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1 result for VERIFY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 5, 2025	14A	*Confirm to be true	Timothy Gaetz	Shortz

1 result for VERIFY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 1, 2013	Acrostic	F	"Trust, but ___" (Russian proverb)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for VERIFY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 30, 1992	42D	Confirm	Stanley B. Whitten	Maleska
Tue Feb 28, 1989	4D	Confirm	Melvin Kenworthy	Maleska
Sun Jul 22, 1984	74A	Substantiate	Mildred Church	Maleska
Mon Apr 11, 1977	47D	Prove to be true	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Maleska

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