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4 results for SULLEN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 10, 2025	114A	Down in the dumps	Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer	Shortz
Thu May 11, 2023	54A	Ill-tempered	Sheldon Polonsky	Shortz
Thu Aug 1, 2013	48D	Showing ill humor	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sun Feb 3, 2013	80D	Ill-humored	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz

11 results for SULLEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 14, 1988	66A	Glum	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Mon Sep 1, 1980	44D	Glum	Johnson	Maleska
Wed Jul 4, 1979	10D	Moody; sulky	Alice H. Kaufman	Maleska
Sat Jan 20, 1979	41D	Saturnine	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sat Feb 15, 1975	10D	Morose	Alice H. Kaufman	Weng
Tue Oct 31, 1972	33A	Scowling	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 17, 1971	80A	Dour	H. L. Risteen	Weng
Sun Dec 14, 1969	97A	Dour	Hume R. Craft	Weng
Sun Nov 30, 1969	52A	Morose	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Thu Mar 30, 1961	22A	In a pout.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 12, 1948	81D	Glum.	J. P. Worden	Farrar

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