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13 results for VLAD from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 7, 2025	56D	Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans	Ben Zimmer	Shortz
Tue May 1, 2018	19D	Infamous impaler	Jacob Stulberg	Shortz
Sun Apr 10, 2016	77D	___ III, inspiration for Dracula	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Feb 21, 2016	2D	Wallachian prince who inspired "Dracula"	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Dec 27, 2015	80D	The Impaler	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Mon Oct 1, 2012	52A	___ the Impaler (2)	Susan Gelfand	Shortz
Thu Oct 8, 2009	50D	___ the Dragon, ruler of old Wallachia	Scott Atkinson	Shortz
Mon Aug 10, 2009	54D	Prince called "the Impaler," who was the inspiration for Dracula	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Wed Sep 10, 2008	24D	___ the Impaler (2)	Lucas Gaviotis Whitestone	Shortz
Sat Jul 21, 2007	31D	15th-century prince of Wallachia	Raymond C. Young	Shortz
Thu Mar 22, 2007	10A	Dracula's inspiration, traditionally	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz
Thu Dec 18, 2003	24A	Dracula prototype	John Underwood	Shortz
Sun Jun 7, 1998	84A	Romanian ruler known as "the Impaler"	Randolph Ross	Shortz

2 results for VLAD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 27, 1991	93A	___ the Impaler (15th-century Romanian prince)	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Sat Apr 28, 1984	23A	___ the Impaler, 15th-century Hungarian prince	S. E. Wilkinson	Maleska

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