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1 result for SHRINKINGVIOLET from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 11, 2018	17A	Shy sort	Timothy Polin	Shortz

11 results for SHRINKINGVIOLET from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 30, 1992	39A	Self-effacing person	Stanley B. Whitten	Maleska
Thu May 9, 1991	20A	Shy one	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Mon Feb 16, 1987	39A	Wallflower	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Fri Aug 21, 1981	3D	Wallflower	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Wed Apr 30, 1980	56A	Wallflower's cousin	John Chervokas	Maleska
Sat Oct 27, 1979	17A	Wallflower	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sat May 6, 1978	47A	Timid one	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Aug 23, 1970	15D	Dried flower, in a way	Marjorie K. Collins	Weng
Mon Dec 18, 1967	20A	Old-fashioned girl.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 29, 1966	46A	Old-fashioned girl.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 3, 1961	54A	Shy one.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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