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4 results for POSSUM from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Mon Jun 8, 2015	13D	Play ___ (feign sleep)	Peter A. Collins
Sat Jan 11, 2014	43A	Dead player?	Martin Ashwood-Smith
Wed Jun 19, 2013	49D	Woods critter	Richard F. Mausser
Wed May 7, 1997	4D	"Playing" critter	Dean Niles

2 results for POSSUM from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
May 16, 2021	Panda	38D	Critter that may climb up moss-covered trees	Andrew J. Ries
Mar 28, 2004	Diagramless	34A	Something to "play"	Brendan Emmett Quigley

9 results for POSSUM from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 27, 1990	52A	Play ___ (dissemble)	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Tue Mar 15, 1983	36D	What Pogo plays	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Jan 22, 1977	41A	Play ___	Bert Beaman	Weng
Fri Dec 21, 1973	5A	Play ___	Unknown	Weng
Fri Apr 30, 1971	43D	Play ___	Unknown	Weng
Wed Mar 29, 1967	1D	Play ___.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Sun Feb 13, 1966	1A	A game of life or death.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jun 17, 1962	1D	Nocturnal animal.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Sun Apr 30, 1961	104D	Play ___ (feign ignorance).	A. J. Santora	Farrar

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