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2 results for FORBID from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Wed Dec 30, 2020	10D	Ban	Kate Hawkins
Sun Apr 28, 2019	70A	"I ___" (what the Latin "veto" means)	Brendan Emmett Quigley

4 results for FORBID from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 3, 1992	52A	Ban	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Thu Jul 4, 1974	7D	Prohibit	Elaine D. Schorr	Weng
Wed Nov 1, 1967	4D	Deny.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jun 5, 1959	19D	Ban.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar

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