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3 results for DECADENT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Tue Mar 21, 2023	36D	Appealing to self-indulgent impulses	Michael Lieberman
Wed Oct 24, 2018	28A	Hedonistic	Michael Paleos
Sat Dec 2, 1995	32A	Self-indulgent	Rich Norris

1 result for DECADENT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Sep 4, 2005	Acrostic	D	Paul Verlaine or Oscar Wilde, literarily	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

8 results for DECADENT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Feb 4, 1993	17A	Corrupt	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Wed Oct 30, 1991	38D	Effete	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Tue Feb 16, 1988	45A	On the decline	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Sun Feb 21, 1982	10D	Effete	Reginald L. Johnson	Maleska
Fri May 18, 1979	4D	Like Rome in A.D. 400	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Wed Sep 27, 1972	57A	Going into decline	Unknown	Weng
Mon Feb 28, 1972	39A	Regressing	Unknown	Weng
Sat May 17, 1952	4D	What dictators call democracies.	Unknown	Farrar

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