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6 results for WHIMS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Mon Sep 11, 2023	38A	Flights of fancy	Hoang-Kim Vu
Wed Jul 21, 2021	32A	Fanciful ideas	Alex Vratsanos
Fri Nov 27, 2015	24D	Sudden notions	Peter Wentz
Sat Jul 4, 2015	5A	Fancies	Sam Ezersky
Sat Nov 15, 2003	23D	Inexplicable impulses	Patrick Berry
Tue Dec 24, 2002	1A	Passing fancies	Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes

6 results for WHIMS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 19, 1993	38A	Sudden fancies	Joel Davajan	Taub
Sat Nov 30, 1974	63A	Vagaries	Tap Osborn	Weng
Sun Oct 26, 1969	63D	Caprices	Mary M. Murdoch	Weng
Sun Mar 27, 1966	45D	Impulsive ideas.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Jan 3, 1962	32A	Crotchets.	Joseph S. Crowell	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1960	94D	Fancies.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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