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6 results for PROPER from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Aug 4, 2018	5A	Right (3)	Sam Trabucco
Wed Aug 31, 2011	27D	Polite	Peter A. Collins
Mon Mar 8, 2010	1A	Capitalized, as a noun	Stanley Newman
Sat Nov 20, 2004	21D	Right (3)	Robert H. Wolfe
Fri Apr 9, 1999	31D	Right (3)	Manny Nosowsky
Wed Jan 5, 1994	30A	Genteel	Chet Currier

15 results for PROPER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 17, 1990	26A	Decorous	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Fri Mar 27, 1987	43D	Meet	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Thu Feb 18, 1982	32A	Correct	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Mon Oct 15, 1979	43D	Decorous	N. M. Meyer	Maleska
Mon Jan 23, 1978	19D	Decorous	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Fri Jul 29, 1977	7A	Fit; suitable	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Fri Jul 6, 1973	45D	Kind of noun	Unknown	Weng
Thu Apr 5, 1973	8D	Decorous	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 11, 1971	42D	Fitting	Unknown	Weng
Thu Dec 16, 1965	12A	Decorous.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 17, 1960	87D	Suitable.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Nov 20, 1958	5D	Meet.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Nov 9, 1955	6D	Seemly.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Mar 28, 1948	51A	"The ___ Bostonians."	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar
Sun Aug 3, 1947	3D	Meet.	Charles Cross	Farrar

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