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1 result for MAIDENLY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 25, 2000	110A	Girlish	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz

4 results for MAIDENLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 10, 1990	20A	Pertaining to a spinster	Walter Covell	Maleska
Wed Aug 23, 1967	21D	Like an old-fashioned girl.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Fri Feb 16, 1962	28A	Gentle.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Fri Sep 19, 1952	9D	Gentle or modest.	Unknown	Farrar

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