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10 results for SADDEST from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Oct 31, 2021	31D	Farthest down?	Alex Eaton-Salners
Thu Dec 4, 2008	1D	Most blue (2)	Barry C. Silk
Mon Oct 8, 2007	4D	Most mournful	Steve Kahn
Wed Jul 28, 2004	46A	Most blue (2)	Mark Elliot Skolsky
Mon Sep 23, 2002	21A	Most forlorn	Peter Gordon
Sat Mar 18, 2000	14D	Lower than the rest	Rich Norris
Thu Jun 4, 1998	18D	Most pathetic	Frances Hansen
Wed Aug 30, 1995	24A	Most deplorable	John R. Conrad
Thu Dec 15, 1994	8D	Most downcast	Rich Norris
Sun Aug 14, 1994	80A	Most dolorous	Deborah Kathryn Trombley

5 results for SADDEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 18, 1985	61A	Most morose	Mary C. Whitten	Maleska
Sat Apr 19, 1975	57A	Word for "It might have been!"	Joseph LaFauci	Weng
Sat May 19, 1973	67A	Most miserable	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 4, 1961	69D	Most deplorable.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Mar 8, 1942	80A	Most pathetic.	Mabel Daggett	Farrar

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