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1 result for BANEFUL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jul 11, 1999	Diagramless	28A	Destructive	Patrick Berry	Shortz

3 results for BANEFUL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 23, 1968	42D	Fraught with ruin.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Dec 3, 1954	6D	Poisonous.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Wed Jan 17, 1951	13A	Pernicious.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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