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1 result for SHAMBLES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 27, 2011	Acrostic	U	Drags one's feet; state of ruin	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for SHAMBLES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 19, 1993	47A	Scene of destruction	Mel Taub	Maleska
Mon Apr 10, 1972	10D	Mess	Louise Earnest	Weng
Sun Apr 7, 1957	13D	Any place of carnage.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Thu Feb 23, 1956	1D	Scene of great disorder.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Nov 10, 1946	120A	What Hamlet ends up in.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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