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Angels in the beta program can describe search patterns in English using the new Auto Finder.

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Sort finds:	alphabetically by frequency by score by length
Answer length:	any length only length:
Modern clues:	by date by day of week
Include:	Show bogus (thematic) answers in results

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Examples using the [Search] button:
Find all clues for a single word	ELOPE
Use ? for single letter in pattern	P??CH
Use * for any number of letters (including zero)	CR*Y
Use $c for any consonant, or $v for any vowel	$c$c???$v$v
Square brackets for any enclosed letter	[QJXZ]????
Hyphen for range of letters	[X-Z]?????
Use ^ to negate specified letters	[^A-W]*[^RSTLE]

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4 results for NEBULOUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 6, 1993	8D	Vague	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Fri Jan 3, 1964	1D	Vague.	George Laczko	Farrar
Thu Jul 11, 1957	40D	Hazy.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar
Wed Jan 7, 1953	9D	Vague.	C. M. Fair	Farrar

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