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7 results for AFFAIRS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Aug 25, 2020	9D	Things to get in order	Dave Bardolph	Shortz
Mon May 6, 2019	43A	Foreign ___ (international matters)	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Tue Nov 20, 2018	6D	Staples of soap operas	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Jun 23, 2018	32D	Business, either personal or otherwise	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Jul 29, 2007	10D	Tabloid fodder	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Mar 21, 1998	1D	Business (2)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Fri Jul 19, 1996	1A	Business (2)	D. Niles	Shortz

2 results for AFFAIRS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 19, 2025	Panda	36D	Overheard a cab customer's dalliances	Daniel Raymon	Shortz
Oct 30, 2022	Cryptic	6D	Really good, really bad, average and satisfactory social events (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

4 results for AFFAIRS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 25, 1993	1A	Parties	Jacques Liwer	Maleska
Thu May 9, 1991	44D	Philanderer's foibles	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Sat Sep 6, 1958	1D	Matters of business.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Tue May 1, 1956	19A	Matters of business.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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