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3 results for CRABAPPLE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 1, 2025	23A	*Fruit whose name is also a synonym for a grouch	Adam Aaronson and Michael Garbus	Shortz
Fri Jul 26, 2019	31D	Small fruit high in pectin	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Thu Apr 25, 2013	31D	Small sour fruit	Jeffrey Wechsler	Shortz

1 result for CRABAPPLE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 28, 2018	Acrostic	A	Sour fruit (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for CRABAPPLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 1, 1990	59A	Grumpy flowering tree?	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Wed Jan 13, 1988	61A	Suitable fruit for Scrooge?	Mary S. Snyder	Maleska
Fri May 29, 1964	36A	Kind of jelly.	Unknown	Farrar

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