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7 results for POROUS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Jul 18, 2021	89A	Spongelike	Jesse Goldberg
Sat May 23, 2020	24D	Not watertight	Wyna Liu and Erik Agard
Sat May 7, 2016	12D	Like tea bags	Kyle Mahowald
Mon Apr 25, 2016	43D	Permeable	Betty Keller
Sat Apr 22, 2006	2D	Like Swiss cheese	Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sun Sep 26, 1999	31D	Leaky	Randolph Ross
Fri Jan 21, 1994	36A	Insubstantial	A.J. Santora

9 results for POROUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 29, 1988	5D	Water-permeable	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Sun May 10, 1981	79D	Permeable by liquids	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sat Sep 13, 1975	17A	Insubstantial	Gertrude Gordon	Weng
Sun Jun 15, 1975	57A	Word for a weak infield	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Aug 12, 1973	96D	Like a sponge	Bert Kruse	Weng
Sat Jul 31, 1971	18A	Spongelike	Unknown	Weng
Sun Mar 5, 1967	51D	Spongy.	George Laczko	Farrar
Sun Sep 17, 1961	6D	Like a sponge.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1953	1D	Full of holes.	Sam Lake	Farrar

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