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1 result for DECADENCE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 18, 2023	31D	Characteristic of a wild time or a coming decline	Kameron Austin Collins	Shortz

5 results for DECADENCE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 4, 1988	34D	Turpitude	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Sat Dec 30, 1972	38D	Decline	Unknown	Weng
Fri May 6, 1955	58A	A falling away.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Jun 17, 1951	64A	Moral decline.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Oct 14, 1945	60A	Deterioration.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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