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3 results for FANATIC from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Thu Apr 30, 2009	39D	Extremist	Greg Kaiser and Steven Ginzburg
Sat Nov 1, 2008	34D	One who's more than devoted	Donald K. Willing
Sat Apr 20, 2002	18D	True believer	Dana Motley

4 results for FANATIC from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jun 21, 2009	Acrostic	G	Extreme in one's enthusiasm	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Nov 16, 2008	Panda	37D	A fit can describe him	Mel Taub
Jul 13, 2008	Panda	37D	He is, in fact, a zealot	Mel Taub
Apr 6, 1997	Cryptic	5D	Blow cool air on a jerk overly zealous (7)	Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

13 results for FANATIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 7, 1988	1D	Zealot	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Fri Mar 9, 1984	53A	Zealot	William Canine	Maleska
Wed Oct 22, 1980	15D	Enthusiast	Richard N. Platt, Jr.	Maleska
Sat Jun 22, 1974	38D	Zealot	Dorothea E. Shipp	Weng
Wed Apr 19, 1972	1D	Rabid	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jul 11, 1961	41D	Overzealous one.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 15, 1959	27A	Zealot.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 3, 1959	21D	Excessively enthusiastic.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1948	104D	Hitlerian emulator.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Jul 20, 1947	7A	Enthusiast.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Mar 10, 1946	7A	Temperament of Hitler.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Sep 23, 1945	82A	Zealot.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1945	8A	Zealot.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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