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4 results for RUINOUS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 20, 2020	8D	Cataclysmic	Wyna Liu and Paolo Pasco	Shortz
Sat Nov 28, 2015	26D	Devastating	Ned White	Shortz
Tue Oct 31, 2006	13A	Catastrophic (2)	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Thu Jan 17, 2002	37D	Catastrophic (2)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz

1 result for RUINOUS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 10, 2017	Panda	36D	Catastrophic, as our U.N. is	Mel Taub	Shortz

4 results for RUINOUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 22, 1959	9D	Destructive.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Wed Aug 28, 1957	39A	Destructive.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Jun 25, 1951	16A	Devastating.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 18, 1951	58D	Baneful.	Eugene Maleska	Farrar

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