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4 results for HARDSELL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 7, 2021	85D	Aggressive pitch	Katie Hale and Christina Iverson	Shortz
Fri Oct 28, 2016	16A	Powerful pitch	Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sat Jun 12, 1999	12D	Certain pitch (2)	Matt Gaffney	Shortz
Fri Feb 21, 1997	1A	Certain pitch (2)	C. E. Gersch	Shortz

5 results for HARDSELL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 11, 1988	82D	A Madison Ave. method	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska
Fri Oct 24, 1986	15A	Pressuring salesmanship	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Fri Jul 21, 1967	9D	Madison Avenue term.	George Laczko	Farrar
Thu Dec 5, 1963	32D	Denoting certain TV commercials.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 13, 1958	39D	Descriptive of some TV commercials.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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