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2 results for ROTTING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 20, 2022	11D	Well past the freshness date, say	Brad Wiegmann	Shortz
Mon Feb 16, 2015	5D	Going bad, as fruit	David J. Kahn	Shortz

2 results for ROTTING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 9, 1991	41D	On the way to decay	William Baxley	Maleska
Sun Apr 7, 1991	69A	"Raving, ___, money-mad": B. R. Newton	Valerie Meunier	Maleska

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