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5 results for ALAMB from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Mon Dec 21, 2020	10D	March goes out like this, as the expression goes	Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman
Sun Nov 2, 2014	6D	Like ___ to the slaughter	Brendan Emmett Quigley
Thu Nov 15, 2012	27D	Gentle as ___ (3)	Andrew Reynolds
Sun Feb 9, 2003	29D	Gentle as ___ (3)	David J. Kahn
Wed Jan 15, 1997	49A	Gentle as ___ (3)	C. Currier

17 results for ALAMB from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 21, 1989	37D	Meek as ___	William Baxley	Maleska
Sun Sep 11, 1988	70A	Gentle as ___	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska
Thu Oct 31, 1985	14A	As gentle as ___	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Thu Oct 25, 1984	26D	" ... goes out like ___"	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Feb 25, 1983	26D	" ... goes out like ___"	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Thu Jan 15, 1981	25D	Gentle as ___	Sara V. Tuckerman	Maleska
Tue Dec 16, 1980	54A	" ... and out like ___"	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Tue Feb 14, 1978	29A	Gentle as ___	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Sun Aug 28, 1977	9A	As meek as ___	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Sun Aug 24, 1975	38A	Gentle as ___	Jim Page	Weng
Sat Jun 7, 1975	28D	"And out like ___"	Manny Miller	Weng
Fri Mar 30, 1973	56A	Gentle as ___	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jan 25, 1972	3D	" ... out like ___"	Unknown	Weng
Fri Dec 20, 1968	52D	Like ___ (timidly).	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 13, 1965	1D	As meek as ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 18, 1963	2D	Like ___ (timidly).	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 1, 1957	27A	Like ___ (timidly).	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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