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1 result for THUMBSDOWN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 11, 2008	27D	Negative sign	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz

2 results for THUMBSDOWN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 20, 2017	Acrostic	L	"No" vote (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Aug 19, 2007	Acrostic	R	Indicator of a pan (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

1 result for THUMBSDOWN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 8, 1986	58A	Nix!	Sandra Burlingame	Maleska

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