for PERPETUALMOTION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 13, 1986	20A	Inventor's "impossible dream"	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Mon Jun 29, 1981	24A	Ancient scientific quest	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Wed Jan 24, 1979	2D	An impossible dream	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Sat Mar 11, 1978	15A	Inventor's dream	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Tue May 31, 1977	7D	Asset of an ideal machine	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Thu Aug 7, 1975	17A	Inventor's dream	Bert Beaman	Weng
Sun Nov 5, 1967	109A	Inventor's dream.	Bert Beaman	Farrar
Sat Mar 23, 1963	20A	Physicist's fascination.	George Laczko	Farrar
Wed Sep 13, 1961	20A	One of the "impossibles."	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Nov 29, 1958	17A	Mechanical impossibility.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Fri Sep 14, 1956	52A	Mechanical mirage.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar

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