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3 results for DETERGE from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Jun 29, 2013	38A	Wash	Joe Krozel
Sun May 17, 2009	97A	Clean (2)	Oliver Hill
Sun Jul 26, 1998	66A	Clean (2)	Richard Silvestri

10 results for DETERGE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 9, 1989	37A	Cleanse	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sat Apr 6, 1968	34D	Cleanse.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 30, 1966	20D	Cleanse.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Thu Jan 20, 1966	13D	Cleanse.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 18, 1961	12D	Cleanse.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Dec 13, 1960	24D	Clean.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 23, 1959	43A	Wash with few suds.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Dec 24, 1950	96D	Cleanse.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Sep 4, 1949	123A	Cleanse.	William Spaar Jr.	Farrar
Sun Mar 7, 1943	114D	Cleanse.	P. Joseph Lamanna	Farrar

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