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3 results for SCARCER from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Jan 27, 2001	36D	Not so common	Rich Norris
Sun Nov 30, 1997	90D	Less available (2)	Charles Deber
Thu Oct 17, 1996	22D	Less available (2)	J. R. Conrad

11 results for SCARCER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 11, 1982	97D	Harder to find	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Fri Sep 26, 1969	39D	More rare.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Dec 30, 1967	39D	In shorter supply.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Wed Jun 28, 1967	22A	Not as plentiful.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Sun May 27, 1962	19D	Less abundant.	E. R. Galli	Farrar
Tue Jan 10, 1961	9D	Less abundant.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 31, 1959	5D	Less plentiful.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Mar 31, 1958	42D	Harder to find.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jan 20, 1957	86A	Less plentiful.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat May 24, 1952	1A	In shorter supply.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 18, 1945	121A	Rarer.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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