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1 result for POETICAL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Aug 7, 2009	35A	Using high-flown language	Manny Nosowsky

6 results for POETICAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 9, 1991	39D	Like Donne's works	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Mon Jan 28, 1974	40D	Written in verse	Harriet Gilson Rosenberg	Weng
Sat Sep 25, 1971	40A	Idealized	Unknown	Weng
Sat May 18, 1968	45A	Idealized.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue May 12, 1953	9D	Endowed with beauty and imagination.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 27, 1952	67A	Highly imaginative.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar

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