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9 results for LOOSER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 19, 2023	92D	Like a screw after being turned counterclockwise	Robert Ryan	Shortz
Mon Jan 16, 2023	18D	Not as tight	Michael Paleos	Shortz
Thu Mar 12, 2020	46D	Not so fast?	Ruth Bloomfield Margolin	Shortz
Thu Aug 22, 2019	67A	More relaxed	Emily Carroll	Shortz
Tue Dec 16, 2014	31D	Less literal	Joel D. Lafargue	Shortz
Sun Dec 1, 2013	80A	Less prudish	Alan DerKazarian	Shortz
Fri Jun 22, 2007	7D	Slacker	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Sun Jun 3, 2001	20A	Less binding	Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Nov 20, 1994	96A	Not so strict	Matt Gaffney	Shortz

11 results for LOOSER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 26, 1992	6D	Less uptight	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Thu Aug 6, 1992	10D	Less constraining	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Oct 13, 1991	118A	Like clothes after a diet	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Wed Jul 24, 1991	29A	Less restrictive	Gayle Dean	Maleska
Fri Dec 21, 1990	35A	Less tight	Eileen Lexau	Maleska
Mon Feb 10, 1986	51A	Less stringent	James R. Burns	Maleska
Sun Mar 4, 1979	22A	Not so taut	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Thu Jan 5, 1967	29D	Less restricted.	George Laczko	Farrar
Sun Aug 26, 1956	80A	Less strict.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat Jul 30, 1955	32A	More relaxed.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Tue Jun 12, 1951	45A	Less rigid.	Unknown	Farrar

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