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5 results for ABYSMAL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Sep 4, 2015	18A	Horrible	David C. Duncan Dekker
Sat May 8, 2010	57A	Unable to get much worse	Mark Diehl
Wed May 9, 2007	39A	Dreadful	Patrick Merrell
Fri Jan 25, 2002	41A	Really bad	Gilbert H. Ludwig
Wed Nov 22, 1995	28A	Wretched	Chuck Deodene

1 result for ABYSMAL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Nov 2, 2014	Acrostic	D	Profoundly bad	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

3 results for ABYSMAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 2, 1988	4D	Immeasurably deep	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Fri Apr 8, 1977	35A	Bottomless	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Jun 17, 1951	105D	Depth-plumbing.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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