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20 results for HECK from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 3, 2022	85D	Mild expletive	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Sun Oct 10, 2021	86D	Euphemistic exclamation	Brandon Koppy	Shortz
Fri May 14, 2021	46D	"Shucks!" (3)	Yacob Yonas	Shortz
Fri Aug 9, 2019	51D	"Shoot!" (2)	John Guzzetta	Shortz
Sat Aug 5, 2017	23D	"Darn it!" (4)	David Phillips	Shortz
Wed Mar 29, 2017	4D	"Darn it!" (4)	Jules P. Markey	Shortz
Sun Dec 20, 2015	106D	"Fiddlesticks!"	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Tue Dec 2, 2014	70A	"Darn it!" (4)	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sat Feb 11, 2006	49A	Dickens (2)	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Sun Feb 29, 2004	100A	"Dang!"	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Mon Apr 2, 2001	27A	Relative of "Darn!"	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Sun Apr 23, 2000	9D	"Shucks" (3)	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz
Fri Dec 10, 1999	1D	Dickens (2)	Gilbert H. Ludwig	Shortz
Fri Oct 8, 1999	8D	"Gosh darn!"	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Tue Apr 6, 1999	29A	"What the ___!"	Stephanie Spadaccini	Shortz
Sun Jun 7, 1998	78D	"Darn it!" (4)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sat Dec 13, 1997	53D	"Shoot!" (2)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Tue Sep 9, 1997	1D	"Shucks!" (3)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sat Mar 9, 1996	56D	"Darn!"	R. Norris	Shortz
Wed Jul 13, 1994	62A	Annoyed interjection	Jonathan Schmatzbach	Shortz

14 results for HECK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 9, 1992	28D	Darn kin	S. E. Booker	Maleska
Mon May 4, 1992	34A	Minced oath	Michael S. Maurer	Maleska
Sat Feb 21, 1987	36A	Spinning-wheel attachment	I. Judah Koolyk	Maleska
Wed Mar 27, 1985	9D	Shucks!	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Thu Mar 3, 1977	2D	Cry of disgust	Michael W. Miller	Maleska
Sun Mar 24, 1974	57A	Relative of drat	Charles Baron	Weng
Sun Mar 1, 1970	9D	Mild cussword	A. J. Santora	Weng
Sun May 21, 1967	24A	Mild oath.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Feb 20, 1963	53D	Euphemism for "hell."	Jay Sheldon	Farrar
Thu Mar 26, 1959	1A	Mild oath.	Anne Gerlach	Farrar
Tue Jul 2, 1957	20D	Slangy exclamation.	Geraldine King	Farrar
Fri Aug 19, 1955	55D	Mild oath.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Mar 14, 1954	78D	"The dickens."	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun May 31, 1953	116D	"The dickens."	Israel Gitter	Farrar

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