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5 results for BADAPPLE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 22, 2024	42A	Negative influence on others, metaphorically	Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray	Fagliano
Fri May 3, 2019	38A	No-goodnik (2)	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Fri Jan 25, 2019	24D	Group spoiler	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Dec 30, 2017	12D	No-goodnik (2)	Damon Gulczynski	Shortz
Sat Sep 5, 2009	19A	Spoiler of a sort	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz

1 result for BADAPPLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 2, 1976	35D	Spoiler of a sort	Mel Rosen	Weng

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