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9 results for PUPAL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 6, 2023	51D	Postlarval (5)	Daniel Jaret	Shortz
Fri Feb 21, 2020	28D	Almost ready to be a butterfly	Erik Agard and Anne Flinchbaugh	Shortz
Wed Oct 23, 2019	5A	Postlarval (5)	Jennifer Nutt	Shortz
Mon Aug 22, 2016	57A	Like the stage after larval	Emily Carroll	Shortz
Sun Jun 1, 2014	106A	Postlarval (5)	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Tue Jan 4, 2011	29A	Postlarval (5)	David Hanson	Shortz
Thu Jun 10, 1999	13A	In the third stage	Adam G. Perl	Shortz
Tue May 4, 1999	15A	It follows larval	Gayle Dean	Shortz
Tue May 21, 1996	5A	Post-larval (5)	J. Schmalzbach	Shortz

1 result for PUPAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 16, 1993	1D	Of an insect's stage	Robert H. Wolfe	Maleska

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