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8 results for PITHY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Dec 15, 2019	22A	Concise and to the point	Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen
Sun Oct 6, 2019	41D	Epigrammatic	Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas
Thu Aug 10, 2017	16A	Right to the point	John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen
Mon Mar 13, 2017	50A	Terse (2)	Alan DeLoriea
Sun Mar 14, 2004	52A	Terse (2)	Craig Kasper
Sun Nov 5, 2000	8D	Like many adages	Michael S. Maurer
Wed Aug 4, 1999	26D	Concise (2)	Richard Silvestri
Fri Feb 26, 1999	19D	Concise (2)	Martin Ashwood-Smith

1 result for PITHY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jul 20, 2008	Acrostic	N	The opposite of verbose	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

11 results for PITHY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 1, 1982	10D	Meaningful	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Thu Mar 30, 1978	22D	Concise	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Tue Sep 24, 1974	5D	Concise	E. R. Galli	Weng
Sun May 7, 1972	6D	Concise	Frances Hansen	Weng
Fri Aug 25, 1967	12D	Full of meaning.	Lois Hillis	Farrar
Tue Aug 22, 1967	22A	Concise and meaty.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sat Apr 1, 1967	23D	Concise.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sun Oct 4, 1964	3D	Concise.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Nov 10, 1959	31A	Full of substance.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 17, 1957	55A	Tellingly brief.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Fri Feb 1, 1957	32D	Full of meat or meaning.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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