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3 results for PUPATE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 14, 2017	93D	Transform, as larvae	Will Nediger	Shortz
Sun Sep 5, 2010	35D	Metamorphose, as a larva	Will Nediger	Shortz
Thu Aug 9, 2001	43D	Enter a nonfeeding state	Patrick Berry	Shortz

3 results for PUPATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 13, 1990	32D	Reach a certain stage, as an ant	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sun Dec 4, 1977	39A	What larvae do	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Oct 7, 1967	6D	Develop, as an insect.	Manny Miller	Farrar

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