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10 results for DISUSE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Wed Sep 29, 2021	36D	Neglect (4)	Alex Eaton-Salners
Sun Mar 15, 2020	43D	Neglect (4)	Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
Sun Apr 7, 2019	9D	State of abandonment	Peter A. Collins
Sun Jan 17, 2016	128A	Obsolescence (2)	Jeff Chen
Sat Feb 7, 2015	36D	What old things fall into	Byron Walden
Sat Apr 26, 2014	48D	Obsolescence (2)	Evan Birnholz
Tue Jan 6, 2009	26D	Cause of atrophy	John Greenman
Thu Apr 17, 2008	11D	Neglect (4)	Byron Walden
Sun Jul 27, 2003	1A	Neglect (4)	Michael Grudzielanek
Sun Jun 1, 2003	68D	Something to fall into	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon

4 results for DISUSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 27, 1976	7A	Cessation of practice	H. Hastings Reddall	Weng
Sun Sep 9, 1962	66A	Desuetude.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Oct 23, 1955	103D	Inactivity.	George Arguimbau	Farrar
Fri Jul 18, 1952	1A	Cessation of practice.	Unknown	Farrar

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