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3 results for PURITAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Nov 3, 2012	21A	Libertine's opposite	Milo Beckman
Fri Jan 23, 2004	54A	Mrs. Grundy	Sherry O. Blackard
Sun Apr 2, 1995	93D	1606 play of the Shakespeare apocrypha, with "The"	Norman S. Wizer

1 result for PURITAN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jul 19, 2009	Acrostic	E	Someone not likely to owe a sin tax	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

11 results for PURITAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 12, 1967	78D	Strait-laced one.	Frances Hansen	Farrar
Fri Sep 22, 1967	13A	Early New Englander.	William Landis	Farrar
Mon Jun 11, 1962	38D	Pilgrim Father.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Thu Sep 24, 1959	58A	William Bradford, for example.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 4, 1959	44D	John Alden, for example.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Thu Aug 8, 1957	1A	Pilgrim Father.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Oct 4, 1956	29A	Increase Mather, for example.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Mon Jul 20, 1953	1D	Narrow-minded person.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Nov 27, 1952	1D	John Winthrop, for instance.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 1, 1952	51A	Pilgrim father.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 26, 1950	99A	Subject of Saint-Gaudens statue.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar

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