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4 results for SHEW from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 5, 2010	25A	Reveal, to Shakespeare	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Sun Aug 1, 2004	59D	Sullivan had a really big one (2)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Tue Aug 31, 1999	61A	Sullivan had a really big one (2)	Arthur S. Verdesca	Shortz
Mon Mar 28, 1994	18D	Sullivan's "really big" one	William P. Baxley	Shortz

1 result for SHEW from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 1, 1954	20D	Display: Bibl. form.	Elsie Bishop	Farrar

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