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3 results for DROWNS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Tue Oct 22, 2019	31D	Audibly overwhelms, with "out"	Saul Pink
Thu Apr 21, 2016	18A	Is overwhelmed (2)	Alex Bajcz
Sat Jun 15, 2002	44A	Is overwhelmed (2)	Trip Payne

1 result for DROWNS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 11, 1954	6D	Overwhelms.	Dorothy Smith	Farrar

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