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4 results for WOULD from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Thu Oct 19, 2006	25D	Intend to	Raymond C. Young
Sun Feb 17, 2002	92D	"___ I?"	Joe DiPietro
Thu Feb 8, 2001	10D	___-be (2)	Manny Nosowsky
Fri Sep 5, 1997	29D	___-be (2)	Harvey Estes

13 results for WOULD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 4, 1993	83D	Homophone for wood	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Tue Feb 10, 1987	35A	Homophone for wood	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Thu Nov 27, 1986	56A	Homophone for wood	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Wed Jan 5, 1983	45D	Kipling's "The Man Who ___ Be King"	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Tue Aug 24, 1982	36A	Homophone for wood	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Mon Mar 8, 1982	10D	"The Man Who ___ Be King"	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sun Feb 19, 1978	87A	Homophone for wood	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Sun Dec 22, 1974	47D	___-be	Anne Fox	Weng
Thu Jan 31, 1974	37A	"___ you believe it?"	Joan DeRosso	Weng
Thu May 27, 1971	5A	"___ that I did too"	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 24, 1970	39A	Auxiliary verb	Arthur Schulman	Weng
Tue Aug 17, 1965	53D	Common auxiliary verb.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 11, 1955	26D	Verb form of "to be."	John M. Holmes	Farrar

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