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7 results for DIMLY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Thu Nov 18, 2021	50A	How you might recall a childhood memory	Ori Brian
Tue Nov 12, 2013	48D	How romantic dinners are lit	Mike Doran
Thu Apr 21, 2011	19D	How nightclubs are often lit	Julian Lim
Sat Dec 25, 2010	23D	How distant stars shine	Stanley Newman
Sun Dec 19, 2010	48D	How things may be lit or remembered	Kevin G. Der
Sun Sep 26, 2010	6A	How things may be remembered	Pamela Amick Klawitter
Sun Jan 7, 1996	104D	Not very intelligently	Eric Albert

1 result for DIMLY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Apr 19, 2009	Diagramless	13A	How a séance may be lit	Patrick Blindauer

5 results for DIMLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 11, 1966	26D	Indistinctly.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 21, 1965	14D	Indistinctly.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jun 27, 1963	55D	Faintly.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 30, 1959	23D	Obscurely.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Jan 15, 1950	51D	"The Shore ___ Seen."	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar

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