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2 results for PLOSIVE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 28, 2024	13A	Like "t," "k" and "p," in phonetics	Nathan Hasegawa	Shortz
Fri Jan 19, 2007	40D	Like some consonant stops	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz

1 result for PLOSIVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 26, 1973	41A	Noisy initial consonant	Unknown	Weng

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