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1 result for CADGER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Jul 22, 2001	88A	Sponge	Patrick Berry

7 results for CADGER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 6, 1985	47D	Sponge	Christine Tilgner	Maleska
Fri Jun 15, 1979	41A	His hand is out for handouts	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sun Jun 22, 1969	103D	One who sponges	Eileen Bush	Weng
Thu May 16, 1963	44D	Free loader.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 18, 1956	48D	Beggar: Colloq.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Wed Nov 7, 1951	25A	Sponger.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 15, 1942	75A	One who lives by trickery.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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