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8 results for PAPERTIGER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 2, 2013	13D	Something that shouldn't scare you	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Mon Dec 12, 2011	17A	*One who's an empty threat	Gary Cee	Shortz
Tue Feb 24, 2009	65A	Toothless enemy	Stephen Edward Anderson	Shortz
Sun Aug 12, 2007	75A	Its roar is worse than its bite	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Tue Mar 1, 2005	64A	One feigning courage	Gilbert H. Ludwig	Shortz
Tue Jun 10, 1997	17A	It's not as threatening as it looks	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Mon Apr 22, 1996	11D	One who looks powerful but isn't	S. B. Whitten	Shortz
Mon Jun 6, 1994	28D	Toothless threat	Robert Zimmerman	Shortz

10 results for PAPERTIGER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 17, 1990	20A	One outwardly powerful, inwardly weak	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Wed Sep 26, 1984	18A	Phony strong man	Colebury	Maleska
Tue Oct 5, 1982	52A	He's outwardly tough, inwardly weak	Barbara J. Weakley	Maleska
Sat Jan 29, 1977	20A	Fearsome weakling	Betty Duffy	Weng
Thu Oct 4, 1973	10D	Formidable weakling	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 8, 1972	30D	Powerful-looking weakling	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jan 30, 1968	30D	Ferocious fake.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 26, 1965	56A	China's epithet for U. S. might.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Sep 20, 1963	60A	One whose strength is illusory.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Apr 14, 1956	3D	Empty threat, in oriental parlance.	Unknown	Farrar

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