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2 results for AERATION from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Wed Mar 17, 2021	49A	Purpose of a faucet attachment	Peter A. Collins
Tue Apr 13, 2010	50A	Treatment with carbon dioxide	Alex Boisvert

4 results for AERATION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 2, 1979	20A	Exposure to air	E.T.M.	Maleska
Wed May 29, 1963	46A	Effervescence.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 14, 1956	40D	Purifying process.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Fri Sep 14, 1951	15A	Mixture with air, purifying water.	Unknown	Farrar

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