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4 results for SPOONER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Thu Jun 22, 2006	40A	"May I sew you to another sheet?" speaker	Christina Houlihan Kelly
Wed May 17, 2006	22D	Reverend credited with saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard"	Patrick Blindauer
Mon Jul 12, 2004	23A	Rev. William who originated the phrase "a blushing crow"	Gregory E. Paul
Sat Feb 10, 2001	42D	Cleric famous for bloopers	Rich Norris

2 results for SPOONER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jan 2, 2000	Acrostic	V	English cleric known for his verbal slips	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Mar 21, 1999	Panda	12D	Old lover who used no prose	Mel Taub

14 results for SPOONER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 20, 1991	91D	"Well-boiled icicles" man	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Fri Jul 13, 1990	4D	Legendary speech garbler	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Fri Sep 5, 1986	10D	"Well-boiled icycle" man	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Fri Feb 1, 1985	44A	Famed twister of words	Judith Perry	Maleska
Sun Oct 2, 1983	15D	When he botched words, he watched birds	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sat Apr 16, 1983	12D	Clergyman famous for slips of the tongue	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Sat Aug 1, 1981	4D	Inadvertent creator of phrases like "well-boiled icicle"	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Fri Sep 4, 1970	13D	Clergyman known for slips of tongue	Unknown	Weng
Thu Apr 2, 1970	1D	Name linked to "This pie is occupewed" etc.	Unknown	Weng
Thu May 17, 1962	39D	Man known for witty reversals as "I'll sew you to a sheet."	Samuel Davis	Farrar
Sun Mar 12, 1961	32D	Deviser of humorous sound transpositions.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Thu Jun 9, 1960	10D	Oxford Dean, famous for a form of humor.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Nov 4, 1954	13D	He gave his name to a transposition of sounds.	E. E. Smith	Farrar
Fri Apr 3, 1953	27A	He transposed letters, i. e., "I'll sew you to a sheet."	Roberta Morse	Farrar

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