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6 results for SOWSEAR from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Mar 31, 2024	31A	Bad material for a silk purse, proverbially	Spencer Leach
Sun Jun 18, 2023	95D	What you can't make a silk purse out of, proverbially	Joe DiPietro
Thu Feb 28, 2019	39D	Unlikely source of a silk purse	Randolph Ross
Sun Jan 31, 2016	89D	Low-quality material, in a saying	Yaakov Bendavid
Mon Jun 3, 2013	39A	You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say	John Lampkin
Sun Oct 19, 2008	89A	It's not a silk purse source, it's said	Joe DiPietro

4 results for SOWSEAR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 26, 1978	16A	Item unfit for a silk purse	Emanuel Berg	Maleska
Sun Apr 8, 1962	50D	Stuff not useful for purse making.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun May 1, 1955	83A	Poor material for a purse.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Nov 24, 1953	25D	A rather poor silk purse.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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