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2 results for COLDCOMFORT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 12, 2004	58A	Scarce consolation	Kurt Mengel	Shortz
Sun May 23, 1999	74A	Ice pack?	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz

5 results for COLDCOMFORT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 16, 1989	6D	An ice bag, perhaps?	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Sun Feb 18, 1973	62A	Poor solace	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Sun Nov 19, 1972	106A	Aspirin, for some	Dorothea E. Shipp	Weng
Tue Oct 13, 1970	20A	Air-conditioning, so to speak	Unknown	Weng
Mon Feb 2, 1953	17A	Scant consolation: 2 wds.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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